Monitoring Agency Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2025
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ZR2 Bioenergy (formerly Gujchem Distillers India) submitted the Crisil Monitoring Agency Report for Q1 FY26 covering its Rs 248.77 crore preferential issue of Compulsorily Convertible Debentures and convertible warrants done in August 2024. Of the total, only Rs 122.40 crore has been received so far, and Rs 103.86 crore has been deployed: Rs 22 crore for repaying old unsecured loans (fully done), Rs 79.35 crore towards acquiring a biorefinery in Maharashtra from PVSKL, and just Rs 2.51 crore for working capital and general purposes. The Monitoring Agency flagged that Rs 18.50 crore of unutilized funds are parked in a short-term deposit with Sukhmehar Finance, a non-deposit-taking NBFC, which is not standard industry practice. The seller of the biorefinery (PVSKL) is also a warrant holder owning 35.51% of the warrants issued, raising related-party concerns, though the Maharashtra government approved the Build-Own-Operate-Transfer arrangement in July 2025.
Shareholders should note governance red flags: idle funds parked with a non-deposit-taking NBFC instead of safe bank deposits, a related-party transaction where the asset seller is also a major warrant holder, and over a year passing with only about 42% of issue proceeds actually put to use. The stock could face scrutiny until the biorefinery acquisition completes and the remaining Rs 126.37 crore from warrant holders is received and deployed.