Bangkok--16 Oct--SET
Thailand’s Bond Electronic Exchange (BEX) will list Siam Cement bonds (tranche No.4/2006) worth THB 5.00 billion (approx. USD 133.33 million) on October 17, 2006.
This issue has a four-year maturity and will be due on October 1, 2010. It will commence trading on October 17, 2006, using “SCC10OA” as its trading symbol. SCC10OA is a senior unsecured bond issue with a fixed coupon rate of 6.25% p.a., and received an ‘A+(tha)’ credit rating from Fitch Ratings (Thailand) on August 24, 2006.
This will lift the value of BEX-listed corporate bonds to THB 315.34 billion (approx. USD 8.41 billion). The overall value of government and corporate bonds listed will reach THB 3.305 trillion (approx. USD 86.16 billion), of which about THB 2.99 trillion are government issues.
For more information on this issue, bonds in general, and domestic and overseas bonds, please visit the BEX website at www.bex.or.th . To find out about fixed income funds, please visit the website for the “Putting your money to work through mutual funds” project at www.thaimutualfund.com , or contact any investment management company.
For more information, please contact the Corporate Communications Dept.:
Ladawan Kantawong Tel: 0-2229-2036 / Kulvida Jintakawong Tel: 0-2229-2037 /
Nattaporn Boonprapa Tel: 0-2229-2049 / Watsamon Saowakhonsathien Tel: 0-2229-2797