A clutch of private equity funds including Warburg Pincus, Blackstone, Avenue Capital and hedge funds DKR Oasis and Kingdom Capital have bought a total of 11 per cent stake in Punj Lloyd for Rs 814 crore.
Warburg Pincus has bought 5.5 per cent stake while, Avenue Capital has acquired 2.5-3 per cent in Punj Lloyd, which is an EPC contractor focused on the oil and gas sector with diversification to infrastructure.
Private equity major Blackstone bought somewhere between 0.5 per cent and 1 per cent in Punj Lloyd, which issued the shares to these global investors through a qualified institutional placement (QIP) issue priced at Rs 275 a share, almost on par with the current market price.
The deal propels the company’s valuation to nearly Rs 8,000 crore. Moore Capital bought 1-1.5 per cent stake in the Delhi-headquartered construction major.
The company issued 29.6 million shares through the QIP issue, managed by Citigroup Global Markets India and Kotak Mahindra Capital Company.
Following the placement, the company’s paid-up capital has gone up from Rs 29 crore. Ravi Keswani, director (finance) of Punj Lloyd said the company would invest Rs 400 crore to buy a strategic 25.1 per cent stake in Pipavav Shipyard and it would spend another Rs 80 crore for its foray into real estate development.
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