The OYO hospitality company on Friday said that it has raised the TLB fund of USD 660 million (almost Rs 4,920 Crore) from global institutional investors and capital will be used to explore debt and other business investments.
This offer is a subscription to 1.7 times and the company receives a commitment to close to USD 1 billion from leading institutional investors, said Oyo in a statement.
TLB refers to the stage of the senior syndicated credit facility guaranteed from global institutional investors, he added.
“The company will take advantage of this fund to retire his past debt, strengthen the balance sheet and other business needs including investment in product technology,” he said.
Commenting on fundraising, Head of Finance of the Group Oyo Abhishek Gupta said, “We are pleased with the response to the increase in the capital of Maiden TLB Oyo by prominent global institutional investors … this is proof of the strength and success of OYO products on our strong and potential fundamentals High value. “
He further said, “Oyo with Capital well and on track to achieve profitability. Our two biggest markets have shown profitability on the slightest signs of industrial recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.”
Oyo said the agreement was “upsized and increased by 10 percent to USD 660 million, the company’s fundamentals generated strong interest from investors even though the virus surge.”
JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, and Securities Mizuho serves as a lead arrogre for this financing, he added.
The hospitality chain says Fitch and Moody’s rating agencies assess the senior loan guaranteed ‘B’ and ‘B3’ (stable prospects), respectively, behind “a healthy business model and strong financial profile with positive potential”.
