Securities issued in VP Lux

Securities issued in VP Lux become eligible as collateral to Eurosystem central banks

Bonds issued through VP Lux S.á r.l., which meet the ECB's eligibility cri-teria, will on Monday 22nd June 2009 appear from the ECB's list of eligible assets. This means that the bonds are eligible as collateral to Eurosystem central banks from this day.