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Fortis Global Healthcare Holdings today said it would acquire the healthcare businesses of Hong Kong-listed Quality Healthcare Asia Ltd for around Rs 882 crore. In a statement issued today, the Malvinder and Shivinder Mohan Singh-promoted firm said the deal marked an important step in achieving the promoter family’s vision of creating a premier pan-Asia healthcare business. Fortis Global will acquire five subsidiaries of Quality Healthcare Asia (QHA). However, the elderly healthcare businesses of QHA will not be part of the deal. An agreement to this effect was reached between the two companies on October 8. […]
Suzlon India Limited, India’s largest wind-turbine maker, said it will consider today a proposal to sell 31.99 million shares to IDFC Private Equity Fund in a no-cash transaction. IDFC Private Equity, which invests in Indian infrastructure companies, will get preference shares in Suzlon in return for stock it holds in Suzlon unit SE Forge Ltd., it said in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange today. “This is a transfer of IDFC’s stake to the parent company and no money is involved,” Anoop Kharayat, Suzlon’s spokesman, said by telephone. Pune, western India-based SE Forge will become a wholly owned unit of Suzlon after the transaction, he said. Suzlon’s shares climbed 2.3 percent to 58.75 rupees at 11:33 a.m. local time in Mumbai. India’s 30-share benchmark Sensitive index, or Sensex, advanced 0.3 percent. The stock has fallen 35 percent this year compared with a 16 percent gain in the Sensex. […]
Private equity investments as well as merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions in the country have witnessed consistent growth so far this year, as deals worth over $52 billion have been announced in this space. According to data compiled by research firm VCCEdge, the total private equity investments till September this year stood at $7.18 billion, while M&A activity for the first three quarters of 2010 reached at $45.1 billion. In the month of September the total M&A deal value amounted to $11.7 billion. Though the M&A activity in September noticed a drop on a quarter-on-quarter basis, but has quadrupled from last year’s level, the report said. The most active sectors in terms of deal value was energy, which saw deals worth $4.6 billion, followed by healthcare ($1.8 billion) and industrials ($1.7 billion), and materials ($1.6 billion). […]
US private equity giant Carlyle Group is betting patience will be rewarded in an Indian market where global players have had to content themselves almost exclusively with deals for minority stakes. India's family-run and entrepreneur-driven firms have long been reluctant to sell out, preferring instead to raise money by going public or through bank borrowings. Private equity firms have adapted their strategies by providing growth capital or investing in companies that are already listed. “We don't have a 'runs on the board' approach. We are quite happy to sit on the sidelines and wait for the right deal,” said Devinjit Singh, a managing director at Carlyle. “And if we get the right deal, we go hard after it and are willing to put substantial capital behind it,” he told Reuters in an interview. […]
Intelenet Global Services P. Ltd. Announced that Barlcays has acquired a 12.75 % stake in SKR BPO Services, the holding company of Intelenet Global Services. Barclays Capital and Morgan Stanley were bankers for this deal. Susir Kumar, Intelenet Managing Director and CEO remarked, “Barclays has always been and will continue to be a 'Stellar Partner' for Intelenet. We are pleased to again welcome Barclays as a shareholder and are grateful to them for their unwavering support.” He further added – “this deal goes onto demonstrate the trust and the exemplary working relationship between both the organisations over the last 6 years.” […]
The US-based Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts (KKR), one of the leading global private equity firms, has picked up 9% stake in Avantha Power & Infrastructure (APIL) for Rs 217 crore. APIL, the power venture of Avantha Group, has issued 6.4-crore equity shares at Rs 34 per share to the PE firm, an investment banker familiar with transaction said. “At this price, the transaction has valued the company at Rs 2,450 crore,” he added. APIL is in the midst of entering the capital market to mop up Rs 1,250 crore through an initial public offer (IPO). The divestment to KKR is part of the pre-IPO placement, the official said. APIL spokespersons refused to comment as existing guidelines do not allow a company to comment if it is in the midst of raising fund through an IPO. A KKR official also declined comment. This is the fourth investment by KKR, which has so far put in nearly $1 billion in the previous three transactions, namely; Aricent, a niche technology services company it acquired in 2006, Cafe Coffee Day and Dalmia Cement […]
Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors has invested around Rs 45-crore in Godrej Buildwell, a SPV floated by Godrej Properties, and plans to invest another Rs 5-crore soon for a 49.9 per cent equity stake in the firm. Godrej Buildwell would use the fund to develop a high-end residential project at Hebbal in Bangalore. “This is our first project with Godrej Properties and we are looking at more such opportunities across the country. We also believe that the project will be one of its kind combining synergies of project development experience and market knowledge of both the firms,” Motilal Oswal PE's Director (Real Estate) Harvesp Mehta said in a release here today. The project is being developed along the 'golden corridor' of Hebbal and Devanahalli, an area slated to become the next IT hub. It has an easy access to the six-lane Golden Quadrilateral highway, which ensures excellent connectivity to the international airport and the city. […]
Sequoia Capital India said Thursday it has invested INR700 million in Celon Laboratories Ltd. to help the biopharmaceutical company set up manufacturing facilities and strengthen marketing activities. Sandeep Singhal, managing director of Sequoia Capital India, will join the board of Celon Labs, the venture capital firm said in a statement. Celon Laboratories is expected to have annual revenue of more than INR1 billion in the current fiscal year through March, it added. […]
Private equity firm, Zephyr Management has invested Rs 45 crore in Trimax IT Infrastructure and Services through its Indian arm Zephyr Peacock India Funds, for an undisclosed minority stake. “Over the next six months, we plan to use this investment to strengthen our team by adding 1,000 more personnel, thus taking the total count of employees to 3,000, and to expand operations” said Surya Prakash Madrecha, Chairman and Managing Director, Trimax. Trimax claimed it grew 61 percent in sales during FY2009-10 and its profits increased 84 percent. “We expect Trimax to grow faster than 40 percent over the next two years. More importantly, the earnings will grow faster than revenues because margins are getting better. Its EBIDTA is increasing by 50 percent,” said Mukul Gulati, Managing Director, Zephyr. […]
Tata Motors has acquired 80% stake in Trilix Srl., Turin (Italy), a design and engineering company, for a consideration of €1.85 million. The remaining 20% stake is equally held by its promoters, Mr. Bryn Jones, Mr. Federico Muzio and Mr. Justyn Norek. The acquisition is in line with the company’s objective to enhance its styling/design capabilities to global standards. Trilix offers design and engineering services in the automotive sector, specifically styling, architecture, packaging, surfacing, macro and micro feasibility, detailed engineering development. […]
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