Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Hong Kong-based ADM Capital to invest Rs. 80 crores in Rama Pulp and Papers

ADM Capital, a Hong Kong-based distressed debt fund will invest about Rs. 80 crores in mid-sized paper company Rama Pulp & Papers, which will use the funds for capex and for future programmes, including an acquisition (See Related Post). ADM is learnt to have been selected from players like Bank of America, Actis and DBZ.

ADM Capital joins a growing list of foreign private equity firms such as Citigroup, Standard Chartered, WL Ross, Clearwater and Eight Capital that have been cherry picking underperforming companies in India that they think have the potential to grow and churn profits in the next 4-5 years.

Formed in 1996, ADM Capital advises investment funds that make principal investments in distressed companies and special investment opportunities. ADM Capital had earlier joined Asian Development Bank to raise a $138mn fund to rehabilitate distressed companies in Asia. India’s distressed assets are estimated at $55 bn (about Rs. 253,000 crores). Distressed debt funds typically focus on companies that have either filed for bankruptcy or are likely to do so in the near future. The fund gets involved in restructuring to pull the company out from bankruptcy. Distressed debt firms often forgive the debt obligations of the company in return for equity.

Read the article in The Economic Times.

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