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Hindalco raises $1 bn for Novelis bridge loan

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Arun Kumar New Delhi

Despite the liquidity crunch and devolvement of its rights issue, Hindalco Industries, India’s largest aluminium maker, managed to raise a five-year loan of $1 billion at 315 basis points above the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) to refinance part of a $3 billion bridge loan to buy North American company Novelis.

This is at a finer rate than 500 basis points above Libor at which some large Indian companies have borrowed.

The company also raised Rs 5,000 crore ($1.1 billion) through its rights issue — the promoters and five underwriters subscribed to 50 and 40 per cent of the issue, respectively. A similar amount was raised from internal accruals, mainly treasury operations, to repay the rest of the bridge loan, for which the deadline was November 12.

 

A company spokesperson declined to comment.

Sources said the company is also exploring the possibility of raising another Rs 3,000 crore ($650 million) though a non-convertible debenture (NCD) with a coupon rate of 12 per cent. To attract institutional investors the company will offer call and put options of five years.

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First Published: Nov 07 2008 | 12:00 AM IST

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