Exiting almost seven year investment, Citigroup Incorporation has raised Rs 9554.35 crore by selling its entire stake in Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC). The transaction is the largest share sale this year in India and comes close on the heels of investors such as Carlyle paring their stakes in Indian companies after a surge in share prices in 2012.
Citigroup sold 14.53 crore shares in HDFC through the NSE, representing the entirety of its 9.85% interest, for Rs 657.56 per share. Its offer to sell its entire HDFC stake received bids for more than twice the number of shares. Most bids for the HDFC shares have come at around Rs 645 apiece, compared with its Thursday’s close price of Rs 701.30. Additionally also, most of the shares in the block deal were picked up by foreign institutional investors. Fund houses like Aberdeen and JPMorgan were reported to be among the key participants in the block deal.
| Company Name | CMP |
|---|---|
| LIC Housing Finance | 540.05 |
| Housing & Urban Dev. | 197.00 |
| Bajaj Housing Financ | 91.83 |
| Piramal Finance | 1673.65 |
| PNB Housing Finance | 924.40 |
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