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BPDB seeks 90 days to offload PGCB shares

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Rafiqul Islam
08 November, 2020, 10:00 pm
Last modified: 08 November, 2020, 10:00 pm

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BPDB seeks 90 days to offload PGCB shares

It has sought exemption from the rule that prohibits insider trading – buying, selling or exchanging – until PGCB makes a decision during its board meeting

Rafiqul Islam
08 November, 2020, 10:00 pm
Last modified: 08 November, 2020, 10:00 pm
BPDB seeks 90 days to offload PGCB shares

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has sought exemption from the regulatory rules to offload the shares of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) Limited.

It has sought exemption from the rule that prohibits insider trading – buying, selling or exchanging – until such time that PGCB makes a decision during its board meeting held two months prior to the close of its financial year. It has also sought 90 working days, instead of 30, to offload shares in the capital market.

PGCB, a company operating power transmission and substations under BPDB, was listed with the stock exchange in 2006. At present, the company's investors own 15.36% or nearly 11 crore shares. PGCB will offload another around 7 crore shares or nearly 10% of the total shares.

After receiving the Finance Ministry's approval last October to offload the shares, BPDB wrote to the Ministry, seeking exemption from the provisions of Section 4(2) and Rule 34(1) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations 1995.

Under Section 4(2), the shares of a company listed with the stock exchange cannot be purchased, sold or transferred before they are finally considered, accepted or approved in the company's board meeting held two months before the end of that company's financial year.

As per the condition of Rule 34(1), BPDB wants 90 working days, instead of 30, for offloading the shares because, it says, offloading shares in 30 working days could have an adverse effect on the current market price.

At the start of this year, the issue of offloading more shares of existing companies and of bringing in new profit-making government companies to the capital market came up again to increase the market depth and restore investors' confidence.

Although not listed with the capital market, state-owned companies allowed offloading of more shares by the power grid companies listed under them.

The total shares of PGCB are valued at approximately Tk 71.3 crore (Tk 71,27,26,991), with nearly 85% owned by the company itself. Of the rest, over 12% are held by institutional investors, 0.14% by foreigners and slightly over 3% by general investors.

PGCB is a consistently profit-making company. It made a profit of Tk317 crore in the 2019-20 financial year. The company's earnings per share (EPS) is Tk4.45, and it has declared a 20% cash dividend for shareholders. During the previous fiscal year, it made a profit of nearly Tk384 crore.

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