Chennai, October 07, 2022: Registered office in New Delhi, Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited (“Company” or “Issuer”), a non-deposit-taking housing finance company registered with the National Housing Bank, has announced the public issue of secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures of the face value of Rs. 1,000 each (“NCDs”). The Tranche III Issue opens on Friday, October 07, 2022, and closes on Friday, October 28, 2022.
The Tranche III Issue has a base issue size of Rs. 100 crores with an option to retain oversubscription up to Rs. 700 crores, aggregating up to Rs. 800 crores (“Tranche III Issue”). The Tranche III Issue offers various series of NCDs for subscription with coupon rates ranging from 8.33% to 9.55% per annum, applicable as per respective series for selected categories of NCD holders. The NCDs are proposed to be listed on BSE Limited (“BSE”) and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (“NSE” together with BSE, the “Stock Exchanges”) with BSE as the Designated Stock Exchange for the Tranche III Issue. The NCDs have been rated “CRISIL AA/Stable” by CRISIL Ratings Limited and “[ICRA]AA (Stable)” by ICRA Limited.
The NCDs under the Tranche III Issue have tenures of 24 months (Series I, II, III), 36 months (Series IV, V, VI), and 60 months (Series VII, VIII). Effective yield (per annum) for the NCD holders in Category I (Institutional Investors) & Category II (Non-Institutional Investors) ranges from 8.64% to 9.05% and for Category III (High Net-worth Individual Investors) and Category IV (Retail Individual Investors) holders ranges from 9.04% to 9.54%. Interest payment modes for the NCDs are Annual, Monthly, or Cumulative as per the series selected by the investors. Amount on maturity for the NCD holders in Category I (Institutional Investors) & Category II (Non-Institutional Investors) ranges from Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 1,288.21 per NCD and for Category III (High Net-worth Individual Investors) and Category IV (Retail Individual Investors) ranges from Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 1,306.07 per NCD.
The above para details are applicable for the selected category of investors for the selected series.
The Company is also offering an additional incentive of 0.25% to the Category III and Category IV Investors in the proposed Tranche III Issue who are also holders of NCD(s)/bond(s) previously issued by the Company, and/or its Subsidiaries as the case may be, and/or are equity shareholder(s) of Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited as the case may be (“Primary Holder(s)”) on the Deemed Date of Allotment and applying in Series I, Series III, Series IV, Series VI, Series VII and/or Series VIII, provided the NCDs issued under the proposed Tranche III Issue are held by the investors on the relevant Record Date applicable for payment of respective coupons, in respect of Series I, Series III, Series IV, Series VI, Series VII, and Series VIII.
The Lead Managers to the Tranche III Issue are Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, A. K. Capital Services Limited, IIFL Securities Limited, and Trust Investment Advisors Private Limited. IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited is the Debenture Trustee to the Tranche III Issue and Kevin Technologies Limited is the registrar to the Tranche III Issue.
Net proceeds of the Tranche III Issue, after meeting the expenditures of and related to the Tranche III Issue, at least 75% shall be utilized for the purpose of onward lending, financing, and for repayment of interest and principal of existing borrowings of the Company and up to 25% for general corporate purposes.