Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka $1.5 billion 6.2% sovereign bond issue

30/5/2017
High-yield bond/note issue, Sovereign bond issue

$ 1.5 billion

Completed

30/5/2017


Overview:

  • The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has issued a $1.5 billion sovereign bond.
  • The 6.2% notes are due 2027.
  • Citigroup, CLSA, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, ICBC International, JPMorgan and Standard Chartered acted as the joint lead managers and bookrunners.
  • The issue is the country's 11th US dollar issue since 2007.

Katrin Kostadinova - Data analyst

Jurisdiction:

Sri Lanka

Deal types:

High-yield bond/note issue
Sovereign bond issue

Practice area:

Capital markets : Debt

Industry sector:

Government and public policy


Firm:

Party: Sri Lanka (Issuer)

Lawyer: Julie Song