September 24, Mumbai, India: A record thirty-seven awards were presented by Ms. Abha Bakaya, primetime anchor on Bloomberg UTV, The Final Word, at the annual ASIA M&A ATLAS AWARDS GALA and CEREMONY honoring top deals, dealmakers and firms from the greater Asia Pacific including India, China, South East Asia, Far East mergers, acquisitions, private equity and venture capital communities. The awards gala opening remarks were delivered by Mr. Pranjal Sharma, the highly acclaimed executive editor from Bloomberg UTV; followed by the honorary guest speaker Mr. Paul A. Folmsbee, U.S. Consul General, United States of America. CONGRATULATING the WINNERS CIRCLE: M&A EXECUTIVE AWARD RECIPIENTS: Asia Pacific Corporate Dealmaker: Akhil Gupta, Deputy CEO and Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises Asia Pacific Private Equity Dealmaker: Edward Sippel, Managing Principal, Quadrangle Group Asia Pacific Venture Capital Dealmaker: Sudheer Kuppam, Managing Director, Intel Capital Asia Pacific Boutique M&A Investment Banker: Dr. Hong Chen, Chairman and CEO, The Hina Group India M&A Corporate Dealmaker: Gautam Watve, Head of Planning and Strategy, Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd India Private Equity Dealmaker: Sanjay Nayar, Member and CEO India, KKR India India M&A Investment Banker: Ashutosh Maheshvari, CEO, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Private Limited India M&A Lawyer of the Year: Ajay Bahl, Senior Partner, AZB & Partners ASIA PACIFIC M&A DEAL of the YEAR, WINNERS CIRCLE: ASIA PACIFIC M&A DEAL of the YEAR above 500 million USD AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. merger with Linkage Technologies International Holdings Limited. Nominee Winner: The Hina Group ASIA PACIFIC M&A DEAL of the YEAR above 200 million USD Taisho Pharmaceutical acquisition of Bristol-Myers Squibb Indonesia. Nominee Winner: Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation ASIA PACIFIC M&A DEAL of the YEAR above 100 million USD PLUS Expressway Berhad acquisition stake in Road project SPV from Indu Projects Ltd, Navayuga Engineering Company & Abhishek Developers. Nominee Winner: ICICI Bank Ltd ASIA PACIFIC M&A DEAL of the YEAR above 50 million USD Warburg Pincus stake in Metropolis Healthcare. Nominee Winner: o3 Capital Global Advisory ASIA PACIFIC M&A DEAL of the YEAR above 5 million USD Sale of Pfizer vaccine business to Harbin Bio-Vaccine, subsidiary of Harbin Pharmaceutical Group. Nominee Winner: Business Development Asia
ASIA PACIFIC CROSS-BORDER DEAL of the YEAR above 500 million USD Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (South Korea) acquisition of Skoda Power (Czech Republic). Nominee Winner: Citigroup ASIA PACIFIC CROSS-BORDER DEAL of the YEAR above 100 million USD Acquisition of Equipav (Brazil) by Shree Renuka Sugars (India). Nominee Winner: Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Private Limited ASIA PACIFIC CROSS-BORDER DEAL of the YEAR above 5 million USD Daiichi Sankyo (Japan) acquisition of Zenotech (India) following control acquisition of Ranbaxy. Nominee Winner: P&A Law Offices ASIA PACIFIC CONSORTIUM DEAL of the YEAR Coffee Day Resorts stake by Standard Chartered Private Equity, KKR Asia, New Silk Route Partners. Nominee Winners: Standard Chartered Private Equity, KKR Asia, New Silk Route Partners. ASIA PACIFIC CORPORATE DEAL of the YEAR Merger of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd., Aioi Insurance Co. Ltd and Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co. Nominee Winner: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu ASIA PACIFIC PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL of the YEAR CVC Capital Partners 98% acquisition stake in PT Matahari Putra Prima Tbk. Nominee Winner: CVC Asia ASIA PACIFIC VENTURE CAPITAL DEAL of the YEAR Sequoia Capital led investment into K12 Techo Services Pvt Ltd. Nominee Winner: Grant Thornton India INDIA M&A DEAL of the YEAR, WINNERS CIRCLE: INDIA M&A DEAL of the YEAR above 200 million USD DLF Ltd acquisition in DLF Assets, from private equity firm SC Asia Pte Ltd. Nominee Winner: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.; AZB & Partners, Citigroup INDIA M&A DEAL of the YEAR above 50 million USD First Data Corporation s acquisition of ICICI Bank Merchant Acquiring Services Division. Nominee Winner: ICICI Bank Ltd INDIA M&A DEAL of the YEAR above 5 million USD Infosys BPO acquired McCamish Systems LLC, Nominee Winner: Infosys Ltd. INDIA M&A OUTBOUND DEAL of the YEAR Fortis Healthcare acquisition stake in Parkway Holdings Ltd from TPG Capital. Nominee Winners: Religare Capital Markets, AZB & Partners INDIA CORPORATE M&A DEAL of the YEAR Fortis Healthcare Ltd. acquisition of Wockhardt hospitals. Nominee Winner: Religare Capital Advisors INDIA PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL of the YEAR above 50 million USD Quadrangle Capital Partners led consortium of international investors in Tower Vision India Pvt. Ltd. Nominee Winner: Quadrangle Capital Partners. INDIA PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL of the YEAR above 5 million USD Reliance Capital Ltd acquisition stake in Bloomberg-UTV. Nominee Winner: Reliance Capital
INDUSTRY M&A DEAL of the YEAR, WINNERS CIRCLE: CHEMICAL & RESOURCES DEAL of the YEAR (Includes natural resource, chemical, etc.) Essar Steel acquisition of Servosteel. Nominee Winner: Essar Group CLEAN ENERGY & ENVIORNMENT DEAL of the YEAR Schneider Electric buys system integration business of Zicom. Nominee Winners: Schneider Electric. P&A Law CONSUMER GOODS & SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR TPG and Bain Capital stake in Lilliput Kidswear Limited. Nominee Winner: Ernst & Young ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA of the YEAR Elephant Capital investment stake in Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd Nominee Winner: Elephant Capital FINANCIALS DEAL of the YEAR HSBC Private Equity investment stake in Financial Information Network & Operations. Nominee Winner: Avendus Capital Partners PHARMACEUTICAL DEAL of the YEAR Hospira, Inc. acquisition of business of Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Nominee Winner: Khaitan & Co. INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL of the YEAR Asian Genco Pte Ltd stake by consortium of global investors led by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, and includes General Atlantic, Goldman Sachs Investment Management, Norwest Venture Partners, Everstone Capital. Nominee Winners: Morgan Stanley, General Atlantic, Norwest Venture Partners, Davis Polk & Wardell, LLP MANUFACTURING DEAL of the YEAR INOX India Ltd acquisition stake in Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives, Inc. Nominee Winner: Grant Thornton, Khaitan & Co REAL ESTATE & HOSPITALITY DEAL of the YEAR ICICI Prudential and India Opportunities Real Estate Fund stake in Shriram Properties Ltd s. Nominee Winner: o3 Capital Global Advisory Pvt. Ltd. TELECOM & TECHNOLOY SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR KPIT Cummins acquisition of Sparta. Nominee Winner: KPIT Cummins. (Avendus Capital)
ASIA PACIFIC FIRM of the YEAR, WINNERS CIRCLE: GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM of the YEAR ASIA PACIFIC GROUP Nominee Winner: Standard Chartered Private Equity VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM of the YEAR ASIA PACIFIC GROUP Nominee Winner: Draper Fisher Jurvetson M&A INVESTMENT BANK of the YEAR ASIA PACIFIC GROUP Nominee Winner: Citigroup M&A LAW FIRM of the YEAR ASIA PACIFIC PRACTICE Nominee Winner: Davis Polk & Wardell ACCOUNTING & TRANSACTION ADVISOR ASIA PACIFIC PRACTICE Nominee Winner: Deloitte ASIA PACIFIC M&A TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS Nominee Winner: Intralinks INDIA FIRM of the YEAR, WINNERS CIRCLE: INDIA PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM of the YEAR Nominee Winner: IDFC Private Equity INDIA M&A INVESTMENT BANK of the YEAR AWARD Nominee Winner: Avendus Capital INDIA M&A LAW FIRM of the YEAR AWARD Nominee Winner: AZB & Partners PLAN AHEAD, 2011: ASIA PACIFIC M&A SUMMIT and ASIA PACIFIC M&A ATLAS AWARDS N EW DESTINATION: Hong Kong, September 2011 Annual Asia Pacific Summit and Awards will be held in Hong Kong, bringing together senior executives from the wider Asia Pacific, Oceanic and global communities to discuss, debate and explore solutions over two days. INDIA M&A FORUM and INDIA M&A AWARDS GALA Mumbai, September 2011 The India M&A Forum and Awards to exclusively share insights on executing deals in India; and the awards to honor top deals, dealmakers and firms for executing deals in India. The Indian M&A community is welcome to participate at the Asia Pacific gathering held in Hong Kong.