11 banks, including SBI, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, PNB and Bank of India, converted their loans, which was in the form of cumulative redeemable preference shares, into equity shares of the company. Post this conversion, while SBI's holding in the airline was 5.7%, ICICI Bank had a 5.3% stake and IDBI Bank 3.5% stake. This high exposure of these three banks in Kingfisher Airlines proved to be a major drag on their stock prices on Friday, market players said. SBI lost 3.5% to close at Rs 1,798, ICICI Bank lost 4.6% to Rs 823 and 3.3% to settle at Rs 107.
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Apr 7, 2011, 05.47AM IST
NEW DELHI: Kingfisher Airlines on Wednesday disclosed that lenders including State Bank of India and ICICI Bank have converted debt amounting to Rs 1,400 crore into equity at a 60% premium to the prevailing market price. Stock exchange filings showed that on March 31, there was preferential allotment to SBI and ICICI Bank due to conversion of compulsorily convertible preference shares into equity shares at a price of Rs 64.48 each. On that day, Kingfisher Airlines had closed at Rs 39.90 on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the conversion translates into a premium of 61.6%.