Medi Assist Healthcare Services Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on September 04, 2025
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Medi Assist Healthcare Services has called an EGM on September 4, 2025 to seek shareholder approval for issuing up to 37,01,000 equity shares at ₹535 each (face value ₹5, premium ₹530), aggregating up to ₹198.00 crores on a preferential basis. The shares will be allotted to two foreign portfolio investors — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (28,90,830 shares for ~₹154.66 crores) and 238 Plan Associates LLC (8,10,170 shares for ~₹43.34 crores), both classified as Qualified Institutional Buyers and not promoters. The proceeds will primarily be used to invest in its wholly-owned subsidiary Medi Assist Insurance TPA for repayment/prepayment of subsidiary borrowings (~₹150 crores) and for general corporate purposes (~₹48 crores). The company recently completed the ₹412.40 crore acquisition of Paramount Health Services & TPA from Fairfax on July 1, 2025, financed through internal accruals and debt, which pushed total group debt to ₹303.3 crores as of July 1, 2025. E-voting will be held from September 1 to September 3, 2025, with the cut-off date set as August 28, 2025.
The preferential issue will dilute existing shareholders by roughly 5% (from ~7.05 crore shares to ~7.42 crore shares on a non-diluted basis), but brings in marquee long-term investors at a slight premium to the SEBI floor price of ₹534.53. Net proceeds are aimed at deleveraging the balance sheet following the recent Paramount acquisition, which should strengthen the company's capital structure. There is no change in control, no promoter subscription, and the new shares carry a 6-month lock-in, signaling long-term commitment from the incoming investors.