The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) up to 3 months to complete its probe into Hindenburg’s allegations against the Adani Group. The bench asked the market regulator to give an updated status report by August 14
Six out of 10 listed Adani Group stocks ended in red on Wednesday. Adani Total Gas, Adani Transmission, Adani Wilmar, Adani Power, ACC and NDTV fell up to 5% intraday.
It has been almost four months since the US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research in a report released three days before Adani Enterprises FPO, alleged that the Adani Group had engaged in brazen stock manipulation, accounting fraud, improper use of offshore tax havens involving the promoters family
After the Hindenburg report was published on January 24, the stock price of all Adani Group companies fell drastically. Adani Enterprises share price fell around 100% within 2 weeks of the report’s release. Other Adani stocks also hit their 52-week lows in February
While a 1% subscription is seen in the Adani Enterprises FPO on the first day, Abu Dhabi’s International Holding contributed $400 million to the FPO in support of Adani. On January 31, the FPO was fully subscribed. However, later the conglomerate cancelled the FPO
In February, Credit Suisse's private bank halted margin loans on Adani Bonds. S&P Global Ratings changed the outlook for Adani Ports and Adani Electricity from stable to negative. Also, three Adani Group companies were put under short-term additional surveillance measure (ASM) framework of the National Stock Exchange (NSE)
Due to the company's current market turmoil, Adani Enterprises decided against trying to raise $122 million (over Rs 1,000 crore) through a bond issuance. The company earlier planned to raise money to finance its many initiatives, including the building of a new airport, harbour, power plants and more
Following the Hindenburg report, Gautam Adani, who was the third richest person in the world, saw his net worth drop by tens of billions. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Adani's fortune has fallen by $66 billion so far in 2023, making him the 23rd richest person in the world
Supreme Court sought a reply from both SEBI and the central government regarding the formation of a committee to investigate the Adani Group. Following this, SEBI informed the Supreme Court that it is launching an investigation against Adani Group regarding the allegations made by Hindenburg Research
In March, the Supreme Court told the Securities and Exchange Board of India to finish the probe into the Adani Group-Hindenburg saga within a period of two months. It also asked the capital markets regulator to submit a report of the ongoing investigation to the Supreme Court-appointed expert committee
Today, the Supreme Court granted SEBI time till August 14 to complete its probe into the allegations of stock price manipulation by the Adani Group. The apex court listed the matter for further hearing on July 11