<p>SBI has mopped up one billion dollars in an international bond sale programme, according to one of the merchant bankers Citigroup.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"SBI successfully sold its five-year senior unsecured bond (REG S)at 255 BPS over the US treasury yielding a coupon of 325 base per annum raising one billion dollars through its London branch. The issue was closed late last night," Citigroup told PTI today.<br /><br />However, SBI could not be contacted this morning for comments, though Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri yesterday had confirmed that the issue was to be closed late last night.<br /><br />At 325 base, this could be the tightest money raised by a domestic corporate in a foreign market.<br /><br />The merchant banker also said the fixed bonds, which were sold to raise USD 1 billion, will be listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange and has a Baa2 rating from Moody's and BBB- by Standard & Poor's.<br /><br />This is the third bond sale by SBI in the past two years, with the latest being the USD 1.25 billion, it had raised in a 10-year issue last July. That issue was the largest-ever from a domestic bank and also the cheapest five year-issue by a domestic issuer.<br />At 3.75 per cent over the US treasury bills, the SBI issue was the cheapest-ever by a domestic company till date with the effective coupon rate, payable half-yearly, working out to be just 4.125 per cent.<br /><br />SBI had mopped up another USD 1 billion in July 2010 also. The bank has a board mandate to raise USD 10 billion from overseas over the next few years, and it has a headroom to raise nearly USD 6 billion more, including the current issuance, since it had raised nearly USD 4 billion till last year.<br /><br />With the SBI issue, so far this year, domestic companies like Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Exim Bank, PowerGrid, and Tata Communications among others, have raised a whopping USD 7.5 billion, which is 75 per cent of what India Inc mopped in the entire previous year.</p>
<p>SBI has mopped up one billion dollars in an international bond sale programme, according to one of the merchant bankers Citigroup.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"SBI successfully sold its five-year senior unsecured bond (REG S)at 255 BPS over the US treasury yielding a coupon of 325 base per annum raising one billion dollars through its London branch. The issue was closed late last night," Citigroup told PTI today.<br /><br />However, SBI could not be contacted this morning for comments, though Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri yesterday had confirmed that the issue was to be closed late last night.<br /><br />At 325 base, this could be the tightest money raised by a domestic corporate in a foreign market.<br /><br />The merchant banker also said the fixed bonds, which were sold to raise USD 1 billion, will be listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange and has a Baa2 rating from Moody's and BBB- by Standard & Poor's.<br /><br />This is the third bond sale by SBI in the past two years, with the latest being the USD 1.25 billion, it had raised in a 10-year issue last July. That issue was the largest-ever from a domestic bank and also the cheapest five year-issue by a domestic issuer.<br />At 3.75 per cent over the US treasury bills, the SBI issue was the cheapest-ever by a domestic company till date with the effective coupon rate, payable half-yearly, working out to be just 4.125 per cent.<br /><br />SBI had mopped up another USD 1 billion in July 2010 also. The bank has a board mandate to raise USD 10 billion from overseas over the next few years, and it has a headroom to raise nearly USD 6 billion more, including the current issuance, since it had raised nearly USD 4 billion till last year.<br /><br />With the SBI issue, so far this year, domestic companies like Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Exim Bank, PowerGrid, and Tata Communications among others, have raised a whopping USD 7.5 billion, which is 75 per cent of what India Inc mopped in the entire previous year.</p>