EnBW exercises first call right on hybrid bond from 2011/2012

Karlsruhe. EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has exercised the call option on its hybrid bond issued in 2011 and increased in 2012 as of the first call date on 2 April 2017. This bond was the first hybrid bond issued by EnBW and has a total volume of EUR 1 billion and a coupon of 7.375 percent. This security will be repaid at 100 percent of its nominal value. In the past year EnBW has issued two hybrid bonds (USD 300 million and EUR 725 million) which replace the now called bond in the capital structure.

“As a result of the repayment of the hybrid bond from 2011/2012 and the early refinancing in October 2016, we are able to improve our financing conditions without changing the financing structure”, explained Thomas Kusterer, Chief Financial Officer of EnBW. “Hybrid bonds continue to be an important financing instrument for EnBW to support the ratings and the capital structure.”

A hybrid bond is a mixture of equity and debt. Therefore, this type of bond is only partially evaluated as a liability by the rating agencies. Hybrid bonds generally have higher coupons than senior bonds because they are subordinate to all other financial debt and have several equity-like characteristics.

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