The loan is split between a $2.1bn two-year tranche, a $1.95bn three-year tranche, a $1bn five-year term loan and a $450m revolving credit facility.
Banks were invited to finance the bid in dollars or dirhams, with the equivalent of about $1.2bn being supplied in the UAE currency.
The new deal will replace a $5bn one-year bridging loan.
The bookrunners on the financing were Calyon, Emirates NBD, HSBC, ING, Lloyds TSB, Mashreq, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
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