DZ BANK Ireland plc

DZ BANK Ireland plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main (DZ BANK AG). DZ BANK Ireland plc has been in operation in Dublin's International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) since its incorporation as SGZ (Ireland) plc in November 1994. The Bank received a full banking licence from the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority ("IFSRA", previously the Central Bank of Ireland) in April 1995. Thus, DZ BANK Ireland was able to celebrate its tenth anniversary as a bank in April 2005. DZ BANK Ireland is positioned within the investment bank function of the DZ BANK Group. It is focused on high grade investments via floating rate notes, asset swaps, syndicated and bilateral loans to a range of parties such as financial institutions, ABS issuers, corporations, sovereign and sub-sovereign entities in Western Europe and North America. Furthermore it provides medium- and long-term fixed rate loans for refinancing purposes to the local cooperative banks in Germany. DZ BANK AG as the parent company issued a "Patronatserklärung" ("strong letter of comfort") in favour of DZ BANK Ireland. In view of its strong financials and the assertion by the parent company, that DZ BANK Ireland will always be in a position to meet its liabilities, the Bank is assigned a short term debt rating of P1/A-1 and a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of A2/A+ by Moody's and Standard & Poor's respectively.

Address: Guild House, Guild Street, I.F.S.C., Dublin 1, Ireland.

Phone: +353 1 6700715
FAX: +353 1 8290298