Ministry of Finance contracted Rothschild as financial advisor for Eurobonds issue

Ukraine's Finance Ministry attracted international financial institutions as BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Citi to arrange a series of meetings with investors and contracted Rothschild as a financial advisor to issue new Eurobonds.

The Ministry's website states that the investors meetings will take place in London on 23 and 24 October, in New York on 23 October, and in Boston on 24 October.

After the meetings, Ukraine is going to issue Eurobonds denominated in USD under Rule 144A (for qualifying American investors) and Reg S (for non-American investors.)

As was reported earlier, Ukraine still plans to obtain almost USD 2 billion international loans in 2018, which were scheduled for the first half of the year. One of the options is to issue Eurobonds, Ukraine's Acting Minister of Finance Oksana Markarova said at the end of the last week.

In September 2017, Ukraine issued 15-year Eurobonds to USD 3 billion with a yield of 7.375%. The issuance was arranged by BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. Together with issuing a new Eurobonds, Ukraine's Finance Ministry repurchased Eurobonds that matured in 2019 and 2020 to the amount of USD 1.576 billion. Last year's deal was the first one for Ukraine to place Eurobonds on the international market since 2013. From 2014 to 2016, Ukraine placed USD 1 billion worth of 5-year Eurobonds every year. Since the repayment of the bonds had been guaranteed by the United States, Ukraine managed to take loans at record-breaking rates.