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IDFC First Bank on Saturday said its board has approved allotment of 37.75 crore shares to a subsidiary of IDFC on preferential basis for Rs 2,196 crore. Equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each fully paid-up, on a preferential basis will be issued IDFC Financial Holding Company Limited at a price of Rs 58.18 per unit, including premium of Rs 48.18 per share, IDFC First Bank said in a regulatory filing. The proposal is subject to acceptance of the offer by the board of IDFC and approval of the shareholders of the bank, it said.
Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday came out with guidelines pertaining to preferential issues and institutional placement of units by emerging investment vehicles -- REIT and InvIT. The regulator has specified the manner of issuance of units under preferential issue as well as institutional placement by listed real estate investment trust (REIT) and infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), according to two separate circulars. With regard to the issuance of units under institutional placement, Sebi said that no allotment will be made, either directly or indirectly, to any institutional investor, who is a sponsor or manager or is a person related to, or related party or associate of the sponsor or the manager. However, the allotment of units can be made to the sponsor for unsubscribed portion in the institutional placement where at least 90 per cent of the issue size has been subscribed, the object of the issue is the acquisition of assets from that sponsor and unit-holders .