Muthoot Finance Ltd to raise Rs. 1,000 crores through Public Issue of Secured Redeemable Non-Convertible Debentures

The Issue is with a base issue size of ₹ 100 crores with an option to retain oversubscription upto ₹ 900 crores aggregating upto tranche limit of  ₹ 1000 crores (“Issue”).

The Issue opens on 11th December, 2020 and closes on 5th January, 2021 with an option to close on such earlier date or extended date as may be decided by the Board of Directors or NCD committee.

The Secured NCDs proposed to be issued under this Issue have been rated CRISIL AA/Positive by CRISIL and [ICRA] AA (Stable) by ICRA. The rating of the Secured NCDs by CRISIL and ICRA indicates “high degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial obligations”.

The NCDs are proposed to be listed on BSE. The allotment will be on first come first serve basis.

There are 6 investment options for Secured NCDs with ‘Monthly’ or ‘Annual’ interest payment frequency or ‘on maturity redemption’ payments with coupon ranging from 6.75% p.a to 7.75% p.a.

George Alexander Muthoot , Managing Director, Muthoot Finance Ltd, said “In our 24th public issue of ncds , we wish to focus on retail and high networth individual investors and we have allocated 90% of the issue for this segment. At a time when interest rates have significantly come down , we are able to offer attractive interest rates to retail and high networth individual investors. We look forward for the market to accept the current issue too in line with our previous NCD issues as there is limited comparable investment avenues available.”

The funds raised through this issue will be utilised primarily for lending activities of the Company.

The Lead Managers to the Issue are Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, J M Financial Limited, Equirus Capital Private Limited and A. K. Capital Services Limited. IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited is the Debenture Trustee for the Issue. Link Intime India Private Limited is the Registrar to the Issue.