Blackstone Backed Horizon Files DRHP
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Horizon Industrial Parks, a warehousing platform backed by global asset management firm Blackstone, has submitted its draft red herring prospectus to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for an IPO with the goal of raising ₹2,600 crore.
The offering consists solely of new shares and does not include an offer for sale. Prior to its IPO filing, Horizon Industrial Parks raised approximately $200 million in pre-IPO financing from a number of investors, such as 360 ONE, SBI Life Insurance, State Bank of India, Radhakishan Damani, EAAA, and DSP Investments.
Kfin Technologies has been appointed as the registrar for Horizon Industrial Parks' IPO, and JM Financial, Axis Capital, IIFL Capital Services, SBI Capital Markets, and 360 ONE WAM are acting as book-running lead managers. But the question is: what are the major factors that influenced this logistics business's ability to enter the public markets?
How Did Pre-IPO Funding Shape IPO Strategy?
A $200 million pre-IPO investment in Horizon from prominent domestic companies such as SBI and Radhakishan Damani is an endorsement of Horizon's successful growth path. This leads up to its IPO and provides bridge finance to support its continued growth/expansion after listing.
According to the DRHP, Horizon will use ₹2,250 crore of the net proceeds from the fresh issue to repay or prepay borrowings of the company and its subsidiaries. This is expected to strengthen the balance sheet following its aggressive expansion and growing asset base. The remaining proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including providing the flexibility for acquiring and developing land.
The pedigree of the bookrunners representing the IPO and their connections with institutional investors indicate a substantial level of institutional interest in the rapid growth of warehousing in India. The issuance of shares as an entirely new and separate class maximises the inflow of capital into Horizon while minimising the dilution of promoters' interests.
Network Scale and Market Leadership
According to the JLL Report, Horizon is one of the largest developers of industrial and logistics infrastructure in India and has a pan-India total network of 45 assets across 10 cities with a total developed area of around 58.01 million square feet.
Horizon offers Grade A facilities including fulfilment centres, industrial facilities and in-city centres, purpose-built logistics parks, built-to-suit and fully fitted plug-and-play facilities, temperature-controlled cold storage and energy solutions, on-site staff accommodation, racking and material handling equipment (MHEs), all designed to support efficient operations across the supply chain.
The strategic locations of the facilities align with India's largest centres of consumption and industrial production to optimise the cost and time to move goods between locations.
These solutions are designed mainly for e-commerce, retail, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), renewable energy, auto and component manufacturing and other industries with a growing and expanding demand for logistics.
Strategic Debt Reduction Focus
IPO proceeds go directly into repaying the existing ₹2,250 crore debt and structuring the company for future investments as interest rates increase and large amounts of capital are required to support new projects.
The company can have a clean balance sheet after going public, which might improve the company's credit rating and make funding available for new projects. In addition, Blackstone will provide expertise in executing a scaling of warehouse portfolios.
The pre-IPO placement of the company demonstrates investor confidenceg in the rental income potential across its pan-India logistics portfolio.
Now that Horizon has submitted its DRHP for a fresh issue in addition to the available assets, a critical question for real estate investment trust (REIT) and warehouse logistics investors arises: how quickly will this debt reduction allow for increased Grade A construction to take place across each of the 10 major cities in India?
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