Ad hoc announcement

EVN AG / Keyword(s): Bond

EVN AG: Ad-hoc announcement: EVN contemplates the issuance of a bond

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The
issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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On October 3, 2011, the management board of EVN set the parameters for the
issuance of a bond

> The bond shall have a issue volume of up to EUR 300m
> The final decision to issue a bond is subject to satisfactory market
conditions
> Deutsche Bank AG, Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Societe Generale
CIB have been mandated to assist in the transaction

The unsecured, long-term obligations of EVN have been assigned a rating of
'A-' by Standard&Poor's (with negative outlook) and 'A3' by Moody's (with a
stable outlook), respectively.

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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, GREAT
BRITAIN, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA

LEGAL NOTICE
THIS AD-HOC ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES NEITHER AN OFFER TO SELL NOR A
SOLICITATION TO BUY ANY SECURITIES OF EVN AG. A PUBLIC OFFER OF SECURITIES
OF EVN AG MAY ONLY BE MADE IN AUSTRIA ON THE BASIS OF A PROSPECTUS APPROVED
BY THE COMMISSION DE SURVEILLANCE DU SECTEUR FINANCIER, PUBLISHED AND
NOTIFIED TO AUSTRIA, WHICH WOULD THEN BE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE DURING
ORDINARY BUSINESS HOURS AT EVN AG, EVN PLATZ, 2344 MARIA ENZERSDORF AND
WHICH COULD THEN BE REVIEWED IN ELECTRONIC FORM ON THE WEBSITE OF THE
ISSUER (WWW.EVN.AT) AND OF THE LUXEMBOURG STOCK EXCHANGE (WWW.BOURSE.LU).
ANY SECURITIES ORDERS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFER
WILL BE REJECTED.
IN CONNECTION WITH AN OFFER OF SECURITIES OF EVN AG ONLY THE INFORMATION IN
THE PROSPECTUS WILL BE BINDING. ANY INFORMATION IN THIS AD-HOC ANNOUNCEMENT
IS NOT BINDING.
THIS AD-HOC ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN ARE NOT FOR
DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MUST NOT BE
DISTRIBUTED TO U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S.
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED ('SECURITIES ACT')) OR TO PUBLICATIONS
WITH A GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS AD-HOC ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS ABSENT REGISTRATION UNDER OR AN APPLICABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THERE
WILL BE NO PUBLIC OFFER OF SECURITIES OF EVN AG IN THE UNITED STATES.


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Language:     English
Company:      EVN AG
              EVN Platz
              2344 Maria Enzersdorf
              Austria
Phone:        +43-2236-200-12294
Fax:          +43-2236-200-82294
E-mail:       info@evn.at
Internet:     www.evn.at
ISIN:         AT0000741053
WKN:          074105
Indices:      ATX
Listed:       Wien (Amtlicher Handel / Official Market)
 
End of Announcement                             DGAP News-Service
 
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