Anglo announces tender offer results

Anglo Irish Bank, which was nationalised by the Government earlier this year, said today that bondholders tendered between 51…

Anglo Irish Bank, which was nationalised by the Government earlier this year, said today that bondholders tendered between 51.77 per cent and 98.4 per cent of seven issues of Tier 1 and Tier 2 securities.

The lender offered bondholders between 27 per cent and 55 per cent of face value for a total $4.6 billion of subordinated debt last week.

Anglo Irish, which is grappling with a surge in loan losses, said earlier this month that it may halt interest payments on some Tier 1 securities as part of conditions set by the European Commission when it approved a €3 billion-capital injection by the Government.