The ITC Hotels stock on Friday closed at ₹206 a share on the BSE, down by 0.84%
Dec 4 (Reuters) - British American Tobacco is looking to offload its stake in India's ITC Hotels, it said on Thursday, through an accelerated bookbuild process
Marroco also confirmed that BAT would keep its two directors on the ITC board so that it has an influence
BAT's latest stake sale trims its ITC holding below 25 per cent, ending veto rights just a year after it cited the importance of maintaining control through board influence
BAT may offload a small portion of its 25.45% stake in ITC via on-market trade, but says no certainty of deal; earlier divestment funded share buyback
The development comes almost a year after BAT sold around 3.5 per cent of its stake in ITC for around $2 billion
BAT's chief executive Tadeu Marroco in a post-results analysts meeting said that they have no interest in staying invested in ITC Hotels for the long term and they will figure out the the right time
Reiterating BAT's position on ITC Hotels, Marroco said at a post-results analyst meet, "BAT has no interest in becoming a long-term shareholder of a hotel chain in India
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On a year-to-date basis, Citi has overseen ECM deals worth $4 billion, with a 14 per cent market share - ranking number one on the India ECM league table
The London-listed company said it will purchase £700 million of its shares in 2024 and £900 million by the end of 2025
British multinational BAT Plc on Wednesday divested a 3.5 per cent stake in FMCG-to-hotel conglomerate ITC Ltd for Rs 17,485 crore through open market transactions. British American Tobacco Plc (BAT), through its affiliate Tobacco Manufacturers (India) Ltd, offloaded more than 43.68 crore equity shares of ITC, amounting to 3.5 per cent stake, according to the block deal data available with the BSE. The shares were sold in 48 tranches, with an average price of Rs 400.25 apiece, taking the transaction value to Rs 17,484.97 crore.
ITC's stock reported its sharpest intra-day rally since April 3, 2020 when it had surged nearly 10 per cent
British firm will use the proceeds of block trades to buy back own shares
The sale of 437 million ordinary shares in ITC through a block trade, will cut the Dunhill cigarette maker's shareholding to about 25.5% from about 29%
London-listed BAT has been speaking with Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. about a potential divestment of around $2 billion to $3 billion in ITC stock through block trades, the people said
The foreign direct investment cap in ITC means that BAT cannot directly sell to another foreign entity
Jefferies downgraded the stock to 'hold' from 'buy' earlier with a target price of Rs 430, down a huge 17.3 per cent from its earlier price target of Rs 520.
We want to keep a level of influence in ITC, says BAT chief
BAT's move comes as ever-stricter regulation and growing awareness of health risks squeeze tobacco companies' traditional business, driving declines in cigarette volumes in some markets