Jio Platforms Ltd. plans to use part of the proceeds from its proposed initial share sale to repay its telecom unit’s external commercial borrowings of almost $3 billion, a draft IPO document showed.
Jio, a crown jewel of billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s oil-to-retail conglomerate, filed the draft documents on Friday for an IPO that includes the issuance of as many as 270 million new shares, kick-starting a long-awaited process of unlocking shareholder value.