Power Grid surges on getting nod to raise up to Rs 14,000 crore in FY17

18 Sep 2015 Evaluate

Power Grid Corporation of India is currently trading at Rs. 132.50, up by 1.45 points or 1.11% from its previous closing of Rs. 131.05 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 132.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 133.10 and Rs. 131.70 respectively. So far 30520 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 159.00 on 28-Feb-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 120.75 on 10-Sep-2015.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 133.10 and Rs. 123.20 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 69266.25 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 57.90% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 34.74% and 7.36% respectively.

Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCI) has received its shareholders’ nod to raise up to Rs 14,000 crore through issuance of bonds from domestic and external sources in 2016-17. The amount would be raised through issue of secured/unsecured, non - convertible, non-cumulative, redeemable, taxable/tax-free, rupee linked bonds under private placement . The company will raise the funds in up to eight tranches/offers, with or without green shoe option and each tranche shall be of up to Rs 2,000 crore of bonds, exclusive of green shoe option.

The funds will be used for capital expenditure of the company and providing loans to its wholly owned projects - special purpose vehicles (SPV) acquired by the company. Further, the company has planned to raise up to Rs 12,000 crore through domestic bonds and has planned a capital expenditure of Rs 22,500 crore on its expansion during the current fiscal.

Power Grid Corporation of India is India’s principal electric power transmission company. It owns and operates most of India’s interstate and inter-regional electric power transmission systems with inter-regional power transfer capacity of about 20,800 MW and wheels nearly 45% of total power generated across India.

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