Landsbanki

CREDITEX AND MARKIT DETERMINE PRICE OF LANDSBANKI SENIOR AND SUBORDINATED DEBT TO SETTLE CREDIT DERIVATIVE TRADES IN EUROPE’S FIRST CREDIT EVENT AUCTIONS

London and New York, NY – Markit and Creditex, in partnership with 14 major credit derivative dealers, today determined a price to facilitate the settlement of credit derivative trades referencing the subordinated debt of Landsbanki Islands hf in Europe’s first ever Credit Event Auctions.

At 3:45 pm GMT today, the final price for Landsbanki subordinated debt for the purpose of settling credit derivative transactions was determined to be 0.125%.

At 2:00 pm GMT today, the final price for Landsbanki senior debt for the purpose of settling credit derivative transactions was determined to be 1.25%.

The auctions were conducted in accordance with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) 2008 Landsbanki CDS Protocol. Markit and Creditex are the official administrators of Credit Event Auctions.

Credit Event Auctions enable market participants to cash settle credit derivative transactions. During a Credit Event Auction, dealers submit orders electronically on the Creditex platform.  The auction submissions are delivered to Markit electronically.  Markit calculates and verifies the results, and publishes them on www.creditfixings.com.

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For more information please contact:

Markit

John Dooley

Vice President, Corporate Communications

Tel: +1 212 205 1310

Email: john.dooley@markit.com

Creditex

Annette Bronkesh

Bronkesh Associates

Tel: +1 973 778 8648

Email: annettec@att.net

About Markit

Markit is a financial information services company with more than 1,000 employees in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.  Over 1,000 financial institutions use our independent services to manage risk, improve operational efficiency and meet regulatory requirements. 

For more information, see www.markit.com

About Creditex

Creditex is a global market leader and innovator in execution and processing of credit derivatives.  The company operates a hybrid model of voice and electronic execution, and was the first to successfully launch electronic trading for CDS in 2004. In addition to its core execution business, Creditex has two operating subsidiaries, T-Zero and Q-WIXX, which provide additional electronic processing and execution services in the CDS space. Creditex Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE).

For more information, see www.creditex.com