40% has been retained to keep majority stake in case BAT sells its stake in the de-merged entity to someone else. (Which they will).
With a business like ITC, de-merging is not without risks of new entity being eaten up by a third party.
But that 40% also belongs to the shareholders, proportionally, so the market reaction today was knee-jerk to say the least.
I will try add some more.
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