Tata Sons to promote 0.6% stake in TCS for over ₹9,200 crore

Tata Sons, the holding firm of the Tata Group, will probably be promoting 2.34 crore shares or 0.65 per cent fairness of Tata Consultancy Companies by means of a block deal for ₹9,362.3 crore ($1.13 billion).

Based on the time period sheet, seen by businessline, the ground value of the deal has been mounted at ₹4,001 a share, a reduction of three.65 per cent to the closing value of TCS in the present day. The deal will doubtless happen on Tuesday, sources mentioned. JP Morgan and Citigroup are joint e-book runners to the deal.

Based on the December-end submitting, Tata Sons holds a 72.38 per cent stake in TCS.

Holding firms and promoter entities often promote stakes in group corporations to generate money to pay down debt and stabilise steadiness sheets. Just lately, British tobacco firm BAT Plc offered a 3.5 per cent stake in its Indian affiliate ITC Ltd for ₹16,690 crore. This monetisation was executed mainly to purchase again its shares and proceed its deleveraging train.

Tata Sons had a internet debt of ₹20,642.47 crore as on March-end 2023, whereas its income in FY23 was ₹35,058.47 crore. The market capitalisation of the Tata Group crossed ₹30-lakh crore final month from ₹20.7-lakh crore on the finish of March final 12 months.

It’s a core funding firm registered with the Reserve Financial institution of India and has additionally been categorised as an upper-layer NBFC. Underneath RBI pointers, it should checklist its shares subsequent 12 months.

Shares of TCS have risen almost 32 per cent over one 12 months.

Commenting on the proposed transaction, Nuvama Different & Quantitative Analysis mentioned that Tata Sons’ stake discount in TCS would haven’t any change in float and no move affect on the MSCI Index. Changes in float at later dates might be anticipated for the Nifty50, Sensex and FTSE indices, leading to a collective move of $120-130 million.

That is the second main block deal this month after BAT Plc and Interglobe Aviation, through which Rakesh Gangwal offered a stake for ₹6,787 crore.



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