Company UpdateOpen Offer
Open Offer to acquire 26% of Frontier Capital Limited at Rs 10.20 per share.
Open Offer Overview
- Acquirers: Prafful Agarwal and Anupam Gupta.
- Target: Frontier Capital Limited.
- Offer size: up to 43,58,163 shares (26%).
- Offer price: Rs 10.20 per share; cash payment.
- Type: Mandatory offer triggered by SPA and control change.
Offer Details
- Total consideration: Rs 4,44,53,263 to public shareholders.
- Underlying SPA dated Oct 13, 2026 to acquire 93,98,455 shares (56.07%).
- Eligibility: Public shareholders excluding acquirers and SPA parties.
- Regulatory approvals: RBI prior approval required for NBFC status.
- No minimum acceptance condition; not a competitive bid.
Transaction Background
- SPA dated Oct 13, 2026 between Acquirers and Sellers.
- Sellers: Anirudh Bhuwalka and Inimitable Capital Finance Private Limited; 56.07% pre-transaction.
- Post-transaction promoters: Acquirers to become promoters; promoters to declassify.
Post-Offer Impact
- Acquirer I post-transaction holding: 50.46%.
- Acquirer II post-transaction holding: 5.61%.
- Combined post-transaction holding (pre-open offer): 56.07%.
- Open offer may require SCRR actions if promoter holding exceeds 75%.
- No delisting intention; promoters to relinquish control after offer.
Timeline and Process
- Public Announcement date: Oct 13, 2026.
- DPS to be published within five working days (by Oct 21, 2026).
- Tendering period: 10 working days.
- LOF to disclose opening and closing dates.
- Eligibility: Public shareholders excluding Acquirers and SPA parties.
Recommendations
- Independent directors' recommendations: not disclosed.
Other Material Information
- Regulatory approvals required: RBI; SEBI SAST; other statutory approvals.
- Conditions: subject to SPA conditions and DPS/LOF terms.
- Offer not conditional on minimum acceptance.
- Sellers relinquish control; promoters declassified.
- Acquirers do not intend to delist.