Swedbank sells $1.5 bln notes in 2 parts - IFR

NEW YORK, June 17 (Reuters) - Swedbank (SWEDa.ST: Quote, Profile, Research) on
Wednesday sold $1.5 billion of notes in a two-part issue
guaranteed by the Kingdom of Sweden, said IFR, a Thomson
Reuters service.

The sale consisted of $1 billion of fixed-rate notes due
Jan. 14, 2013, which were priced to yield 119.3 basis point
more than comparable U.S. Treasuries; and $500 million of
floating-rate notes, also due Jan. 14, 2103, with a coupon rate
of 45 basis points more than the three-month London interbank
offered rate, or LIBOR.

The sale was handled through joint lead managers, Barclays,
JP Morgan and RBS, said IFR.
(Reporting by Pam Niimi; Editing by James Dalgleish)