National Bank of Kuwait Sells $750 Million in Perpetual Bonds
Posted on 11/23/2019
The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) sold US$ 750 million of perpetual bonds offering a 4.5% yield. The global coordinators on the deal were JPMorgan, Citi, NBK Capital, and Standard Chartered. Perpetual bonds do not have a maturity date.
Earlier in the month, NBK and Kuwait Finance House arranged a 5-year syndicated revolving loan and Murabaha facility at 350 million Kuwaiti dinars (US$ 1.2 billion) for Kuwait Petroleum Company. The facility includes a conventional tranche at 210 million Kuwaiti dinars (US$ 692 million) and a Murabaha tranche at 140 million Kuwaiti dinars (US$ 461 million).
NBK’s shares have been trading on the Kuwait Stock Exchange since 1984. Kuwait’s Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) owns 5.53% of the shares of NBK as of December 31, 2018.
