Private Equity exits in India for Q1 2016 amounted to $2.5 billion (including value of stock swap transactions) an increase of 129% compared to $1.94 billion in the Q1 2015, according to latest Venture Intelligence Private Equity Exits Report. Of the total exit value in Q1’16, $2 billion represented complete exits; the remainder being partial ones.
- 7 exits of over $100 million in value account for 82.28% of the value pie
- KKR sells its stake in Alliance Tire Group for $1.05 Billion to Yokohama Rubber Co
- Strategic Sale exits at $1.3 Billion account for 37% of total exits followed by Public Market Sale and Secondary sale with 29% each
The largest PE exit announced (in value terms) during the year was the stake sale worth $1.05 billion of Alliance Tire Group by KKR to Yokohama Rubber Co. KKR realized approx. 2.8x return on its three year old investment.
The next largest was the exit by Advent International from Care Hospitals via a sale to Abraaj Group for a reported $231 million. This was followed by Arpwood Partners’ stake sale in Senvion when it got listed in Frankfurt stock exchange on Mar 23, 2016 fetching a 2x return, within a year of the investment. In the IT space investors in BillDesk and Commonfloor registered exits in deals worth $100 M+.
Exits by Profitability
In Q1 2016, PE investors fetched 32 profitable exits compared to 52 profitable exits in the previous quarter. Of these, six exits fetched 3x or higher returns (compared to 13 such deals in Q1 2015).
SAIF Partners registered a 22x return in a buyback deal in JustDial, while Sequoia Capital India also recorded a 4.6x in a buyback deal in JustDial. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's Rare Enterprises registered a 13x exit when it sold Concordia Biotech to Quadria India.
Exit Via IPOs
PE Backed IPOs during Q1’16 included those of
cancer care hospital chain HealthCare
Global, multi-specialty hospital operator
Narayana Hrudayalaya, security
software firm Quick Heal Technologies and
staffing services firm Teamlease
Services.
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