Track2Realty-Agencies: The Sahara group today moved the Supreme Court seeking review of the verdict ordering it to refund Rs. 24,000 crore, raised from investors through optionally fully convertible debentures (OFCDs).
Track2Realty-Agencies: Sahara Group on Friday, Sep 28, assured the Supreme Court that its two companies, which had raised Rs 24,000 crore through Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures (OFCDs) from their investors will refund the amount within three months.
Sahara India has accused market regulator SEBI of not accepting data, since Monday, of the three crore investors of the company who had invested in its optionally fully convertible debentures (OFCDs). Sahara sent the data to SEBI following a Supreme Court order to furnish documents relating to investors, supporting redemption documents, application forms, approval and allotment of bonds to the market regulator.
The Sahara Group has clarified their stand in public after the jolt by the Supreme Court asking them to refund within three months Rs. 24,029 crore it had collected between 2008 and 2011 from over 2.96 crore investors, flouting mandatory regulatory provisions and the Company Act. In the wake of media onslaught after the Court asked two Sahara Companies to pay 15% interest on the amount, the Group in a statement has following version in its defence.
The Sahara Group, fresh after a string of acquisitions of Marquee Hotel properties in the UK and the US, is in talks with US-based Oasis West Realty to pick up a controlling stake in Beverly Hilton Hotel, a landmark Los Angeles property that has been hosting the Golden Globe Awards.
The SAT on Tuesday, September 18, upheld an order passed by SEBI against two Sahara group companies and directed them to return money raised from the public in violation of securities regulations with an interest of 15%.
Sahara India Real Estate Corporation had garnered investments from over 2 crore investors through three separate securities, according to an affidavit the company filed on Wednesday, September 14.
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Thursday, September 8, said if a company decides to raise money from 50 or more people, it must list the securities on a stock exchange to protect investors’ interests.
Why did the Central Government register its debenture-issue prospectus and then take well over a year to suddenly say it didn’t agree, asked counsel for the Sahara group of companies at the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) today.
Sahara Group has moved the Supreme Court against capital market regulator SEBI’s order asking it to return money collected from investors through a scheme along with 15 per cent interest.