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Fevicol Maker Pidilite To Set Up Lending Business By Acquiring Promoter Firm

The company also plans to invest up to Rs 100 crore in a two years for the growth of the new business.

<div class="paragraphs"><p>Range of Fevicol brand products manufactured by Pidilite Industries. (Source: Company website)</p></div>
Range of Fevicol brand products manufactured by Pidilite Industries. (Source: Company website)

Pidilite Industries Ltd. intends to set up a lending business by acquiring Pargro Investments Pvt. for Rs 10 crore from the company's promoters.

The credit will be provided by the company in the form of small-value retail loans, which will help in the growth of multiple businesses in the ecosystem, according to its exchange filing.

Pargro will be acquired by the company under a share-purchase agreement by March 31, 2024. Pidilite also plans to invest up to Rs 100 crore in a span of two years for the growth of the new business, it said.

Pargro Investments belongs to the company's promoter group.

Shares of Pidilite Industries closed 1.46% higher at Rs 2,473.05 apiece on the BSE, as compared with a 0.05% rise in the benchmark Sensex.