The board will assess capital raising measures such as public issue, preferential allotment, private placement, including a qualified institutions placement, by way of issuing equity shares of other instruments.
Vodafone Idea share price
spiked 10 percent at open on September 2 after the company said its board will
meet on September 4 to discuss fund raising proposals, as it struggles to keep
its business alive in India.
The board will assess capital
raising measures such as public issue, preferential allotment, private
placement, including a qualified institutions placement, by way of issuing
equity shares of other instruments.
In a statement to the BSE,
Vodafone Idea said the board will "consider and evaluate any and all
proposals for raising of funds in one or more tranches by way of a public
issue, preferential allotment, private placement, including a qualified
institutions placement or through any other permissible mode and/or combination
thereof as may be considered appropriate, by way of issue of equity shares or
by way of issue of any instruments or securities".
The company has been under
immense pressure related to the AGR dues. It was trading at Rs 9.75, up Rs
0.86, or 9.67 percent. It has touched an intraday high of Rs 9.77 and an
intraday low of Rs 9.25.

On September 1, the Supreme
Court allowed telecom players a 10-year timeline to pay adjusted gross revenue
(AGR) dues. The apex court also asked the companies to make an upfront payment
of 10 percent of the outstanding amount.
According to an assessment by
the Department of Telecommunications, (DoT), Vodafone Idea owed Rs 58,254
crore. The telecom major owes balance AGR-related dues of around Rs 50,399
crore, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said on July 20.
The Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI) has granted Vodafone Idea additional time till
September 4 to respond to its showcause notice on priority plan RedX, a source
told PTI.
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