L&T Finance Holdings has issued non-convertible preference shares on a private placement basis to raise up to Rs 300 crore. The company has issued up to 30,000,000 cumulative compulsorily redeemable non-convertible preference shares of Rs 100 face value aggregating up to Rs 300 crore on a private placement basis, L&T Finance Holdings said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. The preference shares carry dividend rate of 7.50 per cent per annum payable annually. Stock of the company closed at Rs 116.25 on BSE, down 1.73 per cent from previous close.
Mumbai, 25 OctoberL&T Finance Holdings (LTFH) plans to build a corpus of Rs 10 billion in two to three years, as provision for future event risk. Dinanath Dubhashi, managing director, said the intent was to make provisioning of Rs 0.5-1 billion in each quarter. It had put aside Rs 1.1 bn for this in the September quarter, taking the overall macro-prudential provision to Rs 2 bn. For two segments -- Rs 1.5 bn rural and Rs 0.5 bn for housing.The intent is to have such provisions of 1.25 per cent of the total loan book. The corpus would be over and above the expected credit loss and standard asset provision, added Dubhashi.LTFH's provision coverage has also increased. The provision coverage ratio was 62.47 per cent at end-September, from 53.57 per cent a year before.About exposure to the IL&FS group, whose holding company and lending arm have defaulted recentlyh on payments, LTFH said it had no exposure to these entities. However, it has exposure to IL&FS Transportation ...