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Fonterra to benefit from decades-low interest rates in sale of $150M of 7-year bonds

Wednesday 17th February 2016

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Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world's biggest dairy exporter, stands to benefit from the lowest borrowing benchmarks in at least two decades in selling $150 million of seven-year bonds ahead of a debt maturity next month. 

The Auckland-based cooperative said it's considering an issue of senior fixed-rate bonds with a maturity date of March 2023, the proceeds of which would go towards general corporate purposes, Fonterra said in a statement. The sale would be ahead of a $150 million maturity of Fonterra bonds paying annual interest of 6.83 percent on March 4. 

The seven-year swap rate, a benchmark for corporate borrowing, was recently at 2.97 percent, near the lowest level in at least 20 years. 

Low interest rates have made corporate debt issues more attractive as a means to raise money. Spark New Zealand and Auckland International Airport have both sold bonds about 1 percentage point above the swap rate. 

Fonterra appointed ANZ New Zealand as arranger and lead manager of the sale and Deutsche Craigs as co-manager.

BusinessDesk.co.nz



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