Latest News | Govt to Sell 3.5 Pc in NHPC at Rs 66 a Share Beginning Thursday

New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) The government on Wednesday said it will sell a 3.5 per cent stake in power producer NHPC at a floor price of Rs 66 a share, which will garner Rs 2,300 crore to the exchequer.

"Offer for sale in NHPC opens tomorrow for non-retail investors. Retail investors can bid on Friday. The government will divest 3.5 per cent equity, including Greenshoe option of 1 per cent," the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on X.

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As part of the OFS, the government will sell over 25 crore equity shares in NHPC, with a greenshoe option to sell 10 crore more.

The floor price of Rs 66 a share is at a discount of 9.66 per cent over Wednesday's closing price of NHPC shares.

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At the floor price, the OFS would fetch about Rs 2,300 crore to the exchequer.

Shares of NHPC closed at Rs 73.06 apiece, up 0.90 per cent on the BSE.

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