Prabhat Dairy said on Monday it will sell its flagship dairy business for Rs 1,700 crore to the Indian subsidiary of French multinational Groupe Lactalis.
Prabhat, in an official statement released in Mumbai, said it will share a "substantial proportion" of the sale proceeds with its shareholders and will focus on cattle feed business after the close of the transaction.
The company has entered into definitive agreements with Tirumala Milk Products, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lactalis, for the Rs 1,700-crore sale, said the statement.
The transaction involves sale of the dairy business undertaking of Prabhat Dairy by way of slump sale on a