AIB announces ?1bn 3 year Senior Unsecured Unguaranteed Bond Issue
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. ("AIB") [NYSE: AIB] today closed a ?1billion 3 year Senior Unsecured Unguaranteed Bond Issue.Significantly, this was the first Senior Unsecured Unguaranteed BondIssue from any Irish bank since the Government Guarantee wasintroduced in September 2008.The deal was priced at a spread over mid-swaps of 250 basis pointswith in excess of 230 international investors reflecting a welldiversified geographic profile and was oversubscribed by 2.9 times.Colm Doherty, Managing Director of AIB Capital Markets said:"The positive reaction of the international markets by investing inunsecured and unguaranteed bonds of AIB reflects the clarity andcertainty brought by NAMA."This deal represents a very significant step towards thenormalisation of the international credit markets stance towardsIrish banks and bodes well for future unguaranteed issuance from theIrish financial system." - Ends -For further information please contact:Alan Kelly Catherine BurkeGeneral Manager, Group Finance Head of Corporate RelationsAIB Group AIB GroupDublin 4 Dublin 4Tel: +353-1-6600311 ext. 12162 Tel: +353-1-6600311 ext. 13894This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 24.09.2009 - 16:41 Uhr
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