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Netherlands' FMO sells Y40 bln Samurai bond

Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:33pm EDT

TOKYO, June 25 (Reuters) - Dutch development bank FMO has sold a 40 billion yen five-year Samurai bond, lead manager Daiwa Securities SMBC said on Thursday.

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FMO set the coupon at 1.33 percent, 38 basis points above yen swap rates.

Samurai bonds are yen bonds issued in Japan by non-Japanese entities. (Reporting by Naoyuki Katayama; Writing by Satomi Noguchi)



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