After this, Yes Bank held a Swiss challenge auction with Prudent ARC's offer as an anchor offer, giving the ARC the first right to match any counter-offer the private lender would receive. Arcil gave a counter-offer of ₹203.4 crore, which Prudent ARC matched on Monday, the people cited above said. Prudent ARC and Yes Bank are expected to close the transaction this month end, the people said.