The Ministry of Economy and Finance announces the issuance of BTP Italia - indexed to Italian inflation (FOI index, ex-tobacco - Indice dei prezzi al consumo per le famiglie di operai e impiegati, al netto dei tabacchi) with first accrual date April the 23rd 2014 and maturity April the 23rd 2020. The issuance will take place through the collection of purchase orders from investors on the MOT (the Borsa Italiana’s screen-based market for securities and government bonds) through Banca IMI S.p.A. and UniCredit S.p.A. from April 14th to April 17th 2014, unless early closing.
The guaranteed minimum annual (real) coupon rate is 1.65%. The definitive annual (real) coupon rate is set at the end of the collection of purchase orders and it cannot be below the guaranteed minimum annual (real) coupon rate.
The settlement date of all purchase orders is in one day and coincides with the first accrual date.
The index number of inflation calculated at the accrual date and settlement date of the bond is 107,22667.
The ISIN code of the bond is IT0005012783.
Please note that all the documents that illustrate the characteristics of the placement and distribution of the bond as well as the calculation method for the coupon and the capital revaluation can be found on the website of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
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