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Deal Alert: IDFC PE leads $100 M investment in Moser Baer's solar cell subsidiary

Edited extracts from the press release: Moser Baer to raise $100 million in its wholly owned photovoltaic subsidiary • $100 million to be raised from a consortium led by IDFC Private Equity, consisting of GIC Special Investments, IDFC & CDC Group plc. • Proceeds to partially fund Moser Baer’s overall plans to expand photovoltaic (PV) capacity to 500MW by 2010 • A structured transaction to position the PV subsidiary for a potential IPO on an international exchange. New Delhi-based Moser Baer, India's largest and the world’s second largest optical storage media manufacturer announced today that it has received the approval of its Board of Directors to raise $100 million (Rs. 400 crores) in its wholly owned photovoltaic subsidiary. The investment will be made by a consortium of investors led by IDFC Private Equity, a private equity fund focused on the infrastructure space in India; together with GIC Special Investments, a private equity arm the Singapore's foreign reserves; C...