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Ola Electric on Friday said it has secured shareholders' approval on the reallocation of funds raised through IPO, unlocking capital to drive the next phase of growth, and further strengthening the balance sheet. The Bengaluru-based firm on Friday concluded its first AGM since going public in 2024. As per exchange filings, 99 per cent of shareholders voted in favour of the resolution to reallocate IPO proceeds, signalling investor trust in the company and its long-term vision. This will fully meet the company's near-term organic growth capital requirements, it added. In order to fuel the next phase of growth for the business, the company has strategically reallocated funding for organic growth initiatives, general corporate purposes, and debt repayment, it said. After the reallocation of funds, the unutilised amount is as follows: Rs 1,049 crore for R&D investment, Rs 901 crore for organic growth initiatives, Rs 395 crore for debt repayment/prepayment, and Rs 248 crore for general
A civil society organisation advocating banking stakeholders' interests has written to the Finance Ministry, requesting its intervention into ICICI Bank's decision to raise the minimum average balance (MAB) requirement for new savings accounts, and said such a move is detrimental to the government's vision of inclusive banking and growth. In a letter to the finance secretary, 'Bank Bachao Desh Bachao Manch' termed the private lender's decision as "unjust and regressive". The bank has raised the minimum balance requirement for new savings accounts opened on or after August 1 by five times to Rs 50,000. The minimum monthly average balance (MAB) for savings bank accounts till July 31, 2025 for ICICI Bank customers was Rs 10,000. Similarly, MAB for semi-urban locations and rural locations have been increased five times to Rs 25,000 and Rs 10,000, respectively, according to information available on the ICICI Bank website. This retrograde decision undermines the principle of inclusive .
Mining conglomerate Vedanta Ltd is estimated to have raised around Rs 3,200 crore from the offer for sale (OFS) of subsidiary Hindustan Zinc Ltd. The offer for sale (OFS) of Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd received a strong response from retail and institutional investors, sources said. Vedanta is estimated to have received around Rs 3,200 crore from the OFS, they said. Vedanta will utilise the proceeds generated from the OFS for deleveraging its balance sheet and investment in its growth projects. This, coupled with the Rs 8,500 crore qualified institutional placement, will help bring down debt at the company as well as at the group level. Base issue size for retail investors was 51.44 lakh shares while total retail subscription is 93.82 lakh shares, or 1.8 times of the base issue size. For institutional investors, the base issue was 4.62 crore shares while total institutional subscription is 6.36 crore, or 1.4 times, sources said, adding that the total shares sold through
IL&FS Financial Services (IFIN), a group company of debt-ridden IL&FS Ltd, has incurred a cumulative loss of Rs 5,654 crore for the five-consecutive fiscals -- from FY14 to FY18, according to the revised balance sheet of the firm undergoing resolution process. However, as per the original balance sheet, the company had earned a total profit of Rs 1,015 crore during the five-year period. Following the recast, the company is exploring the option of seeking a refund of income tax paid from the Income Tax for these years. In June this year, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) asked the newly-appointed board of the IL&FS group to file a revised balance sheet, along with its two other subsidiaries. Moreover, its total income also went down to Rs 7,777 crore on an aggregate basis during those five years against Rs 10,297 crore reported earlier, revealed the updated financial results. The company's new board has completed the reopening and recasting of financials and the ...
AU Small Finance Bank is targeting to double its balance sheet size to Rs 2.5 lakh crore in three years, helped by the acquisition of Fincare SFB and the growing consumption trend in the country. The bank earlier this week operationalized Authorised Dealer (AD-I) license with foray in forex with 'AU Remit' and Cross-border Trade with 'AU DigiTrade'. "We are targeting a growth of 25 per cent in the next three years and we should double the balance sheet size to Rs 2.5 lakh crore by the time we complete one decade of existence," AU Small Finance Bank managing director Sanjay Agarwal told PTI. The bank started its business in 2017, with a balance sheet size of Rs 10,000 crore, which has now crossed Rs 1.25 lakh crore. Human resources has gone up from just 3,000 to 46,000 during the same period, he said. At the same time, the branch network has increased from 300 to 2,400 touch points currently, he said. Pointing out that banks are formed by the people and for the people, he said, the
Mining tycoon Anil Agarwal has said the current financial year that started on April 1 will be a transformative year for his conglomerate Vedanta as it prioritises disciplined growth while parent eyes a USD 3 billion deleveraging in the next three years. In a communication to shareholders, Vedanta Ltd Chairman Agarwal said the group will pursue sustainable growth while maintaining a healthy balance sheet. "These include further deleveraging (parent) Vedanta Resources by USD 3 billion in the next 3 years and achieving an annual group EBITDA of USD 7.5 billion within 2 years," he said. "FY25 will be a transformative year for us on many fronts as we prioritise disciplined growth, operational excellence, and exploring opportunities along the value chain," he said. Vedanta had previously stated that it will invest USD 6 billion across businesses that span from aluminium and zinc to iron ore, steel and oil and gas, which is expected to generate incremental revenue of over USD 6 billion a