Obligation Czechia 4.125% ( XS0215153296 ) en EUR

Czechia

100 % ⇌

Republique tcheque

XS0215153296 ( en EUR )

4.125% par an ( paiement annuel )

18/03/2020 - Obligation échue

Prospectus brochure de l'obligation Czech Republic XS0215153296 en EUR 4.125%, échue

1 000 EUR

1 000 000 000 EUR

La République tchèque est un pays d'Europe centrale sans littoral, connu pour sa riche histoire, son architecture médiévale, sa bière réputée et sa culture vibrante.

L'obligation de type souverain, identifiée par le code ISIN XS0215153296, a été émise par la République tchèque, État membre de l'Union européenne et acteur reconnu sur les marchés de capitaux, en tant qu'emprunteur souverain pour sa dette publique. Cette émission, libellée en Euros (EUR), représentait une taille totale de 1 000 000 000 EUR et offrait un taux d'intérêt fixe de 4,125% avec une fréquence de paiement annuelle, la taille minimale à l'achat étant fixée à 1 000 EUR. Arrivée à sa pleine maturité le 18 mars 2020, cette obligation a été intégralement remboursée à 100% de sa valeur nominale, attestant ainsi le respect de ses engagements financiers par l'émetteur.

EXECUTION COPY

Pricing Supplement dated 16 March 2005
Series No.: 2
Tranche No.: 1
The Czech Republic
acting through the Ministry of Finance
Issue of EUR1,000,000,000 4.125% Instruments due 2020
under the EUR3,000,000,000 Programme for the Issuance of Debt Instruments
This document constitutes the Pricing Supplement relating to the issue of Instruments described
herein.
Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Terms and
Conditions set forth in the Information Memorandum dated 3 June 2004 and the Supplemental
Information Memorandum dated 16 March 2005 (together, the "Information Memorandum"). This
Pricing Supplement contains the final terms of the Instruments and must be read in conjunction with
such Information Memorandum.
1.
Issuer
The Czech Republic acting through the Ministry
of Finance
2. (i)
Series
Number:
2
(ii)
Tranche
Number:
1
3.
Specified Currency or Currencies:
Euro ("EUR")
4.
Aggregate Principal Amount:

(i) Series:
EUR1,000,000,000
(ii) Tranche:
EUR1,000,000,000
5.
(i) Issue Price:
98.905 per cent. of the Aggregate Principal
Amount
(ii) Net
Proceeds:
EUR987,950,000
6.
Specified Denominations:
EUR1,000, EUR10,000 and EUR100,000
7.
(i) Issue Date:
18 March 2005
(ii) Interest Commencement Date (if
Not Applicable
different from the Issue Date):
8.
Maturity Date:
18 March 2020
9.
Interest Basis:
Interest bearing
4.125 per cent. Fixed Rate
(further particulars specified below)
10.
Maturity Redemption Amount:
Redemption at par
11.
Change of Interest or
Not Applicable
Redemption/Payment Basis:

Redemption/Payment Basis:
12.
Put/Call Options:
Not Applicable
13. Status:
Senior
14. Listing:
Luxembourg
15. Method
of
distribution:
Syndicated
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE
16.
Interest:
Interest bearing
4.125 per cent. per annum payable annually in
arrear
17.
Floating Rate Instruments:
Not Applicable
18.
Interest Payment Dates:
18 March in each year, commencing on 18 March
2006 and ending on the Maturity Date
19.
Interest Period End Dates:
Not Applicable
20.
Additional Business Centre(s):
Not Applicable
21.
Day Count Fraction:
Actual/Actual (ISMA)
22. Other Provisions Relating to Interest
Not Applicable
Calculations (including Amortisation
Yield and other provisions (if non-interest
bearing)):
PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION
23.
Call Option:
Not Applicable
24.
Put Option:
Not Applicable
25.
Final Redemption Amount of each
Principal Amount
Instrument:
26. Early Termination Amount:
Principal Amount
GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE INSTRUMENTS
27.
Form of Instruments:
Bearer Instruments:
Temporary Global Instrument exchangeable for a
Permanent Global Instrument which is
exchangeable for Definitive Instruments in the
limited circumstances specified in the Permanent
Global Instrument.
28. Additional Financial Centre(s) or other
Not Applicable
special provisions relating to Payment
Dates:

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29.
Talons for future Coupons or Receipts to
No
be attached to Definitive Instruments (and
dates on which such Talons mature):
30.
Details relating to Partly Paid
Not Applicable
Instruments:
(Amount of each payment comprising the
Issue Price and date on which each
payment is to be made and consequences
(if any) of failure to pay, including any
right of the Issuer to forfeit the
Instruments and interest due on late
payment)
31.
Details relating to Instalment Instruments: Not Applicable
(Amount of each instalment, date on
which each payment is to be made)
32.
Redenomination, renominalisation and
Not Applicable
reconventioning provisions:
33. Other terms or special conditions:
Not Applicable
DISTRIBUTION
34.
(i) If syndicated, names of Managers:
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Deutsche Bank AG London
J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.
Alpha Bank
CALYON
Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Ltd.
Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited
Dresdner Bank AG London Branch
Eurohypo Aktiengesellschaft
Goldman Sachs International
Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited

(ii) Stabilising Manager (if any)
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
35.
If non-syndicated, name of Dealer:
Not Applicable
36.
TEFRA:
The TEFRA D Rules are applicable

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37.
Additional selling restrictions:
Italy:
Each Manager has represented and agreed that it
has not offered, sold or delivered, will not offer,
sell or deliver, has not distributed and will not
distribute and has not made and will not make
available in Italy any Instruments, the
Information Memorandum nor any other offering
material relating to the Instruments other than:
(a) to professional investors (operatori
qualificati), as defined in Article 31, second
paragraph, of Commissione Nazionale per la
Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) Regulation No.
11522 of July 1, 1998, as amended; or
(b) in circumstances which are exempted from the
rules on solicitation of investments pursuant to
Article 100 of Legislative Decree No. 58 of
February 24, 1998 (the "Financial Services Act")
and Article 33, first paragraph, of CONSOB
Regulation No. 11971 of May 14, 1999, as
amended.
Any offer, sale or delivery of the Instruments or
distribution of copies of the Information
Memorandum or any other document relating to
the Instruments in Italy under (a) or (b) above
must be:
(i) made by an investment firm, bank or financial
intermediary permitted to conduct such activities
in Italy in accordance with the Financial Services
Act and the Legislative Decree No. 385 of
September 1, 1993, as amended (the "Banking
Act");
(ii) in compliance with Article 129 of the
Banking Act and the implementing guidelines of
the Bank of Italy pursuant to which the issue or
the offer of securities in Italy may need to be
precedent and followed by an appropriate notice
to be filed with the Bank of Italy depending, inter
alia, on the aggregate value of the securities
issued or offered in Italy and their characteristics;
and
(iii) in accordance with any other applicable laws
and regulations.

OPERATIONAL INFORMATION
38. ISIN
Code:
XS0215153296
39. Common
Code:
21515329
40.
Any clearing systems other than
Not Applicable
Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg
and the relevant identification number(s):
41.
Delivery:
Delivery against payment
42.
Additional Paying Agent(s) (if any):
Not Applicable

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LISTING APPLICATION
This Pricing Supplement comprises the final terms required to list the issue of Instruments described
herein pursuant to the 3,000,000,000 Programme for the Issuance of Debt Instruments of The
Czech Republic acting through the Ministry of Finance.
RESPONSIBILITY
The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Pricing Supplement.
Signed on behalf of the Issuer:
By:
Duly
authorised

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