IRFC overseas bond issue subscribed six times

Company saw bids worth $3 billion

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Samie Modak Mumbai
Last Updated : Feb 20 2014 | 7:51 PM IST
The $500 million overseas bond issue of state-owned Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) saw bids worth $3 billion. The company issued bonds in five-year tenure maturing in February 2019.

The bonds, with S&P rating of 'BBB-', had coupon rate of 3.917%. The offering was the first quasi-government institutional offering in 2014. More than half of the bids were from the European region and about 38% were from Asia.

Deutsche Bank, ANZ, Barclays and The Royal Bank of Scotland were the book running lead managers. Listing of the bonds will be on Singapore's SGX exchange.
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First Published: Feb 20 2014 | 7:44 PM IST

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