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ChrysCapital Sells 2.5% Stake In Idea Cellular For Rs 751 Cr

By : Charmi Gutka | 29 July 2011
Industry : Telecom
Category : Private Equity

ChrysCapital has sold 2.5% stake in Idea Cellular Limited for Rs.751.2 Cr through a bulk deal on Thursday.

ChrysCapital's unit Monet Ltd, has sold 83.47 Mn share at Rs.90 per share on NSE.

As on June 2011, Monet held 2.71% stake (89.5 Mn shares) in Idea Cellular.

Transaction Reference: NSE



In 2006, ChrysCapital invested in around Rs.500 Cr in Idea.

Other shareholders in the company includes TMI Mauritius Ltd (14.07%), TMI India (5.01%) and Providence Equity Partners (9.99%).

Idea's promoters hold 46.03% in the company through various entities - Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd (25.35%), Birla TMT Holdings Pvt Ltd (8.58%), Hindalco Industries Ltd (6.91%), Grasim Industries Ltd (5.18) and Kumar Managalam Birla (0.01%).

In 2008, Idea Cellular acquired Spice Communication for $633.05 Mn.

The company has won license to offer 3G services in 11 service areas, which generate over 81% of the company’s total revenue.

As on May 2011, Idea Cellular's subscriber base was of 93.75 mn customers.

The current market cap of company is Rs.29,651 Cr. For FY11 it posted total revenue of Rs.15,389 Cr with PAT of Rs.844.60 Cr.

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KVEZAR VIEW

  DEAL TRACKER FOR
DateTransactionTypeBuyerSize ($mn)
29/07/11  Idea Cellular - ChrysCapital (Part Exit) Private Equity    170.13 
11/07/11  Idea Cellular - Providence Equity Partners (Exit) Private Equity   
17/05/11  Idea Cellular - Axiata Group Private Equity   
18/09/08  Idea Cellular - Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Private Equity  2i Capital PCC 
01/06/08  IDEA -NVP Private Equity  Norwest Venture Partners 
07/05/08  Idea Cellular - Sequoia Capital India Exit Private Equity   
15/03/07  Idea Cellular - IPO IPO / Offerings   
12/02/07  Idea Cellular Limited - IPO IPO / Offerings    180.64 
04/12/06  Idea Cellular - Citigroup Global(PE) Private Equity  Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited 
23/11/06  Idea Cellular - Macquarie Bank(PE) Private Equity  Macquarie Bank Limited 
06/11/06  Idea Cellular - GLG Partners Inc. M&A  GLG Partners Inc. 
31/10/06  Idea Cellular - P5 Asia Holding(PE) Private Equity  Providence Equity Partners LLC 
25/10/06  Idea Cellular - TA Associates, Inc., Private Equity  Spinnaker Capital Advisors (India) Private Limited 
30/07/05  Idea Cellular - Aditya Birla Group, M&A  Aditya Birla Group 
18/11/03  Idea Cellular - Aditya Birla Nuvo M&A  Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited 
 
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DateTypeBuyerTargetSize ($mn)State
07/05/12   Private Equity   Looking For   Kavveri Telecom Infrastructure Limited   20.00   Planned  
16/04/12   Private Equity   GIC Special Investments Pte Limited   Tulip Telecom Limited   -   Completed  
11/04/12   M&A   Bharti Airtel Limited (Formerly Bharti Televentures Limited)   4G Licenses   1164.82   Planned  
15/03/12   M&A   Spreadtrum Communications   Micromax Informatics Limited   10.00   Completed  
 
  Profiles

Fund

NameCorpus Target Sector WebsiteKeyContact
ChrysCapital Investment Advisors    Consumer Goods
Healthcare
Pharma
Infrastructure  
www.chryscapital.com  Hrishikesh PatilAshish AgrawalAshish AgarwalAshish DhawanBrahmal VasudevanKunal ShroffRavi BahlSanjiv KaulAshley MenezesGulpreet KohliSanjay KukrejaGaurav AhujaAshish AgarwalRaghav RamdevKabir ThakurHrishikesh PatilRavi Sonthalia  

Company

NamePromotersOfficeCompetitorWebsite
Idea Cellular Limited  Aditya Birla Group   Suman Tower, Plot No. 18, Sector No. 11,   Bharti Airtel Limited (Formerly Bharti Televentures Limited)
Unitech Wireless Limited
Reliance Communications Limited
Allianz Infratech Private Limited
Loop Telecom Limited  
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