Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Advertisement
  1. You Are At:
  2. News
  3. Business
  4. Novartis appoints Citigroup as broker for Indian entity share sale

Novartis appoints Citigroup as broker for Indian entity share sale

New Delhi, May 10: Drug major Novartis India has said its Swiss promoter Novartis AG has appointed Citigroup Capital Markets as the broker for the proposed share sale to reduce stake in the Indian entity."Novartis

PTI Updated on: May 10, 2013 10:19 IST
novartis appoints citigroup as broker for indian entity
novartis appoints citigroup as broker for indian entity share sale

New Delhi, May 10: Drug major Novartis India has said its Swiss promoter Novartis AG has appointed Citigroup Capital Markets as the broker for the proposed share sale to reduce stake in the Indian entity.




"Novartis AG has appointed Citigroup Capital Markets India Pvt Ltd as the sole broker for the proposed sale of equity shares," Novartis India Ltd said in a regulatory filing.

Earlier, in March Novartis India had announced that Novartis AG intends to reduce its stake in the Indian entity to enable it to meet Sebi guidelines on the minimum public shareholding in the listed companies.

As per the shareholding pattern of the company, as on September 30, 2012 Novartis AG had 76.42 per cent stake in Novartis India.

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI has made it mandatory for the listed companies to achieve a minimum of 25 per cent public shareholding by June this year.

Shares of Novartis India were today trading at Rs 581.55 per scrip on BSE, up 0.09 per cent from their previous close.
Advertisement

Read all the Breaking News Live on indiatvnews.com and Get Latest English News & Updates from Business

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement