DESCRIPTION OF THE BONDS
Israel will issue the bonds under the Fiscal Agency Agreement dated as of March 13, 2000, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2004, and Amendment No. 2 to Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2016, between Israel and Citibank, N.A., as fiscal agent, paying agent, transfer agent and registrar.
This section of this prospectus supplement is an overview of the material provisions of the bonds and the fiscal agency agreement. Because it is only an overview, the description may not contain all of the information that is important to you as a potential investor in the bonds. Therefore, Israel urges you to read the fiscal agency agreement and the form of bonds in making your decision as to whether to invest in the bonds. Israel has filed copies of these documents with the SEC, and all of these documents are available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or may be inspected at the office of the SEC listed in the accompanying prospectus under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information About the State of Israel”. Copies of the fiscal agency agreement, including the form of bonds, may be inspected during normal business hours on any weekday (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays excepted) at the offices of the fiscal agent in New York City.
Any capitalized terms that are defined in the accompanying prospectus have the same meanings in this section unless a different definition appears in this section. If there are any inconsistencies between the information in this section and the information in the accompanying prospectus, the information in this section controls.
General Terms of the Bonds
The 2029 bonds, issued in an aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000,000, bear interest at a rate of 5.375% per annum and mature on March 12, 2029. The 2029 bonds will pay interest semi-annually in arrears in equal installments on March 12 and September 12 of each year, starting on September 12, 2024, to be paid to the person in whose name the global bond is registered at the close of business on the preceding February 26 or August 29. The yield to maturity of the 2029 bonds will be 5.498%.
The 2034 bonds, issued in an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000,000, bear interest at a rate of 5.500% per annum and mature on March 12, 2034. The 2034 bonds will pay interest semi-annually in arrears in equal installments on March 12 and September 12 of each year, starting on September 12, 2024, to be paid to the person in whose name the global bond is registered at the close of business on the preceding February 26 or August 29. The yield to maturity of the 2034 bonds will be 5.603%.
The 2054 bonds, issued in an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000,000, bear interest at a rate of 5.750% per annum and mature on March 12, 2054. The 2054 bonds will pay interest semi-annually in arrears in equal installments on March 12 and September 12 of each year, starting on September 12, 2024, to be paid to the person in whose name the global bond is registered at the close of business on the preceding February 26 or August 29. The yield to maturity of the 2054 bonds will be 6.043%.
The 2029 bonds, the 2034 bonds and the 2054 bonds will:
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be issued as separate series under the fiscal agency agreement;
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be designated collective action securities and will, therefore, contain “collective action clauses” as described under “Debt Securities — Collective Action Securities Issued On or After January 5, 2016” in the accompanying prospectus;
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bear interest from March 12, 2024 or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months;
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be issued in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $200,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 above that amount;
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upon issuance, be direct, general, unconditional, unsecured and unsubordinated external indebtedness of Israel and will rank without preference among themselves and equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated external indebtedness of Israel;