In a regulatory filing, the bank said that it will now seek shareholders' approval in its annual general meeting on August 7
The lender joins a slew of other private sector banks who have undertaken a similar exercise
Quality stocks in banking and financial services sector are still available at attractive valuations
In a meeting held on Thursday, the private lenders' board approved the capital raising plan through issue of equity shares/ depository receipts or any other instrument or securities
The bank has the discretion to offer up to 5% discount on floor price to investors participating in the QIP programme
The approval of the shareholders was sought by way of special resolution through a postal ballot
The housing finance company, however, did not specify timing for the QIP offering
YES Bank (down 58 per cent), RBL Bank (down 5 per cent) and Prestige Estates Projects (down 0.04 per cent) are the only three counters to trade below their respective QIP prices
The company is currently valued at Rs 1.41 trillion and is among top 20 most valued firms in the country
A total of 2,81,25,000 equity shares of face value Rs 2 each has been approved for allotment.
The company said that it may offer a discount of not more than five per cent on the floor price so calculated for the issue
Issue price was at a discount of 1.57% to the stated floor price of Rs 452.09 per equity share
Bharti Airtel has announced allotment of 323.5 mn equity shares to eligible institutional buyers at an issue price of Rs 445 per share as part of $2 billion QIP
The issue opened Wednesday and has already been oversubscribed and according to banking sources the allocation of the shares will be made next week
While investors have made decent returns on most deals, they have lost out heavily on three transactions.
The company has clarified that apart from $2 billion through QIP, the overall issuance for now shall be up to $1 billion, making it a total of $3-billion fund raising
On July 9, RBL Bank had informed its shareholders at its annual general meeting that it would raise equity capital not exceeding Rs 3,500 crore
Promoters currently hold 64.79 per cent in the company, while foreign portfolio investors have an 11.88 per cent stake.
In the past two months alone, four companies have garnered a cumulative Rs 22,400 crore via this route
The shares of Bajaj Finance ended Monday's session at Rs 4,116. The offer price is at a discount of 5.2 to 6.2 per cent to the closing price on Monday.