The suitors have shown interest in Hyflux as a whole or for some of its assets, but the bids have varying degrees of complexity and many need additional clarification, the people said.
Patrick Bance, a Singapore-based director at Hyflux’s judicial manager Borrelli Walsh, declined to comment.
Once a corporate highflyer, Hyflux is Singapore’s most high-profile debt-restructuring case that has dragged on since a court-supervised process began in May 2018. Rapidly declining liquidity is adding to the woes: its cash and equivalents halved for two straight years through 2020; read for more details.
Borrelli Walsh isn’t yet able to determine whether the company will be restructured in entirety or its assets will be sold piecemeal, according to the people.
The judicial manager seeks binding offers from suitors by March 31 and targets finalizing the term sheets with shortlisted investors by April 15, the people said.
In January this year, Hyflux said 17 potential investors were conducting due diligence for submitting non-binding offers and the judicial manager would invite shortlisted suitors to participate in the second stage of bidding process on or about Feb 15.
