This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at skukreja@investitude.co.in
Edelweiss Housing Finance Limited (EHFL), a subsidiary of Rashesh Shah’s Edelweiss Group, is launching its public issue of secured and redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs) from tomorrow, July 8th. The issue will carry a maximum of 10% coupon rate with monthly, annual and cumulative interest payment options and tenors of 36 months, 60 months and 120 months.
The issue is scheduled to close on July 27th. However, I think it should get oversubscribed in a day or two due to high demand. Let us check other salient features of this issue.
Size & Objective of the Issue – The company plans to raise Rs. 500 crore from this issue, including the green shoe option of Rs. 250 crore. The company plans to use at least 75% of the issue proceeds for its lending activities and to repay its existing loans and up to 25% of the proceeds for general corporate purposes.
Coupon Rate & Tenor of the Issue – The issue will carry coupon rate of 9.50% p.a. for a period of 36 months (3 years), 9.75% p.a. for 60 months (5 years) and 10% p.a. for 120 months (10 years).
Minimum Investment – Investors need to apply for a minimum of ten bonds in this issue with face value Rs. 1,000 each i.e. a minimum investment of Rs. 10,000.
Categories of Investors & Allocation Ratio – The investors have been classified in the following three categories and each category will have the below mentioned percentage fixed in the allotment:
Category I – Institutional Investors – 20% of the issue i.e. Rs. 100 crore
Category II – Non-Institutional Investors – 20% of the issue i.e. Rs. 100 crore
Category III – Individual & HUF Investors – 60% of the issue i.e. Rs. 300 crore
Allotment will be made on a first-come-first-served basis.
NRIs Not Allowed – Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), foreign nationals and qualified foreign investors (QFIs) among others are not eligible to invest in this issue.
Credit Rating & Nature of NCDs – CARE and ICRA have rated this issue as ‘AA’ with a ‘Stable’ outlook, while Brickwork Ratings has assigned it AA+ (Stable) rating. As mentioned above, these NCDs will be ‘Secured’ in nature.
Listing, Premature Withdrawal & Put/Call Option – These NCDs will get listed on both the national exchanges i.e. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) as well as National Stock Exchange (NSE). The listing will take place within 12 working days after the issue gets closed. Though there is no option of a premature redemption, the investors can always sell these bonds on the exchanges.
Demat Not Mandatory – Demat account is not mandatory to invest in these NCDs as the investors have the option to apply for them in physical form as well.
TDS – Though the interest income would be taxable with these bonds, NCDs taken in demat form will not attract any TDS. The investor will have to pay tax on the interest income while filing his/her income tax return.
About EHFL & Its Financials
Note: Figures are in Rs. Crore, except per share data & percentage figures.
Edelweiss Housing Finance Limited (EHFL) is a non deposit taking housing finance company offering financing of various sort to individuals and corporates. Edelweiss Financial Service Limited and Edelweiss Commodity Services Limited are the promoters of EHFL and hold 22.39% and 77.61% stake respectively. EHFL offers home loans – 37% of loan book, loan against property – 26% of loan book, construction finance 20% of loan book and rural finance – 16% of loan book.
Should you invest in these NCDs?
Interest rates of 9.50% to 10% from a private company don’t attract me much. It will take 10 years for these NCDs to provide me approximately 160% return. I would rather invest in good quality stocks than take risk with these kind of NCDs. I think investing in diversified equity mutual funds will generate much higher returns in the long term than these NCDs. Moreover, the interest earned is taxable, which reduces our after-tax returns.
However, these NCDs are still suitable to those investors who are not liable to pay any tax or fall in the 10% tax bracket. Also, I would suggest investors to go for either 36 months option or 60 months option. Investing for a period of 120 months (10 years) with a private company becomes risky sometimes. Risk-averse investors, falling in 20% or 30% tax bracket, should invest in debt funds or tax-free bonds for medium to long term.
Application Form of EHFL Finance NCDs
Note: As per SEBI guidelines, ‘Bidding’ is mandatory before banking the application form, else the application is liable to get rejected. For bidding of your application, any further info or to invest in EHFL NCDs, you can reach us at +919811797407
Hi Shiv,
Thanks for the post. 🙂
I didn’t understand the part option I where the invested amount is 1000 and maturity value is 1000 and coupon rate is 9.5% p.a.
Could you please explain.
TIA.
Hi Kishore,
Interest will be paid on an annual basis for 3 years in Option I. So, at the time of maturity, you’ll get your investment back along with the interest payment for the 3rd year. Maturity value will be Rs. 1,000 per bond and interest will be 9.5% p.a.
Pls. correct me if I am wrong.
Option I
First year interest: Rs. 95 (@ 9.5%)
Second year interest : Rs. 95 (@9.5%)
Third year interest: Rs. 95 (@9.5%)
Plus Rs. 1000
So in total Rs. 1285 at maturity (3 Years in this case)
Option II
Interest will not be paid annually but at the maturity. Interest will be re-invested.
At maturity we will get Rs. 1313
That’s right Kishore.
Sir,
I have applied 2 application of 10 lakhs each in category iii how much I shall receive allotment
Hi Satya,
Approximately 52% allotment will be made to Category III investors.
Hi Shiv,
Thanks for your final analysis, and the reasoning behind it. It helps us to take the right decision. I agree that equity diversified MF is a better option.
Regards,
Melwyn
You are welcome Melwyn! 🙂
Hi Shiv,
If the issue gets closed today itself due to oversubscription, should they not officially close and start process for allotment and refund now itself rather than waiting till official closure date of 27th July? Or will they use this extra money (@ 5%) till 27th?
Another question I’ve is abour Central Govt gold bonds. Subscriptions invited in Feb, allotted in May and still to be listed. Any idea?
Regards,
bhushan
Hi Bhushan,
Indeed they will do the same. They will not wait for 27th July yo start the allotment process. You’ll get the NCDs allotted in your demat account in the next 5-7 days.
Allotment/listing process of SGBs is very slow. I wonder what these government agencies do to take so long to issue/list these bonds. I’ll try to do a couple of posts in a day or two on SGBs tranche IV & its listing/trading on the stock exchanges.
10-year Indian G-Sec yield has fallen to 7.28% today, quite a steep fall in the last 2-3 days. Great news for the debt fund investors and bondholders.
Indeed it is Shiv..May be it’s time to start booking profit on TFB issues I invested since 2013
I’ll probably wait for the yield to fall below 7% to consider booking profits.
thanks Shiv.
Day 2 (July 11) Subscription Figures:
Category I – Rs. 94.01 crore as against Rs. 100 crore reserved – 0.94 times
Category II – Rs. 65.39 crore as against Rs. 100 crore reserved – 0.65 times
Category III – Rs. 684.27 crore as against Rs. 300 crore reserved – 2.28 times
Total Subscription – Rs. 843.67 crore as against total issue size of Rs. 500 crore – 1.69 times
The issue got closed on July 11 itself due to oversubscription.
Hi Shiv,
Any idea about probable allottment ratio in retail category?
Regards,
bhushan
Hi Bhushan,
Retail category investor should get approximately 52% allotment.
Hello shiv kindly post the monday evening subscription data.
thanks u very much shiv. I made bid on friday.
Great!
is there any special quota for share holders of l & t in l & t InfoTech ?
No Amit, there is no special quota for the shareholders of L&T in the L&T Infotech IPO.
i have write lac instead of lakh on cheque .
my question is is cheque will be cleared or bounced ?
Hi Vishal,
Lac or Lakh written on your cheque will not make any difference to your bank. It will get cleared.
hello shiv, what is allocation ratio to retail investor? can retail investor get full allotement if he/she has done the bidding early? bcoz in issue there is written first come first serve. thanks in advance for your reply.
Hi Anjani Kumar,
Approximate retail allocation will get determined by today evening, I will post that here after 5 p.m. Timing of your bidding doesn’t matter here, it is the day on which you bid matters. If you had placed your bid on Friday, then you would get proportionate allotment. If you bid today, you’ll not get any allotment.
Hi Shiv,
It is mentioned that the issue is open till 28th July but I want to know whether they can close the issue before that date if it gets oversubscribed.
Also, are there any more companies launching NCD issues in the near future?
Thank you.
Hi Rohan,
This issue is getting closed today itself as the company has received more than required applications. I am not aware of any such issue as of now, but you can subscribe to our free newsletter to get such info.
Shiv
Your comments on L&T Infotech IPO are welcome. Thanks
Hi Harinee,
L&T Infotech IPO seems to be fairly valued, with a scope of listing gains. But, nothing extraordinary.
sir is there any shareholder quota in l & t InfoTech ?
I have applied in category 1 through oversight instead of categoriy 3 retail
on first day. How can I rectify now? Will they allot me Ncd Inspiteof this error?
Hi S K Bodiwala,
I think your application is liable to get rejected and it seems you will not get any NCDs allotted.
Day 1 (July 8) Subscription Figures:
Category I – Rs. 94 crore as against Rs. 100 crore reserved – 0.94 times
Category II – Rs. 51.214 crore as against Rs. 100 crore reserved – 0.51 times
Category III – Rs. 667.416 crore as against Rs. 300 crore reserved – 2.22 times
Total Subscription – Rs. 812.63 crore as against total issue size of Rs. 500 crore – 1.63 times
in edelweiss ncd no separate categories for HNI and RETAIL so how allotment will be done . if i applied 50 lacs ,can i get allotment like retail?.
Hi Amit,
From the allotment perspective, there is no differentiation between a retail application and an HNI application. So yes, you’ll get proportionate allotment.
Sir,i have query not related to Edelweiss.
I had applied for REC tax free bonds frommy demat account and was
alloted 28.The interest is to be payed annually.How ,when and where
will ireceive the interest payout?
I thought it would be March end/april.
but did not receive anything.
Hi Vanita,
If you made your investment in REC tax-free bonds in October 2015, then you would have received your first interest payment on December 28, 2015. This year onwards, you’ll get the interest paid on December 1 every year.
Interest will be credited to your bank account which is linked to your demat/trading account. If you have shares in your demat account, then the bank account in which you get the share dividend credited, you’ll get the interest credited in the same bank account on December 1 every year.
Hi Shiv – Any idea about subscription status. What could be the possible allocation ratio in retail category ?
Hi Rohit,
Retail allocation will depend on the subscription nos. of Category II & Category I investors on Monday. If any of these categories remain undersubscribed, then their unsubscribed portion will get reallocated to the retail investors.
Good post Shiv Kukreja. I have decided to go for 120 month monthly interest option but only with 10% of my FD portfolio. Let’s see how much allocation we get.
Thanks Divakar! Wise to have a diversified portfolio!
Thank you so much Shiv for the info. I’ve gone for the 60 month option & hope I get full allocation.
Thanks Ikjot! It seems difficult to get full allocation in the retail category as the subscription there is healthy and should surpass its quota of Rs. 300 crore today itself.
Thanks for the reply Shiv. Always looking for your detailed analysis on new issues & really missed your post on Mahindra Finance NCD.
Thanks Ikjot! 🙂