The government-appointed Satyam board had recently said that it secured Rs 600-crore (Rs 6-billion) bank loans, which would help it fulfil its immediate fund requirements. The lender's board, which met on January 23 to take a call on the IHFL sale, had deferred the decision, citing the need for more information about prospective buyers.
Sudip Banerjee, CEO, L&T Infotech talks about business post-Satyam, expansion plans and bigger acquisition targets.
At a time when almost 90 per cent of my Satyam friends are cribbing about the fraud and betrayal by (former Satyam chairman) B Ramalinga Raju, I have a slightly different opinion.
The second charge sheet may highlight some more financial transaction made by Raju and some of his associates.
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Corporate lawyers say the fine on independent directors will make them more cautious and some will be wary of taking assignments from companies with low corporate governance standards.
Mahindra Satyam will be able to keep its revenue in the range of $900 million to $1.1 billion, says a study by Forrester, an IT research firm. However, the report stated that clients are still unclear about what is happening in the company.
Different investigating agencies -- Securities and Exchange Board of India, Registrar of Companies and Serious Fraud Investigation Office -- are looking into the fraud and 'I assure you that those found guilty would be meted out severe punishment.'
The company, which is one of the strategic partners for WEF annual meeting at Davos, hosted one of the first company receptions for this year's meeting on January 22.
The 6th additional chief metropolitan magistrate rejected Sebi's plea for taking the Raju brothers into custody for a day and returned as 'not maintainable' the petition filed by SFIO seeking six days custody of Ramalinga and Satyam's former CFO Vadlamani Srinivas. The three were, meanwhile, sent to judicial remand till January 31.
The minister further said running the operations of the company and inquiry against people involved in the accounting fraud are two different things and should be viewed separately separately. The new board of Satyam met twice and appointed global accountancy firms KPMG and Deloitte to re-state the accounts of the IT company.
As many as 120 questions have been put together by the experts and the CID team, which is trying ascertain if Satyam's founder Ramalinga Raju siphoned off the company's money through benami transactions. Sources in the CID said the questions were designed based on documents seized during raids at Raju's home and office on January 10 and 11. Raju, on January 7, disclosed that he had for years inflated Satyam's profits and created fictitious assets where none existed.
While welcoming the reconstitution of the scam-tainted Satyam board, the Nasscomchairman Ganesh Natrajan on Monday said the apex body had advised its members to desist from making "unsolicited offers" to the customers of the beleagured company, which has earned the dubious reputation of being 'India's Enron'.
Former Department of Economic Affairs Secretary E A S Sarma on Friday claimed that the regulatory agencies, including SEBI, had ignored his warnings about the financial irregularities committed by Satyam.
The beleaguered Satyam Computer Services on Thursday said its top leaders have pledged to remain with the company and work jointly to steer the organisation through the crisis.
The software company has conducted 'mass recruitment' of entry level engineers from top Malaysian universities.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Wednesday launched a Global Development Centre in Melbourne, Australia, which is the company's largest centre outside India.
Raju was arrested by the Crime Investigation Department of Andhra Pradesh Police two days later along with his brother.
Engineering and construction major L&T on Tuesday said Satyam Computer Services, which is rebranded as Mahindra Satyam, has kept its shareholders in the dark about it's performance.s
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the country's regulatory structure is strong enough to prevent a Satyam-like fraud in future.
While warning that many key clients and employees have threatened to quit the company due to its bad financial position, the government-appointed board of Satyam Computer also sought CLB's nod for allotment of preferential equity and increasing its authorised capital to Rs 120 crore (Rs 1.2 billion). The petition has been admitted by CLB, which would continue its hearing on Thursday.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, corporate affairs minister Prem Chand Gupta said while the Serious Fraud Investigation Office under his ministry had been given three-months to wrap up its probe into the Satyam scam, no time-frame has been set for CBI.
Joint audits and inspections by the ICAI/DCA are critical if the system has to work.
Head of investor relations T A N Murti allegedly indulged in insider trading during the sacm.
Engineering giant Larsen and Toubro, which acquired little over four per cent stake in Satyam in less than a month, is believed to have approached the government on Tuesday, evincing interest to buy the troubled IT company.
The bail petitions of Venkatpati Raju and Srisailam, arrested in connection with the multi-crore rupee Satyam fraud case, were filed in a local court in Hyderabad on Monday.
During the course of the meeting last month, Satyam's then chief financial officer Vadlamani Srinivas informed the board that the valuation of Maytas Properties was done by Ernst & Young, but the global accounting firm disputed the claim. According to the minutes, members noted the imperative of infrastructure foray, particularly based on leveraging on the brand of Satyam to become an eminent player in infrastructure as well.
The government today expanded the three-member Satyam board to six to include S Balakrishnan of Life Insurance Corporation, Tarun Das, chief mentor of the Confederation of Indian Industry and T N Manoharan, former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday held discussions with Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath and is believed to have reviewed the Satyam issue, a day after the minister came out in support of extending financial help to the beleaguered IT firm.
Former CII president R Sashsayee, Jamshed Godrej of the Godrej Group and Suresh Neotia, Chairman of the Gujarat Ambuja, will be among the small group of industrialists meeting the prime minister. Besides the Satyam saga, the World Bank has initiated action against five Indian entities, including Wipro Technologies, for violating the guidelines of the multilateral lending agency on checking fraud and corruption.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Friday said the CB-CID is independently probing the financial fraud in Satyam Computer, as it appeared likely that its founder Ramalinga Raju would be arrested.
The merger process started four years ago, with the acquisition of Satyam in April 2009.
The National Stock Exchange on Wednesday removed Satyam from its benchmark index Nifty and the IT firm will be replaced by Reliance Capital with effect from January 12.
It was an unusual sight at Satyam's headquarters in Hitec City on Wednesday. The otherwise lively campus wore a grim and sombre look with high security all around. The only activity witnessed was outside the campus where the media men -- both print and TV -- were parked in full strength hoping to catch a glimpse of the chairman, who reportedly reached office in the morning and announced his resignation from there.
Startled by the disclosure of fudging of accounts by Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju, market regulator Sebi has ordered a probe into share market operations and inspection of the IT company.
Satyam Computer Services founder B Ramalinga Raju had made trips to the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, to Visakhapatnam and even the United States, to convince the independent directors on the his board for acquisition of Maytas Infra and Maytas Properties, the two companies promoted by his family members.
In its annual report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for 2008, Nasdaq-listed SanDisk has stated it is facing risks due to the situation at Satyam, which is the system integrator for installing a new ERP system for the memory disk maker.
PriceWaterhouse (PW) has said that it resigned as statutory auditor of Satyam Computer Services with effect from February 12, 2009, while stating that it would co-operate with the ongoing investigations into the Rs 7,800-crore (Rs 78 billion) fraud at the IT major.
US market regulator Security and Exchange Commission and Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) are not in favour of a joint investigation into the Satyam case, a top source said.
"Other than the induction of the new board members, Tech Mahindra will have discussions with the management to articulate the growth of the company, strengthen the governance part and also focus on cash-flow issues. The current management members, including CEO A S Murty, will continue for some time," said a source close to the development. Tech Mahindra members are also expected to take stock of operations at Satyam.
Satyam Computer has approached the Company Law Board (CLB) to seek approval for acquisition of IT firm by Tech Mahindra.
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