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RYANAIR ISSUES EUR1.2bn EUROBOND AT 0.875% FIXED FOR 5
YEARS
Ryanair today (18 May) announced that it has issued a 5 year,
€1.2bn, Eurobond at a fixed coupon of 0.875%. Ryanair
is rated BBB by both S&P and Fitch Ratings. The bond will
be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange (Euronext) which offers
access to both Europe and the rest of the world. The joint
bookrunners were BNP Paribas, Citigroup and
Commerzbank.
Ryanair's Group CFO, Neil Sorahan said:
"We are pleased with the success of our latest, low-cost, unsecured
bond issue. This €1.2bn transaction, which was multiple
times oversubscribed, was keenly priced at a coupon of
0.875%."
For further information
please contact:
Edelman
Ireland
Peter Larkin (Head of Investor Relations)
Tel.:
+353-1-5921330
Tel.: +353-1-9451212
ryanair@edelman.com
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.