Limak Renewable Energy prices USD 450 mn green bond: Turkey-based Limak Renewable Energy has priced a 5.5-year USD 450 mn green bond with a 9.625% reoffer rate, Zawya reported on Thursday. The company plans to list on the Guernsey-headquartered International Stock Exchange on 12 February.

The purpose: The company will use the proceeds to refinance its existing debt and fund green capital expenditures in its portfolio. Fitch assigned the issuance a rating of BB-, according to a press release.

Advisors: Emirates NBD will act as a joint bookrunner with BofA Securities and JP Morgan. BofA will also serve as green structuring coordinator.

There’s a system in place: Last November, the company issued its Green Bond Framework(pdf) in preparation to issue green bonds and sukuk “to finance or refinance existing and future projects. The framework was reviewed and approved (pdf) by the sustainability rating agency Sustainalytics.

IN OTHER REGIONAL DEBT NEWS-

#1- Saudi’s National Environmental Recycling Co. (Tadweeer) secured a SAR 170 mn Sharia-compliant facility from Saudi Awwal Bank, according to a disclosure to Tadawul on Tuesday. The 36-month facility — with a 15-month grace period and promissory note security — will fund a SAR 45 mn financial ins. backing and SAR 90 mn in bridge financing, with SAR 35 mn allocated for working capital.

REFRESHER: Tadweeer received approval last November from Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority to double its capital through a bonus share issuance, capitalizing SAR 58.1 mn from retained earnings to distribute freeshares to existing shareholders.

ICYMI- Tadweer transitioned from Tadawul’s parallel market (Nomu) to the exchange’s main market back in 2023.

#2- Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) began offering its USD-denominated trust certificates under its international trust certificate issuance program through a special-purpose vehicle, according to a disclosure to Tadawul on Thursday. The proceeds will be allocated to finance its general business activities. The offering period runs from February 6 and concludes today, February 7.

More details: The size of the issuance is yet to be determined based on market conditions, but the company said each certificate will have a par value of USD 200k and set a minimum subscription of USD 200k, with USD 1k increments for going over. The issuance will be split into two tranches with maturities of 5 and 10 years, with a planned listing on the London Stock Exchange’s International Securities Market.

ADVISORS- Citigroup Global Markets, HSBC Bank, Al Rajhi Capital, BNP PARIBAS, GIB Capital, JP Morgan Securities, Natixis, Saudi Fransi Capital, SNB Capital, and Standard Chartered were tapped to be joint lead managers.

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