CBB Sukuk Al-Ijara Oversubscribed

14 July 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 194%.Subscriptions worth BD 50.5 million were received for the BD 26 million issue, which carries a maturity of 182 days.The expected return on the issue, which begins on 16 July 2015 and matures on 14 January 2016, is 1.28 % c

Press Release

July 14, 2015

14 July 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 194%.

Subscriptions worth BD 50.5 million were received for the BD 26 million issue, which carries a maturity of 182 days.

The expected return on the issue, which begins on 16 July 2015 and matures on 14 January 2016, is 1.28 % compared to 1.25% for the previous issue on 18 June 2015.

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

This is issue No.119 (BH0001706165) of the short-term Sukuk Al-Ijara series.

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Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB)
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