NDTV promoter firm RRPR Holding transfers 99.5% shares to Adani's VCPL

Ongoing open offer draws bids for 5.3 mn shares as of Monday's close

News broadcaster New Delhi Television Ltd’s (NDTV’s) promoter firm RRPR Holding said on Monday that it had transferred shares constituting 99.5 per cent of its equity capital to Adani group-owned Vishvapradhan Commercial (VCPL).

The transaction was done on Monday, RRPR Holding said in a disclosure to the stock exchanges, in consonance with a conversion notice, dated August 23, 2022, issued by VCPL. This follows the expiry of the two-year restraint imposed by the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on November 26, it said.

The transfer of shares will give the Adani group control over a 29.18 per cent stake in