Cleary Gottlieb represented Merrill Lynch, HSBC and RBC Capital Markets as the joint bookrunners and lead managers in a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering by The Export-Import Bank of Korea of Cdn$325 million 2.711% notes due 2019 under its $25 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme. The notes were listed on the Singapore Exchange. The offering priced on November 25 and closed on December 5.
KEXIM was established in 1976 as a special governmental financial institution pursuant to the Export-Import Bank of Korea Act to promote the sound development of the Korean economy and economic cooperation with foreign countries by extending the financial aid required for export and import transactions, overseas investment and the development of natural resources abroad.