JK Paper gets nod for rights issue

16 Jul 2011 Evaluate

JK Paper has received board approval for right issue at its meeting held on July 15, 2011. It has been decided to issue 5,86,12,454 equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each of the company, for cash at a price of Rs 42 each including a premium of Rs 32 each aggregating to approximately Rs 246 crore, by the company to the equity shareholders on rights basis in the ratio of 3 equity shares for every 4 equity shares held on the record date.

Further, the issue opening date shall be August 08, 2011 and the issue closing date shall be August 23, 2011. The issue price is 4.2 times the face value of the equity shares of the company.

Recently, JK Paper had raised Rs 225 crore (Euro 35 million) via unsecured foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs). The issue of FCCBs was towards partly meeting the capital expenditure of Rs 1,653 crore for the proposed expansion at the company’s Odisha plant.

JK Paper is India’s largest producer of branded paper and is a leading player in the printing and writing segment. It is also engaged in outsourcing activity wherein it contracts the capacities of other mills in India and abroad to manufacture various grades of paper, maintaining the same quality and service assurance.

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