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Baring PE To Buy Stake In Shilpa Medicare

By : Deeshesh Chheda | 16 August 2010
Industry : Healthcare
Category : Private Equity

PE-firm Baring Private Equity Partners is set to buy 10% stake in Shilpa Medicare for $17 Mn.

Shilpa Medicare will issue 2 Mn shares to Baring India Private Equity Fund III at Rs.350 per share.

The promoters of Shilpa Medicare, who currently hold 60% stake, are also buying 500,000 warrants to increase their holding.

Money Matters Financial Services, a domestic investment banking firm, was the sole arranger of the transaction.

Transaction Reference: Reuters


Karnataka-bsed Shilpa Medicare Ltd is engaged in manufacturing of oncology Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), nutritional supplements, fine chemicals, intermediates, herbal products and specialty chemical products.

Its manufacturing facilities are located in Raichur. It has three production blocks each for Oncology, Non-oncology and Custom Synthesis respectively, located in two separate plants.

It has also set up a 3.46 MW Wind Power Generation Unit at Chitra Durga in Karnataka and is supplying power to the state Grid.

Strategic Ventures Fund Ltd (SVF), a PE managed by Frontline Strategy, exited Shilpa Medicare earlier in Jan this year with 4x returns. It sold 1.7 Mn shares representing 7.72% stake it held in Shilpa Medicare till Deceber 2009 through open market sales. SVF invested in Shilpa Medicare in 2005.

Shilpa Medicare's reported a rise in PAT of 22.03% to Rs.13.24 Cr in the Q1 June 2010 as against Rs.10.85 Cr during the previous quarter ended June 2009. Sales rose 34.38% to Rs.64.61 Cr in the quarter ended Q1 2010 as against Rs.48.08 Cr during the previous quarter ended June 2009.

Recently Baring Partners along with Matrix Partners invested Rs.157 Cr in Muthoot Finance Ltd.

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KVEZAR VIEW

  DEAL TRACKER FOR
DateTransactionTypeBuyerSize ($mn)
16/08/10  Shilpa Medicare - Baring PE Private Equity  Baring India Private Equity Fund III Limited  17.00 
04/08/10  Shilpa Medicare - Tano Capital (Exit) Private Equity   
18/01/10  Shilpa Medicare - Strategic Ventures Fund Exit Private Equity    7.39 
02/10/05  Shilpa Medicare - Strategic Ventures Fund, Private Equity  Strategic Ventures Fund 
 
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  Profiles

Fund

NameCorpus Target Sector WebsiteKeyContact
Baring India Private Equity Fund III Limited  550   IT/ITES/Technology
Pharma
Consumer Goods
Services
Basic Industries  
www.bpepindia.com   

Company

NamePromotersOfficeCompetitorWebsite
Shilpa Medicare Limited  Vishnukan Bhutada   Plot No.10,Shop No.80, Rajendra Gunj, Raichur   Ankur Drugs and Pharma Limited
Aurobindo Pharma Limited  
www.vbshilpa.com
  Advisor
    Money Matters Financial Services Limited (I-BanK)  
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