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Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
Filed pursuant to Rule 433(d)
Registration No. 333-148248
June 18, 2008
Export Development Canada / Exportation et développement Canada (“EDC”)
U.S. $1,000,000,000 3.750% United States Dollar Bonds due 2011
Final Term Sheet
         
Issuer:
  Export Development Canada / Exportation et développement Canada
 
        
Title:
  3.750% US Dollar Bonds due July 15, 2011
 
        
Ratings:
  AAA/Aaa/AAA (S&P, Moodys, DBRS)
 
        
Format:
  SEC Registered
 
        
Size:
  $1,000,000,000    
 
        
Trade Date:
  June 18, 2008
 
        
Settlement Date:
  June 25, 2008
 
        
Maturity Date:
  July 15, 2011
 
        
Callable:
  No, unless any change in the laws or regulations of Canada that would require the payment by
EDC of additional amounts on the bonds
 
        
Interest Payment
Dates:
  January 15th and July 15th; long first coupon
 
        
First Payment Date:
  January 15, 2009
 
        
Benchmark Treasury:
  UST 2.625% due May 31, 2010
 
        
Benchmark
Treasury Yield:
  2.865%    
 
        
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
  + 93.5 bps
 
        
Yield to Maturity:
  3.800%    
 
        
Coupon:
  3.750%    
 
        
Price:
  99.855%    
 
        
Day Count:
  30/360    

 

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Specified Currency:
  United States Dollars (“$”)
 
        
Minimum
Denomination:
  $5,000 and increments of $5,000 in excess thereof
 
        
Listing:
  Luxembourg Euro MTF Market
 
        
Status:
  The bonds will carry the full faith and credit of Canada. The payment of the principal of and
interest on the bonds will constitute a charge on and be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada
 
        
Governing Law:
  Province of Ontario / Canada
 
        
Business Days:
  New York, London, Toronto
 
        
Representatives:
  BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
and RBC Capital Markets Corporation
 
        
Co-managers:
  CIBC World Markets Corp.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Mizuho International plc
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Shinkin International Ltd.
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
 
        
Billing and Delivering:
  HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
 
        
Cusip # ISIN #:
  CUSIP: 30216B BH4

ISIN: US30216BBH42
 
        
Reference Document:
  Prospectus Supplement subject to completion, dated June 18, 2008; Prospectus
dated January 15, 2008;

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/276328/000120621208000139/m40878ore424b2.htm
 
        
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us.
 
  The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for
the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the
prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with
the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get
these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.
Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will
arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll-free 1-800-854-5674
for BNP Paribas, 1-877-858-5407 for Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 1-866-811-8049
for HSBC and 1-866-375-6829 for RBC Capital Markets Corporation.