Liberty House was declared the highest bidder for Amtek Auto in July last year after it made a Rs 4,200 crore bid for the company but failed to pay any amount to the banks
Liberty House has made no payments despite repeated requests from the resolution professional to do so
Amtek Auto lenders also wanted to invoke Section 60 (5) of IBC Act against Liberty House as the company failed to make payments according to the resolution plan approved by the tribunal
Amtek Auto, in September 2010, issued NCDs of Rs 8 billion by way of private placement memorandum which was due for redemption in Sept 2015
Lenders will now seek court's directions on penal action against the London-based firm. A Liberty House source said the company has asked for an extension from banks
Lenders not hopeful of Liberty House making payment by November 22
Amtek Auto is one of the 12 large insolvency cases which are undergoing insolvency resolution process with NCLT
Details of the resolution plans submitted by these bidders would be known in the coming days, said a person familiar with the developments
Shares of Amtek Group companies - Amtek Auto, Metalyst Forgings and Castex Technologies - have locked in their respective upper limit of circuit breaker on the BSE.
AION and SSG Capital are among the private equity firms which have submitted expression of interest to buy Amtek Auto
Total income from operations during the quarter under review stood at Rs 446.84 cr
The company is not likely to have a managing director till the debt problem is resolved
Amtek Auto has rallied 10% for the second straight day, trading at Rs 30.85 on BSE.
Founder Arvind Dham and his family own a 52.4% stake in the company
Planned stake sale might turn investors a majority shareholder
The stock allied 9% to Rs 39.45 on the BSE in intra-day trade on back of heavy volumes
Nearly 1 lakh shares exchanged hands on the counter on the BSE against two-week average of 2.3 lakh shares
Amtek Auto's consolidated debt stood at Rs 14,500 crore as of March 2016
Amtek Auto and Metalyst Forgings were up 7% each, while Castex Technologies up 8% on the BSE
Metalyst Forgings, Castex Technologies and Amtek Auto rallied between 18% and 37% in past two trading session.