NEW ISSUE-ANZ sells 135.8 bln yen in Samurai bonds

TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Australia & New Zealand Banking
Group Ltd (ANZ.AX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), 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)