Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) EAD and TBI Invest EAD launched corporate bond issue for TBI Leasing AD

28 May 2004
On 20 May 2004 TBI Leasing AD issued their first secured corporate bond. The issue is collateralised by pledge of receivables and leased assets, and has a nominal value of EUR 2 Mio. Joint-Lead Managers of the issue are Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) EAD and TBI Invest EAD. The maturity of the bond is 3 years and pays out a semi-annual coupon of 7.00% p.a. Initially the TBI Leasing corporate bond was launched through a private placement and will be subsequently listed on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange. The nominal value of a single bond is EUR 1000.
Since the beginning of 2003 Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) EAD successfully launched and structured 6 mortgage and corporate bond issues as a Lead Manager, with a total nominal value of EUR 29 Mio.
For the last year (2003) TBI Invest EAD was Manager or Co-manager in the placement of 5 bond issues with a total nominal value of EUR 18 Mio