By Scott Murdoch

(Reuters) -British American Tobacco has sold a $1.5 billion stake in Indian consumer goods company ITC (NSE: ITC ) at 413 Indian rupees per share, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters.

The company sold 313 million shares in ITC, representing 2.5% of ITC, according to the term sheet. This final amount exceeded its initial plan to sell up to 290 million shares in the deal, valued at approximately $1.4 billion.

The final sale price represented a 4.8% discount to ITC’s closing price of 433.90 rupees on Tuesday.

Shares of ITC dropped nearly 3% to 421.70 rupees on Wednesday. The stock was the top loser on both Nifty 50 and the FMCG index.

BAT (LON: BATS ) will remain ITC’s largest shareholder after the deal, according to LSEG data.

Goldman Sachs and Citigroup (NYSE: C ) led the deal, the term sheet showed.

The deal is the second major block trade in India this week after IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal sold a 5.7% stake in the low-cost carrier worth $1.36 billion.

BAT said it would increase its 2025 1.1 billion pounds ($1.49 billion) share buyback programme by 200 million pounds as a result of the deal, which is not expected to have any other impact on its annual outlook.

The London-listed cigarette maker had last year sold 436.9 million shares, or roughly 3.5% of ITC’s outstanding shares, for about $2 billion in what was India’s third-largest block deal ever.

The British firm in February forecast 1% growth in its annual revenue, citing tax headwinds in key markets such as Bangladesh and Australia.

($1 = 0.7401 pounds)