Skip to main content

L&T Finance NCD

L&T Finance Limited has come out with Public Issue of Secured Redeemable Non- Convertible Debentures (NCDs) of face value of Rs.1,000 each aggregating to Rs.250 Crs with an option to retain over-subscription upto an additional Rs.250 Crs, aggregating to a total of Rs.500 Crs. The offer period is between 09th February 2010 to 22nd February 2010. The Debenture has been given
Credit Rating - AA+ by CARE and ICRA.

Details of the Isuue:

Face Value per NCD Rs. 1,000.
Minimum Application Size 10 NCDs for Retail category.
101 NCDs for QIB and NII categories.

There are 2 options:
I - Interest payment Semi-annual with a coupon rate of 8.40 % p.a.
II - Interest payment Annual with a coupon rate of 8.50% p.a.
Redemption Date / Maturity Period 36 months from the date of allotment.
The NCDs are to be listed in NSE and BSE.

Considering current bank Fixed Deposit rates of around 7%, this debenture is a better option to park some funds in it.

Popular posts from this blog

NSE Trading Holidays 2024

 Trading holidays for the calendar year 2024. The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has notified trading holidays for the calendar year 2024 as below: Muhurat Trading:  Timings of Muhurat Trading shall be notified subsequently. 

Historical BSE Sensex returns - updated 2013

We have already seen the historical returns of the BSE Sensex, which indicated an average return of about 20%  per year, despite many yearly returns varying from -20% to +60%. The following table shows BSE Sensex historical data - open, close and the yearly returns of the sensex from 2000 to 2012. There are some interesting points to note from the above table. Post 2008 crash of about 50% and 2011 negative returns of 24%, markets have given positive returns of 81% and 25%. Also the average returns for the past years is about 20% despite the markets being down 24%. The lesson is pretty much clear - long term investing pays and one need not bother too much about the ups and downs of the markets. During the past few years, the returns from investing in individual stocks have been varied.  Despite markets being at 2 year highs, only a few stocks are at similar highs, while most of them are still languishing well below their historical highs and are down anywhere between 8