Caterpillar completes domestic market return with A$100 million issue [UPDATED]

Caterpillar Financial Australia (Caterpillar) (A/A2/A) priced its first domestic deal of 2012 on March 29, issuing a A$100 million (US$103.7 million) new three-year bond at a margin of 95 basis points over swap. Caterpillar has been a regular Australian market borrower in recent years, issuing two transactions in each of 2010 and 2011 for a total of A$200 million and A$220 million respectively.