Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Shares of Private sector lender Axis Bank gained 4 per cent after the Bank raised Rs 10,000 crore via allotment of equity shares to qualified institutional buyers (QIB). Axis Bank had set a floor price of Rs 442.19 per equity share for its proposed Rs 15,000-crore qualified institutional placement (QIP). A committee of Whole-Time Directors decided to close the issue on August 10, 2020, and accorded its consent for the issue of 238,038,560 equity shares of Rs 2 each of the bank at a price of Rs 420.10 per equity share. This takes into account a discount of 5 per cent, to the floor price of Rs 442.19 per equity share, aggregating to Rs 10,000 crore, to successful eligible qualified institutional buyers, it stated. The board of the bank had last month approved the Rs 15,000 crore fundraise plan. The QIP was okayed by shareholders at the annual general meeting held on July 31, 2020, the bank said.
