SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For January, 27th 2004
Commission File Number: 1-15154
ALLIANZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Koeniginstrasse 28
80802 Munich
Germany
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Dresdner Bank's Institutional Restructuring Unit (IRU) sells nearly
(euro)2 billion of assets - largest transaction to date
The Institutional Restructuring Unit (IRU) of Dresdner Bank has sold a portfolio
of nearly (euro)1.9 billion of North American loans - its largest transaction to
date. The portfolio was sold during a six-week period in November and December
2003 and the process involved individual assets sales as well as smaller
auctions.
The portfolio sold included both performing as well as distressed loans. Bidders
included investment banks and hedge funds worldwide. Dresdner Kleinwort
Wasserstein acted as financial advisor to the transaction.
"This was our largest and fastest transaction to date," says Jan Eric
Kvarnstrom, CEO of the IRU and member of the Dresdner Bank Board of Managing
Directors. "We have stepped up the speed of reducing our portfolio since late
October and successfully seized on the large appetite in the secondary loan
market right now."
"The IRU is making better progress than expected," says Herbert Walter, Chairman
of the Dresdner Bank Board of Managing Directors. "The rapid dismantling of the
non-strategic loan portfolio allows us to concentrate more intensely on our
strategic business and therefore our customers and markets."
When IRU took up its activities to reduce the Bank's non-strategic asset
portfolio in the beginning of 2003, this business unit managed a volume of
(euro)36 billion of loan exposure, of which (euro)7.2 billion was booked in
North America. As of September 2003, IRU had managed to reduce the total
portfolio by some (euro)12 billion.
Other IRU milestone transactions to date include an auction sale of North
American and European loans to a single bidder in May 2003 (total of (euro)511
million of assets sold), as well as an auction of (euro)125 million of Asian
loans in September to a number of bidders. The other reductions have been
achieved via individual asset sales, loan limit reductions, pre-payments,
contractual maturities and amortizations.
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statements. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from
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conditions, including in particular economic conditions in the Allianz Group's
core business and core markets, (ii) performance of financial markets, including
emerging markets, (iii) the frequency and severity of insured loss events, (iv)
mortality and morbidity levels and trends, (v) persistency levels, (vi) the
extent of credit defaults (vii) interest rate levels, (viii) currency exchange
rates including the Euro-U.S. Dollar exchange rate, (ix) changing levels of
competition, (x) changes in laws and regulations, including monetary convergence
and the European Monetary Union, (xi) changes in the policies of central banks
and/or foreign governments, (xii) the impact of acquisitions, including related
integration issues, (xiii) reorganization measures and (xiv) general competitive
factors, in each case on a local, regional, national and/or global basis. Many
of these factors may be more likely to occur, or more pronounced, as a result of
terrorist activities and their consequences.
The matters discussed herein may also involve risks and uncertainties described
from time to time in Allianz AG's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking
information contained herein.
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27th January 2004
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
ALLIANZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
By: /s/ Dr. Reinhard Preusche
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Dr. Reinhard Preusche
Group Compliance
By: /s/ Dr. Giovanni Salerno
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Dr. Giovanni Salerno
Group Compliance
Date: January 27th 2004