GMR reaches settlement with investors in airport business
Private equity investors in India’s GMR Airports (GAL) will receive INR35.6 billion ($481.3 million) in cash plus additional equity in compensation after the company failed to deliver a liquidity event within an agreed timeframe.
SBI Macquarie, Standard Chartered Private Equity, JM Financial Old Lane and other investors committed INR14.8 billion to GMR Airports in 2011 and 2012 through a subscription to compulsorily convertible...
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