Starting news article english 19 April 2013

Clifford Chance advises European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. and its subsidiary EADS Finance B.V. on its debut US bond issue

Clifford Chance advised European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. and its subsidiary EADS Finance B.V. on its debut US bond issue with an issue volume of USD 1 billion. The bonds were issued by EADS Finance B.V. primarily to US institutional investors pursuant to Rule 144A and were irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by the Dutch listed holding company European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and RBS acted as joint Book-Running Managers.

The Clifford Chance team that advised the guarantor and issuer on this transaction was led by Frank Graaf (Partner - Amsterdam) and consisted of associates Evert van der Kaa and Moussa Louizi (both from Capital Markets) and senior associate Joep Bertrams (Tax).