Page 16 - Stake Sale

Top shareholders of drugmaker Cipla looking to sell stake: Report

The company has hired an investment bank to advise on the deal, the report said

RVNL dips 7% as government to offload over 5% stake via OFS starting today

Since April, the share price of RNVL has more-than-doubled from a level of Rs 68.60 and to a record high of Rs 146.65 on Monday, July 24.

Mahindra & Mahindra slips 6% on acquiring 3.5% stake in RBL Bank

The company said it may consider further investment, subject to pricing, regulatory approvals, and required procedures, however, in no circumstance will it exceed 9.9 per cent.

Poonawalla Fincorp sells controlling stake in housing fin arm for Rs 3K cr

Poonawalla Fincorp Wednesday said it has completed the sale of a controlling stake in its housing finance arm Poonawalla Housing Finance to Perseus, a Singapore-based entity affiliated to private equity major TPG Global, for Rs 3,004 crore. The Cyrus Poonawalla Group, more known for its vaccine-making business under the Serum Institute, in a statement said the financial consideration of Rs 3,004 crore is excluding the tax outgoes. With this sale, Poonawalla Housing Finance will cease to be a subsidiary of Poonawalla Fincorp, and Perseus will be holding a controlling stake. Poonawalla Fincorp did not quantify how much remaining holding it will be having. Poonawallah Fincorp managing director Abhay Bhutada said the sale gives them ample growth capital that will help it remain focused on growth-focused consumer and MSME finance.

Jindal Stainless acquires remaining 74% stake in JUSL for Rs 958 cr

Jindal Stainless on Thursday said it has acquired the remaining 74 per cent stake in Odisha-based Jindal United Steel Limited for Rs 958 crore. Jindal United Steel Limited (JUSL) has become a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of JSL, which held 26 per cent stake in it earlier, a company statement said. "JSL has now acquired the remaining 74 per cent equity stake in JUSL for a cash consideration of Rs 958 crore. The transaction makes JUSL a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of JSL," JSL said. JUSL has been operating the hot strip mill (HSM) of 1.6 million tonne per annum (MTPA) capacity and a cold rolling mill of 0.2 MTPA capacity. It is also undergoing capacity expansion of up to 3.2 MTPA at Jajpur, Odisha. JSL Managing Director Abhyuday Jindal said, "Given the strong outlook on stainless steel and the association of JUSL and JSL, the board of directors of JSL decided to consolidate all the critical facilities of stainless steel manufacturing under one umbrella." This acquisition would re

US firm GQG Partners buys 5.96% stake in Patanjali Foods via OFS route

US-based investment firm GQG Partners has bought a 5.96 per cent stake in edible oil firm Patanjali Foods, which is promoted by Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved. GQG Partners has bought 2,15,64,517 equity shares of Patanjali Foods through Offer For Sale (OFS) route, according to a regulatory filing. This translates into a 5.96 per cent stake in Patanjali Foods. Patanjali Foods share price closed at Rs 1,332.75 apiece on Wednesday, up 4.64 per cent from Tuesday. The market cap of Patanjali Foods stood at Rs 48,245 crore. At current valuation, GQG Partners' shareholding in Patanjali Foods is worth nearly Rs 2,900 crore. Last week, Patanjali Foods announced that its promoter Patanjali Ayurved will sell up to 2.53 crore shares of the company through OFS in a bid to increase public float. The floor price was kept at Rs 1,000. The two-day Offer For Sale (OFS) was launched on July 13-14 by promoter entity Patanjali Ayurved to pare its total stake in Patanjali Foods by around 7 per cent

Bikaji Foods International acquires 49% equity stake in Bhujialalji

Bhujialalji Pvt Ltd (BPL) is a new entrant to this industry with its product portfolio comprising popular bhujia and namkeen variants

Route Mobile promoters to sell entire 57.56% stake to Proximus Group

After the transaction, Proximus Opal will make an open offer to acquire another 1.64 crore shares or 26 per cent stake in Route Mobile

Tatas, Wipro Consumer in race to acquire masala company for Rs 1,000 cr

The company, whose revenues stood at Rs. 1,660 crore and its net profit at Rs. 21.7 crore in FY22, has become a takeover target of various larger players

DCB Bank surges 8% as RBI allows Tata MF for raise stake up to 7.5%

The Reserve Bank of India has granted its approval to Tata Asset Management Company (AMC) to increase stake in the private sector lender up to 7.5 per cent.

HDFC AMC, UTI AMC: Charts suggest up to 15% rally in select AMC shares

Selective AMC stocks like HDFC Asset Management Company and Nippon Life India Asset Management may rise up to 15%

Carlyle to sell its entire 2.53% stake in logistics firm Delhivery

Carlyle plans to sell Delhivery's 1.84 crore shares at a floor price of Rs 385.50 apiece

After TPG, Piramal to sell its entire 8.34% stake in Shriram Finance

About 3.1 crore shares worth Rs 4,832 crore have been offered by the company to institutional investors

Aurionpro up 5% as board approves preferential issue to Malabar India Fund

The board approved allotment of 255,000 equity shares and 425,000 warrants to Malabar India Fund and 45,000 equity shares and 75,000 warrants to Malabar Midcap Fund.

Timken India cracks 11% after almost 16% equity change hands on BSE, NSE

The counter had seen combined traded volume of around 12 million shares in the first hour of trading amid reports of parent company to offload stake.

HDFC Ltd inks pact with BPEA EQT-led consortium for 90% stake sale

Mortgage lender HDFC Ltd informed the bourses that it has executed definitive documents for the proposed disinvestment or sale of approximately 90 per cent stake in its education loan subsidiary

abrdn to sell its entire 10.2% stake in HDFC AMC through block deal

Price band set between Rs 1,800 and Rs 1,892 for Tuesday's block deals

Timken Singapore proposes to sell 8.4% stake in Indian unit for $231 mn

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Singapore-based parent of Timken India has proposed to sell an 8.4% stake in the Indian bearings and power transmission products maker for up to $231 million on June 20, according to the term sheet of the deal, seen by Reuters.

Coal India OFS for employees to open on June 21; Govt to sell 9.2 mn shares

The government will sell up to 92.44 lakh shares or 0.15 per cent stake in Coal India to its employees at a price of Rs 226.10 a share. "The employee OFS (Offer for Sale) shall remain open from June 21, 2023 to June 23, 2023," Coal India said in a stock exchange filing. Under the share sale offer, 92,44,092 equity shares (representing 0.15 per cent of the total paid up equity share capital of the company) would be offered to eligible CIL employees at a price of Rs 226.10 per equity share. The share sale would fetch around Rs 20,000 crore to the government. Shares of Coal India settled at Rs 227.30 apiece, down 0.48 per cent over the previous close on the BSE. The employee OFS follows the secondary market share sale in Coal India by the government earlier this month. The government had mopped up Rs 4,185 crore through 3 per cent stake sale to institutional and retail investors in state-owned Coal India at a floor price of Rs 225 apiece. The holding of the government has come down

TPG sells stake in Shriram Finance for Rs 1,400 cr, Piramal to follow suit

Shriram Finance last year became India's largest non-bank lender after merger of units