The Kingdom of Bahrain on July 1, 2012, successfully priced a $1.5 billion 10-year bond offering due July 5, 2022.
The offering was priced at a re-offer yield of 6.143%, reflecting a spread of 437.5 basis points over the US 10-year mid-swap rate.
A total of 350 investors participated in the transaction, with an order book of $6.3 billion.
The distribution was at 38% asset managers and hedge funds, 35% with banks, 12% with insurance companies and pension funds, 8% with central banks and 7 % with private banks.
Geographically, 29% of the bond was placed in the Middle East, 14% in the Kingdom of Bahrain, 16% in the United Kingdom, 16% in Europe, 14% in United States, and 11 % in Asia.
Citigroup, Gulf International Bank, JP Morgan and Standard Chartered Bank acted as joint book-runners for the transaction.