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New Issue-Rabobank Nederland sells 160.3 bln yen in Samurai

Tue Jun 3, 2008 10:34pm EDT
 
 TOKYO, June 4 (Reuters) - Rabobank Nederland [RABN.UL] sold
160.3 billion yen ($1.53 billion) in Samurai bonds in three
tranches on Wednesday, lead manager UBS Securities said.
 The amount is the largest Samurai bond sale so far this year.
  Details are as follows:
 1. 3-year fixed-rate bond:
 Issue amount:      15.2 billion yen
 Coupon:            1.71 percent
 Issue price:       par
 Maturity date:     June 13, 2011
 Coupon payments:   June 13, Dec. 13
 Payment date:      June 13, 2008
 Lead managers:     UBS Securities
                    Daiwa Securities SMBC
                    Mizuho Securities
 Fiscal agent:      Mizuho Corporate Bank
 Ratings:           Aaa (Moody's)
                    AAA (S&P)
 Spread:            35 basis points above yen swaps
 2. 5-year fixed-rate bond:
 Issue amount:      70.6 billion yen
 Coupon:            2.01 percent
 Issue price:       par
 Maturity date:     June 13, 2013
 Coupon payments:   June 13, Dec. 13
 Payment date:      June 13, 2008
 Lead managers:     UBS Securities
                    Daiwa Securities SMBC
                    Mizuho Securities
 Fiscal agent:      Mizuho Corporate Bank
 Ratings:           Aaa (Moody's)
                    AAA (S&P)
 Spread             48 basis points above yen swaps
 3. 5-year floating-rate bond:
 Issue amount:      74.5 billion yen
 Coupon:            0.48 pct point above 3-month yen Libor
 Issue price:       par
 Maturity date:     June 13, 2013
 Coupon payments:   Mar 13, June 13, Sept 13, Dec. 13
 Payment date:      June 13, 2008
 Lead managers:     UBS Securities
                    Daiwa Securities SMBC
                    Mizuho Securities
 Fiscal agent:      Mizuho Corporate Bank
 Ratings:           Aaa (Moody's)
                    AAA (S&P)
 The Samurai bonds are yen bonds issued in Japan by
non-Japanese entities.
 (Reporting by Takefumi Ito and Naoyuki Katayama)



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