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Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL), which owns the Jindal Shadeed Iron and Steel plant

in Oman's Sohar district, has raised $475 million (approximately Rs 2,100 crore) in India through the takeout financing route to fund its expansion programme in the Gulf country.

JSPL, one of India's largest steel-makers, said the company raised the loan at 225 basis points over the Libor (London inter-bank offered rate) for a tenor of five years, with ten banks participating in the transaction According to a Muscat Daily report, JSPL's takeout loan transaction is one of the largest such transactions by a company in India.

Kalanaithi Maran is investing Rs130Cr in Spicejet by subscribing to convertible preference shares at a premium of 50% to the current share price of Rs.24. This equity infusion will increase his holding in the company to 43%. Kalanithi pledged 43.9 Mn shares to raised Rs200Cr for Spicejet in July. Spicejet is also talking to TPG Capital for an equity infusion of $270Mn to increase it's fleet size. The company had ordered 15 Bombardier's at a list price of $450 Mn in December'2010. The company had initially tied up a loan of around $250 Mn from Export Development Canada for the purchase. Vijay Mallya-run Kingfisher Airlines Ltd and Naresh Goyal-run Jet Airways (India) Ltd have also announced plans to raise $500 million and $400 million, respectively, while Jet Airways raised about Rs.500 crore from a land sale earlier this year.

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