India's Jana Small Finance Bank promoter bond rating downgraded after repayment extension

Jana Small Finance Bank

01/07/2026 08:42

By Gopika Gopakumar
MUMBAI, July 1 (Reuters) - India Ratings & Research downgraded bonds of TPG-backed Jana Holdings Ltd (JHL), the holding company of Jana Small Finance Bank JANA.NS, and a subsidiary to "default" status after the companies got a six-month extension to repay bondholders around 42 billion rupees ($443.44 million).
Here are the details:
The India Ratings report on Tuesday downgraded JHL and unit Jana Capital's non-convertible debentures (NCDs) rating to "default" from "stable", citing poor liquidity with high refinancing risk.
The agency has put the rating of the bank under "watch with negative implication", potentially delaying its re-application for a universal bank licence.
The repayment was extended to December 31, 2026, from June 30, 2026, as per India Ratings' report.
"Ind-Ra has considered this amendment as a modification of the original contractual terms of the NCDs and treated it as a Distressed Debt Exchange as per its Default Recognition Criteria," said the rating agency in its report.
TPG Asia is one of the JHL bondholders.
JHL has not contributed any capital to the bank since June 2022, according to the bank.
The holding company was to make the repayment by selling its stake in Jana Small Finance Bank or through refinancing, but failed to do so.
In April, Jana Holdings divested a 4.9% stake in the bank to the TVS Group for 1.93 billion rupees.
JHL did not respond to a Reuters request for comment on the ratings downgrade.
Jana Holdings currently holds a nearly 17% stake in the bank.
TPG and GIC's Caladium Investments hold a 19% stake each in the holding company.
($1 = 94.7150 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Gopika Gopakumar; Editing by Harikrishnan Nair)
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