SBI fixes preferential issue price at Rs 295.59 per share

Mumbai: SBI today fixed Rs 295.59 per share as price for its forthcoming over Rs 2,900 crore preferential issue to government as part of its capital infusion plan this fiscal.[caption id=“attachment_2125839” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  New issue. Reuters[/caption] Last month, the government had announced to infuse Rs 2,970 crore into India’s biggest bank under its Rs 11,200 crore capital infusion plan for nine large public lenders. The issue price was fixed at a meeting of executive committee of central board of the bank today, SBI said in an exchange filling. “The committee has accorded its approval to fix the issue price at Rs 295.59 per share of face value of Re 1, including a premium of Rs 294.59 per share.” The issue price is at a 15 percent premium to today’s closing price. The price for preferential issue was arrived at in accordance with the Sebi regulations, the bank added. The bank will issue 10.04 crore equity shares on a preferential basis to the Government worth Rs 2,969.99 crore, it said. The SBI counter closed 2.21 percent down at Rs 280.85 on the BSE, whose main index Sensex tanked 427 points. PTI