Vedanta raises $1 bn via QIP; Goldman, Morgan Stanley among top investors
Mining conglomerate Vedanta Limited raised Rs 8,500 crore (over USD 1 billion) through Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP) of 19.31 crore equity shares at an issue price of Rs 440 per share, according to a stock exchange filing by the company. The issue, which closed on July 19, implied a discount of 4.61 per cent to the floor price of Rs 461.26 per equity share. In a stock exchange filing, Vedanta said it sold 19.31 crore shares to raise Rs 8,500 crore. Some of the marquee investors that have been allotted equity shares through the QIP include Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), Goldman Sachs AMC, Nippon Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund, UTI Mutual Fund, ICICI Mutual Fund, Aditya Birla Mutual Fund and Mirae Mutual Fund. Various funds run by Nippon Mutual Fund were allotted 9.11 per cent of the total issue size, while funds managed by Morgan Stanley and SBI Mutual Fund received 8.62 per cent and 7.88 per cent, respectively. Speaking on the occasion, Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal
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