India. United Breweries: Q4 numbers to be impressive

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United Breweries Ltd, one of the leading distilleries in India, will announce its financial results on May 13 for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2016.

IIFL estimates that the company’s net profit is expected to surge to Rs. 73 crore, at a rate of 52.1% yoy and 1.4% qoq. (more…)

India. ED plans to freeze Vijay Mallya’s shares in listed companies

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As per sources, Enforcement Directorate is planning ways to ensure that transactions such as the one industrialist Vijay Mallya struck with Diageo for Rs 500 crore does not take place in future. ED will shortly ask national depositories to freeze the shares owned by Mallya in listed companies. (more…)

India. Maharashtra alcohol makers to slash output

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Brewers and distillers in the Aurangabad belt of Maharashtra are expected to slash production, in the wake of the Bench of the high court directing the state government to impose a 60 per cent water cut on them between April 27 and June 10. (more…)

India. Lenders insist on listing of Vijay Mallya’s overseas assets

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A group of lenders led by State Bank of India on Monday sought to strongly refute the United Breweries Group chairman Vijay Mallya’s contention that they, needing to recover over R9,000 crore from him, have no business to know about his overseas assets. The banks iterated that his personal guarantee “subsisted” and was a “major source of recovery” for them given that petitions seeking winding up of his two insolvent companies — Kingfisher Airlines (KAL) and United Breweries Holdings — are pending in the Karnataka High Court. (more…)

India. UBL land issue: Chief Minister clarifies

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Refuting the allegations that his government had given 20 acres of land to United Breweries Limited (UBL) at a throwaway price in Palakkad district, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said that the UDF government was only being made a scapegoat. (more…)

India. United Breweries Holdings Ltd appoints Ajay Kumar Vijay new CFO

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nited Breweries Holdings Ltd (UBHL), the holding company of former liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s UB Group, said it appointed Ajay Kumar Vijay chief financial officer with effect from April 20.
Vijay succeeds Ravi Nedungadi, who retired last month after reaching prescribed retirement age. (more…)