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S&P downgrades Future Retail to 'D' after company fails to clear dues

Future Retail Ltd failed to make the principal payments due on its restructured domestic bank borrowings on December 31, 2021.

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Future Retail is an India-based retailer with about 1,388 stores across more than 400 cities that include Big Bazaar. Photo: Shutterstock

BS Reporter Mumbai
Standard and Poor's (S&P) has lowered Future Retail Ltd's long-term issuer credit rating from "CCC-" to "D" after the company failed to repay dues.

Future Retail Ltd failed to make the principal payments due on its restructured domestic bank borrowings on December 31, 2021. The 30-day review period (grace period to pay) allowed by India's central bank has ended, S&P said in a statement.

A principal repayment of about Rs 3,500 crore was due on December 31, 2021, on the company's bank borrowings as part of a one-time restructuring plan implemented by the onshore lenders in April 2021. The company