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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

11-May-2016 18:33 IST

The Employee Offer of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) got unprecedented response from the employees as nearly 40% of the employees participated in the offer. Employees grab this opportunity of employee offer and applied for 53.17% of 1,21,39,762 shares offered for allotment. This is highest ever employee participation in disinvestment process of any company post OFS. The employees participation in the disinvestment process of Government of India, gives the sense of belongingness to the company. The offer of shares by Government to eligible employees of IOCL was carried out from 2.5.2016 to 10.5.2016. The Government expects to realize ₹ 237 crore.

The employee offer was pursuant to the decision of the Government to disinvest 10% paid up equity out of Government of India shareholding in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), on 13.5.2015. The Government had approved that shares may also be allotted to the eligible and willing employees of the Company up to a maximum of 0.5% of the paid up equity capital at a discount of 5%.

The OFS of IOCL was successfully completed on 24th August, 2015. The total realization was ₹ 9,369 crore. The lowest cut off during the OFS was ₹ 387/- per share. Accordingly, after 5% discount the offer price for employees was ₹ 367.65/- per share.

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DSM

Employee offer of government shares secured unprecedented participation, with allotments made at the prescribed employee discount. The Government conducted a disinvestment in Indian Oil Corporation Limited including an Employee Offer permitting allotment to eligible employees up to 0.5% of paid up equity at a 5% discount to the OFS cut off price; the employee window ran on specified dates, employee participation was approximately forty percent and constituted the highest post OFS employee response, and the employee offer price was calculated by applying the prescribed discount to the OFS cut off.