DIRECTIVE BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE FOR THE ISSUE OF LM3,000,000 6.3% MALTA GOVERNMENT STOCK 1999 (FIFTH ISSUE) (fifthissue)
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ISSUE OF LM3,000,000
6.3% MALTA GOVERNMENT STOCK 1999 (FIFTH ISSUE)
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 388.13
DIRECTIVE BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE FOR
THE ISSUE OF LM3,000,000 6.3% MALTA
GOVERNMENT STOCK 1999 (FIFTH ISSUE)
10th September, 1996
LEGAL NOTICE 175 of 1996.
The title of this Directive is Directive by the Minister of
Finance for the Issue of Lm3,000,000 6.3% Malta Government
Stock 1999 (Fifth Issue).
The present issue of stock is being made for the purpose of
making good part of the deficit projected to be incurred by the
Consolidated Fund in the year 1996.
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, 23rd
September, 1996 at 8.30a.m. and shall close at 12.00 noon on
Saturday, 28th September, 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
Lm3,000,000.
A half-yearly appropriation of not less than Lm30,000 out
of the general revenue and assets of the Government of Malta shall
be made as a contribution to the sinking fund established for the
purpose of redeeming the stock. The first contribution shall be
made during the latter 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 28th March and the 28th of
September of every year during the currency of the stock. The first
payment covering the period from the 29th September, 1996 to the
28th March, 1997 shall be made on the 28th day of March, 1997.
The stock shall be redeemed at par on the 28th September,
1999.