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ANZ adds A$250 mln 2013 notes at 110bp/swap-source

Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:03pm EDT

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 SYDNEY, April 30 (Reuters) - Australia & New Zealand
Banking Group (ANZ.AX) (ANZ) has added A$250 million ($233
million) to its 2013 bonds, bringing the total issue size to
A$1.75 billion, a market source said.
 The bonds pay a margin of 110 basis points over swap.
 The initial offer, priced on April 16, consisted of A$1.35
billion in fixed and floating rate notes at 128 basis points
over swap and BBSW.
 This is the second increase in two weeks and one of the
largest bond issues sold in Australia this year.
 The fixed tranche amounts to A$1.230 billion, while the
floating rate tranche has A$250 million.
 ANZ declined to comment.
  The deal details are as follows:
  Issuer:         ANZ
  Facility:       Fixed transferable deposit increase
  Law:            Australia
  Amount issued:  A$250 million
  New total:      A$1.230 billion
  Maturity:       April 22, 2013
  Set date:       undisclosed
  Coupon:         8.50%
  Spread:         110 basis points over swap
  Issue price:    undisclosed
  Lead:           ANZ
  Issuer rating:  AA (S&P), Aa1 (Moody's)
 ($1=A$1.07)
 (Reporting by Cecile Lefort) 



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