Corporate Fraud/Misdemeanor - Public Domain - India lessons

Information about Godrej group was flagged in the Astec Lifesciences thread as they are the promoters now, so I am moving it here for records & reference in future.

This should be considered for evaluating the corporate governance actions of past for the promoter as that is a very critical aspect of long-term investing.

The Godrej matter - where the company tried to get the buyback done at a paltry price from minority shareholders by seeking a negative consent which is inappropriate corporate governance behavior.

Things have changed from those times where it went through & left a bad taste with many retail investors, more recently Vedanta also tried to do that again (after the Sterlite event) but failed miserably this time.

It definitely helps to keep a track of past records of corporate actions where the intent of the management towards minority shareholders comes in question.

http://www.suchetadalal.com/?id=cacb3b30-88f8-d8ce-492e83eb4247&base=sub_sections_content&f&t=Godrej%2BIndustries%2Bfollows%2Bthe%2BSterlite%2Bpath%2B(26%2BAugust%2B2002)

Unfair buyback and delisting.pdf (611.0 KB)

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