Solar Giant Makes A Bold Move! Waaree Energies Deepens Manufacturing Dominance

Waaree Energies Ltd has approved a draft scheme to amalgamate its listed subsidiary, IndoSolar Ltd, with itself, a move that would consolidate solar cell and module manufacturing under one listed entity and address Indosolar’s dependence on Waaree for key inputs.

Under the proposed share-swap arrangement, Indosolar shareholders other than Waaree Energies will receive one fully paid-up Waaree equity share of face value Rs 10 for every 11 fully paid-up Indosolar shares of face value Rs 10 held on the record date. Waaree disclosed the board approval in a September 24 filing following its September 23 meeting.

The scheme remains subject to approvals from BSE, NSE, the jurisdictional National Company Law Tribunal, shareholders and creditors, where applicable. Indosolar will be dissolved without winding up once the arrangement becomes effective.

The swap ratio is based on a September 23 joint valuation report by SSPA & Co. and GT Valuation Advisors Pvt. Ltd. Emkay Global Financial Services, a SEBI-registered merchant Banker, has issued a fairness opinion on the proposed ratio.

The merger is primarily an operational consolidation exercise for the Waaree group. Indosolar manufactures solar photovoltaic modules but has no cell-manufacturing capacity and depends on Waaree or third-party suppliers for its principal raw materials. According to the filing, this dependence can constrain Indosolar’s ability to operate profitably as an independent company because its production volumes, costs and margins are substantially shaped by cell-supply terms.

Bringing the businesses together would place cell and module operations within the same company, enabling integrated production planning, inventory optimisation and greater traceability of domestic content. It would also remove recurring related-party transactions associated with Waaree’s cell supplies to Indosolar and eliminate a potential conflict over allocating available cell output between Waaree and Indosolar shareholders.

The scale of Indosolar is relatively modest compared with its parent. As of June 30, 2026, Indosolar had total assets of Rs 404.92 crore, net worth of Rs 323.63 crore and turnover of Rs 68.36 crore. Waaree Energies, on the same date, reported assets of Rs 23,798.16 crore, net worth of Rs 13,869.90 crore and turnover of Rs 6,221.67 crore. Indosolar’s turnover was therefore about 1.1 per cent of Waaree’s turnover for the period, underlining that the transaction is more about simplifying manufacturing ownership and supply-chain alignment than adding material scale.

The proposal also fits Waaree’s wider backward-integration strategy. The company has been expanding cell manufacturing capacity, and management has identified captive cell production as an important lever for margins and domestic-content requirement opportunities. In the June 2026 quarter, Waaree reported net sales of Rs 7,931.79 crore and profit after Tax of Rs 891.87 crore, although its operating margin moderated from the year-earlier period amid input-cost pressure and a changing sales mix.

Following the merger, Waaree’s equity share capital is proposed to increase to 28.86 crore shares from 28.77 crore shares. Promoters’ shareholding would remain at 18.44 crore shares, though their stake would decline marginally to 63.91 per cent from 64.12 per cent. Public shareholding would rise to 10.42 crore shares, or 36.09 per cent, from 10.32 crore shares, or 35.88 per cent.

Waaree said Indosolar’s public shareholders would gain ownership in a larger and more liquid listed company with exposure to modules, cells, solar projects and electricity sales. The company also expects unified governance, lower compliance duplication, consolidated procurement and access to Waaree’s borrowing costs.

As of 3:51 PM on September 24, 2026, Waaree Energies shares were trading at Rs 2,483.00, down 1.08 per cent from the previous close. The stock was about 31.5 per cent below its 52-week high of Rs 3,624.70 and only about 2.8 per cent above its 52-week low of Rs 2,415.80. Over one year, the shares have declined 30.94 per cent, compared with a 3.73 per cent fall in the BSE 500.

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