Quess Corp had acquired HCL Computing Products from HCL Infosystems last year and renamed it Qdigi
The board has approved issue of 754,437 equity shares of the Company to Amazon.com for an aggregate amount of Rs 51 crore at an issue price of Rs 676 by way of a preferential allotment.
Last week at its board meeting, the company deferred the decision on raising funds
Quess Corp has acquired 22 entities with various service capabilities in the past 10 years
Shares of Quess Corp gained 8% to close at Rs 925
The Rs 680-crore offer for sale (OFS) by Quess Corp saw five times more demand the shares on offer. Promoters Thomas Cook and Ajit Abraham Isaac offloaded about six per cent stake in the company through the OFS to comply with the 25 per cent minimum public shareholding norms. The base price for the 8.5-million share sale was fixed at Rs 800 apiece, however, most bids came at Rs 837. Shares of Quess ended at Rs 857, down 6.2 per cent in secondary market trading on the BSE. About 850,000 shares reserved for retail investors will be auctioned on Friday. Following the share sale the promoter holding in the company will drop from 81.52 per cent to 75.38 per cent. Axis Capital Limited and India Infoline acted as investment bankers for the deal. Quess Corp is a technology solutions and manpower staffing company and currently has market capitalistion of Rs 11,855 crore. Motilal Oswal has a buy rating on the stock with a price target of Rs 1,170 crore. "Valuations are rich, given its strong ...
Quess Corp has dipped 8% to Rs 840 on the BSE in early morning trade after the promoters fixed floor price at Rs 800 per share for offer for sale.
Sale to be held on Thursday and Friday; floor price fixed at Rs 800
Quess will own 51% in the company, which will be rebranded with a new identity, while Tata Sons, the promoter of TBSS, will retain 49%
TBSS is among India's premier customer experience management companies
Bengaluru-based firm said it is spending around Rs 40 cr to buy 70% stake in Vedang Cellular Services
Quess Corp, the services firm with investments from Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa, is looking to offer operation and maintenance services to airports, roads, ports and health services. The Bengaluru-based firm has set up a division called the public infrastructure services group, looking at taking over public infrastructure and managing it on agreed service levels replicating its success in the private industry. "There are airports, roads, ports, health services, railways etc, wherever citizen services are being offered. We are building this out, we are in conversations with various state governments on some of the public infrastructure that we will like to involved with," said Ajit Isaac, chairman and managing director Quess Corp.Quess manages over 2,000 mega watts of power production; has set up solar energy plants and handles production of steel for its clients."We want to use the skills that we have got in the O and M in the private sector to build that in the operations and .
The board approved the acquisition of the facility management business and catering business of MIS.
Terrier Securities, Simpliance and Comtel Solutions are the companies
The stock surged 11% to Rs 664, highest level since listing on July 12, 2016 on BSE.
The stock is trading at highest level since its listing at Rs 584, appreciating 84% against its issue price of Rs 317.
The company's Rs 400-crore issue had witnessed a demand of 140 times the shares on offer
The stock touched a high of Rs 509 and a low of Rs 480 in intra-day trades
The stock listed at Rs 500 on the NSE and at Rs 499 on the BSE
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