Obligation European Investment Bank (EIB) 4.625% ( US298785DD52 ) en USD

European Investment Bank (EIB)

100 % ▼

Luxembourg

US298785DD52 ( en USD )

4.625% par an ( paiement semestriel )

15/05/2014 - Obligation échue

Prospectus brochure de l'obligation European Investment Bank (EIB) US298785DD52 en USD 4.625%, échue

1 000 USD

1 500 000 000 USD

298785DD5

La Banque européenne d'investissement (BEI) est l'institution de financement à long terme de l'Union européenne, soutenant des projets d'investissement dans les États membres de l'UE et dans les pays hors UE.

L'Obligation émise par European Investment Bank (EIB) ( Luxembourg ) , en USD, avec le code ISIN US298785DD52, paye un coupon de 4.625% par an.
Le paiement des coupons est semestriel et la maturité de l'Obligation est le 15/05/2014

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424B5 1 d424b5.htm PROSPEUCTUS SUPPLEMENT
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
(To Prospectus Dated June 26, 2002)

Registration No. 333-91104

$1,500,000,000 4.625% Notes Due 2014

Interest payable on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2004.

The Notes will mature on May 15, 2014. The EIB will not have the right to redeem the Notes before their
scheduled maturity.

The EIB has applied to have the Notes listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

PRICE OF THE NOTES, 99.919% AND ACCRUED INTEREST, IF ANY

Underwriters
Discounts and
Proceeds to
Price to Public
Commissions
the EIB

Per Note

99.919%

0.15%

99.769%
Total

$1,498,785,000
$ 2,250,000
$1,496,535,000

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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, state securities regulators, the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange or any foreign governmental agencies have not approved or disapproved these Notes, or determined if
this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offense.
The Underwriters below expect to deliver the Notes to purchasers in book-entry form only, through The
Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), on May 4, 2004.

JPMORGAN
MORGAN STANLEY
UBS INVESTMENT BANK

BARCLAYS CAPITAL

CITIGROUP
HSBC

LEHMAN BROTHERS

NOMURA SECURITIES

April 27, 2004

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Where You Can Find More Information

S-3 About this Prospectus

3
Summary of the Offering

S-5 Where You Can Find More Information

3
Application of Proceeds

S-6 The European Investment Bank

5
Description of Notes

S-6 Administration

6
Underwriters
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11 Legal Status

6
Recent Developments
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12 Description of Securities

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Validity of the Notes
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13 Plan of Distribution

14
Experts
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Currency Conversions and Foreign
General Information
13
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Exchange Risks
16
Taxation

13

16

Legal Opinions

18

Experts

18

Authorized Agent in the United States

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You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. We are offering to sell Notes and making offers to buy
Notes only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus supplement,
regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus or any sale of
the Notes.
The information set forth herein, except the information appearing under the heading "Underwriters", is stated on
the authority of the President of the EIB, acting in his duly authorized official capacity as President.
If we use a capitalized term in this prospectus supplement and do not define the term in this document, it is
defined in the accompanying prospectus.
The Notes are offered globally for sale in those jurisdictions in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and
elsewhere where it is lawful to make offers. See "Underwriters".
This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus include particulars given in compliance with the
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rules governing the listing of securities on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for the purpose of giving
information with regard to the EIB. The EIB accepts full responsibility for the accuracy of the information
contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and confirms, having made all
reasonable inquiries, that to the best of its knowledge and belief there are not other facts the omission of which
would make any statement herein or in the prospectus misleading in any material respect.
We cannot guarantee that listing will be obtained on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Inquiries regarding our
listing status on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange should be directed to our Luxembourg listing agent, J.
P. Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A., 5, Rue Plaetis, BP 240, L-2338 Luxembourg.
The distribution of this prospectus supplement and prospectus and the offering of the Notes in certain
jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this prospectus supplement and the
prospectus come should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. This prospectus supplement
and the prospectus do not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or solicitation by anyone

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in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not authorized or in which the person making such offer
or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation.
See "Underwriters".
References herein to "$" and "dollars" are to the currency of the United States.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
The registration statement, including the attached exhibits and schedules, contains additional relevant information
about the Notes. The rules and regulations of the Commission allow us to omit certain information included in
the registration statement from this prospectus.
In addition, we file reports and other information with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. You may read and copy this information at the following location of the Commission:

Public Reference Room

Northeast Regional Office
450 Fifth Street, N.W.

233 Broadway
Room 1024

New York, New York 10279
Washington, D.C. 20549

You may also obtain copies of this information by mail from the Public Reference Section of the Commission,
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. You may obtain information on
the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. Documents we have
filed with the Commission after November 4, 2002 are also available to the public via the Commission's website
at http://www.sec.gov.
The Commission allows us to "incorporate by reference" information into this prospectus. This means that we
can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the
Commission. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, except for
any information that is superseded by information that is included directly in this document or in incorporated
documents of a later date.
This prospectus supplement incorporates by reference the documents listed below that the EIB previously filed
with the Commission. They contain important information about us. All other documents which the EIB
previously filed with the Commission, including those listed under the heading "Where You Can Find More
Information" in the accompanying prospectus, have been superseded by these documents.

SEC FILINGS

Annual Reports on Form 18-K
· December 31, 2002 for the fiscal year ended

December 31, 2002
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Amendments on Form 18-K/A
· Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2002 on Form 18-K/A dated July 14,

2003

· Amendment No. 2 to the Annual Report for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2002 on Form 18-K/A dated October

1, 2003

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The EIB incorporates by reference additional documents that it may file with the Commission between the date
of this prospectus supplement and the termination of the offering of the Notes. These documents include periodic
reports, such as Annual Reports on Form 18-K and amendments on Form 18-K/A.
You can obtain any of the documents incorporated by reference in this document through us, or from the
Commission. Documents incorporated by reference are available from us without charge, excluding any exhibits
to those documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, by requesting them in writing or by
telephone from us at the following address and telephone number:

Capital Markets Department
European Investment Bank
100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer
L-2950 Luxembourg,
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Telephone: (352) 4379-1
If you request any incorporated documents from us, we will mail them to you by first class mail, or another
equally prompt means, within one business day after we receive your request.

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SUMMARY OF THE OFFERING
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with, the more detailed
information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus supplement and the prospectus.
Issuer

European Investment Bank.
Securities Offered

$1,500,000,000 principal amount of 4.625% Notes Due 2014.
Maturity Date

May 15, 2014.
Interest Payment Dates
May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15,
2004 (first long coupon for the period from and including May 4, 2004

to but excluding November 15, 2004).
Interest Rate

4.625% per annum.
Redemption

The Notes are not subject to redemption prior to maturity.
Markets
The Notes are offered for sale in those jurisdictions in the United
States, Canada, Europe, Asia and elsewhere where it is legal to make

such offers. See "Underwriters".
Listing
Application has been made to list the Notes on the Luxembourg Stock

Exchange.
Form, Registration and Settlement
The Notes will be represented by the Global Note registered in the
name of Cede & Co. as nominee for DTC. The Global Note will be
deposited with a custodian for DTC. Except as described in this
prospectus, beneficial interests in the Global Note will be represented
through accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of beneficial
owners as direct and indirect participants in DTC. Investors may elect
to hold interests in the Global Note through DTC, if they are
participants in DTC, or indirectly through organizations that are
participants in DTC. Owners of beneficial interests in the Global Note
will not be entitled to have Notes registered in their names and will not
receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of definitive Notes in
bearer form. Initial settlement for the Notes will be made in
immediately available funds in dollars. See "Description of Notes--

Book-Entry System".
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Withholding Tax
The EIB has been advised that under current United States tax law
payments of principal of and interest on the Notes may generally be
made by the EIB without withholding or deduction for United States
withholding taxes. For further details with respect to this and relevant
European tax proposals, see under the heading "Taxation" in the

accompanying prospectus.

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APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
The net proceeds of $1,496,535,000 from the sale of the Notes offered hereby will be used in the general
operations of the EIB, including disbursements of loans heretofore or hereafter granted by the EIB.

DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
The following description of the particular terms of the Notes offered hereby (referred to in the accompanying
prospectus as the "Securities") supplements, and to the extent, if any, inconsistent therewith replaces, the
description of the general terms and provisions to the Securities set forth in the accompanying prospectus to
which description reference is hereby made. Such descriptions do not purport to be complete and are qualified in
their entirety by reference to the Fiscal Agency Agreement and to the form of Global Note filed by the EIB with
the Commission.
General
The 4.625% Notes due 2014, offered hereby (the "Notes") will be issued under a Fiscal Agency Agreement dated
as of February 19, 2002 (the "Fiscal Agency Agreement", as described in the accompanying prospectus),
between the EIB and JPMorgan Chase Bank as Fiscal Agent (the "Fiscal Agent"). Interest will be paid on the
Notes at the rate set forth on the cover page of this prospectus supplement, payable May 15 and November 15 of
each year (each an "Interest Payment Date"), with the initial payment on November 15, 2004. The Notes will
bear interest from May 4, 2004 (first long coupon for the period from and including May 4, 2004 to but excluding
November 15, 2004). The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund or to redemption prior to maturity.
Registration or transfer of Notes will be effected without charge to the holders thereof.
If an Interest Payment Date or the maturity date is a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated
by law to close in New York or in a place of payment, then payment of principal or interest need not be made on
that Interest Payment Date or the maturity date. The EIB may make the required payment on the next succeeding
day that is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York or in
the place of payment. The payment will be made with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date or maturity date and no additional interest shall accrue for the period from the Interest Payment
Date or maturity date to the date of actual payment.
Payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes made at the offices of the Fiscal Agent and any paying
agent (a "Paying Agent") shall be subject in all cases to any fiscal or other laws and regulations applicable
thereto. Consequently, neither the EIB nor any Paying Agent will make any additional payment in the event of a
withholding tax being required in respect of any payment under or in connection with the Notes. Neither the EIB
nor any Paying Agent shall be liable to any holders of the Notes or other person for commissions, costs, losses, or
expenses in relation to or resulting from such payments. In addition to the Notes, the EIB may issue from time to
time other series of Securities under the Fiscal Agency Agreement consisting of notes, bonds, debentures or other
unsecured evidences of indebtedness.

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