KUALA LUMPUR – Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has successfully priced a US$3.0 billion (RM12.3 billion) dual-tranche senior bond offering, comprising US$1.25 billion 10.75-year and US$1.75 billion 40-year conventional notes.
The 10.75-year senior notes were priced at 92.5 basis points (bps) over the 10-year US Treasury yield for a coupon of 2.480%, and the 40-year senior notes were priced 115 bps over the 30-year US Treasury for a coupon of 3.404%, Petronas said in a statement today.
“Key highlights of the transaction include lowest coupon and tightest issue spreads ever achieved by Petronas and any other Malaysian corporations in both the 10-year and 40-year bond tranches.
“Petronas also achieved final pricing of 42.5 bps and 40 bps lower than its initial price guidance for the 10.75-year and 40-year bond tranches, respectively. The yields achieved on both tranches were lower than Petronas’ existing secondary curve and borrowing costs,” it said.
It said the highly sought after 40-year bond tranche was the largest ever by an Asean issuer and priced at a mere 22.5 bps over the 10.75-year bond yield – a far tighter spread than that achieved by most international and Asean issuers.
“Supported by strong investor demand, Petronas was able to upsize the transaction size to US$3 billion based on total demand of US$7.4 billion – more than 2.46 times the enlarged issuance size.”
The bonds were distributed to top tier international investors across the globe – with the 10.75-year distributed to investors in Asia (48%), the US (43%), and Europe and the Middle East (9.0%), while the 40-year were distributed to investors in the US (46%), Asia (40%), and Europe and the Middle East (14%).
The national oil company said the issuance follows the US$600 million bond offering issued by Petronas Energy Canada Ltd and guaranteed by Petronas last month, and the previous US$6 billion multi-tranche offering in April last year.
“Use of proceeds will be for debt refinancing and general corporate purposes, thereby further optimising the balance sheet and extending Petronas’ debt maturity profile,” it said.
BofA Securities and Citigroup acted as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, together with HSBC, Maybank and MUFG as joint bookrunners. – Bernama, April 23, 2021
