Standard Life Investments, one of the promoters in HDFC AMC, is looking to offload up to 2.82 per cent stake in the company through OFS, which opened today and will close Thursday.
Besides, there will be an option to additionally sell up to 38.5 lakh equity shares, amounting to 1 .81 per cent stake of the fund house
As of September 2019, Standard Life held 19.69 per cent equity stake in HDFC Life. Post the bulk deal, Standard Life's stake will drop to 14.73 per cent
HDFC Standard Life is the top performing listed insurance company in the country
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The stock rallied 5% to Rs 429 on Monday, extending its 6% gain in past two trading days on BSE.
The stock hit an intra-day high of Rs 391, rallied 35% against its issue price of Rs 290 per share.
The promoters of private life insurer HDFC Standard Life Insurance would dilute upto 14.92 per cent of their stakeholdings through the IPO which would open from November seven and continue till November nine. While HDFC would dilute its stake from 61.2 per cent to 51.7 per cent, the other promoter UK-based Standard Life's holdings would go down from 35 per cent to 29.35 per cent, an official of the company said. ED and CFO of HDFC Standard Life Vibha Padalkar said that although the IPO was in the form of offer for sale (OFS), the company would gain from maintaining corporate governance rules rigorously. The IPO would also help the company in fixing the share-swap ratio in the event of a possible M&A activity. At the top of the price band of Rs 290 per share, the promoters were expected to rake in around Rs 8700 crore. She said that the company was having enough capital to sustain growth in its business for the moment. HDFC Standard Life was among the top three private
The issue opens on November 7 and will close on November 9