Issue of Debt
May 02 2003 - 10:35AM
UK Regulatory
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( BW)(BOC-GROUP-PLC)(BOC) Issue of Debt
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UK REGULATORY NEWS
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2003--
THE BOC GROUP plc
Issue of JPY 5,000,000,000 0.6125 per cent. Notes due 6 May 2008
under the �600,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme
This document constitutes the Pricing Supplement relating to the issue
of Notes described herein. Terms used herein shall be deemed to be
defining as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the
Offering Circular dated 30 January 2003. This Pricing Supplement must
be read in conjunction with such Offering Circular.
1 Issuer: The BOC Group plc
2 Series Number: 6
3 Specified Currency or Currencies: Japanese Yen ("JPY")
4 Aggregate Nominal Amount: JPY 5,000,000,000
5 (i) Issue Price: 100.00 per cent. of the
Aggregate Nominal Amount
(ii) Net proceeds: JPY 5,000,000
6 Specified Denominations: JPY100,000,000
7 Issue Date: 6 May 2003
8 Maturity Date: 6 May 2008, subject to
adjustment for payment only in
accordance with the Modified
Following Business Day
Convention
9 Interest Basis: 0.6125 per cent. Fixed Rate
(further particulars
specified below)
10 Redemption/Payment Basis: Redemption at par
11 Change of Interest or Redemption/ Not applicable
Payment Basis:
12 Put/Call Options: Not applicable
13 Status of the Notes Senior
14 Listing: Official List of the UK
Listing Authority and trading
on the London Stock Exchange
15 Method of distribution: Non-syndicated
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE
16 Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
(i) Rate of Interest 0.6125 per cent. per annum
payable annually in arrear
(ii) Interest Payment Date(s) 6 May in each year, from and
including 6 May
2004 to and including 6 May 2008, each such date subject to
adjustment for payment only in accordance with the Modified
Following Business Day Convention.
(iii) Fixed Coupon Amount [(s)]: JPY 612,500 per JPY 100,000,000 in nominal amount
(iv) Broken Amount: Not Applicable
(v) Day Count Fraction (Condition 4(k)) 30E/360 (unadjusted)
(vi) Determination Date(s) (Condition
4(k)) Not Applicable
(vii) Other terms relating to the method of Not Applicable
calculating interest for Fixed Rate
Notes:
17 Floating Rate Provisions Not Applicable
18 Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable
19 Index Linked Interest Note Provisions Not Applicable
20 Dual Currency Note Provisions Not Applicable
PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION
21 Call Option Not Applicable
22 Put Option Not Applicable
23 Final Redemption Amount Nominal Amount
24 Early Redemption Amount
(i) Early Redemption Amount(s) As per the Conditions
payable on redemption for
taxation reasons
(Condition 5(c)) or an event
of default (Condition 9) and/or
the method of calculating the
same (if required or if different
from that set out in the Conditions):
(ii) Redemption for taxation reasons Yes
permitted on days other than Interest
Payment Dates (Condition 5 (c)):
(iii) Unmatured Coupons to become void upon
early redemption (Bearer Notes only)
(Condition 6 (e)):
GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES
25 Form of Notes: Bearer Notes
(i) Temporary or Permanent Global Note: Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a Permanent
Global Note which is exchangeable for Definitive Notes
in the limited circumstances specified in the Permanent
Global Note
(i) Applicable TEFRA exemption: D Rules
26 Additional Financial Centre(s) For the avoidance of doubt the Financial Centres are
(Condition 6(g)) or other special London, New York and Tokyo
provisions relating to payment dates:
27 Talons for future Coupons or Receipts No
to be attached to Definitive Notes
(and dates on which such Talons mature):
28 Details relating to Partly Paid Notes: Not Applicable
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 Notes
and interest due on late payment:
29 Details relating to Instalment Notes: Not Applicable
30 Redenomination, renominalisation and Not Applicable
reconventioning provisions:
31 Consolidation provisions: Not Applicable
32 Other terms or special conditions: Not Applicable
DISTRIBUTION
33 (i) If syndicated, names of managers: Not Applicable
(ii)Stabilising Manager (if any): Not Applicable
(iii)Dealer's Commission: No
34 If non-syndicated, name of Dealer: Citigroup Global Markets Limited (formerly Salomon
Brothers International Limited)
35 Additional selling restrictions Not Applicable
OPERATIONAL INFORMATION
36 ISIN Code: XSO167755767
37 Common Code: 016775576
38 Any clearing system(s) other than Not Applicable
Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg
and the relevant identification number(s):
39 Delivery: Delivery against payment
40 The Agents appointed in respect of the Issuing and Paying Agent:
Notes are: HSBC Bank plc
Mariner House
Pepys Street
London EC3N 4DA
Paying Agent:
Dexia Banque Internationale a Luxembourg
69, route d'Esch
L-1470 Luxembourg
GENERAL
41 Additional steps may only be taken Not Applicable
following approval by an Extraordinary
Resolution in accordance with Condition
10(a):
42 The aggregate principal amount of Notes �26,208,198
issued has been translated into pounds
sterling at the rate of �1.00=JPY 190.78,
producing a sum of (for Notes not
denominated in pounds sterling):
LISTING APPLICATION
The Pricing Supplement comprises the details required to list the issue of notes described herein
pursuant to the �600,000,000 Medium Term Note Programme of The BOC Group plc.
MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE STATEMENT
There has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of the Issuer or of the Group
since 31 December 2002 and no material adverse change in the financial position or prospects of the
Issuer or of the Group since 30 September 2002.
RESPONSIBILITY
The Issuer accept responsibility for the information contained in this Pricing Supplement which, when
read together with the Offering Circular referred to above, contains all information that is material in
the context of the issue of the Notes.
Signed on behalf of the Issuer:
Short Name: BOC Group PLC
Category Code: IOD
Sequence Number: 00004493
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030502T140406+0100
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CONTACT: BOC Group PLC
KEYWORD: UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL EUROPE
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING
SOURCE: BOC Group PLC
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