Manama, Bahrain - 19 July 2011 - 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 408%.
Subscriptions worth BD81.5 million were received for the BD20 million issue, which carries a maturity of 182 days.
The expected return on the issue, which begins on 21 July 2011 and matures on 19 January 2012, is 0.90%.
The Sukuk Al-Ijara are issued by the CBB on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
This is issue No.71 (BH000GJ0S722) of the short-term Sukuk Al-Ijara series.
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© Press Release 2011
