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CUSIP No. 92242Y100 | | 13D | | Page 17 of 24 Pages |
Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 6”) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 3, 2014 (as amended to date, the “Statement”), relating to the equity shares, par value Re. 1 per equity share (the “Equity Shares”) of Vedanta Limited (formerly known as Sesa Sterlite Limited), a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of India (the “Issuer”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaning set forth in the Statement.
ITEM 2. | Identity and Background |
Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows to add the following Reporting Persons:
Vedanta Holdings Jersey Limited (“Jersey”); and
Vedanta Holdings Mauritius Limited (“Mauritius”)
Vedanta Holdings Jersey Limited is the sole shareholder of Vedanta Holdings Mauritius Limited.
The address of the principal business office of Jersey is: 47 Esplanade, St Helier, JE1 0BD.
The address of the principal business office of Mauritius is: c/o Amicorp (Mauritius) Limited, 6th Floor, Tower 1, NexTeracom Building, Ebene, Mauritius.
Information with respect to the directors and officers of Jersey and Mauritius, including the name, business address, present principal occupation or employment and citizenship of each of their directors and officers is listed on the attached Annex A, which is incorporated herein by reference.
During the past five years, none of the Reporting Persons or Related Persons (i) has been convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
ITEM 4. | Purpose of Transaction |
Item 4 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
On April 16, 2021, Vedanta, Twin Star Holdings Limited (“Twin Star”), Mauritius and Vedanta Holdings Mauritius II Limited (“Mauritius II” and, together with Vedanta, Twin Star and Mauritius II, the “Acquirer Group”) completed a tender offer to acquire up to 651,000,000 Equity Shares representing 17.51% of the fully diluted voting share capital of the Issuer, at a price per Equity Share of INR 235 (the “Tender Offer”). A total of 374,231,161 Equity Shares (the “Tendered Shares”) were tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Tender Offer, representing approximately 10.1% of the Equity Shares outstanding as of April 16, 2021 on a fully diluted basis. The total consideration paid by the Acquirer Group for the Tendered Shares was INR 87,944,322,835.