SsangYong now has the authority to terminate the M&A contract.
The debt-ridden automaker's Indian parent Mahindra & Mahindra failed to secure a buyer for its 75 percent stake in the automaker, the daily noted. Following this, SsangYong Motor Company has been under court receivership since April.
SsangYong Motor had filed for bankruptcy, or court receivership, in December 2020 after defaulting on loan repayments.
The troubled automaker has also applied for an autonomous restructuring support (ARS) programme which is a court designed process, M&M said in a regulatory filing.
A 'disclaimer of opinion' is one among the four different types of auditor's opinions issued against a company's financial results.
Ssangyong Motor in a statement said its board approved the use of the fund at a meeting on Friday, and that it will use it to resolve imminent liquidity issues and to relieve market concern.
The declining profitability of its automotive business, mainly because of the weak performance of its Korea-based subsidiary Ssangyong Motor and the limited geographic diversification of the group's non-IT businesses constrain the ratings.
In the second quarter, Ssangyong recorded its first quarterly net profit for six years, and it expects to finish this year in the black for the first time since 2007. It now holds 6 per cent of the overall Korean market, compared with nearly 70 per cent for Hyundai and its affiliate Kia, and sells 16 per cent of all SUVs sold in the country.
The preferential offer has resulted in an increase in the paid-up capital of SMC by 11.9 per cent and increase in M&M's stake in SMC to 72.85 per cent from 69.63 per cent.
Shares in Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd gain 3.8 percent, after stocks of its subsidiary Ssangyong Motor Co Ltd hit a 16-month high, dealers say.
Mahindra & Mahindra will invest $900 million over the next four years in products to be developed jointly with its South Korean unit Ssangyong Motor Co Ltd , Mahindra's automotive president said on Wednesday.
Auto major Mahindra & Mahindra today said it is developing three new engine platforms, along with its Korean subsidiary SsangYong Motor, which are likely to hit the roads in the next two-three years in markets across the world.
Auto major Mahindra and Mahindra today said it will invest Rs 1,500 crore to develop a new vehicle platform with its Korean subsidiary Ssangyong Motor.
Ssangyong Motor has announced its first quarter results. The company's Q1 net loss at 43.4 billion Korean Won (USD 40 m).
Mahindra and Mahindra, India's largest utility vehicle maker, plans to launch Ssangyong Motor's Korando-C and Rexton SUVs in India in the first half of next year, a senior executive said.