Nasdaq Nordic: Nordic Investment Bank Lists Nordic-Baltic Blue Bond on Nasdaq Nordic Sustainable Debt Market

- 2bn SEK Blue Bonds aimed at supporting water management and protection
projects, including the Slussen development in central Stockholm 
- Listing marks first Blue Bond on Nasdaq's Nordic Sustainable Debt Market as
well as Nordic Investment Bank's first listing on Nasdaq 

Stockholm, February 1, 2019 - Today, Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) welcomes Nordic
Investment Bank (NIB) to its Nordic Sustainable Debt Market with the launch of
a 5-year SEK 2 billion NIB Nordic-Baltic Blue Bond, issued to support NIB's
lending to selected water management and protection projects. 

"This is our first Blue Bond and we are pleased to see a very strong outcome. A
high quality order book supported by investors that are conscious of the
challenges affecting the Baltic Sea area verifies that the investors
acknowledge NIB's work within water and environmental protection", says Jens
Hellerup, Head of Funding and Investor Relations at NIB. 

While having to adhere to the same overall requirements as all other bonds
within the green bond universe, a blue bond specifically targets sustainable
water solutions and/or wastewater management. 

The NIB Nordic-Baltic Blue Bond has been issued under NIB's Environmental Bond
Framework, the use of proceeds from the transaction will be allocated to a
separate account for onward disbursement of loans to new water management and
protection projects. NIB does not refinance existing project with NEB proceeds.
The NIB's Environmental Bond Framework has a Dark Green rating from Cicero. 

"Our sustainable bond market more than doubled in size during 2018 and the
inclusion of the Nordic Investment Bank is strong signal that this growth will
continue into 2019," said Ann-Charlotte Eliasson, European Head of Debt
Listings at Nasdaq." We aim to support all of our clients in their efforts to
transition into a more sustainable future and hope that the NIB will inspire
further issuers to join the market." 

One of the projects that will receive financing from the Nordic-Baltic Blue
Bond is the Nya Slussen project in Stockholm. NIB is not only financing clean
transport solutions at the Slussen traffic hub, but also the redevelopment of
the Slussen water locks. The expansion of the water locks will increase the
drainage capacity and accommodate higher floodgates by adding two larger water
channels beside the locks. 

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