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On May 23, 2025, ALTUM issued 5-year bonds in the amount of EUR 70 million, which is the first issue under the Fourth Programme for the Issuance of Notes in the Amount of up to EUR 120,000,000, with a fixed annual interest rate of 3.576% (Final Terms for the Issuance of Notes attached).
Luminor Bank acted as the Sole Lead Manager of this bond issuance. Legal advice in connection with the issuance of bonds was provided by COBALT.
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JSC Attīstības finanšu institūcija Altum (JSC Development Finance Institution Altum) is a Latvian state-owned company that ensures access of the enterprises and households to the financial resources by means of support financial instruments - loans, guarantees, investments in venture capital funds - in the areas defined as important and to be supported by the state, thus developing the national economy and enhancing mobilization of the private capital and financial resources. On 28 January 2025 Moody’s Ratings affirmed Altum’s Baa1 long-term issuer rating, with outlook stable. The rating as well as the short-term issuer rating at P-2, the same as affirmed on 2 February 2024. ALTUM is rated by Moody’s Finance Companies Methodology, published in July 2024. On 24 October 2017 the bonds issued by Altum were listed on a regulated market – Baltic Bond List of Nasdaq Riga.