#Saudi Electricity to raise $2 bln with dual-tranche sukuk with green tranche | Reuters

Saudi Electricity to raise $2 bln with dual-tranche sukuk with green tranche | Reuters

Saudi Electricity Company (5110.SE), majority owned by the sovereign Public Investment Fund, is set to raise $2 billion from a sale of dual-tranche Islamic bonds, a bank document on the deal showed on Monday.

The company's offer is made up of 10-year green sukuk and 30-year conventional Islamic paper, the document showed.

Orders for the 10-year tranche topped $9.2 billion and the 30-year tranche drew more than $6.2 billion in demand, both excluding interest from joint lead managers, the document said.

The kingdom's electric transmission monopoly launched $1.2 billion in 10-year green sukuk at a spread of 120 basis points (bps) over U.S. Treasuries and $800 million in 30-year conventional sukuk at 205 bps over UST.

The spreads were tightened after higher-than-expected demand of $15.4 billion for both tranches. Initial guidance was for a spread of around 165 bps over UST for the 10-year notes and around 240 bps over the same benchmark for the 30-year Islamic bonds.