Thursday, June 28, 2007

UTI Bank promoters plan fresh retail issue

The Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India (SUUTI) and the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), the principal promoter shareholders of UTI Bank, want the bank management to give retail investors a chance to make further investments in the bank’s growth through subscription to fresh equity shares.

UTI Bank was planning to raise $600 million through a global depository receipts (GDR) issue and a simultaneous preferential offer to its promoters, which also include the General Insurance Corporation (GIC).

The bank, at its extraordinary general meeting on June 25, deferred its capital raising plans after both SUUTI, an entity carved out of the erstwhile Unit Trust of India, and LIC asked for more time to take a call on subscribing to the preferential offer. SUUTI is the largest shareholder in the bank with 27.43 per cent stake and LIC owns 10.38 per cent of the bank.

Read more in The Business Standard article

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