Deutsche Bank today announced its appointment as successor depositary
bank for the non-capital raising sponsored Level I American Depositary
Receipt program of Swiss Re Ltd (Swiss Re).
Swiss Re (OTC: SSREY), headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is a
leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance and other
insurance-based forms of risk transfer with a global client base
consisting of insurance companies, mid-to-large-sized corporations and
public sector clients. For the year ended December 31, 2014, Swiss Re
earned a net income of USD 3.5 billion.*
Jose Sicilia, Head of Depositary Receipts, Institutional Cash &
Securities Services said: “We are delighted to be Swiss Re’s depositary
bank of choice and look forward to working with them to enhance their
investor relations strategies and shareholder bases.”
Deutsche Bank’s Depositary Receipts team is part of the Issuer Services
business within the Bank’s Institutional Cash & Securities Services unit.
In addition to specializing in administering cross-border equity
structures such as American and global depositary receipts and global
registered shares, Issuer Services provides corporates, financial
institutions, hedge funds and supranational agencies around the world
with trustee, agency, escrow and related services. The Bank offers a
very broad range of services for diverse products, from complex
securitizations and project finance to syndicated loans, debt exchanges
and restructurings.
*Source: Swiss Re Ltd (May 2015)
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28 million clients worldwide. Deutsche Bank provides commercial and
investment banking, retail banking, transaction banking and asset and
wealth management products and services to corporations, governments,
institutional investors, small and medium-sized businesses, and private
individuals. Deutsche Bank is Germany’s leading bank, with a strong
position in Europe and a significant presence in the Americas and Asia
Pacific.
The Depositary Receipts have been registered pursuant to the US
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"). The investment or investment service
which is the subject of this notice is not available to retail clients
as defined by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. This notice has been
approved and/or communicated by Deutsche Bank AG New York. The services
described in this notice are provided by Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas (Deutsche Bank) or by its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in
accordance with appropriate local registration and regulation. Deutsche
Bank is providing the attached notice strictly for information purposes
and makes no claims or statement, nor does it warrant or in any way
represent, as to the accuracy or completeness of the details contained
herein or therein. This announcement appears as a matter of record only.
Neither this announcement nor the information contained herein
constitutes an offer or solicitation by Deutsche Bank or any other
issuer or entity for the purchase or sale of any securities nor does it
constitute a solicitation to any person in any jurisdiction where
solicitation would be unlawful. No part of this notice may be copied or
reproduced in any way without the prior written consent of Deutsche
Bank. Past results are not an indication of future performance.
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