Mumbai: Adani Transmission Step-One Restricted (ATSOL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of listed Adani Vitality Options Restricted, has raised $500 million by issuing dollar-denominated bonds, a portion of which may very well be privately positioned with Apollo International Administration, in response to two individuals within the know.
The capital shall be used to refinance $500 million of ATSOL bonds which can be maturing in early August. ATSOL had issued these bonds in 2016 with a 4% coupon, in response to knowledge from Bloomberg.
In January, ATSOL’s senior secured bond rankings of Baa3 was affirmed by Moody’s and its outlook was modified to secure from damaging. This score is in keeping with the American credit score evaluator’s India’s sovereign score and is the bottom tier within the funding grade.
“The affirmation of ATSOL’s senior secured bond rankings displays the corporate’s shut credit score hyperlinks with its wholly-owned dad or mum Adani Vitality Options Restricted (AESL) due to AESL’s assure on the rated bonds and the occasion of default provisions linked to AESL’s insolvency,” the score company stated in a be aware dated 15 January. “AESL’s credit score profile in flip displays its diversified portfolio of high quality transmission and distribution belongings, which profit from supportive regulatory regimes or long-term contracts with mounted tariffs,” it added. The secure outlook, in the meantime, is because of AESL’s continued secure working efficiency, Moody’s stated.
The Adani Group and Apollo International didn’t reply instantly toMint’srequest for remark.
Enormous capex
AESL’s web debt stood at ₹36,113 crore as of September 2025. It didn’t disclose its web debt as of 31 December in its newest earnings presentation.
The corporate is within the midst of an intensive capital expenditure (capex) cycle, having invested ₹9,294 crore throughout the first 9 months of FY26, 25% greater than in the identical interval final yr. Whereas a bulk of this capex ( ₹5,459 crore) went into organising energy transmission traces, investments in putting in good meters tripled to ₹2,620 crore.
The corporate’s capex on transmission traces may common between ₹18,000-20,000 crore a yr over the following 5 years because it executes two high-voltage direct present (HVDC) transmission initiatives in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, Kandarp Patel, the corporate’s chief govt officer, stated in an investor name on 23 January.
AESL, which was earlier known as Adani Transmission Restricted, was carved out of Adani Energy Restricted a decade in the past. It’s the largest private-sector energy transmission and distribution firm in India with high-voltage energy traces throughout 16 states.
The corporate’s inventory was buying and selling at ₹998.8 as of 12:30 pm on Wednesday, having shed greater than 4% because the begin of 2026. The Sensex is down almost 10% over this era owing to web promoting by overseas buyers amid world uncertainty.