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Adani Group stocks are trading with losses between 10% to 25% after the US district court and the SEC, indicated Gautam Adani and other group executives on bribery charges. These charges pertain to the certain solar energy contracts.
Here is a look at the turn of events that shaped up between the Adani Group, the US issuer and the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), as per the court order:
- US issuer and Indian Energy company's subsidiary won and were issued LoAs for manufacturing-linked solar tender offer by Solar Energy Corporation of India.
- US issuer agreed to supply 4 GW of solar power to SECI
- Indian Energy company's subsidiary agreed to supply 8 GW of solar power to SECI
- SECI was responsible to finding state electricity distribution companies that would purchase the 12 GW power supplied
- Terms of LOAs and amended LOAs obligated SECI to purchase solar power from both entities at a fixed rate
- At the time of the award, the size and scope of the project was among the largest global solar energy projects
Here is what happened next as per the court order:
So which are the state-run entities that have been named in the court order?
- Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Ltd.
- Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd.
- GRIDCO Ltd.
- Jammu & Kashmir Power Corporation
- Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Corporation
- Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Ltd.
- Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd.
Here is a timeline of the MoUs that were signed between these entities starting from October 2021 to February 2022:
Here is a look at the turn of events that shaped up between the Adani Group, the US issuer and the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), as per the court order:
- US issuer and Indian Energy company's subsidiary won and were issued LoAs for manufacturing-linked solar tender offer by Solar Energy Corporation of India.
- US issuer agreed to supply 4 GW of solar power to SECI
- Indian Energy company's subsidiary agreed to supply 8 GW of solar power to SECI
- SECI was responsible to finding state electricity distribution companies that would purchase the 12 GW power supplied
- Terms of LOAs and amended LOAs obligated SECI to purchase solar power from both entities at a fixed rate
- At the time of the award, the size and scope of the project was among the largest global solar energy projects
Here is what happened next as per the court order:
- Adani Green issued press release in June 2020
- US issuer published a media release announcing the 4 GW order
- Ranjit Gupta said will have a large pipeline of over 4 GW over extended period of time
- US issuer anticipated that over 20 years, the project would generate over $2 billion in Profit After Tax.
So which are the state-run entities that have been named in the court order?
- Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Ltd.
- Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd.
- GRIDCO Ltd.
- Jammu & Kashmir Power Corporation
- Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Corporation
- Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Ltd.
- Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd.
Here is a timeline of the MoUs that were signed between these entities starting from October 2021 to February 2022:
- US issuer, Indian Energy company's subsidiaries signed PPAs with SECI between October 2021 and February 2022
- US issuer agreed to supply SECI with 650 MW solar power for Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Jammu & Kashmir
- 2.3 GW of Solar Power was to be supplied to Andhra Pradesh by the US issuer
- Indian energy company executed its own PPAs with SECI to supply solar power to Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu Odisha, J&K and Andhra Pradesh
- US issuer agreed to supply SECI with 650 MW solar power for Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Jammu & Kashmir
- 2.3 GW of Solar Power was to be supplied to Andhra Pradesh by the US issuer
- Indian energy company executed its own PPAs with SECI to supply solar power to Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu Odisha, J&K and Andhra Pradesh
Here are the five counts that have been framed in the US District Court order:
- Count One: Coonspiracy to violate the FCPA
- Count Two: Securities Fraud Conspiracy
- Count Three: Wire Fraud Conspiracy
- Count Four: Securities Fraud - the 2021 144A Bond
- Count Five: Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice
- Count Two: Securities Fraud Conspiracy
- Count Three: Wire Fraud Conspiracy
- Count Four: Securities Fraud - the 2021 144A Bond
- Count Five: Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice
First Published: Nov 21, 2024 12:58 PM IST
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