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MUMBAI — India’s Adani group stated on Tuesday that its firms face no materials refinancing danger, or near-term liquidity points, in its newest try and calm buyers spooked by a U.S. short-seller’s important report on its enterprise practices.

Led by billionaire Gautam Adani, the group’s seven listed firms bearing his identify have collectively misplaced about $120 billion in market worth since a Jan. 24 report by Hindenburg Analysis alleged improper use of offshore tax havens and inventory manipulation, and flagged issues over excessive debt.

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Adani has rejected the issues in detailed rebuttals of the Hindenberg report’s allegations and criticism that it had unsustainable debt.

In a long-awaited credit score report issued by Adani to Indian exchanges on Tuesday, the apples-to-airports group stated there was “no materials refinancing danger and near-term liquidity requirement as there is no such thing as a near-term vital debt maturity.”

Adani expects the web debt of its flagship agency, Adani Enterprises, to face at 258.15 billion rupees ($3.12 billion) on the finish of fiscal yr 2023 ending in March, up from 240.49 billion rupees a yr earlier. On an total foundation, the web debt of the group’s portfolio firms is estimated to be 1.96 trillion rupees versus 1.48 trillion rupees a yr earlier.

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The group’s debt service cowl, a ratio of its money stream versus debt serviced throughout the yr, is seen at 1.87 instances on the finish of fiscal 2023, in comparison with 2.03 instances on the finish of September.

The credit score report comes amid rising market uncertainty in regards to the firm’s future capital elevating plans after the huge falls in share costs led Adani Enterprises to drag a $2.5 billion share sale this month.

The Adani disaster triggered investigations by regulators, briefly stalled parliamentary proceedings and ignited avenue protests by opposition events, who accused the federal government of favoring the conglomerate.

On Tuesday, Indian Dwelling Minister Amit Shah rebutted the allegations, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s celebration has “nothing to cover or be afraid of” on the controversy over the Adani group.

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“The Supreme Court docket has taken cognisance of the matter. As a minister, if the Supreme Court docket is seized of the matter it isn’t proper for me to remark,” Shah, extensively thought-about probably the most highly effective politician in India after Modi, instructed the ANI information company.

“However on this, there’s nothing for the BJP to cover and nothing to be afraid of,” Shah added, referring to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP).

Rivals, together with the primary opposition Congress celebration, accuse Modi and the BJP of longstanding ties to the Adani group, going again practically twenty years when Modi was chief minister of the western state of Gujarat. Gautam Adani and Shah additionally come from the identical state.

Modi’s immense reputation, nonetheless, seems intact for now, based on approval scores.

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FLAGSHIP’S RESULTS

There was some respite for the Adani group on Tuesday as shares of its flagship firm Adani Enterprises rose as a lot as 10% after it reported a quarterly revenue of 8.2 billion rupees ($99.12 million) for the December quarter, in comparison with a lack of 116.3 million rupees a yr earlier than.

“Shares are reacting to the outcomes and reversing some shorts that may have constructed up as a consequence of hypothesis,” stated Sameer Kalra, fairness analysis analyst and founding father of Goal Investing.

Shares of Adani Energy and Adani Inexperienced Power fell 5% in a wider Mumbai market that was up round 1%.

Two giant firms throughout the Adani group are more likely to repay their short-term industrial paper (CP) debt because it comes due over the following few months, as an alternative of rolling it over as is regular, two service provider bankers and an organization official straight aware of the matter instructed Reuters.

India’s Financial Instances day by day reported on Tuesday that Adani group executives had been holding negotiations since final week with Abu Dhabi’s Worldwide Holding Corp (IHC) for a capital infusion into Adani Enterprises or different group entities.

Adani didn’t instantly reply to a request searching for remark. IHC declined to remark. (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly and Chris Thomas; Extra reporting by Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru; Writing by Krishna N. Das; Enhancing by Muralikumar Anantharaman, Aditya Kalra and Sharon Singleton)