Kalyan Jewellers to raise up to $ 200 mn, overseas bond gets S&P 'B' rating

Raised funds by Kalyan Jewellers will be used for refinancing borrowings, payment of transaction fees, and general corporate purposes.

Kalyan Jewellers will raise up to $ 200 million through its subsidiary, Kalyan Jewellers FZE, to refinance old debt. The subsidiary will issue senior US dollar-denominated fixed-rate notes (bonds).

Rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has assigned a preliminary 'B' long-term issuer credit rating to Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd (KJIL) and the proposed senior secured notes issued by Kalyan Jewellers FZE.