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Published on 11/22/2006 in the Prospect News Emerging Markets Daily.

New Issue: Korea's Kookmin sells $500 million five-year notes at Libor plus 25 bps

By Reshmi Basu

New York, Nov. 22 - Kookmin Bank placed a $500 million issue of five-year floating-rate notes (A3/A-) at par to yield Libor plus 25 basis points, according to a market source.

The deal came at the tight end of price guidance, which was set at 25 to 26 basis points over Libor.

Citigroup, Goldman Sachs & Co. and HSBC were joint bookrunners for the Regulation S transaction, which comes off the issuer's global medium-term note program.

Kookmin Bank is a financial institution based in Seoul, Korea.

Issuer:Kookmin Bank
Amount:$500 million
Issue:Floating-rate notes
Maturity:Nov. 28, 2011
Coupon:Libor plus 25 basis points
Issue price:Par
Yield:Libor plus 25 basis points
Pricing date:Nov. 22
Settlement date:Nov. 28
Joint bookrunners:Citigroup, Goldman Sachs & Co., HSBC
Ratings:Moody's: A3
Standard & Poor's: A-
Distribution:Regulation S

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