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RCom announces new debt reduction plan
The reduction would allow the company to provide "zero" write-offs to lenders and bondholders, as well as no conversion of debt to equity, Anil Ambani told a news conference.
Mumbai: Billionaire Anil Ambani, the businessman backing Reliance Communications Ltd, said on Tuesday the company would reduce its debt by about Rs. 25,000 crore ($3.90 billion) through the sale of some of its spectrum, tower and real estate assets.
The reduction would allow the company to provide “zero” write-offs to lenders and bondholders, as well as no conversion of debt to equity, Mr Ambani told a news conference.
RCom shares surged as much as 40 per cent to an intraday high of Rs. 22.83 on Tuesday.
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