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SP Group Faces ₹3,500 Crore September Debt Repayment Deadline
The SP Group has a large loan payment of about ₹3,500 crore due by the end of September.
The money was expected to come from a much larger refinancing completed in July.
However, some of that money was kept for other needs instead of being fully distributed to earlier bondholders.
It is not clear whether the group currently has enough money for the payment.
If it misses the deadline, lenders could consider that a default.
Paying the money could make the group’s loans safer for lenders.
Much of the group’s borrowing is backed by its shares in Tata Sons.
The group’s Tata Sons stake is therefore very important to its debt strategy.
The Shapoorji Pallonji Group reportedly must repay about ₹3,500 crore by the end of September.
Lenders could potentially treat a missed payment as an event of default.
The repayment was expected to be funded by the group’s ₹21,500-crore July refinancing.
Some refinancing proceeds earmarked for earlier bondholders were retained for other requirements.
The repayment could reduce the group’s loan-to-value ratio from about 40% to approximately 32%.
- Who
- The Shapoorji Pallonji Group, its lenders, and bondholders.
- What
- The group faces an approximately ₹3,500-crore repayment due by the end of September.
- Where
- The report concerns the SP Group’s financing arrangements in India and overseas bond markets.
- When
- The repayment deadline is the end of September; the related refinancing was completed in July.
- Why
- The payment relates to an earlier financing arrangement and was expected to be funded through the July refinancing.
Key facts
- Repayment due
- Approximately ₹3,500 crore by the end of September
- Potential consequence
- Lenders could potentially treat nonpayment as an event of default
- July refinancing
- ₹21,500 crore
- Current loan-to-value ratio
- Estimated at around 40%
- Projected loan-to-value ratio
- Approximately 32% after the repayment
- Primary collateral
- The group’s holding in Tata Sons
- Mistry family ownership
- About 18.4% of Tata Sons
Sources
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