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Baring Private Equity India will come up with an open offer for a 20 per cent additional stake from JRG Securities shareholders. Baring had recently acquired a 45 per cent stake in the Kochi-headquartered stock broking firm for $35 million. The open offer is mandatory if one acquires more than 15 per cent stake in a listed company.

If the open offer is successful, Baring will be the largest shareholder in the broking firm with 65 per cent stake. It may also be possible that the open offer is not subscribed fully. In any case, Baring is most likely to be the majority owner of a stock broking firm.

Earlier Citigroup Venture Capital International had reportedly acquired an 85 per cent stake in retail broking firm Sharekhan for Rs 470-480 crore (the company is yet to announce the deal officially).

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