Bancolombia S.A. Announces Successful Offering of Ordinary Notes

Thu Jul 9, 2009 7:04pm EDT
 
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MEDELLIN, Colombia, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bancolombia S.A.
(NYSE: CIB) ("Bancolombia") successfully completed the local public offering
of tranche 3 of Bonos Ordinarios Bancolombia (the "Bancolombia Ordinary
Notes") for an aggregate principal amount of five hundred billion Colombian
pesos (Ps. 500 billion) (approximately US$ 167 million)*. Bancolombia
initially offered the Bancolombia Ordinary Notes with an aggregate principal
amount of three hundred fifty billion pesos (Ps. 350 billion) and with an
over-allotment option of one hundred fifty billion pesos (Ps. 150 billion).
The over-allotment option was fully exercised. This issuance and offering is
the third and final of multiple and successive issuances of Ordinary Notes
which are limited up to an aggregate principal amount of one trillion five
hundred billion Colombian pesos (Ps. $1,500 billion).
    The subscription for today's offering was for one trillion one hundred
seventy two billion Colombian pesos (Ps. 1,172 billion) equivalent to
approximately 3.3 times the size of the offering.
    The Ordinary Notes are issued in registered form ("a la orden") and
negotiable in the secondary market and have the following terms:
       SERIES      MATURITY      COUPON RATE           AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL
                                                       AMOUNT (Ps. Million)
        I1.5      18 months   IBR** + 1.49% N.M.V           177,200
    B2             2 years    DTF*** + 1.40% T.A.           120,756
    A3             3 years    7.89 % E.A.                    53,310
    B5             5 years    DTF*** + 2.40% T.A.            53,298
    C5             5 years    IPC**** + 4.80% E.A.           51,677
    C10           10 years    IPC**** + 5.74% E.A.           43,759

    * Representative Market Rate: July 8, 2009 Ps 2,090.35 = US$1

    ** IBR: "Indicador Bancario de Referencia" (a reference interest rate
which acts as a reference of overnight and one-month interbank loans).
    *** DTF: a reference interest rate that represents the weighted average of
the interest rates for 90 day CDs offered by the Colombian financial system.
    **** IPC: Consumer Price Index
    The entire proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate
purposes of Bancolombia, including all the business and operational
transactions available to banking institutions in accordance with the terms
and requirements established by applicable law.
    The lead coordinator and lead book-running manager for the transaction was
Banca de Inversion Bancolombia S.A. Corporacion Financiera. Valores
Bancolombia S.A., Interbolsa S.A. and Serfinco S.A. also participated in the
transaction as book-running managers.
    Duff & Phelps de Colombia S.A. rated the Third Offering as AAA.
SOURCE  Bancolombia S.A.

Sergio Restrepo, Executive VP, +011-5744041424, or Jaime A. Velasquez,
Financial VP, +011-574-4042199, or Juan E. Toro, IR Manager, +011-574-4041837,
all of Bancolombia

 

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