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Published on 9/30/2010 in the Prospect News Municipals Daily.

New Issue: Ohio sells $226.13 million general obligation bonds

By Sheri Kasprzak

New York, Sept. 30 - The State of Ohio came to market Thursday with $226.13 million in series 2010 general obligation refunding bonds (Aa1/AA+/AA+), significantly reduced from its planned $581.69 million sale.

The offering included $22.595 million in series 2010A conservation projects G.O. refunding bonds, $98.56 million in series 2010C higher education G.O. refunding bonds, $94.835 million in series 2010C common schools G.O. refunding bonds and $10.14 million in series 2010D infrastructure improvement G.O. refunding bonds.

The 2010A bonds are due 2014 to 2019 with coupons from 2% to 4%. The 2010C higher education bonds are due 2015 to 2022 with 2.75% to 5% coupons. The 2010C common schools bonds are due 2015 to 2022 with coupons from 4.25% to 5%. The 2010D infrastructure bonds are due 2013 to 2020 with 2% to 2.5% coupons.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. were the senior managers. The co-managers were Fidelity Capital Markets LLC, Fifth Third Securities Inc., the Huntington Investment Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., RBC Capital Markets Corp., Ramirez & Co. Inc., Robert W. Baird & Co., Ross, Sinclaire & Associates LLC, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities LLC.

Proceeds will be used to refund existing debt originally issued to finance capital improvement projects.

Issuer:State of Ohio
Issue:Series 2010 general obligation refunding bonds
Amount:$226.13 million
Type:Negotiated
Underwriters:J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (lead), Fidelity Capital Markets LLC, Fifth Third Securities Inc., the Huntington Investment Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., RBC Capital Markets Corp., Ramirez & Co. Inc., Robert W. Baird & Co., Ross, Sinclaire & Associates LLC, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (co-managers)
Ratings:Moody's: Aa1
Standard & Poor's: AA+
Fitch: AA+
Pricing date:Sept. 30
Settlement date:Oct. 8
Series 2010A conservation projects G.O. refunding bonds
AmountMaturityTypeCouponPrice
$700,0002014Serial2%103.54
$3.225 million2014Serial3%107.347
$1.285 million2015Serial2%102.686
$2.815 million2015Serial3.5%109.755
$685,0002016Serial2%101.338
$2.4 million2016Serial4%112.493
$4.32 million2017Serial4%112.549
$1.05 million2018Serial2.7%102.872
$3.665 million2018Serial4%112.21
$90,0002019Serial2.25%97.78
$265,0002019Serial3%103.721
$2.095 million2019Serial4%111.643
Series 2010C higher education refunding bonds
AmountMaturityTypeCouponPrice
$7.37 million2015Serial5%116.548
$16.56 million2016Serial5%117.828
$16.56 million2017Serial5%118.738
$10.565 million2018Serial5%119.206
$11.24 million2019Serial5%119.4
$200,0002020Serial5%119.518
$625,0002021Serial2.75%98.705
$20 million2021Serial4.25%112.549
$3.695 million2021Serial5%119.472
$295,0002022Serial3%99.898
$11.45 million2022Serial4.25%112.247
Series 2010C common schools refunding bonds
AmountMaturityTypeCouponPrice
$7.39 million2015Serial5%116.954
$16.58 million2016Serial5%118.185
$16.585 million2017Serial5%119.052
$10.565 million2018Serial5%119.482
$11.24 million2019Serial5%119.642
$200,0002020Serial5%119.732
$200,0002020Serial5%119.732
$625,0002021Serial5%119.661
$20 million2022Serial4.25%112.354
$11.45 million2022Serial4.25%112.354
Series 2010D infrastructure refunding bonds
AmountMaturityTypeCouponPrice
$225,0002013Serial2%103.502
$125,0002014Serial2%103.465
$130,0002015Serial2%102.641
$490,0002016Serial2%101.319
$6.795 million2017Serial2%99.745
$2 million2018Serial2.125%98.753
$200,0002018Serial2.125%98.753
$90,0002019Serial2.25%97.798
$85,0002020Serial2.5%98.114

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