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ICICI BANK: Clarifies Media Report on Raising US$11 Billion
ICICI Bank Ltd said in a regulatory filing that an article in a financial daily entitled "ICICI Bank to raise US$11bn, plans major global push," is not accurate.
The Financial Express, on Oct. 3, reported that the bank plans to raise U$11 billion overseas in the next 12 months to fund its expansion abroad and credit growth in India. The financial daily, citing unnamed people familiar with the plan, said the bank's fund raising target amounts to US$13 billion in the next 12 months, including US$2 billion of bonds it sold on Sept. 26.
ICICI, however, clarified with the Bombay Stock Exchange that in the current financial year, the bank and its subsidiaries have raised approximately US$6 billion through debt from various sources including loans and bonds. The bank has also raised approximately US$5 billion of equity in the current financial year.
The bank added that it "will continue to raise debt from international markets from time to time as per its ongoing requirement." The bank did not specify how much it plans to raise.
ICICI Bank Ltd (NYSE:IBN) -- http://www.icicibank.com/ -- is India's second largest bank and its largest private sector bank with over 50 years presence in financial services and with assets of over US$88 billion as of June 30, 2007. The Bank offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its specialized subsidiaries in the areas of investment banking, life and non- life insurance, private equity and asset management.
ICICI Bank set up the International Banking Group in the year 2002 to implement a focused strategy for its international banking business. Within a short span of five years ICICI Bank's international presence has come to span 18 countries and includes: wholly owned subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Canada and Russia; offshore banking units in Singapore and Bahrain; an advisory branch in Dubai; branches in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Belgium and Qatar; and representative offices in the United States, China, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
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Moody's Investors Service, on Apr. 24, 2007, said that ICICI Bank 's Foreign Currency Deposit Rating is unchanged at Ba2. ICICI Bank carries Fitch Ratings' 'C' Individual Rating and 'BB' Subordinated Debt Rating.
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