Gujarat NRE Coke jumps after lenders' nod for CDR proposal

Gujarat NRE Coke jumped 7.07% to Rs 8.33 at 11:08 IST on BSE after the company said it has received the formal approval for the restructuring of the debts, from the Empowered Group of Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell.

The announcement was made during trading hours today, 25 March 2014.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 33.07 points or 0.15% at 22,022.41.

On BSE, so far 4.10 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 3.10 lakh shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 8.75 and a low of Rs 7.71 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 18.30 on 3 April 2013. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 7.60 on 28 November 2013.

The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 24 March 2014, sliding 6.94% compared with the Sensex's 5.98% rise. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, declining 23.8% as against Sensex's 4.86% rise.

The small-cap company has equity capital of Rs 627.37 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

As per CDR package, the debt would be restructured for 10 year door-to-door, with two year moratorium and ballooning repayment. The package involves funding of interest for two years. It includes an additional need based working capital aggregating Rs 370 crore. The CDR package also envisages a fresh term loan of Rs 50 crore for completing the waste heat recovery based (WHRB) power plants at Dharwad, Karnataka.

Speaking on the development, Mr Arun Kumar Jagatramka, CMD, Gujarat NRE Coke said, "The approval of the CDR package establishes the fundamental viability of our business. The package would certainly help us in realigning our debts and help revive the company. I am confident that with the continued support of our lenders, customers, vendors and all stakeholders of the company, we would be very soon be able to achieve stability and produce tangible results which would meet the expectations of all our stakeholders".

Gujarat NRE Coke reported a net loss of Rs 277.48 crore in Q3 December 2013 as against net profit of Rs 20.12 crore in Q3 December 2012. Net sales declined 63.2% to Rs 193.86 crore in Q3 December 2013 over Q3 December 2012.

Gujarat NRE Coke, the flagship company of Gujarat NRE group, is one of the largest independent producers of met coke in India with an installed capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA). The company has its met coke plants at Khambhalia and Bhachau in Gujarat and Dharwad in Karnataka. The company has 87.5 MW wind power energy production capacity and also has a mini steel mill at Gujarat to recycle steel scraps using green wind energy to manufacture TMT Bars. The company is currently setting up 30 MW power plants out of the waste heat emanating from the coke making process at Dharwad, Karnataka.

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