Debt-Ridden IL&FS Raises Funds By Selling 49 Per Cent Stake In Chinese Chongquing Yuhe Expressway swarajyamag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from swarajyamag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
IL&FS completes stake sale in China Road asset to Pingan, addresses Rs. 2,600 crore debt
Posted On: 2021-04-01 05:09:26 (Time Zone: Arizona, USA)
In a major step towards resolving overall debt, IL&FS today announced completion of its 49% stake sale in its Chinese Road Asset - Chongqing Yuhe Expressway Co Ltd (CYEC)
The stake is sold to China Merchants & PingAn Infrastructure Phase 1 Equity Investment Fund (Tianjin) Co Ltd (PingAn), a fund jointly owned by PingAn Insurance and China Merchants.
This is the largest transaction for IL&FS since the sale of its Wind Energy assets to Orix.
IL&FS has duly received Rs 1,035 crore (USD 141.3 million) in Singapore as part of this stake sale transaction. The consideration will be used to pay approx. USD 88 million of Bank of Baroda Loans and the balance to meet IIPL liabilities - including Bondholders under IOPL.