Hindenburg report has limited near-term impact on cost of funding
The stock of Adani Power closed at Rs 196.05, Adani Transmission at Rs 860.85, Adani Green Energy at Rs 650.55 and Adani Total Gas at Rs 904.95 apiece on BSE
But shares of two more group firms reported to be pledged
Adani Group stocks: Last night, it was reported that Gautam Adani and his family had prepaid all loans backed by the company shares
The accusations against Adani - some reported by local media years before Hindenburg dropped its report - come at an uncomfortable time for Mauritius
Embattled Adani Group on Tuesday said it has repaid share-based financing of Rs 7,374 crore (over USD 900 million) and will prepay all such remaining loans by the end of the month, as it looks to allay concerns over leverage and debt to win over investors. The repayment will release pledge on shares of promoters in four group companies, it said in a statement, adding that together with repayments done earlier, the group has prepaid USD 2.016 billion of share-backed financing. In September last year, CreditSights, a Fitch Group unit, said the group was "deeply overleveraged" as it used debt to expand an empire centred on ports and coal mining to include airports, data centres and cement as well as green energy. In a January 24 report, US short seller Hindenburg Research flagged "substantial" debt levels at the group while alleging accounting fraud and use of offshore shell companies to inflate stock prices. The group has denied all Hindenburg allegations, calling them "malicious", .
The stock will move out of the ASM framework from Wednesday, according to the report
LIC's exposure to the Adani group has been under scrutiny since the report by the US-based shortseller became public
The Adani group, whose mostly debt-fueled breakneck expansion saw gross debt doubling in four years, has almost USD 2 billion worth of foreign-currency bonds coming up for repayment in 2024, according to a presentation the conglomerate made to investors. The apples-to-airport conglomerate borrowed over USD 10 billion in foreign currency bonds between July 2015 and 2022 across group companies. Of this, USD 1.15 billion of bonds matured in 2020 and 2022. There are no maturities in 2023 but three issuances - USD 650 million by the ports arm APSEZ and two of renewable energy unit Adani Green Energy Ltd (USD 750 million and and USD 500 million - are due for payment in 2024. Adani group management, including group chief financial officer Jugeshinder Singh, last month held roadshows in Singapore and Hong Kong to reassure investors that the company's finances are under control. These are to be extended to Dubai, London and the US from March 7 to 15. Executives told investors they will addr
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Embattled tycoon Gautam Adani on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court order of a time-bound probe into allegations levelled by Hindenburg Research against his group, saying this will bring finality and truth will prevail. Shortly after a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud passed the order, Adani tweeted: "The Adani Group welcomes the order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court. It will bring finality in a time bound manner. Truth will prevail." The Supreme Court on Thursday asked markets regulator Sebi to complete an investigation into US short-seller Hindenburg's allegations against Adani Group within two months. It also ordered constituting an expert committee to review regulatory mechanism in view of the rout in share prices of Adani firms triggered by the Hindenburg allegations.
Adani Enterprises, the Group flagship company, saw around 38.96 million equity shares (3.4 per cent of total equity) worth of around Rs 5,487 crore change hands on the BSE this morning.
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