Adani Ports increases stake in Krishnapatnam Port from 75% to 100%

• Adani Ports (APSEZ) acquires 25 percent from Vishwa Samudra Holdings in Krishnapatnam Port for Rs 2,800 crore

• Krishnapatnam Port being India's second largest private sector port has a strong growth potential with a masterplan capacity of 300 MMTPA

New Delhi: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZL) has increased stake in its Krishnapatnam Port by acquiring an additional 25 percent from Vishwa Samudra Holdings, making the port a wholly owned subsidiary of APSEZL, the company said in an official statement on Monday. "Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. (APSEZ), India's largest private Ports & Logistics company and the flagship transportation arm of the diversified Adani Group, is announcing the acquisition of the residual 25 percent stake in Adani Krishnapatnam Port Ltd., (Krishnapatnam Port) for Rs 2,800 cr. This will result in APSEZ increasing its stake from 75 percent to 100 percent in Krishnapatnam Port."

Together with the 75 percent ownership acquired in October 2020, the acquisition implies an enterprise value of Rs 13,675 crore, implying an EV/ FY21 EBITDA multiple of 10.3x. 

Adani Ports' Krishnapatnam port has capacity of 64 MMTPA

Krishnapatnam Port is located on the east coast of India in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh (~180 km from Chennai Ports) close to the border between Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Krishnapatnam Port is an all-weather, deep water port that has multicargo facility with a current capacity of 64 MMTPA. With a waterfront of 20 km and 6,800 acres of land, Krishnapatnam Port has a master plan capacity of 300 MMTPA and a 50-year concession.

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The port is expected to have volumes of 38 MMT, revenues of Rs 1,840 crore and EBITDA of Rs 1,325 crore in FY21. Since the acquisition, Krishnapatnam Port has focused on business process re-engineering which has resulted in EBITDA margins improving from 57 percent in FY20 to 72 percent in FY21.

'APSEZL will make Krishnapatnam Port gateway port for south AP, Karnataka'

Karan Adani, Chief Executive Officer and Whole Time Director of APSEZ, said, "The consolidation of our ownership in Krishnapatnam Port reinforces APSEZ's stride towards 500 MMT by 2025 and achieving our broader strategy of cargo parity between west and east coasts of India. Krishnapatnam Port is on track to handle double the traffic by 2025 and will deliver high growth through a multi-product and cargo enhancement strategy while enhancing return on capital employed. We are confident that we will be able to double throughput and triple EBITDA at Krishnapatnam Port by 2025. We are committed to making Krishnapatnam Port the gateway port for South Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. With its large industrial land backed with the port, we will transform Krishnapatnam into a manufacturing and industrial hub."

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