TOKYO, April 8 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd
(CBA.AX), Australia's second-biggest lender, sold 107.1 billion
yen ($1.1 billion) of Samurai bonds on Tuesday, lead manager
Nikko Citigroup said.
Details are as follows:
1. Five-year fixed-rate bond:
Issue amount: 45.7 billion yen
Coupon: 2.07 percent
Issue price: par
Maturity date: April 15, 2013
Coupon payments: April 15, Oct. 15
Payment date: April 15, 2008
Lead managers: Daiwa Securities SMBC
Nikko Citigroup
Nomura Securities
Fiscal agent: Mizuho Corporate Bank
Ratings: Aa1 (Moody's)
AA (S&P)
AA (Fitch)
Spread: Libor+100 basis points
2. Five-year floating-rate bond:
Issue amount: 61.4 billion yen
Coupon: 1.00 pct point above three-month yen Libor
Issue price: par
Maturity date: April 15, 2013
Coupon payments: Jan. 15, April 15, July 15, Oct. 15
Payment date: April 15, 2008
Lead managers: Daiwa Securities SMBC
Nikko Citigroup
Nomura Securities
Fiscal agent: Mizuho Corporate Bank
Ratings: Aa1 (Moody's)
AA (S&P)
AA (Fitch)
Samurai bonds are yen bonds issued in Japan by non-Japanese
entities.
(Reporting by Takefumi Ito and Naoyuki Katayama: writing by Rika
Otsuka)
