Guatemala: $48 million Debt Issue

The Ministry of Finance has issued Treasury bonds in local currency for an amount equivalent to $48 million, receiving total demand of $130 million.

Thursday, August 23, 2018

From a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance:

August 21, 2018. The results of the sale of Treasury Bonds of the Republic of Guatemala represented by Account Annotation (Public Bidding); and of Representative Physical Certificates and Representative Certificates Electronically Registered in Custody of Banco de Guatemala (Auction and Public Bidding) held on August 21, 2018, with a total demand of Q.941.70 million and US $ 17.0 million, were the following:

In the event of issue of Representative Physical Certificates and Representative Certificates Electronically Registered in Custody of Banco de Guatemala, a demand of Q.125.00 million corresponding to the maturity date of 07/21/2025 was received; Q.145.0 million for the maturity date of 09/23/2030; and, Q.631.70.0 million for the maturity date of 04/18/2033. Likewise, through this placement method, in Treasury Bonds expressed in United States Dollars, a demand of US $17.0 million was received for the maturity date of 08/15/2023.
Q.320.00 million were awarded in this placement system. 
For the maturity date of 04/18/2033, at a cut price of 107.9972 and a cut-off rate of 6.4009. 

Read full statement (in Spanish).

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