Melstacorp

Melstacorp Ltd.
Type	Limited
Industry	Holding company
Headquarters	110, Norris Canal Road Colombo 10.
Key people	D. H. S. Jayawardena (Chairman) Amitha Goonaratne (Managing Director)
Parent	Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka
Website	www.melsta.com

Melstacorp Limited is a 100% owned subsidiary of Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC ^[1] which is one of the 10 largest listed companies in the Colombo Stock Exchange. Melstacorp Limited has a Net asset value of USD 290 million and is the holding company of many subsidiaries and significant interests of the DCSL group including Sri Lanka's largest producer of Sugar and Ethanol Pelwatte Sugar Industries PLC,^[2] Periceyl Private Limited that represents Pernod Ricard brands in Sri Lanka, Milford Holdings (Private) Limited, Melsta Logistics (Private) Limited, Melsta Properties (Private) Limited, Melsta Brands (Private) Limited, Melsta Regal Finance Limited, Belvantage (Private) Limited, Continental Insurance Lanka Limited Splendormedia (Private) Limited, Bogo Power (Private) Limited, Balangoda Plantations PLC, Melsta Tower (Private) Limited and Lanka Bell Limited.

Melstacorp owns 41% of the issued capital of Aitken Spence & Co PLC a diversified conglomerate listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange and also owns 31% of the issued capital of Madulsima Plantations PLC.

Deshamanya Harry Jayawardena is the Chairman of the Melstacorp.

References

↑ "Why? Melstacorp By Harry J?". Daily Mirror Online. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
↑ "Harry J’ control of Pelwatte Sugar main feature this week". Sunday Times Online. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-27.

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