Stabilisation Notice

 

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RNS Number : 8235M 
BNP Paribas New Issues Primary 
04 February 2009 
 
Date: 4 February, 2009 
Not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States or 
any jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful. 
Issuer:  European Investment Bank 
EUR 2 BN  4.25  per cent Notes due 2019 
Stabilisation Notice 
BNP Paribas (co-ordinator)  Contact:: Frair Appleby-Walker , Telephone number 00 
44 207 595 8222, Barclays, Citigroup and DZ Bank hereby gives notice that the 
Stabilising Manager 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). 
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| The securities:                                                         | 
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| Issuer:               | European Investment Bank                        | 
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| Guarantor (if any):   |                                                 | 
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| Aggregate nominal     | EUR 2,000,000,000                               | 
| amount:               |                                                 | 
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| Description:          | EUR 2bn 4.25  per cent Notes due 15 April 2019  | 
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| Offer price:          | 99.569                                          | 
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|                       |                                                 | 
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| Stabilisation:                                                          | 
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| Stabilising           | BNP Paribas  (Co-Ordinator)                     | 
| Manager(s):           | Barclays Bank                                   | 
|                       | Citigroup Global Markets Ltd                    | 
|                       | DZ Bank                                         | 
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| Stabilisation period  | 4 February 2009                                 | 
| expected to start on: |                                                 | 
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| Stabilisation period  | 11 March 2009                                   | 
| expected to end no    |                                                 | 
| later than:           |                                                 | 
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| Maximum size of       | N/A                                             | 
| over-allotment        |                                                 | 
| facility:             |                                                 | 
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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 only 
addressed to and directed 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 2005 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 an offer of securities for sale into the United States. 
The securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the United 
States Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United 
States absent registration or an exemption from registration. There will be no 
public offer of securities in the United States. END 
 
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