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Hindustan Construction sinks 25% on Lavasa default

Bloomberg | BySantanu Chakraborty and Anto Antony
May 03, 2018 04:19 PM IST

Hindustan Construction Company declined 24.84% at the end of Thursday’s trade, making it the biggest loser on the S&P BSE 500 Index. The shares have slumped 53% this year compared with a 2.9% gain for the benchmark Sensex Index.

Hindustan Construction Ltd. is headed for its lowest close since June 2016 after its unit Lavasa Corp Ltd. defaulted on repayment to bondholders.

Hindustan Construction Company declined 24.84% at the end of Thursday’s trade.(Reuters File Photo)
Hindustan Construction Company declined 24.84% at the end of Thursday’s trade.(Reuters File Photo)

The stock declined 24.84% at the end of Thursday’s trade, making it the biggest loser on the S&P BSE 500 Index. The shares have slumped 53% this year compared with a 2.9% gain for the benchmark Sensex Index.

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Lavasa, which is constructing a hill-station township project near the city of Pune, has defaulted on dues payable to bondholders and also has delayed repayment to other creditors including banks, the company said in an exchange filing on Thursday. The firm and its units are working with lenders on a resolution plan and are reassessing the business plan, the filing showed. Under current Reserve Bank of India rules, if a stressed loan is not resolved within 180 days, the case will be moved to bankruptcy court.

“Investors are concerned that if Lavasa goes bankrupt then founder HCC will be hurt the most,” said Sanjiv Bhasin, executive vice president at India Infoline Ltd. “HCC may have to sell off assets to pay off Lavasa creditors.”

Lavasa’s attempts to restructure the debt by working jointly with lenders was slowed down after the RBI changed its policy, the company said in a March 22 filing. The RBI introduced a time line for the country’s banks to recast bad loans and scrapped previous methods for restructuring debt in a Feb. 12 notification.

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