Electrosteel Steels Limited Unlisted Shares

(i) Electrosteel Steels Ltd has set up 2.51 Million Ton Per Annum (MTPA) Greenfield Integrated Steel Plant near Siyaljori village, in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand. It primarily consists of a Sinter Plant, Coke Oven, Blast Furnace, Basic Oxygen Furnace, Billet Caster, Wire Rod Mill, Bar Mill, and Power Plant. ESL has established excellence at every stage of production by bringing international expertise and solutions from reputed manufacturers. Along with the latest technology, the plant operates in synchronization with the highest ecological standards.

(ii) The Company’s product range includes Pig Iron, Billets, TMT Bars, Wire Rods and Ductile Iron Pipes.

(iii) NCLT Case:

Due to huge debt on the company, the banks took the company to NCLT as they were unable to pay its debt obligation. And in the NCLT, Vedanta acquired the company. The following restructuring was done in the company.

a) The Board of the Company has been reconstituted on June 4, 2018, i.e. the effective date with nominees of Vedanta being inducted as a member of the Board.

b) Vedanta Star Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vedanta Limited) has on June 04, 2018, deposited Rs. 532,000.00 lakh in an escrow account (“Escrow Account”) of the Company for payment to financial creditors of the entire amount of sustainable debts in terms of the ARP out of total Outstanding amount of Rs. 12,71,913.21 lakhs and the same has been remitted to them on June 21, 2018.

c) 739,91,32,055 equity shares of Rs. 10 each were allotted on June 6, 2018, to financial creditors converting the non-sustainable debt to equity.

d) On June 14, 2018, the existing 980,83,67,078 equity shares including those allotted on June 6, 2018, to financial creditors as above have been reduced from Rs. 9,80,836.71 lakhs to Rs. 19,616.73 lakhs divided into 980,83,67,078 equity shares of Re. 0.20 each fully paid-up.

Simultaneously, 50 such shares of Re 0.20 each thereafter have been consolidated into 1 fully paid-up equity share of Rs. 10 each. The amount of Rs. 9,61,219.97 lakhs reduced as above in compliance with the Order of Hon’ble NCLT has been credited to Capital Reserve.

e) On June 15, 2018, 176,55,06,078 fully paid equity shares of Rs. 10 each were allotted to Vedanta Star Limited against the money deposited in Escrow Account, leaving the balance of Rs. 355,449.39 lakhs to be considered as long term interest-bearing loan.

f) Consequent to the above allotment and consolidation of shares, the equity share capital of the company stands at Rs. 19,61,67.34 lakhs divided into  196,16,73,420 equity shares of Rs.10 each. (ARP) by NCL

(iv) And finally, the company was acquired by Vendanta in 2018 and delisted the company from exchanges. The delisting price offered was Rs.9 per share. From thereon, the company has performed really well in terms of financials.

(v) When the Electrosteel was delisted, the EV was around 5300 Cr.