{"id":4113,"date":"2020-06-14T07:18:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T07:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maadhouze.com\/?p=4113"},"modified":"2020-06-14T07:18:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T07:18:35","slug":"africa-finance-corporation-issues-us700-million-5-year-reg-s-eurobond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=4113","title":{"rendered":"Africa Finance Corporation Issues US$700 Million 5-year Reg S Eurobond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa Finance Corporation (\u201cAFC\u201d or \u201cthe Corporation\u201d), the leading infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, today announces the successful issuance of a US$700 Million <\/span><\/span>Reg<\/span><\/span> S Eurobond, maturing 16 June 2025 (\u201cthe US$700 million Eurobond\u201d or \u201cthe bond issuance\u201d).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The US$700 million Eurobond is AFC\u2019s first bond issuance in 2020 and carries a coupon of 3.125%. The bond received strong global interest across Europe, Asia and the Middle East despite the challenging global economic backdrop, leading it to being c.3 times over-subscribed. The order book, which reached over US$2.1 billion, comprised of high-quality fixed income investors that are seeking exposure to a high-quality investment grade issuer like AFC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The investor base for the Eurobond reflects the geographically diverse funding opportunities for AFC. The distribution breakdown of the order book saw Asia (11%), Middle East and Africa (30%), off-shore US (4%), the United Kingdom (18%), Switzerland (16%), Germany (13%) and other Europe regions (8%) all partaking, demonstrating a keen appetite for African investment from around the world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This bond issuance is the fifth Eurobond under the Corporation\u2019s US$5 billion Global Medium-Term Note (\u201cGMTN\u201d) <\/span><\/span>programme<\/span><\/span>, which was recently upsized from US$3 billion in line with the Corporation\u2019s five-year corporate strategy. AFC\u2019s GMTN <\/span><\/span>Programme<\/span><\/span> is rated A3 by Moody\u2019s Investor Services and the bond issuance which is a drawdown under the GMTN program is listed on the Irish Stock Exchange.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In strict observance of the Corporation\u2019s COVID-19 protocol, marketing and execution was done virtually with AFC engaging with new and long-standing investors across Asia, Europe and the Middle East through a series of one-on-one calls and a global investor virtual meeting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Eurobond proceeds shall be used for general corporate purposes as the Corporation continues its mission to catalyze industrialization on the African continent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Samaila<\/span><\/span> Zubairu<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>President &<\/span><\/span> CEO of AFC, commented on the announcement:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAFC is pleased with the placement of our most recent Eurobond, which reflects market confidence in AFC\u2019s strategy and execution and demonstrates African issuers\u2019 ongoing access to global capital markets. The placement\u2019s success and strong subscription rate despite the difficult global economic conditions, reflect the attractiveness of AFC as a gateway to Africa\u2019s infrastructure and industrial opportunities for institutional capital, and will finance the value accretive beneficiation of Africa\u2019s primary commodities as well as create jobs for Africa\u2019s youth.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Banji<\/span><\/span> Fehintola, Senior Director & Treasurer of AFC, added: \u201cThe success of AFC\u2019s most recent bond issuance in a very challenging and fragile macroeconomic environment attests to AFC\u2019s strong market access, the strength of our credit and our well-established investor engagement <\/span><\/span>programme<\/span><\/span>. Despite recent dislocations in global markets, the successful issuance of this bond will also open the door for other African issuers to tap the bond market this year. The bond proceeds will provide AFC with additional liquidity to continue financing critical infrastructure projects across the continent, in line with our developmental mandate.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The bond issuance was arranged by <\/span><\/span>BofA<\/span><\/span> Securities, J.P. Morgan and MUFG as Global Co-<\/span><\/span>ordinators<\/span><\/span> and Joint <\/span><\/span>Bookrunners<\/span><\/span>, together with First Abu Dhabi Bank and Goldman Sachs International as Joint <\/span><\/span>Bookrunners<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa Finance Corporation (\u201cAFC\u201d or \u201cthe Corporation\u201d), the leading infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, today announces the successful issuance of a US$700 Million Reg S Eurobond, maturing 16 June 2025 (\u201cthe US$700 million Eurobond\u201d or \u201cthe bond issuance\u201d). The US$700 million Eurobond is AFC\u2019s first bond issuance in 2020 and carries a coupon of 3.125%. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2456],"tags":[2539,2698],"class_list":["post-4113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-africa-finance-corporation","tag-eurobond"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4115,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4113\/revisions\/4115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}