KBC Group: KBC announces its Belgian residential mortgage covered bonds programme
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Regulated information* - 19 November 2012 (10.00 a.m. CET)
KBC announces the establishment of its programme for the issue of Belgian
covered bonds backed by Belgian residential mortgage loans, the Euro
10,000,000,000 KBC Residential Mortgage Covered Bonds Programme.
This programme follows the entry into force of the Act of 3 August 2012,
establishing a legal framework for Belgian covered bonds.
KBC has obtained the required licences from the National Bank of Belgium (the
NBB).
Luc Popelier, KBC Group CFO welcomes today's announcement : "During the
presentation of our third quarter results on 8 November, we mentioned that we
were in the process of obtaining a license from the NBB to issue Belgian covered
bonds. We have now obtained the required license. We plan to issue our first
covered bonds this quarter or in the first quarter of 2013.
KBC boasts a strong liquidity position* with a solid retail/corporate deposit
base in our core markets and our funding needs for 2012 are already fully
covered. However, we still welcome this opportunity to further diversify our
investor base and long-term funding mix and resources through covered bonds,
just like our peers in other countries have been able to do so for some time
now. Moreover, the Belgian residential mortgage loans, backing the covered bonds
we plan to issue, are of excellent quality. We plan to issue 2 to 3 billion
euros' worth of these bonds per year in the coming years. "
The KBC group has mandated DEUTSCHE BANK, DZ BANK, GOLDMAN SACHS, KBC, and
NATIXIS as joint lead managers for its first Belgian Covered Bonds issue.
KBC will host an investor conference as well as an investor roadshow in the
coming days.
Subject to market conditions and regulatory approvals, the first
transaction/issue should follow soon. That issue will be reserved to
institutional investors.
*loan-to-deposit ratio of 82% at KBC Bank at the end of September 2012
For further information, please contact:
Wim Allegaert, General Manager, Investor Relations, KBC Group
Tel +32 2 429 40 51 E-mail wim.allegaert(at)kbc.be
Viviane Huybrecht, General Manager, Group Communications/Spokesperson, KBC Group
Tel +32 2 429 85 45 E-mail pressofficekbc(at)kbc.be
Important Information
This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Covered Bonds, in any
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior
to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
This announcement is not for distribution, directly or indirectly in the United
States of America, Canada, Japan or Switzerland, or any other jurisdiction where
distribution would not be permitted by law. The Covered Bonds will not be
offered in the United States of America.
No announcement or information with respect to the Covered Bonds may be
distributed to the public if the applicable legal requirements have not been
complied with. KBC Bank is not responsible for non-compliance of applicable
legal requirements by other persons.
* This news item contains information that is subject to the transparency
regulations for listed companies.
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