NDMC completes arranging Sukuk issuance worth $6 bln

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​The National Debt Management Center (NDMC) announced today it completed receiving investors' applications for the international trust certificates issuance (Sukuk), with a total value of $6 billion under the Kingdom's Global Trust Certificate Issuance Program.

The total order book reached over $27 billion, which equals an oversubscription of 4.5 times the total of $6 billion issuance (equivalent to SAR 22.50 billion) via a dual-tranche Sukuk offering. The value of the first tranche was $3 billion (equivalent to SAR 11.25 billion) for a 6-years Sukuk maturing in May 2029 with a 4.274% profit rate. The second tranche totaled $3 billion (equivalent to SAR 11.25 billion) for a 10-years Sukuk maturing in May 2033 with a 4.511% profit rate, NDMC noted.

The bid-to-cover ratio reflects the strong demand of the Kingdom's issuances, confirming the international investors' confidence in the strength of the Kingdom's economy and its investment opportunities future. That was shown in this issuance that oversubscribed with demand from a wide array of international investors and was allocated to a global mix of asset managers and financial institutions.

NDMC also said, in a statement that a number of local and international banks and financial institutions contributed to the success story of this issuance, as Citigroup Global Markets Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities Plc, and Standard Chartered Bank acted as joint global coordinators and active bookrunners on this transaction. AlJazira Capital, BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs acted as Passive Bookrunners.​

This issuance represents the Kingdom's first dual tranche sukuk issuance since 2017 and comes on the back of a successful $10 billion multi-tranche bond transaction, which was executed in January 2023, NDMC added.