Religare Enterprises Limited’s (REL) Board approves raising Rs. 570 Crores of Growth Capital via Preferential Issue

The Board of Directors of Religare Enterprises Limited (REL) at its meeting held today has approved raising of funds to the tune of Rs. 570 crore by preferential allotment of 5,41,56,761 equity shares of the Company at price of Rs. 105.25/share to existing shareholders like Burman family & Ares SSG Capital and selected new marquee investors. The funds raised would be primary utilised as growth capital for investment in its subsidiaries businesses. REL is the holding company for four key businesses i.e. SME Finance via Religare Finvest Limited (RFL), Health Insurance via Care Health Insurance Limited (CHIL), Retail Broking via Religare Broking Limited (RBL) and Affordable Housing via Religare Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (RHDFCL).

Axis Capital is acting as a sole advisor to the above transaction. The above shall be subject to all requisite permissions, sanctions and approvals as may be necessary.

“Religare Group has successfully turnaround and now we are entering a new era of growth. The current fund raise is a testimonial of recognition of future growth potential of all our businesses, by our key shareholders and new investors. We would invest these funds towards growth of all our underlying businesses including Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL) which is undergoing the process of Debt Restructuring and I am positive about the future of that company. Our Health Insurance and other businesses are also looking up. I am very thankful to our investors, who kept faith on us and invested in our growth story “ Religare Enterprise’s Executive Chairperson Dr. Rashmi Saluja said.

About Religare Enterprises:

Religare Enterprises Limited (REL), a Core Investment Company (CIC) registered with Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is a diversified financial services company. REL offers an integrated suite of financial services through its underlying subsidiaries and operating entities, including loans to SMEs, Affordable Housing Finance, Health Insurance and Retail Broking. REL is listed on the BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) in India.

The Religare Group (REL & subsidiaries) has access to a wide reach of customers – 1 million+ policy holders in insurance business, 1 million+ broking customers, more than 26,000+ customers in MSME finance and 10,000+ customers in affordable housing finance. The Group has overall employee base of more than 11,000 professionals servicing diversified set of customers and Group has reach to around 1,000+ locations around India.