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five year diaspora development bonds

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Issuer: Antigua & Barbuda Development Bank
  • Aggregate Nominal Amount: US$1 million
  • Issue Price: US$1,000 per 1,000 denomination
  • Term: (5) Five years
  • Rate of Interest: 6.5 (%) per cent per annum payable quarterly in arrears
  • Sinking Fund: The Issuer will irrevocably credit on a monthly basis 1/60 of the Aggregate Nominal amount of the Bond to the Trust Account as well as the interest accrued based on the Fixed Interest Rate
  • Trustee: PriceWaterhouseCoopers
  • Trust Account Holder: Royal Bank of Canada - Antigua
  • Use of Proceeds: A number of projects are in the pipeline for funding to include but not limited to the following:
    • Infrastructure for low-income housing project
    • Working capital for inter-islands ferry transportation project
    • Loan program for small farmers participating in a pineapple export project to Norway
    • Working capital for farming business participating in the exporting of produce within the Caribbean
    • Provide reverse mortgage funding to pensioners

These Bonds have the full faith and credit of the Government of Antigua
and Barbuda.