Singapore Telecommunications is set to buy an approximate US$525m worth of stocks in Indian telecom Bharti Airtel as part of the latter’s efforts to raise US$4.6b through new shares and bonds.
After the rights offering, Singtel’s effective interest in Airtel will be 35.2%. Singtel has a direct equity stake of about 15%, according to Refinitiv data. At the same time, the number of properties sold under the hammer dropped 25.5% YoY to 35, of which 26 are residential properties. The overall sales translate to a success rate of 3.1%, which is of the 6.2% recorded in 2017.
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