The Angola Capital Markets Commission announced it has received the first communication concerning the execution of a private offer by a public company, relating to a bond issuance. It also clarified that, where a private offer is carried out by a public company, the transaction does not require prior approval from the regulator under the Securities Code and Regulation No. 5/16. The issuer was Banco Angolano de Investimentos, S.A. (Sociedade Aberta), for a bond issuance of AOA 118,000,000,000, of which AOA 53,459,000,000 was subscribed. ÁUREA – Sociedade Distribuidora de Valores Mobiliários, S.A. acted as the offer’s intermediation agent.