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Infracorp
Issues Bahrain’s first-ever green sukuk
Issuance Details
- Company: Infracorp
- Rating (Fitch): B
- Sector: Financial
- Market: ISM
Transaction Details
- Issue Date: 15 March 2022
- Issue Size: $900 million
- Coupon: 7.5%
- Maturity: Perpetual
Infracorp completes issuance of $900 million sukuk
- Infracorp is the infrastructure and sustainability arm of GFH Financial Group. It manages nearly $3 billion of infrastructure assets, including a 250 million-square-foot land bank earmarked for sustainable economic and social infrastructure
- In March 2022, Infracorp sold $900 million in sustainable sukuk, the first-ever green sukuk issued by a Bahraini entity
- The perpetual Islamic bond was issued on London’s International Securities Market (ISM) at a semiannual yield of 7.5%
- Proceeds from Infracorp’s debt sale will be used to accelerate the growth of sustainable infrastructure across the Middle East and South Asia
- GFH Financial Group BSC underwrote the deal
Source: London Stock Exchange, Refinitiv, May 2022