TotalEnergies, the French-headquartered vitality large, has advised traders it has a “limited” $3.1 billion publicity to Indian conglomerate Adani Group, changing into the primary western firm to stipulate its publicity to the corporate which has shed billions of {dollars} in market capitalization.
In an announcement posted on its web site Friday, the multinational oil large outlined the extent of its publicity to the struggling Adani Group, which has up to now, misplaced greater than $110 billion in market worth since quick vendor Hindenburg Research alleged fraud on the Adani-linked firms.
TotalEnergies
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mentioned it has a 50% stake in Adani Total Private Limited, owns 37.4% of Adani Total Gas Ltd.
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has a 20% minority curiosity in Adani Green Energy
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and a 50% stake in photo voltaic belongings owned by AGEL23, for $2.5 billion. AGEL23 is a collectively owned enterprise between the French vitality large and Adani Green Energy from 2020 to increase solar energy era in India.
The Paris-listed agency was buying and selling over 1% up on Friday, reversing a four-day shedding streak.
“TotalEnergies’ exposure resulting from these stakes is limited, as it represents 2.4% ($3.1 billion at December 31, 2022) of the Company’s capital employed and only $180 million of net operating income in 2022,” the corporate mentioned.
TotalEnergies mentioned it had invested within the Adani companies in full compliance with Indian regulation and its personal inside governance processes.
Read: Adani Group market cap losses attain $105 billion after share sale cancellation from flagship firm
The agency welcomed Adani’s announcement that it’s going to mandate one of many “big four” accounting companies to hold out a common audit.
“These investments being accounted for under the equity method, TotalEnergies has not performed any re-evaluation in its accounts of its stakes in the listed entities Adani Total Gas and Adani Green Energy in relation to the increase in their stock values,” it added.
Elsewhere, contagion considerations to the Adani fallout are “widening”, however are nonetheless restricted to the monetary establishments, in keeping with John Hardy, Head of FX Strategy at Saxo Bank.
“Challenges for the group continue to mount since the Hindenburg report, with a shock withdrawal of share sales, some banks refusing to take Adani securities as collaterals and then the Reserve Bank of India asking Indian banks for details of the exposure to Adani Group,” Hardy mentioned.
The iShares MSCI India ETF
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has dropped 4% this 12 months, at a time when most main markets have gained floor.
Credit Suisse
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stopped margin lending on Adani bonds, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
Bloomberg reported that at the very least 200 companies have held publicity to Adani Group’s U.S.-currency notes – round $8 billion in greenback bonds. One of the biggest holdings is claimed to be BlackRock, holding $104 million of Adani’s U.S. forex notes.
S&P Dow Jones Indices mentioned that it’s going to take away Adani Enterprises from its sustainability indices efficient from Feb. 7, after a “media & stakeholder analysis triggered by allegations of stock manipulation and accounting fraud,” it mentioned in a one line announcement.
Source web site: www.marketwatch.com
