Ad-hoc | 6 March 2012 08:45
Raiffeisen Bank International AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous
06.03.2012 08:45
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Vienna, 6 March 2012. On 23 February 2012, the Raiffeisen Bank
International AG (the 'Bank') invited the holders of:
(i) 1,000,000 Perpetual Non-cumulative Non-voting Fixed/Floating Rate
Preferred Securities, with a liquidation preference of EUR 100 each, issued
by RZB Finance (Jersey) II Limited (ISIN: XS0173287862)('Series II
Securities');
(ii) EUR 200,000,000 Perpetual Non-cumulative Subordinated Floating Rate
Capital Notes, in the denomination of EUR 1,000 each, issued by RZB
Finance (Jersey) III Limited
(ISIN: XS0193631040)('Series III Securities '); and
(iii) EUR 500,000,000 Non-cumulative Subordinated Perpetual Callable
Step-up Fixed to Floating Rate Capital Notes, in the denomination of EUR
50,000 each, issued by RZB Finance (Jersey) IV Limited (ISIN:
XS0253262025)('Series IV Securities ')
(together the 'Securities', and each series of the Securities, a 'Series')
to tender the Securities to the Bank for purchase at a fixed purchase price
plus any accrued and unpaid interest or dividends, as applicable, to but
excluding the settlement date in respect of the Securities validly tendered
for purchase for cash and accepted by the Bank (the 'Invitation').
The Invitation expired at 5.00 p.m. (CET) on 5 March 2012.
The Bank has accepted for purchase EUR 357,806,400 in aggregate principal
amount, or aggregate liquidation preference, as applicable, of Securities.
The final acceptance allocated to the Series II Securities (XS0173287862)
is EUR 55,373,400.
The final acceptance allocated to the Series III Securities (XS0193631040)
is EUR 109,233,000.
The final acceptance allocated to the Series IV Securities (XS0253262025)
is EUR 193,200,000.
The Bank will also pay any and all accrued and unpaid interest or
dividends, as applicable, to but excluding the settlement date in respect
of the Securities validly tendered for purchase for cash and accepted by
the Bank.
The settlement will be on 8 March 2012.
For further information please contact:
Susanne Langer
Head of Group Investor Relations
ir@rbinternational.com
phone +43-1-71707-2089
Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Am Stadtpark 9
1030 Vienna, Austria
http://www.rbinternational.com
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR
INTO THE UNITED STATES OR TO ANY U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S OF
THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED) OR ANY PERSON LOCATED
OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITS TERRITORIES AND
POSSESSIONS (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA
ISLANDS), ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA (THE 'UNITED STATES'). THE INVITATION REFERENCED HEREIN IS NOT
BEING MADE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, OR BY USE
OF THE MAILS, OR BY ANY MEANS OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN
COMMERCE, OR OF ANY FACILITY OF A NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE, OF THE
UNITED STATES AND THE INVITATION CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY ANY SUCH USE, MEANS,
INSTRUMENTALITY OR FACILITY OR FROM WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
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Language: English
Company: Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Am Stadtpark 9
A-1030 Vienna
Austria
Phone: +43-1-71707-2089
Fax: +43-1-71707-2138
E-mail: ir@rbinternational.com
Internet: www.rbinternational.com
ISIN: AT0000606306
WKN: A0D9SU
Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Stuttgart; Open Market in
Frankfurt; Wien (Amtlicher Handel / Official Market)
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