LFX Completes Second Listing Of Preference Shares

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

15 February 2006

AMBB Capital (L) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of AmBank (M) Berhad, Malaysia's sixth largest bank, has completed it listing of US$200 million in hybrid securities on the Labuan International Financial Exchange (LFX).

The fixed-to-floating rate, step-up non-cumulative nonvoting guaranteed preference shares are guaranteed on a subordinated basis by AmBank and are listed on the LFX and the Singapore Exchange.

They are open to international institutional investors.

The preference shares are rated Ba2 by Moody’s Investors Service, BB by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group and BB by Fitch Ratings Ltd.

AmBank, with total assets of RM51.6 billion ($13.7 billion) as at 30 September 2005, is the sixth-largest Malaysian bank by assets with over 170 branches nationwide.

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