State Bank of India (SBI) today said it plans to dilute 10 percent of its stake in the life insurance venture SBI Life through public offer.
The Executive Committee of Central Board in its meeting held today accorded in-principle approval for initial public offer (IPO), SBI said in a regulatory filing to stock exchanges.
SBI also said it is exploring the possibility of diluting 8 per cent stake sale of SBI Life through IPO out of 10 percent Offer for Sale.
SBI Life Insurance is a joint venture between the bank and BNP Paribas Cardif. SBI owns 74 percent of the total capital and BNP the rest.
SBI had last year sold 3.9 percent stake in SBI Life to global private equity major KKR and the Singaporean sovereign fund Temasek Holdings for Rs 1,794 crore or USD 264 million, valuing the country's third largest private life insurer at around Rs 46,000 crore.
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