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Indiabulls Housing Finance rallies on repayment of NCDs worth Rs 7,076 cr to investors

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Indiabulls Housing Finance (IBH) advanced 2.33% to Rs 235.10 after the company in September, repaid Rs 7,075.84 crore of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) to its investors.

The repayments comprised of Rs 6,575.84 crore of public issue of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) done by Indiabulls Housing Finance (IBH) and ICCL (a 100% subsidiary of IBH) in September 2016 and September 2018 respectively and Rs 500 crore of NCDs issued by IBH in September 2011. The public NCDs were repaid ahead of their scheduled repayment dates.

IBH has a matched its Asset Liability Management (ALM) with significant positive cash at the end of each period. The company, from time to time, utilizes its liquidity buffers to repay its liabilities ahead of schedule to give comfort to its stakeholders, especially lenders and rating agencies.

 

For its May 2022 maturity $350 million dollar bonds, the company voluntarily created a reserve fund, wherein, the company will periodically transfer a sum totalling to 75% of the total maturity proceeds of these bonds, in three tranches of 25% each, to a debt repayment trust, managed by IDBI Trustee, and which will be utilized towards scheduled redemption of these bonds. IBH has already transferred the first tranche in August 2021, and the next two tranches will be transferred in November 2021 and February 2022.

Indiabulls Housing Finance's consolidated net profit rose 3.2% to Rs 281.69 crore on a 9.4% decline in net sales to Rs 2,325.75 crore in Q1 FY22 over Q1 FY21.

Indiabulls Housing Finance provides home loans and loans to small business owners.

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First Published: Sep 24 2021 | 10:14 AM IST

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