Adani Ports gets about $150 million loan from DBS for capex
& Special Economic Zone Ltd. raised about $150 million through a bilateral loan agreement with
DBS Group Holdings
Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter, as the Indian conglomerate continues to restore lender confidence.
The proceeds of the four-year dollar loan will be used for
capital expenditure
, the people said, asking not be identified because the information is private. The facility has been priced at about 200 basis points above the benchmark Secured Overnight Financing Rate, they said.
The all-in-price, including the hedging cost, is about 5.5%, one of the person said.
DBS
declined to comment. An Adani Group representative did not offer any immediate comments on the transaction.
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Billionaire Gautam Adani-owned conglomerate, with interests stretching from ports to green energy, is steadily regaining creditor confidence following a US Department of Justice indicted Adani over an alleged bribery plot in November. The bilateral loan is the group's first from a global bank since the indictment, one of the person said.
Last month, the group raised about $750 million through an offshore private placement bond to fund an acquisition of a construction firm.
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