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Not IPO, driving e-commerce growth in India is Prime Focus: Flipkart
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Not IPO, driving e-commerce growth in India is Prime Focus: Flipkart

An initial public offering (IPO) is a long-term strategy, but our prime focus is getting 200-300 million new Indians into the e-commerce space, said India's leading e-commerce portal Flipkart (owned by Walmart). The statement comes amid reports that Flipkart is looking at tapping into the US share market by 2022. "An IPO has always been part of Flipkart's ambitions and long-term strategy but right now, we don't have a time frame on that. Flipkart is currently focused on driving the growth of e-commerce in India to get 200-300 million new customers into e-commerce fold," a Flipkart spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement. Walmart Inc in May last year had announced that it is buying 77 percent stake in Flipkart for about USD 16 billion (Rs 1.05 lakh crore), its biggest deal which...
Walmart Planning to Launch Flipkart’s IPO in Next 4 years
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Walmart Planning to Launch Flipkart’s IPO in Next 4 years

US retail giant Walmart Inc mentioned in its report to US security exchange that they may come up with an initial public offer (IPO) of Flipkart as early as four years. Walmart in its report said IPO will be at "a valuation no less than that paid by Walmart under the share issuance agreement, subject to the satisfaction of certain other conditions regarding such offering (the IPO)". Which means Walmart can issue the shares of Flipkart at the valuation of $16 billion that it paid to other investors of Flipkart to acquire the 77% shares of Flipkart. Also, the report added, "Shareholders agreement would expire upon the consummation of the IPO, whether initiated by the board or the minority stockholders". "Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement to be entered into concurrently wi...