India: UltraTech claims select Binani creditors back its $1.1b bid

India: UltraTech claims select Binani creditors back its $1.1b bid

A pedestrian walks past UltraTech Cement Ltd. warehouses near Cochin Port in Cochin, India, on Friday, May 29, 2015. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh

Top Indian cement maker UltraTech said on Tuesday it had secured backing from some creditors of Binani Cement to buy the firm for $1.1 billion outside of a bankruptcy process, a move that is testing India’s new insolvency proceedings.

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