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Sanjai and Joel Rebello in Mumbai contributed to this story. “Since the company was looking to divest the thermal asset for quite some time, it was probably not prudent to attach further liabilities to it.". Plans included a cricket stadium that could seat 100,000 people, a tennis stadium and five townships on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway (the first township, known as Wish Town, is yet to be completed). On top of this, global funds are moving between asset classes, originally triggered by commodities slump, but now showing a wider impact, and so global financial and strategic investors who otherwise could ride to rescue, are on a watch mode," he said. He is the Chairman of the Jaiprakash Associates Limited. Jaypee Group plans to sell assets to cut debt by `15,000 crore 4 min read. Some of the investments in real estate and hydropower projects remain attractive even now. Jaypee Infratech, which is a subsidiary of Jaiprakash Associates, went into an insolvency process in August 2017. “We will be out of this trouble by March 2016, god willing," he added. said the executive. Capacity utilization fell and costs escalated after the financial slowdown, while the group was more than doubling its capacity in power and cement segment, he said. But there was no backing out for Jaypee—it had already signed the contract to host the Formula One races. Manoj Gaur perched the rest of the business on the demand he was expecting to see from this model—an increase in tourists would encourage people to buy flats on the expressway, which, in turn, would jack up real estate prices and lead to an increase in demand for cement and power, two commodities that his group produced and supplied, said the person quoted above. The Indian economy grew at a sub-5% rate (as per the previous gross domestic product data series) for two consecutive fiscals—2012-13 and 2013-14. Between 2000-01 and 2007-08, banks had a high lending appetite and evaluated investment opportunities by looking at individual projects and may have overlooked the business and financial risks of the complete group. Reflecting substantial financial stress, diversified Jaypee group companies have defaulted on loans and other payments worth Rs 4,460 crore. Updated: 14 Aug 2013, 12:28 AM IST George Smith. The group also sold its entire 74% stake in a Bokaro-based joint venture with steelmaker Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) for ₹ 690 crore in March this year. The Jaypee group - which is set to sell its cement unit for Rs 21,000 crore enterprise valuation - may have to sell others assets to retire its massive Rs 75,000 crore of debt, which is eating into its earnings and delaying recovery of loans, said bankers. And then, the global financial meltdown reached the Indian shores. Envisioning massive levels of tourism, Jaypee decided to build on those projections, literally. Jaypee’s ambitions got a further boost when then Uttar Pradesh chief minister Rajnath Singh announced plans to build international airport at Greater Noida. Indian infrastructure companies borrowed heavily to finance extravagant expansion plans during the boom years. Mint profiles four such entities to find out how they grew, what went wrong, and how they are trying to find redemption. In 2017, the NCLT admitted the application of an IDBI Bank-led consortium seeking resolution of Jaypee Infratech’s debt under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Ltd, the company had a robust plan in place and it was well poised to grow. The then Uttar Pradesh government backtracked on its promise (just four days before the third edition of the race) to not charge entertainment tax on the races. Over and above all these costs, Jaypee spent close to $400 million on building the race track. An official from a private bank, who is closely tracking Jaypee’s debt-reduction efforts, said bankers erred in allowing the company higher borrowing limits even when they could not pay back their previously borrowed loans. To be sure, there are more assets up for sale, however, a definite agreement with an enterprise value for the asset is still to be finalized. The Jaypee executive remains confident that the company will see a turnaround. Your session has expired, please login again. The Formula One management was of the opinion that they pay taxes in London and should not be forced to pay taxes again. The next government led by Mayawati then announced a night safari in Greater Noida. Since July, ₹ 49,038 crore worth of credit and loan facilities of Jaypee Group’s three listed entities—Jaypee Infratech Ltd, Jaiprakash Power Ventures and Jaiprakash Associates Ltd—have been assigned a default rating on account of delay in servicing of debt obligations. It'll just take a moment. In December last year, the Committee of Creditors (CoC) comprising 13 banks and around 21,000 homebuyers approved the resolution plan of NBCC. Debt-laden infrastructure conglomerate Jaypee Group has a default rating on more than 75% of its total outstanding debt, with most of the downgrades coming in the last four months. The cash flows of the project have weakened as a result of subdued operating performance and the proposal for refinancing and additional financial assistance is under consideration with the lenders," said the rating agency on Tuesday while sharing its rationale for the default rating. Debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. plans to, according to a news report, sell its residual cement business after asset sales helped the infrastructure company reduce its debt by more than half in the last four years. In September, JSW Energy inked a so-called memorandum of understanding with Jaiprakash Power Ventures to separately acquire its 500MW Bina Thermal Power Plant in Madhya Pradesh. The big question is what happens when all of Jaypee’s good assets are sold? The Manoj Gaur-led group is in the process of reducing its debt of over Rs 72,000 crore by selling some of its assets, which could also help it deleverage the balance sheet. Two earlier attempts to sell the hydropower plants to Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) and Anil Ambani’s Reliance Power Ltd had failed. The company does not want to make any capital expenditure for the next five years, according to two people familiar with the development. "A petition is under filing by Yes Bank Ltd under section 7 of the Insolvency and … Rather, they asked Jaypee to put ₹ 10 crore in the National Sports Fund every year the race is held," the Jaypee executive said. But the venture may remain a non-starter due to fund-crunch and lack of business experience in the sector. The JSW deal is expected to be completed by September. In the past year, the Jaypee Group has sold several assets and brought down its debt by ₹ 20,000 crore. To be sure, the chip-making business is a lucrative one where several Chinese and Taiwanese companies have made their fortunes, and India today is among the world’s top three markets for smartphones, with a huge market for semiconductors. For the June quarter, the three listed companies had a combined interest cost of ₹ 1,850 crore. A detailed email query sent to a spokesperson of Jaypee Group on Tuesday evening remained unanswered. Between 2006 and 2012, the group invested ₹ 60,000 crore in real estate, power and cement. Another asset awaiting sale is Jaypee’s 2.1 million tonne Bhilai Cement unit, expected to garner up to ₹ 1,800 crore. Manoj Gaur is the elder son of Jaiprakash Gaur. This is the first part of the series. “In hindsight, we should have estimated a 5.5% GDP growth instead of 8.5%. The deal value is still under discussion. This includes Jaiprakash Power Ventures’ consolidated debt of ₹ 32,065.15 crore, Jaypee Infratech’s consolidated debt of ₹ 9,101.84 crore and another ₹ 22,832.16 crore in stand-alone debt for Jaiprakash Associates. It was around this time that father and son sat down to chalk out a strategy for the group’s next phase of growth. Further cash flows are expected from its ₹ 5,400 crore deal with UltraTech Cement Ltd to sell two cement units in Madhya Pradesh. “The funds from sales will flow in and that should take care of any delays in repayment. While downgrading corporate term loans and cement unit loans of Jaiprakash Power to “D" on Tuesday, CARE Ratings said this was due to weak liquidity and impending large repayment obligations in the near term for which funds are yet to be tied up. It was then that they decided to bid to bring Formula One racing to India. Manoj Gaur, executive chairman of the Jaypee Group, has sold a fifth of his group’s assets in the past year—all to pare debt. The group, founded by Jaiprakash Gaur, witnessed a phenomenal rise between 2000 and 2006, riding on the realty and infrastructure booms. So this is only a temporary accounting issue," said an executive of a public sector bank who did not want to be identified. He declined to be named. A number of Indian firms saw a sharp rise in debt between 2012 and 2014 due to aggressive expansion plans, some of which failed to take off because of a weak economy and delayed project clearances. Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram. The group won the bid to hold the races in India for five years starting from 2011. In addition to this cost, Jaypee Group spent $15-20 million annually in operational costs—track and event management, logistics and transport. The consolidated interest cost of Jaiprakash Associates surged 46 per cent in 2012/13 to Rs 4,569 crore. Prior to first round of divestment that started in 2013-14, Jaypee boasted of assets worth ₹ 1 trillion. The debt-ridden company had submitted a plea against the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order that had restrained the parent company from participating in the auction of Jaypee Infratech Limited (JIL). “The strategic vision shared by the Jaypee team seemed to have an element of truth," Mohanty said, referring to Jaypee Group’s plans to grow the business around the golden triangle. Real estate prices nosedived and that was followed by a dip in the demand for cement. In a significant direction that will help NBCC in faster completion of stuck projects of Jaypee Group, the tribunal ordered that the Rs 750 crore deposited by Jaypee Infratech's parent firm Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) with the registry of the Supreme Court would be part of the resolution … According to a Mint analysis, the 100 listed companies with the largest amount of debt saw a marginal 4% fall in their aggregate debt levels in 2014-15. This had a spiralling effect on companies and banks, which are now sitting on a pile of bad loans and restructured debt. Last August, a grinding unit in Panipat was sold to Shree Cement Ltd for ₹ 360 crore. In September, Jaypee’s power arm, Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd, announced the sale of two hydropower plants with a capacity of 1,300MW to Sajjan Jindal’s JSW Energy Ltd for ₹ 9,700 crore. Jaypee Group may hive off its hospitality, fertilisers units. At least 25% of the operational costs went to the government’s kitty as taxes. The Group has on a consolidated basis failed to repay Rs 2,905.6 crore in principal amount to banks and another Rs 1,558.93 crore crore in interest payments. “We banks should have realized that this company’s revenues have been impacted which in turn impacts payment schedules. The idea was to create an event on a scale that India had never seen before, and Jaypee wanted to expand its already thriving business around it. Jaypee’s debt, at the group-level, as of 31 March 2015, stood at ₹ 85,726 crore. Jaypee, too, has cut its debt but it is still far from meeting its own targets. “The group is going to find it difficult to service debt beyond the December quarter, any road blocks on the deal with UltraTech for the Madhya Pradesh assets, will further detoriate the situation," an investment banker who has worked on Jaypee Group’s deals said on condition of anonymity. Jaypee is the engineering and construction company for India's Yamuna Expressway, which opened 9 August 2012. Reflecting substantial financial stress, diversified Jaypee Group companies have defaulted on loans and other payments worth Rs 4,460 crore. “Hence, part of the failure of the business can be linked to policy paralysis, which devoured a lot of net worth in the infrastructure space, a slowdown in the global economy and falling quality of bank assets, depreciation of rupee and rising interest rates," Mohanty added. Construction and infrastructure companies typically have large debt but Jaypee’s debt, distributed over many companies, towers over them. Jaypee Infra and Jaypee Power have fallen into account-1 category for banks, which means they have not been able to service debt for sixty days now, say sources. It was under his stewardship that Jaiprakash Associates Ltd built the Sardar Sarovar Dam over the Narmada river in Gujarat and the Tehri dam over the Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand in 2006. According to Sandeep Kumar Mohanty, principal consultant (energy and utilities), PricewaterhouseCoopers India Pvt. Jaypee Group on Wednesday kick-started its asset monetisation plan to reduce debt by R15,000 crore with the sale of its Gujarat cement manufacturing unit to UltraTech Cement at an enterprise value of R3,800 crore. You may ask any investment bank or commercial bank; they will vouch for the same," the Jaypee executive quoted above said. Your session has expired, please login again. One reason, perhaps, was the fact that the Bahujan Samaj Party-run (Uttar Pradesh) government (which cleared the plans) was replaced by one run by Samajwadi Party," the bank executive said. In December, two of Jaypee’s cement factories and associated power plants were sold to UltraTech Cement Ltd for ₹ 5,400 crore. The revenue structure in Formula One racing is in favour of the Formula One management and not the circuit owner. The operating cost totalled up to $50-65 million. Of this, the company expects to shave off ₹ 24,441 crore through asset sales by September. Copyright © HT Digital Streams Limited All rights reserved. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was of the opinion that the drivers need to pay taxes. The so-called golden triangle of Delhi-Agra-Jaipur was pivotal to their game plan, said a person who was directly involved in the planning and execution of the event. The flagship firm of the debt-ridden Jaypee Group is a diversified infrastructure company, engaged in engineering, construction or real estate development, manufacture or marketing of cement, hospitality and sports management. Debt-ridden Jaypee Infratech has an outstanding debt of nearly Rs 9,800 crore, of which Rs … The Jaypee Group successfully completed projects in 18 states of India and Bhutan. The business could rise or could crash down much sooner than the EPC or infrastructure business," Mohanty of PwC said. The semiconductor business is susceptible to fast-evolving technologies and hence companies in the space need to constantly invest in research and development, something which Jaypee doesn’t have the cash for. Jaiprakash Gaur started his career as a civil engineer with the Uttar Pradesh government’s irrigation department. Lakshadweep, which is part of the Suraksha Group, subsequently emerged as the frontrunner to acquire the firm. A bench of justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari ordered status quo after the apex court was informed that Parliament had passed the proposed amendments in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. In a bid to service its Rs-75,000-crore debt, Jaypee Group is setting its sights on the sale of other business. Jaypee Group’s Companies ... Jaypee Group refutes Economic Times report on debt, and gives figures of Groups assets; JP Associates up on Rs 913-cr Bhutan power contracts 26 March 2012, Business Standard ; Founder Chairman letter; Jaiprakash Associates Update "Dream Catcher" : Founder Chairman shares his story with Financial Express ; JAL among India’s Fastest Growing Companies; Press Note : … The group has sold a slew of assets to cut debt, but what happens when all the good assets are offloaded? Jaiprakash Power Ventures is in discussion with banks to refinance loans for the Nigrie thermal power project under the 5/25 policy which allows banks to extend loan repayment periods up to 25 years, with an option of refinancing the loan every five years. In the same period, debt had grown 40 times and 20 times, respectively. Join Mint channel in your Telegram and stay updated with the latest business news. 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