HONG KONG - Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone has mandated Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citigroup, and Emirates NBD Capital as joint bookrunners and lead managers for an offering of US benchmark bonds. Fixed-income meetings will start tomorrow in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US for the senior unsecured 144A/Reg S notes, which are expected to be rated Baa3/BBB-/BBB-. The issuer is India’s largest private developer and operator of ports and related infrastructure. SBI Capital Markets is joint lead manager.