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BNP Paribas Capital/Financing Update 2014

Nov 10, 2014

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Capital/Financing Update

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FINAL TERMS DATED 15 SEPTEMBER 2014

BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V.

(incorporated in The Netherlands) (as Issuer)

BNP Paribas

(incorporated in France) (as Guarantor)

(Note, Warrant and Certificate Programme)

10,000,000 Certificates relating to the Series 267 Preference Shares of BNP Paribas Synergy Limited

Any person making or intending to make an offer of the Securities may only do so:

  • $(i)$ in those Public Offer Jurisdictions mentioned in Paragraph 48 of Part A below, provided such person is of a kind specified in that paragraph and that the offer is made during the Offer Period specified in that paragraph; or
  • $(ii)$ otherwise in circumstances in which no obligation arises for the Issuer or any Manager to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or to supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive, in each case, in relation to such offer.

None of the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Manager has authorised, nor do they authorise, the making of any offer of Securities in any other circumstances.

Investors should note that if a supplement to or an updated version of the Base Prospectus referred to below is published at any time during the Offer Period (as defined below), such supplement or updated base prospectus as the case may be, will be published and made available in accordance with the arrangements applied to the original publication of these Final Terms. Any investors who have indicated acceptances of the Offer (as defined below) prior to the date of publication of such supplement or updated version of the Base Prospectus, as the case may be (the "Publication Date"), have the right within two working days of the Publication Date to withdraw their acceptances.

PART A - CONTRACTUAL TERMS

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Base Prospectus dated 5 June 2014, the Supplements to the Base Prospectus published and approved on or before the date of these Final Terms (copies of which are available as described below) and any other Supplement to the Base Prospectus which may have been published and approved before the issue of any additional amount of Securities (the "Supplements") (provided that to the extend any Supplement (i) is published and approved after the date of these Final Terms and (ii) provide for any change to the Conditions of the Securities such changes shall have no effect with respect to the Conditions of the Securities to which these Final Terms relate) which together constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive") (the "Base Prospectus"). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Securities described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus. Full information on BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. (the "Issuer"), BNP Paribas (the "Guarantor") 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 Securities (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 any Supplements to the Base Prospectus and these Final Terms are available for viewing at BNP Paribas Securities Services, Luxembourg Branch, 33 Rue de Gasperich Howald-Hesperange, 2085, Luxembourg and copies may be obtained free of charge at the specified offices of the Security Agents. The Base Prospectus and the Supplements to the Base Prospectus will also be available on the AMF website www.amf-france.org

References herein to numbered Conditions are to the terms and conditions of the relevant series of Securities and words and expressions defined in such terms and conditions shall bear the same meaning in these Final Terms in so far as they relate to such series of Securities, save as where otherwise expressly provided.

These Final Terms relate to the series of Securities as set out in "Specific Provisions for each Series" below. References herein to "Securities" shall be deemed to be references to the relevant Securities that are the subject of these Final Terms and references to "Security" shall be construed accordingly.

SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR EACH SERIES

SERIES NO. OF SECURITIES ISIN COMMON ISSUE PRICE REDEMPTION
NUMBER ISSUED- CODE PER SECURITY DATE
CE4271NE 10.000.000 XS1083619566 108361956 $100\%$ of the
Notional Amount
H November 2020

GENERAL PROVISIONS

The following terms apply to each series of Securities:

1. Issuer: BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V.
2. Guarantor: BNP Paribas
3. Trade Date: 5 September 2014
4. Issue Date: 11 November 2014
5. Consolidation: Not applicable
6. Type of Securities: Certificates
(a)
(b)
The Securities are Preference Share Certificates.
The provisions of Annex 14 (Additional Terms and
Conditions for Preference Share Certificates) shall apply.
7. Form of Securities: Clearing System Global Security
8. Business Day Centre(s): The applicable Business Day Centre for the purposes of the
definition of "Business Day" in Condition 1 is London.
9. Settlement: Settlement will be by way of cash payment (Cash Settled
Securities.
10. Rounding
Convention
for
Cash
Settlement Amount:
Not applicable
11. Variation of Settlement:
(a) Issuer's
option
to
vary
settlement:
The Issuer does not have the option to vary settlement in
respect of the Securities.
(b) Variation
Settlement
of
of
Physical Delivery Securities:
Not applicable
12. Final Payout Preference Share Certificate Condition 6 applies
Payout Switch: Not applicable
Aggregation: Applicable
13. Relevant Asset(s): Not applicable
14. Entitlement: Not applicable
15. Exchange Rate /Conversion Rate Not applicable
16. Settlement Currency: The settlement currency for the payment of the Cash
Settlement Amount is Pounds Sterling (GBP).
17. Syndication: The Securities will be distributed on a non-syndicated basis.
18. Minimum Trading Size: Not applicable
19 1 Principal Security Agent: BNP Paribas Securities Services, Luxembourg Branch
20. Registrar: Not applicable
21. Calculation Agent: BNP Paribas Arbitrage S.N.C.
22. Governing law: English law
23. Masse provisions (Condition 9.4): Not applicable
PRODUCT SPECIFIC PROVISIONS (ALL SECURITIES)
24. Hybrid Securities: Not applicable
25. Index Securities: Not applicable
26. Share Securities: Not applicable
27. ETI Securities: Not applicable
28. Debt Securities: Not applicable
29. Commodity Securities: Not applicable
30. Inflation Index Securities: Not applicable
31. Currency Securities: Not applicable
32. Fund Securities: Not applicable
33. Futures Securities: Not applicable
34. Credit Securities: Not applicable
35. Underlying Interest Rate Securities: Not applicable
36. Preference Share Certificates: Applicable
Preference Share:
(a)
Series 267 Preference Shares of BNP Paribas Synergy
(b)
Preference Share
Redemption
Limited
Valuation Date: 4 November 2020
37. OET Certificates: Not applicable
38. Additional Disruption Events: Not applicable
39. Optional Additional Disruption Events: The following Optional Additional Disruption
(a)
Events apply to the Securities:
Insolvency Filing
40. Knock-in Event: Not applicable
41. Knock-out Event: Not applicable
PROVISIONS RELATING TO WARRANTS
42. Provisions relating to Warrants: Not applicable
PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTIFICATES
43. Provisions relating to Certificates: Applicable
(a) Notional
Amount
of
each
Certificate:
GBP 1.00
(b) Partly Paid Certificates: The Certificates are not Partly Paid Certificates.
(c) Interest: Not applicable
(d) Fixed Rate Provisions: Not applicable
(e) Floating Rate Provisions: Not applicable
(f) Screen Rate Determination: Not applicable
(g) ISDA Determination: Not applicable
(h) FBF Determination: Not applicable
(i) Linked Interest Certificates: Not applicable
(i) Payment of Premium
Amount(s):
Not applicable
(k) Index Linked [Interest/Premuim
Amount] Certificates:
Not applicable
(1) Share Linked [Interest/Premuim
Amount] Certificates:
Not applicable
(m) ETI Linked [Interest/Premuim
Amount] Certificates:
Not applicable
(n) Debt Linked [Interest/Premuim
Amount] Certificates
Not applicable
(0) Commodity Linked
[Interest/Premuim Amount]
Certificates:
Not applicable
(p) Inflation Index Linked
[Interest/Premuim Amount]
Certificates:
Not applicable
(q) Currency Linked
[Interest/Premuim Amount]
Certificates:
Not applicable
(r) Fund Linked [Interest/Premuim Not applicable

Amount] Certificates:

(s) Futures Linked
[Interest/Premuim Amount]
Certificates:
Not applicable
(t) Underlying Interest Rate Linked
Interest Provisions:
Not applicable
(u) Instalment Certificates: The Certificates are not Instalment Certificates
(v) Issuer Call Option: Not applicable
(w) Holder Put Option: Not applicable
(x) Automatic Early Redemption: Not applicable
(y) Renouncement Notice Cut-off
Time:
Not applicable
(z) Strike Date: Not applicable
(aa) Strike Price: Not applicable
(bb) Redemption Valuation Date: Not applicable
(cc) Averaging: Averaging does not apply to the Securities
(dd) Observation Dates: Not applicable
(ee) Observation Period: Not applicable
(ff) Settlement Business Day: Not applicable
(gg) Cut-off Date: Not applicable
(hh) Security Threshold on the Issue
Date:
Not applicable
(ii) Identification information of
Holders as provided by
Condition 29:
Not applicable
DISTRIBUTION AND US SALES ELIGIBILITY
44. U.S. Selling Restrictions: Not applicable
45. consequences: Additional U.S. Federal
income tax
Not applicable
46. Registered broker/dealer: Not applicable
47. TEFRA C or TEFRA Not Applicable: TEFRA not applicable
48. Non-exempt Offer: Applicable
(i) Non-exempt Offer Jurisdictions: United Kingdom
(ii) Offer Period: The period from and including 15 September 2014 until and
including 4 November 2014. See further Paragraph 6 of Part
B below.
(iii) Financial intermediaries granted The Manager(s) and METEOR ASSET MANAGEMENT
specific consent to use the Base LIMITED (the "Initial Authorised Offerors") being
Prospectus in accordance with persons to whom the Issuer has given consent, (the
the Conditions in it: Authorised Offerors) other than pursuant to Article 3(2) of
the Prospectus Directive. See further Paragraph 6 of Part B
below.
(iv) General Consent: Not applicable
(v) Other Authorised Offeror Terms: Not applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO COLLATERAL AND SECURITY

  1. Collateral Security Conditions: Not applicable

Responsibility

The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuer (who has taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained herein is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.

Signed on behalf of BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V.

As Issuer:

By: 1. . . . . . .

Duly authorised

PART B-OTHER INFORMATION

$1.$ Listing and Admission to trading

Application has been made to list the Securities on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to admit the Securities to trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's regulated market with effect from the Issue Date.

$\overline{2}$ . Ratings

Ratings: The Securities have not been rated.

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

Save as discussed in the "Potential Conflicts of Interest" paragraph in the "Risk Factors" in the Base Prospectus, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Securities has an interest material to the offer.

$4.$ Performance of Underlying/Formula/Other Variable and Other Information concerning the Underlying Reference

The Certificates relate to the Series 267 Preference shares of the BNP Paribas Synergy Limited relating to a Basket of Indices.

The performance of the Preference Shares depends on the performance of the relevant underlying asset(s) or basis of reference to which the Preference Shares are linked (the "Preference Share Underlying"). The Preference Share Underlying is a basket comprising the FTSE 100 Index and the EuroStoxx 50 Index. Information on the Preference Share Underlying (including past and further performance and volatility) is published on Reuters page BNPP= GB00BQV0LY13

The Preference Share Value will be published on each Business Day on Reuters page BNPP= GB00BQV0LY13

The Issuer does not intend to provide post-issuance information.

5. Operational Information

Relevant Clearing System(s):

Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg

6. Terms and Conditions of the Public Offer

Applicable. METEOR ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED (the "Financial Intermediary") will manage a plan (the "Plan") which will be offered to the public in the Public Offer Jurisdiction in accordance with the arrangements listed below. The Financial Intermediary has selected the Certificates as the securities into which the Financial Intermediary will invest on behalf of investors in the Plan. The proceeds invested by investors in the Plan will be used by the Financial Intermediary to purchase the Certificates. It is understood that the performance of the Plan will be related to the performance of the Certificates throughout their term. Therefore, the amounts payable by the Financial Intermediary on the redemption of the Plan are linked to the amounts paid by the Issuer pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Certificates.

Offer Price:

Conditions to which the offer is subject:

A prospective investor in the Plan should contact the Financial Intermediary for details of the Offer Price.

If any commissions or fees discount relating to the issue and sale of the Certificates have been paid or are payable by the Manager to any intermediary then such intermediary may be obliged to fully disclose to its clients the existence, nature and amount of any such commissions or fees (including, if applicable, by way of discount) as required in accordance with laws and regulations applicable to such intermediary, including any legislation regulation and/or rule implementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (2004/39/EC) ("MiFID"), or as otherwise may apply in any non-EEA jurisdictions. Potential investors in these Certificates intending to purchase Certificates through an intermediary (including by way of introducing broker) should request details of any such commission or fee payment from such intermediary before making any purchase thereof.

Offers of the Plan in its current form by the Financial Intermediary are conditional on the issue of the Certificates by the Issuer and subject to the contractual arrangements in place between the Manager and Financial Intermediary.

The Issuer reserves the right to not issue the Certificates at any time on or prior to the Issue Date. As between the Manager and its customers (including the Financial Intermediary) offers of the Certificates are further subject to such conditions as may be agreed between them and/or as are specified in any arrangements in place between them. As between the Financial Intermediary and its customers, offers of a beneficial interest in the Certificates pursuant to the Plan are further subject to such conditions as may be agreed between them and/or as are specified in any arrangements in place between them. The Issuer will not be a party to any such arrangements with prospective investors (other than the Manager) in connection with the offer or sale of the Certificates or beneficial interests in

the Certificates through the Plan and accordingly the Base Prospectus and these Final Terms will not contain such information and an Investor must obtain such information from the Financial Intermediary.

Any offer of the Plan by the Financial Intermediary will be made in its own name and on its own behalf and not as an agent of the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Manager and only the Financial Intermediary will be liable for the offer in the Public Offer Jurisdiction. None of the Issuer, Guarantor or Manager accepts any liability for the offer or sale by the Financial Intermediary of an investment in the Plan to investors in the Public Offer Jurisdiction.

A prospective investor in the Plan should, prior to the end of the Offer Period (as defined above). contact the Financial Intermediary for details of the application process to purchase an interest in the Plan during the Offer Period. A prospective investor in the Plan will invest in accordance with the arrangements existing between the Financial Intermediary and its customers relating to a subscription of products generally. Prospective investors will not enter into any contractual arrangements directly with the Issuer, Guarantor or the Manager related to the subscription for the Certificates. If an investor in any jurisdiction other than the Public Offer Jurisdiction wishes to purchase Certificates or to make an investment in the Plan, such investor should (a) be aware that sales in the relevant jurisdiction may not be permitted; and (b) contact its financial advisor, bank or financial intermediary for more information.

These Final Terms may only be used in connection with and within the terms of this offer. The Final Terms do not authorise, and may not be used by the Financial Intermediary or any other party in connection with, the subsequent offer or sale of any Certificates outside the terms of the offer or the Offer Period.

With the exception of the Public Offer Jurisdiction no action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction by the Issuer, Guarantor or the

Description of the application process:

Manager that would permit a public offering of
the Certificates, or possession or distribution of
any offering material in connection with the issue
of the Certificates in any country or jurisdiction
where action for that purposes is required. The
Financial Intermediary must comply with all
applicable laws and regulations in the Public
Offer Jurisdiction in connection with the offer
and sale of Certificates at its own expense.
Details of the minimum and/or maximum amount
of application:
A prospective investor in the Plan should contact
the Financial Intermediary for details of any
minimum and/or maximum amount of the
individual applications for an interest in the Plan.
Description of possibility to reduce subscriptions
and manner for refunding excess amount paid by
applicants:
A prospective investor in the Plan should contact
Financial
Intermediary regarding
the
the
possibility of reducing their subscriptions during
the Offer Period and the manner for refunding
any excess amount paid.
Details of the method and time limits for paying
up and delivering the Securities:
A prospective investor in the Plan should contact
the Financial Intermediary for details of the
method and time limits for paying up and
delivering an interest in the Plan.
Manner in and date on which results of the offer
are to be made public:
The final amount of Certificates to be issued will
be determined based on market demand for an
investment in the Plan during the Offer Period
and will be published on the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange's website (www.bourse.lu) and at the
registered office of the Issuer and Guarantor on
or prior to the Issue Date.
Procedure for exercise of any right of pre-
emption, negotiability of subscription rights and
treatment of subscription rights not exercised:
A prospective investor in the Plan should contact
the Financial Intermediary for details of any right
of pre-emption, negotiability of subscription
rights and treatment of subscription rights not
exercised.
Process for notification to applicants of the
amount allotted and indication whether dealing
may begin before notification is made:
Prospective investors in the Plan will be notified
by the Financial Intermediary in accordance with
the arrangements in place between the Financial
Intermediary and its customers.
For the
avoidance of doubt no dealings in the Certificates
may take place prior to the Issue Date.
Amount of any expenses and taxes specifically Prospective investors in the Plan should contact

charged to the subscriber or purchaser:

the Financial Intermediary for details of any expenses and taxes that would be specifically charged in relation to any subscription of an interest in the Plan.

$7.$ Placing and Underwriting

Name(s) and address(es), to the extent known to
the Issuer, of the placers in the various countries
where the offer takes place:
METEOR ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
55
King
William
Street
London EC4R 9AD
Name and address of the co-ordinator(s) of the
global offer and of single parts of the offer:
Not applicable
Name and address of any paying agents and
depository agents in each country (in addition to
the Principal Security Agent):
Prospective investors in the Plan should contact
the Financial Intermediary for details of any
additional paying agents or depository agents
involved in the offer of the Plan.
Entities agreeing to underwrite the issue on a
firm commitment basis, and entities agreeing to
place the issue without a firm commitment or
under "best efforts" arrangements:
No underwriting commitment is undertaken by
the Manager or the Financial Intermediary.

When the underwriting agreement has been or Not applicable will be reached:

Issuer is only offering to and selling to the Manager pursuant to and in accordance with terms agreed with the Manager. All sales to persons other than the Manager will be made by the Manager or person to whom it sells and/or otherwise makes arrangements with including the Financial Intermediary. The Issuer shall not be liable for any offers, sales or purchases of Certificates or beneficial interests in the Certificates pursuant to the Plan to persons (other than in respect of offers and sales to and purchasers of Certificates by the Manager and only then pursuant to the terms agreed with the Manager), which are made by the Manager or the Financial Intermediary in accordance with the arrangements in place between any such Manager or the Financial Intermediary and its customers.

The Manager has acknowledged and agreed and the Financial Intermediary will be required by the Manager to acknowledge and agree that for the purpose of offer(s) of the Certificates, the Issuer will not allow the Certificates to be publicly offered in any other European Economic Area Member State; accordingly the Certificates may only be publicly offered in the Public Offer Jurisdiction or offered to qualified investors (as defined in the Prospectus Directive) in any other European Economic Area Member States and that all offers of Certificates by it will be made only in accordance with the selling restrictions set forth in the Base Prospectus and the provisions of these Final Terms and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

ISSUE SPECIFIC SUMMARY

Summaries are made up of disclosure requirements known as "Elements". These Elements are numbered in Sections $A - E(A, I - E, 7)$ . This Summary contains all the Elements required to be included in a summary for this type of Securities, Issuer and Guarantor. 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 Securities, Issuer and Guarantor(s), 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.

Element Title
A.1 Warning that the
summary should
be read as an
introduction and
provision as to
claims
٠
This summary should be read as an introduction to the Base
Prospectus and the applicable Final Terms. In this summary,
unless otherwise specified and except as used in the first
paragraph of Element D.3, "Base Prospectus" means the Base
Prospectus of BNPP B.V., BNPP, BP2F, BNPPF and BGL dated
5 June 2014 as supplemented from time to time. In the first
paragraph of Element D.3, "Base Prospectus" means the Base
Prospectus of BNPP B.V., BNPP, BP2F, BNPPF and BGL dated
5 June 2014.
٠
Any decision to invest in any Securities should be based on 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 Base
٠
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 or the Guarantor 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
Securities

Section A - Introduction and warnings

A.2 Consent as to use
the Base
Prospectus, period
of validity and
other conditions
attached
Consent: Subject to the conditions set out below, the Issuer consents to
the use of the Base Prospectus in connection with a Non-exempt Offer
Securities
by
the
of
Managers
METEOR
and
ASSET
MANAGEMENT LIMITED (each an "Authorised Offeror").
Offer period: The Issuer's consent referred to above is given for Non-
exempt Offers of Securities during the period from and including 15
September 2014 to and including 4 November 2014 (the "Offer
Period").
Conditions to consent: The conditions to the Issuer's consent are that
such consent (a) is only valid during the Offer Period and (b) only
extends to the use of the Base Prospectus to make Non-exempt Offers
of the relevant Tranche of Securities in the United Kingdom.
AN INVESTOR INTENDING TO PURCHASE OR PURCHASING
ANY SECURITIES IN A NON-EXEMPT OFFER FROM AN
AUTHORISED OFFEROR WILL DO SO, AND OFFERS AND SALES
OF SUCH SECURITIES TO AN INVESTOR BY SUCH AUTHORISED
OFFEROR WILL BE MADE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER IN PLACE BETWEEN SUCH
AUTHORISED OFFEROR AND SUCH INVESTOR INCLUDING
ARRANGEMENTS IN RELATION TO PRICE, ALLOCATIONS,
EXPENSES AND SETTLEMENT. THE RELEVANT INFORMATION
WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORISED OFFEROR AT THE
TIME OF SUCH OFFER.

Section B - Issuer and Guarantor

Element Title
B.1 Legal and
commercial
name of the
Issuer
BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. ("BNPP B.V." or the "Issuer").
B.2 Domicile/ legal
form/
legislation/
country of
incorporation
The Issuer was incorporated in the Netherlands as a private company with
limited liability under Dutch law having its registered office at Herengracht 537,
1017 BV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
B.4 b Trend
information
BNPP B.V. is dependent upon BNPP. BNPP B.V. is a wholly owned
subsidiary of BNPP specifically involved in the issuance of securities such as
Notes, Warrants or Certificates or other obligations which are developed, setup
and sold to investors by other companies in the BNPP Group (including BNPP).
Element Title
B.V. The securities are hedged by acquiring hedging instruments from BNP Paribas
and BNP Paribas entities as described in Element D.2 below. As a consequence,
the Trend Information described with respect to BNPP shall also apply to BNPP
B.5 Description of
the Group
operations for those subsidiary companies (together the "BNPP Group") BNPP B.V. is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas. BNP Paribas is the
ultimate holding company of a group of companies and manages financial
B.9 Profit forecast
or estimate
The Group's 2014-2016 business development plan confirms the universal bank
business model centred on its three pillars: Retail Banking, CIB and Investment
Solutions. The goal of the 2014-2016 business development plan is to support
clients in a changing environment. It targets a return on equity of at least 10% by
2016.
The Group has defined the five following strategic priorities for 2016:
enhance client focus and services
simple: simplify our organisation and how we operate
۰ efficient: continue improving operating efficiency
۰ adapt certain businesses to their economic and regulatory environment
٠ implement business development initiatives
B.10 Audit report
qualifications
financial information included in the Base Prospectus. Not applicable, there are no qualifications in any audit report on the historical
B.12 Selected historical key financial information:
Comparative Annual Financial Date - In EUR
31/12/2013 31/12/2012
Revenues 397,608 337,955
Net income, Group share 26,749 22,531
Total balance sheet 48,963,076,836 37, 142, 623, 335
Shareholders' equity (Group share) 416,163 389,414
Comparative Interim Financial Data - In EUR
30/06/2014 30/06/2013
Revenues 218,961 149,051
Net Income, Group share 14,804 9,831
Total Balance Sheet 53,421,815,849 39,988,616,135
Shareholders' Equity (Group share) 430,967 399,245
Element Title
Statements of no significant or material adverse change
There has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of the BNPP Group since
30 June 2014 (being the end of the last financial period for which interim financial statements have
been published). There has been no material adverse change in the prospects of BNPP or the BNPP
Group since 31 December 2013 (being the end of the last financial period for which audited
financial statements have been published).
"Paris, 30 June 2014
transactions by US authorities BNP Paribas announces a comprehensive settlement regarding the review of certain USD
BNP Paribas today announced a comprehensive settlement of the pending investigation relating to
US dollar transactions involving parties subject to US sanctions, including agreements with the
U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, the New
York County District Attorney's Office, the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System
(FED), the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), and the US Department of the
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
The settlement includes guilty pleas entered into by BNP Paribas SA in relation to violations of
certain US laws and regulations regarding economic sanctions against certain countries and
related recordkeeping. BNP Paribas also agrees to pay a total of USD 8.97 billion (Euros 6.6
billion). Beyond what has already been provisioned, this will result in an exceptional charge of
Euros 5.8 billion to be booked in the second quarter of 2014. BNP Paribas also accepts a
temporary suspension of one year starting 1st January 2015 of the USD direct clearing focused
mainly on the Oil & Gas Energy & Commodity Finance business line in certain locations.
banks. BNP Paribas has worked with the US authorities to resolve these issues and the resolution of these
matters was coordinated by its home regulator (Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution -
ACPR) with its lead regulators. BNP Paribas will maintain its licenses as part of the settlements,
and expects no impact on its operational or business capabilities to serve the vast majority of its
clients. During 2015, the activities of the perimeter concerned will clear US dollars through a third
party bank instead of clearing through BNP Paribas New York and all necessary measures are
being taken to ensure smooth transition and no material impact for the clients concerned. BNP
Paribas notes that part of the Group's USD clearing is already done today through third party
Based on its estimates, BNP Paribas expects its fully loaded Basel III CET1 ratio as at 30 June
2014 to be at around 10%, consistent with the Group's targets announced within its 2014-2016
business development plan. This estimate takes into account in particular solid underlying second
quarter net results and pro rata temporis the current intention of the bank to adapt its dividend for
2014 to a level equal to that of 2013 (1.50 euros per share).
In advance of the settlement, the bank designed new robust compliance and control procedures.
Many of these are already in force and are working effectively, and involve important changes to
the Group's procedures. Specifically:
a new department called Group Financial Security US, part of the Group Compliance

Ŷ.

Element Title
function, will be headquartered in New York and will ensure that BNP Paribas complies
globally with US regulation related to international sanctions and embargoes.
all USD flows for the entire BNP Paribas Group will be ultimately processed and controlled
$\bullet$
via the branch in New York.
As a result of BNP Paribas' internal review, a number of managers and employees from relevant
business areas have been sanctioned, a number of whom have left the Group.
BNP Paribas". Jean-Laurent Bonnafe, CEO of BNP Paribas, said: "We deeply regret the past misconduct that led
to this settlement. The failures that have come to light in the course of this investigation run
contrary to the principles on which BNP Paribas has always sought to operate. We have
announced today a comprehensive plan to strengthen our internal controls and processes, in
ongoing close coordination with the US authorities and our home regulator to ensure that we do
not fall below the high standards of responsible conduct we expect from everyone associated with
"Having this matter resolved is an important step forward for us. Apart from the impact of the fine,
BNP Paribas will once again post solid results this quarter and we want to thank our clients,
employees, shareholders and investors for their support throughout this difficult time".
"The Group remains focused on implementing its 2014-2016 business development plan. We
confirm our ambition to meet the targets of this plan announced in March this year. In particular,
North America remains a strategic market for the Group where we plan to further develop our
retail, investment solutions and corporate & investment banking franchise over the coming years".
"BNP Paribas is a client-centric bank and we will continue to work every single day to earn the
trust and respect of all our stakeholders in service of our clients and the economy"."
loss of business. Following the settlement, the Bank expects its banking licenses to be maintained where it operates
(although this settlement could provide the basis for a regulator to rescind a license), and has
received confirmations or assurances in this regard from its principal regulators. The Bank expects
that the settlement will have no impact on its operational or business capabilities to serve the vast
majority of its clients. There can be no assurance, however, that unanticipated collateral
consequences of the settlement will not adversely affect its business. Such unanticipated collateral
consequences include the possibility that clients, counter-parties and other persons or entities with
whom the Bank does business may choose to limit their future business with the Bank. It also
includes for some limited activities, in particular in the United States, the possibility that an
authority may refuse to grant the Bank a waiver needed to pursue a specific activity, or may
withdraw an authorization to conduct a specific activity. Similarly, the Bank cannot be certain that
the suspension of U.S. dollar clearing in respect of certain of its business lines will not lead to a
December 2013. There has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of BNPP B.V. since 30
June 2014 and there has been no material adverse change in the prospects of BNPP B.V. since 31
Element Title
B.13 Events
impacting the
Issuer's
solvency
To the best of the Issuer's knowledge, there have not been any recent events
which are to a material extent relevant to the evaluation of the Issuer's solvency
since 31 December 2013
B.14 Dependence
upon other
group entities
The Issuer is dependent upon BNPP and other members of the BNPP Group. See
also Element B.5 above.
BNPP B.V. is dependent upon BNPP. BNPP B.V. is a wholly owned subsidiary
of BNPP specifically involved in the issuance of securities such as Notes,
Warrants or Certificates or other obligations which are developed, setup and sold
to investors by other companies in the BNPP Group (including BNPP). The
securities are hedged by acquiring hedging instruments from BNP Paribas and
BNP Paribas entities as described in Element D.2 below.
B.15 Principal
activities
The principal activity of the Issuer is to issue and/or acquire financial
instruments of any nature and to enter into related agreements for the account of
various entities within the BNPP Group.
B.16 Controlling
shareholders
BNP Paribas holds 100 per cent. of the share capital of the Issuer.
B.17 Solicited credit
ratings
BNPP B.V.'s long term credit ratings are $A$ + with a negative outlook (Standard
& Poor's Credit Market Services France SAS) and BNPP B.V.'s short term credit
ratings are A-1 (Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services France SAS)
B.18 Description of
the Guarantee
The Securities will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by BNP
Paribas ("BNPP" or the "Guarantor") pursuant to an English law deed of
guarantee executed by the Guarantor on or around 5 June 2014 (the
"Guarantee")
B.19 Information
about the
Guarantor
B.19/ B.1 Legal and
commercial
name of the
Guarantor
BNP Paribas
B.19/B.2 Domicile/legal
form/
legislation/
country of
incorporation
The Guarantor 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.19/
B.4 b
Trend
information
Macro-economic environment
Market and macroeconomic conditions affect BNPP's results. The nature of
Element Title
BNPP's business makes it particularly sensitive to market and macroeconomic
conditions in Europe, which have been difficult and volatile in recent years.
In 2013, the global economy began to move towards equilibrium, with several
emerging countries slowing down and a slight recovery in the developed
countries. In 2013, global economic conditions remained generally stable as
compared to 2012. IMF and OECD economic forecasts for 2014 generally
indicate a renewal of moderate growth in developed economies albeit less strong
and uniform in the Euro-Zone. Their analysts consider that uncertainties remain
regarding the strength of the recovery, particularly in light of the U.S. Federal
Reserve's announcement in December 2013 that it would gradually reduce
("taper") its stimulus program, and in the Euro-zone, where a risk of deflation
exists.
Within the Euro-zone, sovereign credit spreads continued to decrease in 2013
following the decrease recorded in 2012 from the previous historically high
levels. The financial condition of certain sovereigns has markedly improved but
there remains uncertainty as to the solvency of some others.
Laws and Regulations Applicable to Financial Institutions
Laws and regulations applicable to financial institutions that have an impact on
BNPP have significantly evolved in the wake of the global financial crisis. The
measures that have been proposed and/or adopted in recent years include more
stringent capital and liquidity requirements (particularly for large global banking
groups such as the BNP Paribas Group), taxes on financial transactions,
restrictions and taxes on employee compensation, limits on the types of activities
that commercial banks can undertake and ring-fencing or even prohibition of
certain activities considered as speculative within separate subsidiaries,
restrictions on certain types of financial products, increased internal control and
reporting requirements, more stringent conduct of business rules, mandatory
clearing and reporting of derivative transactions, requirements to mitigate risks
in relation to over-the-counter derivative transactions and the creation of new
and strengthened regulatory bodies. The measures that were recently adopted, or
in some cases proposed and still under discussion, that have or are likely to
affect BNPP, include in particular the French Ordinance of 27 June 2013 relating
to credit institutions and financing companies ("Sociétés de financement"),
which came into force on 1 January 2014 and the French banking law of 26 July
2013 on the separation and regulation of banking activities and the Ordinance of
20 February 2014 for the adaptation of French law to EU law with respect to
financial matters; the EU Directive and Regulation on prudential requirements
"CRD IV" dated 26 June 2013 and many of whose provisions have been
applicable since 1 January 2014; the proposals of technical regulatory and
execution rules relating to the Directive and Regulation CRD IV published by
the EBA; the designation of BNPP as a systemically important financial
institution by the FSB; the public consultation for the reform of the structure of
the EU banking sector of 2013 and the European Commission's proposed
regulation on structural measures designed to improve the strength of EU credit

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Element Title
or BNPP in particular. institutions of 29 January 2014; the proposal for a regulation on indices used as
benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts; the European single
supervisory mechanism; the European proposal for a single resolution
mechanism and the proposal for a European Directive on bank recovery and
resolution; the final rule for the regulation of foreign banks imposing certain
liquidity, capital and other prudential requirements adopted by the U.S. Federal
Reserve; the proposal of the U.S. Federal Reserve relating to liquidity ratios of
large banks; and the "Volcker" Rule imposing certain restrictions on investments
in or sponsorship of hedge funds and private equity funds and proprietary
trading activities (of U.S. banks and to some extent non-U.S. banks) that was
recently adopted by the U.S. regulatory authorities. More generally, regulators
and legislators in any country may, at any time, implement new or different
measures that could have a significant impact on the financial system in general
B.19/B.5 Description of
the Group
the BNP Paribas Group (the "BNPP Group") BNPP is a European leading provider of banking and financial services and has
four domestic retail banking markets in Europe, namely in Belgium, France,
Italy and Luxembourg. It is present in 75 countries and has almost 185,000
employees, including over 141,000 in Europe. BNPP is the parent company of
B.19/B.9 Profit forecast
or estimate
2016. The Group's 2014-2016 business development plan confirms the universal bank
business model centred on its three pillars: Retail Banking, CIB and Investment
Solutions. The goal of the 2014-2016 business development plan is to support
clients in a changing environment. It targets a return on equity of at least 10% by
The Group has defined the five following strategic priorities for 2016:
enhance client focus and services
simple: simplify our organisation and how we operate
٠ efficient: continue improving operating efficiency
٠ adapt certain businesses to their economic and regulatory environment
۰ implement business development initiatives
B.19/
B.10
Audit report
qualifications
financial information included in the Base Prospectus. Not applicable, there are no qualifications in any audit report on the historical
B.19/
B.12
Selected historical key financial information:
Comparative Annual Financial Data - In millions of EUR
31/12/2013* 31/12/2012
Revenues 38,409 39,072
Cost of risk (3,801) (3.941)
Title
Net income, Group share 4,818 6,564
* Restated
31/12/2013 31/12/2012
Common equity Tier 1 ratio (Basel 3
fully loaded, CRD4)
10.3% 9.9%
Total consolidated balance sheet 1,810,535* 1,907,200
Consolidated loans and receivables
due from customers
612,455* 630,520
Consolidated items due to customers 553,497* 539,513
Shareholders' equity (Group share) 87,447* 85,444
* Restated following the application of accounting standards IFRS10, IFRS11 and IAS 32 revised
Comparative Interim Financial Data for the six-month period ended 30 June 2014 - In
millions of EUR
30/06/2014 30/06/2013*
Revenues 19,481 19,133
Cost of risk (1,939) (1, 871)
Net income, Group share (2,649) 3,350
* Restated
30/06/2014 31/12/2013
Common equity Tier 1 ratio
3 fully loaded,
(Basel
CRD4)
10.0% 10.3%
Total consolidated balance
sheet
1,906,625 1,810,522*
Consolidated
loans
and
receivables
due
from
customers
623,703 612,455*
Consolidated items due to
customers
572,863 553,497*
Shareholders' equity (Group
share)
84,600 87,433*
* Restated following the application of accounting standards IFRS10, IFRS11 and IAS32 revised
Element Title
published). See Element B.12 above in the case of the BNPP Group.
There has been no material adverse change in the prospects of BNPP since 31 December 2013
(being the end of the last financial period for which audited financial statements have been
B.19/ B.13 Events
impacting the
Guarantor's
solvency
To the best of the Guarantor's knowledge there have not been any recent events
which are to a material extent relevant to the evaluation of the Guarantor's
solvency since 30 June 2014,
B.19/ 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 I 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.19/ B.15 Principal
activities
BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three activities:
Retail Banking, which includes:
٠
a set of Domestic Markets, comprising:
French Retail Banking (FRB),
BNL banca commerciale (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;
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Investment Solutions:
٠
Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB).
۰
B.19/ B.16 Controlling
shareholders
None of the existing shareholders controls, either directly or indirectly, BNPP.
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 2013 and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg holding 1.0% of the share
capital as at 31 December 2013. To BNPP's knowledge, no shareholder other
than SFPI owns more than 5% of its capital or voting rights.
B.19/ 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), A1 with a negative outlook
(Moody's Investors Service Ltd.) and A+ with a stable outlook (Fitch France
S.A.S.) and BNPP's short-term credit ratings are A-1 (Standard & Poor's Credit
Market Services France SAS), P-1 (Moody's Investors Service Ltd.) and F1
(Fitch France S.A.S.)
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-Securities

Element Title
C.1 Type and
class of
Securities/
ISIN
The Securities are certificates ("Certificates") and are issued in Series. The Series
Number of the Securities is CE4271NE. The Tranche number is 1.
The ISIN is: XS1083619566
The Common Code is: 108361956
The Securities are cash settled Securities.
C.2 Currency The currency of this Series of Securities is Pounds Sterling (GBP)
C.5 Restrictions
on free
transferabili
ty
The Securities will be freely transferable, subject to the offering and selling
restrictions in the United States, the European Economic Area, Austria, Belgium,
the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
the Republic of Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, Japan and
Australia and under the Prospectus Directive and the laws of any jurisdiction in
which the relevant Securities are offered or sold.
C.8 Rights
attaching to
the
Securities
Securities issued under the Programme will have terms and conditions relating to,
among other matters:
Status
Element Title
The Certificates are issued on an unsecured basis. Securities issued on an unsecured
basis 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).
Taxation
The Holder must pay all taxes, duties and/or expenses arising from the exercise and
settlement or redemption of the W&C Securities and/or the delivery or transfer of
the Entitlement.
The Issuer shall deduct from amounts payable or assets
deliverable to Holders certain taxes and expenses not previously deducted from
amounts paid or assets delivered to Holders, as the Calculation Agent determines
are attributable to the W&C Securities.
Negative pledge
The terms of the Securities will not contain a negative pledge provision.
Events of Default
The terms of the Securities will not contain events of default.
Meetings
The terms of the Securities will contain provisions for calling meetings of holders
of such Securities 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.
Governing law
The W&C Securities, the English Law Agency Agreement (as amended or
supplemented from time to time), the Related Guarantee in respect of the W&C
Securities and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with
the W&C Securities, the English Law Agency Agreement (as amended or
supplemented from time to time) and the Guarantee in respect of the W&C
Securities will be governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English
law.
C.9 Interest/ Interest
Redemption The Securities do not bear or pay interest.
Redemption
Unless previously redeemed or cancelled, each Security will be redeemed as set out
in Element C.18.
The Certificates may also be redeemed early (i) on occurrence of an Additional
Element Title
Disruption Event, an Optional Additional Disruption Event, an Extraordinary
Event, a Potential Adjustment Event or (ii) if an Early Redemption Notice is given
in respect of the Preference Shares or (i) if performance of the Issuer's obligations
under the Securities becomes illegal, or becomes illegal or impractical by reason of
force majeure or act of state. The amount payable under the Securities on early
redemption will be, in the case of (i) the Early Redemption Amount (see item
C.18), in the case of (ii) the Early Redemption Certificate Amount (see item C.18)
or (iii) in the case of (i) the fair market value of each Security less hedge costs.
Representative of Holders
No representative of the Holders has been appointed by the Issuer.
Please also refer to item C.8 above for rights attaching to the Securities.
C.10 Derivative
component
in the
interest
Not applicable
payment
C.11 Admission
to Trading
Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Securities to be
admitted to trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
C.15 How the
value of the
investment
in the
derivative
securities is
affected by
the value of
the
underlying
assets
The amount payable on redemption is calculated by reference to the Underlying
Reference(s). See item C.9 above and C.18 below.
C.16 Maturity of
the
derivative
Securities
The Redemption Date of the Securities is 11 November 2020 or if later the second
business day immediately following the Preference Share Redemption Valuation
Date.
C.17 Settlement
Procedure
This Series of Securities is cash settled.
The Issuer does not have the option to vary settlement.
C.18 Return on
derivative
securities
See Element C.8 above for the rights attaching to the Securities.
Final Redemption
Unless previously redeemed or purchased and cancelled, each Security entitles its
Element Title
holder to receive from the Issuer on the Redemption Date a Cash Settlement
Amount equal to the Final Payout.
The "Final Payout" is an amount equal to:
Issue Price x Preference Share Value final
Preference Share Value inital
where:
"Preference Share Value final " means the Preference Share Value on the Final
Valuation Date; and
"Preference Share Value initial " means the Preference Share Value on the Initial
Valuation Date.
"Final Valuation Date" means the Preference Share Redemption Valuation Date.
"Initial Valuation Date" means the Issue Date or, if the date for valuation of or
any determination of the underlying asset or reference basis (or any part thereof) for
the Preference Shares falling on or about such day is to be delayed in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Preference Shares by reason of a disruption or
adjustment event, the Initial Valuation Date shall be such delayed valuation or
determination date(s), all as determined by the Calculation Agent.
"Preference Share" means the Series 267 Preference Shares issued by BNP
Paribas Synergy Limited (the "Preference Share Issuer").
"Preference Share Redemption Valuation Date" means 4 November 2020 or if
the date for valuation of or any determination of the underlying asset or reference
basis (or any part thereof) for the Preference Shares falling on or about such day is
to be delayed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Preference Shares
by reason of a disruption or adjustment event, the Preference Share Redemption
Valuation Date shall be such delayed valuation or determination date(s), all as
determined by the Calculation Agent.
"Preference Share Value" means, in respect of any day, the market value of a
Preference Share on such day, at a time prior to any redemption of such Preference
Share, as determined by the Calculation Agent in good faith and in a commercially
reasonable manner.
Early Redemption
"Early Redemption Amount" means, an amount in the Settlement Currency
calculated by the Calculation Agent on the same basis as the Cash Settlement
Amount except that the definition of Preference Share Value funal shall be the
Preference Share Value on the day falling two Business Days before the Early
Redemption Date.
"Early Redemption Certificate Amount" means, in respect of each Certificate, an
amount in the Settlement Currency calculated by the Calculation Agent equal to:
Element Title
Preference Share Value early
Issue Price x ·
Preference Share Value inital
where:
"Preference Share Value early " means the Preference Share Value on the Early
Preference Share Redemption Date.
"Early Redemption Date" means the date selected by the Issuer falling not more
than 10 business days immediately succeeding the date on which the illegality,
force majeure, Potential Adjustment Event, Additional Disruption Event, Optional
Additional Disruption Event or Extraordinary Event, as the case may be, occurs.
"Early Redemption Notice" means the notice of early redemption given in respect
of the Preference Shares.
"Early Preference Share Redemption Date" means a date upon which the
Preference Shares are redeemed prior to their planned maturity, as specified in the
relevant Early Redemption Notice.
The above provisions are subject to adjustment as provided in the conditions of the
Securities to take into account events in relation to the Underlying Reference or the
Securities. This may lead to adjustments being made to the Securities or in some
cases the Securities being terminated early at an early redemption amount (see item
$C.9$ ).
C.19 Final
reference
price of the
Underlying
The final reference price of the underlying will be determined in accordance with
the valuation mechanics set out in Element C.9 and C.18 above
C.20 Underlying The Underlying Reference specified in Element C.9 above. Information on the
Underlying Reference
obtained
can
be
from Reuters
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Section $D - R$ isks

Element Title
D.2 Key risks
regarding
the Issuer
and the
There are certain factors that may affect the Issuer's ability to fulfil its obligations
under the Securities issued under the Programme and the Guarantor's obligations
under the Guarantee.
Guarantor Twelve main categories of risk are inherent in BNPP's activities:
Credit Risk;
۰
Counterparty Risk;
Element Title
Securitisation;
$\bullet$
Market Risk;
٠
Operational Risk;
٠
Compliance and Reputation Risk;
۰
Concentration Risk;
۰
Asset-liability management Risk;
۰
Breakeven Risk;
٠
Strategy Risk;
Liquidity and refinancing Risk;
۰
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.
Element Title
An interruption in or a breach of BNPP's information systems may result in lost
business and other losses.
Unforeseen external 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 notably as referred to in the penultimate paragraph of
Element B.12 of this Summary.
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.
The following risk factors relate to BNPP B.V.: BNPP B.V. is an operating
company. BNPP B.V.'s sole business is the raising and borrowing of money by
issuing securities such as Notes, Warrants or Certificates or other obligations. BNPP
B.V. has, and will have, no assets other than hedging agreements (OTC contracts
mentioned in the Annual Reports), cash and fees payable to it, or other assets
acquired by it, in each case in connection with the issue of securities or entry into
other obligations related thereto from time to time. BNPP B.V. has a small equity
and limited profit base. The net proceeds from each issue of Securities issued by the
Issuer will become part of the general funds of BNPP B.V. BNPP B.V. uses such
proceeds to hedge its market risk by acquiring hedge instruments from BNP Paribas
and its BNP Paribas entities ("Hedging Agreements") and/or, in the case of Secured
Securities, to acquire Collateral Assets. The ability of BNPP B.V. to meet its
obligations under Securities issued by it will depend on the receipt by it of payments
under the relevant Hedging Agreements. Consequently, Holders of BNPP B.V.
Securities will, subject to the provisions of the relevant Guarantee, be exposed to the
ability of BNP Paribas and BNP Paribas entities to perform their obligations under
such Hedging Agreements. Securities sold in the United States or to U.S. Persons
may be subject to transfer restrictions.
D.3 Key risks
regarding
the
Securities
There are certain factors which are material for the purposes of assessing the market
risks associated with Securities issued under the Programme, including that
Securities are unsecured obligations; the trading price of the Securities is affected by
a number of factors including, but not limited to, the price of the relevant Underlying
Reference; time to redemption and volatility and such factors mean that the trading
price of the Securities may be below the Cash Settlement Amount; exposure to the
Underlying Reference in many cases will be achieved by the relevant Issuer entering
Element Title
into hedging arrangements and potential investors are exposed to the performance of
these hedging arrangements and events that may affect the hedging arrangements
and consequently the occurrence of any of these events may affect the value of the
Securities, the Securities may have a minimum trading amount and if, following the
transfer of any Securities, a Holder holds fewer Securities than the specified
minimum trading amount, such Holder will not be permitted to transfer their
remaining Securities prior to expiration or redemption, as applicable, without first
purchasing enough additional Securities in order to hold the minimum trading
amount; the occurrence of an additional disruption event or optional additional
disruption event may lead to an adjustment to the Securities, early redemption or
may result in the amount payable on scheduled redemption being different from the
amount expected to be paid at scheduled redemption and consequently the
occurrence of an additional disruption event and/or optional additional disruption
event may have an adverse effect on the value or liquidity of the Securities; expenses
and taxation may be payable in respect of the Securities; the Securities may be
redeemed in the case of illegality or impracticability and such cancellation or
redemption may result in an investor not realising a return on an investment in the
Securities; 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 after the date of the Base Prospectus could materially adversely impact
the value of any Securities affected by it; a reduction in the rating, if any, accorded to
outstanding debt securities of the Issuer or Guarantor by a credit rating agency could
result in a reduction in the trading value of the Securities, certain conflicts of interest
may arise (see Element E.4 below), the only means through which a Holder can
realise value from the Security prior to its Redemption Date is to sell it at its then
market price in an available secondary market and that there may be no secondary
market for the Securities (which could mean that an investor has to wait until
redemption of the Securities to realise a greater value than its trading value) an active
secondary market may never be established or may be illiquid and this may
adversely affect the value at which an investor may sell its Securities (investors may
suffer a partial or total loss of the amount of their investment).
In addition, there are specific risks in relation to Securities which are linked to an
Underlying Reference and an investment in such Securities will entail significant
risks not associated with an investment in a conventional debt security. Risk factors
in relation to Underlying Reference linked Securities include: exposure to a
preference share and preference share issuer; that investors risk losing all or a part of
their investment if the value of the preference shares does not move in the
anticipated direction; that the Preference Share Certificates may be early redeemed
in certain circumstances and that the Issuer will not provide post-issuance
information in relation to the Underlying Reference.
In certain circumstances Holders may lose the entire value of their investment.
D.6 Risk
warning
In the event of the insolvency of the Issuer or if it is otherwise unable or unwilling to
repay the Securities when repayment falls due, an investor may lose all or part of his
Element Title
investment in the Securities.
If the Guarantor is unable or unwilling to meet its obligations under the Guarantee
when due, an investor may lose all or part of his investment in the Securities.
In addition, investors may lose all or part of their investment in the Securities as a
result of the terms and conditions of the Securities.

Section E - Offer

Element Title
E.2b Reasons for the
offer and use of
proceeds
The net proceeds from the issue of the Securities 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
This issue of Securities is being offered in a Non-Exempt Offer in the United
Kingdom.
The issue price of the Securities is 100 per cent. of their nominal amount.
E.4 Interest of natural
and legal persons
involved in the
issue/offer
Other than as mentioned above, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person
involved in the issue of the Securities 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.