Future-RIL deal protects banks from a $2.2-bn hit
4 years, 3 months ago

Future-RIL deal protects banks from a $2.2-bn hit

Live Mint  

Future Group lenders have been saved from a $2.2 billion hit on their exposure to the conglomerate after the company announced a stake sale of its businesses to Reliance Industries Ltd for ₹24,713 crore on Saturday. Post the deal, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail Ventures will hold a 13.14% stake in Kishore Biyani’s Future Enterprises Ltd and will assume debt of ₹12,500 crore. However, promoter-level debt worth ₹11,900 crore will remain with the promoters, said a person close to Future Group on the condition of anonymity. Future Group had a consolidated debt of ₹12,778 crore as of September 2019, as per the company’s public records.

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NCLT Orders Liquidation Of Future Retail
4 months, 3 weeks ago

NCLT Orders Liquidation Of Future Retail

Live Law  

The National Company Law Tribunal Mumbai bench ordered the liquidation of Future Retail Limited marking the end of the company's long-standing presence in India's retail market. The decision was made by a bench comprising Judicial Member Kuldip Kumar Kareer and Technical Member Anil Raj Chellan who held that the corporate insolvency resolution process exceeded its maximum permissible period without any …

‘Future promoters eroded ₹60,000 cr of public wealth’
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Future promoters eroded ₹60,000 cr of public wealth’

Live Mint  

Mumbai: InGovern Research Services, a proxy advisory firm, on Wednesday approached the Securities and Exchange Board of India seeking a forensic investigation of Future Group, which ran the erstwhile BigBazaar retail chain. In its letter to Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch, InGovern said a greater regulatory scrutiny is needed by the market regulator and the Reserve Bank of India as …

RIL among 16 interested in Future Retail’s IBC assets
2 years, 1 month ago

RIL among 16 interested in Future Retail’s IBC assets

Live Mint  

MUMBAI : Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries is among 16 suitors who have submitted expressions of interest to take over Future Retail Ltd, a person aware of the development said. On 29 August 2020, Reliance Industries announced a ₹24,713-crore deal that involved the proposed sale of Future Group’s retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing businesses. According to the invitation for EoIs, Future …

Bid deadline for India’s Future Retail extended due to low interest: Report
2 years, 2 months ago

Bid deadline for India’s Future Retail extended due to low interest: Report

Live Mint  

The resolution professional for India's debt-laden Future Retail Ltd has extended the deadline for potential buyers to submit their bids for the retailer, due to tepid interest, two banking sources said on Friday. Future Retail's RP did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Future Group's flagship retail unit, Future Retail was once the country's second-largest retailer but has …

Amazon's petition against Future rejected; directs to deposit over Rs 200 cr penalty in 45 days
2 years, 6 months ago

Amazon's petition against Future rejected; directs to deposit over Rs 200 cr penalty in 45 days

Firstpost  

In December last year, the Competition Commission of India suspended the approval given by it in 2019, for Amazon’s deal to acquire a 49 per cent stake in Future Coupons Pvt Ltd New Delhi: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Monday rejected Amazon’s plea challenging the decision of fair trade regulator CCI to suspend the approval for the e-commerce …

NCLT Mumbai Grants Time To Future Retail Ltd. To File Reply In Insolvency Plea
2 years, 7 months ago

NCLT Mumbai Grants Time To Future Retail Ltd. To File Reply In Insolvency Plea

Live Law  

The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, comprising of Justice P.N. Deshmukh and Shri Shyam Babu Gautam, while hearing a petition filed under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, titled Bank of India v Future Retail Ltd., has granted time to Future Retail Ltd. for filing a reply to the petition. Future Retail Ltd. is the flagship …

RIL Says Future Deal Can't be Implemented After Secured Creditors Voted Against it
2 years, 8 months ago

RIL Says Future Deal Can't be Implemented After Secured Creditors Voted Against it

News 18  

Reliance Industries Limited on Saturday announced that its arrangement with Future Group for the latter’s transfer of its retail, wholesale, logistics and warehouse assets for a consideration of Rs 24,713 crore to Reliance Retail Ventures Limited cannot be implemented, after the secured creditors of the entities that comprise the Kishore Biyani-led group voted against the deal. Unsecured creditors and shareholders …

Future Group Colluding With Reliance To Handover Stores, Amazon Alleges Before Supreme Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Future Group Colluding With Reliance To Handover Stores, Amazon Alleges Before Supreme Court

Live Law  

Seeking orders to restrain Future Retail Limited from alienating its assets, e-commerce giant Amazon submitted before the Supreme Court that the FRL was acting in collusion with Reliance so to let the latter take over the former's stores in violation of the injunction orders. Amazon's Notice: Amazon has also issued a public notice alleging that Future Group is on the …

Future Retail Plunges 16% In Two Days; Group Shares Hit All-Time Low
2 years, 9 months ago

Future Retail Plunges 16% In Two Days; Group Shares Hit All-Time Low

ABP News  

New Delhi: Future Group companies’ shares continued to remain under pressure on Monday as most of the group’s listed firms traded at their all-time low. Future Retail, Future Supply Chain, and Future Lifestyle Fashions hit their respective all-time low on the BSE in intra-day trade on Monday. As the company informed exchanges that the group has called for a meeting …

Banks to take Future to debt recovery tribunal
2 years, 9 months ago

Banks to take Future to debt recovery tribunal

Live Mint  

MUMBAI : Lenders to Future Retail Ltd have abandoned plans to sue the company for the unapproved transfer of hundreds of its stores to Reliance Retail, two bankers aware of the plans said, adding that they will enforce their rights through the debt recovery tribunal and bankruptcy tribunal instead. The bankers cited above said procedures to take Future Retail to …

Amazon vs Reliance: Future of retail supremacy in India hangs in balance
2 years, 9 months ago

Amazon vs Reliance: Future of retail supremacy in India hangs in balance

India Today  

Amazon and Future group have been locked in a complex legal stand-off for more than a year now. AMAZON TO SUPREME COURT Amazon has apprehended the "disappearance” of assets and sought an interim order from the Supreme Court to ensure the preservation of assets of Future Retail Ltd besides resumption of arbitration over FRL’s merger deal with Reliance Retail. A …

Reliance takes control of around 200 Future Retail stores, offers jobs to employees
2 years, 9 months ago

Reliance takes control of around 200 Future Retail stores, offers jobs to employees

The Hindu  

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd. has taken over the operations of at least 200 stores of Future Retail and has offered jobs to its employees after the Kishore Biyani-led group failed to make lease payments to landlords, sources said on Saturday. Reliance Retail, the retail arm of the oil-to-telecom conglomerate, had in August 2020 agreed to take over the …

Reliance Takes Charge of Future
2 years, 9 months ago

Reliance Takes Charge of Future

News 18  

Reliance Industries has stepped in to rescue Future Retail Limited, taking over the operations of its stores and offering jobs to its employees, even as the Kishore Biyani-led group is locked in a bitter legal wrangle with e-commerce major Amazon at several judicial forums over the sale of its business to the retail arm of the oil-to-telecom conglomerate. In August …

Reliance takes control of Future Retail stores, including Big Bazaar
2 years, 9 months ago

Reliance takes control of Future Retail stores, including Big Bazaar

Hindustan Times  

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd has taken over the operations of at least 200 stores of Future Retail and has offered jobs to its employees after the Kishore Biyani-led group failed to make lease payments to landlords, sources said on Saturday. Mukesh Ambani Reliance Retail, the retail arm of the oil-to-telecom conglomerate, had in August 2020 agreed to take …

In latest twist, India’s Future Group challenges lenders in court
2 years, 10 months ago

In latest twist, India’s Future Group challenges lenders in court

Al Jazeera  

It’s asking India’s top court to order its lenders and central bank to give it more time, not classify it as a defaulter. Indian retailer Future Group is challenging its lenders in the Supreme Court to avoid facing insolvency proceedings over missing payments, citing its dispute with partner Amazon.com Inc, according to a legal filing reviewed by Reuters. Future, the …

Decoding the multilayered Amazon-Future-Reliance legal drama
2 years, 11 months ago

Decoding the multilayered Amazon-Future-Reliance legal drama

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: US-e-commerce giant Amazon and India’s Reliance Industries have been locked in a fierce battle for the future -- almost literally. The Delhi high court Future Group went to the Delhi high court against Amazon, imploring the court to restrain the US-based e-commerce major from writing to Sebi, CCI, and other regulators about SIAC’s order. While the arguments before …

Future asks Delhi court to quash Singapore panel’s block on RIL deal
3 years, 1 month ago

Future asks Delhi court to quash Singapore panel’s block on RIL deal

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India's Future Retail has asked a Delhi court to quash a decision by a Singapore arbitration panel that has kept the $3.4 billion sale of Future's retail assets in limbo while the panel hears objections from Amazon.com Inc. Amazon has mounted legal challenges against Future's planned asset sale to market leader Reliance Industries since last year, accusing the …

Reliance Gets NCLT Permission to Seek Creditors’ Nod for Proposed Future-Retail Deal
3 years, 2 months ago

Reliance Gets NCLT Permission to Seek Creditors’ Nod for Proposed Future-Retail Deal

News 18  

The Mumbai Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal on October 18 allowed Reliance to go ahead with seeking creditors’ nod, CNBC-TV18 reported. Reliance Retail, the retail arm of oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries, had moved the NCLT and sought permission to proceed with seeking creditors’ nod for reorganising companies in lieu of the proposed Future-Retail Deal. Last month, on September …

Future Gets NCLT Go-ahead to Conduct Shareholders Meeting for Deal with Reliance: Sources
3 years, 2 months ago

Future Gets NCLT Go-ahead to Conduct Shareholders Meeting for Deal with Reliance: Sources

News 18  

The National Company Law Tribunal on Tuesday allowed Kishore Biyani-led Future Group firms to hold meetings of its shareholders and creditors to seek approval for the sale of assets to Reliance Retail Ltd. A Mumbai-based two-member NCLT bench comprising Suchitra Kanuparthi and Chandra Bhan Singh dismissed the application filed by e-commerce major Amazon opposing the scheme of merger of the …

Future Group creditors scramble to recover $2.5 billion loans
3 years, 10 months ago

Future Group creditors scramble to recover $2.5 billion loans

Hindustan Times  

Future Group's creditors are exploring options to recover more than $2.5 billion in loans, amid worries the Indian retailer's planned sale of assets to Reliance Industries could fail, four bankers with knowledge of the matter said. Future may face liquidation if the deal, already mired in legal wrangling, falls through and banks are actively discussing an alternate one-time restructuring option …

Setback for Future Group as Delhi HC halts RIL deal
3 years, 10 months ago

Setback for Future Group as Delhi HC halts RIL deal

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Tuesday put the brakes on Future Retail Ltd’s $3.4 billion sale of its retail assets to Reliance Industries Ltd, acting on a petition by Amazon.com Inc, which has alleged that the deal was in violation of its own contract with Future. In an interim order, the court directed Future Retail to maintain status quo on …

Reliance Future Group deal: Amazon gets Indian court to block $3.3 billion retail deal involving Mukesh Ambani
3 years, 10 months ago

Reliance Future Group deal: Amazon gets Indian court to block $3.3 billion retail deal involving Mukesh Ambani

CNN  

CNN Business — Amazon has been handed a major legal victory in its fight to block a multibillion-dollar deal between two of India’s biggest retailers. In August 2019, Amazon invested in a Future Group entity that gave it a roughly 4.8% stake in Future Retail as of September 30 last year, according to securities filings. Amazon argued that the 2019 …

Future Retail has requested a tribunal to obtain key permission for its asset sale of $3.4 billion to Reliance Industries
3 years, 10 months ago

Future Retail has requested a tribunal to obtain key permission for its asset sale of $3.4 billion to Reliance Industries

Firstpost  

Future Retail moved an appeal to the National Company Law Tribunal requesting clearance for its arrangement with Reliance, the company’s legal representatives told the high court in Delhi. Last week, stock exchanges cleared Future’s deal with Reliance, but according to Indian law, another crucial approval is necessary from the National Company Law Tribunal. The legal battle ensuing between the companies …

Future Retail, Enterprises hit upper circuit after Sebi clears deal with RIL
3 years, 11 months ago

Future Retail, Enterprises hit upper circuit after Sebi clears deal with RIL

Hindustan Times  

Shares of Future Retail and Future Enterprises rose nearly 5 per cent and hit upper circuit limits after Sebi cleared Future Group's proposed multi-billion dollar deal with Reliance Industries Ltd. A shopper walks through an aisle displaying personal care goods at a Big Bazaar hypermarket, operated by Future Retail Ltd. in Mumbai On the BSE, Future Retail Ltd's shares hit …

Post-CCI nod, Reliance Industries, Future Group stocks see strong demand
4 years, 1 month ago

Post-CCI nod, Reliance Industries, Future Group stocks see strong demand

Live Mint  

Shares of Reliance Industries jumped up to 4 per cent on Monday after the Competition Commission approved the company's proposed acquisition of retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing businesses of Future Group. Besides, Future Retail zoomed 9.95 per cent to ₹79 -- its upper circuit limit, Future Lifestyle Fashions gained 9.99 per cent to ₹90.30 and Future Enterprises Ltd shares rose …

RIL-Future Retail deal gets CCI okay
4 years, 1 month ago

RIL-Future Retail deal gets CCI okay

Live Mint  

The Competition Commission of India on Friday approved Future Retail Ltd’s asset sale to Reliance Industries Ltd, in a setback for Amazon.com Inc., which had approached the anti-trust watchdog to halt the ₹24,700 crore deal. “Commission approves acquisition of retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing businesses of Future Group by Reliance Retail Ventures and Reliance Retail and Fashion Lifestyle,” CCI said …

CCI approves RIL, Future Retail deal
4 years, 1 month ago

CCI approves RIL, Future Retail deal

Hindustan Times  

The Competition Commission of India on Friday approved Future Retail Ltd’s asset sale to Reliance Industries Ltd, in a setback for Amazon.com Inc., which had approached the anti-trust watchdog to halt the ₹24,700 crore deal. The debt-ridden Future Group had agreed to sell various assets of Future Retail to Reliance for ₹24,713 crore in August. “Commission approves acquisition of retail, …

Competition Commission Clears Reliance's Rs 24,713 Crore Deal with Future Retail, Setback for Amazon
4 years, 1 month ago

Competition Commission Clears Reliance's Rs 24,713 Crore Deal with Future Retail, Setback for Amazon

News 18  

The Competition Commission has approved Reliance’s proposed acquisition of retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing businesses of Future Group. In a tweet on Friday, the regulator said it has approved “acquisition of retail, wholesale, logistics & warehousing businesses of Future Group by Reliance Retail Ventures Limited and Reliance Retail and Fashion Lifestyle Limited”. They are Future Enterprises, Future Consumer Ltd, Future …

Amazon Seeks Control of Future Group's Assets Worth Rs 30K Cr with Rs 1,431 Cr Investment
4 years, 1 month ago

Amazon Seeks Control of Future Group's Assets Worth Rs 30K Cr with Rs 1,431 Cr Investment

News 18  

Amazon is seeking to control 100 per cent of FRL by controlling the entire Kishore Biyanis Groups majority equity in FRL, which means with an investment of Rs 1,431 crore, it seeks to control Future Groups assets worth about Rs 30,000 crore. Banks and financial institutions have an exposure in excess of Rs 18,000 crore towards unpaid debts from Future …

Amazon Not Shareholder, No Say in Company Affairs: Future Retail Tells Delhi HC
4 years, 1 month ago

Amazon Not Shareholder, No Say in Company Affairs: Future Retail Tells Delhi HC

News 18  

Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail Ltd Thursday told the Delhi High Court that Amazon was not its shareholder and has no say in its affairs and the interim order passed by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre was of no value. The court had on November 10 sought response of Amazon on FRL's plea alleging that the e-commerce major was interfering in …

Why Amazon and Reliance are fighting for Future Retail in India
4 years, 1 month ago

Why Amazon and Reliance are fighting for Future Retail in India

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — Two of the world’s richest men are duking it out over a brick-and-mortar retail chain on the verge of default. Amazon, the Seattle-based e-commerce firm owned by Jeff Bezos, is fighting a $3.3 billion deal struck between Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries and the Indian retail conglomerate Future Group. Fitch Ratings downgraded Future Retail’s rating two …

Amazon set for face-off with Mukesh Ambani’s RIL for India retail dominance
4 years, 1 month ago

Amazon set for face-off with Mukesh Ambani’s RIL for India retail dominance

Live Mint  

Amazon.com Inc. and Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd.’s fight for dominance of India’s lucrative e-commerce space is turning into a face-off, with both sides battling over the assets of a supermarket chain that could be key to their wider ambitions. Reliance intends to purchase Future Retail’s assets “without any delay,” the conglomerate’s unit said in a statement late Sunday, after …

RIL, Future Group stocks under pressure after interim relief to Amazon
4 years, 1 month ago

RIL, Future Group stocks under pressure after interim relief to Amazon

Live Mint  

MUMBAI: Shares of Reliance Industries Ltd and Future Group stocks slumped on Monday after Amazon received a favourable ruling in Singapore arbitration court with regard to the Future-RIL deal. On Sunday, US retail giant Amazon secured a major relief against the proposed ₹24,713-crore combination of Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd and Future Group’s retail and wholesale business when a Singapore arbitration …

Future Group Hints it May Challenge Arbitration Award Putting RIL Deal on Hold
4 years, 1 month ago

Future Group Hints it May Challenge Arbitration Award Putting RIL Deal on Hold

News 18  

Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail on Monday hinted that it may challenge the arbitration award from the Singapore-based arbitration center before Indian legal forums, to ensure that its Rs 24,713 crore deal proceeds unhindered and without any delay. Amazon.com Inc on Sunday won an interim award against its partner Future Group selling retail business to Reliance Industries Ltd for Rs 24,713 …

Singapore court halts Future-RIL retail deal
4 years, 1 month ago

Singapore court halts Future-RIL retail deal

Hindustan Times  

Amazon.com Inc. on Sunday secured interim relief in a Singapore arbitration court, stalling partner Future Group’s plan to sell its retail and wholesale assets to a unit of rival Reliance Industries Ltd for ₹24,713 crore. The e-commerce giant claimed that Future Group had violated an investment contract when it agreed to sell its retail assets to Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd. …

Amazon gets interim relief as Singapore arbitration court pauses Future-RIL deal
4 years, 1 month ago

Amazon gets interim relief as Singapore arbitration court pauses Future-RIL deal

Live Mint  

Amazon.com Inc. on Sunday secured interim relief in a Singapore arbitration court, stalling partner Future Group’s plan to sell its retail and wholesale assets to a unit of rival Reliance Industries Ltd for ₹24,713 crore.  Singapore arbitration tribunal order pauses Future deal with RIL The arbitration ruling gives Amazon a breather as a Future-Reliance combine may pose serious competition …

Amazon open to bailing out Future Group
4 years, 2 months ago

Amazon open to bailing out Future Group

Live Mint  

Amazon Inc. is open to helping debt-laden Future Group bring in a new, financially strong partner or investor if it calls off its ₹24,700 crore deal with Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd, said two people aware of the US e-commerce firm’s plans. “Future Group will be catering faster to RIL’s JioMart customers and not Amazon’s if the deal happens. In a …

Wait gets longer for lenders to Future
4 years, 2 months ago

Wait gets longer for lenders to Future

Live Mint  

Lenders to Future group may see $3 billion worth of loans turning sour because of a delay in the sale of the Kishore Biyani-led group’s assets to Reliance Industries Ltd after Amazon.com Inc. dragged its Indian partner to a Singapore arbitration court to halt the deal. While Future group firms owe close to ₹16,000 crore to a clutch of banks …

Future-Reliance deal sparks arbitration case
4 years, 2 months ago

Future-Reliance deal sparks arbitration case

New Indian Express  

SIAC is a non-profit body that provides an alternative dispute resolution system for cross-border transactions involving foreign companies beyond the traditional forum of the courts. In 2019, Amazon agreed to pick up a 49 per cent stake in Future Coupons Ltd, which owns 7.3 per cent of Future Retail. That deal gave Amazon roughly 3.6 per cent in India's largest …

Amazon drags Future to Singapore arbitration
4 years, 2 months ago

Amazon drags Future to Singapore arbitration

Live Mint  

Bengaluru/Mumbai: Amazon Inc. has approached the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, claiming that Future Group has violated the contract under which the US-based e-commerce major took a stake in its subsidiary, and is asking for the deal with Reliance Industries Ltd to buy the Indian firm’s retail assets to be halted. Amazon agreed to purchase 49% of one of Future’s unlisted …

Reliance’s stake sale in retail will allow growth with zero net debt: Moody’s
4 years, 3 months ago

Reliance’s stake sale in retail will allow growth with zero net debt: Moody’s

Live Mint  

Moody's Investors Service said on Monday that Reliance Industries Ltd's divestment of 1.75 per cent stake in its retail arm to private equity firm Silver Lake Partners for ₹7,500 crore is credit positive as it will enable the Indian conglomerate to continue pursuing other growth opportunities while maintaining zero net debt. With this deal, RIL has now established an enterprise …

Reliance's Acquisition of Future Group to Strengthen Its Retail Footprint: Moody's
4 years, 3 months ago

Reliance's Acquisition of Future Group to Strengthen Its Retail Footprint: Moody's

News 18  

Reliance Industries Ltd's acquisition of Future Group's consumer business will strengthen the retail footprint of India's largest organised retailer, Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday. Moody's said despite a price tag of around USD 3.3 billion, the cost of the acquisition remains small relative toRIL's total assets of around USD 155 billion and consolidated EBITDA of USD 12.8 billion for …

Reliance Almost Doubles Retail Footprint with Acquisition of Future Group
4 years, 3 months ago

Reliance Almost Doubles Retail Footprint with Acquisition of Future Group

News 18  

Reliance Industries Ltd's acquisition of debt-strapped Future Group will almost double the footprint of its retail business, which now is valued at up to USD 68 billion, analysts said. The deal increases the retail store footprint of Reliance Retail Ltd, a unit of RIL, from current 28.7 million square feet to 52.5 million sq ft, consolidating its pole position, analysts …

Future Group Shares Jump after Reliance Deal for Retail Arm
4 years, 3 months ago

Future Group Shares Jump after Reliance Deal for Retail Arm

News 18  

Shares in Indian conglomerate Future Group’s companies jumped on Monday after Reliance Industries Ltd said it would buy the group’s retail arm in a $3.38 billion deal, including debt. Reliance’s grocery and fashion retail businesses will benefit from Future’s “strong” brands, analysts at Anique Stock Broking Ltd in Mumbai said in a client note. Lenders led by Axis Bank Ltd …

Reliance Industries' retail arm RRVL to acquire Future Group businesses for Rs 24,713 cr
4 years, 3 months ago

Reliance Industries' retail arm RRVL to acquire Future Group businesses for Rs 24,713 cr

Firstpost  

The Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd will acquire the retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing businesses of the Future Group on a slump sale basis Reliance Industries Ltd on Saturday announced that its retail arm Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd is acquiring Future Group businesses for Rs 24,713 cr to add to its fast expanding retail business …

RIL to buy Future Group’s retail, related units for ₹24,713 crore
4 years, 3 months ago

RIL to buy Future Group’s retail, related units for ₹24,713 crore

The Hindu  

Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd., a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd., has announced the acquisition of the retail and wholesale, and logistics and warehousing businesses of the Future Group, on a slump sale basis, for a lump sum of ₹24,713 crore. The retail and wholesale undertaking of Future Group is being transferred to Reliance Retail and Fashion Lifestyle Ltd., a wholly …

Reliance Industries buys Future Group business for Rs 24,713 crore
4 years, 3 months ago

Reliance Industries buys Future Group business for Rs 24,713 crore

India TV News  

Industrialist Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd on Saturday announced the acquisition of Future Group businesses for Rs 24,713 crore to add to its fast-expanding retail business and bolster e-commerce to take on the competition from Amazon.com. In a statement, the company said, "Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd, subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd will acquire the retail and wholesale business and the …

Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail pays up $14 million interest
4 years, 3 months ago

Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail pays up $14 million interest

Live Mint  

Kishore Biyani’s flagship company Future Retail Ltd, which runs the popular supermarket chain BigBazaar, on Monday said it has paid $14 million in pending interest on dollar bonds, after missing last month’s due date. “In furtherance to our letter dated 22 July 2020, wherein we had informed about the grace period of 30 days for making payment of interest on …

Mukesh Ambani's RIL closing in on deal to buy Future Group's retail business
4 years, 4 months ago

Mukesh Ambani's RIL closing in on deal to buy Future Group's retail business

India Today  

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited is closing in on a deal to buy Kishore Biyani-owned Future Group’s retail business. According to a report published in livemint.com, RIL is likely to buy Future Group’s retail assets for a sum ranging from Rs 24,000-27,000 crore. It may be noted that as part of the deal, fashion and grocery retail formats of Future …

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