Zurich, 7 February 2023 – Today, Julius Baer Group Ltd. has successfully placed perpetual non-cumulative Additional Tier 1 (AT1) securities in a EUR 400 million transaction with private banks and institutional investors in Europe and Asia. The transaction will help to optimise Julius Baer Group’s capital structure and will add flexibility.
The securities carry a coupon of 6.625%, payable semi-annually, and have a first reset date on 15 February 2030. The bonds include, among other things, a capital trigger of 5.125% CET1 ratio and are callable any time in the six-month period prior to and including the first reset date or on each interest payment date thereafter. They will be issued in denominations of EUR 200,000 and multiples of EUR 1,000 thereof.
The instrument has been assigned a Moody’s Baa3 (hyb) instrument rating. An application will be made for provisional admission to trading on the SIX Swiss Exchange.