Adani Group to acquire Macquarie Asia’s toll road portfolio in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat for Rs 3,110 crore

Aug 5, 2022

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NEW DELHI: Adani Group on Thursday mentioned it’s going to purchase Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund‘s toll street portfolio in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat for Rs 3,110 crore.
The portfolio of 972 lane km has a protracted concession life with established site visitors in strategically positioned and necessary site visitors corridors in western and southern India, the group mentioned in a press release.
Adani Street Transport Ltd (ARTL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), engaged within the improvement, building, operations and administration of roads and freeway tasks in India, has entered right into a definitive settlement to amass Gujarat Street and Infrastructure Firm Ltd (GRICL) (owned 56.8 per cent by Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund) and Swarna Tollway Personal Ltd (STPL) (owned 100 per cent by Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund).
“ARTL will purchase 56.8 per cent in GRICL and 100 per cent stake in STPL topic to regulatory approval. The transaction is predicted to shut in September 2022,” it added.
The acquisition is at an enterprise worth of Rs 3,110 crore, in line with the assertion.
The enterprise worth of an organization consists of the fairness worth, debt in addition to money with the corporate. Fairness worth measures the worth of an organization’s shares.
STPL has two stretches of toll roads in Andhra Pradesh — Tada to Nellore on NH-16 connecting necessary ports like Chennai, and Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, spanning 110 km; and Nandigama to Ibrahimpatnam to Vijayawada on NH-65, spanning 48 km, which connects key southern metro cities and supplies feeder site visitors to NH 16, the assertion mentioned.
GRICL additionally has two toll roads in Gujarat: Ahmedabad to Mehsana on SH-41 spanning 51.6 km with majority passenger site visitors, connecting northern Gujarat corridors and Vadodara to Halol on SH-87, spanning 31.7 km, which is on Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Hall with proximity to a number of industries.
“Submit-acquisition of the stake in GRICL, ARTL may also consider the acquisition of IL&FS stake in GRICL,” the assertion mentioned.
Through the years, Adani Enterprises has targeted on constructing rising infrastructure companies and divesting them into separate listed entities.
Macquarie Asset Administration is a part of Macquarie Group, a diversified monetary group offering shoppers with asset administration, finance, banking, advisory and threat and capital options throughout debt, fairness, and commodities.



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