Jul 16 2013
Manama, Bahrain – 16 July 2013
The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the monthly issue of the short-term Islamic leasing bonds, Sukuk Al-Ijara, has been subscribed by 271%.
Subscriptions worth BD 54.2 million were received for the BD 20 million issue, which carries a maturity of 182 days.
The expected return on the issue, which begins on 18 July 2013 and matures on 16 January 2014, is 0.85% compared to 0.80% for the previous issue on 18th June 2013
The Sukuk Al-Ijara are issued by the CBB on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
This is issue No. 95 (BH00086819S2) of the short-term Sukuk Al-Ijara series.
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