DEPFA BANK plc / Miscellaneous 31.10.2008 Release of a Adhoc News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF AN AD HOC ANNOUNCEMENT MADE ON 30 OCTOBER 2008 BY HYPO REAL ESTATE HOLDING AG at 22.20: 'Hypo Real Estate Holding AG Financial Markets Stabilisation Fund guarantees bank bond; First element of liquidity facility agreed with consortium of banks Munich, 30 Oct 2008 The German Financial Markets Stabilisation Fund ('SoFFin') today granted the EUR 15 billion guarantee applied for by Hypo Real Estate Group on 28 Oct 2008. The guarantee will cover a bank bond which Hypo Real Estate Group can pledge to draw on a special EUR 15 billion liquidity support facility from Deutsche Bundesbank. The guarantee has a short-term maturity. It is planned to refinance the liquidity provided hereunder with the liquidity facility to be provided by a German financing consortium, Deutsche Bundesbank, and the German Ministry of Finance, as announced earlier. The Group today also reached an agreement with the financing consortium on a key element of this latter facility. It is envisaged to provide the full extent of liquidity facilities by mid-November.' Contact: Julia Hoggett: +353 (1) 792 2004 Issued on behalf of the following related entities in respect of their listed bonds: DEPFA BANK plc DEPFA ACS BANK DEPFA Funding III LP DGAP 31.10.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: DEPFA BANK plc 1, Commons Street Dublin 1 Irland Phone: +49 (0)69 92882 275 Fax: +49 (0)69 92882 107 E-mail: info@depfa.com Internet: www.depfa.com ISIN: DE000A0AUJ90 WKN: A0AUJ9 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard) End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: DEPFA BANK plc: Financial Markets Stabilisation Fund guarantees bank bond;
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