India New Issue-Kerala Financial Corp to issue STRPP bonds - bankers

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MUMBAI, April 26 (Reuters) - India's Kerala Financial Corp plans to raise at least 2.74 billion rupees ($33.5 million) through separately transferable redeemable principal part (STRPP) bonds, three bankers said on Wednesday. The Kerala state-owned non-banking finance company will pay a coupon of 8.63% on this issue, for which it has invited bids from investors on Friday. The bonds are rated AA by Acuite Ratings. The bonds carry five tenors from 6 years to 10 years, with equal quarterly redemptions in each series. In March, the company raised 4.76 billion rupees through STRPP bonds at a coupon of 8.90%.
($1 = 81.7250 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Bhakti Tambe and Dharamraj Dhutia; Editing by Sonia Cheema)

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