Mumbai, Nov 25 (TIWN) The IL&FS Group has completed the sale of its 71.84 per cent stake in IL&FS Prime Terminals FZC (IPTF) to VTTI Terminal IBV (VTT I).

The IL&FS Group has completed the sale of its 71.84 per cent stake in IL&FS Prime Terminals FZC to VTTI Terminal I BV VTTI.

Sale of IPTF has successfully resolved IL&FS Group debt outstanding to the tune of ?757.79 crore through this transaction.

IL&FS stake in Prime Terminals FZC was held through IL&FS Maritime Infrastructure Company Limited. VTTI has acquired the energy storage terminal situated in Fujairah from IMICL and other shareholders.

VTTI will now own 90 per cent of the terminal, while the other 10 per cent will remain with the Fujairah government. This acquisition of the 333,484 m3 terminal will help the company expand its long-established position in the Port of Fujairah.

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Sale has also enabled release of a corporate guarantee of $110 million issued by IMICL for IPTF.

Key lenders to IPTF
Key lenders to the company were First Abu Dhabi Bank, National Bank of Fujairah, State Bank of India — that had debt outstanding of over $80 million — which has been fully repaid.

The sale of IPTF marks the second major sale of an IL&FS Group company in a foreign location under the new board and this has been completed in accordance with the approved Resolution Framework Report, under the supervision of Justice (Retd.) D.K. Jain and with the approval of NCLT, Mumbai Bench.