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GQG Partners greatest buyer of Ambuja shares in Adani-owned co's stake sale

U.S. store financial investment firm GQG Partners Inc was the largest purchaser in a stake sale of India's Ambuja Cements by an Adaniowned company on Friday.

Adani-owned Holderind Investments, which had an almost 51%. stake in Ambuja Cements since June-end, had used a 2.8% stake. worth $500 million.

WHY IT is very important

GQG Partners was the first to invest in Adani group. business after a report by short-seller Hindenburg Research. activated a stock thrashing early last year. The firm's $1.87 billion. infusion in four Adani group business helped restore some. confidence in the corporation.

It was likewise amongst the 50 financiers in Adani Energy. Solutions' recent $1 billion share sale.

On Thursday, broadcaster CNBC TV-18 reported that the. ports-to-power conglomerate is mulling a stake sale in Adani. Power too, beside Ambuja, to trim its debt.

The group's flagship Adani Enterprises is likely. to introduce a $1 billion share sale in mid-September, Reuters. reported previously this month.

BY THE NUMBERS

GQG Partners purchased 26.8 million shares through block. offers, information from the National Stock market revealed. SBI Life. Insurance coverage lapped up the second-largest stake in the. sale, purchasing 8 million shares.

Other buyers consist of Norges Bank, The Vanguard Group and. Morgan Stanley. Among the Indian shared funds that took part. were Axis Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, and Tata. Mutual Fund.

All blocks but one were sold at 625.5 rupees per share, a 1%. discount rate to Thursday's closing rate. One block making up. 161,000 shares was sold at 625.55 rupees.

Holderind sold 68 million shares in blocks.

GQG Partners owned a 1.35% stake in Ambuja Cements as of. June 30, per exchange data.

MARKET REACTION

Shares of the cement maker leapt as much 4.5% on Friday,. before blowing over most of its gains to close up 0.3%.

(source: Reuters)