Adani Green Founders to Invest $1.12 Billion Via Share Warrants

By Bloomberg

Dec 26, 2023

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Signage atop the Adani Group headquarters in Ahmedabad, India, on Saturday, July 15, 2023. Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's flagship firm raised 12.5 billion rupees ($152 million) through notes, its first such local-currency bond sale since it was targeted by short seller Hindenburg Research in January.

(Bloomberg) -- Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s renewable energy unit got board approval to raise as much as 93.5 billion rupees ($1.12 billion) by issuing share warrants to its founders as the company charts ambitious growth plans and braces for bond repayments next year.

Adani Green Energy Ltd.’s board approved the plan to issue 63.1 million warrants at 1,480.75 rupees, according to an exchange filing Tuesday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. The funds will be utilized for deleveraging and accelerated growth spends.

The first-generation entrepreneur and his family plan to inject $1 billion into Adani Green via preferential shares while the company is planning to raise at least $2 billion in mostly new debt next year, Bloomberg News reported last week citing people familiar with the internal discussions.

The fundraising plan shows Adani Group’s rising confidence in tapping funding sources locally and overseas. It has been steadily clawing back support from investors and lenders in recent months after a damaging broadside from Hindenburg Research earlier this year that plunged it into crisis for months.

By P R Sanjai