Aurora LPG has successfully completed its first visit to the Norwegian bond market.

The takeover target said it has sold NOK 200m ($23m) of a new senior unsecured bond issue, with maturity in August 2017.

Nikolai Jebsen, chief financial officer of Aurora, said: “We are very pleased to have been successful in the Norwegian bond market.

“It was great to see the appetite from the investors and we really appreciate the vote of confidence in our fixed income debut.

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