GE Shipping to raise Rs 95 cr via preference shares

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MUMBAI, Dec. 25

GREAT Eastern Shipping Company Ltd is raising Rs 95 crore by way of issue of preference shares. Rating agency, Crisil, has given a pfAAA rating to the issue. The rating takes into account the company's strength on account of its diversified income stream, according to Crisil in a release.

Despite a Rs 148-crore share buy-back programme implemented last year, the company's financials continued to remain at the anticipated levels mainly due to the prevailing favourable business cycle, Crisil said in the release.The company has a $160-million capital investment plan in the next 2 to 3 years. But the impact of this on the company's gearing would be moderate, the release said.