Exclusive Financial Advisor for Kuantum Papers Limited (KPL) for its debt consolidation and interest cost rationalization exercise

Funding

Service

December 2022

Date

Industrials

Sector

INR 1,361 MN

Deal Value

Exclusive Financial Advisor for Kuantum Papers Limited (KPL) for its debt consolidation and interest cost rationalization exercise

Deal Highlights

  • The Company posted remarkable turnaround post FY21 attributing to industry upswing, pent up demand post Covid & benefit from cost efficiency from its brownfield project
  • To streamline debt structure and cost efficiency, KPL along with Nuvama team, has undertaken debt consolidation and refinance exercise to achieve –
    • Optimization in interest rates
    • Reduction in number of lenders
    • Induction of strong lender to support its growth in future
  • Nuvama facilitated sanction by new lender to refinance debt of its 3 existing lenders at competitive terms
  • This new facility has now created commercial benchmark for existing lenders

Nuvama Contribution

  • Identified the opportunity at right time and took management on board for the same
  • Negotiated commercials with prospective lenders and remained first point of call for all stakeholders, smoothly navigating the process till closure
  • Strategized framework to approach existing lenders for smooth transition to incoming lender
  • End to end handholding of the Company on all transaction related matters till closure