LIC, IDBI, PNB submit bids for Maruti stake
By Our Corporate Bureau | 02 Jan 2006
New Delhi: The Life Insurance Corporation, Punjab National Bank and IDBI have submitted bids for acquiring the government's 8 per cent stake in Maruti Udyog.
The last date for submission of EoI is January 4 and a large number of state-owned banks are expected to participate. Bank of Baroda executives said the bank had not yet decided if it would submit an EoI.
At present, LIC is the only public institution, which holds a significant stake in Maruti, holding about 3.31 per cent at the end of September 2005.
The government holds 52,824,020 equity shares in Maruti, representing 18.28 per cent of the company's equity. Of this, 23,112,804 shares, representing 8.00 per cent of the equity, are on sale.
At Friday's closing price of Rs636.50 on the Bombay Stock Exchange, the sale of shares is expected to fetch over Rs1,471 crore for the government.
The government has said the present holding of the institution
The last date for submission of EoI is January 4 and a large number of state-owned banks are expected to participate. Bank of Baroda executives said the bank had not yet decided if it would submit an EoI.
At present, LIC is the only public institution, which holds a significant stake in Maruti, holding about 3.31 per cent at the end of September 2005.
The government holds 52,824,020 equity shares in Maruti, representing 18.28 per cent of the company's equity. Of this, 23,112,804 shares, representing 8.00 per cent of the equity, are on sale.
At Friday's closing price of Rs636.50 on the Bombay Stock Exchange, the sale of shares is expected to fetch over Rs1,471 crore for the government.
The government has said the present holding of the institution