Wabco, Styrenix Performance Materials (INEOS Styrolution), Federal-Mogul Goetze, Timken India, GMM Pfaudler, Thomas Cook, Samvardhana Motherson, and Whirlpool are among the companies where global parents have sold their stakes. Large overseas stakeholders in ITC and Novartis too have indicated their intention to sell a stake.
Bonus shares refer to additional shares that a company distributes to its existing shareholders at no extra cost. These bonus shares enhance liquidity, reduce the per-share value of a stock, and foster greater participation from retail investors, according to market participants.
About four dozen companies, including Indian Oil, Grasim, Tata Consumer, South Indian Bank, UPL, among others, have either declared or are contemplating rights issues to mobilise funds amounting to more than ₹50,000 crore.
The momentum of Indias primary market is poised to accelerate in 2024 with companies looking to raise more than ₹1 lakh crore through initial public offerings (IPOs), twice the ₹49,434 crore raised in 2023.