石油设备网讯 据路透社迪拜报道,据主导交易的一家银行发布并经路透社审查的文件显示,世界最大的石油生产商沙特阿美公司已在计划中的多期美元债券发行之前雇用了银行。
预计这家石油巨头将利用该债券为其收购全球第四大石油化工制造商沙特基础工业公司(萨比克/SABIC)的股份提供资金,沙特阿美上周宣布了一项价值691亿美元的交易。沙特石油部长表示,该债券的规模将在100亿美元左右。
在计划中的债券发行前,沙特阿美获得了穆迪(Moody's)的信用评级为A1,惠誉(Fitch)的信用评级为A+。
该文件称,沙特阿美计划发行一份144A/Reg S债券,期限可能为3至30年。它将于今天开始与债券投资者举行“路演”,届时将访问新加坡、伦敦、香港、东京、纽约、洛杉矶、波士顿和芝加哥。
摩根大通和摩根士丹利已被聘为全球联合协调人,并与花旗集团、高盛、汇丰银行和沙特阿拉伯国家商业银行一起被任命为联合账簿管理人。
该文件称,这些将在伦敦证交所上市的债券预计将被穆迪评级为A1,被惠誉评级为A+。
【注:144A债券是由美国国内或国际公司为美国投资者创建的私募配售,而Reg S债券是为国际投资者发行的债券,两者的最主要的差异在于,是否能面向美国境内合格机构投资者发行。Reg S下的发行仅面向美国境外的机构性投资者,主要是亚洲及欧洲地区的投资者为主,在这类发行结构下,发行人不能直接向美国账户发售或出售,例如不能通过美国路演的方式发行。144A规则债券则可以向美国境内合格机构投资者发行。】
詹晓晶摘自路透社
原文如下:
Saudi Aramco hires banks ahead of debut multi-tranche dollar bond: document
Saudi Aramco, the world’s top oil producer, has hired banks ahead of a planned multi-tranche debut dollar bond issue, according to a document issued by one of the banks leading the deal and reviewed by Reuters.
The oil giant is expected to use the bond to help finance its acquisition of a stake in SABIC, the world’s fourth-largest petrochemicals maker, in a deal announced last week worth $69.1 billion. The kingdom’s oil minister has said the bond would be around $10 billion in size.
Aramco obtained credit ratings of A1 by Moody’s and A+ by Fitch ahead of the planned bond.
The document said Aramco plans a 144a/Reg S bond with maturities that may range from three to 30 years. It will start meeting bond investors today in a “roadshow” that will visit Singapore, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago.
JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley have been hired as joint global coordinators, and as bookrunners together with Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and NCB Capital.
The bonds, to be listed on the London Stock Exchange, are expected to be rated A1 by Moody’s and A+ by Fitch, the document said.