Capital markets regulator Sebi keeps Adani Wilmar’s Rs 4,500 crore IPO in abeyance | Business – Times of India Videos

Capital markets regulator Sebi has kept the proposed Rs 4,500-crore initial share-sale of edible oil major Adani Wilmar Ltd (AWL) in “abeyance”. However, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) did not clarify further. The company had filed preliminary papers with Sebi on August 3, to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO). Without disclosing the reason, Sebi said “issuance of observations kept in abeyance” with regard to the Adani Wilmar IPO, according to an update in the SEBI website as on August 13. In market parlance, observations of Sebi is a kind of go-ahead to float a public issue. In a statement on Saturday, Adani Group spokesperson said, “we have not received any formal communication from Sebi with respect to the IPO observations being kept in abeyance”. “While we have always been fully compliant with applicable Sebi Regulations, we have made full disclosure to Sebi on specific information requests from them in the past. We will continue to cooperate with the regulators in the future as well,” the spokesperson added.