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Bharti Infratel extends gain after Airtel hikes stake through open market

The stock of the company has rallied 7 per cent in the past two trading days.

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SI Reporter  |  Mumbai 

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Meanwhile, the stock of Bharti Airtel was down 2 per cent to Rs 474, after hitting a high of Rs 488 in the early morning trade today.

Shares of Bharti Infratel moved higher by 3 per cent to Rs 232, recovering nearly 5 per cent from the day’s low of Rs 222 on the BSE on Thursday after Bharti Airtel, the promoter of the company, hiked stake in the company through its subsidiary via open market.

The stock of the company, engaged in activities of providing telecom tower infrastructure sharing for telecommunication services, has rallied 7 per cent in the past two trading days.

On Wednesday, December 2, 2020, Bharti Airtel’s wholly-owned subsidiary Nettle Infrastructure Investments Ltd bought 133 million shares or 4.94 per cent additional stake in Bharti Infratel for Rs 2,882 crore via block deals. With this acquisition by Nettle, the aggregate shareholding of Bharti (along with subsidiaries) has increased to 41.66 per cent in Infratel against 36.73 per cent, earlier. CLICK HERE FOR BULK DEALS DATA

"While Infratel will announce special dividend (of around Rs 18) in near term along with usual healthy dividend yield, we do not see any other positive trigger in the near term," ICICI Securities said in a note. It also does not change the status of board control, which will continue to be jointly between Airtel and Vodafone Group. No justification has been provided by the company. The increase in stake, therefore does not justify optimal capital allocation strategy, the brokerage added.

Meanwhile, the stock of Bharti Airtel was down 2 per cent to Rs 474, after hitting a high of Rs 488 in the early morning trade today.


Motilal Oswal Securities in a note said that the deal could be leverage neutral for Bharti Airtel as it would receive a cumulative Rs 250-300 crore dividend, excluding taxes, over the next two years against its investment of Rs 2,880 crore coming from part of the extra-ordinary dividend from the cash balance on Bharti Infratel’s balance sheet, and the annual profit after tax generation from the merged entity. "However, irrespective of the deal, its existing 36.73 per cent stake would have still received the dividend. So, the incremental amount for the additional around 5 per cent stake does not justify the risk," the brokerage firm said.

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First Published: Thu, December 03 2020. 10:47 IST

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