CESC restructures business into four companies to unlock value

Power business will be divided into two while retail arm will become third company

RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group's flagship company, CESC Ltd, on Thursday announced restructuring of the company's business verticals into four distinct companies which will be listed on the country's bourses by October 1 this year.

As per the demerger, the group's power business will be divided into two - generation and distribution while its retail arm, led by Spencer's Retail will become the third company. The rest of the company's business verticals, which includes its BPO arm, Firstsource Solutions, sports division, New Rising Promoters, the real estate wing, Quest Properties India, the FMCG division, Guiltfree, and others will form the fourth entity.