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Patel Engineering Sets Floor Price For Rs 400-Crore QIP

Patel Engineering has launched its qualified institutional placement on Monday to raise up to Rs 400 crore.

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Construction company Patel Engineering Ltd. launched its qualified institutional placement on Monday to raise up to Rs 400 crore. The indicative price has been set at Rs 56.53 apiece, representing a discount of 10.06% to the last closing price. The floor price is Rs 59.5.

The issue includes over seven crore shares on offer, which includes a green shoe option of 1.76 crore shares, according to the term sheet accessed by NDTV Profit. The QIP will result in a dilution of up to 9% of pre-issue outstanding equity share capital.

Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Ltd. is the sole book running lead manager of the deal.

Shares of Patel Engineering closed 6.36% higher at Rs 62.75 apiece ahead of the announcement, as compared with a 0.86% advance in the benchmark NSE Nifty 50.