(Bloomberg) -- Some China Evergrande Group bondholders have not received overdue coupon payments after the end of a month-long grace period, putting the world’s most indebted property developer on the brink of its first default on offshore notes.Most Read from BloombergSand and Soldiers Mix as...
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Bondholders Don’t Get Paid; Kaisa Deferral: Evergrande Update
Jan Dahinten
Tue, December 7, 2021, 2:42 AM
Some China Evergrande Group bondholders have not received overdue coupon payments after the end of a month-long grace period, putting the world’s most indebted property developer on the brink of its first default on offshore notes.
A group of Kaisa Group bondholders have sent the beleaguered property firm a formal forbearance proposal, which may buy some time and help it avoid a default on $400 million dollar bonds due Tuesday.
Shares in China’s real-estate companies jumped after policy makers moved to expand support for the economy as a property market downturn threatens to hamper growth into next year.
Evergrande dollar bonds were largely unchanged Tuesday with the note due March 2022 at 22.5 cents on the dollar, while its bond due 2025 stood at 18.6 cents, Bloomberg-compiled prices show. The shares erased a gain of 8.3%, the biggest jump in two weeks to trade 1.1% higher.
Long-term issuer default rating was downgraded by Fitch Ratings to C from CCC-, with its senior unsecured debt rating also suffering an identical cut.
“Default or default-like process has begun, based on the company’s announcement that it has not made payments or reached an agreement with creditors regarding its offshore financing, after it received notice from creditors demanding payment on financings with principal amount of around $651 million following recent rating actions by rating agencies,” Fitch said in a statement.
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Evergrande Bondholders Yet to Receive Coupon Payments Due Monday (2:29 p.m. HK)
Some China Evergrande Group bondholders had yet to receive overdue coupon payments by the end of a month-long grace period, signaling a possible default by the developer as it prepares for one of China’s largest-ever debt restructurings.
Two holders of the dollar notes sold by Evergrande’s Scenery Journey Ltd. unit said they hadn’t received the payments as of 12:30 a.m. New York time Tuesday. The coupons -- $41.9 million for a note maturing in 2022 and $40.6 million for a bond due the following year -- were initially due Nov. 6, with a 30-day grace period. The holders spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private investments.
Evergrande didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.