Infrastructure investment trust Bharat Highways InvIT has filed draft prospectus with the capital markets regulator SEBI to mop-up Rs 2,000 crore through an initial public offering.
Proceeds of the issue will be used to repay certain loans obtained by the Project SPV (special purpose vehicles) and for general corporate purposes, according to the draft red herring prospectus.
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These SPV projects include Porbandar-Dwarka Expressway, Varanasi-Sangam Expressway, GR Sangli-Solapur Highway, GR Akkalkot-Solapur Highway, GR Phagwara Expressway and GR Gundugolanu-Devarapalli Highway.
Bharat Highways InvIT was set up in August 2022 to acquire 100% stake in each of Project SPVs from GR Infrastructure Ltd. including GDDHPL, wherein the InvIT proposes to initially acquire 49% stake.
As per the draft papers, Bharat Highways InvIT (infrastructure investment trust) would issue units aggregating up to Rs 2,000 crore.
The issue will be made through the book building process wherein 75% of the portion size will be available to institutional investors and the remaining 25% to non-institutional investors.
The sponsor to the issue, Lokesh Builders Pvt Ltd., part of the GR Group, will subscribe to 15% of the total post-issue unit capital of the InvIT in order to comply with the sponsor lock-in requirements, post which the issue size will be reduced.
The total income of the SPV Group for the financial years ended March 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 was Rs 447.23 crore, Rs 160.01 crore, Rs 217.03 crore and Rs 309.27 crore, respectively.
ICICI Securities, Axis Capital, HDFC Bank and IIFL Securities are the book running lead managers to the issue.
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