Edelweiss Housing Finance announces Public Issue of Secured Redeemable NCDs amounting to Rs3,000 million

6 Apr 2022 , 10:12 AM

Edelweiss Housing Finance Limited (EHFL), announced the public issue of Secured Redeemable Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) of the face value of Rs1,000 each, amounting to Rs1,500 million (“Base Issue”), with an option to retain over-subscription up to Rs1,500 million aggregating to a total of Rs3,000 million (“Issue”).

There are ten series of NCDs carrying fixed coupon and having tenure of 24 months, 36 months, 60 months and 120 months with annual, monthly and cumulative interest option. Coupon for NCDs ranges from 8.50% to 9.70% per annum*.

At least 75% of the funds raised through this Issue will be used for the purpose of onward lending, financing, and for repayment/ prepayment of interest and principal of existing borrowings of the Company and the balance is proposed to be utilized for general corporate purposes, subject to such utilization not exceeding 25% of the amount raised in the Issue, in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) Regulations, 2021 (“SEBI NCS Regulations”).

The additional incentive will be maximum of 0.20% p.a. for all Category of Investors in the proposed Issue, who are also holders of NCD(s)/Bond(s) previously issued by our Company, and/ or ECL Finance Limited, Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, Edelweiss Retail Finance Limited and Edelweiss Finance & Investments Limited as the case may be, and/or are equity shareholder(s) of Edelweiss Financial Services Limited as the case may be, on the deemed date of allotment.

The NCDs proposed to be issued under this Issue have been rated “CRISIL AA-/Negative (pronounced as CRISIL double A minus rating with Negative outlook)” and “ACUITE AA/Negative” (pronounced as ACUITE double A rating with Negative outlook).

The Issue opens on April 6, 2022 and closes on April 26, 2022 with an option of early closure**.

The NCDs will be listed on BSE Limited to provide liquidity to the investors.

Equirus Capital Private Limited and Edelweiss Financial Services Limited*** are the Lead Manager to this Issue.