June 6 (Bloomberg) -- Investec Bank (Australia) Ltd. offered to buy back A$200 million of government-guaranteed Australian dollar-denominated bonds due in February 2012, according to an e-mailed statement from Commonwealth Bank of Australia, which is managing the transaction with UBS AG.

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