India New Issue-PFC sets coupon for multiple tenor bonds - bankers

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MUMBAI, April 18 (Reuters) - India's Power Finance Corp has set 7.55% coupon for bonds maturing in three years and three months, and 7.62% coupon for bonds maturing in 10 years and three months, three merchant bankers said on Tuesday. The state-run company had invited bids from bankers and investors for the same earlier in the day and accepted bids worth 23.30 billion rupees ($284.01 million) and 21.02 billion rupees, respectively.


The bonds are rated AAA by CRISIL and the issue will be settled later this week.


The issues will mature in July 2026 and July 2033.


In March, PFC raised an aggregate of 25.90 billion rupees through bonds maturing in three years, five months and 15 days and in five years and 15 days at a coupon of 7.70% and 7.77%, respectively. ($1 = 82.0380 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Dharamraj Dhutia and Bhakti Tambe; Editing by Sohini Goswami)

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