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IL&FS completes sale of wind energy assets to Orix
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SME Times News Bureau | 17 Oct, 2019
In a major development in the resolution of the crisis-hit IL&FS and
its group entities, IL&FS on Thursday said that it has completed
the sale of its wind energy assets to Orix Corporation of Japan for Rs
4,900 crore, helping the debt ridden company to resolve its debt of over
Rs 4,300 crore.
In a statement IL&FS said: "IL&FS
completes sale of its 51 per cent stake in seven SPVs (special purpose
vehicles) under Wind Energy Assets portfolio to Orix Corporation of
Japan. The transaction marks the completion of first set of resolution
under the new board."
The seven operating wind power SPVs, with
874 MW of generation capacity, were held under IL&FS Wind Energy
Ltd, a subsidiary of IL&FS.
"Transaction resolves debt of
over Rs 4,300 crore -- Rs 3,537 crore (as on October 15) of debt in SPVs
transferred, IL&FS gets cash of Rs 592.87 crores for its equity and
Rs 216 crores for its debt in these SPVs," the statement said.
IL&FS
said that the proceeds towards stake sale have been duly received and
share transfer has completed completed. Orix now is the 100 per cent
owner of the wind assets and the board of these underlying companies
have been reconstituted with Orix nominees.
The amount has been
received in the escrow accounts of ILFS Group companies, IWEL and IEDCL,
as per the order of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).
The
sale to Orix Corporation completes resolution of the the seven SPVs of
the IL&FS Group -- Lalpur Wind Energy Private Limited, Etesian Urja
Ltd, Khandke Wind Energy Pvt Ltd, Retadi Wind Power Ltd, Wind Urja India
Pvt Ltd, Tadas Wind Energy Pvt Ltd and Kaze Energy Ltd.
The
transaction completed in about 11 months, in a multi-stage process
ranging from approvals of the new board under Uday Kotak to, the
Committee of Creditors (CoC), Justice (retd) D.K. Jain and and the NCLT.
Orix
initially had 49 per cent stake in the wind energy assets. In the
bidding process for the rest of 51 per cent stake, GAIL emerged as the
highest bidder with an offer of Rs 4,800 crores for 100 per cent of
enterprise value.
Later, Orix expressed its intent to buy out
IL&FS's 51 per cent stake in IL&FS Wind Energy Ltd (IWEL)
through exercising its right under the terms of an existing MoU enabling
Orix to match the price offered by the highest bidder for purchasing
the said stake.
Orix then offered an 100 per cent enterprise
value of Rs 4,900 crore. Enterprise value demonstrate zero haircut for
all lenders Power Finance Corporation, Bank of Baroda and India
Infradebt.
The new board had approved the sale of these SPVs to ORIX in its board meeting held on June 28, 2019.
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