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United Spirits acquires further 19.99% equity stake in Sovereign Distilleries

04 Jul 2011 Evaluate

United Spirits (USL) has acquired further 19.99% equity stake in Sovereign Distilleries (SDL) on July 01, 2011, pursuant to which SDL has become a subsidiary of the company with effect from July 01, 2011. Earlier, the Liquor manufacturer had acquired 41.54% stake in Karnataka-based Sovereign Distilleries. With this investment, the company had attained 35% self sufficiency in its projected total liquid requirements. This move also brings an arbitrage in purchase rates which will directly bolster the company’s EBIDTA.

Recently, United Spirits had acquired 73,22,280 equity shares from the promoters of Pioneer Distilleries (PDL) on May 24, 2011 and had completed the acquisition of PDL pursuant to the share purchase agreement. Consequent to the above, PDL had become a subsidiary of USL.

United Spirits (USL) is the largest spirits company in India and a flagship entity of $2 billion UB group. It manufactures wide range of whisky, vodka, rum and other spirits. PDL has 160 Kilo litres per day (KLPD) spirit facility situated on 188 acres of land, about 45 kms from Nanded in Maharashtra. This comprises an active 100 KLPD plant using Molasses as feedstock and a 60 KLPD plant under commissioning which uses Grain as input.

Sovereign Distilleries produces extra neutral alcohol (ENA), a key raw material for spirits, using both molasses and grain and has a capacity to produce 180 kilo litres of alcohol per day (KLPD).

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