Radiant Life Care Private Limited

Leading hospital management company, Radiant Life Care Private Limited has announced its successful acquisition of a 49.7% stake in Max Healthcare Limited. It will be headed by Abhay Soi s the Chairman of its Board and Executive Council.

This merged entity will be a big step for Abhay Soi and KKR to acquire a controlling stake by combining he health care assets of Max Healthcare, Max Life Limited (“Max India”), and Radiant to create the largest hospital network in North India.

As part of the transaction, Max India’s promoters will receive an advance of INR 361 crore (US$52.2 million) from KKR in exchange for a 4.99% stake in the merged entity. Max India’s promoters will use the funds for deleveraging purposes.

Analjit Singh, Founder & Chairman of Max Group, said, “Max Healthcare and Radiant possess complementary sets of capabilities in running healthcare establishments and KKR brings with it extensive global experience in healthcare investments and capabilities in prudent financial management. Radiant-KKR are the best suited partners to further the culture of clinical and service excellence that Max Healthcare has become known for. The merger and the future planned expansion will provide the scale that MHC needs for profitable growth at a time when healthcare margins are being tested. I also want to thank our outgoing JV partner Life Healthcare for being supportive participants in MHC’s growth and progress.”

Mohit Talwar, Vice Chairman of Max Group, said, “The combination of Max Healthcare-Radiant will give shareholders the opportunity to benefit from the performance of the third largest hospital chain in a rapidly growing Indian healthcare market. It will also allow Max India to focus on enhancing shareholder value creation by growing our other businesses and seeding new ones.”

Abhay Soi, Chairman Radiant Life Care and Max Healthcare, said, “I am happy to have been able to complete the acquisition of Life’s stake in Max Healthcare as a first step towards integration of the two companies, and fortunate to have a PE firm such as KKR backing us in our journey. We believe we have all the wherewithal to grow our business organically and inorganically during this challenging phase for the healthcare sector. Our interests are also very aligned with our Prime Minister’s vision of strengthening brand India globally by focusing on the 5 T’s of tourism, tradition, technology, trade and talent.”

Also read: KKR-Radiant acquires 49.7 percent stake in Max Health for $293 mn

Sanjay Nayar, Member & CEO of KKR India, added, “We are excited about building Max Healthcare into an outstanding company governed by world-class board members and standing for the highest standards of clinical outcomes.”

The way towards combining Radiant Life Care and Max Healthcare and the inevitable posting of Max Healthcare is in progress, and is probably going to be finished in 6 to 8 months, subject to receipt of the essential approvals.

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