Reliance Retail extends deal deadline by 6 months to Sept 30: Future Group

Reliance Retail Ventures, the retail arm of Reliance Industries, has prolonged the timeline for six months to finish its Rs 24,713 crore take care of Future Group to purchase its retail and wholesale enterprise.
Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) has prolonged the timeline for the “Long Stop Date” from March 31, 2021 to September 30, 2021, stated a regulatory submitting by Future Retail.
“Pursuant to the provisions of scheme and other transaction documents executed in relation thereto, RRVL has in exercise of the right provided thereunder, extended the timeline for ‘Long Stop Date’ from March 31, 2021 to September 30, 2021 which has been duly acknowledged by Reliance Retail and Fashion Lifestyle Limited, wholly-owned subsidiary of RRVL,” it stated.

Long Stop, a longtime apply in mergers and acquisition transaction, is a timeframe by which events agree on which all of the situations precedent for a transaction should be fulfilled and the transaction accomplished.
The deal, which is contested by Amazon, is dealing with authorized hurdles and a choice from the Supreme Court is pending over the petition filed by the e-commerce main.
The Future-Reliance deal, which was introduced on August 29, 2020, has already acquired clearance from regulators akin to CCI, Sebi and bourses, and the scheme of association is now awaiting the nod from the NCLT and shareholders.
Though the Supreme Court has granted a go-ahead to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for its proceedings however has requested it to not go any ultimate order sanctioning the scheme.
The NCLT has reserved its order over the scheme of association by which all of the Future Group’s retail property can be consolidated beneath Future Enterprises Ltd after which can be transferred to RRVL by sale.

Amazon and Future have been locked in a authorized tussle after the US firm dragged Future Group to arbitration in a Singapore tribunal.