The directors and promoters of BK Birla group company Kesoram Industries have allegedly indulged in large-scale insider trading in the process short-changing minority shareholders hundreds of crores. The trail of such wrongdoing was recently alleged by a shareholder Janardan Kothari at the annual general meeting (AGM) of Kesoram Industries on 13 July 2018. Moneylife has reviewed the documents shared by Mr Kothari and pieced together the alleged modus operandi of this episode. The company’s stand at the AGM was that, “We will not take the question of related party and that it can be discussed separately”.
As of 31 March 2015, Kesoram held 27.46 lakh shares of Century Textiles. On 22 March 2016, Kesoram sold all these shares to Camden Industries for Rs141 crore in a bulk deal. In FY17-18, Kesoram invested another Rs400 crore in Cygnet Industries, its wholly owned subsidiary. Cygnet Industries used this amount to buyback 27.46 lakh shares of Century Textiles from Camden Industries in three transactions on 5th, 11th and 12 December 2017; for Rs355 crore. Thus, it is alleged that Camden Industries made a clean profit of Rs214 crore.
Read more at https://www.moneylife.in/article/did-directors-of-kesoram-industries-indulge-in-insider-trading-and-short-change-minority-shareholders/54689.html
As of 31 March 2015, Kesoram held 27.46 lakh shares of Century Textiles. On 22 March 2016, Kesoram sold all these shares to Camden Industries for Rs141 crore in a bulk deal. In FY17-18, Kesoram invested another Rs400 crore in Cygnet Industries, its wholly owned subsidiary. Cygnet Industries used this amount to buyback 27.46 lakh shares of Century Textiles from Camden Industries in three transactions on 5th, 11th and 12 December 2017; for Rs355 crore. Thus, it is alleged that Camden Industries made a clean profit of Rs214 crore.
Read more at https://www.moneylife.in/article/did-directors-of-kesoram-industries-indulge-in-insider-trading-and-short-change-minority-shareholders/54689.html
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