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Bessemer India Capital Holdings II on Thursday divested 7.75 per cent stake in Home First Finance Company India for over Rs 467 crore through an open market transaction. Fidelity Funds - Asian Smaller Companies Pool and Nomura Trust and Banking Co. Ltd bought a total of 11.93 lakh equity shares of the company. Bessemer India Capital Holdings II is an affiliate of US-based venture capital company Bessemer Venture Partners. According to the bulk deal data available with the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Bessemer India Capital Holdings II sold a total of 68,11,313 shares, amounting to 7.75 per cent stake in the company. The shares were disposed at an average price of Rs 686.07 apiece, taking the transaction value at Rs 467.30 crore. As of December quarter, Bessemer had owned 7.75 per cent stake in the company, shareholding data with the bourse showed. Shares of Home First Finance Company India plunged 7.97 per cent to close at Rs 678.90 per piece on the NSE. In another transaction
Home First Finance Company India on Tuesday said it is planning to raise up to Rs 99 crore by issuing bonds on a private placement basis. "A meeting of the committee of directors of the company is scheduled to be held on Monday, November 22, 2021," the non-banking financial company said in a regulatory filing. Under this, the company plans to issue secured, redeemable and taxable non-convertible debentures on a private placement basis, in one or more tranches up to Rs 99 crore, it added. Shares of Home First Finance Company India on Tuesday closed at Rs 736.55 apiece on the BSE, up 0.44 per cent from the previous close.