Kotak is lending $150 million (₹1,250 crore) under a mezzanine debt facility to Prasad at 18-20% and arranging an additional $300 million from other lenders including Edelweiss Domestic Performing Credit Fund, two people close to the development said. The Edelweiss fund is lending the money, a senior debt facility, at 10-11%.
The fund plans to provide a $150 million mezzanine debt facility at 18-20% and arrange another $300 million from other lenders to finance the acquisition, said a person in the know. "The funding cost could vary by the instrument where the blend-in cost could be 14-15%," he added.
Kotak Alternate Asset Managers (previously Kotak Investment Advisors), the alternative investment arm of Kotak Group, which hit a first close of its second special situation fund ..