DEPFA Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG CHF 100,000,000 3.125 ...

Approval, Admission
to Trading and
Listing:
Selling Restrictions:
Instruments to be issued under the Programme may be rated or unrated. Where a
Tranche of Instruments is rated, such rating will not necessarily be the same as the
ratings set out above.
A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be
subject to suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating
agency.
Application has been made to the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the
CSSF) in its capacity as competent authority under the Luxembourg Law on Prospectuses for
Securities (loi relative aux prospectus pour valeurs mobilières; the Prospectus Act)
transforming the Prospectus Directive into law in Luxembourg for the approval of this DIP
Prospectus pursuant to Article 7.1 of the Prospectus Act, which requires (i) the scrutiny by
the CSSF of the completeness of this DIP Prospectus including the consistency of the
information given and its comprehensibility (Article 7.1 of the Prospectus Act in connection
with Article 2.1 (a) of the Prospectus Act), and (ii) the publication of this DIP Prospectus
pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Act.
Further applications will be made by each of the Issuers to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
for Instruments to be issued under the Programme to be admitted to trading on the regulated
market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange.
Notes and Pfandbriefe may, after notification of this DIP Prospectus in accordance with
Article 18 of the Prospectus Directive, be admitted to trading on the regulated market of any
stock exchange located in a member state of the EEA and/or may be listed on any stock
exchange located in a member state of the EEA and/or may be publicly offered within the
EEA, all as may be agreed between the Issuer and the relevant Dealer. Each of the Issuers
may also issue unlisted Instruments and/or Instruments not admitted to trading on any
market.
Each of the Issuers will request the CSSF to provide the Bundesanstalt für
Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (the BaFin) in its capacity as competent authority under the
German Securities Prospectus Act dated 22 June 2005 (Wertpapierprospektgesetz)
transforming the Prospectus Directive into law in Germany with a certificate of approval
attesting in accordance with Article 19 of the Prospectus Act that the DIP Prospectus has
been drawn up in accordance with the Prospectus Act.
Further applications will be made by each of the Issuers to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange for
Instruments to be issued under the Programme to be admitted to trading on the regulated
market segment (Geregelter Markt; the Regulated Market) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
and to be listed on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The relevant Final Terms relating to each Tranche of Instruments will state whether or not
the Instruments are to be admitted to trading and/or are to be listed and, if so, on which stock
exchanges and/or markets. In addition, the relevant Final Terms will state whether or not the
Instruments will be publicly offered.
There are restrictions on the offer, sale and transfer of the Instruments in the United States of
America (the United States), Japan, the EEA (including France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg and the United Kingdom) as set out in the section entitled "Subscription and
Sale" and commencing on page 179 and such other restrictions as may be required in
connection with the offering and sale of a particular Tranche of Instruments in a particular
jurisdiction, which will be set out in the relevant Final Terms.
INFORMATION RELATING TO DEPFA BANK
Description: DEPFA BANK is a public limited company based in Dublin and holds a universal banking
licence from the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority as part of the Central Bank
and Financial Services Authority of Ireland under the Irish Central Bank Act 1971 (as
amended). Its shares are listed on the official market segment (Amtlicher Markt) of the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
DEPFA BANK has been registered in the Irish Companies Registration Office, and has been
given company number 348819. Its registered office is 1 Commons Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
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