Press Trust of India | Updated On: May 04, 2014 18:26 (IST)
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New Delhi:
HDFC Bank's proposal to hike foreign holding is likely to be taken up by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) at its meeting on May 13, according to a government official.
Sources said the proposal would come up before the investment board after a meeting of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) and the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) likely next week.
"The FIPB meeting is scheduled on May 13. HDFC Bank proposal will be included in the agenda after a meeting of DEA and DIPP officials," the official told PTI.
Late last year, HDFC Bank had approached the FIPB for increasing foreign holding in it to 67.55 per cent from 49 per cent. Although the proposal came up before the FIPB several times, no decision could be taken.
According to sources, if the proposal of the bank to raise foreign investment to 67.55 per cent is accepted, it would exceed the cap of 74 per cent, after taking into account parent HDFC's stake.
The meeting of the DEA and DIPP officials would deliberate on whether the 22.64 per cent stake in HDFC Bank of promoter and housing finance major HDFC Ltd is foreign investment or not.
The DIPP, according to sources, is opposing the hike in the foreign investment limit in the bank.
According to the shareholding pattern in the BSE, at the end of March, foreign institutional investment (FII) in the bank was at 34.08 per cent. Also, foreign investors hold another 16.97 per cent shares through ADRs and GDRs.
If the promoter stake of 22.64 per cent is deemed to be foreign, then the total of the above mentioned three categories would take total foreign investment to over 70 per cent.
FDI, FII, NRI holding, ADR/GDR, convertible preference shares, foreign currency convertible bonds are treated as foreign investment under the FDI policy.
As per the existing guidelines, the foreign holding in a bank cannot exceed 74 per cent.
Last month, the FIPB did not take up HDFC Bank's proposal.
Investments by HDFC Ltd, which is 75.71 per cent owned by FIIs, and associate companies, in HDFC Bank were made before 2009, when the government came out with norms to calculate the level of foreign investment in companies.
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