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R-Power plans 25% stake sale, may raise Rs 9,000 cr

Reliance Power (R-Power) today said it would seek shareholders’ approval for raising more funds, via share sale to institutions or by issuing securities overseas, after spending half of the Rs 11,600 crore raised in the country’s biggest initial public offer (IPO) in 2008. R-Power, a part of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, would consider a share sale to institutions for up to 15 per cent of the equity capital and an overseas securities issue for up to 10 per cent of the equity, the company said in a filing to the National Stock Exchange. At the current valuations, the company would raise around Rs 9,000 crore. The promoter holds 84.8 per cent in the company. The proposed issue of securities may be made in one or more tranches, according to the company. As of June 30, R-Power had spent Rs 5,997.6 crore of the IPO funds, said the company. […]

BF Utilities unit to sell 10 pct to PE fund

Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise, a unit of BF Utilities, is set to sell 10 percent stake in phase I of a tollway project to a private equity fund managed by JP Morgan, newspaper reports said. The project, which connected the cities of Bangalore and Mysore in southern India, has been valued at 120-150 bn rupees. BF Utilities officials declined to comment, when contacted by Reuters. JP Morgan officials could not be reached immediately. JP Morgan's private equity fund would buy 10 percent in Phase I of the project for around 5 bn rupees, the paper cited one of the sources as saying. […]