In terms of the guidelines of the licensing of new private lenders issued by RBI, BFHL was required to bring its excess shareholding to 40% of the paid-up voting capital of the bank
HDFC offloaded 64.7 million equity shares representing 8.8 per cent of total equity of GRUH Finance for worth of Rs 1,599 crore at an average price of Rs 247 per share, the NSE data shows.
The company had announced a 1:1 bonus i.e. one new bonus equity share of Rs 2 each for every one existing equity share of Rs 2 each for its shareholders.
The stock rallied 6% to Rs 652 on the BSE in intra-day trade after the board recommended the issue of bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1 and dividend of Rs 3.3 per equity share