Issue of Debt
25 April 2003 - 9:30AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:3737K
Kobe Steel Ld
25 April 2003
25 April 2003 Contact: Communication Center
Koshi Mizukoshi Kobe Steel, Ltd.
President, Chief Executive Officer &
Representative Director Tel: Tokyo 03-5739-6010
Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kobe 078-261-4040
(Tokyo Stock Exchange Code No. 5406)
ISSUANCE OF DOMESTIC UNSECURED YEN BONDS
Kobe Steel, Ltd. hereby gives notice that it has decided to issue Domestic
Unsecured Yen Bonds under the terms as set forth below:
Domestic Unsecured Yen Bonds due 12 May 2006
1. Name: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Series 36 Unsecured Bonds
(Limited Inter-Bond Pari Passu Clause)
2. Total Amount of Issue: 20 Billion Yen
3. Denomination of Bond: 100,000,000 Yen each
4. Interest Rate: 1.37% per annum of the principal of the Bonds
5. Issue Price: 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds
6. Redemption Price: 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds
7. Maturity Date: To be redeemed in a lump sum on 12 May 2006
8. Offering Period: 25 April 2003
9. Closing Date: 12 May 2003
10. Method of Issue: Public offering in the domestic market
11. Date of Payment of
Interest on the Bonds: Semiannually on 12 May and 12 November
12. Status of the Bonds: Unsecured by assets or guarantees
13. Fiscal Agent: Mizuho Corporate Bank, Limited
14. Underwriters: Mizuho Securities Co., Limited
Use of Proceeds: To be applied toward repayment of loans
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