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Interstar Millennium Series 2003-2 issues A$500 million Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Floating Rate Notes - 05 May 2003

Arranger and Lead manager, National Australia Bank Limited today launched an A$500 million Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Floating Rate Note issue for the Interstar Millennium Series 2003-2 Trust ("the Trust").

The Interstar Millennium Series 2003-2 Trust is a funding vehicle for the National's client, Interstar Securities (Australia) Pty Limited, one of Australia's largest independent non-bank mortgage loan wholesalers and loan investment managers.

On the issue date, Perpetual Trustees Victoria Limited, as trustee of the Trust, will issue four classes of notes totalling A$500 million secured by a pool of prime residential mortgages:

Class  Issue Size (A$)  Preliminary Ratings S&P/Fitch Pricing Range Legal Maturity Expected Maturity  Weighted Average Life
A2  125 AAA/AAA  1mBBSW + mid 20's May-08  Nov-05 0.96
A3  340 AAA/AAA  1mBBSW + 36-39 May-25  May-09  3.52
A4  110 AAA/AAA  1mBBSW + 39-42 May-35  May-09  4.65
25 AA/AA  1mBBSW + N/A  May-35  May-09  6.00

Pricing is expected to occur on 8 May 2003 and  settlement expected to occur on 14 May 2003.

The transaction is structurally innovative providing Class A2 and Class A3 noteholders with shorter legal maturities of 5 years and 20 years, respectively.