Continuing to implement the strategy of bond issue, ABLV Bank will offer three new bond issues. The bonds will be issued under the Second Bond Offer Programme and will be included in the regulated market – NASDAQ OMX Riga Debt Securities List.

The major parameters of the bond issue series are listed below.

Bond issue of USD 25 000 000 (issue name: ABLV FXY USD 151013, ISIN: LV0000801033)

The issue size is USD 25 000 000. The number of bonds is 25 000. The face value of one bond is USD 1 000. The annual interest rate is fixed: 1.15% with coupon payment twice a year. The issue date is 15 October 2012, and the maturity date is 15 October 2013.

Bond issue of EUR 15 000 000 (issue name: ABLV FXD EUR 051114, ISIN: LV0000801041)

The issue size is EUR 15 000 000. The number of bonds is 15 000. The face value of one bond is EUR 1 000. The annual interest rate is fixed: 1.55% with coupon payment twice a year. The issue date is 5 November 2012, and the maturity date is 5 November 2014.

Bond issue of USD 50 000 000 (issue name: ABLV FXD USD 061114, ISIN: LV0000801058)

The issue size is USD 50 000 000. The number of bonds is 50 000. The face value of one bond is USD 1 000. The annual interest rate is fixed: 1.45% with coupon payment twice a year. The issue date is 6 November 2012, and the maturity date is 6 November 2014.

Subscription to these bond issue will begin on 1 October 2012. The bonds are mainly planned to be offered to the bank’s customers, but, especially in the secondary market, those will be also available for purchase to investment funds, insurance companies, and other professional investors.

Under Second Bond Offer Programme two bonds for the sake of raising subordinated capital equal to EUR 5 million and USD 20 million with a payback period of 10 years, as well as the bonds worth USD 50 million with a payback period 2 years have already been issued.

ABLV Bank is the largest independent private bank in Latvia. The bank’s majority shareholders — Oļegs Fiļs, Ernests Bernis and Nika Berne — directly and indirectly hold 86% of the bank's share capital. ABLV Group includes ABLV Bank, AS; ABLV Capital Markets, IBAS; ABLV Asset Management, IPAS; ABLV Transform Partnership, KS; ABLV Consulting Services, AS; ABLV Corporate Services, SIA; New Hanza City, SIA, and other companies. ABLV Group has representative offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kiev, Odessa, Minsk, Almaty, Dushanbe, Baku, and Tashkent.

         Ilmārs Jargans
         Head of Public Relations Department
         ABLV Bank, AS
         Tel.: +371 6777 5296
         Mob.: +371 2866 0009
         e-mail: ilmars.jargans@ablv.com