Motherson raises $100 mn

Samvardhana Motherson Group has raised $100 million in debt by selling bonds to overseas investors. The 5.5-year US dollar bond issue by the Group has received an order book of $400 million against the $100 million on offer, helping the Noida-based company price the issue at lower 4.44 per cent coupon, against the initial guidance of 4.5 per cent. The Reg S bonds will be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The company has mandated Barclays, HSBC and Standard Chartered as joint managers to the issue. While 81 per cent investors were from Asia and the rest from Europe, 63 per cent of them were fund managers, 31 per cent were banks and six per cent of investors private banks.

The Noida-based group has operations in 25 countries across the Americas, Europe, South Africa, West Asia, Asia-Pacific and Australia, and has over 180 facilities and 24 design centres across the globe.