PFC in demand on raising Rs 4,000 crore via private placement

02 Dec 2011 Evaluate

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) is currently trading at Rs 174.30, up by 4.95 points or 2.92% from its previous closing of Rs 169.35 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 171.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs 175.65 and Rs 170.10 respectively. So far 317692 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 345.90 on 02-Dec-2010 and a 52 week low of Rs 130.20 on 26-Aug-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 175.65 and Rs 159.60 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 22353.04 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 73.72% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 16.58% and 9.70% respectively.

State-run utility PFC has raised about Rs 4,000 crore in just a few hours on December 01 through a private placement of debt as institutional investors such as mutual funds and insurance firms. The issue was sold out in a few hours. Mutual funds bought lower maturity bonds, while insurance companies and the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) bought longer-tenured papers.

The company raised the money by issuing bonds of varying maturities. The three, five and seven-year (taxable) bonds were issued at coupon rates of 9.63%, 9.64% and 9.70% respectively.

The bond offering rated AAA was subscribed quickly by mutual funds, insurance companies, the EPFO, which runs the largest social security scheme in the country, and also some bond traders.

PFC provides large range of financial products and services like project term loan, lease financing, direct discounting of bills, short term loan, and consultancy services for various power projects in generation, transmission, distribution sector as well as for renovation and modernization of existing power projects.

Power Finance Corp Share Price

349.35 -2.05 (-0.58%)
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