Billionaire Gautam Adani's group has found investors willing to sell over 53 lakh shares of NDTV despite the deep discount to the stock's current trading price, giving it the rights - which it may or may not exercise - to nominate a chairman of the broadcaster. The open offer, made after Adani group acquired a little known firm that gave it an indirect holding over 29.18 per cent stake in New Delhi Television (NDTV), closes on December 5, according to a stock exchange notification. Against the offer to buy 1.67 crore shares, or 26 per cent of equity - from NDTV's minority investors at a price of Rs 294 apiece, Adani group has received offers for 53.27 lakh shares, according to data available on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) website. Corporate investors have offered the most at 39.34 lakh shares while retail investors have offered a little over 7 lakh shares. Qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) have tendered 6.86 lakh shares, according to the NSE data which did not identify ...
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Nearly 28 lakh shares were tendered by shareholders of NDTV under the Adani group's open offer at the end of the third day on Thursday. Adani group's open offer to acquire an additional 26 per cent stake in the media firm New Delhi Television (NDTV) started on Tuesday. According to the data from BSE, a total of 27,72,159 NDTV shares amounting to 16.54 per cent of the offer size were tendered by the shareholders by 1600hrs on Thursday. Adani's offer price is Rs 294 per share, while NDTV shares settled at Rs 368.40 on Thursday, which is 25.3 per cent higher compared to the offer price. In the last three months, NDTV shares reached a high of Rs 540.85 on September 5, 2022. The offer closes on December 5, a notice by JM Financial, the firm managing the offer on behalf of Adani Group firms, said. Markets regulator Sebi on November 7 granted its approval to the proposed Rs 492.81 crore-open offer. The conglomerate, run by India's richest man Gautam Adani, in August acquired a little-k
The names of those who tendered their shares will be disclosed on the final day of the open offer
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