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LIC cuts stake in M&M to 6.42% from 8.43%, garners Rs 2,222 crore

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Wednesday said it has sold 2 per cent of its shareholding in automaker Mahindra & Mahindra for about Rs 2,222.49 crore. The shares were sold through open market transactions during the period from December 21, 2020, to August 8, 2022, according to a regulatory filing. After the sale, the LIC holding in the passenger cars and utility vehicles company decreased from 8.430 per cent to 6.421 per cent, it said. The average cost of 2,49,73,233 shares sold, it said, was Rs 889.95 crore. Under Sebi norms, listed companies are required to intimate the stock exchanges when their shareholding in an entity changes by 2 per cent or more. On the BSE, shares of LIC rose 0.39 per cent to close at Rs 682.65 apiece while that of Mahindra and Mahindra fell 0.46 per cent to Rs 1,269 apiece.

Sebi comes out with new format for disclosure of shareholding patterns

With an aim to provide further clarity and transparency in the disclosure of shareholding pattern to investors, Sebi on Thursday came out with a new format for disclosing shareholding patterns

BoI to raise capital up to Rs 2,500 cr to comply with shareholding norm

Bank of India said the capital is to be raised during the period of one year from the date of passing of the resolution in one or more tranches.

How changes in FPI shareholding swayed stock prices in March quarter

594 companies in which FPIs hiked their stake saw an average stock price increase of 2.3%, while 689 firms in which they decreased their stake saw an average price decline of 2.7%

Fino Payments Bank promoters vote against reappointing chairman, others

The resolution to reappoint Mahendra Kumar Chouhan and Punita Sinha was voted down by 80% of shareholders of Fino Payments Bank, which included 100% of the promoter group

Trell in final stages of selling stake in AppsForBharat in $8-9 mn deal

AppsForBharat is a spiritual content platform founded by Prashant Sachan, one of the co-founders of Trell, who left the social commerce company at the end of 2020

LIC shareholding in listed companies drops to lowest in over a decade

Total number of firms in which it owns over 1% has also fallen

Metlife to hike its stake in PNB Metlife to 47.32% in Rs 1,906 cr deal

Signs share purchase agreement with IGE (India) Pvt Ltd and Elpro International Ltd to acquire their combined holding of 15.27% in PNB MetLife India Insurance

Bajaj Auto, Pierer Industrie AG to rejig shareholding pattern in KTM

Bajaj Auto Ltd on Monday said it has reached an agreement its Austrian partner Pierer Industrie AG for simplifying their shareholding pattern in premium bike maker KTM

Ashish Kacholia's latest stock bet has rallied 148% in past 3 months

Kacholia held 153,402 equity shares, representing a 1.13 per cent stake in AWL at the end of Q1FY22

Jhunjhunwala trims stake in Titan, 2 others in Q4; buy Fortis Healthcare

During the March quarter of the financial year 2020-21 (Q4FY21), Rakesh Jhunjhunwala offloaded a 0.26 percentage point stake, or 2.25 million shares, in Titan Company

Cash-rich companies may step up payouts to shareholders: Analysts

Bajaj Auto will distribute up to 90 per cent of its annual profit as dividend

Shareholding of FPIs in listed companies at five-year high, shows data

The increase comes on the back of Rs 1.42 trillion foreign capital flows into domestic stocks during the October-December 2020 period

Tata Elxsi jumps 7% as FPIs hike stake in Q3; stock surges 177% in 6 months

In the past two quarters, FPIs have increased their stake in the company by 2.08 percentage points

GAIL gains 4%, hits 52-week high as board set to mull buyback on Jan 15

The government, which holds 52.1 per cent of GAIL, is likely to participate in the GAIL buyback

Sebi's timely move

Lower public shareholding norms should help large IPOs

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala rejigs portfolio in Q2; ups stake in Lupin, Tata Motors

The shareholding pattern disclosed by the Tata group automaker showed Rakesh Jhunjhunwala holding 40 million shares

Promoter pledging hits three-year high in August at 1.86% of market cap

Value of pledged shares soared 56% to Rs 2.77 trillion in August from Rs 1.78 trillion at the end of July

Sebi may relax minimum public shareholding norms for firms under insolvency

The market regulator has proposed relaxing norms pertaining to 25 per cent minimum public shareholding for companies that undergo corporate insolvency resolution and seek relisting afterwards

Sebi relaxes 25% minimum public shareholding norms, deadline postponed

Experts said Sebi's relaxation would also benefit companies where promoter holding had increased beyond 75 per cent because of open offers or other acquisitions.