Monday, February 19, 2007

ICICI Bank raises $500 mn via five-year bond

ICICI Bank has raised $500 mn (Rs. 2205 crores) through dollar-denominated five-year bond overseas. The bank will pay a coupon of 62 basis points above the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR). Road shows for the issue were conducted in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Paris. Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank AG were the lead managers to the issue. This is the second time that ICICI Bank is tapping the overseas market in 2007. In January this year, ICICI Bank had raised $2 bn through a bond issue in three tranches.

Read the article in Business Standard.

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