Tata Power secures lenders time for curing Mundra’s UMPP covenant breaches: Report

19 Feb 2013 Evaluate

Tata Power Company, one of India’s largest private sector integrated power companies, has reportedly secured lenders' time till June 14 , for mending the crucial covenant breaches at the wholly-owned subsidiary that is building the Mundra ultra mega power project (UMPP)

In the quarter ended December 2012, the company, citing inadequacy of cash flows compared with earlier projections, identified an additional impairment of Rs 600 crore to the equity investment in CGPL, the special purpose vehicle (SPV) formed for implementing the Mundra UMPP. This impairment was mainly due to the high costs of imported Indonesian coal that remained uncompensated by adequate tariffs.

For the quarter CGPL recorded an operating income of Rs 798.6 crore, while its loss after tax stood at Rs 829.6 crore for the same quarter. For the nine-month period ended December 2012, CGPL recorded operating revenues of Rs 1446.6 crore and a loss after tax of Rs 1,455.1 crore.

Such big losses have eroded the net worth of CGPL substantially, thereby resulting in a breach of crucial covenants such as the minimum debt to equity ratio to be maintained. Yet, the company’s assets continue to be standard, implying that lenders do not perceive any default risk in repayment of principal or payment of interest.

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