First ever sukuk to be issued by an export-import bank

Export-Import Bank Malaysia (Exim Bank) has established a RM3.3 billion (US$1 billion) Multicurrency Sukuk Issuance Programme under the special purpose vehicle, Export- Import Sukuk Malaysia. On Feb 19, 2014, the first sukuk series from the programme was issued. A hybrid structure was decided upon on the basis of wakala principle. The Exim Bank sukuk received strong investor demand. It was oversubscribed by approximately 10 times attracting approximately US$3.2 billion orders. The strong demand from the investors allowed the sukuk to be priced at the tighter end of final price guidance at T+140 bps following an initial price guidance of T+165 bps area, which is equivalent to an all-in yield of 2.87% per annum.