Carlsberg moves forward with India IPO process

Carlsberg has filed draught papers for an IPO of the drinks group's concern successful India.

The institution submitted the pre-filed draught reddish herring prospectus to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) connected 1 July.

"The advancement and timing of the imaginable IPO volition beryllium connected a fig of factors, including the regulatory reappraisal and approvals, arsenic good arsenic prevailing marketplace conditions," the Tuborg brewer told Just Drinks.

Carlsberg groups its Indian operations into a wider reporting portion with cardinal and eastbound Europe, withholding country-specific income data.

In its 2025 yearly report, the brewer cited India arsenic a "compelling maturation opportunity", driven by "economic expansion, urbanisation, rising incomes and expanding penchant for beer, peculiarly among young adults".

It disclosed the Indian concern grew its marketplace stock from 5% successful 2011 to 23% successful 2025, delivering "high single-digit percent growth" past year.

The section merchandise scope includes Tuborg Green, Carlsberg Elephant and the "super-premium" 1664 Blanc.

At a radical level, Carlsberg's full integrated volumes fell 2% to 148 cardinal hectolitres successful 2025, portion integrated gross dipped 0.6% to Dkr89.1bn (then $14bn). Reported radical gross roseate 18.8% owed to the acquisition of UK soft-drinks shaper Britvic.

To enactment its determination strategy, Carlsberg signed a superior expenditure memorandum of knowing with the Indian authorities past September.

The Rs12.5bn (then $140.7m) concern model has been allocated to a fig of projects.

Carlsberg is spending Rs5bn connected a caller "greenfield facility" successful Ahilyanagar successful Maharashtra. Another Rs4bn is earmarked for a "brownfield expansion" astatine its Hoogly brewery successful West Bengal. The remaining superior is to money concern successful capableness astatine its Mysuru installation successful Karnataka.

In a connection astatine the time, Nilesh Patel, the MD of Carlsberg's concern successful India, described the state arsenic "a precedence maturation market" for the company.

"Our investments successful Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Karnataka underline our semipermanent committedness to India's future. These projects volition grow our operational capacity, make meaningful employment, and make excise revenues for the states."

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