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Bahrain-based Gulf International Bank (GIB) has announced the successful completion of a senior unsecured two billion Saudi riyal ($533 million) five-year floating rate notes issuance. The notes were issued at a spread of 72.5 basis points above three-month Saudi Arabia Interbank Offered Rate (SAIBOR). The order book was more than 1.7 times oversubscribed, reaching more than 3.4bn riyals from investors. The joint lead managers and book runners for the offering were GIB Capital, NCB Capital Company, Samba Capital and Investment Management Company and Saudi Fransi Capital. The primary shareholder in GIB is the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.