RIL Group to hold direct stake as well, invest up to $1.5 bn cash; new merged co to be arm of Viacom 18. Reliance executives are also working on a three-year capital allocation programme for all businesses to be presented shortly to the board. The proposal, as of now, is to create a step-down subsidiary of Viacom18 Media, which will absorb Star India via a stock swap, they said. Both businesses are being treated as similar-sized ones, valued at $4-5 billion each, so RIL will be paying cash for controlling stake.
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“Since the issue size was large, it took away the possibility of the share price seeing any scarcity premium on the listing day,” said Mrunmayee