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Carlyle plans to acquire 10% in Yes Bank

March 07, 2022

Carlyle plans to acquire 10% in Yes Bank
Private equity group Carlyle is thinking about a ₹3,750-4,500 crore ($500-600 million) interest in Yes Bank alongside peer Advent International, as indicated by individuals aware of everything. The moneylender is in chats with the private value (PE) investors to raise ₹7,500-11,250 crore ($1-1.5 billion) of development cash-flow to additional support its stability sheet two years after the regulator put it under stewardship of the State Bank of India to stave off a possible run on its deposits.

The bank’s board, on January 21, 2021, acknowledged a proposition to raise ₹10,000 crores through modes including qualified institutional placements and foreign currency convertible bonds. That endorsement was to slip by on February 22, 2022.
 
YES Bank has not been successful in drawing in investors up to this point. In late December, the board supported an expansion of the previous proposition to bring capital up in the type of value, bond, warrants, or some other equity-linked security.
 
The proposed investment by private value investors through particular portions could be like Bain Capital’s 2017 interest in Axis Bank that saw the Boston-based PE significant lead a consortium that pumped in $1.8 billion to help shore up Axis Bank’s capital base after a line of unsuitable profit. Both Advent and Carlyle are at a higher stage of diligence and looking at finalizing terms by the end of this month.

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