| Indiabulls Real Estate Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Board meeting held on January 31, 2020. Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ( Listing Regulations ), we wish to inform that the Board of Directors of the Company, at its meeting held today i.e. January 31, 2020 (which was commenced at 1:00 P.M. and concluded at 1:55 P.M.), have discussed and considered the proposal of reorganisation of the business of the Company, and in-principally approved the proposal of the merger of certain ongoing, completed and planned residential and commercial projects of Embassy Property Developments Private Limited ( Embassy ) with IBREL ( Merger ). IBREL has delivered 24+ Million sq ft of commercial & residential projects and has sold some commercial assets to Blackstone for approx. Rs 12,250 crore in the last 2 years. The near completion / under development projects of IBREL aggregating to 32.7 Million sq ft will generate sales of approx. Rs 22,750 crores and net surplus of over Rs 11,000 crores. Additionally, IBREL has a land bank of over 1900 acres and a SEZ of 1424 acres. Embassy Group which is a renowned leading real estate development firm comprises verticals such as commercial, residential, hospitality etc. spanning across Indian and international markets and has many operating projects. It has developed 54+ Million Sq. Ft. of commercial, residential, retail, hospitality, services, educational and industrial warehouse spaces and holds an extensive land bank of 1,000+ acres across the country. Embassy Office Parks REIT (a joint venture of Embassy and Blackstone) is India s first listed real estate investment trust and has a market cap of over Rs 32,000 crores. Embassy is in discussions with financial investors such as The Blackstone Group Inc. and others to raise up to $200 million before the Merger. This equity investment of USD 200 million will bring significant cash in the merged entity i.e. IBREL + Embassy (hereinafter called Merged IBREL ) for expanding its business operations. The Merged IBREL will be the development arm for both commercial and residential assets. Under the proposed Merger, certain ongoing, completed and planned residential and commercial projects of Embassy will get merged and stand transferred to IBREL. Some of Embassy assets are presently owned by entities managed and controlled by it jointly with Blackstone, for which it is in discussions with Blackstone to contribute such assets as part of the merger transaction. Under the proposed Merger, IBREL will issue its equity shares of face value of INR 2 each to the shareholders of Embassy, in accordance with the swap ratio as would be approved by the Board of both the Companies, resulting into the following shareholders segment in the Merged IBREL, post effectiveness of the proposed Merger:(i) IBREL s existing shareholders(ii) Embassy shareholders i.e. Embassy promoters, Blackstone / financial investor(s) etc. The Board has constituted a Reorganization Committee to examine and evaluate the options to implement the aforementioned merger proposal, including appointment of valuers, merchant bankers, and other intermediaries to prepare and present a draft scheme and related documents, including the valuation report(s), fairness opinion, share swap ratio etc, to be placed before the Board within 4 weeks for its consideration & final approval. The proposed Merger is aimed to be achieved through a cashless scheme of amalgamation, in accordance with Section 230-234 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the rules framed thereunder, as amended, and the Securities and Exchange Board of India circular no. CFD/DIL3/CIR/2017/21 dated 10 March 2017, as amended and other applicable regulations and provisions and is subject to necessary statutory approvals.
In continuation to the exchange communication dt 31.01.2020, regarding proposal of the merger of certain ongoing, completed and planned residential and commercial projects of Embassy Property Developments Pvt Ltd (Embassy) with Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd (IBREL) (Merger), we wish to inform that the process of valuation of such Embassy assets by independent valuers for arriving at the share swap ratio for the proposed Merger is progressing well. Additionally, Embassy has also reached at an advanced stage of discussions with foreign financial investors such as Blackstone and others for an investment of upto USD 200 mn. Upon the Merger, these foreign investors will also become shareholders of the merged IBREL, a listed entity. Best effort endeavors are being made by Embassy and IBREL to execute transaction documents on or before 23rd March 2020 and a scheme of amalgamation, for the proposed Merger will accordingly be placed before the Board of Directors of the Company for its approval.
(As Per BSE Announcement Dated 03.03.2020)
In continuation to the exchange communications dated January 31, 2020 and March 3, 2020, regarding proposal of the merger of certain ongoing, completed and planned residential and commercial projects of Embassy Property Developments Private Limited ('Embassy') with Indiabulls Real Estate Limited ('IBREL') ('Merger'), we wish to inform that lockdown restrictions imposed due to global spread of Corona Virus (COVID-19) had impacted the progress of the Merger process. With the lockdown relaxations from June 3, 2020, best effort endeavors are now being made by Embassy and IBREL to execute transaction documents on or before July 15, 2020 and a scheme of amalgamation, in accordance with Section 230-234 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the rules framed thereunder, as amended, and the SEBI circular no. CFD/DIL3/CIR/2017/21 dated 10 March 2017, as amended, for the proposed Merger will accordingly be placed before the Board of Directors of the Company for its approval.
(As Per BSE Announcement Dated on 03.06.2020)
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