<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) has listed A$26 million (about RM80.01 million) worth of floating-rate bonds due 2028 on the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) Bonds Market with effect from 9am on Tuesday (Nov 9).&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“The issue date of the notes is Nov 8, 2021,” Maybank said in a statement to the SGX on Monday.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Maybank, however, did not specify how it plans to use the money raised from the issue.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The lead managers and bookrunners of the notes are Maybank Kim Eng Securities Pte Ltd besides Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>On Bursa Malaysia on Tuesday, Maybank shares were traded unchanged at RM8.01 as at the time of writing, giving it a market value of around RM95.08 billion.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Maybank’s latest-reported number of issued shares stood at 11.87 billion, according to a filing with Bursa on Oct 21.</p></div>


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“The issue date of the notes is Nov 8, 2021,” Maybank said in a statement to the SGX on Monday.

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