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The open offer for minority shareholders would need to be made even if the 'control' has been acquired without crossing the threshold shareholding limit (25 per cent), Sebi Chairman U K Sinha said.
The agreement between the two has a long stop date clause, stipulating that all approvals be secured by then.
Etihad to have 2 directors even if it dilutes stake to 15%
Manchester City squandered a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday.
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Alleging that something was fishy in the Jet-Etihad deal, BJP today demanded that the Prime Minister's Office should come clean on the issue.
This follows the Union Cabinet approving enhanced traffic rights between India and Abu Dhabi.
How the first FDI in aviation was achieved.
In a post on the microblogging platform 'X' on Saturday, passenger Vineeth K said that even though he was getting cheaper fares with Gulf carrier Etihad, he had opted for Air India as it operates a non-stop service to the US.
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on Monday cleared Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airlines buying 26 per cent stake in Jet Airways for Rs 2,058 crore (Rs 20.58 billion) with some conditions.
Making India a pivot of its growth, UAE's national airline Etihad Airways will launch new flights to Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, as its two new destinations, and introduce three new flights to Delhi.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played across England, on Saturday.
On a day when service tax department detained another Kingfisher plane for default, the second in two days, the airline announced it was in discussions with Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways for a stake sale which could revive the troubled airline's fortune.
The airline's pricing strategy and capacity show it is targeting leisure travellers and corporate clients, rather than blue-collar workers migrating to Abu Dhabi.
Jet Airways remains the number one airline serving foreign routes.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
Will be the first choice if Naresh Goyal decides to sell stake in future.
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Objections were being raised by senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh, Communist Party of India's Gurudas Dasgupta, Dinesh Trivedi (Trinamool Congress) and Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy over the deal, each of whom had shot off separate letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Kingfisher is in discussion with various investors, including Etihad, for equity investments in the company, but matters are merely at negotiation stages, it said in a statement to the stock exchange.
The stake-purchase agreement with Jet, second largest domestic passenger market share, will make Etihad the first foreign carrier to buy into an Indian airline.
Jet's flights to Abu Dhabi could be used to carry passengers from India headed for the US and Europe.
India, UAE yet to conclude bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement.
The two parties have been in talks for a month and a half.
Etihad has high hopes from Jet Airways deal in which it bought out majority stake in 2013.
The long-pending Jet-Etihad deal envisaging foreign investment of Rs 2,058 crore will come up before Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) for approval on July 29.
Jet and Etihad stand to benefit from cost savings and synergies in areas such as fleet acquisition, maintenance and training.
The proposal will now be considered by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
Fresh troubles are brewing for Jet-Etihad deal.
The long-range planes will be delivered from early 2014.
Competition Commission has held on to its observation about Etihad gaining joint control in Jet Airways and "significant" rights to appoint directors with a 24% stake purchase, while rejecting a plea to "rectify" its order that approved the deal earlier this month.
Naresh Goyal-led Jet has also changed the shareholders agreement and amended the investment agreement and the articles of association, as suggested by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board, headed by DEA Secretary Arvind Mayaram, official sources said.
Liverpool strolled to a 2-0 victory over Brentford, while Newcastle drew 1-1 at Bournemouth.
Sebi wanted Jet to convince it that the deal did not amount to joint control alongside promoter Naresh Goyal.
Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed al-Nahayan, speaking on the sidelines of a defence exhibition in the UAE capital, said officials would meet Indian Trade Minister Anand Sharma to discuss the deal.
The ministry of corporate affairs has raised questions on Etihad's rights to nominate three directors on the board and, despite being a minority shareholder in the company, decide on the vice-chairman.
Jet-Etihad deal documents among those leaked: CBI
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