Thai Minor plans up to 15 bln baht bonds

BANGKOK, March 7 (Reuters) - Minor International MINT.BK, Thailand's largest listed hotelier and fast food franchise firm, said on Friday it planned to sell bonds worth up to 15 billion baht ($476 million) for business expansion and loan refinancing.

The bonds would carry maturities of up 15 years, the company told the stock exchange.

Minor shares rose 1.2 percent to 17.0 baht on Thursday when the main Thai stock index .SETI ended 0.33 percent higher. ($1=31.51 Baht) (Reporting by Viparat Jantraprap; Editing by Michael Battye)