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Published on 5/20/2010 in the Prospect News Municipals Daily.

New Issue: Pennsylvania releases full details of $1 billion general obligation bonds sale

By Sheri Kasprzak

New York, May 20 - The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania priced $1 billion of second series 2010 general obligation bonds on Wednesday. The details were made available by official statement on Thursday.

The sale included $451.1 million of series 2010A tax-exempt bonds and $548.9 million of series 2010B Build America Bonds.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch won the series 2010A bonds with a 3.34% true interest cost and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. won the 2010B bonds with a 2.52% TIC, the sellside source noted.

The 2010A bonds are due 2011 to 2021 with coupons from 2% to 5% and yields from 0.31% to 3.08%.

The 2010B bonds are due 2022 to 2026 with a 2030 term bond. The coupons range from 4.5% to 4.9% with yields from 4.5% to 4.94%. The 2030 bonds have a 5.35% coupon, priced to yield 5.37%.

The bonds (Aa1/AA/AA+) will fund open space initiatives, as well as the construction, renovation and rehabilitation of capital projects, as well as the renovation of water and sewer supply systems.

Issuer:Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Issue:Series 2010 general obligation bonds
Amount:$1 billion
Type:Competitive
Underwriters:Bank of America Merrill Lynch (winner for 2010A); J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (winner for 2010B)
Ratings:Moody's: Aa1
Standard & Poor's: AA
Fitch: AA+
Pricing date:May 19
Series 2010A
MaturityTypeCouponYield
2011Serial2%0.31%
2012Serial5%0.70%
2013Serial5%1.05%
2014Serial5%1.39%
2015Serial5%1.76%
2016Serial5%2.14%
2017Serial5%2.45%
2018Serial5%2.65%
2019Serial5%2.83%
2020Serial5%2.98%
2021Serial5%3.08%
Series 2010B
MaturityTypeCouponsPrice
2022Serial4.5%4.5%
2023Serial4.6%4.64%
2024Serial4.7%4.74%
2025Serial4.8%4.84%
2026Serial4.9%4.94%
2030Term5.35%5.37%

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