India New Issue-Axis Finance accepts bids for 5-year bonds

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MUMBAI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - India's Axis Finance has accepted bids worth 2.63 billion rupees ($31.74 million) for bonds maturing in five years, three merchant bankers said on Wednesday. The non-banking finance company will pay an annual coupon of 8.07% on the issue for which it had invited bids earlier in the day.


The bonds are rated AAA by CRISIL and the issue will be settled on Thursday. The issue had a base size of 1 billion rupees and a greenshoe option to retain an additional 3 billion rupees. In December, the company had raised 1.25 billion rupees selling perpetual bonds at an annual coupon of 8.15%, and this issue had a call option at the end of 10 years. ($1 = 82.8500 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Bhakti Tambe and Dharamraj Dhutia)

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