Ad hoc announcement EVN AG / Keyword(s): Issue of Debt/Issue of Debt EVN AG: Successful placement of new EUR 300 million EVN bond Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, GREAT BRITAIN, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA *Placement of new 10.5 year, 4.25% bond completed Maria Enzersdorf, October 6th, 2011 - EVN AG has successfully completed the issue of a new bond. The instrument has a 10.5 year term ending on April 13th, 2022 and a denomination of EUR 1,000. The coupon was set at 4.25% and the issue price at 99.235%. 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. EVN AG Head of Corpoarte Communications EVN Group Stefan Zach EVN Platz A-2344 Maria Enzersdorf tel +43 2236 200-122 94 fax +43 2236 200-822 94 mobile +43 676 810 32 294 stefan.zach@evn.at www.evn.at 06.10.2011 DGAP’s Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------