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Future Group firm Pantaloon Retail India Ltd (PRIL) today said it plans to raise up to Rs. 1,500 crore by issuing equity-linked securities amounting to stake dilution of not more than 15 per cent. In a filing to the BSE, PRIL said its Board of Directors which met today approved the raising of additional long-term funds. The securities could be either convertible instruments, convertible into shares, debt instruments with attached warrants giving right to the holder of such warrants to subscribe for Equity/Class B Shares, issue of Equity/Class B shares, it added. […]
Auto component maker Rane Group today said it had forayed into the defence and aerospace sectors by acquiring 26% stake in parts manufacturer SasMos HET Technologies for an undisclosed amount. “Rane Holdings acquired 26% equity stake in SasMos HET Technologies, a company engaged in manufacturing interconnection systems [cable harnesses] for various applications in the defence and aerospace industries,” the company said in a statement. The auto parts maker had been scouting for opportunities to grow and identified the defence and aerospace industries as a possible area after the government's decision to allow private participation in these sectors, it added. Commenting on the development, Rane Group Chairman L Ganesh said: “Today is a momentous step forward as Rane ventures into this new area. We feel there are significant growth opportunities both in India and as an exporter.” […]
Having already struck a deal with Japan’s Nippon Life Insurance for a 26 per cent stake sale in its life insurance business, Anil Ambani owned Reliance Capital has indicated that it was actively considering making a foray into the banking sector. In a significant development, the Anil Ambani group, on Friday, received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for its proposed 26 per cent stake sale in Reliance Life Insurance to Japan's Nippon Life. The company had signed a definitive agreement to sell a 26 per cent stake in Reliance Life Insurance to Nippon Life Insurance for Rs. 3,062 crore earlier this year. The Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) has already granted in-principle approval for the proposed stake sale. Following RBI clearance for the deal, IRDA will now grant final approval for completion of the transaction. […]
GMR Infrastructure, the Bangalore-based infrastructure developer, is setting the stage to raise private equity in its road business. According to investment bankers, the company may be looking to raise around Rs 960 crore over a period to infuse equity in various new projects in this vertical. The roads vertical, dwarfed by the flagship airport and power verticals of GMR Infrastructure, is expected to win the bid for India’s largest highway project extending 555 km in connecting Ahmedabad in Gujarat to Kishangarh in Rajasthan. The project is worth Rs 7,000 crore. Speaking to Business Standard, GMR Infrastructure Group CFO A Subba Rao said they were awaiting a decision by the National Highways Authority of India. […]
After roping in Nippon Life in the life insurance business, Reliance Capital is now looking to sell 26 per cent stake in Reliance General Insurance Company, its subsidiary. Reliance Capital, the financial service arm of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has already started the due diligence process and is expected to complete this by the end of this financial year. Sources familiar with the developments say Reliance Capital is looking at a valuation close to what Nippon Life had given for taking 26 per cent stake in Reliance Life. “We have shorlisted a few foreign investors. The Nippon Life deal has shown there is a lot of interest for the Indian insurance sector. Reliance General is expected to report profits this year and, hence, it should fetch good value,” said a source close to the development. […]
Mercator Lines has acquired 50 per cent stake in a coal mine in Indonesia's Kalimanthan province for about USD 30 million (Rs 145 crore), a top company official said on Wednesday. India's second largest private sector shipping company Mercator Lines also said it plans to list its coal division in London in one year. “We have acquired 50 per cent stake in a mine in Indonesia's East Kalimanthan, which has reserves of 60 million tonnes (mt),” Mercator Lines Managing Director Atul Agarwal told PTI. […]
NMDC has reached an agreement with Western-Australia-based exploration company Legacy Iron Ore to acquire its 50 per cent stake for approximately $18.89 million (about Rs 92.98 crore). This is NMDC’s first investment outside of India. The Legacy board approved the proposal on Thursday. Now, it is subject to the approval of Legacy shareholders, who are likely to vote on the proposal in November. “We are awaiting the approval from shareholders. This amount would be mopped from internal accruals. Some of the Legacy mines are already developed and some need to be developed,” a senior NMDC official said. He declined to be identified. […]
UFO Moviez has picked up 26% equity stake in Scrabble Entertainment, taking its total holding in the Manmohan Shettypromoted digital cinema systems provider to 52%. UFO, a joint venture between the Valuable Group and Apollo International, which is in the same business as Scrabble, had bought 26% stake in the company a few months ago. Both companies help exhibit movies in the digital format, which is replacing traditional film prints. Shetty, a Bollywood film producer who made a killing in 2007 when he sold his production house Adlabs Films to the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, had launched Scrabble with 72% ownership the same year. Following the deal with UFO, his shareholding in Scrabble has fallen to 21%. […]
Dubai-based Varkey Group says it would acquire a further 20 per cent stake in India's Everonn Education through an open offer. The company says it would buy about 44.8 million additional shares at Rs528 per share, or Rs237 crore, the company said in a public announcement today. The group, on Tuesday, acquired 12 per cent (26.18 lakh) equity shares through its education arm Gems Education in the Chennai-based education company, through a preferential allotment, for Rs138 crore. […]
The plea of UKbased telecom operator Vodafone to buy 5.48% stake in the joint venture – Vodafone-Essar – from two Mauritius-based entities has been approved, the government said. “Since the transaction is between non-resident (firms) to non-resident, there is no foreign equity inflow,” the finance ministry said in a statement. The transaction is for transfer of shares of Vodafone Essar from Mauritius-based Essar Communications and Essar Com Ltd to Euro Pacific Securities – an indirect Mauritius-based subsidiary of Vodafone International Holdings BV. The transaction is worth Rs 2,700 crore. The FIPB cleared the transaction based on information provided by the company and inputs from a committee headed by a senior government official, the statement said. […]
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