Nomura Bank International has issued US$325m in principal amount of 30-year US dollar callable zero coupon notes due in 2044.
The notes were issued out of the issuer’s note, warrant and certificate programme and are guaranteed by Nomura Holdings, Inc. Nomura Bank International has been assigned a long-term Standard & Poor’s rating of A-.
SinoPac Securities Corporation was appointed lead manager for the transaction, with E.SUN Commercial Bank and KGI Securities both appointed managers.
“This bond issuance is a first not just for Nomura, but also for a Japanese financial institution issuing an onshore bond in Taiwan in recent years,” said Amy Tsao, president of Nomura in Taiwan. “Following recent action taken by Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission to promote the issuance of international bonds to professional investors in taiwan, Nomura is delighted to be the first Japanese financial institution to issue GreTai-listed international bonds.”
The notes were issued at par and bear an internal rate of return of 4.95% pa. the notes have been offered to and placed with professional institutional investors in Taiwan and are listed on the GreTai Securities Market.
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