LIC buys 3.9% stake in Bank of India via open market acquisition

LIC buys 3.9% stake in Bank of India via open market acquisition

LIC buys 3.9% stake in Bank of India via open market acquisition

  • Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has bought 3.9 percent (15,90,07,791 shares) of the Bank of India through open market acquisition on September 2, 2021.
  • Before this acquisition, LIC held about 3.17 percent stake in the Bank of India. After this acquisition, LIC now has 7.05 percent, equivalent to 28,92,87,324 shares of Bank of India.
  • This information was shared by the Bank of India to SEBI. As per SEBI guidelines, companies have to inform the stock exchanges when an entity holds more than 5 percent shares in a listed company.

Points to remember:

  1. LIC has bought 3.9% stake recently in which bank?
  2. Companies have to inform the SEBI when an entity holds more than ____ percent shares in a listed company?= 5%

Source: Business Standard

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