Bharti Airtel rises on concluding share sale in Bharti Infratel for Rs 1,925 crore

27 Feb 2015 Evaluate

Bharti Airtel is currently trading at Rs 350.80, up by 1.35 points or 0.39% from its previous closing of Rs 349.45 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 355.45 and has touched a high and low of Rs 355.45 and Rs. 347.60 respectively. So far 59983 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 419.90 on 19-Sep-2014 and a 52 week low of Rs. 282.30 on 05-Mar-2014.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 358.70 and Rs. 341.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 139629.19 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 65.37% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 24.95% and 9.67% respectively.

Bharti Airtel has successfully divested 55 million shares of its subsidiary Bharti Infratel through a secondary share sale in the stock market (NSE, BSE) for a total consideration of Rs 1,925 crore amounting approximately $310 million.

Post the transaction, the telecom major’s equity holding in Bharti Infratel stands at 71.9%. The company will use the proceeds primarily to reduce debt. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and UBS were brokers to the transaction.

The overall demand was for $440 Million (1.42 times base deal size) across USA, Europe and Asia and the shares were allocated at Rs 350 per share. The allocation were done to global tower company investors, fund managers and long only funds, including many repeat investors.

Bharti Airtel is a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. The company ranks amongst the top 5 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers.

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