In a regulatory filing, the firm said: "Finance Committee of the Board of Directors has, at its meeting held on March 15, 2016, decided the opening of the GDR Issue on March 18, 2016."
In January this year, the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors of Hinduja Foundries recommended to the Board to issue GDRs to promoters, promoter group, group company(ies) to invest in GDR for up to Rs 400 crore.
Its shareholders approved the issue by way of a special resolution passed through postal ballot whose results were announced on March 8, 2016.
Shares of the company today fell by 0.41 per cent to settle at Rs 36.70 apiece on BSE.