Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Kuwait's Alargan International Real Estate Co. Wednesday said it has received the approval of the country's Capital Markets Authority to issue up to 26.5 million Kuwaiti dinars ($94.9 million) in bonds.

The five-year bonds will be issued in two tranches, the property developer said in a statement posted on the Kuwait bourse website.

The company, also known as Alargan Group, didn't disclose what it planned to do with the money raised.

-By Shikrallah Nakhoul, Zawya Dow Jones, +961 1 985757, shikrallah@zawya.com

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