India's Hindustan Construction to move awards, claims to BlackRock-led investors
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March 26 (Reuters) - Hindustan Construction Company Ltd said on Tuesday it would transfer the rights in a portfolio of its awards and claims to a consortium of investors led by BlackRock Inc for 17.50 billion rupees ($254.19 million).
The deal will result in a partial write-down of the company's net worth as on March 31, and a part of the consideration will be used to prepay debts worth 12.50 billion rupees, the company said in a statement https://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachLive/ce2c3faf-f455-48b9-8b38-ad2397ed4078.pdf.
($1 = 68.8450 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Chris Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
