Finance Ministry Sells 302 Mio RON In Governmental Securities

G.N. (Tradus de Andrei Năstase)
Ziarul BURSA #English Section / 24 august 2009

The Finance Ministry yesterday issued three-year governmental bonds worth 301.75 million RON with a return rate of 10.24%, linked to the average sale price, according to the National Bank of Romania. The return rate for the maximum price accepted by the Finance Ministry was 10.25%. The overall value of the issuance was 850 million RON. The coupons bear a return rate of 11.25%. The banks bade a total of 1.38 billion RON.

Each benchmark bond issued on this occasion has a face value of 10,000 RON. The auction for the bonds was attended by 13 prime dealers: Alpha Bank - Romania, BRD - Groupe Societe Generale, Banca Comerciala Carpatica SA, Banca Comerciala Romana, Banca Transilvania, Bancpost, Citibank - Romania, CEC Bank, ING Bank - Romania, MKB Romexterra, Raiffeisen Bank, RBS Bank - Romania and UniCredit Tiriac Bank.

Most of the governmental bonds already issued (68.98%) by 30 June 2009 had a maturity of less than one year, while 27.5% of them had a maturity between one and five years. Only 3.52% of the bonds had a maturity above five years.

Governmental loans taken from the domestic and international markets in the first six months reached 41.19 billion RON, according to the Finance Ministry. Specifically, the State issued Treasury bills worth 40.64 billion RON, cash management instruments worth 350 million RON and took State loans worth 200.7 million RON.

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