The Company has denied allegations of a whistleblower on undue advantage to the promoters at Company’s expense and provided the necessary clarifications. The allegation – Reports surfaced in media that a whistleblower has made a complaint that Asian Paints (APL) entered into a transaction with one of it’s ex-employees Jayram Nadkarni and the company founded … Read more
Vishal Kampani, son of Nimesh Kampani (Indian securities market veteran) decides not to seek re-appointment as MD of JM Financial (JMF) and instead decides to take the position of Non-Executive Vice Chairman w.e.f. October 1, 2021. Key points to note – Kampanis (promoter family) own 54.75% of JMF. Decision to give up MD post is … Read more
Shapoorji Pallonji Group has decided to sell Eureka Forbes business to the Private Equity (PE) giant, valuing business at Rs 4,400 crore. Eureka Forbes is a 100% subsidiary of the listed group entity Forbes & Co (Forbes). Structuring of the transaction is very interesting – Normally, in such transactions, the holding company (Forbes in this … Read more
The intimation for the same was made by Gaurav through an email to Company employees. Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal confirmed it on twitter. Reason mentioned – “taking a new turn in life and start a new chapter” Key points to note – Gaurav had joined Zomato only 6 years ago in 2015 and … Read more
Proxy advisory firm Institutional Investor Advisory Services’s (IiAS) recommendation to vote against a resolution to reappoint 31-year-old Rama Kirloskar to the board of (KBL) and also her appointment as joint managing director triggered a war of words between her father Sanjay Kirloskar (Chairman of the Company), and the proxy advisory firm through series of emails. … Read more
There is something cooking at the Wadia group. After stepping down as MD from the family controlled Go Airlines (rebranded as Go First) and Bombay Dyeing in March 2021, Jehangir Wadia (48, younger son of Nusli Wadia) has now stepped down from the boards of Britannia Industries and Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation (BBTC). There is … Read more
Kalpataru Power (KPTL) on December 8, 2020 announced a new corporate office capex of Rs 377 crore, which included a Rs 207 crore land purchase from a group entity. It’s pertinent to mention here that KPTL promoter group has significant interests in the real estate business. However, there was a significant push back on this … Read more
Shreevar Kheruka (Managing Director of Borosil Limited) announces that in the event of an unfortunate demise of any employee due to Covid – the family will be given 2 years of salary; and the education of the children of the employee will be paid till graduation in India. The above policy was made applicable for … Read more