Competition Commission gives nod to Amazon's 0.5% equity share acquisition of Quess Corp

New Delhi: Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Monday said it has cleared the acquisition of equity share capital of Quess Corp by Amazon.com NV Investment Holding LLC. Quess Corp in a regulatory filing on 12 July had said its board has approved the issuance of over 7.54 lakh equity shares to Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC for an aggregate amount of around Rs 51 crore at an issue price of Rs 676 apiece by way of a preferential allotment.

@CCI_India approves acquisition of 0.51% of the equity share capital of Quess Corp Limited by https://t.co/vUAP6KDWu3 NV Investment Holding LLC

— CCI (@CCI_India) September 9, 2019

It had further added that the investment will be going to Quess Corp’s wholly-owned subsidiary Qdigi Services Ltd. The regulator in a tweet on Monday said it “approves the acquisition of 0.51 percent of the equity share capital of Quess Corp Limited by Amazon.com NV Investment Holding LLC.” [caption id=“attachment_7283061” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. AP.[/caption] “The proposed transaction involves the acquisition of a minority non-controlling investment by the acquirer, undertaken solely as an investment in the ordinary course of its business,” according to a combination notice filed with the CCI. Amazon.com NV Investment Holding LLC is an “investment holding company which is globally engaged in the business of making investments and is also registered as a foreign portfolio investor in India,” the notice added. Quess Corp Group and its subsidiaries are engaged in various activities in the market for the provision of facilities management services in India, CCI said.