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BNP Paribas Capital/Financing Update 2013

Sep 13, 2013

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Capital/Financing Update

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FINAL TERMS

dated 12 September 2013

BNP PARIBAS

(incorporated in France)

(as Issuer)

Issue of EUR 196,318,000 2.625 per cent. Fixed Rate Notes due 16 September 2016

Series 13675 Tranche 7

to be consolidated (assimilables for the purposes of French law) and form a single Series with EUR 802,962,000 2.625 per cent. Fixed Rate Notes due 16 September 2016

under the €90,000.000.000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the Programme)

PART A - CONTRACTUAL TERMS

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions (the "Conditions") set forth under the section entitled "Terms and Conditions of the Notes" in the Base Prospectus dated 3 June 2010, which is incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus dated 3 June 2013. This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended) (the "Prospectus Directive") and must be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus dated 3 June 2013 which received visa no 13-258 from the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") on 3 June 2013 and the Supplement to the Base Prospectus dated 8 August 2013, which constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive (the "Base Prospectus"), including the terms and conditions of the Notes contained in the base prospectuses of, inter alios, BNPP dated 3 June 2010 incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Base Prospectus. A summary of the Notes (which comprises the Summary in the Base Prospectus as amended to reflect the provisions of these Final Terms) is annexed to these Final Terms. The Base Prospectus and these Final Terms are available for viewing at, and copies may be obtained from the Principal Paying Agent and will be available on the AMF website (www.amf-france.org).

1. lssuer: BNP Paribas
2. (i) Series Number: 13675
(ii) Tranche Number:
The Notes will on or about the date which is 40 days
following the Issue Date be consolidated (assimilables
for the purposes of French law) and form a single
Series with the existing EUR 802,962,000 2.625 per
cent. Notes due 16 September 2016 of BNP Paribas.
3. Specified Currency: Euro (EUR)
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
$\sf (i)$ Series: EUR 999,280,000

Tranche:

$(ii)$

EUR 196,318,000

5. Issue Price of Tranche: 103.964 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount.
6. Minimum Trading Size: Not applicable
7. (i) Specified Denominations: EUR 1,000
(ii) Calculation Amount
(Applicable to Notes in
definitive form):
EUR 1,000
8. (i) Issue Date: 16 September 2013
(ii) Interest Commencement
Date (if different from the
Issue Date):
16 September 2011
9. Maturity Date: 16 September 2016
10. Form of Notes: Bearer
11. Interest Basis: 2.625 per cent. Fixed Rate per annum
(further particulars specified below)
12. Redemption/Payment Basis: Redemption at par
13. Change of Interest Basis or
Redemption/Payment Basis:
Not applicable
14. Put/Call Options: Not applicable
15. Exchange Rate Not applicable
16. Status of the Notes: Senior
17. Knock-in Event: Not applicable
18. Knock-out Event: Not applicable
19. Method of distribution: Syndicated
20. Interest: Applicable
(i) Interest Periods: 16 September in each year from and including 16
September 2014 to and including the Maturity Date
(ii) Interest Period End Dates: 16 September in each year
(iii) Business Day Convention
for Interest Period End
Dates:
Not applicable
(iv) Interest Payment Dates: 16 September in each year from and including 16
September 2014 to and including the Maturity Date
(v) Business Day Convention
for Interest Payment Dates:
Following
(v i ) Party responsible for
calculating the Rate of
Interest and Interest
Amounts (if not the
Calculation Agent):
Not applicable
(vii) Margin(s): Not applicable
(viii) Minimum Interest Rate: Not applicable
(ix) Maximum Interest Rate: Not applicable
(x) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual ICMA
(x i ) Determination Dates: 16 September in each year
(xii) Accrual to Redemption: Not applicable
(xiii) Rate of Interest: Fixed Rate
21. Fixed Rate Provisions: Applicable
(i) Fixed Rate of Interest: 2.625 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear
on each Interest Payment Date
(ii) Fixed Coupon Amount: EUR 26.25 per Calculation Amount
(iii) Broken Amount: Not applicable
22. Floating Rate Provisions: Not applicable
23. Zero Coupon Provisions: Not applicable
24. Index Linked Interest Provisions: Not applicable
25. Share Linked Interest Provisions Not applicable
26. Inflation Linked Interest Provisions: Not applicable
27. Commodity Linked Interest
Provisions:
Not applicable
28. Fund Linked Interest Provisions: Not applicable
29. ETI Linked Interest Provisions: Not applicable
30. Foreign Exchange (FX) Rate
Linked Interest Provisions:
Not applicable
31. Underlying Interest Rate Linked
Interest Provisions:
Not applicable
32. may be): Additional Business Centre(s)
(Condition 3(b) of the Terms and
Conditions of the English Law
Notes or Condition 3(b) of the
Terms and Conditions of the
French Law Notes, as the case
Not applicable
33. Final Redemption: EUR 1,000 per Calculation Amount
34. Final Payout: Not applicable
35. Automatic Early Redemption: Not applicable
36. Issuer Call Option: Not applicable
37. Noteholder Put Option: Not applicable
38. Aggregation: Not applicable
39. Index Linked Redemption Amount: Not applicable
40. Share Linked Redemption Amount: Not applicable

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41. Amount: Inflation Linked Redemption Not applicable
42. Amount: Commodity Linked Redemption Not applicable
43. Fund Linked Redemption Amount: Not applicable
44. Credit Linked Notes: Not applicable
45. ETI Linked Redemption Amount: Not applicable
46. Foreign Exchange
(FX)
Rate
Linked Redemption Amount:
Not applicable
47. Underlying Interest Rate Linked
Redemption Amount:
Not applicable
48. Early Redemption Amount: As set out in Condition 5(e)
49. Provisions applicable to Physical
Delivery:
Not applicable
50. Variation of Settlement:
(i) Issuer's option to vary
settlement:
The Issuer does not have the option to vary
settlement in respect of the Notes.
(ii) Variation of Settlement of
Physical Delivery Notes:
Not applicable
51. Form of Notes: Bearer Notes:
New Global Note: Yes
Temporary Bearer Global Note exchangeable for a
Permanent Bearer Global Note which is exchangeable
for definitive Bearer Notes only upon an Exchange
Event.
52. Days Financial Centre(s) or other special
provisions relating to Payment
for
the
purposes
οf
Condition 4(a):
TARGET2
53. Talons for future Coupons or
Receipts to be attached to definitive
Notes (and dates on which such
Talons mature):
No

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55. Details relating
Notes
to
redeemable in instalments: amount
of each instalment, date on which
each payment is to be made:
Not applicable
56. Redenomination, renominalisation
and reconventioning provisions:
Not applicable
57. Notes): Masse (Condition 12 of the Terms
and Conditions of the French Law
Not applicable
58. Governing law: English law
DISTRIBUTION
59. (i) If syndicated, names of Lead Manager:
Managers and underwriting
commitments (specifying
BNP Paribas UK Limited (EUR 186,318,000)
Lead Manager): Co-Lead Managers:
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Danske Bank A/S
(EUR 5,000,000 each)
(ii) Stabilising Manager (if
any):
BNP Paribas UK Limited
60. Total commission and concession: 0.09 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
61. U.S. Selling Restrictions: Reg. S Compliance Category 2; TEFRA D
62. Non exempt Offer: Not applicable

RESPONSIBILITY

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The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms.

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

By: MACSPOT

PART B - OTHER INFORMATION

$\ddot{\mathbf{1}}$ Listing and Admission to trading

  • $(i)$ Listing: Euronext Paris
  • Admission to trading: Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be admitted to trading on
  • EUR 7,300 $(iii)$ Estimate of total expenses related to admission to trading:

$2.$ Ratings

$(ii)$

Ratings:

The Notes to be issued are expected to be rated:

Euronext Paris and listed on Euronext Paris with

A+ by Standard & Poor's Rating Services ("S&P")

A2 by Moody's Investors Service Ltd ("Moody's")

A+ by Fitch Ratings Ltd ("Fitch")

effect from the Issue Date.

As defined by S&P, an A+ rating means that the Issuer's capacity to meet its financial commitment under the Notes is very strong."

Obligations rated A2 by Moody's are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.

As defined by Fitch an A+ rating denotes a very low expectation of credit risk. It indicates a very strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. Such capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.

3. Interests of Natural and Legal Persons Involved in the Issue

Save for any fees payable to the Managers, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.

4. Reasons for the Offer, Estimated Net Proceeds and Total Expenses

(i) Reasons for the offer See "Use of Proceeds"
wording in the Base
Prospectus
(ii) Estimated net proceeds: EUR 203.923.359.32
(iii) Estimated total expenses: EUR 7.300

Fixed Rate Notes only - Yield 5. Indication of yield:

1.270 per cent.

The yield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis of the Issue Price. It is not an indication of future yield.

  1. Floating Rate Notes only - Historic Interest Rates

Not applicable

  1. Performance of Index/ Share/ Commodity/ Inflation/ Foreign Exchange Rate/ Fund/ Reference Entity/ Entities/ ETI Interest/ Underlying Interest Rate and Other Information concerning the Underlying Reference

Not applicable

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8. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION
(i) ISIN Code: Temporary ISIN: XS0971481121
Permanent ISIN: XS0542371629
(ii) Common Code: Temporary Common Code; 097148112
Permanent Common Code: 054237162
(iii) Any clearing system(s)
other than Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg
approved by the Issuer and
the Principal Paying Agent
and the relevant
identification number(s):
Not applicable
(iv) Delivery: Delivery against payment
(v) Additional Paying Agent(s)
(if any):
Not applicable
(v i ) Intended to be held in a
manner which would allow
Eurosystem eligibility:
Yes. Note that the designation "yes" simply means
that the Notes are intended upon issue to be
deposited with one of the ICSDs as common safe-
keeper and does not necessarily mean that the Notes
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
the ECB being satisfied that Eurosystem eligibility
criteria have been met.
(vii) Name and address of
Registration Agent:
Not applicable
9. Public Offers Not applicable
10. Placing and Underwriting Not applicable

ANNEX

Summary of the Notes

Summaries are made up of disclosure requirements known as "Elements". These Elements are numbered in Sections $A - E(A.1 - E.7)$ . This Summary contains all the Elements required to be included in a summary for this type of Notes and Issuer. Because some Elements are not required to be addressed, there may be gaps in the numbering sequence of the Elements. Even though an Element may be required to be inserted in the summary because of the type of Notes, Issuer, it is possible that no relevant information can be given regarding the Element. In this case a short description of the Element should be included in the summary explaining why it is not applicable.

Section A - Introduction and warnings

Element Title
A.1 Warning that the
summary should
This summary should be read as an introduction to the
$\bullet$
Base Prospectus and the applicable Final Terms.
be read as an
introduction and
provision as to
claims
Any decision to invest in any Notes should be based on
٠
a consideration of the Base Prospectus as a whole,
including any documents incorporated by reference and
the applicable Final Terms.
Where a claim relating to information contained in the
$\bullet$
Base Prospectus and the applicable Final Terms is
brought before a court in a Member State of the
European Economic Area, the plaintiff may, under the
national legislation of the Member State where the claim
is brought, be required to bear the costs of translating
the Base Prospectus and the applicable Final Terms
before the legal proceedings are initiated.
No civil liability will attach to the Issuer in any such
Member State solely on the basis of this summary,
including any translation hereof, unless it is misleading,
inaccurate or inconsistent when read together with the
other parts of the Base Prospectus and the applicable
Final Terms or, following the implementation of the
relevant provisions of Directive 2010/73/EU in the
relevant Member State, it does not provide, when read
together with the other parts of the Base Prospectus and
the applicable Final Terms, key information (as defined
in Article 2.1(s) of the Prospectus Directive) in order to
aid investors when considering whether to invest in the
Notes.
A.2 Consent as to
use of the Base
Prospectus,
period of validity
Not applicable
and other
conditions
attached
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Section B - Issuer

Element Title
B.1 Legal and
commercial
name of the
Issuer
BNP Paribas ("BNPP" or the "Bank" or the "Issuer").
B.2 Domicile/ legal
form/
legislation/
country of
incorporation
The Issuer was incorporated in France as a société anonyme under
French law and licensed as a bank, having its head office at 16,
boulevard des Italiens - 75009 Paris, France.
B.4b Trend
information
Macroeconomic Conditions: The Bank's results of operations are
affected by the macroeconomic and market environment. Given the
nature of its business, the Bank is particularly susceptible to
macroeconomic and market conditions in Europe, which have
experienced disruptions in recent years.
While global economic conditions generally improved over the course
of 2012, growth prospects diverge for advanced and developing
economies in 2013 and going forward. In the Euro-zone, sovereign
spreads came down in 2012 from historically high levels, although
uncertainty remains over the solvability of certain sovereigns and the
extent to which E.U. member states are willing to provide additional
financing.
Legislation and Regulations Applicable to Financial Institutions:
The Bank is affected by legislation and regulations applicable to global
financial institutions, which are undergoing significant change in the
wake of the global financial crisis. New measures that have been
proposed and adopted include more stringent capital and liquidity
requirements, taxes on financial transactions, restrictions and taxes
on employee compensation, limits on commercial banking activities,
restrictions of types of financial products, increased internal control
and transparency requirements, more stringent business conduct
rules, mandatory reporting and clearing of derivative transactions,
requirements to mitigate risks relating to OTC derivatives and the
creation of new and strengthened regulatory bodies. New or proposed
measures that affect or will affect the Bank include the Basel 3 and
CRD4 prudential frameworks, the related requirements announced by
the EBA, the designation of the Bank as a systemically important
financial institution by the FSB, the French banking law, the E.U.
Liikanen proposal and the Federal Reserve's proposed framework for
the regulation of foreign banks.
B.5 BNPP is a European leading provider of banking and financial
Description of
services and has four domestic retail banking markets in Europe,
the Group
namely in Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg. It is present in 78
countries and has almost 190,000 employees, including over 145,000
in Europe. BNPP is the parent company of the BNP Paribas Group
(the "BNPP Group").
B.9 Profit forecast
or estimate
Not applicable, the Issuer has not made a profit forecast or estimate.
B.10 Audit report
qualifications
historical financial information included in the Base Prospectus. Not applicable, there are no qualifications in any audit report on the
B.12 Selected historical key financial information:
In millions of EUR
31/12/2011 31/12/2012
Revenues 42,384 39,072
Cost of risk (6,797) (3,941)
Net income, Group share 6,050 6,553
Common Equity Tier 1 Ratio
(Basel 2.5)
Tier 1 Ratio
Total consolidated balance sheet
Consolidated loans and
receivables due from customers
Consolidated items due to
customers
Shareholders' equity (Group
share)
9.6% 11.8%
11.6% 13.6%
1,965,283 1,907,290
665,834 630,520
546,284 539,513
75,370 85,886
Statements of no significant or material adverse change
prospects of BNPP or the BNPP Group since 31 December 2012. There has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of the BNPP
Group since 31 December 2012 and there has been no material adverse change in the
prospects of the Issuer since 31 December 2012. There has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of the Issuer
since 31 December 2012 and there has been no material adverse change in the
B.13 Events Not applicable, to the best of the Issuer's knowledge, there have not

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impacting the
Issuer's
solvency
been any recent events which are to a material extent relevant to the
evaluation of the Issuer's solvency since 31 December 2012.
B.14 Dependence
upon other
group entities
Subject to the following paragraph, BNPP is not dependent upon other
members of the BNPP Group.
In April 2004, BNPP began outsourcing IT Infrastructure Management
Services to the "BNP Paribas Partners for Innovation" (BP 2 I) joint
venture set up with IBM France at the end of 2003. BP 2 I provides IT
Infrastructure Management Services for BNPP and several BNPP
subsidiaries in France, Switzerland, and Italy. In mid-December 2011
BNPP renewed its agreement with IBM France for a period lasting
until end-2017. At the end of 2012, the parties entered into an
agreement to gradually extend this arrangement to BNP Paribas
Fortis as from 2013. BP 2 l is 50/50-owned by BNPP and IBM France;
IBM France is responsible for daily operations, with a strong
commitment of BNPP as a significant shareholder. See also Element
B.5 above.
B.15 Principal
activities
BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three activities:
Retail Banking, which includes:
a set of Domestic Markets, comprising:
French Retail Banking (FRB),
BNL bancacommerciale (BNL bc), Italian
retail banking,
Belgian Retail Banking (BRB),
Other Domestic Markets activities, including
Luxembourg Retail Banking (LRB);
International Retail Banking, comprising:
Europe-Mediterranean,
BancWest;
Personal Finance;
Investment Solutions; and
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Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB).
B.16 Controlling
shareholders
None of the existing shareholders controls, either directly or indirectly,
the Issuer. The main shareholders are Société Fédérale de
Participations et d'Investissement (SFPI) a public-interest société
anonyme (public limited company) acting on behalf of the Belgian
government holding 10.3% of the share capital as at 31 December
2012; AXA holding 5.3% of the share capital as at 31 December 2012

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and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg holding 1.0% of the share capital as
at 31 December 2012. To BNPP's knowledge, no shareholder other
than SFPI or AXA owns more than 5% of its capital or voting rights.
B.17 Solicited credit
ratings
BNPP's long term credit ratings are A+ with a negative outlook
(Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services France SAS), A2 with a
stable outlook (Moody's Investors Service Ltd.) and A+ with a stable
outlook (Fitch France S.A.S.). The Notes are expected to be rated as
follows:
A+ by Standard & Poor's Rating Services ("S&P")
A2 by Moody's Investors Service Ltd ("Moody's")
A+ by Fitch Ratings Ltd ("Fitch")
A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold
securities and may be subject to suspension, reduction or withdrawal
at any time by the assigning rating agency.

Section C - Notes

Element Title
C.1
Type and
class of Notes/
ISIN
The Notes are issued in Series. The Series Number of the Notes is
13675. The Tranche Number of the Notes is 7.
The Temporary ISIN is: XS0971481121
The Permanent ISIN is: XS0542371629
The Temporary Common Code is: 097148112
The Permanent Common Code is: 054237162
The Notes are cash settled Notes.
C.2 Currency The currency of this Series of Notes is euros (EUR)
C.5 Restrictions on
free
transferability
The Notes will be freely transferable, subject to the offering and selling
restrictions in Subscription and Sale in the Base Prospectus and under
the Prospectus Directive and the laws of any jurisdiction in which the
relevant Notes are offered or sold.
C.8 Rights
attaching to
the Notes
Notes issued under the Programme will have terms and conditions
relating to, among other matters:
Status and Subordination
The Notes are Senior Notes.
Senior
Notes
constitute direct,
unconditional,
unsecured
and
unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer and rank and will rank pari
passu among themselves and at least pari passu with all other direct,
unconditional, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the
Issuer (save for statutorily preferred exceptions).
Negative pledge
The terms of the Notes do not contain a negative pledge provision.
Events of Default
The terms of the Notes do contain events of default including non-
payment, non-performance or non-observance of the Issuer's obligations
in respect of the Notes and the insolvency or winding up of the Issuer.
Meetings
The terms of the Notes do contain provisions for calling meetings of
holders of such Notes to consider matters affecting their interests
generally. These provisions permit defined majorities to bind all holders,
including holders who did not attend and vote at the relevant meeting
and holders who voted in a manner contrary to the majority.
Taxation
All payments in respect of Notes will be made without deduction for or
on account of withholding taxes imposed by France or any political
subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax or any
other jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or therein to which
BNPP becomes subject in respect of the Notes, unless such deduction
or withholding is required by law. In the event that any such deduction is
made, the Issuer will, save in certain limited circumstances, be required
to pay additional amounts to cover the amounts so deducted.
Payments will be subject in all cases to (i) any fiscal or other laws and
regulations applicable thereto in the place of payment, but without
prejudice to the provisions of Condition 6 of the Terms and Conditions of
the English Law Notes, (ii) any withholding or deduction required
pursuant to an agreement described in Section 1471(b) of the U.S.
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") or otherwise imposed
pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any regulations or
agreements thereunder, any official interpretations thereof, or (without
prejudice to the provisions of Condition 6 of the Terms and Conditions of
the English Law Notes) any law implementing an intergovernmental
approach thereto, and (iii) any withholding or deduction required
pursuant to Section 871(m) of the Code.
Governing law
This Series of Notes is governed by English law.
C.9 Interest/
Redemption
Interest
The Notes pay interest from their date of issue (the Interest
Commencement Date) at the fixed rate of 2.625 per cent. per annum.
The yield of the Notes is 1.270 per cent. Interest will be paid annually in

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arrear on 16 September in each year. The first interest payment will be
made on 16 September 2014.
Redemption
Unless previously redeemed or cancelled, each Note will be redeemed
on 16 September 2016 at par.
Representative of Noteholders
No representative of the Noteholders has been appointed by the Issuer.
Please also refer to item C.8 above for rights attaching to the Notes.
C.10 Derivative
component in
the interest
payment
Not applicable
C.11 Admission to
Trading
Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes
to be admitted to trading on Euronext Paris.
C.15 How the value
of the
investment in
derivative
securities is
affected by the
value of the
underlying
assets
Not applicable. The Notes are not derivative securities.
C.16 Maturity Not applicable. The Notes are not derivative securities.
C.17 Settlement
Procedure
This Series of Notes is cash settled.
The Issuer does not have the option to vary settlement.
C.18 Return on
derivative
securities
Not applicable. The Notes are not derivative securities.
C.19 Final reference
price
of
the
Underlying
Not applicable, there is no final reference price of the Underlying.
C.20 Underlying Not applicable, there is no underlying reference.

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Section D - Risks

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Selection

Element Title
D.2 Key risks
regarding the
Issuer
There are certain factors that may affect the Issuer's ability to fulfil its
obligations under the Notes issued under the Programme.
Twelve main categories of risk are inherent in BNPP's activities:
1.
Credit Risk;
2.
Counterparty Risk;
3.
Securitisation;
4.
Market Risk;
5.
Operational Risk;
6.
Compliance and Reputation Risk;
7.
Concentration Risk;
8.
Asset-liability management Risk;
9.
Breakeven Risk;
10.
Strategy Risk;
11.
Liquidity and refinancing Risk;
12.
Insurance subscription Risk.
Difficult market and economic conditions could have a material
adverse effect on the operating environment for financial institutions
and hence on BNPP's financial condition, results of operations and
cost of risk.
Legislative action and regulatory measures taken in response to the
global financial crisis may materially impact BNPP and the financial
and economic environment in which it operates.
BNPP's access to and cost of funding could be adversely affected by
a resurgence of the Euro-zone sovereign debt crisis, worsening
economic conditions, further rating downgrades or other factors.
A substantial increase in new provisions or a shortfall in the level of
previously recorded provisions could adversely affect BNPP's results
of operations and financial condition.
BNPP may incur significant losses on its trading and investment
activities due to market fluctuations and volatility.
BNPP may generate lower revenues from brokerage and other
commission and fee-based businesses during market downturns.
Protracted market declines can reduce liquidity in the markets, making
it harder to sell assets and possibly leading to material losses.
Significant interest rate changes could adversely affect BNPP's
revenues or profitability.
The soundness and conduct of other financial institutions and market
participants could adversely affect BNPP.
BNPP's competitive position could be harmed if its reputation is
damaged.
An interruption in or a breach of BNPP's information systems may
result in lost business and other losses.
Unforeseen extemal events can interrupt BNPP's operations and
cause substantial losses and additional costs.
BNPP is subject to extensive and evolving regulatory regimes in the
countries and regions in which it operates.
Notwithstanding BNPP's risk management policies, procedures and
methods, it could still be exposed to unidentified or unanticipated
risks, which could lead to material losses.
BNPP's hedging strategies may not prevent losses.
BNPP may experience difficulties integrating acquired companies and
may be unable to realise the benefits expected from its acquisitions.
Intense competition, especially in France where it has the largest
single concentration of its businesses, could adversely affect BNPP's
revenues and profitability.
D.3 Key risks
regarding the
Notes
In addition to the risks relating to the Issuer (including the default risk)
that may affect the Issuer's ability to fulfil its obligations under the
Notes, there are certain factors which are material for the purposes of
assessing the market risks associated with Notes issued under the
Programme, including that the Notes are unsecured obligations, the
trading market for Notes may be volatile and may be adversely
impacted by many events, an active secondary market may never be
established or may be illiquid and that this may adversely affect the
value at which an investor may sell its Notes, investors may suffer a
partial or total loss of the amount of their investment, the Notes may
have a minimum trading amount and if, following the transfer of any
Notes, a Noteholder holds fewer Notes than the specified minimum
trading amount, such Noteholder will not be permitted to transfer their
remaining Notes prior to redemption without first purchasing enough
additional Notes in order to hold the minimum trading amount, the
Notes may be redeemed in the case of illegality or impracticability and
such cancellation or redemption may result in an investor not realising

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a return on an investment in the Notes, the meetings of Holders
provisions permit defined majorities to bind all Holders, any judicial
decision or change to an administrative practice or change to English
law or French law, as applicable, after the date of the Base
Prospectus could materially adversely impact the value of any Notes
affected by it, a reduction in the rating, if any, accorded to outstanding
debt securities of the Issuer by a credit rating agency could result in a
reduction in the trading value of the Notes, certain conflicts of interest
may arise (see Element E.4 below).
D.6 Risk warning In the event of the insolvency of the Issuer or if it is otherwise unable
or unwilling to repay the Notes when repayment falls due, an investor
may lose all or part of his investment in the Notes.

Section E - Offer

Element Title
E.2b Reasons for the
offer and use of
proceeds
The net proceeds from the issue of the Notes will become part of the
general funds of the Issuer. Such proceeds may be used to maintain
positions in options or futures contracts or other hedging instruments.
E.3 Terms and
conditions of the
offer
The issue price of the Notes is 103.964 per cent. of their nominal
amount.
E.4 Interest of natural
and legal
persons involved
in the issue/offer
So far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the issue of the
Notes has an interest material to the offer, including conflicting
interests.
E.7 Expenses
charged to the
investor by the
Issuer or an
offeror
No expenses are being charged to an investor by the Issuer.