Swedish Export Credit Corp Files Uridashi Bond Shelf At Japan MOF

Swedish Export Credit Corp. filed shelf registrations at Japan's Ministry of Finance last week to issue uridashi bonds over the next two years, documents filed at the ministry showed Monday.

Uridashi are bonds issued offshore in foreign currency and sold to Japanese retail investors.

Meanwhile, Aflac Inc. (AFL) registered to issue samurai bonds, which are yen-denominated bonds issued in Japan by foreign borrowers.

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and other nine Japanese companies also registered to issue domestic corporate bonds.

 
Bond Shelf Registrations: 
(all figures are in billions of yen) 
 
Issuer                             Limit Amount     Effective 
 
Domestic Corporate: 
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (8601.TO)      250       Jan.  5 
Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. (4204.TO)         50       Jan.  4 
Nippon Express Co. Ltd. (9062.TO)          100       Dec. 29 
Isuzu Motors Ltd. (7202.TO)                 80       Dec. 29 
Nissan Financial Services Co., Ltd.        200       Dec. 28 
Joyo Bank Ltd. (8333.TO)                    10       Dec. 28 
SBI Holdings Inc. (8473.TO)                 30       Dec. 28 
Okuma Corp. (6103.TO)                       20       Dec. 28 
Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. (3864.TO)       30       Dec. 28 
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ         2,000       Dec. 27 
 
Samurai: 
Aflac                                      100       Jan.  5 
 
Uridashi: 
Swedish Export Credit Corp.              1,000       Jan.  4 
 

-Tokyo Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; [phone]