In March 2019, infrastructure giant Larsen & Toubro made headlines when it made a hostile takeover bid for the information technology company Mindtree. It is the first such hostile takeover attempt in the IT sector in India. L&T acquired a 20.32 percent stake in Mindtree from investor V.G. Siddhartha, who happens to be the owner of the Café Coffee Day (CCD) chain. The company then decided to pick up another 15 percent from the market, and is making an open offer to investors, offering Rs 980 per share to acquire…
