Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited has informed the Exchange regarding 'Disclosure under Regulation 30A of SEBI LODR'.
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Kirloskar Oil Engines (KOEL) has disclosed a Deed of Family Settlement (DFS) dated September 11, 2009, signed between five individual members of the Kirloskar family (Atul, Sanjay, Vikram, Rahul Kirloskar, and Gautam Kulkarni) in their personal capacity. The DFS deals with the division of shareholdings and management control across several Kirloskar Group companies, including KOEL itself. KOEL has filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court challenging Regulation 30A, and SEBI has clarified during the hearing that merely disclosing such an agreement does not mean the company admits it is binding. Based on this clarification and the court order dated September 23, 2025, KOEL is now making the disclosure but explicitly stating that it is NOT a party to the DFS, has not ratified it, and the DFS does not impact KOEL's management, control, or create any liability on the company.
For shareholders, the key takeaway is that KOEL is distancing itself from the 2009 family settlement and clarifying it has no binding obligations under it. The company successfully got SEBI to clarify that such disclosures don't imply acceptance, which protects KOEL from claims that the family arrangement governs the listed entity. This is largely a compliance disclosure and should not materially affect the stock price or shareholder rights.