FWP 1 dfwp.htm FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS Free Writing Prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-149818

April 24, 2008

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (the “Bank”)

MXN 800,000,000 8.61% Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”)

Final Term Sheet

April 23, 2008

 

Issuer    The Export-Import Bank of Korea
MXN Nominal Amount:    MXN 800,000,000
Format:    The Notes shall constitute a further issuance of, and be fungible with and be consolidated and form a single series with, our MXN 1,000,000,000 8.61% Notes due 2017, which were issued on October 11, 2007. The Notes will be issued under the Bank’s U.S. SEC Registered Program.
Trade Date:    April 23, 2008
Settlement Date:    April 29, 2008, which will be the fourth business day following the date of this final term sheet
Maturity Date:    October 11, 2017
Interest Payment Dates:    Semi-annual payments
Business Day Convention:    Following Business Day
Ratings:    Aa3 by Moody’s / A by S&P / A+ by Fitch
Pricing:    MBono Dec/17 + 100bps
Coupon Rate:    8.61% 30/360, semi-annual on MXN Notional
Issue Price:    99.23022% of the Nominal Amount
Gross Proceeds:    MXN 793,841,760
Underwriting Discounts:    0.20%
Net Proceeds (after deducting
underwriting discounts but not
estimated expenses):
   MXN 792,241,760
Minimum Denominations:    MXN 1,000,000 principal amount and integral multiples of MXN 1,000,000 in excess thereof
Settlement Exchange Rate:    All cash flows to be settled in Mexican pesos except in circumstances as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement
Lead Manager and Bookrunner:    Merrill Lynch International
Settlement:    Euroclear / Clearstream / Indeval
Business Days:    Mexico City, New York, Seoul, and London
Listing:    International Quotation System (Sistema Internacional de Cotizaciones) of the Mexican Stock Exchange
Common Code:    032206921
ISIN:    XS0322069211
Governing Law:    New York
Prospectus:    http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/873463/000119312508087505/d424b5.htm


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