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Municipality Finance issues EUR 15 million notes and a EUR 500 million green benchmark under its MTN programme

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Municipality Finance Plc
Stock exchange release
16 May 2022 at 11:00 am (EEST)

Municipality Finance issuesEUR 15 million notes and a EUR 500 million green benchmarkunder its MTN programme

On 17 May 2022 Municipality Finance Plc issues EUR 15 million notes and a EUR 500 million green benchmark. The notes are issued under MuniFin’s EUR 45 billion programme for the issuance of debt instruments. The offering circular and the final terms of the notes are available in English on the company's website at www.munifin.fi/investor-relations.

MuniFin has applied the notes to be admitted to trading on the Helsinki Stock Exchange maintained by Nasdaq Helsinki. The public trading is expected to commence on 17 May 2022.

EUR 15 million notes

The maturity date of the notes is 17 May 2034. MuniFin has a right, but no obligation, to redeem the notes early on 17 May 2024. The notes bear interest at a fixed rate of 2.483% per annum.

Crédit Agricole CIB acts as the Dealer for the issue of the notes.

EUR 500 million green benchmark

The maturity date of benchmark is 17 May 2029 and it bears interest at a fixed rate of 1.5% per annum.

BNP Paribas, Danske Bank A/S, NatWest Markets N.V. and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken act as the Joint Lead Managers for the issue of the benchmark.

MUNICIPALITY FINANCE PLC

Further information:

Joakim Holmström
Executive Vice President, Capital Markets and Sustainability
tel. +358 50 444 3638

MuniFin (Municipality Finance Plc) is one of Finland’s largest credit institutions. The company is owned by Finnish municipalities, the public sector pension fund Keva and the Republic of Finland. MuniFin Group also includes the subsidiary company, Financial Advisory Services Inspira Ltd. The Group’s balance sheet is over EUR 46 billion.

MuniFin builds a better and more sustainable future with its customers. MuniFin’s customers are Finnish municipalities, municipal federations, municipally controlled entities and non-profit housing organisations. Lending is used for environmentally and socially responsible investment targets such as public transportation, hospitals and healthcare centres, schools and day care centres, and homes for people with special needs.

MuniFin’s customers are domestic but the company operates in a completely global business environment. The company is an active Finnish bond issuer in international capital markets and the first Finnish green and social bond issuer. The funding is exclusively guaranteed by the Municipal Guarantee Board.

Read more:www.munifin.fi

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