The shares were divested at Rs 1,935.63 apiece, a discount from Friday’s closing price of Rs 1,956.15.
The transaction size aggregated to Rs 2,303.4 crore.
However, the buyer of the share (s) could not be ascertained immediately.
Despite the transaction, shares of the asset management firm rose 11.5 per cent to settle at Rs 2,180.75 on the BSE.
operates as a joint venture between (HDFC) and BRDN Investment Management.
BRDN Investment Management, one of the promoters of AMC, held 16.21 per cent stake in the company while another promoter HDFC owned 52.59 per cent stake as of June 2022, according to the shareholding pattern data with BSE.
In September 2021, BRDN Investment Management had divested a 5 per cent stake in HDFC AMC through the open market transaction.
HDFC AMC had hit the capital markets in 2018 to raise an estimated Rs 2,800 crore through the initial public offering.