MUMBAI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - India's largest real estate investment trust plans to raise 16 billion rupees ($181.09 million) through the sale of its debut three-year bonds, three merchant bankers said on Tuesday.
Knowledge Realty Trust KNOE.NS will pay a coupon of 7.20% on this issue, and this would be payable on a quarterly basis, the traders said.
Large mutual funds are acting as anchor investors, and the company has invited bids on Thursday.
Officials from the trust, currently backed by Blackstone and Sattva Developers, told Reuters in July that it plans to raise an aggregate of 120 billion rupees.
The company did not reply to a Reuters email seeking comment.
Here is the list of deals reported so far on September 23:
*Size includes base plus greenshoe for some issues
($1 = 88.3530 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Dharamraj Dhutia and Khushi Malhotra; Editing by Eilen Soreng)
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