Axis Bank to raise Rs 15,000 crore

Private lender Axis Bank will seek its shareholders' approval to Rs 15,000 crore through bonds or debentures it said in a filing to exchanges on Saturday.

Axis Bank to raise Rs 15,000 crore

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Private lender Axis Bank on Saturday said it will seek its shareholders' approval to raise Rs 15,000 crore through bonds or debentures.

The bank informed BSE that it seeks to raise the fund on "private placement bases, in one or more tranches, as per the structure and within the limits permitted by the RBI, of an amount not exceeding Rs 15,000 crore".

Axis Bank had reported an 18.4 percent rise in its net profit to Rs 1,899.76 crore for the third quarter ended December 2014-15.

The third largest private sector bank's net profit in the corresponding October-December quarter of last fiscal was Rs 1,604.11 crore.

The gross NPAs of the bank stood at 1.34 percent in the third quarter, over 1.25 percent in the year ago period. Net NPAs also rose marginally to 0.44 percent from 0.42 percent during the period under review.

With Agency Inputs

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