The board of the two companies approved the merger plan and according to swap ratio, JMC’s shareholders, other than KPTL, will be allotted one share of KPTL against every four shares held by them in JMC.
Share of Reliance Industries has more than doubled from the March lows and has risen more than 40 percent so far in the year 2020.
In an exchange filing, Cairn India said that in a court-convened meeting, 65.41 percent of shareholders present, representing 92.86 percent in value, voted in favour of the merger.
Sources say Indian Hotels, which currently holds 25.5 percent in Taj GVK and Reddy family with about 50 percent stake are in process of negotiating swap ratio for the merger.
While both the companies will create value for shareholders, it will be lesser than value of its subsidiaries, says independent market expert Rakesh Arora.
According to the deal proposed by Vedanta, minority shareholders of Cairn India will receive one equity share in Vedanta for each share held, along with one 7.5 percent redeemable preference share with Rs 10 face value.
According to the deal, each Cairn India shareholder would be offered an equity share of Vedanta Ltd apart from a 7.5 percent redeemable preference share of Rs 10 face value.
The deal, in which minority shareholders of Cairn India will receive one equity share in Vedanta for each share held, is expected to be completed in the first quarter of calendar year 2016, the group's press release said.
In what would a mega restructuring move, coming soon after its recent rejig, the boards of Cairn India and Vedanta may meet this weekend to discuss a possible merger.
ING Vysya management did assure shareholders that post the merger employee interests would be looked into.
Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam's (Satyam Computer Services) boards approved merger of the two software services exporters and the combined entity will have revenue of USD 2.4 billion, the Mahindra Group company said on Wednesday.