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Adani Energy Solutions seeks shareholders' nod to raise Rs 12,500 crore

Adani Energy Solutions will seek shareholders' approval to raise Rs 12,500 crore in its annual general meeting on June 25. The company is looking to raise funds by way of qualified institutions placement (QIP) to eligible investors through issuance of equity shares and/or other eligible securities. The board of Adani Energy Solutions on Monday approved the proposal to raise up to Rs 12,500 crore through issue of equity shares on QIP basis or other modes. According to the notice for the AGM, the company will seek the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing annual general meeting scheduled to be held on June 25, 2024. The company will also seeks shareholders' approval of a resolution to appoint a director in place of Gautam Adani, who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for re-appointment. The board of directors had approved the raising of funds by way of issuance of such number of equity shares having a face value of Rs 10 each and/or other eligible securities

Musk offers factory tours to investors as he seeks support for pay package

The company is making an unusual and public effort to rally support for Musk's pay

Tesla shareholders should reject CEO Musk's pay package, says Glass Lewis

The recommendation to large institutional investors may sway their vote over Musk's pay at the carmaker's June 13 annual meeting

Billionaire Peugeot family faces rare revolt by shareholders after losses

Peugeot Invest, controlled by the French clan and headed by eighth-generation scion Robert Peugeot, 74, is likely to face a group of disgruntled minority investors at an annual meeting on Friday

Debt, equity holders approve merger of IDFC Ltd with IDFC First Bank

Shareholders and non-convertible debenture (NCD) holders of IDFC First Bank have approved a proposal to merge parent IDFC Ltd with the lender. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) convened a meeting on May 17 through video conferencing and other audio-visual means to consider and approve the composite scheme of amalgamation for IDFC First Bank, the bank said in a regulatory filing. The board of the bank presented the result of voting on the proposal for amalgamation before the NCLT. "We wish to inform that the resolution approving the Scheme was passed by the overwhelming majority of 99.95 per cent of the equity shareholders, representing more than three-fourths in value of the equity shareholders of the bank voting through remote e-voting and e-voting during the meeting, in terms of the provisions of Sections 230-232 of the Companies Act, 2013," the lender said. In a separate filing, it said the proposal was passed by the overwhelming majority of 99.99 per cent of the NCD ...

Zomato seeks approval from shareholders for creation of new ESOP pool

The company said that under the ESOP 2024, it will grant shares of 18.26 crore to the employees of the company

Investors ask TotalEnergies to split CEO, board chair roles ahead of AGM

The proposal was put forward by 19 international investors holding roughly 20 million TotalEnergies shares, together with Swiss pension fund investor group Ethos Foundation

Edtech company Byju's shareholders approve $200 million rights issue

The culmination of the rights issue will also set the stage for the launch of Byju's 3.0, the suite of AI-first products

Buybacks and their importance

Paying money back to shareholders does not mean that you have no growth. It may simply mean that you do not need all the capital you generate for your core business

Byju's EGM: Shareholders don't object to raising authorised share capital

Shareholders of edtech major Think and Learn, owner of Byju's brand, raised no objection to the resolution to increase authorised share capital of the company in the extra-ordinary general meeting held on Friday, company sources said. According to the sources, none of the miffed investors, who proposed to oust Byju's founder and family from the management seat, took part in the meeting. "Meeting started at 10 am with approximately 20 investors representatives in attendance along with Think & Learn management. The requisite quorum required for EGM was there. Few questions regarding the postal ballot were asked and answered by the chairman and CS. Resolutions were called out. No objections raised," sources said. Byju's held the EGM (extra-ordinary general meeting) to increase authorised share capital of the company to complete the process for raising USD 200 million through rights issue. A group of four investors -- Prosus, General Atlantic, Sofina, and Peak XV -- along with support

IL&FS seeks nod to sell insolvent companies without shareholders' approval

IL&FS group has approached the NCLAT to seek permission to sell its stake with a "haircut" and without shareholders' approval in its companies, which are insolvent with unsustainable debts and placed under the Category II list of resolution framework. The government sought time to file a reply from the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in the last hearing earlier this week over IL&FS' interim application to sell a stake in group entities falling under Category II, whose highest bid amount was lesser than their debts. In this process, "lenders, as well as shareholders, would anyway have to take a haircut for their respective debt/ and equities," IL&FS said, adding that it would also ensure the revival of such entity, balancing the interests of stakeholders. The resolution of such companies is in line with the process followed under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, where the requirement of seeking consent from shareholders is dispensed with, IL&FS has .

Proxy companies give approval for ICICI Securities delisting bid

Move will see ISec become wholly-owned subsidiary of ICICI Bank

Disney failed to disclose ValueAct's past money management role: Blackwells

Disney is relying on ValueAct's endorsement at a time it is fighting to fend off two other activist-investors - Blackwells and Trian Fund Management - as each firm lobbies for seats on Disney board

Ranjan Pai may invest additional $50-60 million in Byju's-owned Aakash

Pai may intend to make additional investments in Aakash to spur business growth and scale the business during the upcoming enrolment season

Ranjan Pai to own 40% in Byju's Aakash Institute, make it debt-free

Aakash Institute's board has approved the conversion of Ranjan Pai's $300 million investment, making him the principal shareholder and rendering the company debt-free

Aster DM shareholders approve separation of firm's India, GCC businesses

Aster DM earlier announced plans to separate its India and Gulf businesses in a deal valued at $1 billion

Swiggy shareholder Prosus may receive promoter tag in platform's IPO launch

Prosus holds around 33% of shares of the food delivery platform and has been looking to reduce it to under 26%

Ajay Singh's shareholding in SpiceJet down by 38.55% due to new fund raise

The airline announced it is going to raise a total of Rs 2,241.5 crore through the issuance of equity and warrants

Institutional shareholder dissent in Nifty-50 firms drops by 30% this year

The last year saw 63 dissenting resolutions, constituting 11.19 per cent of the total, while this year it decreased to 44, representing 9.24 per cent of the total resolutions presented

Manipal Group invests in Purplle with secondary purchase from JSW Ventures

With this transaction, JSW Ventures has fully exited its stake in Purplle from Fund I and has returned 2.7 times the fund size to its investors so far