Profit in FY13 up 18% to Rs 3,713 crore, dividend income jumps 37%
Tata will step down as chairman of Tata Sons and other group companies in December-end after a stint of over 21 years.
At 4.16 mn shares, chairman-in-waiting holds 0.21% in group's cash cow
The chairmanship of Tata Motors and Tata Steel after Ratan N Tata steps down at the end of 2012 appears to be an open question. It will be up to the new Tata group chairman, Cyrus Mistry, whether he decides to succeed Tata in heading two of the largest group companies or opt for new chairpersons for them.
When he took over as chairman of the Tata Group in 1991, the majority perception was the untested nephew of J R D Tata would be a pushover.
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'The Tata group will need for its new leader to show the same foresight and willingness to go against conventional wisdom at times to keep the group's aspirations high and uphold the values of innovation, ethics, corporate responsibility, trust and leadership that are frequently associated with the Tata name.'
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The company is banking on investments lined up for product development and other innovations.
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Tata Consultancy Services, the $73 billion IT group, is India's biggest company by market value and four times the size of any other listed Tata entity
After Singapore this is the second such nodal office opened by the new group chairman.
Tata had led the salt-to-software conglomerate for 21 years after being chosen successor by his uncle, the iconic JRD Tata, in 1991.
NCLT in its judgement said: "The removal of Cyrus Mistry as executive chairperson was because the board lost confidence and not because they were contemplating that he would cause discomfort to Ratan Tata, N Soonawala and others.' "The Board is competent to remove an executive chairman. Mr Mistry's removal from the position of director came because he admittedly sent out company information to the I-T (department), press, and came out in public against the board and the trust."
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Cyrus Mistry, who was replaced as chairman of Tata Sons last Monday, October 24, still serves as the chairman of Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services, Indian Hotels, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Chemicals, Tata Industries and Tata Teleservices.
The notices from the stock exchanges followed reports about Cyrus Mistry disclosing possible writedown to the tune of $18 billion faced by the conglomerate
Other legal options include approaching the NCLT alleging mismanagement and oppression of minority shareholder
Mistry is presently also the chairman of loss-making Forbes & Company Ltd listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Group firms working on sound footing
British Prime Minister Theresa May will be in India tomorrow, but Cyrus Mistry will no longer head the Indo-UK CEO forum.
Refuting Tat's charges about Welspun buy, Mistry said to even suggest that the Tata Sons board including the nominee directors of the Tata Trusts had not been adequately informed is contrary to the factual record
Tata Steel and Tata Chemicals under investor watch
Pallon has already joined the boards of some of the unlisted companies such as Afcons
'The idea is to align the HR policies and work culture with changing times'.
Days after the disbanding of Group Executive Council set up by Tata Sons ousted chairman Cyrus Mistry, N S Rajan and Nirmalya Kumar have resigned from their respective board positions at Indian Hotels Company and Tata Chemicals.
Guenter Butschek will start his new job by Feb. 15
The Cyrus Mistry camp is confident that independent directors will take their cue from their counterparts in Indian Hotels.
On Friday, shares of Tata Motors rose by 2.68 per cent and Tata Steel went up by 1.85 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Every move that strengthens Cyrus Mistry's position in companies like Indian Hotels could prolong the uncertainty.
"After sinking in Rs 6,000-7,000 crore in the Nano till date, what is the result?"
Nano's production though continues unhindered despite mounting losses
The going has never been easy for author Cyrus Mistry, who suffers from a nervous disorder. The reclusive author, who bagged the prestigious South Asian literature award, talks openly to P B Chandra about his illness and how writing has helped him cope with it.
Cyrus Mistry had put in place a strategy that would have pulled most of the Tata group's 'legacy hotspots' out of the financial mess from legacy issues and helped turn around the group's finances.
The company said, due internal processes as applicable for sanctions of loans of such nature and value were followed
Tata Steel and Indian Hotels on Wednesday said they have always made all relevant disclosures and have no further comments to offer following comments made by ousted Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry that Tata group firms could face a potential USD 18 billion writedown.
