INDIA
BUSINESS WORLD -
JULY 2006
THE MONTH THAT WAS...
ICICI BANK TO CUT 24% STAKE IN 3i
ICICI Bank is looking at reducing its stake in Mumbai-based software services firm 3i Infotech to 30% from close to 54%, report K Yatish Rajawat & Rajesh Unnikrishnan from Mumbai.
The bank is pruning the stake in consonance with the norms of the banking regulator on investments by banks.
ICICI Bank directly controls 17.29% of the stake while ICICI Strategic Investment Fund holds 36.91%, going by data as on December 31, 2005 . The company has not updated its shareholding pattern after that.
ICICI is said to be scouting for strategic investors who will pick up the stake from it. |