BackEssar Steel lenders settle for Arcelor
The Committee of Creditors issue ArcelorMittal and its partner Japan’s Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp Letter of Intent declaring them as the “successful applicant”
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New Delhi: The world’s largest steel maker, ArcelorMittal, on Friday said it had been chosen by lenders to takeover debt-laden Essar Steel for around ₹ 42,000 crore.
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In a statement, ArcelorMittal said its resolution plan for Essar Steel, which the lenders auctioned to recover over ₹ 49,000 crore of unpaid loans, included “an upfront payment of ₹ 42,000 crore" to settle debt and “a further ₹ 8,000 crore of capital injection into the company to support operational improvement, increase production levels and deliver enhanced levels of profitability".
The Committee of Creditors issued ArcelorMittal and its partner Japan’s Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp a Letter of Intent (LoI) declaring them as the “successful applicant".
The development comes a day after promoters of Essar Steel offered to pay lenders ₹ 54,389 crore, including an upfront cash payment of ₹ 47,507 crore to clear all dues of lenders, and pull the firm out of insolvency proceedings.
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