HUL ne apne famous ice cream business ko alag karke ek nayi company banayi hai, jiska naam hai Kwality Wall's India. Aur ab, Unilever ke promoter group ne is nayi entity mein 61.90% shares khareed liye hain. Yeh deal December 12, 2025 ko hui thi jab promoter ko 1,45,44,12,858 se zyada shares diye gaye.
Sabse cool baat ye hai ki yeh sab SEBI ke ek special exemption ke through hua hai, matlab inko public se shares buy karne ka mandatory open offer nahi dena pada. Yeh basically Unilever ke andar hi ek internal restructuring hai.
Yeh ice cream business HUL ke liye kaafi important tha, saal mein lagbhag ₹1,800 Crore ka turnover deta tha, jo HUL ke total revenue ka kareeb 3% tha. Ab alag company hokar yeh apne growth par zyada focus kar payega.
Jab February 16, 2026 ko Kwality Wall's India ka stock market mein listing hua, toh investors thode pareshan dikhe. NSE par stock ₹29.80 par open hua, jo ki adjusted price ₹40.20 se kaafi kam tha. BSE par bhi same haal raha.
Iske saath hi, The Magnum Ice Cream Company (jo promoter group ka hi hissa hai) ne public shareholders se aur 26% stake buy karne ke liye ek open offer nikala hai. Woh ₹21.33 per share ke hisaab se shares kharidenge, aur is poore offer ki value lagbhag ₹1,303 Crore hai.
India ka ice cream market kaafi bada hai aur aage bhi 9.3% se 9.8% ki speed se badhne ki ummeed hai. Lekin yahan competition bhi tagda hai, Amul sabse aage hai, uske baad Vadilal, Havmor aur Mother Dairy bhi hain. Dekhte hain, yeh nayi standalone company is race mein kaise perform karti hai.