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Business News/ Companies / News/  Oracle to sell stake in Oracle Financial Services Software
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Oracle to sell stake in Oracle Financial Services Software

The company will reduce its current 80.3% ownership stake in OFSS to 75% as required by the market regulator

Oracle intends to sell through an offer for sale (OFS) transaction the minimum portion of its shareholding in the company to meet the legal mandate. Photo: AFP (AFP)Premium
Oracle intends to sell through an offer for sale (OFS) transaction the minimum portion of its shareholding in the company to meet the legal mandate. Photo: AFP
(AFP)

Mumbai: Oracle Corp. on Wednesday said it will cut its current 80.3% ownership stake in Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd to 75% as required by the Indian capital markets regulator.

Shares of Oracle Financial lost 3.89% to close at 2,602.95 per unit on Wednesday. At Wednesday’s market price, the value of the 5.3% stake in Oracle Financial (formerly i-Flex Solutions Ltd), which the company will have to sell to meet the requirement, is approximately 1,153 crore.

Oracle intends to sell the minimum portion of its shareholding in the company to meet the legal mandate through an offer for sale (OFS) transaction.

“The timing and size of the OFS will be subject to market conditions, receipt of any necessary approvals, and other considerations; and this announcement does not constitute an obligation on Oracle to divest any stake held in OFSS (Oracle Financial Services)," the company said in a media release.

“Oracle is committed to continuing its strategic relationship with OFSS  and expects to otherwise maintain its position as the majority owner and promoter of OFSS," the company said in the release.

Morgan Stanley India Co. Pvt. Ltd and Deutsche Equities India Pvt. Ltd have been appointed as brokers for the proposed stock sale.

For the full year ended 31 March 2012, OFSS had posted a revenue of 260.56 crore. In the December 2012 quarter, the company posted a net profit of 25.5 crore compared with 17.95 crore in the September quarter. Its revenue in the same period was 72.61 crore compared with 65.99 crore in the preceding quarter.

The company has not declared its March-quarter earnings.

The OFS window is very similar to the follow-on public offer (FPO) wherein promoters approach the market to either sell their own holding in the company or raise fresh capital. OFS scores over FPO since companies do not necessarily have to go through the lengthy process of issuing the prospectus and then wait for days to receive applications from investors before the issue is completed. This one saves time for both promoters and investors.

While the $37 billion Oracle does not break up its India figures, industry estimates peg its revenue from the country at around 10,000 crore.

Dataquest, a CyberMedia publication, estimated Oracle India’s revenue at 9,208 crore for fiscal 2012. The company has about 30,000 employees in India working for its global services and research and development divisions, about 10,000 for Oracle Financial and about 1,500 for its local operations.

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Published: 08 May 2013, 10:20 AM IST
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