Canara Bank has issued four crore fully paid-up equity shares to Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on preferential basis valued at about Rs 1,396.80 crore. The bank had passed a special resolution by its shareholders at its EGM on April 30 for issue and allotment of 4 crore equity shares to LIC.
Canara Bank registered a rise of 60.25% in its net profit at Rs 655.97 crore for third quarter ended December 31, 2014 as compared to Rs 409.35 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income of the bank increased 11.82% at Rs 12227.86 crore for Q3FY15 as compared Rs 10935.29 crore for the corresponding quarter previous year.