Earlier, the government had said it was looking at divestment in Indian Oil Corporation, Steel Authority of India Ltd and ONGC in the first quarter of 2011.
ONGC will file the red herring prospectus for the FPO by February 25, by which time it hopes to have five more independent directors on the company's board to meet the Securities and Exchange Board of India's listing requirement.
The government by mid-January will appoint merchant bankers for the mega Rs 13,500 crore (Rs 135 billion) public offering of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), which is targeted to hit the market in March.
The follow-on public offer was originally scheduled to open on March 15, but has now been rescheduled.
The government plans to sell 5 per cent of its stake in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation through the further or follow-on public offering which at current prices can fetch up to Rs 13,500 crore (Rs 135 billion).
The public offer in which government plans to sell 5 per cent (427.77 million shares) was scheduled to open on July 5 and close on July 8.
ONGC will split equity shares of Rs 10 face value into two shares of Rs 5 face value. Furthermore, the board approved a 1:1 bonus share issue - one new share being issued for every existing equity held by shareholders - as a precursor to the company's planned follow-on public offer (FPO) in March, 2011.
The government has deferred its proposed Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion) share sale in state oil and gas explorer ONGC by at least two weeks due to unfavourable market conditions.
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is expecting a resolution to the contentious royalty payment issue with Cairn India --for the Barmer oil fields--before it goes for a follow-on public offer (FPO) early next year.
Don't count too much on the anchor investor quota, as it will provide stability to the stock for only a short period
With the new owner shelling out Rs 18,000 crore for the buyout of 'Maharaja' this would be the highest ever amount garnered through privatisation or even the cumulative sum garnered through strategic sale in 1999-00 to 2003-04. The government had garnered roughly over Rs 5,000 crore during that five-year period by privatising 10 CPSEs.
After a hiatus of nearly two decades, the government's programme to privatise state-owned firms restarted with the handing over of debt-laden national carrier Air India to the Tata Group. With the new owner shelling out Rs 18,000 crore for the buyout of the 'Maharaja', this would be the highest-ever amount garnered through privatisation, and is even more than the cumulative sum mopped up through strategic sales from 1999-00 to 2003-04. The government had in October last year inked the share purchase agreement with the Tata Group for sale of national carrier Air India for Rs 18,000 crore. Tatas would pay Rs 2,700 crore cash and take over Rs 15,300 crore of the airline's debt.
When big offers hit the market, broader indices corrected 2-4%
The government on Friday cleared disinvestment in two bluechip state-owned companies IOC and Bhel, which would fetch over Rs 7,300 crore (Rs 73 billion) to the exchequer in the current fiscal.
The move will help increase participation of retail investors, providing momentum to the primary market.
Move aimed at avoiding crowding of public issues during the Centre's mega disinvestments in coming months.
In the last two months, these stocks have lost nearly a quarter of their market cap.
In the last two months, these stocks have lost nearly a quarter of their market cap.
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