JSW Steel has very strong financials and substantial cash generation, says Seshgiri Rao
JSW Steel and its promoters have acquired around 88 per cent stake in the Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd (MIEL) following completion of the insolvency resolution proceedings, MIEL said Tuesday. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) had earlier approved a Rs 2,875-crore bid by a consortium of Aion Investments and JSW Steel to acquire the bankrupt Monnet Ispat & Energy, which owes over Rs 11,000 crore to a clutch of lenders. The Aion-JSW consortium was the sole bidder for the 1.5-million-tonne asset in Chhattisgrah. According to a filing by MIEL, JSW Steel Ltd, Crexient Special Steel Ltd, JTPM Atsali Ltd, AION Investments Private II Limited and JSW Techno Projects Management Ltd have been allotted around 87.52 crore equity shares and compulsorily convertible preference shares representing 87.91 per cent shareholding of the company. MIEL had recently said the insolvency resolution plan approved by NCLT was completed under which JSW Steel provided a working capital advance of Rs 125 .
The main drivers are the company's captive mines in the state coming on stream and a partial correction in the NMDC price
Backward integration, brownfield expansions and buys will improve topline, margins
The company is planning to spend around Rs 430 billion in the next three years in these expansions, besides downstream facilities.
The steel producer had curtailed its off take from the state-owned miner due to quality issues
The stock hit a new high of Rs 409, up 2%, extending its Wednesday's 9% surged on the National Stock Exchange , after the announcement of its entry in Nifty 50 index from September 28.
At 11:54 am, JSW Steel was trading at Rs 391.85, up 7% on the NSE. In comparison, the benchmark Nifty 50 index was at 11,728, down 0.1%.
The inclusion of JSW Steel is expected to boost the steelmaker's stock, given that several exchange-traded funds (ETFs) track the Nifty index
JSW's revised offer stands at Rs 193.5 billion in the second round of bidding, up from Rs 110 billion
JSW Steel through its wholly-owned subsidiary in Italy acquired 100 per cent stake in Aferpi for Euro 55 million
Sources close to the development said the CoC on Friday gave time to the bidders to revise their offers by 9 am on July 31
Increased volumes, better realisations in both overseas and domestic market lend strong support to bottom line
Monnet Ispat will merge with the parent "to sell products under JSW brand"
JSW is also investing in iron ore and coking coal mines, as part of a de-risking strategy
JSW Steel, India's biggest steelmaker in terms of domestic capacity, failed to outbid rival Tata Steel in March for bankrupt steelmaker Bhushan Steel
Caution is necessary while bidding (for stressed assets). We will be looking at the cycle average rather than looking at the current situation, said Rao
JSW Vijayanagar Works is the largest single location steel manufacturing unit in India
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