Khaitan & Co advises Valuetree Ingredients on sale of majority stake to IMCD India

Valuetree Ingredients Private Limited has sold 70% of the total shareholding of Valuetree to IMCD India Private Limited.

The transaction will take place in two tranches, with IMCD India, now acquiring 70% of the share capital from the shareholders and the remaining 30% to be acquired in 2025. The founders of Valuetree will continue to lead Valuetree post-completion of first tranche.

Khaitan & Co advised Valuetree and its shareholders in this sale of stake.

The core team consisted of Shourya Sengupta (Partner), Saswat Subasit (Partner), Sneh Lata (Principal Associate), Sheldon Dsouza (Senior Associate), and Hansaja Pandya (Associate) with assistance from the following:

Vendor's due diligence: Utsav Mitra (Associate), Priyal Reddy (Associate), Shramana Dwibedi (Associate) and Joysurjo Roy (Associate)

Employment Law perspective: Abhinav Rastogi (Partner), Ajeta Anand (Associate), and Ransher Singh (Associate)

Intellectual Property Law perspective: Shailendra Bhandare (Partner), Sourav Dan (Principal Associate) and Vaishali Adhikari (Associate).

Founded in 2005, Valuetree, is a prominent ingredient supplier to the beauty and personal care market. It provides an extensive portfolio of specialty ingredients and through an in-house application laboratory, offers formulation and technical support to its customers. Valuetree employs a team of 44 employees and generated a revenue of approximately ₹4.4 billion (ca. EUR 48 million) in the financial year that ended on March 31, 2023.

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