NEW DELHI: RBI has given its in-principle approval to Kotak Mahindra Bank to bring down its promoter holding to 26 per cent of the paid-up voting equity share capital from 30 per cent within six months. This is against an earlier requirement of bringing down the promoter stake to 20 per cent by December 2018 and 15 per cent by March 2020. Since the bank is adequately capitalised, Nomura India believes the bank might not prefer issue of fresh shares. It may either prefer a sell down by the promoter or value-accretive merger & acquisition, it said. According to the agreement between RBI and Kotak Mahindra Bank, promoter’s voting rights would be capped at 15 per cent of the capital, irrespective of the level of his ownership. This will make the higher stake less effective in terms of overall governance but economically beneficial. Nomura India said diluting promoters’ stake would require a 15 per cent fresh issue of shares, implying an issue of Rs 50,000 crore. Given Kotak’s current Tier-1 level capital of 17 per cent, the bank is adequately capitalised and is unlikely to need any more capital in the medium term. The bank could, thus, refrain from issuing… Read full this story
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