Capital/Financing Update • Aug 21, 2025
Capital/Financing Update
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August 21, 2025
Assignment of '-ilAA' rating to the issuance of deferred notes with a loss absorption mechanism
for a total amount of up to NIS 1.5 billion par value.
Regina Argenio, Milan, 39-02-72111208 [email protected]
S&P Maalot hereby announces the assignment of a '-ilAA' rating to the deferred notes with a loss absorption mechanism for a total amount of up to NIS 1.5 billion par value to be issued by ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK LTD. (+ilAAA/Negative/ilA-1) through the issuance of a new series, Series 11.
In determining the rating of the deferred notes Series 11, we apply, among other things, the methodology for rating complex bank instruments and the methodology for determining ratings on the local scale. The starting point for the rating is the bank's Stand-Alone Credit Profile (SACP) and not its Issuer Credit Rating (ICR), which includes state support, as we do not expect these instruments to be affected by state support. We lower two rating notches as follows:
When examining the instrument in light of our methodology for complex instruments, we do not consider there to be additional default risks that justify further rating downgrades beyond those mentioned above. In particular, we note that the creditworthiness
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**ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK LTD.**
The bank's current credit quality does not lead us to believe that the likelihood of regulatory intervention regarding Series 11 deferred notes, as described above, requires further rating downgrades.
For more details about ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK LTD.'s rating and additional regulatory requirements, see the rating report from May 29, 2025. For further details about the instrument's rating methodology, please refer to the list of methodology articles in the
aforementioned rating report and the "Complex Bank Instruments Rating - Q&A, November 29, 2015" document.
| Rating | Date of Initial Rating Publication |
Date of Last Rating Update |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Issuer Rating(s) |
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| Long Term |
ilAAA\Negative | 01/09/2003 | 29/05/2025 |
| Short Term |
ilA-1+ | 04/12/2019 | 29/05/2025 |
| Issuance Rating(s) |
| Issuer Rating History |
||
|---|---|---|
| Long Term |
||
| October 31, 2023 |
ilAAA\Negative | |
| July 11, 2019 |
ilAAA\Stable | |
| December 20, 2016 |
ilAA+\Stable | |
| December 24, 2014 |
ilAA\Stable | |
| December 16, 2010 |
ilAA-\Stable | |
| May 06, 2009 |
ilAA-\Negative | |
| December 09, 2007 |
ilAA\Stable | |
| December 20, 2006 |
ilAA-\Stable | |
| October 13, 2004 |
ilAA | |
| March 13, 2004 |
ilAA | |
| September 01, 2003 |
ilAA | |
| Short Term |
||
| December 24, 2019 |
ilA-1+ |
Issuance Rating
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Rating | Date of Initial Rating Publication |
Date of Last Rating Update |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issuer Rating(s) |
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| Long Term |
ilAAA\Negative | 01/09/2003 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Short Term |
ilA-1+ | 04/12/2019 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Issuance Rating(s) |
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| Complex Subordinated Debt |
||||||
| Series 6 Deferred Notes with Loss Absorption Mechanism |
ilAA- | 02/10/2019 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Series 7 Deferred Notes with Loss Absorption Mechanism |
ilAA- | 02/06/2020 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Series 8 Deferred Notes with Loss Absorption Mechanism |
ilAA- | 10/11/2021 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Series 9 Deferred Notes with Loss Absorption Mechanism |
ilAA- | 10/11/2022 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Series 10 Deferred Notes with Loss Absorption Mechanism |
ilAA- | 18/08/2024 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Short Term Debt |
||||||
| Commercial Papers Series 4 |
ilA-1+ | 18/08/2024 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Commercial Papers Series 5 |
ilA-1+ | 29/12/2024 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Commercial Papers Series 6 |
ilA-1+ | 19/05/2025 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Senior Unsecured Debt |
||||||
| Series 16 |
ilAAA | 02/01/2024 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Series 14 |
ilAAA | 05/12/2018 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Series 15 |
ilAAA | 10/11/2021 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Series 17 |
ilAAA | 29/12/2024 | 29/05/2025 | |||
| Subordinated Debt |
| Series 11 Deferred Notes |
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|---|---|---|---|
| with | ilAA- | 21/08/2025 | 21/08/2025 |
| Loss Absorption Mechanism |
| Additional Details |
Data |
|---|---|
| Time of Event |
21/08/2025 15:30 |
| Time Event First Known |
21/08/2025 15:30 |
| Rating Initiator |
The Rated Company |
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**ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK LTD.**
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