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Article: DIB to buy back $50.6m of sukuk.
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- Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
- Article date:
- May 21, 2009
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Byline: Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) will buy back $50.6 million (Dh185.7 million) of its sukuk maturing in 2012.
Dubai: Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) will buy back $50.6 million (Dh185.7 million) of its sukuk maturing in 2012.
The buy-back price will be 88 per cent of the bonds' face value, the bank said in a statement to Nasdaq Dubai on Wednesday.
The settlement date for the purchase is May 21. Dubai Islamic has $750 million of sukuk due 2012. The bank on May 6 had offered to buy back as much as $200 million of sukuk.
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