Investor Relations Release: Silent Participations and Profit Participation Capital of HSH Nordbank
No distributions based on 2009 results – Loss participation of 16,401 Percent
Hamburg/Kiel, April 15, 2010 - The Supervisory Board of HSH Nordbank AG has adopted the 2009 financial statements for the single entity according to HGB (German GAAP) accounting. The financial statements report a balance sheet loss/ net loss for 2009.
According to the announcement of December 18, 2009, no coupon payments for the fiscal year 2009 will be made on silent participations and profit participation capital. Moreover, these hybrid instruments will participate in the balance sheet loss/ net loss. The book value of the silent participations and profit participation capital will be reduced by around 16.401 percent to around 83.599 percent.
In addition to the privately placed silent participations and profit participation capital the following publicly placed instruments based on silent participations of HSH Nordbank AG are affected:
RESPARCS Funding II Limited Partnership Securities 7.5 % EUR 500mn (ISIN DE0009842542)
RESPARCS Funding Limited Partnership I Securities 8.0 % USD 300mn (ISIN XS0159207850)
HSH Nordbank Sparc Securities 7.4075 % EUR 500mn (ISIN XS0142391894)
HSH Nordbank Sphere Securities 7.25 % USD 500mn (ISIN XS0221141400)
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