Best sukuk deal – Turkey: Ziraat Katilim’s $500 million inaugural sukuk

Name of borrower: Ziraat Katılım

Name of borrower: Ziraat Katılım

Amount: $500 million

Tenor: Three years

Underwriters: Emirates NBD Capital, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Dubai Islamic Bank

Date: November 2023

The $500 million, RegS, three-year, senior unsecured sukuk offering by Ziraat Katılım was the first international sukuk and the inaugural senior unsecured sukuk from a state-owned bank in Turkey.

The order book of $2.5 billion was the largest oversubscription (five times) for a Turkish transaction in 2023. This allowed the issuer to tighten pricing by 25 basis points to 37.

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