GVK Power surges on the buzz of divesting minority holding in GVK Hancock

23 Dec 2011 Evaluate

GVK Power & Infrastructure is currently trading at Rs 11.13, up by 0.28 points or 2.58% from its previous closing of Rs 10.85 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 10.85 and has touched a high and low of Rs 11.25 and Rs 10.85 respectively. So far 1153510 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 43.40 on 06-Jan-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs 9.56 on 19-Dec-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 11.05 and Rs 9.56 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 1713.44 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 54.25% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 25.70% and 20.05% respectively.  

GVK Power & Infrastructure is reportedly looking to divest a minority holding in its Australian unit - GVK Hancock. The company is taking this step in order to raise funds to retire part of its debt and fund operations. The company has hired Citigroup and Macquarie to raise funds between $300 million and $500 million.

Recently, GVK Power & Infrastructure’s group company-GVK- in order to raise funds for its Australian projects planned to offload a 20% stake in its Singapore subsidiary- GVK Coal Developers. However, the group planned to retain the majority in the Singapore firm.

GVK Power & Infrastructure is engaged in infrastructure development in areas of power, airports and roads. Incorporated in 1994, the company till date has invested over Rs 5,000 crore in infrastructure projects.

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