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REC Ltd., one of India’s biggest lenders to the power sector, will raise its first loan linked to the Libor alternative, joining the global move away from the debt-pricing benchmark.
The state-owned company will borrow as much as $75 million through a five-year loan linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified as the details are private. New Delhi-based REC has mandated a Japanese bank for the loan and will draw down the facility for funding India power projects by mid-September, the people said.
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