Vedanta Faces Investor Reckoning Over $3.2 Billion of Bonds

  • Offers $779 million for 3 notes, with maturities extended
  • CreditSights recommends bondholders support the debt plan
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Vedanta Resources Ltd. faces a moment of reckoning this week as Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal’s miner seeks approval for a proposal that could help it buy more time to honor its debt liabilities.

Bondholders have until Jan. 2 to give an early consent on a plan to push out due dates on $3.2 billion in bond repayments, a move that prompted S&P Global Ratings in December to cut the company’s rating deeper into junk.