Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp <WBC.AX> sold 77.1 billion yen of Samurai bonds on Friday in three tranches, a market source close to the deal said.

It would be the third Samurai bond sale by the bank this year.

Westpac sold 25 billion yen in three-year fixed-rate bonds, 15.7 billion yen in five-year fixed-rate bonds, and 36.4 billion yen in five-year floating-rate bonds.

The three-year fixed-rate bonds have a spread of 88 basis points over yen swaps and the five-year fixed-rate bonds have a spread of 106 basis points over yen swaps.

The five-year floating-rate bonds have a spread of 106 basis points over yen Libor.

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Nikko Citigroup and Nomura Securities were the joint-lead managers.

The Samurai bonds — yen bonds issued in Japan by non-Japanese entities — were priced at par.

Source: http://www.afxnews.com

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