MTNs are usually issued as a part of an MTN programme, which is a series of issues Spread out over time, matching the issuer's funding requirements. An MTN programme gives the issuer the right to issue in a given period of time with a standardised single legal documentation (such as shelf registry)

(See Chapter 21 Other debt products of the Vernimmen)

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