Mortgage lender will use part of capital to fund inorganic opportunities and investments in existing group businesses
The floor price of the QIP has been fixed at Rs 3,177.18 per equity share
Axis Bank on Tuesday said it has set a floor price of Rs 442.19 per equity share for its proposed Rs 15,000 crore qualified institutional placement (QIP).
Further, the board has delegated its authority to a fund-raising committee which shall be authorised to take decisions with respect to the issue
In a regulatory filing, the bank said that it will now seek shareholders' approval in its annual general meeting on August 7
The lender joins a slew of other private sector banks who have undertaken a similar exercise
Quality stocks in banking and financial services sector are still available at attractive valuations
In a meeting held on Thursday, the private lenders' board approved the capital raising plan through issue of equity shares/ depository receipts or any other instrument or securities
The bank has the discretion to offer up to 5% discount on floor price to investors participating in the QIP programme
The approval of the shareholders was sought by way of special resolution through a postal ballot
The housing finance company, however, did not specify timing for the QIP offering
YES Bank (down 58 per cent), RBL Bank (down 5 per cent) and Prestige Estates Projects (down 0.04 per cent) are the only three counters to trade below their respective QIP prices
The company is currently valued at Rs 1.41 trillion and is among top 20 most valued firms in the country
A total of 2,81,25,000 equity shares of face value Rs 2 each has been approved for allotment.
The company said that it may offer a discount of not more than five per cent on the floor price so calculated for the issue
Issue price was at a discount of 1.57% to the stated floor price of Rs 452.09 per equity share
Bharti Airtel has announced allotment of 323.5 mn equity shares to eligible institutional buyers at an issue price of Rs 445 per share as part of $2 billion QIP
The issue opened Wednesday and has already been oversubscribed and according to banking sources the allocation of the shares will be made next week
While investors have made decent returns on most deals, they have lost out heavily on three transactions.
The company has clarified that apart from $2 billion through QIP, the overall issuance for now shall be up to $1 billion, making it a total of $3-billion fund raising