Lenders approve Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd’s CDR proposal

DSC_0224Kolkata, 25th March 2014: Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd (GNCL) has received the formal approval for the restructuring of the debts, from the Empowered Group of Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell (CDR). The salient features include:

  • Debt restructured for 10 year door – to  – door, with two year moratorium and ballooning repayment
  • Funding of interest for two years
  • Competitive  pricing /interest rate
  • Additional need based working captial aggregating to Rs 370 crores
  • Fresh Term Loan of Rs.50 cr for completing the Waste Heat Recovery Based (WHRB) power plants at Dharwad, Karnataka

Speaking on the development, Mr Arun Kumar Jagatramka, Chairman and Managing Director, Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd said, “The approval of the CDR package establishes the fundamental viability of our business. The package would certainly help us in realigning our debts and help revive the company.”

“I am confident that with the continued support of our lenders, customers, vendors and all stakeholders of the company, we would be very soon be able to achieve stability and produce tangible results which would meet the expectations of all our stakeholders”, expressed Mr Jagatramka.