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Up to date: Aug 17, 2026 17:27 IST
HT Syndication
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 17: API Holdings, India’s largest digital healthcare platform and the final word mother or father firm of Thyrocare, has turn into debt-free after repaying its excellent debt of ₹1,050 crore, funded by means of proceeds from the latest sale of a portion of its stake in Thyrocare Applied sciences and inner accruals.
The event comes after Docon Applied sciences Non-public Restricted, the promoter and holding firm of Thyrocare, offered 1,57,69,696 Thyrocare shares, representing round 9.90% of the corporate’s paid-up fairness share capital, by means of market trades. Following the sale, Docon continues to stay the promoter and holding firm of Thyrocare with a 51.02% stake.
The debt fee has additionally resulted within the launch of the pledge on the remaining Thyrocare shares held by Docon. Your complete excellent pledge linked to the debt has now been launched, leaving Docon’s 51.02% holding in Thyrocare absolutely unencumbered.
Alok Kumar Jagnani, Entire-Time Director and Group CFO, API Holdings, mentioned, “We have repaid our time period debt in full, and we did it the arduous approach, with out diluting our stake in Thyrocare beneath 51%. That is the true headline: a stronger stability sheet with out giving up our possession. It displays a capital allocation philosophy the place progress and self-discipline aren’t traded off towards one another. With each enterprise within the group quickly worthwhile, there is no drag left on the P&L ; only a clear base to construct from.”
Siddharth Shah, Vice Chairman, API Holdings, mentioned, “The Thyrocare acquisition has labored out nicely for API. Shareholders who held on as an alternative of tendering to our open supply at ₹433 a share in July 2021 (bonus adjusted) are sitting on ₹653 at shut of buying and selling on 14th August 2026 – dividends included. That is a 51% return. NIFTY 50 gave you 41%. Pathology friends weren’t even shut. True worth for cash! Congratulations to the Thyrocare workforce, a turnaround no person thought was doable.”
Rahul Guha, MD & CEO, API Holdings and Thyrocare, mentioned, “Zero debt is not the end line; it is the beginning gun. This wasn’t monetary engineering; it was Thyrocare‘s and the group’s execution, quarter after quarter, that made it doable. What the workforce proved is larger than a stability sheet: this organisation can execute on something it units its thoughts to. That is the true asset we’re carrying into the following chapter.”
With its time period mortgage absolutely repaid and companies transferring into profitability, API Holdings now enters its subsequent part targeted on worthwhile progress, disciplined execution and long-term worth creation throughout its healthcare companies.
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