 "RCom gets RBI nod for refinancing of FCCB redemption")
Mumbai: Telecom services major Reliance Communications today said it has received RBI approval for the refinancing for redemption of its outstanding FCCBs (Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds) worth Rs 5,825 crore.
“RCom has received RBI approval for the refinancing being provided by ICBC, CDB and EXIM tied up refinancing for redemption of its outstanding FCCBs,” RCom said in a filing to the BSE. The outstanding FCCBs of $1,182 million (approximately Rs 5825 crore at the prevailing US dollar exchange rate of Rs 49.30) will be redeemed on the due date of March 1, 2012, it added.
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Rcom will benefit from extended loan maturity of seven years and attractive interest cost of about five percent, it said. The refinancing is being funded by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China Development Bank (CDB) and Export Import Bank of China (EXIM).
FCCBs are bonds that are issued in currencies different from the issuing company’s domestic currency.
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