DLF board to discuss sale of 81 mn shares on Wednesday

Mumbai: DLF, India’s biggest property developer, said its board of directors will meet on Wednesday to consider the sale of shares to institutional and retail investors to comply with the minimum public shareholding rules.

DLF, 78.58 percent owned by its founders, is seeking shareholder approval for a share sale by June to meet the market regulator’s requirement of having at least 25 percent public shareholding, which is mandatory for Indian listed companies.

[caption id=“attachment_648655” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] The New Delhi-based developer, founded by billionaire KP Singh, is expected to sell about 81 million shares. Reuters[/caption]

The New Delhi-based developer, founded by billionaire KP Singh, is expected to sell about 81 million shares, raising about Rs 2031 crore according to Reuters calculation based on its share price of Rs Rs 250.70 as of Monday’s close.

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Shares in DLF, which builds homes and offices predominantly in north India, have surged more than 10 percent since the beginning of the year, outperforming the Sensex, which is down about 2 percent.

However, the company’s shares are still trading at a significant discount to its life-time high of Rs 1,208 in January 2008.

At 11:04 am, shares in DLF, valued by the market at $7.76 billion as of Monday’s close, were trading 1.6 percent higher at Rs 254.65 , outperforming the Sensex’s 0.5 percent rise.

Reuters