Expolanka Holdings Limited is a diversified conglomerate with interests in logistics, leisure, food and technology businesses with a global presence in 39 countries and over 100 cities.
Expolanka Holdings PLC shares were delisted from the
Colombo Stock Exchange
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) (; ) is the main stock exchange in Sri Lanka that utilizes an electronic trading platform. The CSE headquarters have been located at the World Trade Center (Colombo) Towers in Colombo since 1995, and it has regi ...
(CSE) on 12 September 2024, after shareholders approved a resolution on 27 March 2024.
The company is now registered as Expolanka Holdings Ltd.
History
Expolanka Limited was established in 1978 as the Sri Lankan economy was liberalised and is the flagship company of Expolanka Holdings. Initially a pioneer exporter of fresh produce, Expolanka has had sustained growth emerging as a strong group of companies. The group has diversified into exports, imports and trading, freight forwarding & logistics, manufacturing, airline representation & operation, travels & tours and information technology over the years.
New Developments
Having announced on 26 April 2011, its intention to go public with an initial public offering after successful private placement of its shares to broad-base ownership, Expolanka Holdings went ahead with the IPO on 12 May 2011 floating 172,000,000 ordinary voting shares at
LKR 14 per share.
Listed on the main board of the
Colombo Stock Exchange
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, Expolanka Holdings PLC once ranked among the top five diversified conglomerates in the bourse.
In May 2014, SG Holdings, Japan's second-largest logistics firm, acquired a 30% stake in Expolanka Holdings PLC triggering mandatory offer requirements set by Sri Lanka's Securities and Exchange Commission. In June 2014, SG Holdings confirmed that it has secured controlling interest in Expolanka with the acquisition of over 51% of total shares.
Delisting from the Colombo Stock Exchange
On 1 March 2024, Expolanka Holdings PLC disclosed its intention to withdraw from the
Colombo Stock Exchange
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(CSE) in a press release conveyed by the company Director and Group CEO Hanif Yusoof. This proposition will be contingent upon requisite shareholder approval, regulatory endorsements, and authorisations.
On 27 March, at the Extraordinary General Meeting the shareholders of Expolanka Holdings approved the requisite resolution pertaining to the proposed delisting of the shares of Expolanka Holdings from the Official List of the CSE. On 8 May 2024, Expolanka Holdings disclosed that the company received permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission to its delisting request.
Expolanka Holdings PLC's shares were delisted from the Colombo Stock Exchange on 12 September 2024, following a shareholder resolution passed on 27 March 2024.
The company has transitioned from a public listed company to a public company and is now registered as Expolanka Holdings Limited.
Finances
Source: Annual Report, 2022/23 (pp. 224–225)
References
External links
Official website‘Expolanka Teas’ raises Rs. 6 m at Charity Tea Auction for cancer patients
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Companies formerly listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange
Conglomerate companies of Sri Lanka