The bank's board will meet on July 11 and take up its fund raising agenda for the meeting
Kerala-based South Indian Bank (SIB) is planning to raise around Rs 7 billion through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) to support it's 20 per cent growth target.Bank's Managing Director & CEO V G Mathew told Business Standard that the Bank may look at diluting around 10-12 per cent to raise around Rs 6-7 billion through the QIP route. "We will be looking at raising capital this year itself to support our growth," said Mathew.The Bank, whose base is currently at around Rs 550 billion is confident on growing at around 20 per cent, while its desire is to grow at around 25 per cent.The Bank plans to raise the money through equity placement (200 million shares) to Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIB). It may be noted, currently around 40 per cent of the capital base is held by various investors and of this around 30 per cent are held by foreign investors including Lavender Investments, First Carlyle Venture, IVA International Fund, Acacia PartnersAs part of its growth plan, the .
The bank's scrip closed 0.71% up at Rs 21.25 on BSE
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However, it is subject to approval of RBI, shareholders and other regulatory authorities
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