Press release Auction announcement Reopening of five-year Federal notes

Frankfurt am Main
29 January 2013
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(Bundesobligationen - "Bobls") series 165 by auction

As already announced in the issue calendar for the first quarter of 2013, the Federal
Government will reopen the

0.50 % five-year Federal notes series 165 of 2013 (2018)

ISIN DE0001141653 // WKN 114 165
on 6 February 2013, using an auction procedure. An increase of € 4 billion is envisaged for the issue (auction allotment and amount set aside for secondary market operations). The current volume of this series amounts to € 5 billion. Members of the Bund Issues Auction Group are entitled to bid.
Time schedule of the auction procedure:
Date of invitation to bid: Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Bidding period: Wednesday, 6 February 2013,
from 8.00 a.m. until 11.30 a.m. Frankfurt time
Inclusion in stock
exchange trading: Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Value date: Friday, 8 February 2013
Characteristics of the five-year Federal notes: Maturity: 23 February 2018
Interest payment: annually on 23 February,
interest has begun to accrue on 11 January 2013
First interest payment: 23 February 2014 for 408 days

Deutsche Bundesbank, Communications Department

Wilhelm-Epstein-Strasse 14, 60431 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Tel: +49 (0)69 9566 3511 or 3512, Fax: +49 (0)69 9566 3077 presse@bundesbank.de, www.bundesbank.de

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