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In accordance with Article 82 of the Spanish Security Market Law, INTERNATIONAL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINES GROUP, S.A. (the "Company") hereby discloses the following
MATERIAL INFORMATION
further to the disclosures of material information published on the date hereof under numbers 187201 and 187227 in relation to the issue by the Company of notes convertible into and exchangeable for newly created or outstanding ordinary shares in the Company (the "Bonds" and the "Issue") without any preemptive subscription rights for existing shareholders of the Company.
The Offering Circular of the Issue designated as "Issue of €390,000,000 1.75 per cent. Convertible Bonds due 2018 by International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. dated 14 May 2013" is available for viewing. To view the full document, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7069E_1-2013-5-14.pdf.
The Offering Circular has been submitted to the UK National Storage Mechanism where it will be available for inspection shortly at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The Offering Circular will also be available on the Company's website http://www.iairgroup.com shortly.
London, on 14 May, 2013
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN DOES NOT COMPRISE A PROSPECTUS FOR THE PURPOSES OF EU DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC AND/OR CHAPTER I OF TITLE III OF THE SPANISH SECURITIES MARKET LAW (LAW 24/1988, OF JULY 28) OR OTHERWISE. THE DEFINITIVE TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION DESCRIBED HEREIN WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR TO BE PRODUCED IN RESPECT OF THE BONDS, WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO INVESTORS PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE. INVESTORS SHOULD NOT SUBSCRIBE FOR ANY BONDS REFERRED TO HEREIN EXCEPT ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR.
NOTHING IN THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD BE CONSTRUED OR INTERPRETED AS A REPRESENTATION FROM ANY OF THE JOINT LEAD MANAGERS OR AN OBLIGATION OR UNDERTAKING FROM THE JOINT LEAD MANAGERS TO UPDATE, REVIEW OR REVISE ANY STATEMENT CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT.
THE BONDS ARE ONLY DIRECTED AT PERSONS WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 39 OF THE SPANISH ROYAL DECREE 1310/2005 OF NOVEMBER 4, 2005 OR THE LEGISLATION ENACTED BY OTHER EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE 2(1)(E) OF THE EUROPEAN UNION PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE (DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC) ("QUALIFIED INVESTORS"). EACH PERSON WHO INITIALLY ACQUIRES ANY BONDS WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED, ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED THAT IT IS A "QUALIFIED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE MENTIONED LEGISLATION.
THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED ("U.S. SECURITIES ACT")). THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES OR THE SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER TO BUY SECURITIES, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY OFFER OF SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THE BONDS HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ABSENTREGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC OFFER OF THE BONDS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.