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Max Financial Services' Promoter Pares 3.6% Stake For Rs 1,091 Crore

The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 230.02 apiece, taking the transaction value to Rs 228.69 crore.

<div class="paragraphs"><p>A lady holding 500 rupee Indian banknote for photograph.&nbsp;(Photo: Usha Kunji/BQ Prime)</p></div>
A lady holding 500 rupee Indian banknote for photograph. (Photo: Usha Kunji/BQ Prime)

Max Ventures Investment Holdings, one of the promoter of Max Financial Services, offloaded a 3.6% stake in the company for Rs 1,091 crore through open market transactions.

Nippon India Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential MF, Kotak MF, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance, HDFC Standard Life Insurance, Morgan Stanley Asia Singapore, International Monetary Fund and Plutus Wealth Management among others were the buyers of the shares of MFSL on both BSE and NSE.

Max Financial Services Ltd. is the holding firm for Max Life Insurance Company. Max Ventures Holdings offloaded the shares of MFSL in 11 tranches on the BSE.

Max Ventures Investment Holdings sold a total of 1.25 crore shares, amounting to a 3.6% stake in Max Financial Services, as per the block deal data available with the BSE and NSE.

The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 873 apiece on both BSE and NSE, taking the combined transaction value to Rs 1,091.25 crore.

Shares of Max Financial Services jumped 3.12% to close at Rs 909 apiece on the NSE and climbed 2.63 per cent to settle at Rs 904.80 per piece on the BSE.

In a separate open market transaction on the BSE, CDC Group Plc divested a 1.6% stake in RBL Bank for Rs 229 crore through an open market transaction.

CDC Group Plc is the development finance institution of the U.K. government.

According to the bulk deal data available with the BSE, CDC Group Plc offloaded 99,42,312 shares, amounting to a 1.6% stake in RBL Bank.

The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 230.02 apiece, taking the transaction value to Rs 228.69 crore.

Post the transaction, the shareholding of CDC Group has declined to 3.93% from 5.53% stake in RBL Bank at the end of June quarter.

Details of the buyers could not be ascertained.

On Thursday, shares of RBL Bank fell 0.41% to close at Rs 229.30 per piece on the BSE.