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Published on 10/1/2010 in the Prospect News Municipals Daily.

New Issue: New Jersey releases full details of $697.01 million G.O. bond sale

By Sheri Kasprzak

New York, Oct. 1 - The State of New Jersey released the full terms of its $697.01 million sale of general obligation bonds, which priced Thursday.

The deal included $521.7 million in series Q bonds, $92.71 million in series R federally taxable bonds and $82.6 million in series S bonds, according to a pricing sheet released Friday.

The bonds (Aa2//AA) were sold through senior manager Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. The co-managers were Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Lebenthal & Co., Mesirow Financial Inc., Raymond James & Associates Inc., Sterne, Agee & Leach Inc., Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc. and Toussaint Capital Partners LLC.

The series Q bonds are due 2013 to 2021 with 2% to 5% coupons. Yields ranged from 1.02% to 3.04%.

The series R bonds are due 2014 and have a 2.02% coupon priced at par.

The series S bonds are due 2013 and 2016 with 5% coupons and 0.97% and 1.9% yields, respectively.

Proceeds will be used to refund some existing G.O. bonds.

Issuer:State of New Jersey
Issue:Series Q-S general obligation bonds
Amount:$697.01 million
Type:Negotiated
Underwriters:Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. (lead), Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Lebenthal & Co., Mesirow Financial Inc., Raymond James & Associates Inc., Sterne, Agee & Leach Inc., Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc. and Toussaint Capital Partners LLC (co-managers)
Ratings:Moody's: Aa2
Fitch: AA
Pricing date:Sept. 30
Settlement date:Oct. 13
Series Q
MaturityTypeCouponPrice
2013Serial2%102.649
2013Serial4%108.228
2014Serial2%102.536
2014Serial5%113.729
2015Serial2.5%103.699
2015Serial5%115.264
2016Serial2%100.108
2016Serial4%111.084
2016Serial5%116.572
2017Serial2.5%101.384
2017Serial5%117.13
2018Serial2.5%99.645
2018Serial5%117.304
2019Serial3%101.868
2019Serial5%117.459
2020Serial3.25%102.629
2020Serial4%108.996
2020Serial5%117.485
2021Serial3.25%101.345
2021Serial5%116.094
Series R
MaturityTypeCouponPrice
2014Term2.02%100
Series S
MaturityTypeCouponPrice
2013Term5%108.854
2016Term5%115.239

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