Emirates NBD issues A$400m fixed rate notes due 2019

Dubai: Emirates NBD PJSC (Emirates NBD) has issued Australian Dollar A$400 million (Dh1.4 billion) Fixed Rate Notes, maturing in 2019, off their A$1.5 billion Debt Issuance Programme. The notes are rated Baa1 by Moody’s and A+ by Fitch and pay a fixed rate coupon of 5.75 per cent. ANZ, BNP Paribas, HSBC and Emirates NBD Capital were joint lead managers on the transaction.

Emirates NBD said in a statement that it was pleased to issue again in the Australian Dollar market, having previously issued A$250 million in 2006, the first ever Middle East based institution to issue an Australian Dollar denominated transaction.