Suzlon offers to repay ₹8,500 cr to settle stressed debt
The troubled wind-turbine maker Suzlon Energy offered to repay about ₹8,500 crore ($1.2 billion) to lenders as part of a bad-debt-resolution plan, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Creditors led by State Bank of India will have to take a haircut of as much as 44 per cent on Suzlon’s debt if the offer is accepted, the people said, asking not to be named as the information is not public. The settlement plan backed by Vestas Wind Systems A/C is the only bid in front of lenders after Brookfield Asset Management Inc. dropped out of the race, one of the people said.
The Pune-based manufacturer has been embattled after the Centre shifted to auctions in 2017 as the preferred method to install wind projects. That’s limited orders for domestic turbine manufacturers amid rising operational costs and stiffer competition from global players.
