Arion Bank accepts 73.307% of 3.125% notes due 2018 in tender offer

By Susanna Moon

Chicago, June 27 – Arion Bank hf said investors had tendered €137.61 million of its €300 million 3.125% notes due 2018.

Arion will purchase €100 million of the notes using a pro rata scaling factor of 73.307%, according to a bank notice.

The bank said on June 19 that it was tendering for up to €100 million of the notes until 11 a.m. ET on June 26 at a purchase price of 102.264% of par assuming a settlement date of June 29.

Pricing will be set using a fixed purchase yield of negative 0.1%.

The bank will also pay accrued interest.

The tender offer was contingent on the issue of euro-denominated fixed-rate notes.

The dealer managers are Goldman Sachs International (+44 20 7774 9862 or liability.management.eu.gs.com), J.P. Morgan Securities plc (+44 20 7134 2468 or emea_lm@jpmorgan.com), Nomura International plc (+44 20 7103 6597 or liability.mangement@nomura.com) and UBS Ltd. (+44 20 7568 2133 or ol-liabilitymanagement-eu@ubs.com). The tender agent is Lucid Issuer Services Ltd. (+44 20 7704 0880 or arionbank@lucid-is.com).

Arion is a Reykjavik, Iceland-based bank.

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