CBB Sukuk Al-Ijara Oversubscribed

13 January 2015 Manama - The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the monthly issue of the short-term Islamic leasing bonds, Sukuk Al-Ijara, has been oversubscribed by 270%.Subscriptions worth BD54 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 15 January 2015 and matures on 16 July 2015, is 0.82 % e

Press Release

January 13, 2015

13 January 2015
Manama - The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the monthly issue of the short-term Islamic leasing bonds, Sukuk Al-Ijara, has been oversubscribed by 270%.

Subscriptions worth BD54 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 15 January 2015 and matures on 16 July 2015, is 0.82 % equivalent to 0.82% for the previous issue on 18 December 2014.

The Sukuk Al-Ijara are issued by the CBB on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

This is issue No.113 (BH000176W564) of the short-term Sukuk Al-Ijara series.

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Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB)
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