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Published on 6/1/2011 in the Prospect News Canadian Bonds Daily.

New Issue: American Express Canada prices C$725 million fixed and floating notes

By Rebecca Melvin

New York, June 1 - American Express Canada Credit Corp. priced C$725 million of bonds in dual tranches, including three-year floating-rate notes and five-year fixed notes, according to a syndicate source.

American Express Canada priced C$400 million of the five-year 3.6% bonds debt maturing June 3, 2016 at a spread of 135 basis points over Government of Canada June 2016 benchmark securities.

They priced at a slight discount to par at 99.973.

The company also priced C$350 million of three-year floating-rate notes maturing in June 2014 at 100% of par at the talked spread of 105 basis points over the one-month Canadian dealer offer rate.

BMO Nesbitt Burns and RBC Capital Markets were joint bookrunners of the offering.

American Express Canada is a division of the New York-based credit-card company American Express Co.

Issuer:American Express Canada Credit Corp
Amount:C$725 million
Bookrunners:BMO Nesbitt Burns and RBC Capital Markets
Pricing date:June 1
Settlement date:June 6
Five-year notes
Amount:C$400 million
Maturity:June 3, 2016
Coupon:3.6%
Price:99.973
Yield:3.606%
Three-year floaters
Amount:C$325 million
Maturity:June 6, 2014
Par:C$1,000
Price:Par
Coupon:One-month CDOR plus 105 bps

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