Reuters – Mobily signature of the SAR 7.9 billion refinancing facility
Feb 1 Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), Saudi Arabia’s second largest mobile telephone operator, said on Wednesday it had signed a 7.9 billion riyals ($2.11 bln) refinancing facility with a group of banks.
The murabaha facility will refinance a significant part of Mobily’s current debt, the company said in a statement, adding that the new facility was unsecured and had a seven years maturity, with a two-year grace period and five years repayment period.
A murabaha is a cost-plus-profit arrangement which complies with Islamic finance standards.
The group of banks included National Commercial Bank , Banque Saudi Fransi, Samba Financial Group , Saudi British Bank, Riyad Bank and Al Rajhi Bank, it said. ($1 = 3.7505 riyals) (Reporting By Tom Arnold; Editing by Vyas Mohan)
Reuters | Feb 1st, 2017