SP group firm Goswami’s high-yield debt sees ratings cut
Live MintFinancing plans of Shapoorji Pallonji group have received a setback with Care Ratings cutting the credit rating of group company Goswami Infratech Pvt. “The rating continues to remain tempered by the low operating cash flows of GIPL, with the entity being holding company and no major cashflow in form of interest/dividend either received in past or expected in the period going forward and inherent market related risk impacting the market value of direct and indirect investments of credit option provider,” added Care. These NCDs included a special clause called 'most favoured nation', suggesting that if any SP Group affiliate borrows at a higher rate after 26 May 2024, Goswami Infratech must offer the same return to its bondholders. The latest rating revision comes at a time when the group is at an advanced stage of refinancing the 2021 bonds issued by SP group's other promoter holing company SICPL, against its 9.1% shareholding in Tata Sons.