Hyderabad, 24th March, 2017: GVK Power & Infrastructure Limited (NSE: GVKPIL, BOM: 532708) today announced that it has divested 33% of its stake in Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) from its wholly owned subsidiary, Bangalore Airport & Infrastructure Developers Private Limited (BAIDPL) to Fairfax India Holdings Corporation (TSX: FIH.U), through its wholly-owned subsidiary in Mauritius, for an aggregate investment of INR 22.02 billion (INR 2202 Crore) which is approximately $336.18 million at current exchange rates.
Dr. GVK Reddy will continue to be the Co – Chairman, BIAL and Mr. G V Sanjay Reddy will lead the management team as the Managing Director of BIAL.
said on the occasion, “We reiterate that our primary focus is on deleveraging our balance sheet, and all proceeds from this stake sale shall be used to bring down our debt obligations to our lenders. We look forward to partnering with Fairfax and working with all the stakeholders in developing the Kempegowda International Airport through its next stage of expansion.
“GVK continues to remain bullish as a pioneer and long term investor in airport assets in India. Having qualified as the highest bidder for the Navi Mumbai airport recently, we shall continue to build iconic assets for the country”, he added.
About GVK
GVK is a leading Indian conglomerate with presence across energy, resources, airports, transportation, hospitality and life sciences sectors. GVK set up India’s first independent power plant and has over 2600 MW projects under generation and development. It is the first company in India to develop a six-lane road project under the PPP model and has around 1500 lane km expressway projects under operations and development. As one of India’s largest private sector airport operators, GVK handles around 70 million passengers per annum through India’s first brownfield airport – Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai and the greenfield Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru and is developing two airports in Indonesia. In addition, GVK continues to grow in the life sciences and hospitality businesses.