Sunil Mittal-driven Bharti raised its stake upto 70% in Bharti Hexacom Limited<\/a> (BHL), a non-listed company, following 37.5% equity shares, it purchased from Rajiv Malhotra-headed Shyam Telecom at Rs 430-crore in 2004.
State-run Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL<\/a>) has a 30% shareholding in the Bharti Hexacom that offers services in Rajasthan circles and part of Northeast.
\"We don’t perceive this as a major concern for Bharti; further, buying the government’s 30% stake in Hexacom is likely to provide Bharti with additional flexibility to operate and grow the circle with improved efficiencies,\" JM Financial in its finding said.
The development comes close on the heels of SBI Capital Markets, a government-appointed financial consultant, valuing the 30% stake at more than Rs 8,000 crores.
The Mumbai-based brokerage firm, however, believes the concerns are overstated, and added that its calculation suggests that the potential value of the government’s 30% stake in Bharti Hexacom is unlikely to be significantly above Rs 31 billion (Rs 31,00-crore), based on Bharti Hexacom’s FY23 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA<\/a>) of Rs 25 billion (Rs 2,500-crore), and added that scalability challenges, state-level nuances and no digital play, could be taken into account to arrive at a valuation.
The telecom department (DoT<\/a>) is planning to raise money after obtaining necessary regulatory approvals to publicly list stocks of Bharti Hexacom, following negotiations with the parent company Bharti Enterprises that, as per stipulated conditions, has the first right of refusal.
\"Coming out with the Initial Public Offer (IPO) for Bharti Hexacom is a long-term process, and may take upto a year's time although we have received a valuation from our transactional consultant,\" a senior DoT official told ETTelecom<\/a>.
Last week, Bharti Airtel informed the stock exchange that it would conduct an extraordinary general meeting (EGM<\/a>) on February 26 to seek a nod to invest an aggregate of Rs 2,800-crore annually between FY 2022-23 to FY 2026-27 in Bharti Hexacom.
In 2006, state-controlled TCIL refused Bharti's offer of Rs 262.50-crore for a 30% stake.
In 2011, Deloitte's valuation of Rs 1,800-crore was also dismissed by the Centre, considering it as too low to proceed.
Bharti Hexacom offers mobile telephony and telemedia services in two circles, and has operational and financial synergies with Bharti Airtel Limited<\/a>.
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