QBE Insurance Group Limited ABN 28 008 485 014 Level 27 , 8 Chifley Square, SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia GPO Box 82, Sydney NSW 2001
telephone + 612 9375 4444 • facsimile + 612 9231 6104 www.qbe.com
21 September 2017 The Manager
Market Announcements Office ASX Limited
Level 4
Exchange Centre 20 Bridge Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Dear Sir/Madam
PRICING ANNOUNCEMENT IN RELATION TO QBE'S USD300,000,000 FIXED RATE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023Please find attached an announcement for release to the market. Yours faithfully,
Carolyn Scobie
Company Secretary
Encl.
MARKET RELEASE21 September 2017
PRICING ANNOUNCEMENT IN RELATION TO QBE'S USD300,000,000 FIXED RATE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023QBE announces today that it has successfully priced an issue of USD300,000,000 Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2023 ("Notes"), to be issued under its USD4,000,000,000 Medium Term Note Programme.
The Notes will include the following terms:
a term of 5 years and 8 months (maturing 25 May 2023);
Notes will bear 3.00% per annum interest, payable semi-annually in arrears;
expected rating of A- by Standard & Poor's; and
Notes will be unsecured obligations that rank equally with all of our other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations except obligations preferred by law.
Settlement and the issue of the Notes at an issue price of USD200,000 each is scheduled for 25 September 2017.
No offer is being made under this announcement. Any person who is considering participating in the offer may only do so, if they are eligible to participate under the terms of the Offering Circular for the Programme.
For further information, please contact:
Debt Relations QBE Insurance Group Limited
Paul Byrne ABN 28 008 485 014
Group Treasurer Level 27, 8 Chifley Square
Tel: +61 2 9375 4226 SYDNEY NSW 2000
Cell: +61 (0) 481 440 005 Australia
paul.byrne@qbe.com www.qbe.com
Media Enquiries
David Symons
Cell: +61 (0) 410 559 184
Email: david.symons@qbe.com
QBE Insurance Group Limited is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and is recognised as one of the top 20 global insurance and reinsurance companies as measured by net earned premium and has operations in 37 countries.
DISCLAIMER
This market release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities in the United States. The securities referenced herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States absent registration except in a transaction exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable U.S. state securities laws.
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