New bond issue: Georgia sells USD 500m in 2021 bonds with 6.875% coupon
Georgia on April 5, 2011 placed USD 500m in bonds with a 6.875% coupon, maturing in 2021. The bond was priced at 98.233%. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan arranged the deal.
Issuer, issue number: Georgia, 2021
Type of debt instrument: Eurobonds
Issue status: outstanding
Par, currency of issue: USD, 200000
Amount: 500 000 000
ISIN: XS0617134092
End of placement: Apr 05 2011
Issue price: 98.233
Coupon: 6.875%
Coupon frequency: 2 time(s) per year
Settlement Date: Apr 12 2011
Maturity date: Apr 12 2021
Issue Managers: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan
Issuer profile:
Georgia (Georgian: transliterated as Sakartvelo) is a Eurasian country in the Caucasus located at the east coast of the Black Sea. It is bordered on the north by Russia, on the south by Turkey and Armenia, and on the east by Azerbaijan. It is a transcontinental country, located at the juncture of Eastern Europe and Western Asia - in other words, located in the transitional, mountainous Caucasus region of Eurasia. Georgia is a representative democracy, organized as a secular, unitary, semi-presidential republic. Georgia was the second state to adopt Christianity as an official state religion after Armenia in the 4th century AD. Georgia is currently a member of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the World Trade Organization and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, and seeks integration with the European Union and NATO. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Outstanding issues:
2 issue(s) outstanding worth USD 1 000 000 000
Issuer's rating:
Moody's Investors Service Ba3/Stable Int. Scale (foreign curr) 06.10.2010
Standard & Poor's B+/Positive Int. Scale (foreign curr.) 29.03.2011
Standard & Poor's B+/Positive Int. Scale (loc. curr.) 29.03.2011
Fitch Ratings B+/Positive Int. Scale (foreign curr.) 03.03.2011
Fitch Ratings B+/Positive Int.l Scale (local curr.) 03.03.2011