Page 12 - Stake Sale

Big overseas buys: Boost for footprint, mixed bag for bottom line

Profitability has been a mixed bag amid operational challenges

ONGC, JSW, Sembcorp shortlisted for majority stake in $800 mn Ayana deal

Ayana Renewable Power, backed by NIIF manages a 5 GW portfolio of operational and under-construction projects. The company is open to sell up to 100% of its stake

Hindustan Zinc dips 4% as Vedanta board okays 2.6% stake sale via OFS

Meanwhile, Hindustan Zinc has dismissed rumours of Rs 6,000 crore worth special dividend.

SBI aims to sell its YES Bank stake worth $2.2 billion by March-end

YES Bank was restructured by the RBI in March 2020 with the help of a consortium of local banks after its financial health deteriorated

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam stake sale plan likely to pick up pace this year

The Centre holds 100% in Visakhapatnam steel plant. RINL is the parent company of Eastern Investments Ltd (EIL), owning 51% in it

Godrej Agrovet signs pact to acquire Tyson's stake in Godrej Tyson Foods

Increases its stake from 51 per cent to 100 per cent

IDBI Bank potential bidders likely to get data room access next week

This will allow interested bidders to obtain detailed financial information about the bank to carry out due diligence

Tata Group drops plan to acquire stake in Vivo India over Apple's objection

Vivo had plans to sell a 51% stake in its Indian subsidiary to the Tata group. But Apple objected, as its devices are currently being produced by the Tata group in Bangalore

Govt to push forward IDBI Bank stake sale after RBI key clearance

The Reserve Bank of India has indicated completion of its fit and proper vetting of potential bidders of IDBI Bank, said Tuhin Kanta Pandey, the country's secretary responsible for the stake sale

ONGC Videsh to pay Equinor $60 million for stake in Caspian Sea oil assets

OVL, overseas investment arm of India's top explorer, will buy 0.615% stake in the oilfield and a 0.737% share in Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline from Equinor, it said in stock exchange filing

IDBI Bank stake sale: RBI vetting process in last leg, report by month-end

The central bank's clearance will be seen as an important milestone for the bank's strategic disinvestment

Investors from West Asia, Japan eying YES Bank's $5 bn stake sale: Report

The Middle Eastern lender is weighing a bid for as much as a 51% stake in Yes Bank, the people said, asking not to be identified as the deliberations are private

YES Bank denies report on 51% stake sale, calls it 'factually incorrect'

The bank called the news report "factually incorrect and purely speculative" in nature

Blackstone Inc in advanced talks to acquire controlling stake in Haldiram's

Blackstone, together with consortium partners Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Singapore's GIC, have been in discussions for several months with the Agrawal family members based in Delhi and Nagpur

Lufthansa gets EU nod for $350 million stake in Italy's ITA Airways

ITA also offers key long-haul routes to Lufthansa, which has an option to take full ownership if the Italian airline's financial performance improves

Skydance reaches new merger deal to buy controlling stake in Paramount

The news sent Paramount shares up 9 per cent in after-hours trading

UltraTech picks up 23% in India Cements as sector battle hots up

Aditya Birla Group-owned UltraTech Cement to purchase 70.6 mn shares for non-controlling financial investment

Piramal Natural, 2 others exit Archean Chemical Industries, sell 10% stake

Piramal Natural Resources and two other entities on Thursday exited Archean Chemical Industries by selling their entire 10 per cent shareholding for Rs 822 crore through open market transactions. India Resurgence Fund - Scheme 1 & 2, affiliates of India Resurgence Fund (IndiaRF), sold shares of the speciality marine chemical manufacturer Archean Chemical Industries through separate bulk deals on the BSE. India Resurgence Fund is an India-focused distressed investment platform, sponsored by Piramal Enterprises Ltd and Bain Capital Credit. Piramal Natural Resources also offloaded shares of Archean Chemical on the exchange. Nearly 1.25 crore shares or 10.13 per cent stake of Chennai-based Archean Chemical Industries changed hands on the bourse. As per the data available with the BSE, India Resurgence Fund - Scheme 1 & 2 sold a total of 91.11 lakh shares, amounting to a 7.3 per cent stake in Archean. Additionally, Piramal Natural Resources offloaded 33.88 lakh shares or 2.75 per ..

Ambuja Cements, Ravi Sanghi to offload 3.52% stake in Sanghi Industries

Adani group firm Ambuja Cements and Ravi Sanghi, the promoters of Sanghi Industries, will sell 3.52 per cent stake in the Saurashtra-based cement manufacturer. The Offer-for-Sale (OFS) will open on Wednesday for non-retail investors and on Thursday for retail investors, Sanghi Industries said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday evening. "Ambuja Cements and Ravi Sanghi (the seller/promoters) propose to sell up to 90,92,000 equity shares of Sanghi Industries representing 3.52 per cent of the total issued and paid up equity share capital of the company," it said. Shares of Sanghi Industries, in which the majority stake was acquired by Adani group firm Ambuja Cement last year, were trading at Rs 102.35, higher by 0.09 per cent on the BSE in morning deals. Calculated on the basis of current market price, this OFS will fetch Rs 93.05 crore. In the last one year, shares of Sanghi Industries peaked at Rs 151.85 on January 15, 2024. "The offer shall take place over two trading days on a sep

Prestige Estates Projects approves $599 million fundraise via stake sale

"The monetizing bid largely means that Prestige will seek greater value for hospitality biz and will likely go for an initial public offering," said Karan Khanna, a research analyst at Ambit Capital