18th Sep 2008 13:37
BANK LEUMI LE-ISRAEL B.M.
(GUARANTOR - GUARANTEED EURO MEDIUM TERM NOTE
PROGRAMME OF LEUMI INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS N.V.)
Translation of Immediate Report
Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M.
Registration No. 520018078
Securities of the Corporation are listed on The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Abbreviated Name: Leumi
Leumi House, 34 Yehuda Halevi Street, Tel Aviv 65546
Phone: + 972 3 5148111, + 972 3 5149419; Facsimile: + 972 3 5149732
Electronic Mail: [email protected]
18 September 2008
To: Israel Securities Authority (www.isa.gov.il)
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (www.tase.co.il)
Immediate Report regarding an Event or Matter falling outside the Ordinary Course of Business of the Corporation
Pursuant to Regulation 36(a) of the Securities (Periodic and Immediate Reports) Regulations, 1970
Nature of the Event: Immediate Report
Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. (the "Bank") announces that further to its immediate report of 16 September 2008, the consideration that the Bank was to have received from a company in the US investment bank Lehman Brothers group, in respect of the redemption of a security (certificate) issued by said company in the amount of some US$100 million, had not been received as of the date of this report.
Therefore, the Bank has taken legal action in order to attach assets in Israel of companies in the Lehman Brothers group.
Date and time at which the corporation first became aware of the event or matter:
17 September 2008.
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Name of Electronic Reporter: Jennifer Janes, Position: Executive Vice President, Group Secretary
POB 2 Tel Aviv 61000, Phone: + 972 3 5149419, Facsimile: + 972 3 5149732,
Electronic Mail: [email protected]
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