<p>New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani-led group's power transmission unit has raised $1 billion through a share sale, the first public equity raise by the conglomerate since a damning Hindenburg report, which wiped away billions in shareholder value.</p>.<p>Adani Energy Solutions Ltd raised the funds through a qualified institutional placement (QIP) issue, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.</p>.Adani Enterprises eyes first-ever public debt issue in coming weeks.<p>The QIP, which opened on Tuesday, was oversubscribed three times with demand of about Rs 26,000 crore - making it the largest transaction in India's energy space.</p>.<p>The issue closed at Rs 1,135 per share, as against issue price of Rs 976 per share or a 14 per cent listing discount.</p>.<p>QIP is an instrument used by listed companies to raise funds from large institutions.</p>.<p>Sources said marquee investors such as GQG, QIP, ADIA and few top names in the US participated in the QIP. Domestic institutions including Bandhan MF, Nomura, 360 India Infoline also participated in the issue.</p>.<p>The fundraise is the first after the group's flagship firm scrapped a Rs 20,000 crore issue in February last year, following the Hindenburg report alleging accounting fraud and stock manipulation.</p>.<p>Though the group vehemently and repeatedly denied all allegations, listed companies of the conglomerate at one point saw over $150 billion of their market value being wiped out.</p>.<p>While the group has largely recovered, a successful QIP is being seen as a powerful vote of investor confidence in the tycoon.</p>.<p>Separately, Adani Enterprises Ltd, the flagship firm of the group, is looking to revive its first-ever public sale of bonds. It plans to raise as much as Rs 600 crore.</p>.<p>The company has hired Trust Investment Advisors, AK Capital Services and Nuvama Wealth Management as lead managers for the issuances.</p>.Adani Wilmar to invest Rs 600 crore to expand edible oil business, solar power capacities.<p>The group had tapped the dollar bond market in March this year - the first time since the Hindenburg report - when its solar energy unit Adani Green Energy Ltd and associated firms got bids of about $2.9 billion.</p>.<p>In a stock exchange filing, Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL) said its management has authorised the opening of the issue on Tuesday as well as approved the floor price for the issue.</p>.<p>The floor price was set at Rs 1,027 per equity share.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani-led group's power transmission unit has raised $1 billion through a share sale, the first public equity raise by the conglomerate since a damning Hindenburg report, which wiped away billions in shareholder value.</p>.<p>Adani Energy Solutions Ltd raised the funds through a qualified institutional placement (QIP) issue, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.</p>.Adani Enterprises eyes first-ever public debt issue in coming weeks.<p>The QIP, which opened on Tuesday, was oversubscribed three times with demand of about Rs 26,000 crore - making it the largest transaction in India's energy space.</p>.<p>The issue closed at Rs 1,135 per share, as against issue price of Rs 976 per share or a 14 per cent listing discount.</p>.<p>QIP is an instrument used by listed companies to raise funds from large institutions.</p>.<p>Sources said marquee investors such as GQG, QIP, ADIA and few top names in the US participated in the QIP. Domestic institutions including Bandhan MF, Nomura, 360 India Infoline also participated in the issue.</p>.<p>The fundraise is the first after the group's flagship firm scrapped a Rs 20,000 crore issue in February last year, following the Hindenburg report alleging accounting fraud and stock manipulation.</p>.<p>Though the group vehemently and repeatedly denied all allegations, listed companies of the conglomerate at one point saw over $150 billion of their market value being wiped out.</p>.<p>While the group has largely recovered, a successful QIP is being seen as a powerful vote of investor confidence in the tycoon.</p>.<p>Separately, Adani Enterprises Ltd, the flagship firm of the group, is looking to revive its first-ever public sale of bonds. It plans to raise as much as Rs 600 crore.</p>.<p>The company has hired Trust Investment Advisors, AK Capital Services and Nuvama Wealth Management as lead managers for the issuances.</p>.Adani Wilmar to invest Rs 600 crore to expand edible oil business, solar power capacities.<p>The group had tapped the dollar bond market in March this year - the first time since the Hindenburg report - when its solar energy unit Adani Green Energy Ltd and associated firms got bids of about $2.9 billion.</p>.<p>In a stock exchange filing, Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL) said its management has authorised the opening of the issue on Tuesday as well as approved the floor price for the issue.</p>.<p>The floor price was set at Rs 1,027 per equity share.</p>