New Issue-GECC sells 152.6 bln yen in Samurai bonds

Wed May 21, 2008 10:55pm EDT
 
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 TOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) - General Electric Capital Corp
(GECC), the finance arm of General Electric Co (GE.N), sold 152.6
billion yen ($1.5 billion) of Samurai bonds on Thursday in four
tranches, joint lead manger Mitsubishi UFJ Securities said.
 Details were as follows:
 1. Three-year fixed-rate bond:
 Issue amount:     44.2 billion yen
 Coupon:           1.95 percent
 Issue price:      par
 Maturity date:    May 27, 2011
 Coupon payments:  May 29, Nov. 29
 Payment date:     May 29, 2008
 Lead manager:     Daiwa Securities SMBC
                   Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
                   Mizuho Securities
 Fiscal agent:    Mizuho Corporate Bank
 Ratings:          Aaa (Moody's)
                   AAA (S&P)
 Spread:           yen swaps + 68 basis points
 2. Five-year fixed-rate bond:
 Issue amount:     67.6 billion yen
 Coupon:           2.275 percent
 Issue price:      par
 Maturity date:    May 29, 2013
 Coupon payments:  May 29, Nov. 29
 Payment date:     May 29, 2008
 Lead manager:     Daiwa Securities SMBC
                   Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
                   Mizuho Securities
 Fiscal agent:    Mizuho Corporate Bank
 Ratings:          Aaa (Moody's)
                   AAA (S&P)
 Spread:           yen swaps + 82 basis points
 3. Ten-year fixed-rate bond:
 Issue amount:     6.4 billion yen
 Coupon:           2.885 percent
 Issue price:      par
 Maturity date:    May 29, 2018
 Coupon payments:  May 29, Nov. 29
 Payment date:     May 29, 2008
 Lead manager:     Daiwa Securities SMBC
                   Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
                   Mizuho Securities
 Fiscal agent:    Mizuho Corporate Bank
 Ratings:          Aaa (Moody's)
                   AAA (S&P)
 Spread:           yen swaps + 103 basis points
 4. Five-year floating-rate bond:
 Issue amount:     34.4 billion yen
 Coupon:           0.82 pct point above three-month yen LIBOR
 Issue price:      par
 Maturity date:    May 29, 2013
 Coupon payments:  Feb. 28, May 29, Aug. 29, Nov. 29
 Payment date:     May 29, 2008
 Lead manager:     Daiwa Securities SMBC
                   Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
                   Mizuho Securities
 Fiscal agent:    Mizuho Corporate Bank
 Ratings:          Aaa (Moody's)
                   AAA (S&P)
 Samurai bonds are yen-denominated bonds issued in Japan by
foreign entities.




 
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