Torrent secures ₹20,000 crore credit line for JB Chemicals buyout

Ahmedabad-based Torrent group has secured a credit line of up to ₹20,000 crore from a consortium of international lenders, including HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, and Barclays, to fund its proposed acquisition of JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., according to a person familiar with the matter.

 

Torrent is acquiring a 46.39 per cent stake in JB Chemicals from KKR & Co. for about ₹11,917 crore, and an additional 2.8 per cent stake from employees for roughly ₹719 crore, both at ₹1,600 per share.

 

A large number of Indian companies are tapping foreign banks to raise funds to fund acquisitions. Earlier, the Adani group had tapped foreign banks to fund its $10.5 billion acquisition of Holcim stake in Ambuja Cements.