Issuance Conditions of 40. Issue of Treasury Bonds - T-Bond 3.70 %, 13 - CZ0001000814

"Czech Republic Treasury Bond, 2003 - 2013, 3.70 %"

The Ministry of Finance, in accordance with § 19 of Act No. 530/1990 Coll., on Bonds as amended, and § 1 of Act No. 122/2003 Coll., on state bond programme of settlement of state debt principals mature in the years 2003 and 2004, § 1 of Act No. 9/2001 Coll. on State Bond Programme to obtain finances to provide returnable financial aid from state budget in order to cover paying off the compensation from the Security Fund of Cooperative Banks, and § 1 of Act No. 342/1999 on State Bond Programmes of settlement of state debt principals mature in 2000 and settlement of state budget deficit of the Czech Republic in 1999 exceeding the approved deficit, determines issuance conditions of Czech Republic Treasury Bond, 2003-2013, 3.70 %:

1. Basic characteristics of bonds:

   Issuer: Ministry of Finance on behalf of the Czech Republic
   Name: Czech Republic Treasury Bond, 2003 - 2013, 3.70 %
   Name in short: ČR, 3.70 %, 13
   Serial number of issue: 40
   Face value: CZK 10 000
   Form of bond: bearer
   Type of bond: book-entered
   Date of issue: 16 June 2003
   Date of maturity: 16 June 2013
   Interest yield: coupon with fixed interest rate of 3.70 % p.a.
   Taxation of interest yields: under legal regulations of the Czech Republic
   ISIN: CZ 0001000814

   Coupon No.1, separated ISIN: CZ0000700281
   Coupon No.2, separated ISIN: CZ0000700299
   Coupon No.3, separated ISIN: CZ0000700307
   Coupon No.4, separated ISIN: CZ0000700315
   Coupon No.5, separated ISIN: CZ0000700323
   Coupon No.6, separated ISIN: CZ0000700331
   Coupon No.7, separated ISIN: CZ0000700349
   Coupon No.8, separated ISIN: CZ0000700356
   Coupon No.9, separated ISIN: CZ0000700364
   Coupon No.10, separated ISIN: CZ0000700372
   Principle, separated ISIN: CZ0000700273

    

2. Bonds are issued under § 1 of Act No. 122/2003 Coll., on state bond programme of settlement of state debt principals mature in the years 2003 and 2004, § 1 of Act No. 9/2001 Coll. on state bond programme to obtain finances to provide returnable financial aid from state budget in order to cover paying off the compensation from the Security Fund of the Cooperative Banks, and § 1 of Act No. 342/1999 on state bond programmes of settlement of state debt principals mature in 2000 and settlement of state budget deficit of the Czech Republic in 1999 exceeding the approved deficit.

    

3. Bonds are on bearer and are issued in book-entered form. The holder register is kept by the Prague Securities Centre.

    

4. Bonds may be acquired by legal or natural entities with their seat or residence in the territory of the Czech Republic as well as in abroad. Repatriation of yields and of paid-up face value to abroad shall be carried out under legal regulations of the Czech Republic.

    

5. Issuer shall submit proposal for registration of bonds in the primary market of the Prague Stock Exchange, a.s. Transferability of bonds in the Prague Securities Centre shall commence as of the day of crediting the respective bonds in the accounts of first holders. The last day, when transfers of securities in holder accounts in the Prague Securities Centre shall be carried out, shall be 16 May 2013.

    

6. Bonds have fixed interest rate of 3.70 % p.a. Interest yields shall be paid once a year, each time by 16 June respective year. In case the day of the payment of yield falls on a non-working day, the payment shall be carried out on the first consecutive working day with no claim to yield for the payment deferred as above.

    

7. The decisive day for the payment of bond yield precedes by one month the day of maturity of bond yield. The ex-coupon date is the day following the decisive day, and it is fixed to be 17 May. The investor who is bond holder on 16 May shall receive the interest yield. The investor who is bond holder on 16 May 2004 shall receive the interest yield for the first year.

    

8. The calculation of the proportional part of interest shall be made on the basis of a year with 360 days and of 12 months per 30 days (BCK - standard 30E/360). The proportional part of interest yield shall be added to the price of the respective bond as of the date of issue.

    

9. Bonds shall be issued per single tranches. Primary sale of 1. tranche shall be carried out in the form of auction organized by the Czech National Bank for a group of direct participants on 11 June 2003. Primary sale of subsequent tranches shall be carried out under the same conditions. The issuance period shall be terminated by the day of 16 May 2013. Other investors may participate in the auction through direct participants. The announcement on the auction and the list of direct participants shall be published in advance.

    

10. The total anticipated volume of the bond issue is CZK 80 000 000 000.

     

11. The Ministry of Finance declares that it owes to each bond holder the face value of the respective bond. The bonds shall be paid up in the face value by the day of 16 June 2013. Also, the reckoning of interest shall terminate on the same day. The face value of the bond along with the last interest yield shall be paid to the bond-holder investor on 16 May 2013. In case the day of the payment of principal falls on a non-working day, the payment shall be carried out on the first consecutive day with no claim to yield for the payment deferred as above.

     

12. All rights connected with bonds and coupons issued in relation therewith shall become statute-barred with the expiration of ten years since the day when such rights could be applied for the first time (§ 23 of Act No. 530/1990 Coll., on Bonds as amended).

     

13. The Ministry of Finance pledges to ensure the payment of bond interest yields and to pay up the face value of bonds to the holders thereof in accordance with the present issuance conditions. The place of payment is Československá obchodní banka, a.s. The place of payment shall publish the method by which the payment of the coupon and the settlement of the face value shall be carried out.

     

14. The bonds are direct, unconditional and unsubordinated obligations of the Czech Republic that are of the same standard with all other existing and future direct, unconditional and unsubordinated obligations of the Czech Republic.

     

15. Announcements for the public relating to these bonds shall be published.

     

16. These issuance conditions may be translated into foreign languages. In case of variance between various language versions of issuance conditions, the Czech version shall be decisive.

Minister:
Mgr. Bohuslav Sobotka