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NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY

Regulatory Filings Nov 10, 2023

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NOTHING IN THIS ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION CONSTITUTES AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY THE SECURITIES OF NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY. THE FOLLOWING FINAL TERMS MAY NOT BE FORWARDED OR DISTRIBUTED TO ANY OTHER PERSON AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER AND, IN PARTICULAR, MAY NOT BE FORWARDED TO ANY U.S. PERSON OR TO ANY U.S. ADDRESS. ANY FORWARDING, DISTRIBUTION OR REPRODUCTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IN WHOLE OR IN PART IS UNAUTHORISED. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE MAY RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT) OR THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS. THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE NOTES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR THE BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IS AVAILABLE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

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These final terms have been sent to you in electronic form. You are reminded that documents transmitted via this medium may be altered or changed during the process of electronic transmission and consequently none of Nationwide Building Society, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Nomura Securities International, Inc. or TD Securities (USA) LLC, nor any person who controls it, nor the Note Trustee, the Security Trustee, the Principal Paying Agent, the Agents, the Account Bank or the Agent Bank, nor any director, officer, employee or agent of Nationwide Building Society, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Nomura Securities International, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC or TD Securities (USA) LLC, nor any person who controls it, nor the Note Trustee, the Security Trustee, the Principal Paying Agent, the Agents, the Account Bank or the Agent Bank, nor any affiliate of any such person, accepts any liability or responsibility whatsoever in respect of any difference between the preliminary final terms distributed to you in electronic format and the hard copy version available to you on request from Nationwide Building Society, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Nomura Securities International, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC or TD Securities (USA) LLC.

FINAL TERMS

9 November 2023

Nationwide Building Society

Issuer Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300XFX12G42QIKN82

Issue of Regulated USD 1,500,000,000 Series 2023-11 Fixed Rate Regulated Covered Bonds due 10 November 2026

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

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 both) 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 both) 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.

The Covered Bonds may be sold only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the Covered Bonds must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws. Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if these final terms or the accompanying prospectus (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser's province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser's province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor. Pursuant to section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts ("NI 33-105"), the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 33-105 regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering.

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Base Prospectus dated 14 September 2023 (the Base Prospectus), as supplemented by a supplemental prospectus dated 6 November 2023 (the Supplemental Prospectus) which constitutes 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 the Supplemental Prospectus in order to obtain all the relevant information. The Base Prospectus and the Supplemental Prospectus 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-news-home.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.

1. (a) Issuer: Nationwide Building Society
(b) Guarantor: Nationwide Covered Bonds LLP
2. (a) Series Number: 2023-11
(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 single Series
with the Series specified above:
Not Applicable
3. Specified Currency or Currencies: US Dollar (USD or \$)
4. Nominal Amount of Covered Bonds to be issued: \$1,500,000,000
5. Aggregate Nominal Amount of Covered Bonds:
(a) Series: \$1,500,000,000
(b) Tranche: \$1,500,000,000
6. Issue Price: 100.000 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
7. (a) Specified Denominations: \$200,000 and integral multiples of \$1,000 in excess
thereof up to and including \$399,000. No Covered
Bonds will be issued with a denomination above
\$399,000.
(b) Calculation Amount: \$1,000
8. (a) Issue Date: 10 November 2023
(b) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date
9. (a) Final Maturity Date: Specified Interest Payment Date falling on or nearest to
10 November 2026
(b) Extended Due for Payment Date of
Guaranteed Amounts corresponding to
the Final Redemption Amount under the
Covered Bond Guarantee:
Specified Interest Payment Date falling on or nearest to
10 November 2027
10. Interest Basis: 5.264% Fixed Rate
(further particulars specified below)
11. Redemption/Payment Basis: 100.000 per cent. of the nominal value
12. Change of Interest Basis: Applicable for the period from and including the Final
Maturity Date to but excluding the Extended Due for
Payment Date in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph 16 below
13. Call Options: Not Applicable
14. Date Board approval for issuance of Covered
Bonds and Guarantee obtained:
17 March 2021 and 8 November 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: 5.264% per annum payable in arrear on each Interest
Payment Date
(b) Interest Payment Date(s): 10 May and 10 November in each year, from and
including 10 May 2024, up to and including the Final
Maturity Date
(c) Business Day Convention: Following Business Day Convention
(d) Business Day(s): London, New York
Additional Business Centre(s): New York
(e) Fixed Coupon Amount(s): \$26.32 per Calculation Amount
(f) Initial Broken Amount: Not Applicable
(g) Final Broken Amount: Not Applicable
(h) Day Count Fraction: 30/360, unadjusted
(i) Determination Date(s): 10 May and 10 November 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): Monthly on the
10th day of each month from but
excluding the Final Maturity Date to and including the
Extended Due for Payment Date or any other date on
which the Series 2023-11 Covered Bonds are redeemed
in full
(c) First Interest Payment Date: The Specified Interest Payment Date falling on or nearest
to 10 December 2026
(d) Business Day Convention: Modified Following Business Day Convention
(e) Business Centre(s): London, New York
(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 SOFR
As at the date of this final terms, the administrator of
SOFR is not included in the register of administrators and
benchmarks established and maintained by ESMA
pursuant to Article 36 of the Benchmark Regulation and
so far as the Issuer is aware, as at the date hereof, SOFR
does not fall within the scope of the Benchmarks
Regulation
Interest Determination
Date(s):
The fifth US Government Securities Business Day prior
to the end of each Interest Period
Term Rate: Not Applicable
Overnight Rate: Not Applicable
Index Determination Not Applicable

Relevant Number:
5 US Government Securities Business Days
Observation Method: Shift
Lock-Out Date: 5 US Government Securities Business Days
Relevant Screen Page: SOFRRATE
(i) ISDA Determination: Not Applicable
(j) Margin(s): +0.75 per annum
(k) Minimum Rate of Interest: 0.00 per annum
(l) Maximum Rate of Interest: Not Applicable
(m) Day Count Fraction: Actual/360, Adjusted
17. Zero Coupon Covered Bond Provisions: Not Applicable
18. Final Redemption Amount of each Covered
Bond:
\$1,000 per Calculation Amount
19. Early Redemption Amount(s) per Calculation
Amount payable on redemption for taxation
reasons, on acceleration following an Issuer
\$1,000 per Calculation Amount

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE COVERED BONDS

Event of Default or an LLP Event of Default:

which such Talons mature):

20. Form of Covered Bonds: Registered Covered Bonds:
Regulation S Global Covered Bond (USD 1,179,900,000
nominal amount) registered in the name of a nominee for
DTC
Rule 144A Global Covered Bond (USD 320,100,000
nominal amount) registered in the name of a nominee for
DTC
21. New Global Covered Bond: Not Applicable
22. Financial Centre(s) relating to payment dates: New York
23. Talons for future Coupons to be attached to
Bearer Definitive Covered Bonds (and dates on
Not Applicable
  1. 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:
£5,400

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

(a) BMR Spread: 1.8 per cent. per annum
(b) Fixed Rate Spread: 1.5 per cent. per annum
(c) SMR Spread: 3.2 per cent. per annum
(d) Tracker Rate Spread: 1.7 per cent. per annum

4. REASONS FOR THE OFFER AND ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS

(a) Reasons for the offer See "Use of Proceeds" in the Base Prospectus

(b) Estimated net proceeds: \$1,497,000,000

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 Joint Lead 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: Reg S: USG6398ADD66
Rule 144A: US638602BS06
(b) Common Code: Reg S: 271811608
Rule 144A: 271811586
(c) CFI Code: Reg S: DBFGFR, 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
Rule 144A: DBFUFR, 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: Reg S: NATIONWIDE BLDG/BD 2026 S 2023-11 G, 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
Rule 144A: NATIONWIDE BLDG/BD 2026 S 2023-11
U, 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:
Reg S: G6398A DD6
Rule 144A: 638602BS0
(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:
No. Whilst the designation is specified as "no" at the date
of these Final Terms, should the Eurosystem eligibility
criteria be amended in the future such that the Covered
Bonds are capable of meeting them the Covered Bonds
may then be deposited with one of the ICSDs as common
safekeeper (and registered in the name of a nominee of
one of the ICSDs acting as common safekeeper). Note
that this does not necessarily mean that the Covered
Bonds will then be recognised as eligible collateral for
Eurosystem
monetary
policy
and
intra-day
credit
operations by the Eurosystem at any time during their
life. Such recognition will depend upon the ECB being
satisfied that Eurosystem eligibility criteria have been
met.
(h) Relevant Benchmark(s): Not Applicable
7. DISTRIBUTION
US Selling Restrictions: Reg. S Compliance Category 2
Rule 144A
8. YIELD (Fixed Rate Covered Bonds only)
Indication of yield: 5.264%
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 its attorney

Signed on behalf of the LLP:

by its attorney

09 November 2023 | 10:07:58 GMT

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