Article: India: Siva Group to sell 6.3% stake in S Tel to Batelco.

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NRI investor C Sivasankaran has decided sell a 6.3% stake in the Chennai-based S Tel to the Bahrain-based Bahrain Telecommunications

(Batelco). The deal size is valued at Rs 125 crore, considering that Batelco Millennium India (BMIC), a Batelco-controlled company incorporated in Mauritius, had earlier acquired a 42.7% stake in S Tel for Rs 875 crore, valuing the company over Rs 2,000 crore then. However, Batelco may have had to pay a premium for acquiring this additional 6.3% stake in S Tel.

Confirming this move, V Srinivasan, chief executive officer of the Siva Group, told ET: It is the understanding between the Siva Group and ...

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