 "Ambuja seeks shareholders' nod for Rs 20k-cr warrants, Adani's appintment")
Ambuja Cements, which has been acquired by the Adani family, has called for an extraordinary general meeting with its shareholders on October 8.
In the EGM (Extraordinary General Meeting), Ambuja Cements will seek shareholders' approval for the appointment of Gautam Adani and others on the board and a Rs 20,000 cash infusion in the company through preferential allotment of warrants.
Ambuja Cements has sought approval for allotment of preferential allotment of 47.74 crore warrants at a price band of Rs 418.87 to Harmonia Trade and Investment Ltd, a promoter group entity, totalling Rs 20,001 crore in one or more tranches.
The warrant holder would pay a minimum amount of Rs 104.72, around 25 per cent of the issue price at the time of subscription, and a further payment of Rs 314.15 at the time of exercise of the rights to convert in equity shares.
Ambuja Cements, which also owns 50.05 per cent in ACC Ltd, has called for an EGM of the shareholders "scheduled to be held on Saturday, October 8, 2022" with 12 resolutions seeking various approvals as the appointment of Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani, his son Karan Adani, two directors and four independent directors on the board.
On Friday, Adani Group announced the completion of the acquisition of Ambuja Cements and ACC for a total consideration of USD 6.5 billion which includes the buyout of Swiss major Holcim's stake in the two firms and subsequent open offers to minority shareholders.
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The conglomerate named its founder chairman Gautam Adani as the head of Ambuja Cements. It has also appointed his son Karan Adani and M R Kumar representing Life Insurance Corporation on the board of the company.
Besides four independent directors, Maheswar Sahu, Rajnish Kumar, Ameet Desai and Purvi Sheth, Ambuja has also appointed independent directors and sought shareholders' approval through a special resolution.
On Friday, after Adani's takeover, the two cement firms ACC and Ambuja Cements had announced the resignation of their board of directors, including the CEOs and CFOs.
It named Ajay Kumar as the new CEO of Ambuja Cements in place of Neeraj Akhoury, and Sridhar Balakrishnan for ACC.
N S Sekhsaria, the person who founded Ambuja Cements and was on the board for more than 20 years, has now been designated as chairman emeritus. He had remained as its non-executive chairman even after the sale of the company to Holcim.
Besides, Ambuja Cements and ACC are also changing the financial year of the company from January-December to April-March format. Ambuja has sought approval for change in the Articles of Association of the company, in the meeting which would be held virtually through video conferencing.
Moreover, it has also changed the registered office address to Ahmedabad-based Adani Corporate House.
The acquisition of the two cement firms is the largest ever buyout in the infrastructure and materials sector so far in the country and also the biggest acquisition by Adani.
The Adani family, through their special purpose vehicle Endeavour Trade and Investment Ltd, completed the acquisition after completing the transaction with Swiss firm Holcim and an open offer, as per a statement.
Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani had earlier described cement as an exciting business, with headroom for growth in India.
The combined market capitalisation of Ambuja Cements and ACC Ltd is USD 19 billion as of date.
Currently, Ambuja Cements and ACC have a combined installed production capacity of 67.5 MTPA.
Aditya Birla group firm UltraTech leads the cement sector with an installed capacity of 119.95 MTPA.