This comes two days after group company Tata Motors announced a revision in the maturity deadline on the bridge loan for its acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).
“As part of the agreement reached with the banks, testing of the facility’s earnings-related covenants will be largely suspended till March 2010 and will resume with significantly higher flexibility,” said Tata Steel in a regulatory statement on Saturday. While the deal does not include any additional finance from the lenders, the level of interest will remain unchanged. “the covenant resetting agreement demonstrates the strong relationship of Tata Steel group with its lenders and underlines the commitment of Tata Steel to its European operations,” said chief financial officer Koushik Chatterjee.
Published 30 May 2009, 18:30 IST