Showing posts with label TATA SONS. Show all posts
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Thursday, 22 December 2016

Seven to one: How Cyrus Mistry was removed from Tata Sons on October 24

Ratan Tata said what Mistry had done in the past four years should be recognised

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Monday, October 24, is a day former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry is unlikely to forget. The minutes of that day’s board meeting, which were included in Cyrus Mistry’s petition submitted to the National Company Law Tribunal, throw light on Mistry’s ouster.
The meeting, which was held at Bombay House to remove Cyrus Mistry, was chaired by the Tata Trusts’ nominee director on the Tata Sons board, Vijay Singh, and two other Trusts’ Stock Market news nominee directors on the Tata Sons board, Amit Chandra and Nitin Nohria. Ratan Tata attended the meeting as chairman emeritus. 

According to the minutes of the meeting, before the commencement of consideration of items in the agenda that was circulated to the directors on October 15, 2016, Nohria mentioned that the Trusts had asked its nominees on the board to bring a motion to the board of Tata Sons.......

Singh, as chairman of the meeting, proposed including additional matters that were not on the agenda but were circulated to the board of directors. His resolution was seconded by Sen......

After the resolutions were approved, Tata said there was a need to recognise what Mistry had done in the last four years and the group needed to move forward as seamlessly as it could....

 
The board was informed by Hussain that Tata Sons and AIA planned to buy a 70 per cent stake in PNB Metlife, except the 30 per cent held by Punjab National Bank. Hussain is also chairman of Tata AIA Life Insurance Company news....

 
 
 

Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Full text of Cyrus Mistry's letter on the issue of transparency at Tata Trusts

The ousted Tata Sons chairman on Monday requested govt to ensure transparency at the trusts to make them more accountable. Read full text here

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In a letter sent to the six Tata group companies and their shareholders that are meeting this month to remove him as a director, ousted Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry on Monday said at the heart of the sustainability of the Tata group was governance reform, which was lacking throughout the institution at present. “This would mean the Government ensuring the working of the Tata Trusts, which are public charitable trusts, the property of the people of India, have a defined, transparent governance structure,” he said asking the companies to place his letter before the shareholders.
REPRESENTATION UNDER SECTION 169 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013.
IN RESPECT OF SPECIAL NOTICE FOR REMOVAL OF MR. CYRUS P. MISTRY AS DIRECTOR
Foreword
I therefore urge all you to think beyond the here and now. I urge you to have your voice heard loud and clear. I ask you to be a part of defining the future.
Cyrus P Mistry
[December 5, 2016]
YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS. Visit www.cyrusforgovernance.com for more details.

Thursday, 27 October 2016

Full text of Cyrus Mistry's letter to Tata Sons Board

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While Tata Sons followed up the sacking of its Chairman Cyrus Mistry on October 24 by inducting two new directors into the board, the now ousted former chairman has criticised the board room 'replacement' in an October 25 emailed letter and termed the move as 'shocking and unparalleled' in the annals of corporate history.
According to the letter Mistry has not only described the board proceedings as invalid and illegal but also alleged that he had not been given any free hand despite being assured of the same by Ratan Tata before he accepted the top job. Mistry alleged that after he was appointed as chairman, Tata Trusts amended the articles of association which constrained his ability to engineer a turnaround. The text of the letter follows:

From Cyrus P. Mistry
Date: 25 October 2016 at 22.05: 41
To:
Directors of Tata Sons Ltd.
I was shocked beyond words at the happenings at the board meeting of October 24, 2016. Apart from the invalidity and illegality of the business that was conducted, I have to say that the Board of Directors has not covered itself with glory.
To "replace" your Chairman without so much as a word of explanation and without affording him an opportunity of defending himself in a summary manner must be unique in the annals of corporate history. The suddenness of the action, and the lack of explanation has led to all manner of speculation and has done my reputation and the reputation of the Tata Group immeasurable harm..............................
Sincerely,
Cyrus
(Cyrus P Mistry)
C.C. Trustees of Tata Trusts

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

Cyrus Mistry's exit from Tata Sons: News explained in 10 points

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The board of Tata Sons on Monday replaced chairman Cyrus Mistry and brought back Ratan Tata as interim chairman for four months. In a letter to employees of the group, Ratan Tata said the board had requested him to perform the role of chairman and he had agreed to do so “in the interest of stability of and reassurance to the Tata group”.
Related Article:  Trusts withdrew Rs 4,000 crore prematurely from Tata Sons in May
Ratan Tata had been Tata Sons chairman from 1991 until his retirement on December 28, 2012. Cyrus Mistry had succeeded Tata to be the sixth chairman of the Tata group. While Mistry will remain an independent director on the board of Tata Sons – a position he held before he became chairman – he will quit as chairman of all group companies.


Business Standard explains Mistry’s sudden exit as Tata Sons chief and how the story unfolded through 10 reports:
  1. Cyrus Mistry removed, Ratan Tata returns
  2. The turn of events
  3. Mistry’s focus during his stint
  4. Experts thought Mistry was a succession experiment gone wrong
  5. ‘Business as usual’ at Tata Sons
  6. The agenda for Ratan Tata
  7. End of a vision?
  8. An exit in a hurry?
  9. For Tata trusts, was it a lack of trust in Mistry?
  10. Slow equity support to Tata group firms

Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Why was Cyrus Mistry sacked? Top possible reasons for his exit

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Ratan Tata, patriarch of one of India's most influential families, will take over as interim chairman of Tata Sons after the salt-to-software conglomerate's board ousted Cyrus Mistry, who had sought to shake up the firm's management.

Tata, who had stepped down as chairman and was replaced by Mistry in late 2012, will head the group for four months while the company seeks a replacement.
Related Story:  Cyrus Mistry's exit: Should you buy or sell Tata Group shares?

Tata Sons is a large shareholder in a string of listed Tata Group companies - a business empire ranging from Jaguar Land Rover cars and steel mills to aviation and salt pans.

The board said in a statement on Monday it was decided "it may be appropriate to consider a change for the long-term interest of Tata Sons and Tata group."

While the board gave no detailed reason for the change, some media reports said there has been discontent with some of Mistry's actions, including asset sales.

  1. Welspun acquisition
  2. Management restructure
  3. Vision missing?
  4. Tough decision?