Jubilant Pharma raises $300 mn via bonds

Updated - January 16, 2018 at 04:43 PM.

Jubilant Life Sciences today said its subsidiary Jubilant Pharma has raised $300 million (approx Rs 1,998 crore) through issuance of five-year bonds to mainly retire debts.

“Our material wholly-owned subsidiary, Jubilant Pharma Ltd (JPL), has successfully completed the pricing of its rated unsecured high yield bonds (Notes) at a yield of 4.875 per cent per annum issued at par for $300 million maturing in September 2021,” Jubilant Life Sciences said in a BSE filing.

It further said: “The net proceeds of the Notes shall be used to prepay the existing debt of JPL and its subsidiaries, for upstreaming up to $50 million to Jubilant Life Sciences for prepayment of its existing debts and general corporate purposes.”

Shares of Jubilant Life Sciences were trading 1.89 per cent higher at Rs 601 on the BSE.

Published on September 30, 2016 06:53