Timken India Pays 77% Premium For ABC Bearings

Shareholders of ABC Bearings will get five shares of Timken India for eight shares held.

A worker measures a ball-bearing casing. (Photographer: Giuseppe Aresu/Bloomberg News)

Timken India Ltd., the country’s third-largest bearings maker by sales, will take over ABC Bearings Ltd. in a merger that values its smaller peer at a 77 percent premium to its current market price.

Net Worth


Financial Year 2016-17 End

  • ABC Bearings: Rs 139 crore
  • Timken India: Rs 618 crore

Revenue

Financial Year 2016-17

  • ABC Bearings: Rs 190 crore
  • Timken India: Rs 1,127 crore

Shares of ABC Bearings hit the 20 percent upper limit for the second straight day. The stock has gained 90 percent so far this year. Timken India rose as much as 5.4 percent on Wednesday.

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