Thailand: Total Access Communications

Life after the crisis: Asia moves on

Life after the crisis: Asia moves on

Indonesia: Sampoerna

Korea: Hanwha Chemical Corporation

Indonesia: Astra International

Total Access Communications (TAC), Thailand’s second largest cellular provider, was the first Thai corporate to start restructuring. As part of this its first task was convincing its creditors that they would be paid. Although it had substantial cashflow, it also had a large debt burden of $1.1 billion and a severe currency mismatch on its balance sheet.

After long discussions with a group of 50 international banks, it successfully extended the repayment period for $537.7

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