Hotel Leela to consider 125 crore share issue to JM Financial ARC

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hotel Leelaventure today said its board will meet on June 11 to approve a share issue of up to 125 crore shares on preferential basis to JM
Financial Asset Reconstruction Company for converting of part of debt into equity. The hospitality chain currently has a debt of Rs 3,662
crore. On June 30, 2014, the erstwhile corporate debt restructuring (CDR) lenders with exposure of 95.6 per cent of the CDR Debt had
assigned their debt to JM Financial Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd and one lender with exposure of about 1 per cent to Phoenix ARC Private
Ltd. "The Board of Directors of the company has been scheduled to be held on June 11, 2018 to approve enabling resolutions for issue of up
to 125 crore shares to JM Financial Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd on preferential basis towards conversion of part of debt into equity,"
Hotel Leelaventure said in a filing to BSE. According to the BSE data, JM Financial Asset Reconstruction Company Pvt Ltd had 26 per cent
stake in the company as of March 2018. Shares of Hotel Leelaventure Ltd today closed at Rs 17.40 on BSE, up 0.58 per cent from previous
close.