Results, dividend, issue of shares to existing shareholders on Thursday meeting's agenda
The Facebook deal will help Ambani set up a digital platform to take on Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart in an e-commerce market
Investment values Jio Platforms at Rs 4.36 trn; US giant gets 9.99% stake, board seat; collaboration is non-exclusive
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day
WhatsApp's integration into Jio's e-com platform holds the key: Experts
At Wednesday's price, RIL's market capitalisation stood at Rs 8.64 trillion. This means, the other businesses are being valued by the Street at Rs 4.28 trillion
Jio-Facebook deal would change India's digital economy
Mukesh Ambani, in August 2019, had said he wanted to make RIL a zero-debt company in 18 months by selling stakes in several businesses and unlocking value in some others
Jio Platforms, Reliance Retail and WhatsApp also enter into a commercial partnership agreement
With this investment, Facebook will own 9.9 per cent stake in Jio Platforms. This would be Facebook's biggest minority shareholding ever
According to estimates by Jefferies, the deal implies a pre-money equity valuation of Rs 4,362 billion ($57 billion) for Jio Platforms Limited (JPL).
In a Facebook post, Mark Zuckerberg announced that the two companies are joining hands to help people and businesses in India create new opportunities
It listed five top companies whose work has resonated the most
RIL's share price has dropped 21 per cent year-to-date, but still out-performed the market by 7 percentage points
LVMH Chief executive Bernard Arnault's wealth down by 28% to $77 billion
"I firmly believe that each one of our colleagues across our businesses deserves to be honoured as 'Frontline Warriors'," Ambani said.
The quantum of funds to be raised or the purpose of fund raising has not been disclosed in the intimation.
According to separate transactions, another promoter of the company, Devarshi Commercials LLP, offloaded a total of 8,65,52,244 shares for over Rs 9,145 crore.
Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, will get a significant footing in the Indian telecom market if this deal goes through
The company has also doubled data limits for top-up voucher and bundle-free calling minutes to non-Jio networks in these vouchers