Invitation to bid for 6-months Bills of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM)

Press release

Frankfurt am Main 18 January 2021 Page 1 of 2

Invitation to bid for 6-months Bills

of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM)

As already announced the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is offering 6-monthsBills of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) for sale by auction. An issue volume up to

EUR 1.5 billion is envisaged.

Members of the "ESM Market Group" are entitled to bid. Bids are to be transmitted electronically through the Deutsche Bundesbank's ESM Bidding System (EBS). The Deutsche Bundesbank acts in the name and for the account of the ESM, which is seller of the Bills. Bids must be for a par value of not less than EUR 1 million or an integral multiple thereof. The price bids must be expressed as full 0.00005 percentage points. It is possible to make non-competitive bids and to submit several bids at different prices. No yield bids will be considered. The bids accepted by the issuer will be allotted at the price specified in the bid. Non-competitive bids are filled at the weighted average price of the price bids accepted. The right to scale down bids is reserved.

Time schedule of the auction procedure:

Bidding period:	Tuesday, 19 January 2021,
	from 8:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Frankfurt time
Value date:	Thursday, 21 January 2021
Settlement:	Delivery versus payment-settlement in the night-time
	processing of Clearstream Banking AG Frankfurt, beginning on
	the eve of the value date

Deutsche Bundesbank, Communications Department

Wilhelm-Epstein-Strasse 14, 60431 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Tel: [phone] or 3512, Fax: [phone] [e-mail], www.bundesbank.de

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Characteristics of the new 6-months Bills of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM):

Maturity:	22 July 2021 (182 interest days)
ISIN:	EU000A3JZP11
Common Code:	228914274
Denomination:	0.01 Euro
Envisaged issue volume:	Up to EUR 1.5 billion

In addition, the Auction rules for the issue of Bonds and Bills of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the Special terms and conditions of the Deutsche Bundesbank for auctions of Bonds and Bills of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) using the ESM Bidding System (EBS) shall apply. The Bills are issued under the ESM Debt Issuance Programme.

The ESM is exempt from Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments (MiFID II) and does not constitute a manufacturer under the product governance rules set out in EU Delegated Directive 2017/593. The ESM is therefore not subject to the responsibilities conferred on manufacturers therein.

Deutsche Bundesbank, Communications Department

Wilhelm-Epstein-Strasse 14, 60431 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Tel: [phone] or 3512, Fax: [phone] [e-mail], www.bundesbank.de

Reproduction permitted only if source is stated.