FWP 1 dfwp.htm FINAL TERM SHEET Final Term Sheet

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-141868

June 3, 2008

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Final Term Sheet

USD 3,000,000,000 4.50% Global Notes due 2018

Terms:

 

Issuer:    KfW
Guarantor:    Federal Republic of Germany
Aggregate Principal Amount:    USD 3,000,000,000
Denomination:    USD 1,000
Maturity:    July 16, 2018
Redemption Amount:    100%
Interest Rate:    4.50% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears
Date of Pricing:    June 3, 2008
Closing Date:    June 10, 2008
Interest Payment Dates:    January 16 and July 16 in each year
First Interest Payment Date:    January 16, 2009 (for interest accrued from and including June 10, 2008, to but excluding January 16, 2009)

Interest Payable on First

Interest Payment Date:

   USD 81,000,000 (for aggregate principal amount of USD 3,000,000,000)
Currency of Payments:    USD
Price to Public/Issue Price:    99.697%
Underwriting Commissions:    0.15%
Proceeds to Issuer:    99.547%
Format:    SEC-registered global notes
Listing:    Luxembourg Stock Exchange (regulated market)
Business Day:    New York
Business Day Convention:    Following, unadjusted
Day Count Fraction:    30/360
Governing Law /Jurisdiction:    German law; District Court Frankfurt am Main
Gross-Up:    No gross-up if tax deduction or withholding is imposed
Cross-Default:    None
Clearing System:    DTC (deliverable through CBL and Euroclear)
ISIN:    US500769CU69
CUSIP:    500769CU6


Selling Restrictions:    European Economic Area, UK, Japan, Canada, Hong Kong
Ratings of Issuer:    AAA by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, Aaa by Moody’s Investors Service Limited and AAA by Fitch Ratings Limited.1
Lead Managers:    JPMorgan
   Nomura Securities
   UBS Investment Bank
Co-Lead Managers:    Citi
   Credit Suisse
   Goldman Sachs International
   HSBC
   Lehman Brothers
   Merrill Lynch & Co.
   Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc
   Morgan Stanley
   RBC Capital Markets
   The Royal Bank of Scotland
Stabilization Manager:    J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.

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 Website at www.sec.gov. The prospectus supplement relating to the notes is available under the following link:

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821533/000132693207000158/f01596e424b3.htm. KfW’s base prospectus relating to the notes is available through the following link:

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821533/000132693207000153/f01595e424b3.htm. Certain information relating to the notes is available through the following link:

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821533/000132693208000210/f01999exv99wg.htm Alternatively, UBS will arrange to send you the prospectus, which you may request by calling toll-free +1-888-722-9555, Ext. 1088.

 

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