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 April 27 (New York City time). The issue has successfully attracted the demands of wide range of international investors, mostly in Asia, North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
    
2. The following are the main features of the issuance:
    

   Issuer	Japan Finance Corporation
   Amount	2.25 billion US dollars
   Market	Global
   Maturity	2 years and 2 months (bullet repayment due on July 6, 2012)
   Coupon rate	1.500%(S.A.)
   Issue price	99.978% (Re-offer yield: 1.510% (S.A.))
   Guarantor	Government of Japan
   Listing	London Stock Exchange
   Payment date	May 6, 2010
   Use of Funds	The JBIC Operations
   Joint Lead Managers	Barclays Bank PLC BNP PARIBAS Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
   Rating	Aa2  (Moody's Investors Service, Inc.) AA   (Standard & Poor's Rating Services)

    

Note

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