The mandate for the EUR 500 million 7-year Euro benchmark was released at 09:00 CET. The investor demand started out strong and the order book grew steadily reaching a total of EUR 907 million.
The successful benchmark was priced at 14:50 CET with a re-offer spread of MS -6bps, yielding -0.224% with re-offer price of 101.582%. This is equivalent to a spread of 30.3bps over the DBR 0.5% due 15 February 2028.
– This is our second Euro benchmark of the year. We were very pleased to see strong investor demand again together with a minimal new issue premium. In the future we are planning to use this line for taps, says Antti Kontio, Head of Funding and Sustainability at MuniFin.
A total of 33 investors participated in the transaction with 86% allocation to European and 14% to Asian investors. Central banks took the largest 41% allocation and banks were a close second with 38% allocation. The final 21% allocation went to asset managers.
In 2021 MuniFin forecasts to issue EUR 10-11 billion of long-term funding. After this EUR 500 million benchmark MuniFin has reached 43% of the total target.
| Issuer: | Municipality Finance Plc (“MuniFin”) |
| Rating: | Aa1 / AA+ (Moody’s/S&P – both stable) |
| Issuer Size: | EUR 0,5bn |
| Payment Date: | 21st April 2021 (T+5) |
| Maturity Date: | 21st April 2028 |
| Coupon: | 0.00% |
| Re-offer Price: | 101.5820% |
| Re-offer Yield: | -0.224 % |
| Re-offer vs. Mid Swaps: | -6bps |
| Re-offer vs. Benchmark: | DBR 0.50% due 15 February 2028 +30.3bp |
| Lead Managers: | Danske/LBBW/Morgan Stanley/Nordea |
Further information
Antti Kontio, Head of Funding and Sustainability, MuniFin
Tel. +358 500 3700285