TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Australia & New Zealand Banking
Group Ltd (ANZ.AX), Australia's third-biggest lender, sold 135.8
billion yen ($1.3 billion) of Samurai bonds on Wednesday in three
tranches, lead manager Nikko Citigroup said.
It was the largest Samurai bond sale ever by an Australian
issuer.
Details are as follows:
1. Five-year fixed-rate bond:
Issue amount: 27 billion yen
Coupon: 2.07 percent
Issue price: par
Maturity date: March 14, 2013
Coupon payments: March 14, Sept. 14
Payment date: March 14, 2008
Lead managers: Daiwa Securities SMBC
Mizuho Securities
Nikko Citigroup
Fiscal agent: Mizuho Corporate Bank
Ratings: Aa1 (Moody's)
AA (S&P)
Spread: LIBOR+95 basis points
2. Three-year fixed-rate bond:
Issue amount: 37.1 billion yen
Coupon: 1.77 percent
Issue price: par
Maturity date: March 14, 2011
Coupon payments: March 14, Sept. 14
Payment date: March 14, 2008
Lead managers: Daiwa Securities SMBC
Mizuho Securities
Nikko Citigroup
Fiscal agent: Mizuho Corporate Bank
Ratings: Aa1 (Moody's)
AA (S&P)
Spread: LIBOR+80 basis points
3. Five-year floating-rate bond:
Issue amount: 71.7 billion yen
Coupon: 0.95 pct point above three-month yen LIBOR
Issue price: par
Maturity date: March 14, 2013
Coupon payments: March 14, June 14, Sept. 14, Dec 14
Payment date: March 14, 2008
Lead managers: Daiwa Securities SMBC
Mizuho Securities
Nikko Citigroup
Fiscal agent: Mizuho Corporate Bank
Ratings: Aa1 (Moody's)
AA (S&P)
Samurai bonds are yen-denominated bonds issued in Japan by
foreign entities.
($1=103.33 Yen)
(Reporting by Takefumi Ito and Naoyuki Katayama: writing by Rika
Otsuka)
