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Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources Ltd (VRL) has raised 500 million dollars through bonds in October and will use the proceeds to repay near-term obligations. As per the letter to the bondholders, the company stated that "the average maturity of its debt portfolio is now over four years, and it has reduced its weighted average interest cost to single digits, reflecting a stronger, more resilient capital structure". The company said that it has completed "a 500 million dollar bond issuance, using proceeds to repay near-term obligations, including a 550 million dollar Private Credit Facility (PCF), in line with its deleveraging roadmap." With this, the Group now has no material maturities until FY27, ensuring a well-balanced liability structure, it said. The Group maintains robust liquidity, supported by dividend inflows from operating subsidiaries and healthy free cash generation, the company added. The company has tied up a 500 million dollar term loan facility with a consortium o
Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd has pushed the deadline for its demerger to March-end next year as the approvals from the National Company Law Tribunal and government authorities are still pending, the company has said in a regulatory filing. The deadline was earlier extended from March 31, 2025 to September 30 this year. "Given that the conditions precedent in the Scheme, including approval of the National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench (NCLT) and approvals from certain government authorities are in the process of being completed, the board of the company and the resulting companies...have decided to extend the timeline for fulfilment of the conditions precedent from September 30, 2025 to March 31, 2026," Vedanta had said in a filing this week. The approval of the demerger proposal will pave the way for the company's various business verticals to become separate entities. Vedanta Resources CEO Deshnee Naidoo had earlier exuded optimism that the demerger of its Indian arm Vedanta
Vedanta Ltd Chairman Anil Agarwal on Monday reaffirmed the company's commitment to unlocking value, saying the four new companies that will emerge from the demerger, have the potential to grow into USD 100 billion companies each. The company's proposed demerger will create four independent natural resource-focused entities with management structures, capital frameworks, and strategic priorities. In a letter to shareholders, Agarwal highlighted the need for pure-play businesses and how the proposed demerger will help Vedanta achieve this. Vedanta plans to split the mining conglomerate into different businesses with a view to simplify the group's structure and help manage its debt burden. Mining tycoon launched the plan to overhaul the business in 2023 after failing to take Vedanta private in 2020. According to Vedanta's demerger scheme, every Vedanta shareholder will receive 1 additional share in each of the 4 newly demerged companies on the completion of the demerger process. The
Goldman Sachs Asset Management on Wednesday divested a little over 2 per cent stake in Anil Agarwal promoted-Sterlite Technologies for Rs 84 crore through an open market transaction. Goldman Sachs Asset Management through its affiliate Goldman Sachs Funds - Goldman Sachs India Equity Portfolio sold 1.03 crore shares, amounting to a 2.13 per cent stake in Sterlite Technologies, according to BSE data. The shares were offloaded at an average price of Rs 81.04 apiece, taking the deal value to Rs 84.10 crore. Meanwhile, Bandhan Mutual Fund bought 60.11 lakh shares or 1.23 per cent stake in Sterlite Technologies for Rs 48.69 crore. The shares were acquired at an average price of Rs 81 apiece. Details of the other buyers of Sterlite Technologies' shares could not be ascertained on the BSE. The stock of Sterlite Technologies fall 4.02 per cent to close at Rs 80.29 apiece on the BSE.
Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal on Saturday said the metal and mining conglomerate looks to increase production across segments including crude oil and zinc. "We are going to produce five hundred thousand barrels of oil and gas...so many other things they are doing, but these are the major thing for me to do..." Agarwal said at the HT Leadership Summit 2024 here. He also termed the closure of Tuticorin copper plant in Tamil Nadu as one of his smallest failures as a businessman. "Tuticorin is one of the smallest failures. More failure you have, the more success you will get. This (failure) is the first ladder for your success," Agarwal said remembering the incidents that led to the closure of the copper unit. In the near future, Vedanta is aiming to double the production levels of its subsidiary Hindustan Zinc, increase oil production at Cairn Oil & Gas to 3 lakh barrels of oil equivalent per day, and increase the capacity at its aluminium smelter to 3 million tonnes per annum, ...
Debt at Vedanta Resources - the parent firm of the Mumbai-listed mining conglomerate Vedanta Ltd - has been cut by USD 4.7 billion in two years as financial discipline helped deleverage the group, its chairman Anil Agarwal said. In a letter to shareholders, he said Vedanta Ltd delivered its highest-ever EBITDA of Rs 20,639 crore in the first half of the current fiscal year as a result of "focus on achieving higher production levels, driving operational excellence, and successfully navigating a dynamic global environment". Vedanta's aluminium and zinc production volumes have reached record levels. "In the near future, we are aiming to double the production levels at our subsidiary, Hindustan Zinc Ltd, increase oil production at Cairn Oil & Gas to 3 lakh barrels of oil equivalent per day, and increase the capacity at our aluminium smelter to 3 million tonnes per annum," he said. Additionally, Vedanta remains committed to becoming a greener and more sustainable company by producing ..