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NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY

Capital/Financing Update Mar 15, 2023

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FINAL TERMS

14 March 2023

Nationwide Building Society

Issuer Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300XFX12G42QIKN82

Issue of EUR 1,000,000,000 3.625 per cent. Series 2023-03 Regulated Covered Bonds due March 2028 irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by Nationwide Covered Bonds LLP under the €45 billion Global Covered Bond Programme

PART A – CONTRACTUAL TERMS

MIFID II PRODUCT GOVERNANCE/TARGET MARKET – Solely for the purposes of the manufacturers' product approval process, the target market assessment in respect of the Covered Bonds has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Covered Bonds is eligible counterparties and professional clients only, each as defined in Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, MiFID II); and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Covered Bonds to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Covered Bonds (a distributor) should take into consideration the manufacturers' target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to MiFID II is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Covered Bonds (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

UK MIFIR PRODUCT GOVERNANCE / TARGET MARKET – Solely for the purposes of the manufacturers' product approval process, the target market assessment in respect of the Covered Bonds has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Covered Bonds is eligible counterparties, as defined in the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook (COBS), and professional clients, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (UK MiFIR); and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Covered Bonds to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Covered Bonds (a distributor) should take into consideration the manufacturers' target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to the FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules) is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Covered Bonds (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA RETAIL INVESTORS – The Covered Bonds are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (EEA). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (the Insurance Distribution Directive) as amended or superseded, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No. 1286/2014 (the PRIIPs Regulation) for offering or selling the Covered Bonds or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Covered Bonds or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.

PROHIBITION OF SALES TO UK RETAIL INVESTORS – The Covered Bonds are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the UK. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020) as amended, varied, superseded or substituted from time to time (EUWA); (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the FSMA and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the UK PRIIPs Regulation) for offering or selling the Covered Bonds or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Covered Bonds or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the base prospectus dated 2 September 2022 (the Base Prospectus), as supplemented by the supplementary prospectuses dated 18 November 2022 and 14 December 2022 (the Supplemental Prospectuses), which constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the UK Prospectus Regulation). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Covered Bonds described herein for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regulation and must be read in conjunction with such Base Prospectus and Supplemental Prospectuses in order to obtain all the relevant information. The Base Prospectus and Supplemental Prospectuses are available for viewing during normal business hours at the registered office of the Issuer and copies may be obtained from the specified office of each of the Paying Agents and have been published on the Regulatory News Service operated by the London Stock Exchange at http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-newshome.html.

The LLP is not now, and immediately following the issuance of the Covered Bonds pursuant to the Trust Deed will not be, a "covered fund" for purposes of regulations adopted under Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, commonly known as the "Volcker Rule". In reaching this conclusion, although other statutory or regulatory exemptions under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and under the Volcker Rule and its related regulations may be available, the LLP has relied on the exemption from registration set forth in Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. See "Certain Volcker Rule Considerations" in the Base Prospectus dated 2 September 2022, as supplemented by the supplementary prospectus dated 18 November 2022 and 14 December 2022.

1. (a) Issuer: Nationwide Building Society
(b) Guarantor: Nationwide Covered Bonds LLP
2. (a) Series Number: 2023-03
(b) Tranche Number: 1
(c) Series which Covered Bonds will be
consolidated and
form a single Series
with:
Not Applicable
(d) Date on which the Covered Bonds
will be consolidated and form a
Not Applicable
single Series with the Series specified
above:
3. Specified Currency or Currencies: Euro (EUR or €)
4. Nominal Amount of Covered Bonds to
be
issued:
€1,000,000,000
5. Aggregate
Bonds:
Nominal
Amount
of
Covered
(a) Series: €1,000,000,000
(b) Tranche: €1,000,000,000
6. Issue Price: 99.883
per cent.
of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
7. (a) Specified Denominations: €100,000 and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess
thereof up to and including €199,000. No Covered
Bonds in definitive form will be issued with a
denomination above €199,000
(b) Calculation Amount: €1,000
8. (a) Issue Date: 15
March 2023
(b) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date
9. (a) Final Maturity Date: 15
March 2028
(b) Extended Due for Payment Date of
Guaranteed Amounts corresponding
to the Final Redemption Amount
under the Covered Bond Guarantee:
15
March 2029
10. Interest Basis: 3.625
per cent. Fixed Rate
(further particulars specified below)
11. Redemption/Payment Basis: 100 per cent. of the nominal value
12. Change of Interest Basis: Paragraph
15
(Fixed
Rate
Covered
Bond
Provisions) is applicable for the period from and
including the Interest Commencement Date to but
excluding the Final Maturity Date and paragraph 16
(Floating
Rate
Covered
Bond
Provisions)
is
applicable for the period from and including the
Final Maturity Date to but excluding the Extended
Due for Payment Date.
13. Call Options: Not Applicable
14. Date Board approval for issuance of Covered
Bonds obtained:
17 March 2021
and 13
March 2023
for the Issuer
and the LLP, respectively

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

15. Fixed Rate Covered Bond Provisions: Applicable from and
including the Interest
Commencement Date to but excluding the Final
Maturity Date
(a) Fixed Rate(s) of Interest: 3.625
per cent. per annum payable in arrear on each
Interest Payment Date
(b) Interest Payment Date(s): 15
March
in each year from and including 15
March
2024
up to and including the Final Maturity Date
(c) Business Day Convention: Following Business Day Convention
(d) Business Day(s): TARGET, London
Additional Business Centre(s): Not Applicable
(e) Fixed Coupon Amount(s): €36.25
per Calculation Amount
(f) Initial Broken Amount: Not Applicable
(g) Final Broken Amount: Not Applicable
(h) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(i) Determination Date(s): 15
March
in each year
16. Floating Rate Covered Bond Provisions: Applicable
from and including the Final Maturity
Date to but excluding the Extended Due for
Payment Date
(a) Interest Period(s): The period from and including the Final Maturity
Date or, as the case may be, a Specified Interest
Payment Date, to but excluding the following
Specified Interest Payment Date
(b) Specified Interest Payment Date(s): 15
April 2028
and thereafter, the 15th
day of each
month up to and including the Extended Due for
Payment Date
(c) First Interest Payment Date: 15
April 2028
(d) Business Day Convention: Modified Following Business Day Convention
(e) Business Centre(s): Not Applicable
(f) Manner in which the Rate(s) of
Interest is/are to be determined:
Screen Rate Determination
(g) Party responsible for calculating the
Rate(s) of Interest and/or Interest
Amount (if not the Agent):
Not Applicable
(h) Screen Rate Determination: Applicable
Reference Rate: Compounded Daily €STR
Interest Determination
Date(s):
Fifth
TARGET Business Day prior to the end
of
each Interest Period
Term Rate: Not Applicable
Overnight Rate: Applicable
Index Determination: Not Applicable
Observation Method: Lag

Observation Look
Back Period:
5 TARGET Business Days
Lock-Out Date: Not Applicable
Relevant Screen Page: Website of the European Central Bank
(i) ISDA Determination: Not Applicable
(j) Margin(s): + 0.4515
per cent. per annum.
(k) Minimum Rate of Interest: 0.00 per cent. per annum
(l) Maximum Rate of Interest: Not Applicable
(m) Day Count Fraction: Actual/360
17. Zero Coupon Covered Bond Provisions: Not Applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION BY THE ISSUER

18. Call Option: Not Applicable
19. Final Redemption Amount of each Covered
Bond:
€1,000 per Calculation Amount
20. Early Redemption Amount(s) per Calculation
Amount payable on redemption for taxation
reasons, on acceleration following an Issuer
Event of Default or an LLP Event of Default:
€1,000 per Calculation Amount

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE COVERED BONDS

21. Form of Covered Bonds: Bearer Covered Bonds:

Temporary Global Covered Bond exchangeable for a Permanent Global Covered Bond which is exchangeable for Bearer Definitive Covered Bonds in definitive form only after an Exchange Event

22. New Global Covered Bond: Yes
23. Financial Centre(s) relating to payment dates: Not Applicable
24. Talons for future Coupons to be attached to
Bearer Definitive Covered Bonds (and dates
on which such Talons mature):
No
25. Redenomination,
renominalisation
and
reconventioning provisions:
Not Applicable

PART B – OTHER INFORMATION

  1. LISTING

(a) Admission to trading: Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Covered Bonds to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market and to be listed on the Official List of the FCA with effect from the Issue Date.

(b) Estimate of total expenses related to admission to trading: £5,800

2. RATINGS

The Covered Bonds to be issued are expected to be rated:

S&P: AAA (endorsed by S&P Global Ratings Europe Limited)

Fitch: AAA (endorsed by Fitch Ratings Ireland Limited)

Fitch Ratings Limited and S&P Global Ratings UK Ltd. are established in the UK and are registered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the UK CRA Regulation).

Fitch Ratings Limited endorsed by Fitch Ratings Ireland Limited) has, in its 11 June 2020 publication "Ratings Definitions", described a credit rating of 'AAA in the following terms: "AAA' ratings denote the lowest expectation of default risk. They are assigned only in cases of exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events".

S&P Global Ratings UK Ltd. (endorsed by S&P Global Ratings Europe Limited) has, in its January 2021 publication "Ratings Definitions", described a credit rating of 'AAA in the following terms: "An obligation rated 'AAA' has the highest rating assigned by S&P Global Ratings. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation is extremely strong."

3. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE JUMBO INTEREST RATE SWAPS

BMR Spread: 1.8 per cent.
per annum
Fixed Rate Spread: 1.5 per cent.
per annum
SMR
Spread:
3.2 per cent.
per annum
4. REASONS FOR THE OFFER AND ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS
Tracker Rate Spread: 1.7 per cent.
per annum
(i) Reasons for the offer See "Use of Proceeds" in the Base Prospectus
(ii) Estimated net proceeds: €996,580,000

5. INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE

Save as discussed in Subscription and Sale and Transfer and Selling Restrictions, so far as the Issuer and the LLP are aware, no person involved in the issue of the Covered Bonds has an interest material to the offer. The Managers and their affiliates have engaged and may in the future engage in investment banking and/or commercial banking transactions with and may perform other services for the Issuer and/or the LLP and its or their affiliates in the ordinary course of business.

6. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION:

(a) ISIN Code: XS2597919013
(b) Common Code: 259791901
(c) CFI Code: DAFNFB,
as updated, as
set out on the website of
the Association of National Numbering Agencies
(ANNA)
or
alternatively
sourced
from
the
responsible
National
Numbering
Agency
that
assigned the ISIN
(d) FISN: NATIONWIDE
BUIL/1EMTN
20280315,
as
updated, as
set out on the website of the Association
of
National
Numbering
Agencies
(ANNA)
or
alternatively sourced from the responsible National
Numbering Agency that assigned the ISIN
(e) Insert here any other relevant codes such as
CUSIP AND CINS codes:
Not Applicable
(f) Names and addresses of additional Paying
Agent(s) (if any):
Not Applicable
(g) Intended to be held in a manner which would
allow Eurosystem eligibility:
Yes. Note that the designation "yes" means that the
Covered Bonds are intended upon issue to be
deposited with one of the ICSDs as common
safekeeper or registered in the name of a nominee of
one of the ICSDs acting as common safekeeper, and
does not necessarily mean that the
Covered Bonds
will
be
recognised
as
eligible
collateral
for
Eurosystem monetary policy and intra-day credit
operations by the Eurosystem either upon issue or at
any or all times during their life. Such recognition
will depend upon satisfaction of the Eurosystem
eligibility criteria.
(h) Relevant Benchmark(s): €STR
is provided by the European Central Bank. As
far as the Issuer
is aware, as at the date hereof,
€STR does not fall within the scope of the UK
Benchmarks Regulation.
7. DISTRIBUTION
US Selling Restrictions: Reg. S Compliance Category 2; TEFRA D
8. YIELD (Fixed Rate Covered Bonds only)
Indication of
yield:
3.651
per cent. per annum
The yield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis
of the Issue Price. It is not an indication of future
yield.
9. US
FEDERAL
INCOME
TAX
CONSIDERATIONS
Not Applicable

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

By: ___________________________________ By its attorney

Signed on behalf of the LLP:

Tara Parmar Krishan Hirani

By: ___________________________________

By its attorney

13 March 2023 | 20:05:24 GMT

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