India New Issue-Bajaj Finance to issue over 2-year bonds - traders

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MUMBAI, April 18 (Reuters) - India's Bajaj Finance Ltd plans to raise at least 5 billion Indian rupees ($60.95 million) through sale of bonds maturing in two years and two months, three merchant bankers said on Tuesday. The non-banking financial company has invited bids from bankers and investors on Thursday, the merchant bankers said. The notes are rated "AAA" by Crisil and India Ratings and will mature in June 2025. The issue has a greenshoe option to retain an additional 20 billion rupees and will be settled on Friday. Earlier this month, the company had raised 19.55 billion Indian rupees selling bonds maturing in two years, 10 months and 14 days, and in five years at 8.00% and 7.90% coupon, respectively.



($1 = 82.0300 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Dharamraj Dhutia; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)

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