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The government-nominated board of directors of Maytas Infra met today to consider a buyout proposal for the company. The company has said that it has received a proposal to substitute the existing promoters, the Ramalinga Raju family, and take over management control. The board has forwarded this proposal to the Company Law Board for appropriate directions.
The board is expected to open financial bids on Monday submitted by a few bidders remaining at the last stage. Among them are believed to be Tech Mahindra, L&T, Cognizant Technologies and some private equity funds. If the gap between the first and losing bids is less than 10%, then there will be open auction. The highest bidder in the auction will be declared the new owner.
Corrected: The Assets’ side total is Rs 2889 crore and not Rs 2936 crore as was earlier stated, in the last paragraph.
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