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NN Bank announced today that it has priced its inaugural EUR 500 million Conditional Pass-Through Covered Bonds. The bonds, which were placed with a broad range of institutional investors, have a tenor of 7 years and a fixed coupon of 0.5%.
The covered bonds are backed by Dutch prime residential mortgage loans, are rated AAA by Standard & Poor's Rating Services and will be listed on Euronext Amsterdam (ISIN:NL0012650477).
The bonds were issued under NN Bank's EUR 5 billion Conditional Pass-Through Covered Bond Programme , for which the Base Prospectus dated 20 September 2017 is available on our website . The Base Prospectus has been approved by the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM).
The NN Bank Covered Bond Programme increases the bank's flexibility to address its ongoing funding needs by further diversifying its sources of funding.
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NN Group profile NN Group is an international insurance and asset management company, active in 18 countries, with a strong presence in a number of European countries and Japan. With all our employees the Group offers retirement services, pensions, insurance, investments and banking to approximately 17 million customers. NN Group's main brands are Nationale-Nederlanden, NN, Delta Lloyd, NN Investment Partners, ABN AMRO Insurance, Movir, AZL, BeFrank and OHRA. NN Group is listed on Euronext Amsterdam (NN).
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