TLS
31/03/2015 10:31
GENERAL
PRICE SENSITIVE
REL: 1031 HRS Telstra Corporation Limited
GENERAL: TLS: Telstra prices US$1.0 billion of senior notes
Telstra Corporation Limited (Telstra) has today priced a US$1.0 billion bond
issue (the Notes) in the United States Rule 144A / Regulation S bond market.
The Notes were priced with a coupon of 3.125% and mature on 7 April 2025. The
Notes are unsecured obligations of Telstra and rank equally with all its
other unsecured senior indebtedness. Interest accrues from 7 April 2015 and
is payable on 7 April and 7 October of each year, beginning 7 October 2015.
Telstra will use the net proceeds from the Notes for general corporate
purposes.
Note: The notes referred to in this announcement have not been, and will not
be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the US
Securities Act), or the securities laws of any state of the United States,
and may not be offered or sold in the United States, or to, or for the
account or benefit of, a 'US person' (as defined in Regulation S under the US
Securities Act), except in a transaction exempt from, or not subject to, the
registration requirements of the US Securities Act and applicable state
securities laws. Accordingly, the notes have been offered only to "qualified
institutional buyers" in the United States pursuant to Rule 144A under the US
Securities Act, and to certain investors outside of the United States in
reliance on Regulation S under the US Securities Act.
This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the
United States or to any US person or to any person acting for the account or
benefit of a US person.
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