New Issue-CBA sells 107.1 bln yen in Samurai bonds

TOKYO, April 8 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd
(CBA.AX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), 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)