ICRA has assigned a long-term rating of Provisional
[ICRA]AAA with Stable outlook to the Rs. 850.00-crore NCD programme of the
IndInfravit Trust (IndInfravit, or the Trust, or the InvIT). The Trust plans to
raise and on-lend to some SPVs for retiring their external borrowings. ICRA
also noted that with the proposed prepayment of external debt at the SPVs,
there will be full cash flow fungibility between the SPVs and the Trust, thus
improving the financial flexibility on a consolidated level while overall
trust's consolidated debt remaining at similar level (except for minor increase
due to redemption premium for debt repayment at SPV level). The rating assigned
by ICRA is not a comment on the ability of IndInfravit to meet
distribution/dividend payouts to unitholders/investors; neither should it be
construed as a comment on the debt servicing ability of the individual project assets
or special purpose vehicles (SPVs) held by the Trust. ICRA has undertaken the
consolidated financial analysis of IndInfravit and its underlying
SPVs—Krishnagiri Thopur Toll Road Limited (KTTL), Krishnagiri Walajapet Tollway
Limited (KWTL), Western Andhra Tollways Limited (WATL), Beawar Pali Pindwara
Tollway Limited (BPP), Devihalli Hassan Tollway Limited (DHTL), Aurangabad
Jalna Tollway Limited (AJTL), Bhilwara-Rajsamand Tollway Private Limited
(BRTPL), Bijapur Hungund Tollway Private Limited (BHTPL), Dhule Palesner
Tollway Limited (DPTL), Hyderabad-Yadgiri Tollway Private Limited (HYTPL),
Shreenathji-Udaipur Tollway Private Limited (SUTPL), Nagpur Seoni Expressway
Limited (NSEL), Mysore Bellary Highway Private Limited (MBHPL), Ahmedabad Ring
Road Infrastructure Limited (ARRIL; yet to be acquired). IndInfravit has a 100%
equity stake in all these SPVs (except ARR, which is proposed to be acquired)
and full cash flow fungibility in case of SPVs that do not have any external
debt as well as unhindered access to the surplus cash flows for the SPVs that
have external debt. There is an established track record of transfer of surplus
from the SPVs to the InvIT from the time of inclusion of these assets under the
InvIT structure. Further, these assets have comfortable debt servicing coverage
ratios (DSCR) and significant cushion from triggering the cash trap levels
defined in their respective financing agreements.
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