22 October 2019 Infrastructure Directors of Sadbhav Engineering (SADE) has approved the merger of the company and its listed subsidiary Sadbhav Infrastructure Project Limited (SIPL). In consideration of the merger, SADE will issue one equity share for every three SADEs shareholders. As a result of the merger, the promoter stake in SADE will come down from 46.55% to 38.74%. recap, SADE had divested its stake in nine road assets at an EV of INR66.1b, resulting in a debt reduction of INR40.6b at the project level and realization of INR25.5b in lieu of equity invested. Anyway, the investor interest in the listed asset arm has been on a decline, as InvITs are better products compared to listed companies in the road assets business, given the removal of the dividend distribution tax on SPVs and the minimum construction risk. Prima facie, the merger appears value accretive to standalone SADE as the entire benefit of debt reduction in SIPL standalone gets captured in the new merged entity.