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New IBC provisions to deepen banks’ losses, says report

MUMBAI: Promoters of steel companies undergoing resolution under the bankruptcy code were keen to bid for assets but will not be able to do so now after the amendments to the law, which will result in larger losses for banks, says a report.



Mumbai, November 24

Promoters of steel companies undergoing resolution under the bankruptcy code were keen to bid for assets but will not be able to do so now after the amendments to the law, which will result in larger losses for banks, says a report.

“Promoters of most large steel companies were quite intent to regain control and did appear to offer the most competitive bid during the resolution process but are barred from doing so now,” domestic brokerage Kotak Securities said in a report today.

The report comes a day after the government promulgated an ordinance amending the Insolvency and Banking Code barring promoters of companies which have defaulted for over a year from bidding for the assets being sold by the banks to reclaim their dues.

“The absence of promoter bids can potentially increase losses for banks during the recovery process as competition will lessen,” the report said without quantifying it.

It also said the policy is retrospective in nature and can hit businesses coping with down-cycles or unexpected policy changes, which would make the one-year period too onerous even for honest promoters.

Stating that promoters of steel companies were keen to bid, it said the probability of a higher bid during the resolution process “now needs to be tempered”.

It said most of the initial dozen resolutions being carried out under the IBC provisions involve companies who have defaulted for over a year and hence, it is “highly unlikely” that promoters in any of these companies can bid for their assets.

The day the ordinance was issued, Rajnish Kumar, chairman of SBI, which tops the list of NPAs had said though he does not mind a haircut (to resolve the bad loan issue), that does not mean he wants to go bald”. But he was quick to defend the new law saying valuation of these assets won’t be affected due to the promoters not bidding. — PTI

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