04 Jun 2013 11:02

EMTN issue of 3/6/2013

On Monday 3 June, the Kingdom of Belgium issued within the framework of its EMTN-programme a new 5-year bond in USD at a spread over mid-swap +38 bps.

This new USD 1 billion bond matures on 22 June 2018 and pays a coupon of 1.50 %. The issue has been swapped into euro in order to avoid currency risks.

With this transaction, the Belgian Debt Agency has completed 63.6% of its financing plan for 2013.