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Published on 6/3/2003 in the Prospect News Convertibles Daily.

New Issue: La Caixa sells €865 million exchangeables into Endesa at 0.25% yield, up 15.7%

By Ronda Fears

Nashville, June 3 - Spanish savings bank Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona, or La Caixa, sold €865 million of three-year exchangeable bonds, which convert into shares of Spanish electric utility Endesa SA, at par to yield 0.25% with a 15.7% initial conversion premium.

Goldman Sachs & Co. and Societe Generale are joint lead managers of the deal, which sold at the middle of yield talk and at the cheap end of guidance for a 15.7% to 20.5% premium.

At final terms, Deutsche Bank Securities put the deal 0.77% cheap, using a credit spread of 25 basis points over Libor and a 25% stock volatility.

Terms of the deal are:

Issuer: La Caixa

Joint lead managers: Goldman Sachs & Co. and Societe Generale

Amount €865 million

Maturity:June 3, 2006
Coupon:0.25%
Price:Par
Redemption price:Par
Yield:0.25%
Conversion premium:15.7%
Conversion price:€16.001
Conversion ratio:62.495
Call:Non-callable for 2 years, then with 130% hurdle
Settlement:June 11

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