Hello Im currently working on the JAGUAR LAND ROVER : BOND VALUATION Case.

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc (JLR), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Indian company Tata Motors Limited, announced, on March 3, 2015, an issue of Senior Notes (bonds) worth US$500 million1 and due in 2020 at a coupon rate of 3.5 per cent per annum (p.a.), interest payable semi-annually. The net proceeds of this issue were to be primarily applied to repurchase the company's outstanding Senior Notes worth $410 million, issued on May 19, 2011, and due on May 15, 2021(see Exhibit 1). These outstanding Notes carried a coupon rate of interest of 8.125 per cent p.a., payable two times per year.2 In March 2015, the indicative pricing of these Notes in the Luxemburg Bourse signaled an 11 per cent premium over face value (see Exhibit 2). The reference treasury security for these Notes was the U.S. Treasury Notes due May 15, 2016, that carried a coupon of 0.25 per cent p.a. (see Exhibit 3). This issue was the company's second such refinancing in two months.

The bond buyback was to be through a tender offer starting immediately and ending on March 30, 2015. Existing bondholders had an option to sell their holdings to the company or roll over their existing holdings to the new security.3