RIL entry will lead to Amazon's exit from promoter entity
Other Future Group companies' stock also rallied on the development, with Future Retail surging 7 per cent
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Future Retail shares on Monday closed 6.62 per cent down at Rs 114. This is because one of its lenders sold the firm's pledged shares because of default
Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail has averted a default as it repaid around $14 million (around Rs 100 crore) interest on foreign bonds to investors.
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Once the merger is complete, Reliance Industries will be investing Rs 8,500 crore in the merged entity, resulting in the Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate owning close to 50 per cent in it
RIL may pick up 50% in merged entity
Interest rates have gone up to as high as 10%, making it uneconomical to raise funds from abroad
Next on the list: media and entertainment, e-commerce, a series of online businesses, and retail
RIL, Future stocks go up on finalisation of acquisition talks
Aggressive expansion plans have led to cost overrun, sliding profits for Future Group firms
Last year, India Inc sealed deals worth $88.88 billion in the January-July period, but this year the total transactions are $56.73 billion, fueled mainly by RIL-Jio deals
The company has a 30-day grace period to meet its obligations; if it can't Fitch could downgrade its IDR and bond rating further
Cites liquidity pressure, depressed operating cash flow, delays in disbursement of credit lines from banks
RIL is in talks with banks for a possible takeover
According to the report, Reliance Industries is closing in on a deal that would see it acquire stakes in some units of Future Group.
An agreement between Ambani's Reliance and Future, which already has a partnership with Amazon.com Inc., could be announced as early as next month
Future Supply Chain Solutions (FSC) is a third-party supply chain and logistics service provider that offers warehousing facilities also.
Future Retail operates 1,500 retail stores that cover over 16 million square feet of retail space in 400 cities