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Lenders to Byju's, once one of India's hottest tech startups, properly cited a default on a $1.2 billion loan when taking over control of a unit of the education-technology provider, a Delaware judge concluded.
The lenders – which include Redwood Investments LLC and Silver Point Capital LP – were within their contractual rights to replace a relative of company founder Byju Raveendran on the board of Byju’s Alpha, a special-purpose company formed for financing purposes, with their nominee, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Morgan Zurn ruled.
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Lenders have been pushing hard for the repayment of the $1.2 billion loan amid the companys mounting distress after a pandemic-era boom in online learning fizzled out. Byjus had been working to sell assets and deal with the loan issue when government investigators searched company offices this year.