GTB- UTI BANK
MERGER STORY BY
AVANTI MULAY
VIDYA PATIL
INTRODUCTION
THE UTI BANK LTD AND GTB TO MERGE
UTI GLOBAL BANK, LARGEST PRIVATE SECTOR
BANK IN INDIA.
NET WORTH OVER RS 930 CRORES .
AGGREGATE OF COMBINED DEPOSITS ABOUT
RS 16000 CRORES.
ADVANCES IN EXCESS OF 8000 CRORES.
EXPECTED AGGREGATE NET PROFIT RS 161.24
CRORES
INTRODUCTION
UTI TO BE THE LARGEST SHAREHOLDER IN
THE MERGED ENTITY.
GLOBAL TRUST BANK
PUBLIC LTD COMPANY REGISTERED ON 29TH
SEPTEMBER 1993.
REGISTERED OFFICE AT SECUNDERABAD.
AUTHORIZED SHARE CAPITAL RS 650 CRORES.
DIVISION OF SHARE CAPITAL IS INTO 65
CRORES OF EQUITY SHARE OF RS 10 EACH.
PAID UP CAPITAL IS 121,35,90,000/-
DIVIDED INTO 12,13,59,000/- OF EQUITY
SHARES OF RS 10 EACH.
UTI BANK LTD
AXIS FORMED AS UTI & INCORPORATED IN
1994
SET UP WITH A CAPITAL OF RS 115 CRORES
WITH SPONSORSHIP AND CONTRIBUTION FROM
* UTI RS 100 CRORES
* LIC 7.5 CRORES
* GIC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES OF RS 1.5
CRORES.
REGISTERED OFFICE AT AHEMDABAD.
SCHEME OF EVENTS
ON 27TH JANUARY 2001 AMALGAMATION
APPROVED.
SWAP RATIO WAS 2.25:1
COUNTERS OF GTB AND UTI BANK AT BSE
WITNESSED HUGE VOLUMES AND SIZEABLE
RISE IN PRICES.
SUDDEN SPURT IN VOLUMES.
UTI BANK THREATENED TO PULL OUT OF THE
MERGER.
SCHEME OF EVENTS
WITH THE CONTROVERSY SECOND VALUATION WAS
OPTED FOR.
UTI CLAIMED FIRST VALUATION IMPROPER.
PARTIES TO WAIT FOR THE SEBI REPORT ON PRICE
RIGGING.
IN MARCH 2001 A SWAP RATIO OF 2:1 WAS
SUGGESTED BY DELLOITE & HUSKINS.
ON 23RD MARCH UTI BANK SUBMITTED SECOND
VALUATION REPORT TO RBI.
SCHEME OF EVENTS
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS BY SEBI
CONCLUDED THAT PRICE RIGGING TO BE
TRUE.
IN EARLY APRIL UTI BANK AS WELL AS GTB
ANNOUNCED THEIR WITHDRAWAL FROM THE
MERGER SCHEME.
BEGINNING OF EVENTFUL NON-
EVENT
ON 24TH JANUARY, 2001 MERGER
ANNOUNCED.
GTB STOCK WAS LOCKED AT RS 93.95
TRADING PATTERN OF GTB AND UTI BANK
STOCKS SHOWED A MARKED RISE ON BSE.
GTB AND UTI BANK ATTRACTED MEAGRE
VOLUMES TILL FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY.
TRADING VOLUMES PICKED UP ON GTB
COUNTER AT BSE AND FORTH FOLD AT NSE.
BEGINNING OF EVENTFUL NON-
EVENT
THE PRICE OF THE STOCK OF GTB INCREASED
FROM RS 81 TO RS 94.
SAME STORY OF UTI BANK SHARES.
THE STOCK PRICE OF UTI BANK LTD
INCREASED FROM RS 45.75 TO RS 49.85.
SBI CAPITAL MARKETS LIMITED- ADVISORS &
VALUATORS
SEBI PROBE
ROLE OF KETAN PAREKH IN UNUSUAL PRICE
SPURT
SUBSTANTIAL PURCHASES IN SCRIP DURING
OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2000.
PRIMA FACIE CASE OF MANIPULATION
EVIDENCE OF PRICE MANIPULATION BY GTB
PURCHASE BY PAREKH HUGE CHUNK OF GTB
STOCK IN NOV- DEC 2000
REASONS FOR FAILURE
MANIPULATION & RIGGING OF SHARE PRICE
MANIPULATION WITH THE HELP OF
MANAGEMENT TEAM
GELLI CHARGED OF INSIDER TRADING.
EFFECTS OF FAILURE
3 MONTH MORATORIUM ON GTB
WITHDRAWAL LIMIT BY RBI OF RS 10,000 FOR
DEPOSITORS
CHAOS IN PUBLIC
197.9% INCREASE IN GTB’S NET LOSS
ACCUMULATED LOSS FOR FINANCIAL YEAR
EXCEEDED THE CAPITAL RESERVES AND
SURPLUS BY RS 315.10 CRORES
EFFECTS OF FAILURE
TOTAL INCOME FOR THE YEAR DIPPED TO
29.5% TO RS 515.25 CRORES.
CONCLUSION
RIGGING OF SHARE PRICE RESULTED IN
FAILURE OF PROPOSED MERGER
SEBI BECAME ALERT AND IMPOSED STRICT
REGULATIONS
SUCCESSFUL MERGER WOULD HAVE RESULTED
IN LARGEST PRIVATE BANK IN INDIA