1. Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC; President & CEO: Hiroshi Watanabe)^*1 launched a fixed rate Global Dollar Bond with a Japanese government guarantee on January 13 (New York City time). The issue has successfully attracted the demands of wide range of international investors, mostly in Asia, America, Europe and Middle East.
    
2. The following are the main features of the issuance:
    

Issuer	Japan Finance Corporation
Amount	1.5 billion US dollars
Market	Global
Maturity	5 years (bullet repayment due on January 21, 2016)
Coupon rate	2.500%(S.A.)
Issue price	99.939% (Re-offer yield: 2.513% (S.A.))
Guarantor	Government of Japan
Listing	London Stock Exchange
Payment date	January 21, 2011
Use of Funds	The JBIC Operations
Joint Lead Managers	Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Barclays Bank PLC Goldman Sachs International
Rating	Aa2  (Moody's Japan K.K.) AA   (Standard & Poor's Ratings Japan K.K.)

Note

1. *1 JBIC is the international wing of the Japan Finance Corporation (JFC; Governor: Shosaku Yasui).
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