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CaixaBank (Aa3 –cw/A –cw/A neg) in line with its domestic and European peers (TRANNE ITALIANI) announced a liability management transaction. The bank is offering to exchange EUR4.9bn of retail preferred securities for EUR1.5bn of mandatory convertible bonds and EUR3.4bn for subordinated debt. The exchange offer will be carried out at par and will have two components: a cash component of 30% of the initial nominal investment which must then will be compulsory reinvested in convertible bonds and an LT2 securities component. The remaining 70% in fact will be exchanged into lower tier 2 securities.
As regards convertibles, these will be issued at nominal value of EUR100 each and with a 6.5% coupon. 50% of the convertible notes will be mandatorily exchanged for CaixaBank shares on 30 June 2012 (the EBA deadline to reach the required 9% core tier 1 ratio). The remaining 50% will have to be converted into CaixaBank shares a year later, on 30 June 2013.
Through the conversion of the newly issued securities, CaixaBank is expected to increase its core Tier capital by in June 2012 and by a further EUR735mn in 2013. This compares with the EUR630mn capital shortfall for reaching the 9% identified by the EBA in its latest exercise. Thus the group should meet the EBA minimum requirement just with the conversion of the first tranche of convertible bonds that are being issued.
In addition, via this transaction the bank is replacing non-compliant capital instruments with new compliant Basel 3 lower tier 2 securities.
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