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SKS Micro gains on Rs 81cr securitisation deal

The company said it has completed a second securitisation deal worth Rs 80.81 crore for the current fiscal.

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SI Reporter Mumbai
Last Updated : Dec 12 2013 | 11:33 AM IST
Shares of SKS Microfinance were up over 4% at Rs 178 after the company late Wednesday announced that it has completed a second securitisation deal worth Rs 80.81 crore for the current fiscal.

SKS Microfinance Limited has downloaded the receivables from micro loans extended to 100,850 rural women entrepreneurs to a Special Purpose Vehicle, and Pass Through Certificates (PTCs) have been purchased by a major private sector bank. Notably, the entire pool qualifies for priority sector treatment as per RBI's priority sector lending guidelines, the company said in a release.

The pool is rated AA (SO) signifying 'High Degree of Safety regarding timely servicing of financial obligation' by one of the leading rating agencies, the release said.

Over 581,000 shares were traded on both the stock exchanges so far.

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First Published: Dec 12 2013 | 11:31 AM IST

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