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The company said previously it might seek more financing, and some creditors have suggested it sell more shares to pay down debt.
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Theater chains have been hard hit by government-mandated shutdowns during the Covid pandemic. The problem has been compounded by studios delaying major releases that drive ticket sales. An agreement would have bought the state-owned bank more time in servicing a facility with Standard Chartered, the lone holdout from the restructuring talks, after a court ordered it pay back million rand in December.
Land Bank has now pledged to pay the remaining million rand it owes to Standard Chartered by Thursday.
In DefaultLand Bank has been battling to repay its debt and extend credit since a drought caused many of its customers to default on their loans. Last April, the Pretoria-based institution missed a loan repayment that triggered a cross-default in notes issued under a 50 billion-rand bond program.
The bank has been in talks with a consortium of creditors for about a year and is negotiating its third proposal to emerge from default. Standard Chartered declined to comment. It divested in when it sold its stake in Standard Bank Group but returned five years later independently and was granted a full-service banking license in Its business in the country is now mainly focused on corporate and institutional banking activities, according to its website. Lifeline to FarmersLand Bank extends credit to commercial and emerging black farmers as South Africa aims to redress imbalances from racial-segregation policies ended in It must now decide how it will manage these dual interests, and quickly.
A breakthrough in negotiations with creditors would bode well for confidence as South Africa looks to stabilize other larger state-owned companies such as power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. The manner in which the government is approaching Land Bank, however, is probably related to how much of its capital structure it guarantees, Gondo said.
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