Apollo Hospitals has signed a share purchase agreement with IHH Healthcare (IHH), its JV partner in Apollo Gleneagles Hospital Limited, Kolkata (AGHL), to acquire its existing 50 per cent stake in AGHL for a cash purchase consideration of Rs 410 crore. Apollo also got Board's approval to raise Rs 1500 crore through QIP, partially to fund this deal.
AGHL runs a 750-bed multi-speciality hospital in a 50:50 joint venture between Apollo Hospitals and IHH, which would sell its equity stake to Apollo Hospitals to exit the venture.
Apollo also got tts board's approval to acquire an additional 1% equity stake