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Ecuador completes buyback

Ecuador completes buyback

June 20, 2019 | Mick Bowen
Sovereign issuer agrees to repurchase $1.2bn in 2020 bonds after investors tender 93% of the outstanding notes

Bonds Debt Capital Markets Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Fixed Income Economy & Policy Ecuador

Ecuador said it has concluded a bond buyback, agreeing to repurchase $1.18bn in 10.5% 2020 notes, or 86.7% of the outstanding amount. Bondholders tendered $1.4bn in 2020s, or 93.3% of the $1.5bn in outstanding notes, looking to receive $1,060 for every $1,000 in bonds, Ecuador said in a press release. Ecuador last week added $1.13bn to its 2029 notes to pay for the buyback. The bookrunners Citi, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan priced the reopening to yield 9.05%, down from the 10.75% that Ecuador pai

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