Tuesday, September 18, 2012


Muthoot Finance NCD Details

Muthoot Finance Limited, a flagship company of the Muthoot group, is primarily into the gold financing business which constitutes 99% of its total advances. It is also the largest gold loan company in India.  Muthoot started its lending business in 2001 after getting RBI’s registration to function as an NBFC and currently it has a network of 3,780 branches all over India. The company till date has no major plans to diversify its business from gold loans to any other streams of financing. This issue will be the fourth issue from this company in just over one year’s time. Muthoot collected Rs. 1,413 crore through its previous three issues – Rs. 693 crore from Series I, Rs. 460 crore from Series II and Rs. 260 crore from Series III. The size of this NCD issue is Rs. 500 crore including a green-shoe option of Rs. 250 crore.
Muthoot reported revenues of Rs. 4,549 crore in FY12 as against Rs.2,316 crore in FY11, a jump of almost 96%. Net profit of the company increased by a massive 81% from 494 crore in FY11 to 892 crore in FY12.  Gross NPAs and Net NPAs of the company stood at 0.56% and 0.57% respectively as on March 31, 2012 as against 0.29% and 0.33% respectively as on March 31, 2011.
Again, NRIs and foreign nationals among others are not eligible to invest in this issue. The allotment will be made on a “first-come-first-served” basis. These bonds will also list on both the stock exchanges – NSE and BSE. Investors will have the option to apply these bonds in physical form also except the “Option V” bonds which are available only in the  demat  mode. The detail as given below

Issue of Muthoot Finance Secured Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs)
Options
Particulars
Issuer
Muthoot Finance Limited
Issue period
17 September 2012 To 5 October 2012
Issue Size
Rs 500 Crores (Public issue of Rs 250 Crores with an option to retain over-subscription of Rs 250 Crores)
Basis of allocation
First come first serve basis
Listing
Proposed to be listed on BSE and NSE
Rating
ICRA AA-/Stable and CRISIL AA-/Stable
Face Value and Issue Price
Rs 1,000 per NCD (Trading Lot - 1 NCD and in multiples of 1 NCD)
Minimum Application
Rs 10,000 (10 NCDs) and in multiples of 1 NCD thereafter
Interest Payment Date
Annual Frequency - on 1st day after 31 March and Monthly Frequency - 1st day of next month.
Trading and Issuance
Both physical and dematerialised form (NCDs under Option V will be compulsorily allotted in dematerialised form.)
Interest Payable
Interest on application 11.50% p.a and Interest on refund 6.00% p.a. (Refer Terms and Conditions)
Who can apply: Institutional, Non Institutional, Indian Nationals Resident in India and HUF
Investor Category
I (Institutional)
II (Non Institutional and HNl)
III (Retail)
Issue allocation %
15%
35%
50%

Specific terms for each series of Bonds:
Series
I
II
III
IV
V
Frequency of Interest Payment
Annual
Annual
Monthly
Annual
Cumulative
Tenor (In months)
24
36
60
60
72
Coupon Rate (%) p.a
11.50%
11.75%
11.75%
12.00%
NA
Effective Yield (%) p.a
11.50%
11.75%
11.75%
12.00%
12.25%
Redemption Amount per NCD
Face value + interest
Rs. 2,000



View on this issue:
As the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has become stricter with the gold financing norms. Competition from the banks and other gold financing companies has also increased. It is the most unattractive issue of this financial year.

Regards,
Arvind Trivedi
Certified Financial Planner

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