Gujarat Pipavav raises Rs 350 cr via QIP
Gujarat Pipavav Port today said it has raised Rs 350 crore through a qualified institutional placement (QIP) of shares and preferential issue to its promoter APM Terminals.
The infusion will be used for repayment of the existing loans which will enable it to tie up funds for its Rs 1,097-crore expansion, the company said in a statement.
It raised Rs 199.48 crore through a QIP of 3.41 crore shares to a clutch of investors like Bajaj Life Insurance, SBI Life Insurance, Franklin Templeton, Kotak Mahindra, Vanguard International Explorer Fund, Schroder Asia Pacific Fund, Jardine Fleming, the statement said.
Apart from that, 2.58 crore shares were issued to the promoter to raise Rs 152.52 crore, it added.
Both the QIP and the preferential issues were done at Rs 58.45 per share, which was trading 1.08 percent up at Rs 56.20 apiece on the BSE at 1355 hrs versus the 30-share Sensex's 0.05 percent slip.
Promoter APM Terminals' shareholding in the company will continue to be maintained at 43.01 percent after the capital raising, it said.
The company is undertaking a capital expenditure of Rs 1,097 crore to increase capacity at the port and enhance operational efficiencies.
"We propose to increase capacity for container cargo to around 1.5 million TEUs and for bulk cargo to around 10 million tonne," its managing director Prakash Tulsiani was quoted as saying.
The plans include constructing a new container berth of 348 metres to provide contiguous berth of 735 metres which will help it handle two post-Panamax vessels simultaneously, dredging, three new cranes, increasing
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