Vivriti Capital Ltd to raise Rs 500 cr via NCD; issue openson Aug 18

Vivriti Capital is registered with the RBI as a non-deposit-taking systemically important non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI).

The public issue of secured, rated, listed, redeemable, non-convertible debentures of face value of Rs 1,000 each, will include a base issue size of up for an amount up to Rs 250 crore with an option to retain oversubscription up to Rs 250 crore, cumulatively aggregating up to 50 lakh NCDs for an aggregate amount of up to Rs 500 crore.

The Public Issue of NCDs opens tomorrow, August 18, 2023, and closes on August 31, 2023, with an option of early closure.

The Public Issue comprises Series I to Series V with different tenure of interest payment and coupon rates. Series I has a tenor of 18 months and coupon rate of 9.57% per annum (payable monthly) and an effective yield of 9.98% per annum.

Series II has a tenor of 18 months and coupon rate of 10% per annum (payable annually) and an effective yield of 10.06% per annum.

Series III has a tenor of 24 months and coupon rate of 9.65% per annum (paid on a quarterly basis, relevant interest will be paid on the same date of relevant month of each quarter from the Deemed Date of Allotment on the principal outstanding along with the Redemption Amount of the NCDs as per the #Principal Redemption Schedule and Redemption Amounts for Series III NCDs as provided in Prospectus) and an effective yield of 9.98% per annum.

Series IV has a tenor of 24 months and coupon rate of 10.03% per annum (payable monthly) and an effective yield of 10.49% per annum. Series V has a tenor of 24 months and coupon rate of 10.50% per annum (payable annually) and an effective yield of 10.48% per annum.

Vineet Sukumar, Founder and Managing Director, Vivriti Capital Limited, said the company has delivered hassle-free flow of debt finance with flexibility and short turnaround times, on account of the Company's technology advanced operating model and risk management framework.

“We manage a portfolio of Rs 5,835.80 crores and have provided debt solutions to over 194 mid-corporates across various sectors. While we have grown our loan book strongly in the last few years, we have continued to maintain a healthy asset quality till date," he said.

Parth Sanghani, Chief Treasury Officer, Vivriti Capital Limited said that the company has a large and diversified mix of lenders, which has increased over the years and included 218 institutional lenders/investors as of March 31, 2023, comprising a range of financial institutions and corporates, as well as 1,740 individual investors to meet our capital requirements.

The Company proposes to utilize at least 75 % of the total amount from net proceeds from the issue towards onward lending, financing and for repayment of interest and principal of existing borrowings of the company and maximum up to 25% of the total amount from net proceeds from the issue towards general purpose expenses.

The different categories for investors are: Category I Investor - Institutional Investors; Category II Investor - Non-Institutional Investors, Category III Investor – High Net-Worth Individual Investors: Resident Indian individuals or Hindu Undivided Families through the Karta applying for an amount aggregating to above Rs 1,000,000 across all options of NCDs in this Issue.

Category IV Investor – Retail Individual Investors: Resident Indian Individuals or Hindu Undivided Families through the Karta applying for an amount aggregating up to and including Rs1,000,000 across all options of NCDs in this Issue and shall include retail Individual Investors, who submit bid for an amount not more than Rs 500,000 in any of the bidding options in the Issue (including HUFs applying through their Karta and does not include NRIs) through UPI Mechanism.

Credit rating letter and credit rating rationale dated June 12, 2023 from CARE Ratings assigned a rating of “CARE A; Positive” to the NCDs.

Credit rating letter and credit rating rationale dated June 7, 2023 from ICRA assigned a rating of “[ICRA] A (Stable)” to the NCDs.

The NCDs offered through this prospectus are proposed to be listed on BSE Ltd. BSE is the designated stock exchange for the issue.

JM Financial Limited is the lead manager to the public issue