Melstacorp PLC is a Sri Lankan diversified conglomerate. It is listed in 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 ...

. Melstacorp PLC is one of the 10 largest listed companies. It has a market capitalization of approximately USD 450 million.

Deshamanya Deshamanya (; ; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour. It is awarded for "''highly meritorious service''", and is conventionally used as a title or prefi ...

Harry Jayawardena is the Chairman of the company.

History

Melstacorp PLC was originally formed as Beruwala Distillery (Private) Limited in 1995. Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka (DCSL) acquired the Company and renamed it Melstacorp Limited in order to subsequently make it the holding Company of the then DCSL group. All subsidiary companies of DCSL were transferred to the Company between 2010 and 2015. In 2016 through a 180-degree share swap, Melstacorp became the holding company of DCSL. After the share swap, Melstacorp was listed in the

on 30 December 2016.

Subsidiaries

Melstacorp subsidiaries are involved in industries such as Distilling, bottling and distribution of liquor, Insurance, Health, Manufacturing, Logistics, ICT, Telecommunications, Energy, Tea and Rubber Plantations, Hospitality, Property Development, Brand Management, and in Advertising. It is the holding company of Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC. Source: Annual Report (2022, p. 152)

References

Conglomerate companies of Sri Lanka Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka Drink companies of Sri Lanka Companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange Companies in the S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index {{SriLanka-company-stub