Gillanders Arbuthnot & Company Ltd
NSE: GILLANDERS BSE: 532716
₹103.76
(0.13%)
Fri, 16 Oct 2026, 11:22 pm
Market Cap (in Cr)212.89
PE Ratio12.70
Dividend0
Consumer Non-Durables
Food: Major Diversified
24.5KCompany History
1935
- The Company was incorporated as a private limited company.
1947
- The Company was converted into a public company.
1954
- Equity shares were subdivided into shares of Rs.10 each.
1972
- The wholly owned subsidiary Taipoo Tea Association Ltd., was amalgamated with the company.
1974
- Indian Tack & Nail Co. Ltd., and Adequate Weighers (India) Ltd., were amalgamated with the company.
- 69,600 more equity shares were issued for consideration other than cash.
1976
- 97,108 equity shares were issued without payment in cash.
1977
- 28,900 equity shares were issued without payment in cash.
1978
- 4,22,804 bonus equity shares were issued in the proportion 1:2.
1980
- Profits recorded a steep fall mainly due to a drop in the profitability of the tea division.
1982
- The tin refinery division was closed down due to a shortage of raw material 'tin dross'.
1985
- Profits declined substantially mainly due to lower average selling price and higher manufacturing cost of tea.
- The performance of the engineering division was unsatisfactory due to difficult operating conditions.
- 3,17,103 bonus equity shares were issued in the proportion 1:4.
1986
- The company redeemed 25,000 - 5% cumulative redeemable preference shares.
- 25,000 - 15% non-convertible redeemable secured debentures were issued in lieu of the redeemed preference shares.
1987
- Profits declined mainly due to a substantial fall in the profits of the tea division.
- The Company proposed to supplement the Kalamzoo works with encoding and testing equipments for the manufacture of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) cheques and other documents.
1988
- The Indian tack and nail division was closed down due to a fall in demand for its products.
2009
- Mr. H P Kanoria and Mr. S Lahiri were appointed as Additional Directors of the Company.
2010
- Smt. P. D. Kothari was appointed as an Additional Director of the Company.
- Gillanders Arbuthnot recommended the issue of Bonus Ordinary Shares in the ratio of one Ordinary Share for every two Ordinary Shares.
2011
- Gillanders Arbuthnot's Engineering (MICCO) Division received orders from BHEL and SAIL aggregating to Rs. 8,626.77 lacs.
2012
- Gillanders Arbuthnot bags orders worth over Rs 13,348.65 lakh.
2013
- Gillanders Arbuthnot & Company Ltd approved a dividend of Rs. 2 per share.
- Mr. D. K. Sharda was appointed as Managing Director & CEO of the Company.
2014
- Gillanders Arbuthnot & Company Ltd recommended a dividend of Re. 0.75 per share.
