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Thu, 23rd Jun 2011 16:44
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Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)
23 June 2011
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The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland ("Bank of Ireland" or the "Bank")
Update on Capital Raising
23 June 2011
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On 18 June 2011, Bank of Ireland published a Prospectus which sets out how the Bank proposes to generate the €4.2bn Core Tier 1 Capital (after estimated expenses of €150m) and €1.0bn of contingent capital required to meet regulatory requirements by 31 July 2011.
The €4.35 billion (including estimated expenses) will be raised by a combination of:
• the Debt for Equity Offers (including a cash option) and compulsory acquisition of Eligible Debt Securities ("Liability Management Exercise" or "LME")
• the further burden sharing with remaining subordinated bondholders anticipated by the Minister for Finance as set out in his statement on 31 May 2011;
• potential State Placing (if it occurs); and
• a Rights Issue fully underwritten by the NPRFC.
Bank of Ireland today announced the early participation indicative results of the LME. To date, 72.4% of eligible holders have elected to accept the offer to exchange their bonds for cash or new ordinary stock. 95.4% of accepting bondholders elected to receive new ordinary stock and 4.6% of accepting bondholders elected to receive cash. As a consequence of this, the LME is expected to generate at least €1.98 billion of equity capital for Bank of Ireland. The final closing date for the LME (other than the Canadian Dollar 2015 Notes) is 7 July 2011.
Commenting on the results of the LME, Bank of Ireland stated:
"We are pleased with the successful outcome thus far of the LME and, in particular, the very high demand for equity in the Bank. This represents the first step in our capital raising proposals and significantly reduces the amount of capital we will be seeking to raise from the Rights Issue or other sources of capital".
Rights Issue Illustrative Scenarios
The table below sets out for illustrative purposes only a range of potential outcomes of ownership of the Bank, taking into account the early participation indicative results of the LME and based on certain illustrative assumptions including LME and Rights Issue take up, potential State Placing, foreign exchange assumptions together with assumptions concerning the application of the Minister for Finance's powers under the Stabilisation Act or otherwise:
Scenario
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Indicative LME outcome
CT1 Requirement (incl. estimated costs)
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€4.35bn
LME
§
CT1 Generated
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€(1.32)bn(1)
Equity Issued
§
€(0.66)bn
CT1 which may be generated from Subordinated Liabilities Order Pursuant to the Stabilisation Act or Other Action
§
€(0.51)bn(2)
Potential State Placing(6)
§
€(0.08)bn
Rights Issue
§
€1.78bn(3)
Rights Issue Terms
§
2.9 for 1
Rights Issue Stock
§
17.8bn
Placing Stock(6)
§
0.8bn
Bondholder Stock(4)
§
5.7bn
Total Stock to Be Issued
§
24.3bn
Pro Forma Shareholdings(5)
§
Rights Issue Take-Up
§
100% 0%
State
§
35.8% 69.2%
Bondholders
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19.3% 19.3%
Existing Private Stockholders
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44.9% 11.5%