Larsen and Toubro Chairman, CEO offload stake in company

Two top officials of Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Executive Chairman AM Naik and CEO K Venkataramanan sold part of their stakes in the company last week.

In separate filings to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), L&T said Naik has sold 1.25 lakh shares for Rs 15.70 crore while Venkataramanan sold 10,000 shares for Rs 1.26 crore.

Both transactions took place on March 14 and the company was informed the same day, the filing showed.

After the sale, Naik holds 23,17,455 shares of L&T of Rs 2 each, amounting to 0.25 per cent stake in the company. Similarly, Venkataramanan now holds 8,42,873 shares of L&T, amounting to 0.091 per cent stake.

On March 10 and 11, Naik had sold 25,045 shares of L&T for Rs 3.12 crore in two tranches.

Shares of the company were trading at Rs 1240.10 apiece on BSE, down 1.23 per cent from the previous close.