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LIC finds no takers among ARCs for Rs 3,400-crore Reliance Capital bonds

Multiple sources said ARCs did not find the option to buy bonds of the bankrupt firm attractive and decided to give it a miss

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Dev Chatterjee Mumbai
LIC’s plan to sell its exposure in bonds worth Rs 3,400 crore issued by Reliance Capital (RCap) did not find any takers among asset reconstruction companies (ARCs), as the deadline to submit expressions of interest (EoIs) closed on Monday.

Multiple sources said ARCs did not find the option to buy bonds of the bankrupt firm attractive and decided to give it a miss. A source said IDBI Capital, which has been mandated to sell the bonds, will extend the deadline to July 22. The EoIs are to be followed by an auction to sell the bonds.

RCap was sent to

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