VIL Board Okays Share Allotment to 3 Promoter Group Cos to Raise Rs 4,500 Cr
News 18Vodafone Idea on Thursday said its board has approved the allotment of 338.3 crore equity shares at Rs 13.30 per scrip to three promoters group entities – Euro Pacific Securities, Prime Metals and Oriana Investments – for about Rs 4,500 crore. “…the capital raising committee of the Board of Directors has, at its meeting held today…considered and approved the allotment of 3,38,34,58,645 equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at an issue price of Rs 13.30 per equity share, aggregating to Rs 4,500 crore to the following allottees,” Vodafone Idea said in a BSE filing. Debt-ridden telecom operator Vodafone Idea has on March 3 informed that its board has approved raising up to Rs 14,500 crore, including Rs 4,500 crore from promoter entities — Vodafone and Aditya Birla Group. In a regulatory filing, the company had then stated that the board has cleared issuance of up to 338.3 crore equity shares of the face value of Rs 10 each at an issue price of Rs 13.30 per equity share for an aggregate consideration of up to Rs 4,500 crore.