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To: Oliver P. Poitrimol who wrote (3131)	8/6/1998 1:06:00 PM
From: SDR-SI	Respond to of 11568

Bond sale information follows. The demand for the bonds would seem to be a significant vote of confidence in WCOM " <<<TABLE-WorldCom issues $6.1 bln in 4-part debt deal Reuters, Thursday, August 06, 1998 at 12:58 NEW YORK, Aug 6 (Reuters) - WorldCom Inc (NASDAQ:WCOM) on Thursday issued a $6.1 billion four-tranche debt offering, according to lead manager Salomon Smith Barney Inc. The offering was increased to $5.0 billion from an expected size of $3.5 billion. FIRST TRANCHE: AMT $1.5 BLN COUPON 6.125 PCT MATURITY 8/15/2001 TYPE NOTES ISS PRICE 99.896 FIRST PAY DATE 2/15/1999 LAST MOODY'S BAA2 YIELD 6.163 PCT PAY FREQ SEMI-ANNUAL LAST S&P BBB-PLUS SPREAD +70 BPS MAKE-WHOLE-CALL AT T +10 BASIS POINT SECOND TRANCHE: AMT $600 MLN COUPON 6.25 PCT MATURITY 8/15/2003 TYPE NOTES ISS PRICE 99.978 FIRST PAY DATE 2/15/1999 LAST MOODY'S BAA2 YIELD 6.255 PCT PAY FREQ SEMI-ANNUAL LAST S&P BBB-PLUS SPREAD +83 BPS MAKE-WHOLE-CALL AT T +15 BASIS POINT THIRD TRANCHE: AMT $2.25 BLN COUPON 6.40 PCT MATURITY 8/15/2005 TYPE NOTES ISS PRICE 99.798 FIRST PAY DATE 2/15/1999 LAST MOODY'S BAA2 YIELD 6.436 PCT PAY FREQ SEMI-ANNUAL LAST S&P BBB-PLUS SPREAD +94 BPS MAKE-WHOLE-CALL AT T +15 BASIS POINTS FOURTH TRANCHE: AMT $1.75 BLN COUPON 6.95 PCT MATURITY 8/15/2028 TYPE NOTES ISS PRICE 99.065 FIRST PAY DATE 2/15/1999 LAST MOODY'S BAA2 YIELD 7.025 PCT PAY FREQ SEMI-ANNUAL LAST S&P BBB-PLUS SPREAD +135 BPS MAKE-WHOLE-CALL AT T +20 BASIS POINTS nyc.corporatedebt.newsroom@reuters.com)) Copyright 1998, Reuters News Service >>> Steve