The share sale is expected to fetch around Rs100 crore to the exchequer at the current market price
The Government will sell 3.74 crore shares in National Fertilisers (NFL) through an offer for sale (OFS) and the issue will hit the markets tomorrow (31st July).
“The EGoM today has cleared NFL’s offer for sale. The issue will hit the markets tomorrow,” Disinvestment secretary Ravi Mathur told presspersons.
He said the base price for the OFS would be made public after the close of market hours today. Sources said the price would be at a discount to the current market price.
The share sale is expected to fetch around Rs100 crore to the exchequer at the current market price. Shares of NFL were trading at Rs27.40, down 7.90 per cent over the previous close on BSE.
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on disinvestment is headed by finance minister P Chidambaram.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had last month cleared the 7.64%, or 3.74 crore share proposal.
The Government holds 97.64% stake in the company and the disinvestment is being done to make it compliant with SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) norms.
According to SEBI norms, a public sector listed company should have a minimum of 10% public float by 8 August 2013.
The paid-up equity capital of the company, as on March 31, 2012, was Rs490.58 crore.
The Government uses the OFS route, popularly known as auction method, to divest its stake in PSUs that come under the top 100 companies in terms of market capitalisation.
The Government proposes to raise Rs40,000 crore by way of disinvestment in the current fiscal. So far in the current fiscal it has raised over Rs800 crore.
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