Espirito Santo Fin Issue of Debt

 
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ESPlRITO SANTO FINANCIAL GROUP S.A.

PURCHASE OF EUR135.6 MILLION OF THE OUTSTANDING EUR500,000,000 FIXED RATE STEP-UP NOTES DUE 2025 ISSUED WITH 10,000 WARRANTS ("OUTSTANDING NOTES AND WARRANTS")

Following the press releases issued on 25 November 2013 by Espírito Santo Financial Group S.A. ("ESFG") and the settlement of the purchase by ESFG of Outstanding Notes and Warrants validly offered for sale to it by eligible holders of the Outstanding Notes and Warrants, EUR45.75 million in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes and Warrants (being 9.15% of the initial EUR500,000,000 principal amount of the issue) will remain outstanding following cancellation of the Outstanding Notes and Warrants that ESFG has purchased.

Disclaimer

This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Press Releases issued by ESFG on 25 November 2013. No offer or invitation to acquire or sell securities is being made pursuant to this announcement.

The distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement or ESFG's Press Releases of 25 November 2013 comes are required to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions. Please also see ESFG's Launch Press Release of 25 November 2013 for a description of such restrictions, in particular, the fuller description of the restrictions with respect to the reverse bookbuilding process for the purchase of Outstanding Notes and Warrants.

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