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Monday, September 07, 2009 - 07.26 GMT |
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CBSL to issue
International Sovereign Bond of US$ 500 mn |
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The
Central
Bank of
Sri
Lanka (CBSL),
on
behalf
of the
Government,
plans to
issue an
International
Sovereign
Bond
amounting
to US
Dollar
500
million
in
international
markets
in
October
2009.
In
connection
with the
above,
the CBSL
has
invited
selected
leading
international
banks/Investment
houses
to
submit
their
proposals
to act
as Lead
Manager(s)/Bookrunner(s).
In
response,
seven
such
banks/Investment
houses
have
submitted
proposals
on the
issue of
the
sovereign
bond.
The
proposals
are
being
evaluated
by a
steering
committee/technical
evaluation
committee,
comprising
senior
officials
of the
CBSL and
the
Ministry
of
Finance,
to
appoint
Lead
Manager(s)/Bookrunner(s)
by mid
September
2009.
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