Grey to acquire majority in rural specialist RC&M

The 1990-founded company is headquartered in Delhi, has offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai, and employs 360 people

WPP announced on 18 December that group entity Grey, the advertising network of Grey Group, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Indian rural communications and marketing services provider RC&M.

RC&M was founded in 1990. Headquartered in Delhi, the agency has offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru and employs 320 people. The WPP statement added that RC&M's unaudited revenues for the year ending 31 March 2013 was Rs 36 crore.

RC&M marks WPP’s 12th acquisition in India in the last nine years.