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RBI rejects lenders’ plea to extend deadline
GMR Infrastructure Ltd on Monday said that RBI has denied the extension of the deadline to lenders of GMR Rajahmundry Energy Ltd for the sale of their 55 per cent stake in a gas-based power project in Andhra Pradesh. IDBI Bank-led consortium of lenders had put on sale 55 per cent of their stake in GMR Rajahmundry Energy.
Hyderabad: GMR Infrastructure Ltd on Monday said that RBI has denied the extension of the deadline to lenders of GMR Rajahmundry Energy Ltd for the sale of their 55 per cent stake in a gas-based power project in Andhra Pradesh. IDBI Bank-led consortium of lenders had put on sale 55 per cent of their stake in GMR Rajahmundry Energy. The lenders in 2016 acquired this as part of conversion of debt into equity. GMRL operates a 768-MW natural gas-based power plant at Rajahmundry in the coastal region.
The debt was converted into equity as part of debt restructuring. Following the conversion, lenders got 55 per cent stake in the project, while the promoters’ holding was reduced to 45 per cent. The project still has a debt of Rs 2,366 crore. GERL has not commenced operations pending linkage of natural gas from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas till September 2015, resulting into lenders invoking strategic debt restructuring (SDR), under which the debt would be converted as equity.
“Under the SDR scheme, the banks have to find a new promoter for GERL within the period as prescribed under the scheme, which expired during the quarter ended June 30, 2017. The lenders sought the approval from the RBI for the extension of timelines for a further period of three months which has not been accepted by RBI,” GMR said in regulatory filing recently.
“The lenders and management are exploring various options for revival/sale of the project,” it said. Under the SDR, borrowing aggregating Rs 1,308.57 crore and interest accrued Rs 105.42 crore was converted into equity shares on May 12, 2017 for 55 per cent stake in GREL. The group has given a guarantee of Rs 2,738 crore for the remaining debt. The project still has a debt of Rs 2,366 crore, according to a pre-bid document of IDBI.
