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PNB Housing Finance says Sebi has asked company to pause share sale

Market regulator says proposed Rs 4,000 crore share transfer is against the laws.

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PNB Housing’s board approved last week approved preferential allotment of shares. Photo: Shutterstock

BS Web Team New Delhi
PNB Housing Finance says it has got a letter from India’s markets regulator asking the company to hold its Rs 4,000-crore share allotment to a clutch of companies led by The Carlyle Group.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is studying PNBHF’s Rs 4,000 crore share sale after a proxy adviser said earlier this month the deal is unfair to the mortgage lender’s minority shareholders.

The deal would make Carlyle, a US-based private equity giant, a majority shareholder in the company and bring down the stake of state-owned Punjab National Bank in its housing finance subsidiary to under 26

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