MEP Infrastructure Developers Ltd Company Summary

MEP Infrastructure Developers Ltd is an integrated road infrastructure developer, with a pan-India presence. It is one of the leading players in the realms of Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM), Operate-Maintain-Transfer (OMT) and toll collection projects in India. The company focuses on serving central and state road authorities across the country, managing, operating and maintaining their road assets. The company along with its subsidiaries has completed 135 projects across 15 states in India covering 3,376 lane kms under HAM, Build, Operate, Transfer (BOT) and OMT.MEP Infrastructure Developers Ltd was incorporated as MEP Toll Road Private Limited on August 8, 2002, at Mumbai, Maharashtra as a private limited company. The name of the company was changed from MEP Toll Road Private Limited to MEP Infrastructure Developers Private Limited on November 28, 2011. Subsequently, the name of the Company was changed from MEP Infrastructure Developers Private Limited to MEP Infrastructure Developers Limited on September 8, 2014.The company commenced its business with collection of toll at the five Mumbai Entry Points in December 2002, which was undertake for a period of eight years till November 2008 pursuant to a contract with MSRDC (and subsequent extensions thereof until November 2010). Till date, it has completed 120 projects, with an aggregate of 222 toll plazas and 1,393 lanes across 15 states in India and has 15 ongoing projects.MEP Infrastructure Developers came out with an initial public offer during the period from 21 to 23 April 2015 to raise Rs 324 crore. The IPO was priced at Rs 63 per share. During the financial year ended 31 March 2016, the company entered the projects under Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) and won 5 road projects under the HAM.During the year ended 31 March 2017, the company bagged another project from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) viz. Mahuva to Kagavadar of NH-8E from km. 100.100 to km 139.915 (design chainage from km 100.450 to km 140.470) (Package-III) in the State of Gujarat. During the year under review, the company received the Appointed Date for 4 of its HAM Projects. The company retained the long term toll collection project at Bhiwandi-Kalyan-Shilphata (with 2 toll plazas) from The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited (MSRDC) in the State of Maharashtra and bagged one year tolling project at Brijghat from NHAI in the State of Uttar Pradesh.In terms of Regulation 6 (2) of The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014 (the InvIT Regulations), the SEBI has granted the Certificate of Registration as an Infrastructure Investment Trust to MEP Infrastructure Investment Trust (MEP InvIT).During the year ended 31 March 2018, the company bagged 4 projects under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM). During the year under review, the company received the Appointed Date for 4 HAM Projects.In March 2018, the company successfully raised Rs 16,179.57 lakh via issue of equity shares through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP). The company had targeted raising a base deal amount of Rs 13,500 lakh with an option to upsize the deal. This option was exercised by the company as it received bids in excess of the base deal amount of Rs 13,500 lakh. It closed the QIP at an issue price of Rs 77.50 per equity share including a discount of 4.90 per cent to the floor price of Rs 81.49 per equity share calculated in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009. The issue was opened for subscription on 22 March 2018 and closed on 27 March 2018.