The cash-rich Reliance Industries, which also is one of the biggest forex loan borrowers in the country, is set to tap the foreign debt market to raise $2.7 billion to refinance its existing high-cost debt.
As of the June 2018 quarter, the Mukesh Ambani-led company had an outstanding debt of Rs 2.42 trillion, which rose from Rs 2.18 trillion from March 2018, while cash in hand marginally rose to Rs 794 billion.
The company had spent around Rs 220 billon in capex during the quarter mostly into the still cash-burning telecom venture, and reported a net income of Rs 94.59 billion.
Its outstanding debt has been rising as its fledgling telecom business continues to drain cash.
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"We are planning to raise $2.7 billion in forex debt through the course of the fiscal 2019. The money will be raised in multiple tranches and will be used to refinance some of our existing high cost forex debt," a senior company official told PTI over the weekend refusing to reveal more information.
More than half of Reliances around $34 billion debt is due for repayment by 2022, while around $13 billion is maturing from 2018 through 2020. Most of the outstanding debt is denominated in foreign currencies.
Reliance has sought shareholders approval to issue redeemable non-convertible debentures at its July 5 AGM, it said in its annual report.
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Due to the high rating at BBB+ (by S&P Global Ratings) which is two notches higher than the sovereign rating, Reliance can raise cheaper funds. Moodys has a Baa2 rating on the company, a notch above the governments rating.
Reliance is the only private sector company in the country that has issued perpetual bonds to foreign investors a few years back. The only other domestic entity to tap the perpetual bond market is the state-run State Bank of India.
According to investment bankers, Reliances repayments from 2018 through 2020 will be its biggest for any three-year period in the past and include about $8.14 billion term loans, $3.52 billion bonds and a $300 million revolver loan. It also has about $1.65 billion in interest payments.
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In the June 2018 quarter, its finance cost jumped more than threefold to Rs 35.55 billion on an annualised basis.
The retail-to-refining giant debt has trebled over the past five years as it invested a whopping $37 billion in a telecom venture and to bolster its traditional petrochemicals business which included a pet coke gasification unit and in expanding petrochemicals capacities.
Telecom is still cash having sucked in around Rs 220 billion in the June quarter.
During the recent AGM, the billionaire owner Ambani, who is the richest Asian, said his vision for the group was to become a consumer company over the next decade. Already, 31 per cent of its revenue is coming from retail and telecom business according to its June quarter numbers.
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In the June quarter, Jio, was launched just two years ago, had reported a net income of Rs 6.12 billion, while the market leader Airtel had plunged into a whopping Rs 9.8 billion loss from its domestic operations. Jio with it loads of cheap data offering, the entry has crippled the once-sun-shine telecom market.
The record net income in the June quarter was led by bumper earnings from retail business, improved profitability of telecom arm and near-doubling of earnings from petrochemical business offset lower margins from oil refining business.
Consolidated net profit of Rs 94.59 billion was 17.9 per cent higher than Rs 80.21 billion that the oil-to-telecom conglomerate had netted and excluded a Rs 10.87 billion exceptional income from the sale of a stake in Gulf Africa Petroleum Corp. Revenue rose 56.5 per cent at Rs 1.41 trillion thanks to the spike in oil prices.
As of the June 2018 quarter, the Mukesh Ambani-led company had an outstanding debt of Rs 2.42 trillion, which rose from Rs 2.18 trillion from March 2018, while cash in hand marginally rose to Rs 794 billion.
The company had spent around Rs 220 billon in capex during the quarter mostly into the still cash-burning telecom venture, and reported a net income of Rs 94.59 billion.
Its outstanding debt has been rising as its fledgling telecom business continues to drain cash.
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"We are planning to raise $2.7 billion in forex debt through the course of the fiscal 2019. The money will be raised in multiple tranches and will be used to refinance some of our existing high cost forex debt," a senior company official told PTI over the weekend refusing to reveal more information.
More than half of Reliances around $34 billion debt is due for repayment by 2022, while around $13 billion is maturing from 2018 through 2020. Most of the outstanding debt is denominated in foreign currencies.
Reliance has sought shareholders approval to issue redeemable non-convertible debentures at its July 5 AGM, it said in its annual report.
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Due to the high rating at BBB+ (by S&P Global Ratings) which is two notches higher than the sovereign rating, Reliance can raise cheaper funds. Moodys has a Baa2 rating on the company, a notch above the governments rating.
Reliance is the only private sector company in the country that has issued perpetual bonds to foreign investors a few years back. The only other domestic entity to tap the perpetual bond market is the state-run State Bank of India.
According to investment bankers, Reliances repayments from 2018 through 2020 will be its biggest for any three-year period in the past and include about $8.14 billion term loans, $3.52 billion bonds and a $300 million revolver loan. It also has about $1.65 billion in interest payments.
ALSO READ: Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Q1 net profit rises 20% to Rs 6 billion
In the June 2018 quarter, its finance cost jumped more than threefold to Rs 35.55 billion on an annualised basis.
The retail-to-refining giant debt has trebled over the past five years as it invested a whopping $37 billion in a telecom venture and to bolster its traditional petrochemicals business which included a pet coke gasification unit and in expanding petrochemicals capacities.
Telecom is still cash having sucked in around Rs 220 billion in the June quarter.
During the recent AGM, the billionaire owner Ambani, who is the richest Asian, said his vision for the group was to become a consumer company over the next decade. Already, 31 per cent of its revenue is coming from retail and telecom business according to its June quarter numbers.
ALSO READ: Reliance Jio to invest Rs 500 bn in fibre-to-home foray; launch by year-end
In the June quarter, Jio, was launched just two years ago, had reported a net income of Rs 6.12 billion, while the market leader Airtel had plunged into a whopping Rs 9.8 billion loss from its domestic operations. Jio with it loads of cheap data offering, the entry has crippled the once-sun-shine telecom market.
The record net income in the June quarter was led by bumper earnings from retail business, improved profitability of telecom arm and near-doubling of earnings from petrochemical business offset lower margins from oil refining business.
Consolidated net profit of Rs 94.59 billion was 17.9 per cent higher than Rs 80.21 billion that the oil-to-telecom conglomerate had netted and excluded a Rs 10.87 billion exceptional income from the sale of a stake in Gulf Africa Petroleum Corp. Revenue rose 56.5 per cent at Rs 1.41 trillion thanks to the spike in oil prices.
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