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Reliance Industries' Rs 53,125-cr rights issue to open for subscription on 20 May, close 3 June

Press Trust of India • May 16, 2020, 10:31:50 IST
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Reliance had earlier fixed 14 May as the record date for determining shareholders’ eligible to apply for the issue.

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Reliance Industries' Rs 53,125-cr rights issue to open for subscription on 20 May, close 3 June

New Delhi: Oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd on Saturday said its mega Rs 53,125 crore rights issue will open for subscription of shareholders on 20 May and close on 3 June.

Reliance Ind rights issue opens on May 20 and closes on June 3 pic.twitter.com/OafwGwHK1c

— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18Live) May 16, 2020

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s firm had on 30 April announced fundraising of Rs 53,125 crore by way of a 1:15 rights issue–India’’s biggest and the first such issue by the firm in nearly three decades. Reliance had earlier fixed 14 May as the record date for determining shareholders’ eligible to apply for the issue. In a regulatory filing, the company said the rights issue committee of the board of directors at its meet on May 15 approved issue opening on 20 May and closing date of 3 June. “Abridged letter of offer, application form of rights issue, and rights entitlement letter, to be sent to the eligible equity shareholders of the company,” it said. [caption id=“attachment_4818281” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![RIL logo. Reuters](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Reliance-reuters-featured.jpg) RIL logo. Reuters[/caption] One share will be offered for every 15 shares held at Rs 1,257, a 14 percent discount to the closing price for 30 April. Reliance share price has since risen to Rs 1,458.90 (Friday’’s closing price) but rights issue price remains the same. The proposed rights issuance will be the first by Reliance in three decades. Typically, cash-strapped companies use rights issues to raise money when they really need it. In these rights offerings, companies grant shareholders the right, but not the obligation, to buy new shares at a discount to the current trading price. But for Reliance, it is not about raising funds as it has significant liquidity with $23.4 billion of cash and equivalent. It is being seen as an attempt to reward the shareholders, cut debt at the group and underscore promoters’ faith in the Reliance growth story. Promoter Ambani family has under-written the entire rights issue, pledging to buy shares that are unsubscribed. The last time Reliance tapped the public for funds was in 1991 when it had issued convertible debentures. The debentures were subsequently converted into equity shares at Rs 55 apiece. Ambani had in August last year unveiled plans to cut debt to zero by 2021. As part of this plan, RIL has been seeking strategic partnerships across its businesses while targeting to deleverage the balance sheet. At the end of March quarter, RIL had an outstanding debt of Rs 3,36,294 crore. It also had cash in hand of Rs 1,75,259 crore, bringing the net debt position to Rs 1,61,035 crore. As part of its balance sheet deleveraging plans, Reliance has sold minority stake in its digital unit Jio Platforms to likes of Facebook. It is also talking to Saudi Aramco for selling a fifth of its oil-to-chemicals business for an asking of $15 billion and has sold half of its fuel retail venture to BP Plc for Rs 7,000 crore and telecommunication tower business to Brookfield for Rs 25,200 crore. Together, proceeds from these transactions will result in reduction in RIL’s net debt. (Disclaimer: Reliance Industries Ltd. is the sole beneficiary of Independent Media Trust which controls Network18 Media & Investments Ltd which publishes Firstpost)

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