Banque PSA Finance, wholly-owned by Peugeot S.A., successfully placed in the secondary market a notional of € 411.8 million senior Class A Notes of the securitisation transaction Auto ABS 2012-2 S.r.l issued in November 2012. These notes are rated AAsf by Fitch and AA(sf) by S&P, with an estimated weighted average life of 1.28 years. The notes, which carry a fixed rate coupon of 2.8%, were placed at an equivalent spread of 150 basis points above 1-month Euribor.

This issue is the second Italian auto transaction of Banque PSA Finance and the first one placed at fixed rate.

This transaction is part of the Banque PSA Finance strategy to ensure a broad diversification of its funding sources and an increase of its funding share through securitization programs.

For this transaction, Société Générale and UniCredit Bank acted as co-arrangers and co-bookrunners.

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