Dana Gas board discussing Islamic sukuk terms

Reuters, Sunday 18 Nov 2012

UAE based Dana Gas says it will discuss progress in restructuring the company's $920 million Islamic bond on Sunday morning

The board of Dana Gas is meeting on Sunday morning to discuss progress in restructuring the company's $920 million Islamic bond which matured last month, the company said in a stock exchange statement.

Natural gas producer Dana, headquartered in the emirate of Sharjah, said on 7 November it had reached an agreement in principle with creditors on restructuring the sukuk, and would pay holders a mix of cash and two new bonds. The new bonds would be a sukuk and a convertible sukuk.

Detailed terms of the restructuring and the proposed new sukuk are yet to be made public.

The Dana Gas board will also discuss the company's projects in Egypt, Iraq's Kurdistan and the United Arab Emirates, the statement said.

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