Diageo gets more time for United Spirits shares open offer from Sebi
PTI: New Delhi, Feb 11 2013, 10:39 IST
from the public shareholders and the same needs to be cleared by the market regulator.
The proposed open offer for an additional 26 per cent stake in USL entails purchase of about 3.8 crore shares at a price of Rs 1,440 per share, totalling to Rs 5,441 crore, by Relay BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Diageo.
The open offer was earlier scheduled to start on January 7, but it was postponed in absence of necessary approvals. An acquirer can go ahead with the open offer only after Sebi issues its "observations" on the same.
USL, the country's largest spirits company, is part of Vijay Mallya-led UB Group, whose aviation venture Kingfisher Airlines has been going through turbulent times for many months now and its licence is currently suspended.
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