Business / Adani Group acquires controlling stakes in Mumbai Airport

Adani Group announced that it has bought out GVK Group and minority partners to take control of Mumbai Airport. The Ahmedabad-based conglomerate bought out GVK's 50.5% stake, while it said that it will soon buy Airports Company South Africa's 10% and Bidvest Group's 13.5% stake as well. The Adani Group also operates Jaipur, Lucknow, Mangaluru, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Ahmedabad airports.

Deccan Herald : Aug 31, 2020, 04:30 PM
Mumbai: Billionaire Gautam Adani's Adani Group on Monday said it has reached an agreement to acquire GVK Group's shareholding and control of Mumbai airport.

Adani Airport Holdings has "entered into an agreement to acquire the debt of GVK Airport Developers," Adani Enterprise said in a regulatory filing.

GVK Group holds 50.50 percent equity stake in Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL). The debt will be converted into equity.

The two firms did not give further financial details of the deal.

"The Adani Group will also take steps to complete the acquisition of a 23.5 percent equity stake from ACSA (Airports Company of South Africa) and Bidvest in MIAL for which it has obtained Competition Commission of India’s approval," it added.

Together with 50.50 percent stake of GVK, Adani's total holding in Mumbai airport will be 74 percent after completion of the transaction.