Prospectus • Jun 16, 2017
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(incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales with registered number 06018973)
(incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales with registered number 01525242)
(incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales with registered number 00961088)
(incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales with registered number 00753518)
Euro Medium Term Note Programme
This supplement (the "Supplement", which definition shall also include all information incorporated by reference herein) to the base prospectus dated 4 May 2017 (the "Prospectus", which definition includes the base prospectus as supplemented, amended or updated from time to time and includes all information incorporated by reference therein) constitutes a supplementary prospectus for the purposes of Section 87G of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA") and is prepared in connection with the EUR 1,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme established by International Personal Finance plc (the "Issuer", or "IPF") and guaranteed by IPF Holdings Limited, International Personal Finance Investments Limited and IPF International Limited (each a "Guarantor"). Terms defined in the Prospectus have the same meaning when used in this Supplement.
This Supplement is supplemental to, updates, must be read in conjunction with and forms part of the Prospectus and any other supplements to the Prospectus issued by the Issuer.
This Supplement has been approved by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), which is the United Kingdom competent authority for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended (the "Prospectus Directive") and relevant implementing measures in the United Kingdom, as a supplement to the Prospectus. The Prospectus constitutes a base prospectus prepared in compliance with the Prospectus Directive and relevant implementing measures in the United Kingdom for the purpose of giving information with regard to the issue of Notes under the Programme.
Investors should be aware of their rights under sections 87Q(4)-(6) of FSMA. In accordance with Section 87Q(4) of FSMA, investors who have agreed to purchase or subscribe for transferrable securities before this Supplement is published have the right, exercisable before the end of the period of two working days beginning with the working day after the date on which this Supplement was published, to withdraw their acceptances. Investors who wish to withdraw their acceptances should contact their broker.
The Issuer and each Guarantor accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Supplement. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuer and each Guarantor (which have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in this Supplement is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.
The purpose of this Supplement is to update the disclosure in the Prospectus relating to the credit rating of IPF provided by Fitch Ratings Limited ("Fitch Ratings").
On 8 June 2017, Fitch Ratings released an announcement stating that:
References to: (i) the long-term issuer default rating and short term issuer default rating set out on pages 3 and 10 of the Prospectus; and (ii) the placement of the Issuer's long term issuer default rating on Ratings Watch Negative set out on page 3 of the Prospectus, are updated accordingly.
Copies of all documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and this Supplement may be obtained (without charge) from the website of the Regulatory News Service operated by the London Stock Exchange at: http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/marketnews/market-news-home.html.
Any information contained in any of the documents incorporated by reference which is not incorporated in and does not form part of this Supplement is either not relevant for investors or is covered elsewhere in the Prospectus.
If documents which are incorporated by reference in this Supplement themselves incorporate any information or other documents therein, either expressly or implicitly, such information or other documents will not form part of this Supplement for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive
except where such information or other documents are specifically incorporated by reference or attached to this Supplement.
To the extent that there is any inconsistency between: (a) any statement in this Supplement or any statement incorporated by reference in the Prospectus by this Supplement; and (b) any other statement in or incorporated by reference into, the Prospectus, the statements in (a) above will prevail.
Save as disclosed in this Supplement, there has been no other significant new factor, material mistake or inaccuracy relating to information included in the Prospectus since the publication of the Prospectus.
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