Oriental Bank of Commerce to raise Rs178 crore by issuing shares to LIC

New Delhi: Public sector lender Oriental Bank of Commerce on Saturday said it will raise over Rs.178 crore by issuing shares to Life Insurance Corporation on a preferential basis.
 
The decision to issue over 2 crore shares to LIC was taken at the bank’s Extra-ordinary general meeting held on 29 March, it said in a regulatory filing. “To create, offer, issue and allot 2,15,48,758 equity shares of the Bank for cash at an issue price of Rs 82.79 per equity share aggregating up to Rs 178.40 crore on preferential basis to Life Insurance Corporation,” it said in the filing. 
 

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