The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, has today successfully executed its first green bond auction, by raising €2.5 billion in NextGenerationEU green bonds for Europe’s sustainable recovery. The €2.5 billion were issued via a tap of the €12-billion 15-year first NextGenerationEU green bond, that the Commission placed on the market on 12 October 2021. The auction supports the secondary market liquidity of the first NextGenerationEU green Bond and confirms the Commission’s commitment to the market for sustainable finance. The bond, has been issued under the NextGenerationEU green bond framework published in September last year. The bond is part of the €50 billion in long-term funding the Commission intends to issue under its NextGenerationEU recovery programme in the first half of 2022, as announced in its funding plan for the period January-June 2022. With today’s transaction, the Commission has so far issued a total of €73.5 billion bonds under its up to around €800 billion NextGenerationEU recovery programme. In an expression of its commitment to sustainability, the Commission intends to issue 30% of the amount, or up to €250 billion, in NextGenerationEU green bonds. Technical details about the transaction are available below. EU-Bonds 04/02/2037 0.400% ISIN EU000A3K4C42 Date of auction 24-01-2022 Settlement date 26-01-2022 Maturity 04-02-2037 Volume bids * 3 728 Volume allotment * 2 499 Old outstanding amount * 12 000 New outstanding amount * 14 499 Weighted average price 100.37 Lowest accepted price 100.15 % awarded at lowest accepted price 27.270% Weighted average yield 0.374% Cover ratio 1.49 * in millions of euros Details Publication date24 January 2022LocationLuxembourg
