DIRECTIVE BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE FOR THE ISSUE OF LM7,500,000 6.3% MALTA GOVERNMENT STOCK 1999 (THIRD ISSUE)
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ISSUE OF LM7,500,000 6.3%
MALTA GOVERNMENT STOCK 1999 (THIRD ISSUE)
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 388.01
DIRECTIVE BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE FOR
THE ISSUE OF LM7,500,000 6.3% MALTA
GOVERNMENT STOCK 1999 (THIRD ISSUE)
4th April, 1996
LEGAL NOTICE 56 of 1996.
The title of this Directive is Directive by the Minister of
Finance for the Issue of Lm7,500,000 6.3% Malta Government
Stock 1999 (Third Issue).
The stock shall be issued at the price of Lm 100 per cent
and shall be allotted by application in multiples of Lm100.
Applications for the allotment of stock shall open on Monday, 15th
April, 1996 at 8.30a.m. and shall close at 12.00 noon on Saturday,
27th April, 1996, or earlier at the discretion of the Accountant
General.
All persons and/or entities are eligible to apply. Allotment
will be on a first-applied first-accepted basis with preference being
given to non-banking applicants.
An application for the stock to be put on the official list
and trading on the Malta Stock Exchange will be made in terms of
the Malta Stock Exchange Act, when the stock has been allotted.
The sum of money to be raised by the stock shall be
Lm7,500,000.
On issue date, three parts out of every ten of the total
balance standing to the credit of the sinking funds of the stocks
declared as being redeemed in the twelve treasury notices
published in the Gazette of 4th April, 1996 will be transferred to
the Sinking Fund 6.3% Malta Government Stock 1999 (III)
established for the purpose of redeeming the stock. A further half-
yearly appropriation of not less than Lm75,000 out of the general
revenue and assets of the Government of Malta shall be made as a
contribution to this same sinking fund. The first contribution shall
be made during the first six months of the year 1997.
Interest at the rate of Lm3.15 for every Lm100 stock shall
be payable in arrear half-yearly on the 1st February and the 1st of
August of every year during the currency of the stock. The first pro
rata payment covering the period from the 28th April, 1996 to the
1st August, 1996 shall be made on the 1st day of August, 1996.
The stock shall be redeemed at par on the 1st August, 1999.