EANS-Adhoc: Kommunalkredit Austria AG Kommunalkredit withdraws Moody's Ratings
for unsecured funding instruments
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20.06.2014
(Vienna, 20 June 2014) - Kommunalkredit Austria AG (KA) decided today to
withdraw all ratings for unsecured funding instruments (bank deposit, bank
financial strength rating, senior unsecured, subordinate, other short term) by
Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) with immediate effect, except for its
current covered bond rating of Aa2.
The decision is due to differences in opinion between the bank and Moody's
regarding the - according to Moody's - reduced support propensity by the
Republic of Austria (Moody's rating Aa1) for KA, which is holding a 99.78% share
in KA.
Moody's argues that the draft legislation regarding Hypo Alpe Adria, which was
approved by the Council of Ministers on 11 June 2014, implies a reduced support
propensity by the Republic of Austria for the Austrian banking sector in
general, which is now to be applied to KA in particular.
Prior to the withdrawal, the bank had the following Moody's ratings for
unsecured instruments: bank deposit "Baa3", bank financial strength rating "E",
senior unsecured "Baa3", subordinate "Ca", other short term "P-3". The bank
deposit, senior unsecured and other short term ratings carried a negative
outlook.
In the view of KA and the Republic of Austria the above mentioned draft
legislation, which is still subject to the parliamentary legislative process of
the Republic of Austria, does not indicate a change in the support propensity of
the Republic of Austria. This was also communicated to the rating agency. Since
its restructuring in 2009, KA has received neither capital nor liquidity support
and at the current time no support requirement is foreseeable. Nevertheless, in
accordance with the amending decision by the European Commission (EC) of 19 July
2013, the Republic of Austria has the possibility to provide respective support
measures to KA.
In 2013, KA reported an annual IFRS result of EUR 20.4mn before taxes (EUR 5.1mn
after taxes). For the first half 2014, KA expects a positive result. KA has a
sound credit portfolio of which 93.1% is rated investment grade and which shows
no overdue credit claims (non-performing-loan ratio of 0.0%). The capitalization
under Basel III is solid with a total capital ratio of 22.9 % and a common
equity tier 1 ratio of 16.1% as of 30 April 2014.
ISIN:
XS0285503248
XS0340901908
XS0271821513
CH0025662831
CH0024015452
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Stock exchange:
Vienna, Luxembourg, Zurich
Further inquiry note:
Kommunalkredit Austria AG
Treasury - Investor Relations
Dinah Reiss
1092 Wien/Vienna, Türkenstraße/Tuerkenstrasse 9
Tel./Phone: +43/1/31 6 31-678
Fax: +43/1/31 6 31-505 oder/or 99678
Mail: d.reiss@kommunalkredit.at
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issuer: Kommunalkredit Austria AG
Türkenstraße 9
A-1092 Wien
phone: +43 1 31 6 31
FAX: +43 1 31 6 31 105
mail: kommunal@kommunalkredit.at
WWW: www.kommunalkredit.at
sector: Banking
ISIN: -
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language: English