Petronas: The deal that divided the market

For most of 2009, Malaysian dealmakers had little to talk about. But when a landmark bond issue for Petronas, the country’s biggest corporate name, came to market in August, it more than made up for lost time. Lawrence White reports from Kuala Lumpur.

 

IT WAS THE deal that got the whole market talking again. Petronas, the Malaysian state oil company that accounts for more than 35% of the country’s GDP, issued a $4.5 billion combined Islamic and conventional bond deal in August that attracted staggering interest, widened after pricing, and left market participants sharply divided over the way it had been handled. The deal, which priced on August 5, consisted of a $3 billion 10-year tranche paying 162.5

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