This strategic move sets the stage for the resolution of a significant financial debt amounting to Rs 32,700 crore, NARCL said.
The Kolkata bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has approved the resolution plan of NARCL for takeover of the twin Srei firms under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
The National Company Law Tribunal's Kolkata bench has approved National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd's resolution plan.
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As per the report prepared by the transaction auditor, the concerned transactions occurred during financial years 2014-2015 to 2021- 2022
NARCL's net present value bid, submitted in the 10-hour-long "challenge mechanism" conducted by the committee of creditors (CoC) on Tuesday, constitutes Rs 3,200 crore in cash, a Rs 1000-crore jump from the previous plans offered, he said.
Srei lenders have invited a fresh round of bids for companies after a dispute with earlier bidders over earnest money deposit
The Reserve Bank of India had in October last year superseded the boards of SIFL (Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited) and its wholly-owned subsidiary SEFL (Srei Equipment Finance Limited), and a joint resolution is taking place for these companies for its outstanding liabilities of about Rs 32,000 crore.
Union Bank will be initiating the appropriate legal proceedings in this regard in due course of time, the lender said in an exchange filing.
The way some very unresearched reports have surfaced sullying the Srei brand name and dragging the family name into it, we cannot rule it (conspiracy campaign to malign Srei’s image) out completely, says Kanoria, the erstwhile promoter of Srei Infra and Srei Equipment Finance.
The RBI has moved quickly to act on the Srei issue and bankruptcy proceedings are on. What lies ahead for Srei now?
Lenders had capped the salaries of Srei executives at Rs 50 lakhs per annum in December last year. The salary cap was removed in April this year. However, even after around six months, the arrears are yet to be paid to Srei employees.
The members of the Committee are R. Subramaniakumar, former MD & CEO, Indian Overseas Bank, T T Srinivasaraghavan, former Managing Director, Sundaram Finance Limited and Farokh N Subedar, former Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary, Tata Sons Limited.
An interim moratorium shall commence from the date of filing the application till its admission or rejection, the RBI said.
This follows Bombay High Court on October 7 dismissing SREI Group's plea against the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) action on Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Ltd (SEFL).
SREI founder said the group didn’t move the Bombay High Court against the RBI decision but was only trying for a resolution outside the IBC mechanism to avoid a huge haircut to SREI’s lenders.
Srei Group promoters, Adisri commercial private ltd, had sought a stay on initiating insolvency proceedings against Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Ltd (SEFL).
Srei Group promoters have sought stay on any insolvency proceedings against the two companies.
Resolution is likely to take a long time but, from a long term perspective, it is time to bring back the FRDI bill
Triggered by the liquidity crunch that accompanied the IL&FS collapse in late 2018, the Srei group’s problems worsened over time. With the RBI cracking the whip, it is probably end of the road for Srei promoters.
The banking regulator will soon initiate the process of resolution for both companies, which it said were superseded because of governance issues and payment defaults.
RBI will soon initiate the process of resolutions of the NBFCs under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Rules 2019 and apply to the NCLT for appointing the Administrator as Insolvency Resolution Professional.
Over the last three decades, Srei has already paid Rs 30,000 crore as interest and another Rs 20,000 crore principal to banks and there has never been any delay in loan servicing before Covid-19 ravaged the country, Srei group has said
The Committee of Advisors will advise the administrator in the operations of the entities during the corporate insolvency resolution process.
The Kolkata-based group is in the middle of a severe financial crisis and hopes to get much-needed survival capital. Lenders have tightened the screws on its cashflows and are waiting for the outcome of an ongoing forensic audit.