LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Barclays on Friday struck a deal to raise up to 7.3 billion pounds ($11.9 billion) in fresh capital as the U.K. lender signaled its preference for cash from Middle Eastern royal families to the British government.
Barclays said it's issuing 3 billion pounds of notes that carry a 14% coupon to Qatar Holding, a state-backed investment vehicle, and Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family. The notes will carry options for the issue of up to 3 billion pounds at a price of 197.775 pence a share.
Barclays also said it's issuing 2.8 billion pounds of mandatorily convertible notes to Qatar, Qatar Holding's Chairman Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, and Al Nahyan, as well as up to 1.5 billion pounds to existing institutional shareholders.
The convertibles will have a coupon of 9.75% and will convert into equity at a price of 153.276 pence.