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Capital markets regulator Sebi on Thursday slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Future Retail Ltd for making inadequate and delayed disclosure regarding the interim order passed by Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). The order came after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) examined the concerns raised by Amazon.com regarding the Scheme of Arrangement between Future Group and Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani Group. In its order, Sebi said Future Retail had disclosed the initiation of arbitration proceedings by Amazon before SIAC on November 1, 2020, only after intervention of stock exchanges. The information should have been disclosed within 24 hours of the event -- on or before October 6, 2020 -- as required under the LODR (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) rules. It was observed that the interim order passed by SIAC on October 25, 2020 was in favour of Amazon, wherein the respondents were injuncted from taking any steps in furtherance or in aid of the
The deadline for submission of expression of interest for debt-ridden Future Retail Ltd (FRL) has been extended by almost two weeks to November 3. As per the modified invitation of expression of interest (EoI) for the Future Group firm undergoing Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP), the last date for the prospective buyers to submit their EOI is November 3. Earlier, the last date for the prospective resolution applicants (PRA) for submission of EoI was October 20, 2022. Now, a final list of PRAs will be published on November 20, 2022 and the deadline for the submission of the resolution plan is December 15, 2022, as per the modified invitation for submitting EoI. "It is clarified that the EOIs submitted by all interested prospective resolution applicants... prior to this corrigendum and Modified IEOI shall continue to be considered in the ongoing corporate insolvency resolution process of FRL and need not be resubmitted," it added. PRAs should have a minimum tangible ne