Ongoing open offer draws bids for 5.3 mn shares as of Monday's close
Adani wants to build a global news brand; plans to invest $4 bn in a petrochemical complex
The face value of each Adani Enterprises share would be Rs 1 each and the approval of the shareholders would be taken via postal ballot
Gautam Adani is seeking legitimacy in the face of questions about his group's breakneck expansion from a traditional port operator to a sprawling empire
Nearly 28 lakh shares were tendered by shareholders of NDTV under the Adani group's open offer at the end of the third day on Thursday. Adani group's open offer to acquire an additional 26 per cent stake in the media firm New Delhi Television (NDTV) started on Tuesday. According to the data from BSE, a total of 27,72,159 NDTV shares amounting to 16.54 per cent of the offer size were tendered by the shareholders by 1600hrs on Thursday. Adani's offer price is Rs 294 per share, while NDTV shares settled at Rs 368.40 on Thursday, which is 25.3 per cent higher compared to the offer price. In the last three months, NDTV shares reached a high of Rs 540.85 on September 5, 2022. The offer closes on December 5, a notice by JM Financial, the firm managing the offer on behalf of Adani Group firms, said. Markets regulator Sebi on November 7 granted its approval to the proposed Rs 492.81 crore-open offer. The conglomerate, run by India's richest man Gautam Adani, in August acquired a little-k
The names of those who tendered their shares will be disclosed on the final day of the open offer
The follow-on offering will help the firm broaden its investor base
The fundraising will start with Adani Enterprises and is separate from the group's plans to raise debt, one of the people said
Billionaire Gautam Adani's group has attracted a lot of scrutiny over its debt-heavy balance sheet and not enough appreciation of its cash-flow generation ability, according to M&G Investments
The direct clash between the two major industrialist groups is set to happen during an auction on November 25
Billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate is working with advisers on the follow-on issue and could sell the shares as soon as next year
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Adani Group's open offer for NDTV was to be introduced on October 17 till November 1 but was postponed on not receiving the required approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)
Asia's richest man Gautam Adani on Saturday said India, which took 58 years to become a trillion dollar economy, will add an equivalent sum to GDP every 12-18 months and will be the world's second largest economy by 2050. Speaking at the 21st World Congress of Accountants here, he said back-to-back global crises have challenged several assumptions, including that China should adopt western democratic principles, secular principles are universal, the EU would stay together, and that Russia would be forced to accept a reduced international role. "This multilevel crisis has shattered the myth of a unipolar or a bipolar world of superpowers that could step in and stabilize global environments," he said. "In my view - in this emerging multipolar world - superpowers will need to be those that take responsibility to step in and help others in a crisis and not bully other nations into submission, those that keep humanity as their foremost operating principle." A superpower, he said, must
Adani Group on Friday said the ports-to-energy conglomerate's Founder and Chairman Gautam Adani is not considering setting up a family office overseas to manage his wealth. With a USD 58 billion addition to his personal wealth propelling him to the throne of Asia's richest and world's third wealthiest man, it was reported that Adani was looking at Dubai or New York as the base for the office. "Neither Adani nor the Adani Family has any plan or is in consultations to open a family office overseas," the group said in a statement. Adani has a net worth of USD 135 billion.
Adani family is currently talking to consultants and tax experts about the plans; location of the office is still in flux, and may change based on the advice they receive and availability of resources
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The Adani family is currently talking to consultants and tax experts about the plans, the people said
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Last week, the Adani group had revised the open offer timeline to Nov 22; offer price of Rs 294 a share is at a 24% discount to NDTV's closing price of Rs 365.85 on Monday