NCLT gives nod to Reliance Infratel resolution plan
Under the approved resolution plan approved by lenders, RCom and its subsidiary RTIL will go to UVARCL, while the tower unit Reliance Infratel will go to Jio for a total consideration of Rs 20,000-23,000 crore to be paid over a period of seven years
Mumbai: The National Company Law Tribunal on Thursday approved a resolution plan of Reliance Infratel following which lenders may get around Rs 4,400 crore and Reliance Jio may pick up the assets of the debt-ridden telecom infrastructure company, according to sources.
Reliance Jio through its subsidiary placed bids to acquire assets of Reliance Communications’ fully owned subsidiary Reliance Infratel which has been approved by the tribunal as part of the resolution plan, a source aware of the development told PTI. “The lenders will get around Rs 4,400 crore from Reliance Digital Platform, a group company of Reliance Jio and the successful resolution applicant,” the source said.
Under the approved resolution plan approved by lenders, RCom and its subsidiary Reliance Telecom Infrastructure Ltd (RTIL) will go to UV Asset Reconstruction Company (UVARCL), while the tower unit Reliance Infratel will go to Jio for a total consideration of Rs 20,000-23,000 crore to be paid over a period of seven years.
Reliance Infratel, which has around 43,000 towers and 1,72,000 route kilometres fiber, is going through insolvency proceedings at the Mumbai bench of NCLT.
