Defaulters may follow Essar route to block bankruptcy
The steelmaker got a stay on hearings on an insolvency petition moved by a bank. Other large loan defaulters may soon follow in its footsteps.
The steelmaker got a stay on hearings on an insolvency petition moved by a bank. Other large loan defaulters may soon follow in its footsteps.
The promoter companies injected some loans that were later converted into equity. Starting from 2015, Amtek Auto has taken loans of Rs 118.75 crore from Aisa and Rs 73.75 crore from Amtek Laboratories.
“Bharat Forge and Sona are looking to acquire parts of the auto forging assets, while financial investors are looking to acquire the entire basket,” said a source.
Amtek Auto's board discussed ways to resolve debt repayment issues as the components maker faced the likelihood of falling under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code as per RBI guidelines.
The stock gained after reports that 21 investors have sent expressions of interest to Amtek Auto.
The scrip opened at Rs 26.65 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 28.15 and Rs 26.50 respectively, in trade so far.
Debt-ridden auto component firm Amtek Auto plans to issue more than 2.6 crore shares to a lender as part of restructuring debt worth Rs 95.26 crore.
Net sales during the period under review stood at Rs 438.40 crore as against Rs 824.69 crore in the year-ago quarter, the company Amtek Auto said in a BSE filing.
The company had posted a net loss of Rs 158.62 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, Amtek Auto Ltd said in a BSE filing.
The plan also envisages a broader corporate restructuring involving the consolidation of the domestic business and the ongoing asset monetisation to support the proposed plan, it added.
The scrip tanked 6.46 per cent to Rs 41.25 on BSE. At NSE, shares of the company dropped 6.46 per cent to Rs 41.20.
Net sales of the company also declined to Rs 539.83 crore for the June quarter as against Rs 854.22 crore in the same period of previous fiscal, Amtek Auto said in a regulatory filing.
Amtek Auto, which had defaulted on bond payments last year, had earlier said that it is considering various options to cut its debt via sale of its non-core business and stake sale in overseas assets.
In the recently concluded Machine tool Expo, AMTEX, almost all of the exhibitors said that they have seen a better demand from auto component makers in the first quarter of financial year 2017 as compared to same quarter a year before.
Sources from banking circles said that at a recent meeting held in Mumbai, banks led by IDBI Bank have agreed in principle to convert a part of their debt into equity.
The consolidated debt of the group is estimated to be about Rs 14,700 crore adding that the group plans to sell a 50% stake in a JV and a domestic food business and raise funds from three overseas investors.
Amtek has shortlisted two bidders for Tekfor, its German subsidiary. The company is also in talks with a financial investor to offload a significant stake in Amtek Auto.
Amtek Auto had posted a net profit of Rs 129.82 crore in the same quarter in the previous fiscal, it said in a BSE filing.
Sunjay Kapur, chairman of the Sona Group, divides his time between India and Germany, where the company has three factories.
Net sales of the company dropped by 20.4 per cent to Rs 824.69 crore in the quarter under review.
Name | DIN | Designation | Date of joining | |
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Madhu Vij | 00025006 | madhuvij@hotmail.com | Director | 19 Mar,2015 |
Arvind Dham | 00047217 | dham.a@rediffmail.com | Director | 04 Aug,1988 |
Deshpal Singh Malik | 00052362 | ds.malik@amtek.com | Managing Director | 19 Mar,2001 |
Bahushrut Lugani | 00052387 | luganib@gmail.com | Director | 30 Jun,1998 |
Gautam Malhotra | 00157488 | corporatecorp9@gmail.com | Director | 13 May,2013 |
Rajeev Kumar Thakur | 01117707 | rajeev.grassik@gmail.com | Director | 30 Nov,1994 |
Sanjiv Bhasin | 01119788 | sbhasin57@rediffmail.com | Director | 24 Nov,2014 |
Sanjay Chhabra | 01237026 | sarkar6534@gmail.com | Director | 29 Sep,1995 |
John Ernest Flintham | 01463500 | John.Flintham@uk.amtek.com | Managing Director | 31 Jul,2007 |
Raj Narain Bhardwaj | 01571764 | anchal@landmarkcapital.in | Director | 15 Feb,2012 |
Mukesh Gupta | 06638754 | mk.gupta@licindia.com | Nominee Director | 14 May,2015 |
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