Arrangers LBBW and KfW Ipex-Bank said the deal is more than two times subscribed with firm orders from its €150m initial target, but LBBW sent an email on Tuesday morning that said: “A few investors have indicated to the arrangers that they need additional time to firm up their orders and Reliance has agreed to increase the transaction size as well as the timelines to accommodate the said orders.”
Allocation and pricing of the fixed rate tranches is now set for May 17 and the settlement date has moved from mid-May to May 29.
Reliance Industries, the conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai and founded by Dhirubhai Ambani, launched its debut Schuldschein in March. The deal is considered one of the most ambitious and exciting deals in the Schuldschein market's centuries’ old history.
It offered investors pricing ranges of 95bp-110bp, 115bp-130bp, 130bp-145bp and 145bp-160bp over six month Euribor for three, five, seven and 10 year floating notes, and over mid-swaps for fixed.
The Indian company is rated BBB+ and Baa2 by S&P and Moody’s. It is listed on the Mumbai and National stock exchanges and has a market capitalisation of around $120bn.