Credit Suisse plans buffered return enhanced notes tied to currencies

By Angela McDaniels

Tacoma, Wash., March 25 - Credit Suisse AG, Nassau Branch plans to price 0% buffered return enhanced notes due April 9, 2012 linked to the performance of a basket of currencies relative to the U.S. dollar, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The basket includes equal weights of the Australian dollar, the Indonesian rupiah, the Singapore dollar and the South Korean won.

If the basket return is greater than 10%, the payout at maturity will be par plus the basket return.

If the basket return is greater than 2% but less than or equal to 10%, the payout will be par plus 10%.

If the basket return is less than or equal to 2% but greater than or equal to negative 5%, the payout will be par.

Investors will lose 1.0526% for every 1% by which the basket return is less than negative 5%.

The return for each currency will be the quotient of (a) its final spot rate relative to the dollar minus its initial spot rate divided by (c) its final spot rate.

The issuer noted that by dividing by the final spot rate instead of the initial spot rate, the currency return for each basket currency is not linear - e.g., an increase of 10% in the final spot rate results in a currency return of 9.09%, and a decrease of 10% results in a currency return of negative 11.11%.

The notes (Cusip: 22546E4G6) are expected to price March 30 and settle April 4.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA are the agents.

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