By Emese Bartha

Slovakia issued 2 billion euros ($2.14 billion) in new, June 2033-dated government bonds via a bank syndicate on Thursday, one of the lead managers said.

Orderbooks for the new 10-year bond closed in excess of EUR7.7 billion, according to preliminary data, including EUR220 million joint lead manager interest, the same bank said.

The spread on the bond was set 80 basis points above mid-swaps, having been tigthened from the mid-swaps +95bps guidance.

Joint bookrunners of the issue were Citi, CSOB (KBC Group), HSBC and Tatra Banka (Raiffeisen Bank International).

Write to Emese Bartha at emese.bartha@wsj.com

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June 01, 2023 07:06 ET (11:06 GMT)

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