UPDATE 1-Spain's ICO prices A$200 mln 2012 bond increase

Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:54pm EST

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 SYDNEY, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Spain's Instituto de Credito
Oficial (ICO) [ICO.UL] has priced a A$200 million ($179
million) increase to its Kangaroo bond issue maturing in 2012,
sole lead RBC said on Monday.
 The bonds paid around 14 basis points under swap, according
to a fund manager.
 ICO is rated Aaa/AAA/AAA and is guaranteed by the Kingdom
of Spain. It provides financial backing to small and
medium-sized businesses, long-term loans for infrastructure
projects and financial support in cases of economic crisis or
natural disaster.
 The deal details are as follows:
 Issuer:         Instituto de Credito Oficial
 Facility:       Domestic fixed rate Kangaroo increase
 Amount issued:  A$200 million
 Total on issue: A$1 billion
 Maturity:       Oct. 11, 2012
 Set date:       Jan. 25
 Coupon:         5.50%
 Yield:          7.120%
 Margin:         +67 bps/April 2012 ACGB
 Reoffer price:  93.600
 Lead:           RBC Capital Markets
 Issuer rating:  Triple A by all major agencies
 ($1=A$1.12)
 (Reporting by Cecile Lefort) 

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