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Saudi Binladin Group, one of the kingdom's largest construction firms, has priced an Islamic bond with a 364-day tenor worth 1 billion riyals ($267 million). The transaction, arranged by the investment banking arm of Gulf International Bank and BNP Paribas' Saudi unit, was priced with a profit rate of 2.5 percent. The funds from the issue will reportedly be used to finance costs related to its work at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. Binladin is the main contractor for the project, which aims to increase the airport's capacity to handle 80 million passengers annually by 2035. The terms of the sukuk are the same as those on the company's last Islamic bond offer in July 2013, which was arranged by the same banks.

Saudi Binladin Group has begun marketing a 364-day sukuk issue to local investors in the kingdom which could raise up to one billion riyals ($265 million) for the construction firm. The transaction is being managed by BNP Paribas' Saudi unit and the investment banking arm of Gulf International Bank. Funds from the deal will be used to finance costs related to its work at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. The last time Binladin Group was in the bond market was in July 2013, when it sold a 1bn riyal 364-day sukuk, which carried a profit rate of 2.5 per cent. That transaction was arranged by the same two banks appointed for the current issue.

Saudi-based construction firm Binladin Group has completed a 1-billion-riyal ($266.7 million) Islamic bond sale. The transaction, structured as a sukuk al-murabaha, has a one-year lifespan and pays a profit rate of 2.5 percent. The Islamic bond was sold to a wide range of investor types including financial institutions, asset managers and insurance funds among others. Sources said last month that BNP Paribas and the investment banking arm of Gulf International Bank were marketing a deal for Binladin Group to Saudi investors, with proceeds to be used to fund its projects. The sukuk sale is the fourth carrying a 364-day tenor. Binladin Group has already completed one, longer-dated local currency sukuk in 2013. It priced the 1.3-billion-riyal Islamic bond with a 2.5-year lifespan, arranged by the investment banking arm of Banque Saudi Fransi , in April.