| Hot Pursuit | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 14:03 Hrs IST |
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Cairn India extends losses as Cairn Energy, Vedanta lower deal value Cairn India declined almost 1% to Rs 304.40 at 14:00 IST on BSE, extending Tuesday's 0.58% fall triggered by a change in the terms deal involving Vedanta's acquisition of a stake in Cairn India that has resulted in a lower deal price for the same.
The stock had fallen 0.58% to Rs 307.40 on Tuesday, 28 June 2011, after the announcement of the change in the terms of the deal was made after market hours on Monday, 27 June 2011. Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 181.04 points, or 0.98%, to 18,673.49. On BSE, 11.82 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 50.33 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock hit a high of Rs 309 and a low of R 303.20 so far during the day. The stock had hit a record high of Rs 372 on 5 April 2010 and a 52-week low of Rs 285 on 26 November 2010. The large-cap stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 28 June 2011, declining 11.27% compared with the Sensex's return of 1.24%. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, falling 12.97% as against 2.38% decline in the Sensex. Cairn India, an oil exploration firm, has equity capital of Rs 1902.21 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10. Vedanta Resources and Cairn Energy on Monday, 27 June 2011 announced that they have tweaked the terms of the deal for Vedanta's acquisition of stake in Cairn India that has resulted in a lower deal price. Vedanta and Cairn Energy have agreed to remove a non-compete provision and related non-compete fee of Rs 50 per share on the deal, which will reduce Vedanta's total payment for a 40% stake in Cairn India to $6.02 billion from $6.65 billion. The deal will be carried out in two tranches. Vedanta will buy a 10% stake in Cairn India on or before 11 July 2011 and purchase the remaining 30% stake at a later stage, pending necessary consents and approvals from the government of India. The first tranche purchase will increase Vedanta's stake in Cairn India to 28.5% and reduce Cairn Energy's stake to 52.2%. Anil Agarwal, chairman of Vedanta, said the company "believes this initial 10% purchase is a further demonstration of its commitment to India. We look forward to the successful completion of the proposed transaction." Bill Gammell, CEO of Cairn Energy said "Cairn is pleased to have secured this adjustment to the agreement with Vedanta. Cairn continues to believe the necessary approvals to complete the Vedanta transaction will be received and is working with the Government of India in a positive and constructive manner." On consolidated basis, Cairn India's net profit galloped 902.4% to Rs 2457.79 crore on 427.5% surge in net sales to Rs 3654.47 crore in Q4 March 2011 over Q4 March 2010.
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