Shares of Mindtree fell 1 percent in early trade on Tuesday after L&T said on March 18 it would buy 20.32 percent stake at Rs 980 per share in Mindtree for Rs 3,269 crore.

Larsen and Toubro (L&T) also made an open offer for acquisition of up to 5,13,25,371 fully paid up equity shares having a face value Rs 10 of Mindtree representing 31 percent of the voting share capital at Rs 980 per share, as company BSE Release.

L&T has appointed Axis Capital and Citigroup Global Markets India as the managers to the open offer.

The stock price of L&T also fell about 1.5 percent to Rs 1,359.20.