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Barclays PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2017
Aug 4, 2017
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Capital/Financing Update
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC
(Incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales)
EUR 25,000,000 Fixed Rate Securities due August 2020 pursuant to the Global Structured Securities Programme (the Tranche 1 Securities) Issue Price: 100.00 per cent.
This document constitutes the final terms of the Securities (the "Final Terms") described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and is prepared in connection with the Global Structured Securities Programme established by Barclays Bank PLC (the "Issuer"). These Final Terms are supplemental to and should be read in conjunction with the GSSP Base Prospectus 1 dated 26 August 2016, as supplemented on 25 November 2016, 21 December 2016, 12 January 2017, 6 March 2017, 12 May 2017, 1 June 2017 and 13 July 2017 (the "Base Prospectus"), which constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Securities is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Base Prospectus. A summary of the individual issue of the Securities is annexed to these Final Terms.
The Base Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, are available for viewing at http://irreports.barclays.com/prospectuses-and-documentation/structured-securities/prospectuses and during normal business hours at the registered office of the Issuer and the specified office of the Issue and Paying Agent for the time being in London, and copies may be obtained from such office. Words and expressions defined in the Base Prospectus and not defined in the Final Terms shall bear the same meanings when used herein.
BARCLAYS
Final Terms dated 7 August 2017
Part A – CONTRACTUAL TERMS
| 1. | a. Series number: |
NX000199129 | |
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| b. Tranche number: |
1 | ||
| 2. | Settlement Currency: | Euro ("EUR") | |
| 3. | Exchange Rate: | Not Applicable | |
| 4. | Securities: | ||
| a. Aggregate Nominal Amount as at the Issue Date: |
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| (i) Tranche: |
EUR 25,000,000 | ||
| (ii) Series: | EUR 25,000,000 | ||
| b. Specified Denomination: |
EUR 100,000 | ||
| c. Minimum Tradable Amount: |
Not Applicable | ||
| 5. | Issue Price: | 100.00 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount | |
| 6. | Issue Date: | 7 August 2017 | |
| 7. | Interest Commencement Date: | Issue Date | |
| 8. | Scheduled Redemption Date: | 7 August 2020 | |
| 9. | Calculation Amount: | Specified Denomination | |
| Provisions relating to interest (if any) payable | |||
| 10. | Type of Interest: | Fixed Rate Interest | |
| a. Interest Payment Date(s): |
7 August in each year, commencing from 7 August 2018 to and including the Scheduled Redemption Date, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Business Day Convention |
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| b. Interest Period End Date(s): |
7 August in each year, without adjustment | ||
| 11. | Switch Option: | Not Applicable | |
| 12. | Fixing Date – Interest: | Not Applicable | |
| 13. | Fixing Time – Interest: | Not Applicable | |
| 14. | Fixed Rate Interest provisions: | Applicable | |
| a. Fixed Rate: |
0.20 per cent. | ||
| b. Day Count Fraction: |
Actual/Actual (ICMA) | ||
| c. Range Accrual: |
Not Applicable | ||
| 15. | Floating Rate Interest | Not Applicable |
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provisions:
| 16. | Inverse Floating Rate Interest Not Applicable provisions: |
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| 17. | Inflation-Linked Interest provisions: |
Not Applicable | ||
| 18. | Digital Interest Provisions: | Not Applicable | ||
| 19. | Spread-Linked Interest Provisions: |
Not Applicable | ||
| 20. | Decompounded Floating Rate Interest provisions: |
Not Applicable | ||
| 21. | Zero Coupon Provisions: | Not Applicable | ||
| Provisions relating to redemption | ||||
| 22. | a. Optional Early Redemption: |
Not Applicable | ||
| b. Option Type: |
Not Applicable | |||
| 23. | Call provisions | Not Applicable | ||
| 24. | Put provisions | Not Applicable | ||
| 25. | Final Redemption Type: | Bullet Redemption | ||
| 26. | Bullet Redemption provisions: | Applicable | ||
| Final Redemption Percentage: | 100% | |||
| 27. | Inflation-Linked Redemption provisions: |
Not Applicable | ||
| 28. | Early Cash Settlement Amount: | Par | ||
| a. Final Redemption Floor Unwind Costs: |
Not Applicable | |||
| 29. | Fixing Date – Redemption: | Not Applicable | ||
| 30. | Fixing Time – Redemption: | Not Applicable | ||
| 31. | Change in Law: Applicable |
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| 32. | Currency Disruption Event: Applicable |
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| 33. | Issuer Tax Event: Applicable |
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| 34. | Extraordinary Market Not Applicable Disruption: |
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| 35. | Hedging Disruption: | Not Applicable | ||
| 36. | Increased Cost of Hedging: Not Applicable |
Disruptions
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- Settlement Expenses: Not Applicable
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- FX Disruption Fallbacks (General Condition 10 (Consequences of FX Disruption Events)):
General Provisions
| 39. | Form of Securities: | Global Bearer Securities: Permanent Global Security | ||
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| NGN Form: Applicable | ||||
| Held under the NSS: Not Applicable | ||||
| CGN Form: Not Applicable | ||||
| CDIs: Not Applicable | ||||
| 40. | Trade Date: | 31 July 2017 | ||
| 41. | Early Redemption Notice Period Number: |
As set out in General Condition 28.1 (Definitions) | ||
| 42. | Additional Business Centre(s): | Not Applicable | ||
| 43. | Business Day Convention: | Following | ||
| 44. | Determination Agent: | Barclays Bank PLC | ||
| 45. | Registrar: | Not Applicable | ||
| 46. | CREST Agent: | Not Applicable | ||
| 47. | Transfer Agent: | Not Applicable | ||
| 48. | a. Name of Manager: |
Barclays Bank PLC | ||
| b. Date of underwriting agreement: |
Not Applicable | |||
| c. Names and addresses of secondary trading intermediaries and main terms of commitment: |
Not Applicable | |||
| 49. | Registration Agent: | Not Applicable | ||
| 50. | Masse Category: | Not Applicable | ||
| 51. | Governing law: | English law |
Not Applicable
PART B – OTHER INFORMATION
| 1. | LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING |
Application is expected to be made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Securities to be listed on the official list and admitted to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange with effect from the Issue Date. |
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| Estimate of total expenses related to admission to trading: |
GBP 300 | ||
| 2. | RATINGS | ||
| Ratings: | The Securities have not been individually rated. | ||
| 3. | EXPENSES | REASONS FOR THE OFFER, ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS AND TOTAL | |
| (i) | Reasons for the offer: | General funding | |
| (ii) | Estimated net proceeds: | Not Applicable | |
| (iii) | Estimated total expenses: | Not Applicable | |
| 4. | YIELD | ||
| Not Applicable | |||
| 5. | OPERATIONAL INFORMATION | ||
| (i) | ISIN Code: | XS1599605950 | |
| (ii) | Common Code: | 159960595 | |
| (iii) | Relevant Clearing System(s) and the relevant identification number(s): |
Clearstream, Euroclear | |
| (iv) | Delivery: | Delivery free of payment | |
| (v) | Name and address of additional Paying Agent(s) (if any) |
Not Applicable |
SUMMARY
| Introduction | This Summary should be read as an introduction to the Base Prospectus. Any decision to |
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| and warnings | invest in Securities should be based on consideration of the Base Prospectus as a whole, including any information incorporated by reference, and read together with the Final Terms. |
| Where a claim relating to the information contained in the Base Prospectus is brought before a court, the plaintiff might, under the national legislation of the relevant Member State of the European Economic Area, have to bear the costs of translating the Base Prospectus before the legal proceedings are initiated. |
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| No civil liability shall attach to any responsible person solely on the basis of this Summary, including any translation thereof, unless it is misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent when read together with the other parts of the Base Prospectus or it does not provide, when read together with the other parts of the Base Prospectus, key information in order to aid investors when considering whether to invest in the Securities. |
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| Consent by the Issuer to the use of prospectus in subsequent resale or final placement of Securities |
Not Applicable: the Issuer does not consent to the use of the Base Prospectus for subsequent resales. |
| Section B Issuer | |
| Legal and commercial name of the Issuer |
The Securities are issued by Barclays Bank PLC (the "Issuer"). |
| Domicile and | The Issuer is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. |
| the Issuer, legislation under which the Issuer operates and country of incorporation of the Issuer |
The principal laws and legislation under which the Issuer operates are the laws of England and Wales including the Companies Act. |
| Known trends affecting the Issuer and industries in which the Issuer operates |
The business and earnings of the Issuer and its subsidiary undertakings (together, the "Bank Group" or "Barclays") can be affected by the fiscal or other policies and other actions of various governmental and regulatory authorities in the UK, EU, US and elsewhere, which are all subject to change. The regulatory response to the financial crisis has led and will continue to lead to very substantial regulatory changes in the UK, EU and US and in other countries in which the Bank Group operates. It has also (amongst other things) led to (i) a more assertive approach being demonstrated by the authorities in many jurisdictions, and (ii) enhanced capital, leverage, liquidity and funding requirements (for example pursuant to the fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV)). Any future regulatory changes may restrict the Bank Group's operations, mandate certain lending activity and impose other, significant compliance costs. Known trends affecting the Issuer and the industry in which the Issuer operates include: continuing political and regulatory scrutiny of the banking industry which is leading to increased or changing regulation that is likely to have a significant effect on the structure and management of the Bank Group; |
| legal form of |
| general changes in regulatory requirements, for example, prudential rules relating to the capital adequacy framework and rules designed to promote financial stability and increase depositor protection, increased regulation and procedures for the protection of customers and clients of financial services firms and an increased willingness on the part of regulators to investigate past practices, vigorously pursue alleged violations and impose heavy penalties on financial services firms; increased levels of legal proceedings in jurisdictions in which the Bank Group does business, including in the form of class actions; the US Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which contains far-reaching regulatory reform (including restrictions on proprietary trading and fund-related activities (the so-called 'Volcker rule')); the United Kingdom Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 which gives United Kingdom authorities powers to implement measures for, among others: (i) the separation of the United Kingdom and EEA retail banking activities of the largest United Kingdom banks into a legally, operationally and economically separate and independent entity (so-called 'ring-fencing'); (ii) a statutory 'bail-in' stabilisation option; and changes in competition and pricing environments. |
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| B.5 | Description of | Barclays is a major global financial services provider. |
| the group and the Issuer's position within the group |
The whole of the issued ordinary share capital of the Issuer is beneficially owned by Barclays PLC, which is the ultimate holding company of the Bank Group. |
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| B.9 | Profit forecast or estimate |
Not Applicable: the Issuer has chosen not to include a profit forecast or estimate. |
| B.10 | Nature of any qualifications in audit report on historical financial information |
Not Applicable: the audit report on the historical financial information contains no such qualifications. |
| B.12 | Selected key financial information; no material adverse change and significant change statements |
Based on the Bank Group's audited financial information for the year ended 31 December 2016, the Bank Group had total assets of £1,213,955m (2015: £1,120,727m), total net loans and advances of £436,417m (2015: £441,046m), total deposits of £472,917m (2015: £465,387m), and total shareholders' equity of £70,955m (2015: £66,019m) (including non-controlling interests of £3,522m (2015: £1,914m)). The profit before tax from continuing operations of the Bank Group for the year ended 31 December 2016 was £4,383m (2015: £1,914m) after credit impairment charges and other provisions of £2,373m (2015: £1,762m). The financial information in this paragraph is extracted from the audited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for the year ended 31 December 2016. Not Applicable: There has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of the Bank Group since 31 March 2017. There has been no material adverse change in the prospects of the Issuer since 31 |
| December 2016. | ||
| B.13 | Recent events particular to the Issuer which are materially |
Not Applicable: there have been no recent events particular to the Issuer which are to a material extent relevant to the evaluation of the Issuer's solvency. |
| relevant to the evaluation of Issuer's solvency |
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| B.14 | Dependency of the Issuer on |
The whole of the issued ordinary share capital of the Issuer is beneficially owned by Barclays PLC, which is the ultimate holding company of the Bank Group. |
| other entities within the group |
The financial position of the Issuer is dependent on the financial position of its subsidiary undertakings. |
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| B.15 | Description of the Issuer's principal activities |
The Bank Group is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services with an extensive international presence in Europe, the United States, Africa and Asia. |
| B.16 | Description of whether the Issuer is directly or indirectly owned or controlled and by whom and nature of such control |
The whole of the issued ordinary share capital of the Issuer is beneficially owned by Barclays PLC, which is the ultimate holding company of the Issuer and its subsidiary undertakings. |
| B.17 | Credit ratings assigned to the Issuer or its debt securities |
The short-term unsecured obligations of the Issuer are rated A-2 by Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services Europe Limited, P-1 by Moody's Investors Service Ltd. and F1 by Fitch Ratings Limited and the long-term obligations of the Issuer are rated A- by Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services Europe Limited, A1 by Moody's Investors Service Ltd. and A by Fitch Ratings Limited. A specific issue of Securities may be rated or unrated. |
| Ratings: This issue of Securities will not be rated. | ||
| Section C – Securities | ||
| C.1 | Type and class of Securities being offered and/or admitted to trading |
Securities described in this Summary may be debt securities or, where the repayment terms are linked to the performance of a specified inflation index, derivative securities. Securities will bear interest at a fixed rate, a floating rate plus a fixed percentage, a rate equal to a fixed percentage minus a floating rate, a rate that is equal to the difference between two floating rates, a rate that is calculated by reference to movements in a specified inflation index, or a rate that will vary between two specified fixed rates (one of which may be zero) depending on whether the specified floating rate exceeds the specified strike rate on the relevant date of determination, may be zero coupon securities (which do not bear interest) or may apply a combination of different interest types. The type of interest (if any) payable on the Securities may be the same for all Interest Payment Dates or may be different for different Interest Payment Dates. Securities may include an option for the Issuer, at its discretion, to switch the type of interest payable on the Securities once during the term of the Securities. The amount of interest payable in respect of the Securities on an Interest Payment Date may be subject to a range accrual factor that will vary depending on the performance of a specified inflation index or one or more specified floating rates during the observation period relating to that interest payment date. Securities may include an option for the Securities to be redeemed prior to maturity at the election of the Issuer or the investor. If Securities are not redeemed early they will redeem on the Scheduled Redemption Date and the amount paid will either be a fixed redemption amount, or an amount linked to the performance of a specified inflation index. Securities may be cleared through a clearing system or uncleared and held in bearer or registered form. Certain cleared Securities may be in dematerialised and uncertificated book-entry form. Title to cleared Securities will be determined by the books of the relevant clearing system. |
| Securities will be issued in one or more series (each a "Series") and each Series may be issued in tranches (each a "Tranche") on the same or different issue dates. The Securities of each Series are intended to be interchangeable with all other Securities of that Series. Each Series will be allocated a unique Series number and an identification code. |
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| The Securities are transferable obligations of the Issuer that can be bought and sold by investors in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Base Prospectus (the "General Conditions"), as completed by the final terms document (the "Final Terms") (the General Conditions as so completed, the "Conditions"). |
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| Interest: The interest payable in respect of the Securities will be determined by reference to a fixed rate of interest. The amount of interest payable in respect of a security for an interest calculation period will be determined by multiplying the interest calculation amount of such security by the applicable interest rate and day count fraction. |
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| Call or Put option: Not applicable | ||
| Final redemption: The final redemption amount will be 100 per cent. of EUR 100,000 (the Calculation Amount). |
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| Form: The Securities will initially be issued in global bearer form. | ||
| Identification: Series number: NX000199129; Tranche number: 1 | ||
| Identification codes: ISIN Code: XS1599605950; Common Code: 159960595 | ||
| Governing law: The Securities will be governed by English law. | ||
| C.2 | Currency | Subject to compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and directives, Securities may be issued in any currency. The terms of Securities may provide that all amounts of interest and principal payable in respect of such Securities will be paid in a settlement currency other than the currency in which they are denominated, with such payments being converted into the settlement currency at the prevailing exchange rate as determined by the Determination Agent. |
| The Securities will be denominated in Euro ("EUR"). | ||
| C.5 | Description of restrictions on free transferability of the Securities |
Securities are offered and sold outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S and must comply with transfer restrictions with respect to the United States. |
| Securities held in a clearing system will be transferred in accordance with the rules, procedures and regulations of that clearing system. |
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| Subject to the above, the Securities will be freely transferable. | ||
| C.8 | Description of rights attached to the Securities |
Rights: Each Security includes a right to a potential return of interest and amount payable on redemption together with certain ancillary rights such as the right to receive notice of certain determinations and events and the right to vote on future amendments. |
| including ranking and limitations to those rights |
Price: Securities will be issued at a price and in such denominations as agreed between the Issuer and the relevant dealer(s) and/or manager(s) at the time of issuance. The minimum denomination will be the Calculation Amount in respect of which interest and redemption amounts will be calculated. The issue price of the Securities is 100.00 per cent. The denomination of a Security is EUR 100,000 (the "Calculation Amount"). |
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| Taxation: All payments in respect of the Securities shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any UK taxes unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In the event that any such withholding or deduction is required by law, the Issuer will, save in limited circumstances, pay additional amounts to cover the amounts so withheld or deducted. |
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| Events of default: If the Issuer fails to make any payment due under the Securities or breaches any other term and condition of the Securities in a way that is materially prejudicial to the interests of the Holders (and such failure is not remedied within 30 days, or, in the case of interest, 14 days), or the Issuer is subject to a winding-up order, then |
| (subject, in the case of interest, to the Issuer being prevented from payment for a mandatory provision of law) the Securities will become immediately due and payable, upon notice being given by the Holder (or, in the case of French law Securities, the |
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| representative of the Holders). Ranking: The Securities are direct, unsubordinated and unsecured obligations of the Issuer and rank equally among themselves. |
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| Limitations to rights: Notwithstanding that the Securities are linked to the performance of the underlying asset(s), Holders do not have any rights in respect of the underlying assets. The terms and conditions of the Securities contain provisions for calling meetings of Holders to consider matters affecting their interests generally and these provisions permit defined majorities to bind all Holders, including all Holders who voted in a manner contrary to the majority. Furthermore, in certain circumstances, the Issuer may amend the terms and conditions of the Securities, without the Holders' consent. The terms and conditions of the Securities permit the Issuer and the Determination Agent (as the case may be), on the occurrence of certain events and in certain circumstances, without the Holders' consent, to make adjustments to the terms and conditions of the Securities, to redeem the Securities prior to maturity, (where applicable) to postpone valuation of the underlying asset(s) or scheduled payments under the Securities, to change the currency in which the Securities are denominated, to substitute the Issuer with another permitted entity subject to certain conditions, and to take certain other actions with regard to the Securities and the underlying asset(s) (if any). |
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| C.9 | Interest/ Redemption |
Interest: In respect of each interest calculation period, Securities may or may not bear interest. For each interest calculation period in respect of which the Securities bear interest, interest will accrue at one of the following rates: a fixed rate, a floating rate plus a fixed percentage, a rate equal to a fixed percentage minus a floating rate, a rate that is equal to the difference between two floating rates, a rate that is calculated by reference to movements in a specified inflation index, a rate that will vary between two specified fixed rates (one of which may be zero) depending on whether the specified floating rate exceeds a specified level on the relevant date of determination, or a rate that is decompounded floating rate. Securities may include an option for the Issuer, at its discretion, to switch the type of interest payable on the Securities once during the term of the Securities (the "Switch Option"). The amount of interest payable in respect of the Securities on an Interest Payment Date may also be subject to a range accrual factor that will vary depending on the performance of a specified inflation index or one or more specified floating rates, as described in 'Range Accrual Factor' below (the "Range Accrual Factor"). |
| Final Redemption: The amount payable on final redemption of the Securities will either be fixed at a percentage of the Calculation Amount of the Securities, or may reference the Calculation Amount of the Securities (being the minimum denomination of the Securities) as adjusted upwards or downwards to account for movements in an inflation index. |
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| Optional Early Redemption: Certain Securities may be redeemed earlier than the Scheduled Redemption Date following the exercise of a call option by the Issuer or the exercise of a put option by a Holder of the Securities. |
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| Mandatory Early Redemption: Securities may also be redeemed earlier than the Scheduled Redemption Date if performance of the Issuer's obligations becomes illegal, if the Determination Agent so determines, following cessation of publication of an inflation index, or following the occurrence of a change in applicable law, a currency disruption or a tax event affecting the Issuer's ability to fulfil its obligation under the Securities. |
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| Indicative amounts: If the Securities are being offered by way of a Public Offer and any specified product values below are not fixed or determined at the commencement of the Public Offer (including any amount, level, percentage, price, rate or other value in relation to the terms of the Securities which has not been fixed or determined by the commencement of the Public Offer), these specified product values will specify an indicative amount, an indicative minimum amount, an indicative maximum amount or any combination thereof. In such case, the relevant specified product value(s) shall be the value determined based on market conditions by the Issuer on or around the end of the |
| Public Offer. Notice of the relevant specified product value will be published prior to the Issue Date. |
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| INTEREST | ||
| Fixed Rate Interest. For the period from and including 7 August 2017 to but excluding the Interest Payment Date falling in 7 August 2020, each Security will bear interest at a rate of 0.20 per cent payable at the end of each interest calculation period on the Scheduled Redemption Date (each, an "Interest Payment Date"). |
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| FINAL REDEMPTION | ||
| The Securities are scheduled to redeem on 7 August 2020 by payment by the Issuer of an amount in EUR equal to EUR 100,000 multiplied by 100%. |
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| OPTIONAL EARLY REDEMPTION | ||
| These Securities cannot be redeemed early at the option of the Issuer or the Holder. | ||
| C.10 | Derivative component in the interest payment |
Not applicable, there is no derivative component in the interest payment. |
| C.11 | Admission to trading |
Securities may be admitted to trading on a regulated market in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden or the United Kingdom. |
| Application is expected to be made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Securities to be admitted to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange with effect from 7 August 2017. |
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| C.15 | Description of how the value of the investment is affected by the value of the underlying instrument |
The return on, and value of, Securities that are derivative securities will be linked to the performance of a specified inflation index. In addition, any interest payments will be calculated by reference to a fixed rate and/or one or more floating rates or movements in the specified inflation index. |
| C.16 | Expiration or maturity date of |
Securities with repayment terms that reference the performance of a specified inflation index are scheduled to redeem on the Scheduled Redemption Date. |
| the securities | The Scheduled Redemption Date of the Securities is 7 August 2020. | |
| C.17 | Settlement procedure of the derivative securities |
Securities that are derivative securities will be delivered on the specified issue date either against payment of the issue price (or, in the case of Securities having a settlement currency different from the currency of denomination, the settlement currency equivalent of the issue price) or free of payment of the issue price of the Securities. The Securities may be cleared and settled through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., Clearstream Banking société anonyme, CREST, Euroclear France, S.A., VP Securities, A/S, Euroclear Finland Oy, Norwegian Central Securities Depositary, Euroclear Sweden AB or SIX SIS Ltd. |
| Securities will be delivered on 7 August 2017 (the "Issue Date") free of payment of the issue price of the Securities. |
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| The Securities will be cleared and settled through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., Clearstream Banking société anonyme. |
| C.18 | Description of how the return on derivative securities takes |
The value of the underlying asset to which Securities that are derivative Securities are linked will affect the interest paid and/or the amount paid on the Scheduled Redemption Date. Interest and any redemption amount payable will be paid in cash. |
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| place | Not applicable: the Securities are not derivative securities. | |
| C.19 | Final reference price of the underlying |
Not applicable: the Securities are not derivative securities. |
| C.20 | Type of underlying |
Not applicable: the Securities are not derivative securities. |
| C.21 | Market where Securities are traded |
Application is expected to be made by the Issuer to list the Securities on the official list and admitted to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange with effect from 7 August 2017. |
| Section D – Risks | ||
| D.2 | Key information on the key risks that are specific to the Issuer |
Principal Risks relating to the Issuer: Material risks and their impact are described below in two sections: (i) Material existing and emerging risks by Principal Risk and (ii) Material existing and emerging risks potentially impacting more than one Principal Risk. A revised Enterprise Risk Management Framework ("ERMF") was approved by the board in December 2016 and revises the eight risks as follows: (1) Credit Risk; (2) Market Risk; (3) Treasury and Capital Risk; (4) Operational Risk; (5) Model Risk; (6) Conduct Risk; (7) Reputation Risk; and (8) Legal Risk (each a "Principal Risk"). |
| (i) Material existing and emerging risks by Principal Risk |
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| Credit risk: The risk of loss to the firm from the failure of clients, customers or counterparties, including sovereigns, to fully honour their obligations to the firm, including the whole and timely payment of principal, interest, collateral and other receivables. The Group may suffer financial loss if any of its customers, clients or market counterparties fails to fulfil their contractual obligations to the Group. The Group may also suffer loss when the value of its investment in the financial instruments of an entity falls as a result of that entity's credit rating being downgraded. In addition, the Group may incur significant unrealised gains or losses due to changes in the Group's credit spreads or those of third parties, as these changes affect the fair value of the Group's derivative instruments, debt securities that the Group holds or issues, and loans held at fair value. |
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| Market risk: The risk of loss arising from potential adverse changes in the value of the firm's assets and liabilities from fluctuation in market variables including, but not limited to, interest rates, foreign exchange, equity prices, commodity prices, credit spreads, implied volatilities and asset correlations. The Group's trading business is generally adversely exposed to a prolonged period of elevated asset price volatility, particularly if it negatively affects the depth of marketplace liquidity. |
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| Treasury and capital risk: The ability of the Group to achieve its business plans may be adversely impacted due to availability of planned liquidity, a shortfall in capital or a mismatch in the interest rate exposures of its assets and liabilities. The Group may not be able to achieve its business plans due to: i) being unable to maintain appropriate capital ratios; ii) being unable to meet its obligations as they fall due; iii) rating agency downgrades; iv) adverse changes in foreign exchange rates on capital ratios; v) negative interest rates; and vi) adverse movements in the |
pension fund.
Operational risk: The risk of loss to the firm from inadequate or failed processes or systems, human factors or due to external events (for example fraud) where the root cause is not due to credit or market risks. The Group is exposed to many types of operational risk. These include: fraudulent and other internal and external criminal activities; breakdowns in processes, controls or procedures (or their inadequacy relative to the size and scope of the Group's business); systems failures or an attempt by an external party to make a service or supporting technological infrastructure unavailable to its intended users, known as a denial of service attack; and the risk of geopolitical cyber threat activity which destabilises or destroys the Group's information technology, or critical technological infrastructure the Group depends upon but does not control. The Group is also subject to the risk of business disruption arising from events wholly or partially beyond its control, for example natural disasters, acts of terrorism, epidemics and transport or utility failures, which may give rise to losses or reductions in service to customers and⁄or economic loss to the Group. All of these risks are also applicable where the Group relies on outside suppliers or vendors to provide services to it and its customers. The operational risks that the Group is exposed to could change rapidly and there is no guarantee that the Group's processes, controls, procedures and systems are sufficient to address, or could adapt promptly to, such changing risks to avoid the risk of loss.
Model risk: The Group uses models to support a broad range of business and risk management activities. Models are imperfect and incomplete representations of reality, and so they may be subject to errors affecting the accuracy of their outputs. Models may also be misused. Model errors or misuse may result in the Group making inappropriate business decisions and being subject to financial loss, regulatory risk, reputational risk and⁄or inadequate capital reporting.
Conduct risk:
Execution of strategic divestment in non-core businesses: The risk of detriment to customers, clients and market integrity as the Group executes strategic decisions to exit products, businesses or countries. There is a risk some customers and clients may have reduced market access and a limited choice of alternative providers, or transitions to alternate providers could cause disruptions. There is also a risk the Group's strategic divestments may impact market liquidity or result in adverse pricing movements.
Product governance and sales practices: The Group must ensure that its remuneration practices and performance management framework are designed to prevent conflicts of interest and inappropriate sales incentives. Failure of product governance and sales controls could result in the sale of products and services that fail to meet the needs of or are unsuitable for customers and clients, regulatory sanctions, financial loss and reputational damage.
Trading controls and benchmark submissions: A failure to maintain controls over trading activities and benchmark submissions could result in detriment to customers and clients, disruptions to market integrity, regulatory sanctions, financial loss and reputational damage. The risk of failure could be enhanced by the changes necessary to address various new regulations, including but not limited to the Markets in Financial
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| Financial crime: The management of financial crime remains a key area of regulatory focus. Delivering a robust control environment to ensure the Bank effectively manages the risk of money laundering, terrorist financing sanctions and bribery and corruption protects the Bank and its customers and employees as well as society at large from the negative effects of financial crime. Failure to maintain an effective control environment may lead to regulatory sanctions, financial loss and reputational damage. |
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| Data protection and privacy: Inadequate protection of data (including data held and managed by third party suppliers) could lead to security compromise, data loss, financial loss and other potential detriment to the Group's customers and clients, as well as regulatory sanctions, financial loss and reputational damage. |
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| Regulatory focus on culture and accountability: Various regulators around the world have emphasised the importance of culture and personal accountability in helping to ensure appropriate conduct and drive positive outcomes for customers, clients and markets integrity. Regulatory changes such as the new UK Senior Managers Regime and Conduct Rules coming into effect in 2017, along with similar regulations in other jurisdictions, will require the Group to enhance its organisational and operational governance to evidence its effective management of culture and accountability. Failure to meet these new requirements and expectations may lead to regulatory sanctions, financial loss and reputational damage. |
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| Reputation risk: The risk that an action, transaction, investment or event will reduce trust in the firm's integrity and competence by clients, counterparties, investors, regulators, employees or the public. |
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| Legal risk: Legal disputes, regulatory investigations, fines and other sanctions relating to conduct of business and financial crime may negatively affect the Group's results, reputation and ability to conduct its business. |
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| (ii) | Material existing and emerging risks potentially impacting more than one Principal Risk: |
| Structural Reform (emerging risk): | |
| The UK Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (The UK Banking Reform Act) and associated secondary legislation and regulatory rules require all UK deposit-taking banks with over £25 billion of deposits (from individuals and small businesses) to separate certain day-to-day banking activities (e.g. deposit-taking) offered to retail and smaller business customers from other wholesale and investment banking services. |
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| The Group's performance could be adversely affected in relation to more than one Principal Risk by a weak or deteriorating global economy or political instability. These factors may also occur in one or more of the Group's main countries of operation. The Group offers a broad range of services to retail, institutional and government customers, in a large number of countries. The breadth of these |
| operations means that deterioration in the economic environment, or an increase in political instability in countries where it is active, or any other systemically |
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| important economy, could adversely affect the Group's performance and prospects. | |
| Change and execution: | |
| The Group continues to drive changes to its functional capabilities and operating environment in order to allow the business to exploit emerging and digital technologies, and improve customer experience whilst also embedding enhanced regulatory requirements, strategic realignment, and business model changes. The complexity, increasing pace, and volume of changes underway simultaneously mean there is heightened execution risk and potential for change not being delivered to plan. Failure to adequately manage this risk could result in extended outages and disruption, financial loss, customer detriment, legal liability, potential regulatory censure and reputational damage. |
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| Risks arising from regulation of the financial services industry: The financial services industry continues to be the focus of significant regulatory change and scrutiny which may adversely affect the Group's business, financial performance, capital and risk management strategies. |
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| Regulatory action in the event a bank in the Group (such as the Issuer) is failing or likely to fail could materially adversely affect the value of the Securities: |
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| UK resolution authorities have the right under certain circumstances to intervene in the Group pursuant to the stabilisation and resolution powers granted to them under the Banking Act and other applicable legislation. The exercise of any of these actions in relation to the Issuer could materially adversely affect the value of the Securities. |
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| EU referendum: | |
| The UK held a referendum on 23 June 2016 on whether it should remain a member of the EU. This resulted in a vote in favour of leaving the EU. The result of the referendum means that the long-term nature of the UK's relationship with the EU is unclear and there is uncertainty as to the nature and timing of any agreement with the EU on the terms of exit. In the interim, there is a risk of uncertainty for both the UK and the EU, which could adversely affect the economy of the UK and the other economies in which we operate. |
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| Under the terms of the Securities, investors have agreed to be bound by the exercise of any UK Bail-in Power by the relevant UK resolution authority. |
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| A downgrade of the credit rating assigned by any credit rating agency to the Issuer could adversely affect the liquidity or market value of the Securities. Credit ratings downgrade could occur as a result of, among other causes, changes in the ratings methodologies used by credit rating agencies. Changes in credit rating agencies' views of the level of implicit sovereign support for European banks and their groups are likely to lead to credit ratings downgrades. |
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| The Issuer is affected by risks affecting the Banking-Group: The Issuer is also affected by risks affecting the Banking-Group as there is substantial overlap in the businesses of the Issuer and its subsidiaries. Further, the Issuer can be negatively affected by risks and |
| other events affecting its subsidiaries even where the Issuer is not directly affected. | ||
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| D.3 | Key | You may lose up to the entire value of your investment in the Securities: |
| information on the key risks that are specific to the Securities |
The payment of any amount due under the Securities is dependent upon the Issuer's ability to fulfil its obligations when they fall due. The Securities are unsecured obligations. They are not deposits and they are not protected under the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme or any other deposit protection insurance scheme. Therefore, even if the relevant Securities are stated to be repayable at an amount that is equal to or greater than their initial purchase price, if the Issuer fails or is otherwise unable to meet its payment or delivery obligations under the Securities, you will lose some or all of your investment. |
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| You may also lose some or all of your entire investment if: | ||
| you sell your Securities prior to maturity in the secondary market (if any) at an amount that is less than the initial purchase price; |
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| the Securities are redeemed early for reasons beyond the control of the Issuer (such as following a change in applicable law, a currency disruption or a tax event affecting the Issuer's ability to fulfil its obligations under the Securities) and the amount paid to investors is less than the initial purchase price; or |
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| the terms and conditions of the Securities are adjusted (in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Securities) with the result that the redemption amount payable to investors and/or the value of the Securities is reduced. |
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| Reinvestment risk/loss of yield: Following an early redemption of the Securities for any reason, Holders may be unable to reinvest the redemption proceeds at a rate of return as high as the return on the Securities being redeemed. |
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| Volatile market prices: The market value of the Securities is unpredictable and may be highly volatile, as it can be affected by many unpredictable factors, including: market interest and yield rates; fluctuations in currency exchange rates; exchange controls; the time remaining until the Securities mature; economic, financial, regulatory, political, terrorist, military or other events in one or more jurisdictions; changes in laws or regulations; and the Issuer's creditworthiness or perceived creditworthiness. |
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| Capped return: As the interest amount is subject to a cap, the return Holders may receive is limited. |
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| D.6 | Risk warning that investors may lose value of entire investment or part of it |
Not applicable: unless the Issuer fails or goes bankrupt and provided that you hold your securities to maturity and they are not early redeemed or adjusted, your invested capital is not at risk. |
| Section E – Offer | ||
| E.2b | Reasons for offer and use of proceeds when different from making profit and/or hedging certain risks |
Not applicable: the Securities have not been offered to the public. |
| E.3 | Description of the terms and conditions of |
Not applicable: the Securities have not been offered to the public. |
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| E.4 | Description of any interest material to the issue/offer, including conflicting interests |
Not Applicable: no person involved in the issue or offer has any interest, or conflicting interest, that is material to the issue or offer of Securities. |
| E.7 | Estimated expenses charged to investor by issuer/offeror |
Not applicable: the Securities have not been offered to the public. |