Indian Express

Express India

Screen

Loksatta

Express Cricket

Kashmir Live

Biz Publications
 
| Make this your homepage | Feedback

ICICI Ventures partners Express group for Express Towers

fe Bureau
Posted online: Sunday , January 20, 2008 at 00:48 hrs
Updated On: Sunday , January 20, 2008 at 01:04 hrs


Font Size

Print

Feedback

Email

Discuss
Rate This Article
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Rating:  0

ICICI Venture, India’s leading private equity (PE) fund, will partner with the Indian Express Group for its Express Towers property.

An Indian Express Group statement said on Saturday as part of the partnership, ICICI Venture will advise on upgrade and management of the property. It proposes to acquire a minority stake in the property business and participate in maximising the potential of Express Towers.

The Indian Express Group is also proposing to demerge its publishing business to unlock value and provide impetus as also give effect to the partnership. BMR Advisors is acting as the transaction advisor to the Indian Express Group.

Indian Express Group chairman and managing director Viveck Goenka said, “These are exciting times for the Indian Express Group. Our partnership with ICICI Venture is one more step in the resurgence of the Express Group, now celebrating the 75th year of its existence. The coming months will see a sizable investment in all our publications and brands. We have, in the past two years, invested Rs 150 crore in new technologies, units and presses. Going forward, the company plans to focus on building its brands and launching new publications and editions.”

Ads by Google

Post Comments

Comments: (Limit 3,000 characters)
Name
Message
Email ID
Subject
TERMS OF USE:
The views represented here are not neccesarily endorsed by www.financialexpress.com and its allied websites. All messages will be moderated and no message that has inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication by the editor will be displayed. Though it will be endeavoured that as many messages as possible be displayed, there will be time lag between the submission and publication of the messages. The website reserves the right to publish or reject any message.
I agree to the terms of use.

Comments
Shaadi Matrimonials
Get Marriage Proposals by Email EVERYDAY!
Register FREE on Naukri.com.
200000+ Hot Job Openings!
Yatra Offers
10% cash back on Master Card
Send Gifts
Flowers and Gifts
Express Classifieds
Post and view free classifieds ad
Express Astrology
Know what's in the stars for you