NEW YORK: India’s fourth largest private sector bank, YES BANK has successfully completed issuance of its first USD 600 million (more than Rs. 3,847 crore) bond issue in the international debt markets. The Bond issuance is for a tenor of 5 years and is rated Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service and is listed on the London Stock Exchange International Securities Market (LSE ISM), the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading (SGX), and the India International Exchange IFSC at GIFT City, Gandhinagar.
This is the largest debut International bond issuance by an Indian bank with a lowest spread over Treasury for a debut fixed rate, issued as a part of the Bank’s USD 1 BN Medium Term Note (MTN) programme. The issue was also oversubscribed by >1.83x from over 90 accounts.