Rabobank xs0496281618 2010-2020 6,875
RABOBANK XS0496281618 2010-2020 6,875
Senior ma la metto qui vista la possibilita' di rimborsare solo il 25% del capitale.
12-3-2010 | Press  Releases
 Today, Rabobank successfully  issued a EUR 1.25 billion, benchmark 10 year fixed rate Senior  Contingent Note ("SCN") issue, priced at an annual coupon of 6.875%,  reflective of a premium to Rabobank subordinated debt paper, as well as a  meaningful discount to where we believe Rabobank would be able to  complete a hybrid Tier 1 offering. 
The transaction enables Rabobank to further enhance the Bank's  creditworthiness, as the offering is designed to ensure that Rabobank's  Core Capital is strengthened in the very unlikely event that the Bank's  Equity Ratio were to fall below 7%. Rabobank has always been amongst the  most conservative banks in the world, and this transaction, which  effectively hedges tail risk, once again demonstrates the bank's  unwavering commitment to prudence. Finally, the offering anticipates on  future (expected) regulatory requirements which are widely expected to  be introduced in the near future, and to recognize the value of  contingent buffers of capital.
Given the novelty of the  transaction structure, an interactive and highly intensive execution  process was adopted, starting with the wall-crossing of a limited number  of large credit buyers, in the days leading up to Rabobank's annual  results on March 4th, followed by a very intensive 4-day marketing  effort across London, Paris and Frankfurt in the week of March 8th  during which the product and the issuer's credit were discussed with  over 80 institutional investors.
Having garnered total orders in  excess of EUR 2.6 billion, from more than 180 different accounts, it was  decided to formally launch and price a more than twice oversubscribed  EUR 1.25 billion offering on Friday March 12.