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Vedanta Inks Deal to Delay Due Dates for $3 Billion of Bonds

  • Miner needed creditor backing to revise maturities of 3 bonds
  • S&P warned the deal likely to trigger a selective default
By Megawati Wijaya, Divya Patil and Saikat Das

(Bloomberg) -- Debt-laden Vedanta Resources Ltd. inked a deal with creditors to extend the maturities of three dollar bonds, a move a ratings agency has warned it may label a default.

The junk-rated miner said bondholders voted in favor of the proposed changes without any amendments, according to a statement on Thursday. The company had already announced it won the requisite backing, but has now executed the amendments.

The agreement is the culmination of months of talks between Vedanta and its creditors, as it sought to come up with a plan to tackle more than $3 billion of bonds maturing in 2024 and 2025. Under the deal, the company will pay $779 million upfront, with the remaining principal extended by as much as four years.

While the deal is designed to give the firm financial room to maneuver, S&P Global Ratings said it constituted a distressed exchange that would probably result in a downgrade to selective default.

Burdened by a heavy debt load amassed due to a string of acquisitions, the group controlled by billionaire Anil Agarwal already cut about $3 billion worth of borrowings. India-based subsidiary Vedanta Ltd. also announced plans to split up and spin off parts of the business.

In order to generate cash for the up-front dollar bond payments, Vedanta late last year inked a $1.25 billion credit facility with lenders including Cerberus Capital Management and Davidson Kempner Capital Management.

The following was Vedanta’s proposal for bondholders. It proposed to revise a covenant on its 2026 bond but did not ask to change the maturity or coupon:

Bond Maturity &
Current Outstanding
Upfront
Cash Payment
Offered
New
Principal
Amount
Original
Coupon
New
Coupon
New Maturity
Jan. 21, 2024
$1b
$530m$470m13.875%13.875%Jan. 21, 2027
Aug. 9, 2024
~$951m
~$57m~$894m6.125%13.875%Aug. 9, 2027 for $298m
Aug. 9, 2028 for $298m
Dec. 9, 2028 for $298m
Mar. 11, 2025
$1.2b
$192m$1.008m8.95%13.875%Aug. 9, 2027 for $336m
Aug. 9, 2028 for $336m
Dec. 9, 2028 for $336m
 

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