NMDC disinvestment likely by Dec 15

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 24 November 2012 | 08.11

Encouraged by the response to its stake sale in Hindustan Copper , the government on Friday said disinvestment of its 10 percent shares in NMDC (National Mineral Development Corporation) is likely to take place in first half of December. "Disinvestment in NMDC should be in the first fortnight of December... They have estimated about Rs 7,000 crore. Let's see," disinvestment secretary M Haleem Khan said.

In October, the government had approved a 10 percent stake sale in the country's largest iron-ore miner NMDC that could fetch the exchequer over Rs 7,000 crore.The disinvestment, like in the case of Hindustan Copper, will be through offer-for-sale (OFS) route, popularly known as auction method.

The government will offer about 39 crore equity in NMDC of face value of Rs 1 each to investors. At present, the government holds 90-percent stake in the (NMDC). As of March 31, 2012, the paid-up equity capital of
NMDC was Rs 396.47 crore.

NMDC has reported a nearly 15 percent decline in net profit at Rs 1,678.62 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, largely due to lower production and fall in sales.Shares of NMDC closed at Rs 166.50 apiece, down 1.89 percent on the BSE on Friday.

Kick-starting the disinvestment process of this year, the government on Friday sold 5.58-percent stake in Hindustan Copper for about Rs 808 crore at an average price of Rs 156.56 apiece, with bulk of the bids coming from LIC and PSU banks.

Encouraged by the response to the first stake sale in the current financial year, finance minister P Chidambaram expressed the hope that government would able to garner the targetted Rs 30,000 crore in 2012-13 through disinvestment.

When asked about the proposed exchange traded funds (ETF) to sell shares of PSUs, Khan said, "We have appointed the advisors and they have already made two presentations. On the basis of report of advisors we will move on for authorisation."

An ETF is an investment fund traded on stock exchanges much like stocks. The fund would be benchmarked against an index on the stock exchange. It will act as additional avenue for disinvestment.

The secretary also expressed confidence that Rs 30,000-crore disinvestment target for the fiscal would be met. "I think we have got enough CCEA's sanction so unless something seriously goes wrong, I don't think there should be any problem (in meeting disinvestment target)," he said.

Among other the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has cleared disinvestment in RINL , Nalco , SAIL , OIL India , BHEL and NTPC .

The government's sale of 4 percent stake in Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) was over-subscribed on Friday. A total bid for 5,16,11,858 shares were received. It has been decided to accept the entire number of shares bid for at or above the floor price. Thus, approximately 5.58 percent of the total paid-up share-capital of HCL stands divested through this issue. The approximate gross receipts from the issue is Rs 800 crore.



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