Release of 30.11.2016

Telekom Austria Group successfully placed a EUR 500 million bond with a coupon of 1.5% p.a.

Today the Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) announced that its finance subsidiary, Telekom Finanzmanagement GmbH has successfully placed a benchmark bond with a volume of EUR 500 million and a maturity of ten years.


The bond, ISIN XS1405762805, pays a coupon of 1.5% p.a. and has a denomination of EUR 100,000 and closing is expected to occur on 7 December 2016.

The issuer of the bond is Telekom Finanzmanagement GmbH, guaranteed by Telekom Austria AG. The offering generated strong demand with institutional investors.

The expected ratings for the bond are Baa2 (stable outlook) by Moody's and BBB (stable outlook) by S&P.

The proceeds from this bond emission will be primarily used for the refinancing of a EUR 500 million bond due January 2017 and also for general corporate purposes.

The bond is listed on the Luxembourg stock exchange (www.bourse.lu).

BBVA, J.P. Morgan and UniCredit have acted as joint bookrunners.

 

Disclaimer:
The information contained in this announcement does not constitute an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy or subscribe for any securities of Telekom Finanzmanagement GmbH. The notes of Telekom Finanzmanagement GmbH were exclusively offered on the basis of a prospectus-exempt private placement. The prospectus for the listing of the notes, which will be approved by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, Luxembourg ("CSSF"), will be published on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu) and will be available free of charge at the office of Telekom Finanzmanagement GmbH, Lassallestraße 9, A-1020 Vienna, Austria, during usual business hours.

This information is not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States of America and may not be distributed to "U.S. persons" (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended) or publications with a general circulation in the United States. This information does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States or to "U.S. persons" absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration under the Securities Act of 1933. There will be no public offer of securities of Telekom Finanzmanagement GmbH in the United States.


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