Max Ventures & Industries Limited (MaxVIL), one of the three holding companies of the $4-Bn Max Group, on 15th November 2021 had initiated the transaction to sell its 51% remaining stake in Max Speciality Films Limited (‘MSFL’) to partner Toppan Inc. The company announces the closure of the transaction and estimates the deal value to be concluded for~ Rs. 628 crores. Accordingly, MSFL ceases to be a subsidiary of the company effective 1st February2022.
Company is receiving first tranche payment of ~Rs. 485 crores, additional ~INR 10 crores expected within 30 days and second tranche of payment of about Rs.133 crores expected to be received before June 2023.
With exit from the packaging business, MaxVIL has now emerged as a pure play real estatebusiness entity with focus on premium residential and commercial real estate in NCR. The proceeds from the sale of packaging business will be utilized towards the development of the real estate business and achieve the growth ambitions of MaxVIL to become one of the top multi asset real estate developer in the NCRregion.
The restructuring process of MaxVIL and Max Estates to change name of listed company to Max Estates Limited has been initiated to reflect the true nature of the business and simplify the present holding company structure and the same will be presented to the Board of Directors of the Company for consideration and approval in duecourse.
Commenting on the completion of the transaction, Mr. Sahil Vachani, MD & CEO of MaxVIL said, “With the closure of this transaction, the company has embarked on a new journey to emerge as the leading Real Estate developer in the NCR region. The fund allows the company the head room to scale its growth aspirations across both the Residential and Commercial spaces. The real estate sector has witnessed stronger recovery and we have a strong residential and commercial real estate development pipeline under different stages of evaluation including due diligence.
The proceeds from the packaging business combined with internal accruals and potential financial partnerships with institutional investors will be judiciously deployed in these development opportunities. This will help us deliver on our stated aspiration of adding1Mn square feet of premium residential as well as commercial real estate space every year.”
About Max Ventures & Industries Limited (MaxVIL):
MaxVIL
Max Ventures & Industries Limited (MaxVIL), apart of the leading Indian multi-business conglomerate Max Group, owns and operates a real estate business through its 100% subsidiary, Max Estates. MaxVIL also has a real estate services & management company–Max Asset Services. MaxVIL is listed on NSE and BSE.
Max Estates Limited
Established in 2016, Max Estates Limited is the real estate arm of the Max Group and a wholly owned subsidiary of MaxVIL. Its vision is to bring the Group’s values of Excellence, Credibility and Sevabhav to the Indian real estate sector. Its marquee projects include a one-of-its-kind commercial office space Max Towers, on the edge of South Delhi that opened its doors in 2019, Max House–are-development of office campus and 222 Rajpur, a luxury residential villa community on Rajpur Road, Dehradun. It aims to create, build and operate GradeA+ office spaces in Delhi-NCR. The company has entered into a partnership with NewYork Life Insurance Company (NYL) for its 3rd commercial project in Delhi-NCR named Max Square.
Max Asset Services Limited (MAS)
Max Asset Services Limited focuses on providing real estate as a service in the form of facility management, community development and managed offices. It aims to bring life into buildings by implementing the Max Estates’ WorkWell philosophy through amenities and ‘Pulse’, which focuses on curating engaging events for office tenants.
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