Bharti Airtel divests 83 mln shares of Bharti Infratel for Rs 3,325 crore

Bharti Airtel today expressed that it has divested 83 million shares of its assistant, Bharti Infratel, for Rs 3,325 cr through alternate share sale in the stock market. The sale was done @Rs 400.6/share, representing a discount of 3.6% to the previous day's closing price.

Bharti Airtel, India's enormous medium function, will primarily utilize the incomes from this selling to decrease its indebtedness, as per report. Airtel's united indebtedness stood at Rs 91,480 crore as on Sept 2017. Bharti Airtel and its wholly owned assistants together have an asset holding of 53.51%in structure institution Bharti Infratel, the company said.

Khadim India Ltd lists on bourses tomorrow

Footwear retailer Khadim India will list on Exchange on Tuesday, 13 November 2017, following the conclusion of its Rs. 543 cr OPO offer last week.

Khadim India’s IPO was subscribed 1.90 times during 2 Nov to 6th. The price band for the IPO was fixed at Rs. 745-750 per share. The offer comprised fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to Rs. 50 crore, besides an OFS of up to 65,74,093 shares by existing shareholders.

The net proceeds from the issue are to be used towards payment of loans and general corporate needs. Axis Capital & IDFC Bank were the lead managers to the issue.

Bharat-22 ETF to raise Rs 8000 Cr.

The government will start the 'Bharat 22' ETF (Exchange Traded Fund), managed by ICICI Prudential MF, to garner about Rs 8000 cr. As per statement, the new fund offer will open for anchor investors on Nov 14 2017, whereas subscription for retail investors will launch from Nov 15 and continue till Nov 17.

Bharat-22 ETF consists of 22 scrips of public sector units, banks and companies in which the govt holds a minority stake.  It is a good opportunity for investors to play a part in some of the best entities with high future growth potential.

The state-owned companies or PSUs that are part of the new ETF are IOCL, ONGC, BPCL, SBI, Coal India Ltd and Nalco.  The other Central PSUs on the list are Bharat Electronics, Engineers India, NTPC, NBCC, SJVNL, NHPC, PGCIL, GAIL India and NLC India.

The govt is expected to fetch an initial amount of Rs. 8,000 cr from the Bharat-22 ETF. ICICI Prudential MF has already filed docs for the new ETF with markets regulator Sebi.