Stabilisation Notice

 

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RNS Number : 9716L 
Deutsche Bank AG London (3) 
20 January 2009 
 

20/Jan/2009 
 
 
REPUBLIC OF FINLAND 
 
 
Stabilisation Notice 
 
 
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (contact: New Issue Syndicate on 0207-545- 4361) 
hereby gives notice that the Stabilising Managers(s) named below may stabilise 
the offer of the following securities in accordance with Commission Regulation 
(EC) No. 2273/2003 implementing the Market Abuse Directive (2003/6/EC). 
 
 
The Securities: 
 
 
Issuer:   REPUBLIC OF FINLAND 
 
 
Guarantor (if any): 
 
 
Aggregate nominal amount:                                 USD2,000,000,000 
Description:                                                         1.50% Notes 
due 16/May/2011 
(XS0410355365) 
 
 
Offer price: 99.798% 
 
 
Stabilisation: 
Stabilising Manager(s):                                       Deutsche Bank AG, 
London Branch 
 
 
 J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. 
 
 
                Merrill Lynch International 
 
 
                Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited 
 
 
 
 
Stabilisation period 
expected to start on:                                           20/Jan/2009 
 
 
Stabilisation period 
expected to end no later than:                            26/Feb/2009 
 
Maximum size of over- 
Allotment facility:                                                 5% of the 
aggregate nominal amount 
 stated above 
 
 
 
 
In connection with the offer of the above securities, the Stabilising Manager(s) 
may over-allot the securities or effect transactions with a view to supporting 
the market price of the securities at a level higher than that which might 
otherwise prevail. However, there is no assurance that the Stabilising 
Manager(s) will take any stabilisation action and any stabilisation action, if 
begun, may be ended at any time. 
 
 
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an 
invitation or offer to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose 
of any securities of the Issuer in any jurisdiction.This announcement and the 
offer of the securities to which it relates are directed only at persons outside 
the United Kingdom and persons in the United Kingdom who have professional 
experience in matters related to investments or who are high net worth persons 
within article 12(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial 
Promotion) Order 2001 and must not be acted on or relied on by other persons in 
the United Kingdom. 
In addition, if and to the extent that this announcement is communicated in, or 
the offer of the securities to which it relates is made in, any EEA Member State 
that has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC (together with any applicable 
implementing measures in any Member State, the "Prospectus Directive") before 
the publication of a prospectus in relation to the securities which has been 
approved by the competent authority in that Member State in accordance with the 
Prospectus Directive (or which has been approved by a competent authority in 
another Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Member 
State in accordance with the Prospectus Directive), this announcement and the 
offer are only addressed to and directed at persons in that Member State who are 
qualified investors within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive (or who are 
other persons to whom the offer may lawfully be addressed) and must not be acted 
on or relied on by other persons in that Member State. This announcement is not 
for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, 
Australia,  Canada or Japan or any other jurisdiction in which such distribution 
would be unlawful. This document does not constitute an offer for securities for 
sale in any jurisdiction where it would be unlawful to offer or sell securities 
absent registration or exemption from registration under any relevant laws, 
rules or other regulations. 
. 
 
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