Category: Analysis
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Group Captive Upheld –Stage Set for C&I Secondaries
Fetters on captive open access removed – group open access now has clear, consistent standards. ‘Captive User’ benefit not limited only to those who establish/ set up the plant but also to those who acquire later – providing much needed relief for secondary buyers of C&I assets.
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Public M&A: New Delisting Norms – What is the Excitement Really About?
SEBI’s Consultation Paper proposes a comprehensive review of counter-offer mechanism, counter-offer price discovery mechanism, fixed price mechanism, floor price and reference date Fixed price delisting, largely regarded as a welcome move, fails to excite us and appears lackluster against the present reverse book building mechanism due to absence of a counter-offer mechanism
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Public M&A: Does SEBI’s Market Rumour Proposal Offer the Much-Needed Price Protection?
In June 2023, SEBI introduced “rumour verification requirements” requiring listed companies to address market rumours; trigger for “materiality” pegged to “expected impact”on turnover, net worth, or value of profit/loss after tax SEBI’s December 2023 Consultation Paper now proposes to (a) peg materiality…
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Public M&A: Are Warrants attractive price protection instruments?
Recent SEBI informal guidance to Paramount clarifies ambiguity on holding periods for warrantsThough warrants could be listed, listed warrants are almost non-existentUnlisted warrants cannot be transferred (no matter how long they’ve been held for)Shares received upon conversion of warrants are locked-in for 6 months, but unlike other convertibles, the…
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Public M&A: Do List Cos Really Need Omnibus RPT Approvals?
There seems to be an overlap between regular RPT approvals and omnibus approval routecreating ambiguity on what type of approvals must be procured for long term related partycontracts?Listed companies often enter into long term contracts with…
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C&I Green Open Access-play: The next big investment destination for infra funds?
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C&I market significantly untapped – accounts for just 6% of the total renewable power purchases Captive open access the most preferred route – i.e. procuring power for captive consumption from private renewable players using govt. transmission facilities. C&I consumer perspective – low investment, significant cost savings,
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Smart meters: The basic infrastructure for a green future
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Smart meters are essentially a data play – offering unprecedented data that can be used to bring online more green energy, curb electricity loses and reduce costs for consumers The sector has immense depth – USD 30 bn over just the next 2-3 years….
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SEBI is slowly re-defining InvITs: What’s at risk for the product and its institutional audience?
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Strong minority unitholder protections introduced – for both public and private InvITs Private InvITs originally designed to attract large institutional capital – light touch re- gulations allowed flexibility to parties to manage their arrangements…
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Investing into Infrastructure Holding Companies: What if you become a core investment company?
Infrastructure companies are mandated to execute concessions through SPVs, which often results in qualification of the holding company as a core investment company (CIC)CIC risk is often avoided by structuring EPC and O&M revenues through the hol- ding company and swelling …
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Blurring lines between FPI and FDI: Can foreign investors really acquire less than 10% listed stake off market?
Investors face roadblocks in picking up less than 10% listed stake off the market under the FDI routeThe shift from an investor-centric to investment-centric regime has been rather mismanaged, leading to divergent market practices…