RED HERRING PROSPECTUS Dated March 1, 2005 Please read Section 60B of the Companies Act, 1956 100% Book Building Issue Gateway Distriparks Limited (Incorporated on April 06, 1994, under the Companies Act, 1956 and obtained Certificate of Commencement of Business on October 24, 1994) Registered Office: R-215, First Floor, Greater Kailash Part I, New Delhi - 110048. Tel +91-11-5162 0000 Fax +91-11-5163 4588 Mumbai Office: Container Freight Station Sector 6, Dronagiri, Taluka Uran, District Raigad, Navi Mumbai - 400 707 Telephone No. +91-22-2747 0520 Fax No. +91-22-2747 1854. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.gateway-distriparks.com PUBLIC OFFER OF 21,000,000 EQUITY SHARES OF RS. 10 EACH AT A PRICE OF RS. [●] PER EQUITY SHARE FOR CASH AGGREGATING RS. [●] MN CONSISTING OF A FRESH ISSUE OF 11,000,000 EQUITY SHARES OF RS. 10 EACH AT A PRICE OF RS. [●] FOR CASH AGGREGATING RS. [●] MN AND AN OFFER FOR SALE OF 10,000,000 EQUITY SHARES OF RS. 10 EACH AT A PRICE OF RS. [●] FOR CASH AGGREGATING RS. [●] MN (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS THE “OFFER”). THE OFFER WOULD CONSTITUTE 28% OF THE FULLY DILUTED POST OFFER PAID-UP CAPITAL OF GATEWAY DISTRIPARKS LIMITED (THE “COMPANY” / “GDL”). PRICE BAND: Rs. 60 TO Rs. 72 PER EQUITY SHARE OF FACE VALUE OF RS. 10 THE OFFER PRICE IS 6 TIMES OF THE FACE VALUE AT THE LOWER END OF THE PRICE BAND AND 7.2 TIMES OF THE FACE VALUE AT THE HIGHER END OF THE PRICE BAND. In case of revision in the Price Band, the Bidding/Offer Period will be extended for three additional days after revision of the Price Band subject to the Bidding /Offer Period not exceeding 13 days. Any revision in the Price Band and the revised Bidding/Offer Period, if applicable, will be widely disseminated by notification to The Stock Exchange, Mumbai, (“BSE”) and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (“NSE”) by issuing a press release, and also by indicating the change on the websites of the Book Running Lead Managers and at the terminals of the Syndicate. The Offer is being made through a 100% Book Building Process wherein not more than 50% of the Offer shall be allocated on a discretionary basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers, not less than 25% of the Offer shall be allocated to Non-Institutional Investors and not less than 25% of the Offer shall be allocated to Retail Individual Investors on a proportionate basis, subject to valid bids being received within the price band. RISK IN RELATION TO FIRST ISSUE This being the first Offer of the Equity Shares of the Company, there has been no formal market for the Equity Shares of the Company. The face value of the Equity Shares is Rs. 10 and the Offer Price is [·] times the face value. The Offer Price (as determined by the Company and Selling Shareholders in consultation with the Book Running Lead Managers, on the basis of assessment of market demand for the Equity Shares by way of Book Building) should not be taken to be indicative of the market price of the Equity Shares after the Equity Shares are listed. No assurance can be given regarding an active and/or sustained trading in the Equity Shares of the Company or regarding the price at which the Equity Shares will be traded after listing. GENERAL RISKS Investments in equity and equity-related securities involve a degree of risk and investors should not invest any funds in this Offer unless they can afford to take the risk of losing their investment. Investors are advised to read the risk factors carefully before taking an investment decision in this Offering. For taking an investment decision, investors must rely on their own examination of the Company and the Offer including the risks involved. The Equity Shares offered in the Offer have not been recommended or approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”), nor does SEBI guarantee the accuracy or adequacy of this Red Herring Prospectus. Specific attention of the investors is invited to the statements in Risk Factors beginning on page i of this Red Herring Prospectus. ISSUER’S ABSOLUTE RESPONSIBILITY The Company having made all reasonable inquiries, accepts responsibility for and confirms that this Red Herring Prospectus contains all information with regard to GDL and the Offer, which is material in the context of the Offer, that the information contained in this Red Herring Prospectus is true and correct in all material aspects and is not misleading in any material respect, that the opinions and intentions expressed herein are honestly held and that there are no other facts, the omission of which makes this Red Herring Prospectus as a whole or any of such information or the expression of any such opinions or intentions misleading in any material respect. LISTING The Equity Shares Offered through this Red Herring Prospectus is proposed to be listed on the BSE (Designated Stock Exchange) and NSE. The Company has received in-principle approval from these Stock Exchanges for listing of the Equity Shares pursuant to letters dated December 29, 2004 AND January 17, 2005 respectively. BOOK RUNNING LEAD MANAGER TO THE ISSUE REGISTRAR TO THE ISSUE IL&FS INVESTSMART LIMITED INTIME SPECTRUM REGISTRY LIMITED The ILFS Financial Centre, Plot C-22, C-13, Pannalal Silk Mills Compound G Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Kantilal Maganlal Industrial Estate Bandra (E), Mumbai 400 051 LBS Marg Bhandup (W) Mumbai – 400 078 Tel: +91-22-2653 3333 Tel : +91-22-5555 5491 Fax: +91-22-2653 3075 Fax: +91-22-5555 5499 Email:[email protected] Email : [email protected] ISSUE PROGRAMME BID/OFFER OPENS ON : MARCH 09, 2005 BID/OFFER CLOSES ON :MARCH 14, 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS .............................................................................................................. a CERTAIN CONVENTIONS; USE OF MARKET DATA....................................................................................... h FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS .............................................................................................................. i RISK FACTORS .................................................................................................................................................. i SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................................ 1 THE OFFER ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................ 8 CAPITAL STRUCTURE ...................................................................................................................................... 21 OBJECTS OF THE OFFER ................................................................................................................................. 30 INDUSTRY ......................................................................................................................................................... 34 BUSINESS ......................................................................................................................................................... 41 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COMPANY ................................................................................................................ 49 MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF OPERATION 54 SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY ................................................................................................................. 67 MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 70 PROMOTERS & THEIR BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................... 86 REGULATORY APPROVALS ............................................................................................................................. 127 OUTSTANDING LITIGATIONS AND MATERIAL DEVELOPMENTS ................................................................ 129 BASIS FOR OFFER PRICE ................................................................................................................................. 140 AUDITORS REPORT FOR GATEWAY DISTRIPARKS LTD. .............................................................................. 142 AUDITORS REPORT FOR INDEV WAREHOUSING CONTAINER SERVICES PVT. LTD. ................................ 169 TAX BENEFITS .................................................................................................................................................. 174 OTHER REGULATORY DISCLOSURES ............................................................................................................ 183 TERMS OF THE OFFER..................................................................................................................................... 185 OFFER STRUCTURE ......................................................................................................................................... 188 OFFER PROCEDURE ......................................................................................................................................... 190 STATUTORY AND OTHER INFORMATION ...................................................................................................... 207 MAIN PROVISIONS