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Piramal buys Shriram City Union shares worth $130 million

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Reuters MUMBAI
Last Updated : Apr 30 2014 | 10:11 PM IST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Piramal Enterprises Ltd has agreed to buy a 9.99 percent stake in Shriram City Union Finance Ltd valued at about $130 million, its latest investment in a firm linked to the Chennai-based Shriram group.

Piramal will buy 6.58 million fresh shares of Shriram City Union, a non-banking finance company, Piramal said on Wednesday. The shares are valued at 7.78 billion rupees ($128.76 million) as per Shriram City Union's market value on Wednesday.

Earlier this month, Piramal agreed to buy a 20 percent stake in unlisted Shriram group firm Shriram Capital Ltd for 20.14 billion rupees ($334 million), increasing its foothold in the financial services sector.

Last year, Piramal bought a 9.9 percent stake in Shriram Transport, another Shriram group company.

(Reporting by Himank Sharma; Editing by Sumeet Chatterjee)

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First Published: Apr 30 2014 | 9:44 PM IST

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