Borealis AG Public Offering of up to EUR 200000000 Senior Fixed ...

SUMMARY OF THE PROSPECTUS
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in the Notes should be based on consideration of the Prospectus as a whole, including the documents
incorporated by reference and the risks of investing in the Notes as set out in "Risk Factors". This
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1. THE BOREALIS GROUP
Borealis AG is a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) incorporated and existing under
Austrian law and has its business address at Wagramerstraße 17-19, 1220 Vienna, Austria. Its
telephone number is +43 (0) 1 224 00-0.
At 31 December 2011, the Issuer's share capital (Grundkapital) amounts to EUR 300,000 and
is divided into 300,000 no-par value registered shares (nennbetragslose Namensaktien). The
share capital of the Issuer is fully paid-in. At 31 December 2011 the shareholders of the Issuer
are International Petroleum Investment Company of Abu Dhabi with a direct and indirect (via
IPIC Beta Holdings GmbH) participation of 64 per cent in total and OMV Aktiengesellschaft
with a direct and indirect (via OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH) participation of 36 per cent in
total.
Borealis is organized in two business divisions, polyolefins and base chemicals. Borealis
provides plastic materials and solutions to the infrastructure, advanced packaging and
automotive markets across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Borealis' production facilities,
innovation and service centres work with customers in more than 120 countries.
2. SUMMARY OF THE OFFERING
Description Public Offering of up to EUR200,000,000
Senior Fixed Rate Notes 2012-2019
Issuer Borealis AG
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