Tuesday 18 June 2013

Aston Martin Owner Said to Seek 50% Debt Cut With Lenders - Bloomberg

"Investment Dar Co., a shareholder in luxury British carmaker Aston Martin, is asking creditors to take a 50 percent writedown on the Kuwaiti company’s debt as it seeks to meet repayments after defaulting on a loan three years ago, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Under the optional plan, creditors will receive a cash payment totaling 5.7 percent of their outstanding debt and a portion of a new Islamic loan equal to about 44 percent of their current exposure, the people said, asking not to be identified as details aren’t public. Investment Dar’s stake in Aston Martin and real estate holdings will be among assets backing the new credit facility, according to the people.
Investment Dar, which defaulted on a $100 million Islamic bond in 2009, restructured about $5 billion of debt in 2011 after the global credit crisis reduced the ability of some Kuwaiti companies to repay loans. The firm, which has a 50 million Kuwaiti dinar ($176 million) repayment due on June 30, said its proposed settlement-in-kind plan, announced last month, “tremendously enhances” its ability to repay debt on time."

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