Navigating the Financial Markets in India: Selling Aparajitha

Bharath Krishna Sankar was a successful entrepreneur who started his business, Aparajitha, in southern India. Aparajitha was a labor compliance management services company since 2010. It is now time for the owners to sell the company.

This case study explores the lessons that can be learned for investors and sellers of equity in emerging markets. Because growth for companies of all sizes will increasingly come from low- to middle-income countries (LMIC), such a case study is extremely relevant for students interested in finance.

• Understand the different options available to sellers of businesses in emerging countries.
• Identify factors that affect the ability to sell and the price at which it will sell in emerging countries.
• Articulate some differences between equity transactions in emerging countries as compared to countries with more developed capital markets.