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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Pipavav Shipyard in green on receiving Foreign Investment Promotion Board’s approval


Pipavav Shipyard is currently trading at Rs. 79.55, up by 1.15 points or 1.47% from its previous closing of Rs. 78.40 on the BSE.
The scrip opened at Rs. 79.40 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 80.50 and Rs. 79.05 respectively. So far 2,85,000 shares were traded on the counter.
The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 119.95 on 30-Aug-2010 and a 52 week low of Rs. 61.60 on 29-Mar-2010.
Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 83.60 and Rs. 77.90 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 5303.08 crore.
The promoters holding in the company stood at 45.00% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 20.50% and 34.51% respectively.
Pipavav Shipyard has received clearance from Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), Ministry of Finance and Government of India which permits foreign direct equity investment. The company has also obtained all statutory clearances required for warship building for defence sector.
All statutory clearances required for warship building for defence sector is been obtained by the company. With this clearance the company will be able to bid for all the future warship projects like frigates, destroyers, aircraft carriers, LPDs, submarine, corvettes etc., of Indian Navy.
Recently, Ovira Logistics has acquired 5.11 crore shares or about 7.7% stake in Pipavav Shipyard at Rs 80.83 a share under bulk deal on Monday. Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services, IL&FS Financial Services and IL&FS Employee Welfare Trust sold the shares.
Pipavav Shipyard’s principal activity is to set up shipyard project. It is the sole sponsor of training at two Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) situated at Rajula and Mahuva, Gujarat, in the vicinity of the company's shipyard.

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