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Published on 10/19/2011 in the Prospect News Municipals Daily.

New Issue: California prices $2.04 billion of tax-exempt, taxable G.O. bonds

By Sheri Kasprzak

New York, Oct. 19 - The State of California sold Wednesday $2,039,065,000 of series 2011 general obligation bonds, said a pricing sheet from Treasurer Bill Lockyer's office.

The offering included $1.8 billion of series 2011 tax-exempt various purpose general obligation bonds and $205 million of series 2011 taxable G.O. bonds.

The tax-exempt bonds are due 2014 to 2029 with term bonds due in 2032 and 2041. The serial coupons range from 3% to 5.25%. The serial yields range from 1.33% to 4.58%. The 2032 bonds have a split maturity with a 4.625% coupon priced at 99.267 to yield 4.68% and a 5.25% coupon priced at 104.481 to yield 4.68%. The 2041 bonds have a 5% coupon priced at 99.50 to yield 5.032%

The taxable bonds are due 2013 to 2016 with coupons from 2.125% to 3% coupons with yields from 2.066% to 2.924%.

The bonds (A1/A-/A-) were sold through Goldman, Sachs & Co. The co-managers were J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; Wedbush Securities Inc.; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Barclays Capital LLC; Blaylock Robert Van LLC; Brandis Tallman LLC; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; City National Securities Inc.; Comerica Securities Inc.; De La Rosa & Co. Inc.; Edward D. Jones & Co. LP; Fidelity Capital Markets LLC; Grigsby & Associates Inc.; Loop Capital Markets LLC; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC; O'Connor & Co. Securities; Piper Jaffray & Co.; Prager, Sealy & Co. LLC; RBC Capital Markets LLC; Ramirez & Co. Inc.; Raymond James & Associates Inc.; Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.; Roberts & Ryan Investments; Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC; Stone & Youngberg LLC; Wells Fargo Securities LLC; Westhoff Cone & Holdstedt; and Wulff, Hansen & Co.

Proceeds will be used to finance capital projects and refund G.O. debt with a mandatory tender date of April 2, 2012.

Issuer:State of California
Issue:Series 2011 general obligation bonds
Amount:$2,039,065,000
Type:Negotiated
Underwriters:Goldman, Sachs & Co. (lead); J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; Wedbush Securities Inc.; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Barclays Capital LLC; Blaylock Robert Van LLC; Brandis Tallman LLC; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; City National Securities Inc.; Comerica Securities Inc.; De La Rosa & Co. Inc.; Edward D. Jones & Co. LP; Fidelity Capital Markets LLC; Grigsby & Associates Inc.; Loop Capital Markets LLC; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC; O'Connor & Co. Securities; Piper Jaffray & Co.; Prager, Sealy & Co. LLC; RBC Capital Markets LLC; Ramirez & Co. Inc.; Raymond James & Associates Inc.; Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.; Roberts & Ryan Investments; Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC; Stone & Youngberg LLC; Wells Fargo Securities LLC; Westhoff Cone & Holdstedt; and Wulff, Hansen & Co. (co-managers)
Ratings:Moody's: A1
Standard & Poor's: A-
Fitch: A-
Pricing date:Oct. 19
Settlement date:Oct. 27
$1,789,065,000 series 2011 tax-exempt various purpose general obligation bonds
AmountMaturityTypeCouponYieldPrice
$1.215 million2014Serial3%1.33%104.779
$11.635 million2014Serial4%1.33%107.641
$35.615 million2014Serial5%1.33%110.503
$13.44 million2015Serial3%1.80%104.530
$9.6 million2015Serial4%1.80%108.305
$36.36 million2015Serial5%1.80%112.081
$33.655 million2016Serial4%2.28%107.972
$85.145 million2016Serial5%2.28%112.608
$10.25 million2017Serial4%2.66%107.302
$108.55 million2017Serial5%2.66%112.752
$5.1 million2018Serial4%2.96%106.469
$113.7 million2018Serial5%2.96%112.691
$18.195 million2019Serial3.125%3.29%98.855
$100.605 million 2019Serial5%3.29%111.845
$3.15 million2020Serial4%3.58%103.183
$115.65 million2020Serial5%3.58%110.766
$7.93 million2021Serial3.5%3.70%98.348
$109.97 million2021Serial5%3.70%110.716
$11.235 million2022Serial4%3.87%101.147
$19.01 million2022Serial5%3.87%109.989
$58.855 million2022Serial5.25%3.87%112.199
$3.985 million2023Serial4%4.05%99.528
$7.665 million2023Serial5%4.05%107.699
$47.75 million2023Serial5.25%4.05%109.726
$18.115 million2024Serial4%4.18%98.213
$18.79 million2024Serial5%4.18%106.604
$22.495 million2024Serial5.25%4.18%108.618
$25 million2025Serial5.25%4.29%107.691
$12.025 million2026Serial4.25%4.39%98.475
$12.825 million2026Serial4.5%4.39%100.874
$16.75 million2026Serial5.25%4.39%106.857
$41.6 million2027Serial5.25%4.48%106.112
$59.4 million2028Serial5.25%4.54%105.620
$25 million2029Serial5.25%4.58%105.293
$25.79 million2032Term4.625%4.68%99.267
$93.01 million2032Term5.25%4.68%104.481
$450 million2041Term5%5.032%99.50
$205 million series 2011 taxable G.O. bonds
AmountMaturityTypeCouponYieldPrice
$50 million2013Serial3%SealedSealed
$70 million2014Serial2.125%2.066%100.166
$50 million2015Serial2.674%2.674%100
$35 million2016Serial2.924%2.924%100

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