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Published on 12/1/2010 in the Prospect News Emerging Markets Daily.

New Issue: Taiwan's Bank SinoPac sells NT$6 billion seven-year debentures in two parts at par

By Marisa Wong

Madison, Wis., Dec. 1 - SinoPac Holdings announced the issue of NT$6 billion of subordinated financial debentures on behalf of Bank SinoPac.

The debentures were priced in two parts: series A for NT$3.1 billion and series B for NT$2.9 billion.

The seven-year debentures priced at par. The A series debentures priced with a fixed coupon of 1.8%. The B series debentures have a floating rate equal to the 90-day commercial paper rate plus 35 basis points.

Proceeds will be used to improve the BIS ratio and provide the mid/long-term funding resource for the capital needs of SinoPac subsidiaries.

This is the bank's first issue of financial debentures in 2010.

SinoPac is a Taipei, Taiwan-based banking and securities company.

Issuer:Bank SinoPac
Issue:Subordinated financial debentures
Amount:NT$6 billion
Maturity:Dec. 9, 2017
Pricing date:Dec. 1
Settlement date:Dec. 9
Series A debentures
Amount:NT$3.1 billion
Issue:Series A debentures
Coupon:1.8%
Price:Par
Yield:1.8%
Series B debentures
Amount:NT$2.9 billion
Issue:Series B debentures
Coupon:90-day CP plus 35 bps
Price:Par
Yield:90-day CP plus 35 bps

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