Welspun Corp has rejected all the bids it received as part of a convertible bond tender that it launched on December 7 and has decided not to proceed with the offer, the company said in an announcement to the Bombay Stock Exchange on Friday.
The tender referred to a $150 million 4.5% CB that Welspun issued in September 2009 and which will mature in 2014. The bond was trading at about 80% to 82% of its principal value when the offer was launched and has hovered at a bid between 79% and 84% during the past couple of months.
The company, an Indian maker of steel pipes...