Temasek-backed Sembcorp's India renewables unit files for $393 million IPO (updated)
UPDATE 2-Temasek-backed Sembcorp's India renewables unit files for $393 million IPO Adds details on debt, operations, financials and industry from paragraph 3
Aug 26 (Reuters) - Sembcorp Green Infra, the Indian renewable energy arm of Temasek-backed Sembcorp Industries SCIL.SI, has filed for an initial public offering in Mumbai to raise up to 37.5 billion rupees ($393.04 million), draft papers dated Wednesday showed.
The filing marks Sembcorp's second attempt to take its Indian energy business public and comes as India's IPO market sees signs of revival after a muted first half of the year.
In 2018, the company, then known as Sembcorp Energy India, filed draft papers before withdrawing them a year later, saying it was injecting new equity into the business.
The IPO consists entirely of new shares, with Sembcorp Industries, which fully owns the company, not selling any shares. About 30 billion rupees of the proceeds will be used to repay part of its 125.23 billion rupees debt.
Reuters reported in November that Sembcorp was planning a listing of its India unit in 2026.
Sembcorp Green Infra, which builds, owns, and runs wind and solar power plants across India, reported in the draft papers a 22% rise in net profit to 3.46 billion rupees for the year ended March 2026, as revenue grew 14.4% to 26.52 billion rupees.
As of end-March, the company had 3.60 gigawatts of operational wind and solar capacity, with another 4.04 gigawatts/gigawatt-hours worth of capacity being built.
The company competes with listed renewable energy developers such as NTPC Green Energy NTPG.NS, Adani Green Energy ADNA.NS and ACME Solar Holdings ACMO.NS in India's rapidly expanding clean energy sector.
The Indian government said this month the country has crossed 300 GW of clean electricity generation capacity as of end-July, 60% of the 500 GW of clean energy capacity it is targeting by 2030.
Axis Capital, Citigroup, CLSA, HSBC, ICICI Securities, IIFL Capital Services and Kotak Mahindra Capital are managing the issue.
($1 = 95.4100 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Carlos Méndez in Mexico City; Editing by Joyjeet Das and Vijay Kishore)
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