The government will offload up to 6 per cent stake in Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) through an Offer for Sale (OFS) that opens on Tuesday for non-retail investors, with the retail tranche scheduled for Wednesday.
At current market prices, the stake sale is expected to fetch around Rs 2,600 crore. “Offer for Sale in Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) opens tomorrow for Non-Retail investors. Retail investors can bid on Wednesday. Government offers to disinvest 5% equity in the bank with an additional 1% as a green shoe option,” Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Secretary Arunish Chawla said in a post on X.
The Centre currently holds 79.60% stake in the Pune-headquartered bank. The dilution will bring the government’s shareholding below 75 per cent, helping BoM comply with SEBI’s mandate that all listed companies maintain a minimum 25% public shareholding. Public sector entities have been given time until August 2026 to meet the threshold.
Shares of Bank of Maharashtra closed 1.6% lower on Monday but are up 10.5% so far in 2025.
Bank of Maharashtra had concluded a Rs 3,500-crore qualified institutional placement (QIP) in October 2024 to bolster its capital buffers and move closer to meeting minimum public shareholding requirements.
Public-sector banks have also remained in the spotlight after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman indicated last month that the government has initiated work on the next phase of consolidation among state-run lenders.
Apart from BoM, four other state-run lenders still remain above the required public shareholding limit—Indian Overseas Bank (94.6%), Punjab & Sind Bank (93.9%), UCO Bank (91%) and Central Bank of India (89.3%).
*With Agency Inputs
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