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March 25 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• GETS ORDER DEMANDS TAX AND PENALTY TOTALING 7.3 MILLION RUPEES

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Feb 26 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• UNIT INTENDS TO RAISE FUNDS FROM POTENTIAL INVESTORS

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Jan 30 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• DEC-QUARTER CONSOL NET PROFIT 524.5 MILLION RUPEES

• DEC-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 11.86 BILLION RUPEES

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Dec 19 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• ASTER DM HEALTHCARE - ANNOUNCES 1.25 BILLION RUPEES HEALTHCARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN KERALA

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May 20 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• Q4 CONSOL NET PROFIT 790.2 MILLION RUPEES

• Q4 CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 10 BILLION RUPEES

• DIVIDEND 1 RUPEE PER SHARE

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April 18 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• ASTER DM HEALTHCARE - CCI APPROVES MERGER BETWEEN CO, QUALITY CARE INDIA

• ASTER DM HEALTHCARE - MERGED ENTITY EXPECTED TO GROW TO ABOUT 13,300 BEDS BY FY27

• ASTER DM HEALTHCARE LTD - MERGER TRANSACTION EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR

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April 15 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• INDIA COMPETITION REGULATOR: APPROVES TRANSACTION INVOLVING ASTER DM HEALTHCARE, BCP ASIA, CENTELLA AND QUALITY CARE INDIA

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March 20 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• GETS ORDER DEMANDS TAX AMOUNT OF 10.8 MILLION RUPEES AND PENALTY

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Jan 31 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• Q3 CONSOL NET PROFIT 567.9 MILLION RUPEES; IBES PROFIT EST. 927.8 MILLION RUPEES

• Q3 CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 10.5 BILLION RUPEES; IBES EST. 10.74 BILLION RUPEES

• DIVIDEND OF 4 RUPEES PER SHR

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Dec 12 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• FORENSIC AUDIT AT CO CONCLUDED

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** Shares of Aster DM Healthcare ATRD.NS rise as much as 4.9% to record high of 524.7 rupees, set to extend gains to seventh straight session

** Healthcare services provider announces merger with Quality Care India, with Aster holding 57.3% stake in merged entity

** Merged entity expects addition of ~3,500 new beds between FY24-27

** Analysts at Centrum are positive on the deal as the merged entity will have dominant presence in central and south India, allowing it to "potentially gain patient volumes and ward off competition"

** Avg rating of eight analysts covering the stock is "buy" and median PT is 555 rupees, ~8% higher than current price - LSEG data

** ATRD last up 3%, extending YTD gains to ~63%

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Nov 29 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• ACQUISITION IN QUALITY CARE INDIA LIMITED

• TO ACQUIRE 19 MILLION SHARES OF QCIL

• DEAL AT 445.8 RUPEES PER SHARE

• APPROVED SCHEME OF AMALGAMATION BETWEEN COMPANY AND QCIL

• APPROVED ALLOTMENT OF 18.6 MILLION SHARES OF CO TO QCIL SHAREHOLDERS

• QCIL WILL BE MERGED INTO CO AND CEASE TO EXIST

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** Aster DM Healthcare ATRD.NS rises 5.1% to 462.30 rupees; set to gain for fourth straight session

** Hospital operator enters into agreement to buy remaining 13% stake in subsidiary Prerana Hospital for an amount to be determined by independent valuation report

** Prerana Hospital, which posted 1.21 bln-rupee ($14.3 mln) turnover in FY24, operates 254-bed multi-speciality hospital in Maharashtra's Kolhapur

** Around 4.8 mln shares traded, 2.8x the 30-day avg

** ATRD up ~46% YTD

($1 = 84.4530 Indian rupees)

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Nov 26 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• ENTERS AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL 13% OF PRERANA HOSPITAL

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** Global Health GLOH.NS rises 4% to 1,073.75 rupees

** Hospitals operator's Q2 consol profit up 4.5% y/y; rev grows 12.5%

** Larger rivals Apollo Hospitals Enterprise APLH.NS and Aster DM Healthcare ATRD.NS log strong Q2 results on higher occupancy

** Stock set to end week in the green, after last week's decline

** GLOH up ~11% YTD

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** Shares of hospital chain Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS jump as much as 13.9% to record 457.90 rupees

** ATRD reports profit in Q2, compared to year ago loss when its erstwhile gulf business reported a loss

** ATRD's revenue rose 16%, helped by improvement in occupancy

** Over 6.4 mln shares traded, 8.6x the 30-day avg volume

** Five analysts tracking ATRD rate it "buy" on avg, same as larger rivals Apollo Hospitals APLH.NS and Max Healthcare MAXE.NS - LSEG data

** ATRD's 43% YTD jump leads pack; MAXE rises ~32%, while APLO up just 7%

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Aug 5 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• CEO NITISH SHETTY RESIGNS

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** Shares of hospital chain Aster DM Healthcare ATRD.NS rise 5.3% to 365 rupees

** Co on Wednesday reported 81% surge in Q1 profit, on higher bed occupancy rates

** ATRD up 17% YTD; Fortis Healthcare FOHE.NS rises 20%, Indraprastha Medical Corp IMCL.NS surges 55%, Max Healthcare MAXE.NS climbs 34%, Apollo Hospitals APLH.NS rises 16%

** ATRD, FOHE, MAXE & APLH "buy" rated on avg; IMCL not rated - LSEG

(Reporting by Sethuraman NR in Bengaluru)

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July 19 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• MALABAR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES TO ACQUIRE 25% STAKE IN USOLAR ASSETCO

• COST OF ACQUISITION 78.8 MILLION RUPEES

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** Shares of Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS up 4.1%

** Morgan Stanley and Government of Singapore pick up combined ~1.9% stake in hospitals operator on Friday after Olympus Capital's block sale - BSE data

** Around 2.4 mln shares traded vs 30-day avg of 1.9 mln shares

** All six analysts tracking ATRD rate it "buy" or higher; median PT is 402.50 rupees - LSEG data

** ATRD's 21.2% YTD rise better than bigger rivals Fortis FOHE.NS and Apollo APLH.NS, but trails likes of Max Healthcare MAXE.NS and Global Health GLOH.NS

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** Shares of Aster DM Healthcare ATRD.NS up 1.1% at 360.30 rupees after rising as much as 3.5%

** Over 1.8 mln shares traded in five blocks at 342-351.30 rupees/share - LSEG data

** Stock is witnessing its most active trading session since April 15, with more than 12.5 mln shares changing hands, 11x of 30-day avg

** Avg rating of six analysts equivalent of "strong buy", median PT is 402.50 rupees - LSEG data

** Stock up 14.2% so far this quarter vs 0.1% fall in March quarter

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** Shares of India's Aster DM Healthcare ATRD.NS down 2.2% after a 7.5% drop earlier in the day

** ATRD set to snap four session gaining run, if trend holds

** Co reported Q4 consol net loss vs profit yr ago, rev rose ~21%

** YTD stock has jumped 17% after a 77% climb in 2023, which was its fourth straight year of rise

(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru)

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April 25 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• AMITABH JOHRI WILL BE RELIEVED FROM SERVICES OF JOINT CFO

• SUNIL KUMAR M R, CURRENTLY JOINT CFO, WILL ASSUME ROLE OF CFO

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** Shares of Aster DM Healthcare ATRD.NS up as much as 14.3% to a record high of 558 rupees

** The healthcare services provider on Friday declared a special dividend of 118 rupees per share

** This comes after receiving proceeds from the sale of the GCC business and redemption of redeemable preference shares issued by its unit Affinity Holdings

** Stock on track for a third consecutive session of gains, if trend holds

** Average rating of five analysts covering the stock is "strong buy"; median PT is 480 rupees - LSEG data

** Including session's gain, stock is up 30.8% this year, outpacing the 5.1% rise in the Nifty 500 index .NIFTY500

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** ITC ITC.NS, HDFC Bank HDBK.NS, Tata Consultancy Services TCS.NS and Reliance Industries RELI.NS were among top large-cap purchases by top Indian mutual funds in March, Nuvama Alternative & Quantitative Research says

** Funds bought 179 bln rupees worth of ITC shares, ~32 bln rupees worth HDBK, ~15 bln rupees worth TCS and 10 bln rupees worth RELI - Nuvama

** Indian fund houses bought 82.8 bln rupees worth HDBK in February

** ITC shares up 5.4% in March, HDBK gained 3.2%, RELI rose 1.7%

** Max Healthcare MAXE.NS, Aurobindo Pharma ARBN.NS and Indus Towers INUS.NS were among top mid-cap buys; NLC India NLCI.NS and Aster DM Health ATRD.NS were top small-cap purchases - Nuvama

** Among large-caps, fund houses sold 22.5 bln rupees worth of State Bank of India SBI.NS shares, ~12 bln rupees worth Bharti Airtel BRTI.NS and ~10 bln rupees worth ICICI Bank ICBK.NS - Nuvama

(Reporting by Sethuraman NR in Bengaluru)

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** Shares of Aster DM Healthcare ATRD.NS up 5.9%, trimming some gains after rising as much as 9.5% to a record high of 500 rupees

** Reuters could not immediately ascertain a reason for stock move

** The healthcare services provider said it will consider declaration of special dividend on April 12

** Stock gained 11.6% last week, highest weekly gains since December, after co announced expansion plans worth 10 bln rupees ($120.1 mln)

** Around 3.1 mln shares traded, 2.8x the 30-day avg

** Analysts' avg rating on co is "Buy", their median PT is 480 rupees - a 5% premium on last close - LSEG

** Including session's gains, stock up ~18% YTD, peer Apollo Hospitals APLH.NS gained 10.6%

($1 = 83.2850 Indian rupees)

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April 5 (Reuters) - MASHREQBANK MASB.DU:

• A CONSORTIUM OF INVESTORS LED BY FAJR CAPITAL ALONGSIDE DR. MOOPEN FAMILY COMPLETED 100% ACQUISITION OF ASTER’S GCC BUSINESS

• ACQUISITION OF ASTER’S GCC BUSINESS IS NOW OWNED 65% BY FAJR CAPITAL-LED CONSORTIUM WITH A 35% STAKE RETAINED BY DR. MOOPEN FAMILY

• IN NEWLY SEPARATED ASTER GCC, DR. AZAD MOOPEN WILL BE CONTINUING IN HIS ROLE AS FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN

• IN NEWLY SEPARATED ASTER GCC, ALISHA MOOPEN ASSUMED ROLE OF MANAGING DIRECTOR AND GROUP CEO

• ACQUISITION OF ASTER’S GCC BUSINESS WAS FINANCED THROUGH A MIX OF EQUITY AS WELL AS DEBT FROM REGIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

• DEBT FINANCING PACKAGE AGGREGATING $813 MILLION WAS PROVIDED ACROSS TWO SEPARATE FACILITIES

• A SHARIA COMPLIANT FACILITY TO ALPHA GCC HOLDINGS LIMITED, THE ACQUISITION VEHICLE TO FACILITATE THE ACQUISITION AS WELL AS SUPPORT FUTURE GROWTH PROSPECTS OF ASTER GCC

• A CONVENTIONAL FACILITY TO UNION (MAURITIUS) HOLDINGS LIMITED, THE ACQUISITION VEHICLE OF DR. MOOPEN’S FAMILY TO BRIDGE FINANCE ACQUISITION OF 35% IN ASTER GCC

• FINANCING PACKAGE FOR BOTH FACILITIES WAS PROVIDED BY CBD, EMIRATES NBD CAPITAL LIMITED, FAB AND MASHREQ ACTING AS MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS, BOOKRUNNERS AND UNDERWRITERS WITH MASHREQ ACTING AS THE SOLE COORDINATOR FOR BOTH FACILITIES

• FOR ENBD GROUP, WHILE EMIRATES NBD CAPITAL LIMITED ACTED AS MANDATED LEAD ARRANGER, BOOKRUNNER AND UNDERWRITER, EMIRATES ISLAMIC BANK P.J.S.C. PROVIDED FINANCING IN SHARIA COMPLIANT FACILITY AND EMIRATES NBD BANK (P.J.S.C.) FINANCED THE CONVENTIONAL FACILITY

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** Shares of Aster DM Healthcare ATRD.NS rise as much as 11.8%, last up 7.9%

** On track for steepest intraday gain since Nov.

** The healthcare services provider said it plans to add 1700 beds by FY27, with projects in Indian states of Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh

** Adds expansion cost in range of 10 bln rupees ($119.9 mln)

** Stock has been trading above its 200-day simple moving avg since Feb. 2023, volumes at 5.7 times the 30-day avg

** Analysts' avg rating on co is "Buy", their median PT is 480 rupees- a ~15% premium on last close

** Including session's gains, stock up ~10% this year

($1 = 83.4355 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Manvi Pant in Bengaluru)

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April 3 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• ASTER DM HEALTHCARE LTD - CONCLUDES SEPARATION OF INDIA AND GCC BUSINESSES

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March 27 (Reuters) - Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ATRD.NS:

• OLYMPUS ACF, OLYMPUS CAPITAL ASIA INVESTMENTS SELL 48.8 MILLION SHARES OF ASTER DM HEALTHCARE VIA BULK DEALS - EXCHANGE DATA

• ICICI PRUDENTIAL MUTUAL FUND BUYS 8.3 MILLION SHARES OF ASTER DM HEALTHCARE AT 405 RUPEESPER SHARE VIA BULK DEALS - EXCHANGE DATA

• NIPPON INDIA MUTUAL FUND, SBI MUTUAL FUND BUY 18 MILLION SHARES OF ASTER DM HEALTHCARE AT 405 RUPEESPER SHARE VIA BULK DEALS - EXCHANGE DATA

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