Uday Kotak sells 1.5% stake in Kotak Mahindra for Rs 2,255 cr

New Delhi, Mar 8 ()

Kotak Mahindra Bank

's promoter Uday Kotak today sold 1.5 per cent stake in lender to two Canadian

pension

funds for an estimated Rs 2,255 crore through open market transactions.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

and

Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec

acquired a total of 2.76 crore shares, amounting to 1.5 per cent stake, in the private sector lender. These shares have been purchased from Uday Kotak, the main promoter of the bank. According to block deal data available with the BSE, Canada

Pension Plan Investment Board

bought 92 lakh shares while Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec snapped up 1.84 crore shares. The shares were picked up at an average price of Rs 817, valuing the transaction at Rs 2,254.92 crore, the data showed. At the end of December 2016, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board owned 5.76 per cent stake in the lender. Uday Kotak, along with family members, held 33.61 per cent stake in the bank as of December 2016, out of which 33.30 per cent is held by

Kotak

in his personal capacity. The stake sale by Uday Kotak, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the private sector lender, is part of an effort to comply with RBI's directive. The lender has been asked by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to bring down its promoter shareholding to 30 per cent by June 30, 2017. Further, the bank will have to reduce promoter holding to 20 per cent by December 31, 2018, and 15 per cent by March 2020 in line with the guidelines for new bank licence. Shares of

Kotak Mahindra

Bank fell nearly 1 per cent to close at Rs 824.50 on BSE today. SP RAM MR
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