India-based drinks manufacturer Tilaknagar Industries has acquired a 10% stake in local gin maker Spaceman Spirits Lab.
Tilaknagar has purchased a 10% stake of the “craft-spirit think tank”, which produces Samsara gin, for Rs97.5m ($1.18m). The deal is set to close by 30 June.
The acquisition of the Samsara gin brand marks the Mumbai-headquartered distiller’s first foray into the “craft” gin industry, it said. The company already sells several other types of spirits in India such as its own Mansion House brandy.
In a statement, the publicly listed company said: “The company has considered and agreed to invest in two tranches an aggregate sum of Rs9.75 crore in the securities of Spaceman Spirits Lab Private Limited through a combination of equity shares and compulsory convertible preference shares.”
The Samsara gin range includes a London dry style gin and pink gin. The brand is set to launch three more flavours.
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Spaceman Spirits returned an annual revenue of Rs27m last financial year, an increase of Rs900,000 on the year prior, Tilaknagar said in a filing on the India stock exchange on Saturday (29 March).
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