SBI Board approves raising of up to Rs 25K cr via bonds

Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) The Central Board of the State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday approved the raising of up to Rs 25,000 crore through bonds in the financial year 2020-21.

In a regulatory filing, the bank said that it has approved the “raising of capital by issuance of Basel III compliant debt instruments in USD and/or INR during FY21.”

The fund raising would include fresh Additional Tier 1 (AT 1) capital up to an amount of Rs 4,000 crore and raising of fresh Tier 2 capital up to an amount of Rs 10,000 crore.

The board also approved “to redeem existing Tier 2 capital bonds of Rs 11,015 crore having call dates during FY21 and replacing the same by raising fresh Tier 2 capital bonds of the same amount”.

–IANS

rrb/sn/skp/