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1) Increased issuance of T-Bills and short term bonds with maturities of 2 and 3 years

2) Issuance of Floating Rate Bonds (FRB) as an alternative to Fixed rate bonds
3) Increase the amount of saving bonds to serve the needs of retail investors as well as to enhance

investors base geographically
The PDMO proceeded with borrowings in accordance to the aforementioned measures as follows:

1. Benchmark Bond Issuance

PDMO issued Benchmark bonds with maturities of 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 years. This was
achieved through the following channels, 1) Re-opening of existing bonds with maturities of 5, 10 , 15 and

20 years. 2) New issuance of 30 years bonds and 3) New issuance of short term bonds with maturities of 2
and 3 years (re-open of 3 years while new issues of 2 years bonds). Details in Table 3.

Table 3 : Total Amount of Government’s Borrowings in 2009

New Issuance Outstanding
Instruments Maturity (yrs)
(MTHB) (MTHB)
5 74,380 121,035
10 62,740 86,642
Benchmark Bond Government Bond 15 26,650 50,700
20 38,000 61,950
30 5,500 5,500
2 88,000 88,000
Short Term Government Bond
Non-Benchmark Bond 3 49,999 89,099
Other Government Bonds 12 16,000 85,000

Total new government bond issued in FY2008 361,269

58 รายงานประจำาปี 2552 ANNUAL REPORT 2009