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BNP Paribas — Capital/Financing Update 2016
Nov 7, 2016
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Capital/Financing Update
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Final Terms dated 8 November 2016
BNP PARIBAS
(incorporated in France) (the Issuer)
Issue of USD [aggregate nominal amount available after the Offer Period] Floating Rate Notes due November 2019 Series 17957
under the €90,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the Programme)
Any person making or intending to make an offer of the Notes may only do so:
- $(a)$ in those Non-exempt Offer Jurisdictions mentioned in Paragraph 70 of Part A below, provided such person is a Dealer or Authorised Offeror (as such term is defined in the Base Prospectus) and that the offer is made during the Offer Period specified in that paragraph and that any conditions relevant to the use of the Base Prospectus are complied with; or
- $(b)$ otherwise in circumstances in which no obligation arises for the Issuer or any Dealer 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.
Neither the Issuer nor any Dealer has authorised, nor do they authorise, the making of any offer of Notes 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 (the "Conditions") set forth under the section entitled "Terms and Conditions of the English Law Notes" in the Base Prospectus dated 13 June 2016 which received visa n° 16-242 from the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") on 13 June 2016 and the Supplements to the Base Prospectus dated 1 August 2016 and 3 November 2016 which together constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of the Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive") (the "Base Prospectus"). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes 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 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. The Base Prospectus, these Final Terms and the Supplements to the Base Prospectus (in each case, together with any documents incorporated therein by reference) are available for viewing at, and copies may be obtained from, BNP Paribas Securities Services, Luxembourg Branch (in its capacity as Principal Paying Agent), 60, avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg and (save in respect of the Final Terms) on the Issuer's website (www.invest.bnpparibas.com). The Base Prospectus and the Supplements to the Base Prospectus will also be available on the AMF website (www.amf-france.org). A copy of these Final Terms, the Base Prospectus and the Supplements to the Base Prospectus will be sent free of charge by the Issuer to any investor requesting such documents. 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.
| 1. | Issuer: | BNP Paribas | ||
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| 2. | (i) | Series Number: | 17957 | |
| (ii) | Tranche Number: | 1 | ||
| 3. | Specified Currency: | United States Dollar (USD") | ||
| 4. | Aggregate Nominal Amount: | |||
| (i) | Series: | USD [aggregate nominal amount will be available after the Offer Period] |
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| (ii) | Tranche: | USD [aggregate nominal amount will be available after the Offer Period] |
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| 5. | Issue Price of Tranche: | 100 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount | ||
| 6. | Minimum Trading Size: | USD 10,000 | ||
| 7. | (i) | Specified Denomination: | USD 1,000 | |
| (ii) | Calculation Amount: | USD 1,000 | ||
| 8. | Issue Date and Interest Commencement Date: |
23 November 2016 | ||
| 9. | Maturity Date: | 23 November 2019 or if that is not a Business Day the immediately succeeding Business Day unless it would thereby fall into the next calendar month, in which event it will be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day. |
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| 10. | Form of Notes: | Bearer | ||
| 11. | Interest Basis: | 3 month USD LIBOR Floating Rate | ||
| (further particulars specified below) | ||||
| 12. | Coupon Switch: | Not applicable | ||
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| 13. | Redemption/Payment Basis: | Redemption at par | ||
| 14. | Change of Interest Basis or Redemption/Payment Basis: |
Not applicable | ||
| 15. | Put/Call Options: | Not applicable | ||
| 16. | Exchange Rate: | Not applicable | ||
| 17. | Status of the Notes: | Senior | ||
| 18. | Knock-in Event: | Not applicable | ||
| 19. | Knock-out Event: | Not applicable | ||
| 20. | Method of distribution: | Non-syndicated | ||
| 21. | Hybrid Securities: | Not applicable | ||
| 22. | Interest: | Applicable | ||
| (i) | Interest Period(s): | As per Conditions | ||
| (ii) | Interest Period End Date(s): | 23 February, 23 May, 23 August and 23 November in each year from and including 23 February 2017 to and including 23 November 2019 |
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| (iii) | Business Day Convention for Interest Period End $Date(s)$ : |
Not applicable | ||
| (iv) | Interest Payment Date(s): | 23 February, 23 May, 23 August and 23 November in each year from and including 23 February 2017 to and including the Maturity Date |
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| (v) | Business Day Convention for Interest Payment $Date(s)$ : |
Modified Following | ||
| (vi) | Party responsible for calculating the Rate(s) of Interest and Interest Amount(s) (if not the Calculation Agent): |
As per item 66 below | ||
| (vii) | Margin(s): | Not applicable | ||
| (viii) | Minimum Interest Rate: | +1.35 per cent. per annum | ||
| (ix) | Maximum Interest Rate: | +3.50 per cent. per annum | ||
| (x) | Day Count Fraction: | 30/360, unadjusted | ||
| (xi) | Determination Dates: | Not applicable | ||
| (xii) | Accrual to Redemption: | Applicable | ||
| (xiii) | Rate of Interest: | Floating Rate | ||
| (xiv) | Coupon Rate: | Not applicable | ||
| 23. | Fixed Rate Provisions: | Not applicable | ||
| 24. | Floating Rate Provisions: | Applicable | ||
| (i) | Manner in which the Rate of Interest and Interest Amount is to be determined: |
Screen Rate Determination | ||
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| (ii) Linear Interpolation: |
Not applicable | ||||
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| 25. | Screen Rate Determination: | Applicable | |||
| Reference Rate: | 3 month USD LIBOR | ||||
| Interest $Date(s)$ : |
Determination | Second London business day prior to the start of each Interest Period |
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| Specified Time: | 11:00 am, London time | ||||
| Relevant Screen Page: | Reuters page "LIBOR01" | ||||
| 26. | ISDA Determination: | Not applicable | |||
| 27. | FBF Determination: | Not applicable | |||
| 28. | Zero Coupon Provisions: | Not applicable | |||
| 29. | Index Linked Interest Provisions: | Not applicable | |||
| 30. | Share Linked Interest Provisions: | Not applicable | |||
| 31. | Inflation Linked Interest Provisions: | Not applicable | |||
| 32. | Provisions: | Commodity Linked Interest | Not applicable | ||
| 33. | Fund Linked Interest Provisions: | Not applicable | |||
| 34. | ETI Linked Interest Provisions: | Not applicable | |||
| 35. | Foreign Exchange (FX) Rate Linked Interest Provisions: |
Not applicable | |||
| 36. | Underlying Interest Rate Linked Interest Provisions: |
Not applicable | |||
| 37. | Additional Business Centre(s) (Condition 3(e) of the Terms and Conditions of the English Law Notes or Condition 3(e) of the Terms and Conditions of the French Law Notes, as the case may be): |
London in addition to New York | |||
| 38. | Final Redemption: | Calculation Amount x 100 per cent. | |||
| 39. | Final Payout: | Not applicable | |||
| 40. | Automatic Early Redemption: | Not applicable | |||
| 41. | Issuer Call Option: | Not applicable | |||
| 42. | Noteholder Put Option: | Not applicable | |||
| 43. | Aggregation: | Not applicable | |||
| 44. | Index Linked Redemption Amount: | Not applicable | |||
| 45. | Share Linked Redemption Amount: | Not applicable | |||
| 46. | Amount: | Inflation Linked Redemption | Not applicable | ||
| 47. | Amount: | Commodity Linked Redemption | Not applicable |
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| 48. | Fund Linked Redemption Amount: | Not applicable | ||
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| 49. | Credit Linked Notes: | Not applicable | ||
| 50. | ETI Linked Redemption Amount: | Not applicable | ||
| 51. | Foreign Exchange (FX) Rate Linked Redemption Amount: |
Not applicable | ||
| 52. | Underlying Interest Rate Linked Redemption Amount: |
Not applicable | ||
| 53. | Early Redemption Amount: | |||
| Early Redemption Amount(s): | Market Value less Costs | |||
| 54. | Delivery: | Provisions applicable to Physical | Not applicable | |
| 55. | 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. |
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| (ii) | Variation of Settlement of Physical Delivery Notes: |
Not applicable | ||
| 56. | CNY Payment Disruption Event: | Not applicable | ||
| GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES | ||||
| 57. | Form of Notes: | Bearer Notes: | ||
| New Global Note: | No | |||
| Temporary Bearer Global Note exchangeable for a Permanent Bearer Global Note which is exchangeable for definitive Bearer Notes only upon an Exchange Event. |
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| 58. | Financial Centre(s) or other special provisions relating to Payment Days for the purposes of Condition 4(a): |
London in addition to New York | ||
| 59. | Identification information of Holders: | Not applicable | ||
| 60. | Talons for future Coupons or Receipts to be attached to definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature): |
No | ||
| 61. | Details relating to Partly Paid Notes: and interest due on late payment: |
Not applicable | ||
| 62. | in instalments: | Details relating to Notes redeemable | Not applicable | |
| 63. | Redenomination, renominalisation and reconventioning provisions: |
Not applicable | ||
| 64. | Notes): | Masse (Condition 12 of the Terms and Conditions of the French Law |
Not applicable | |
| 65. | Governing law: | English law | ||
| 66. Calculation Agent: |
BNP Paribas UK Limited |
DISTRIBUTION
| 67. | (i) | If syndicated, names of Managers (specifying Lead Manager): |
Not applicable |
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| (ii) Date of Subscription Agreement: | Not applicable | ||
| (iii) Stablisation Manager (if any): | Not applicable | ||
| (iv) If non-syndicated, name of relevant Dealer: |
BNP Paribas UK Limited | ||
| 68. | Total commission and concession: | Up to a maximum of 0.50% per annum per nominal amount of the Notes depending on the final nominal amount of the offer. |
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| 69. | U.S. Selling Restrictions: | Reg. S Compliance Category 2; TEFRA D | |
| 70. | Non exempt Offer: | Applicable | |
| Non-exempt Offer Jurisdictions: |
An offer of the Notes may be made by the Dealer (the "Initial Authorised Offeror") and any additional financial intermediaries who have or obtained the Issuer's consent to use the Base Prospectus in connection with the Non-exempt Offer and who are identified the Issuer's on website at (https://ratesglobalmarkets. bnpparibas.com/gm/Public/LegalDocs.aspx) as an Authorised Offeror together with any financial intermediaries granted General Consent, being persons to whom the issuer has given consent, (the "Authorised Offerors") other than pursuant to Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive in Luxembourg (the "Public Offer Jurisdiction") during the Offer Period. See further Paragraph 7 of PART B below. |
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| Offer Period: | Frorm (and including) 8 November 2016 to (and including) 21 November 2016 (or such other date as the Issuer determines as notified on or around such date). |
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| Financial intermediaries | BGL WM Luxembourg | ||
| granted specific consent to use the Base |
50 avenue J.F. Kennedy | ||
| Prospectus in accordance with the Conditions in it: |
L-2951 Luxembourg | ||
| General Consent: | Applicable | ||
| Other Authorised Offeror Terms: |
Not applicable | ||
| 71. | United States Tax Considerations | 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: MACOLO
PART B - OTHER INFORMATION
Listing and Admission to trading $\mathbf{1}$ .
- $(i)$ Listing and admission to None trading:
- $(ii)$ Estimate of total expenses Not applicable related to admission to trading:
Ratings $2.$
Ratings:
The Notes to be issued have not been rated.
$3.$ Interests of Natural and Legal Persons Involved in the Offer
Save for any fees payable to the Dealers, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.
Reasons for the Offer, Estimated Net Proceeds and Total Expenses
| (i) | Reasons for the offer: | See "Use of Proceeds" wording in Base Prospectus |
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- $(ii)$ Estimated net proceeds: 100% of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
- $(iii)$ Estimated total expenses: Not applicable
$\overline{4}$ . Floating Rate Notes only - Historic Interest Rates
Details of historic LIBOR rates can be obtained from Reuters.
OPERATIONAL INFORMATION 5.
- ISIN: XS1509140270 $(i)$
- $(ii)$ Common Code: 150914027
- $(iii)$ Any clearing system(s) other Not applicable than Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg approved by the Issuer and the Principal Paying Agent and the relevant identification number(s):
- $(iv)$ Delivery:
- Additional Paying Agent(s) $(v)$ $(if any):$
- Intended to be held in a $(vi)$ manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility:
Delivery against payment
Not applicable
No. Whilst the designation is specified as "no" at the date of these Final Terms, should the Eurosystem eligibility criteria be amended in the future such that the Notes are capable of meeting them the Notes may then be deposited with one of the ICSDs as common safe-keeper. Note that this does not necessarily mean that the Notes will then be recognised as eligible collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy and intra day credit operations by the Eurosystem at any time during their life. Such recognition will depend upon the ECB being satisfied that Eurosystem eligibility criteria have been met.
$(vii)$ Name and address of Registration Agent:
Not applicable
| Offer Price: | 100% of the Aggregate Nominal Amount | |
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| Conditions to which the offer is subject: |
Offers of the Notes are conditional on their issue and on any additional conditions set out in the standard terms of business of the Authorised Offerors, notified to investors by such relevant Authorised Offerors. |
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| The Issuer reserves the right to withdraw the offer and cancel the issuance of the Notes for any reason, in accordance with the Authorised Offerors at any time on or prior to the Issue Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if any application has been made by a potential investor and the Issuer exercises such a right, each such potential investor shall not be entitled to subscribe or otherwise acquire the Notes. |
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| Description of the application process: |
Application to subscribe for the Notes can be made in Luxembourg at the offices of the relevant Authorised Offeror. The distribution of the Notes will be carried out in accordance with Authorised Offeror's usual procedures notified to investors by such Authorised Offeror. |
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| Prospective investors will not be required to enter into any contractual arrangements directly with the Issuer in relation to the subscription for the Notes. |
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| Details of the minimum and/or | The minimum amount of application per investor is: | |
| maximum amount of application: | USD 10,000 | |
| Description of possibility to reduce subscriptions and manner for refunding excess amount paid by applicants: |
Not applicable | |
| Details of the method and time limits for paying up and delivering the Notes: |
The Notes will be issued on the Issue Date against payment to the Issuer of the net subscription moneys. Investors will be notified by the relevant Authorised Offerors of their allocations of Notes and the settlement arrangements in respect thereof. |
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| Manner and date in which results of the offers are to be made public: |
The results of the offer of the Notes will be published as soon as possible via Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg. |
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| Procedure for exercise of any right of pre-emption, negotiability of subscription rights and treatment of subscription rights not exercised: |
Not applicable | |
| Process for notification to applicants of the amount allotted and the indication whether dealing may begin before notification is made: |
The Noteholders will be directly notified of the number of Notes which has been allotted to them as soon as possible after the Issue Date (See also above the manner and date in which results of the offer are to be made public). |
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| Amount of any expenses and taxes specifically charged to the subscriber or purchaser: |
As per Luxembourg Taxation. |
6. Public Offers
Name and address of the entities None which have a firm commitment to act as intermediaries in secondary trading, providing liquidity through bid and offer rates and a description of the main terms of their commitment:
$\overline{7}$ . Placing and Underwriting
Name and address of the co-ordinator(s) of the global offer and of single parts of the offer and to the extent known to the Issuer, of the placers in the various countries where the offer takes place:
Name and address of any paying agents and depository agents in each country (in addition to the Principal Paying Agent):
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:
When the underwriting agreement has been or will be reached:
The Authorised Offerors identified in Paragraph 70 of Part A above and identifiable in the Base Prospectus
Not applicable
No underwriting commitment is undertaken by the Authorised Offerors.
Not applicable
ANNEX
Summary of the Notes
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ISSUE SPECIFIC 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 | |
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| A.1 | Warning that the summary should be read as an introduction and provision as to claims |
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 dated 13 June 2016 as supplemented from time to time. In the first paragraph of Element D.3, "Base Prospectus" means the Base Prospectus of BNPP dated 13 June 2016. |
| Any decision to invest in any Notes should be based on a consideration of the Base Prospectus as a whole, including any documents incorporated by reference and the applicable Final Terms. |
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| Where a claim relating to information contained in the 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 of Notes by the Dealers, BGL WM Luxembourg, 50 avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-2951 Luxembourg, and each financial intermediary whose is published on the Issuer's (https://rates- name website globalmarkets.bnpparibas.com/gm/Public/LegalDocs.aspx) and |
| identified as an Authorised Offeror in respect of the relevant Non- exempt Offer and any financial intermediary which is authorised to make such offers under applicable legislation implementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Directive 2004/39/EC) and publishes on its website the following statement (with the information in square brackets being duly completed with the relevant information): |
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| "We, [insert legal name of financial intermediary], refer to the offer of USD [aggregate nominal amount available after the Offer Period] Floating Rate Notes due November 2019, ISIN XS1509140270, Series 17957 (the "Notes") described in the Final Terms dated 8 November 2016 (the "Final Terms") published by BNP Paribas (the "Issuer"). In consideration of the Issuer offering to grant its consent to our use of the Base Prospectus (as defined in the Final Terms) in connection with the offer of the Notes in Luxembourg during the Offer Period and subject to the other conditions to such consent, each as specified in the Base Prospectus we hereby accept the offer by the Issuer in accordance with the Authorised Offeror Terms (as specified in the Base Prospectus), and confirm that we are using the Base Prospectus accordingly." |
| Offer period: The Issuer's consent referred to above is given for Non- exempt Offers of Notes during the period from and including 8 November 2016 to and including 21 November 2016 (the "Offer Period"). |
| Conditions to consent: The conditions to the Issuer's consent (in addition to the conditions referred to above) 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 Notes in Luxembourg. |
| AN INVESTOR INTENDING TO PURCHASE OR PURCHASING ANY NOTES IN A NON-EXEMPT OFFER FROM AN AUTHORISED OFFEROR WILL DO SO, AND OFFERS AND SALES OF SUCH NOTES 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 OFFFR. |
Section B - Issuer
| Element Title |
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| 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. |
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| B.4b | Trend | Macroeconomic environment. | ||
| information | Macroeconomic and market conditions affect the Bank's results. The nature of the Bank's business makes it particularly sensitive to macroeconomic and market conditions in Europe, which have been at times challenging and volatile in recent years. |
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| In 2015, the global economic economic activity remained sluggish. Activity slowed down in emerging countries, while a modest recovery continued in developed countries. The global outlook is still impacted by three major transitions: the dimished economic growth in China, the fall in prices of energy and other commodities, and an initial tightening of US monetary policy in a context of resilient internal recovery, while the central banks of several major developed countries are continuing to ease their monetary policies. For 2016, the IMF is forecasting the progressive recovery of global economic activity 1 but with low growth prospects on the medium term in developed and emerging countries. |
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| In that context, two risks can be identified: | ||||
| Financial instability due to the vulnerability of emerging countries | ||||
| While the exposure of the BNP Paribas Group in emerging countries is limited, the vulnerability of these economies may generate disruptions in the global financial system that could affect the BNP Paribas Group and potentially alter its results. |
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| In numerous emerging economies, an increase in foreign currency commitments was observed in 2015, while the levels of indebtedness (both in foreign and local currencies) are already high. Moreover, the prospects of a progressive hike in key rates in the United States (first rate increase decided by the Federal Reserve in December 2015), as well as heightened financial volatility linked to the concerns regarding growth in emerging countries, have contributed to the stiffening of external financial conditions, capital outflows, further currency depreciations in numerous emerging countries and an increase in risks for banks. This could lead to the downgrading of sovereign ratings. |
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| Given the possible standardisation of risk premiums, there is a risk of global market disruptions (rise in risk premiums, erosion of confidence, decline in growth, postponement or slowdown in the harmonisation of monetary policies, drop in market liquidity, problem with the valuation of assets, shrinking of the credit offering, and chaotic de-leveraging) that would affect all banking institutions. |
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See: IMF - October 2015 Financial Stability Report, Advanced Countries and January 2016 update
| Systemic risks related to economic conditions and market liquidity | |
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| The continuation of a situation with exceptionally low interest rates could promote excessive risk-taking by certain financial players: increase in the maturity of loans and assets held, less stringent loan granting policies, increase in leverage financing. |
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| Some players (insurance companies, pension funds, asset managers, etc.) entail an increasingly systemic dimension and in the event of market turbulence (linked for instance to a sudden rise in interest rates and/or a sharp price correction) they may decide to unwind large positions in an environment of relatively weak market liquidity. |
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| Such liquidity pressure could be exacerbated by the recent increase in the volume of assets under management placed with structures investing in illiquid assets. |
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| Laws and regulations applicable to financial institutions. | |
| Recent and future changes in the laws and regulations applicable to financial institutions may have a significant impact on the Bank. Measures that were recently adopted or which are (or whose application measures are) still in draft format, that have or are likely to have an impact on the Bank notably include: |
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| the structural reforms comprising the French banking law of 26 July 2013 requiring that banks create subsidiaries for or segregate "speculative" proprietary operations from their traditional retail banking activities, the "Volcker rule" in the US which restricts proprietary transactions, sponsorship and investment in private equity funds and hedge funds by US and foreign banks, and expected potential changes in Europe; |
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| regulations governing capital: CRD IV/CRR the international standard for total loss-absorbing capacity ("TLAC") and the Bank's designation as a financial institution that is of systemic importance by the Financial Stability Board; |
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| the European Single Supervisory Mechanism and the ordinance of 6 November 2014; |
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| the Directive of 16 April 2014 related to deposit guarantee schemes and its delegation and implementing decrees, the Directive of 15 May 2014 establishing a Bank Recovery and Resolution framework, the Single Resolution Mechanism establishing the Single Resolution Council and the Single Resolution Fund; |
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| the U Final Rule by the US Federal Reserve imposing tighter prudential rules on the US transactions of large foreign banks, notably the obligation to create a separate intermediary holding company in the US (capitalised and subject to regulation) to house their US subsidiaries; |
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| the new rules for the regulation of over-the-counter derivative activities pursuant to Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, notably margin requirements for uncleared derivative products and the derivatives of securities traded by swap dealers, major swap participants, security-based swap dealers and major security- based swap participants, and the rules of the US Securities and Exchange Commission which require the registration of banks and major swap participants active on derivatives |
| transactions; | markets and transparency and reporting on derivative | ||||||
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| the new MiFID and MiFIR, and European regulations governing the clearing of certain over-the-counter derivative products by centralised counterparties and the disclosure of securities financing transactions to centralised bodies. |
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| Cyber risk | |||||||
| In recent years, financial institutions have been impacted by a number of cyber incidents, notably involving large-scale alterations of data which compromise the quality of financial information. This risk remains today and the Bank, like other banks, has taken measures to implement systems to deal with cyber attacks that could destroy or damage data and critical systems and hamper the smooth running of its operations. Moreover, the regulatory and supervisory authorities are taking initiatives to promote the exchange of information on cyber security and cyber criminality in order to improve the security of technological infrastructures and establish effective recovery plans after a cyber incident. |
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| B.5 | Description of the 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 more than 189,000 employees, including close to 147,000 in Europe. BNPP is the parent company of the BNP Paribas Group (together the "BNPP Group"). |
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| B.9 | Profit forecast or estimate |
Not applicable, as there are no profit forecasts or estimates made in respect of the Bank in the Base Prospectus to which this Summary relates. |
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| B.10 | Audit report qualifications |
Not applicable, there are no qualifications in any audit report on the historical financial information included in the Base Prospectus. |
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| B.12 | Selected historical key financial information: | ||||||
| Comparative Annual Financial Data - In millions of EUR | |||||||
| 31/12/2015 | 31/12/2014* | ||||||
| (audited) | (audited) | ||||||
| Revenues | 42,938 | 39,168 | |||||
| Cost of risk | (3,797) | (3,705) | |||||
| Net income, Group share | 6,694 | 157 | |||||
| 31/12/2015 | 31/12/2014* | ||||||
| Common equity Tier 1 Ratio (Basel 3 fully loaded, CRD 4) |
10.9% | 10.3% | |||||
| 31/12/2015 | 31/12/2014* | ||||||
| (audited) | (audited) | ||||||
| Total consolidated balance sheet | 1,994,193 | 2,077,758 | |||||
| Consolidated Ioans and receivables due from customers |
682,497 | 657,403 | |||||
| Consolidated items due to customers |
700,309 | 641,549 |
| Shareholders' equity (Group share) |
96,269 | 89,458 | |||
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| * Restated according to the IFRIC 21 interpretation. | |||||
| Comparative Interim Financial Data for the six-month period ended 30 June 2016 - In millions of EUR |
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| 1H16 | 1H15 | ||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||||
| Revenues | 22,166 | 22,144 | |||
| Cost of Risk | (1, 548) | (1, 947) | |||
| Net income, Group share | 4,374 | 4,203 | |||
| 30/06/2016 | 31/12/2015 | ||||
| Common equity Tier 1 ratio (Basel 3 fully loaded, CRD4) |
11.1% | 10.9% | |||
| 30/06/2016 | 31/12/2015 | ||||
| (unaudited) | (audited) | ||||
| Total consolidated balance sheet | 2,171,989 | 1,994,193 | |||
| Consolidated loans and receivables due from customers |
693,304 | 682,497 | |||
| Consolidated items due to customers |
725,596 | 700,309 | |||
| Shareholders' equity (Group share) |
97,509 | 96,269 | |||
| Comparative Interim Financial Data for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2016 - In millions of EUR |
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| 9M16 (unaudited) |
9M15 (unaudited) |
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| Revenues | 32,755 | 32,489 | |||
| Cost of Risk | (2, 312) | (2,829) | |||
| Net income, Group share | 6,260 | 6,029 | |||
| 31/12/2015 | |||||
| 30/09/2016 | |||||
| Common equity Tier 1 ratio (Basel 3 fully loaded, CRD4) |
11.4% | 10.9% | |||
| 30/09/2016 | 31/12/2015 | ||||
| Total consolidated balance sheet | (unaudited) 2,173,877 |
(audited) | |||
| Consolidated loans and receivables due from customers |
690,082 | 1,994,193 682,497 |
| Shareholders' share) |
equity | (Group | 98,711 | 96,269 | |||
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| 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 2016 (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 2015 (being the end of the last financial period for which audited financial statements have been published). |
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| B.13 | Events impacting the Issuer's solvency |
Not applicable, as at 3 November 2016 and 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 30 June 2016. |
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| B.14 Dependence Subject to the following paragraph, BNPP is not dependent upon other upon other members of the BNPP Group. |
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| group entities | In April 2004, BNP Paribas SA 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 BNP Paribas SA and several BNP Paribas subsidiaries in France (including BNP Paribas Personal Finance, BP2S, and BNP Paribas Cardif), Switzerland, and Italy. In mid-December 2011 BNP Paribas 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. |
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| BP 2 I is under the operational control of IBM France. BNP Paribas has a strong influence over this entity, which is 50/50 owned with IBM France. The BNP Paribas staff made available to BP 2 I make up half of that entity's permanent staff, its buildings and processing centres are the property of the Group, and the governance in place provides BNP Paribas with the contractual right to monitor the entity and bring it back into the Group if necessary. |
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| Management for BNP Paribas Luxembourg. | ISFS, a fully-owned IBM subsidiary, handles IT Infrastructure | ||||||
| BancWest's data processing operations are outsourced to Fidelity Services. Cofinoga France's Information data processing outsourced to SDDC, a fully-owned IBM subsidiary. |
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| See also Element B.5 above. | |||||||
| B.15 | Principal activities |
BNP Paribas holds key positions in its two main businesses: | |||||
| Retail Banking and Services, which includes: | |||||||
| Domestic Markets, comprising: | |||||||
| French Retail Banking (FRB), | |||||||
| retail banking, | BNL banca commerciale (BNL bc), Italian | ||||||
| Belgian Retail Banking (BRB), | |||||||
| Luxembourg Retail Banking (LRB); | Other Domestic Markets activities, including |
| International Financial Services, comprising: | ||
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| Europe-Mediterranean, | ||
| BancWest: | ||
| Personal Finance; | ||
| Insurance | ||
| Wealth and Asset Management | ||
| Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB), which includes: | ||
| Corporate Banking, | ||
| Global Markets, | ||
| Securities Services. | ||
| B.16 | Controlling Shareholders |
None of the existing shareholders controls, either directly or indirectly, BNPP. As at 31 December 2015, 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 10.2% of the share capital, BlackRock Inc. holding 5.1% of the share capital and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg holding 1.0% of the share capital. To BNPP's knowledge, no shareholder other than SFPI and BlackRock Inc. 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 stable outlook (Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services France SAS), A1 with a stable outlook (Moody's Investors Service Ltd.), A+ with a stable outlook (Fitch France S.A.S.) and AA (low) with a stable outlook (DBRS Limited) 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.), F1 (Fitch France S.A.S.) and R-1 (middle) (DBRS Limited). The Notes have not been rated. 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. |
Section C - Notes
| Element | Title | |
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| C.1 | Type and class of Notes/ISIN |
The Notes are issued in Series. The Series Number of the Notes is 17957. The Tranche number is 1. The ISIN is: XS1509140270. |
| The Common Code is: 150914027. | ||
| The Notes are cash settled Notes. | ||
| C.2 | Currency | The currency of this Series of Notes is United States Dollars ("USD"). |
| C.5 | Restrictions on free transferability |
The Notes will be freely transferable, subject to the offering and selling restrictions in Subscription and Sale 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: |
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| Status and Subordination (Ranking) | ||
| 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). |
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| Negative pledge | ||
| The terms of the Notes will not contain a negative pledge provision. | ||
| Events of Default | ||
| The terms of the Senior Notes will 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. |
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| Meetings | ||
| The terms of the Notes will contain provisions for calling meetings of holders of such Notes to consider matters affecting their interests These provisions permit defined majorities to bind all generally. holders, including holders who did not attend and vote at the relevant meeting and holders who voted in a manner contrary to the majority. |
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| 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 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. |
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| 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 and Condition 6 of the Terms and Conditions of the French Law Notes, as the case may be, (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 and Condition 6 of the Terms and Conditions of the French Law Notes, as the case may be) any law implementing an intergovernmental approach thereto, and (iii) any withholding or deduction required pursuant to Section 871(m) of the Code. |
| Governing law | ||
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| This Series of Notes is governed by English law. | ||
| C.9 | Interest/Redemp tion |
Interest |
| The Notes bear interest from their date of issue at floating rates calculated by reference to 3 month USD LIBOR. Interest will be paid quarterly in arrear on 23 February, 23 May, 23 August and 23 November in each year, subject to adjustment for non-business days. The first interest payment will be made on 23 February 2017. |
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| Redemption | ||
| Unless previously redeemed, each Note will be redeemed on the Maturity Date at par. |
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| Representative of Noteholders | ||
| No representative of the Noteholders has been appointed by the Issuer. |
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| 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 |
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| The Notes are not intended to be admitted to trading on any market. | ||
| C.15 | How the value of the investment in derivative securities is affected by the value of the underlying assets |
Not Applicable |
| C.16 | Maturity | The Maturity Date of the Notes is 23 November 2019. |
| C.17 | Settlement | This Series of Notes is cash settled. |
| Procedure | The Issuer does not have the option to vary settlement. | |
| C.18 | Return on | See Element C.8 above for the rights attaching to the Notes. |
| derivative securities |
See Element C.9 above for information on interest. | |
| Final Redemption | ||
| Unless previously redeemed or purchased and cancelled, each Note will be redeemed by the Issuer on the Maturity Date at par. |
| C.19 | Final reference price of the Underlying |
Not applicable, there is no final reference price of the Underlying. |
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| C.20 | Underlying | Not applicable, there is no underlying. |
Section D- Risks
| Element | Title | |
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| D.2 | Key risks regarding the Issuer |
Potential investors should have sufficient knowledge and experience in capital markets transactions and should be able to correctly assess the risks associated with Notes. Certain risk factors may affect the Issuer's ability to fulfil its obligations under the Notes, some of which are beyond its control. An investment in Notes presents certain risks that should be taken into account before any investment decision is made. In particular, the Issuer, together with the BNPP Group is exposed to the risks associated with its activities, as described below: |
| Eleven main categories of risk are inherent in BNPP's activities: | ||
| (1) Credit Risk - Credit risk is the potential that a bank borrower or counterparty will fail to meet its obligations in accordance with agreed terms. The probability of default and the expected recovery on the loan or receivable in the event of default are key components of the credit quality assessment; |
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| (2) Counterparty Credit Risk - Counterparty credit risk is the credit risk embedded in payment or transactions between counterparties. Those transactions include bilateral contracts such as over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives contracts which potentially expose the Bank to the risk of counterparty default, as well as contracts settled through clearing houses. The amount of this risk may vary over time in line with changing market parameters which then impacts the replacement value of the relevant transactions or portfolio; |
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| (3) Securitisation - Securitisation means a transaction or scheme, whereby the credit risk associated with an exposure or pool of exposures is tranched, having the following characteristics: |
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| payments made in the transaction or scheme are dependent upon the performance of the exposure or pool of exposures; |
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| the subordination of tranches determines the distribution of losses during the life of the risk transfer. |
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| Any commitment (including derivatives and liquidity lines) granted to a securitisation operation must be treated as a securitisation exposure. Most of these commitments are held in the prudential banking book; |
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| (4) Market Risk - Market risk is the risk of incurring a loss of value due to adverse trends in market prices or parameters, whether directly observable or not. |
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| Observable market parameters include, but are not limited to, exchange rates, prices of securities and commodities (whether listed or obtained by reference to a similar asset), prices of derivatives, and other parameters that can be directly inferred from them, such as interest rates, credit spreads, volatilities and implied correlations or other similar parameters. |
| Non-observable factors are those based on working assumptions such as parameters contained in models or based on statistical or economic analyses, non-ascertainable in the market. |
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| In fixed income trading books, credit instruments are valued on the basis of bond yields and credit spreads, which represent market parameters in the same way as interest rates or foreign exchange rates. The credit risk arising on the issuer of the debt instrument is therefore a component of market risk known as issuer risk. |
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| Liquidity is an important component of market risk. In times of limited or no liquidity, instruments or goods may not be tradable or may not be tradable at their estimated value. This may arise, for example, due to low transaction volumes, legal restrictions or a strong imbalance between demand and supply for certain assets. |
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| The market risk related to banking activities encompasses the risk of loss on equity holdings on the one hand, and the interest rate and foreign exchange risks stemming from banking intermediation activities on the other hand; |
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| (5) | Operational Risk - Operational risk is the risk of incurring a loss due to inadequate or failed internal processes, or due to external events, whether deliberate, accidental or natural occurrences. Management of operational risk is based on an analysis of the "cause $-$ event $-$ effect" chain. |
| Internal processes giving rise to operational risk may involve employees and/or IT systems. External events include, but are not limited to floods, fire, earthquakes and terrorist Credit or market events such as default or attacks. fluctuations in value do not fall within the scope of operational risk. |
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| Operational risk encompasses fraud, human resources risks, legal risks, non-compliance risks, tax risks, information system risks, conduct risks (risks related to the provision of inappropriate financial services), risk related to failures in operating processes, including loan procedures or model risks, as well as any potential financial implications resulting from the management of reputation risks; |
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| (6) | Compliance and Reputation Risk - Compliance risk as defined in French regulations as the risk of legal, administrative or disciplinary sanctions, of significant financial loss or reputational damage that a bank may suffer as a result of failure to comply with national or European laws and regulations, codes of conduct and standards of good practice applicable to banking and financial activities, or instructions given by an executive body, particularly in application of guidelines issued by a supervisory body. |
| By definition, this risk is a sub-category of operational risk. However, as certain implications of compliance risk involve more than a purely financial loss and may actually damage the institution's reputation, the Bank treats compliance risk separately. |
| Reputation risk is the risk of damaging the trust placed in a corporation by its customers, counterparties, suppliers, employees, shareholders, supervisors and any other stakeholder whose trust is an essential condition for the corporation to carry out its day-to-day operations. |
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| Reputation risk is primarily contingent on all the other risks borne by the Bank |
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| (7) | Concentration Risk - Concentration risk and its corollary, diversification effects, are embedded within each risk, especially for credit, market and operational risks using the correlation parameters taken into account by the corresponding risk models. |
| It is assessed at consolidated Group level and at financial conglomerate level; |
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| (8) | Banking Book Interest Rate Risk - Banking book interest rate risk is the risk of incurring losses as a result of mismatches in interest rates, maturities and nature between assets and liabilities. For banking activities, this risk arises in non-trading portfolios and primarily relates to global interest rate risk; |
| (9) | Strategic and Business Risks - Strategic risk is the risk that the Bank's share price may fall because of its strategic decisions. |
| Business risk is the risk of incurring an operating loss due to a change in the economic environment leading to a decline in revenue coupled with insufficient cost-elasticity. |
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| These two types of risk are, monitored by the Board of directors; |
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| (10) | Liquidity Risk - In accordance with regulations, the liquidity risk is defined as the risk that a bank will be unable to honour its commitments or unwind or settle a position due to the situation on the market or idiosyncratic factors, within a given time frame and at a reasonable price or cost; and |
| (11) | Insurance Underwriting Risk - Insurance underwriting risk corresponds to the risk of a financial loss caused by an adverse trend in insurance claims. Depending on the type of insurance business (life, personal risk or annuities), this risk may be statistical, macroeconomic or behavioural, or may be related to public health issues or natural disasters. It is not the main risk factor arising in the life insurance business, where financial risks are predominant. |
| (a) | Difficult market and economic conditions have had and may continue to 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. |
| (b) | Due to the geographic scope of its activities, BNPP may be vulnerable to country or regional-specific political, macroeconomic and financial environments or circumstances. |
| (c) | BNPP's access to and cost of funding could be adversely affected by a resurgence of financial crises, worsening economic conditions, rating downgrades, increases in credit spreads or other factors. |
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| (d) | Significant interest rate changes could adversely affect BNPP's revenues or profitability. |
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| (e) | The prolonged low interest rate environment carries inherent systemic risks. |
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| (f) | The soundness and conduct of other financial institutions and market participants could adversely affect BNPP. |
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| (g) | BNPP may incur significant losses on its trading and investment activities due to market fluctuations and volatility. |
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| (h) | BNPP may generate lower revenues from brokerage and other commission and fee-based businesses during market downturns. |
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| (i) | Protracted market declines can reduce liquidity in the markets, making it harder to sell assets and possibly leading to material losses. |
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| (i) | Laws and regulations adopted in response to the global financial crisis may materially impact BNPP and the financial and economic environment in which it operates. |
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| (k) | BNPP is subject to extensive and evolving regulatory regimes in the jurisdictions in which it operates. |
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| (1) | BNPP may incur substantial fines and other administrative and criminal penalties for non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations. |
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| (m) | There are risks related to the implementation of BNPP's strategic plan. |
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| (n) | BNPP may experience difficulties integrating acquired companies and may be unable to realize the benefits expected from its acquisitions. |
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| (o) | Intense competition by banking and non-banking operators could adversely affect BNPP's revenues and profitability. |
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| (p) | 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. |
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| (q) | BNPP's risk management policies, procedures and methods may leave it exposed to unidentified or unanticipated risks, which could lead to material losses. |
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| (r) | BNPP's hedging strategies may not prevent losses. | |
| (s) | Adjustments to the carrying value of BNPP's securities and derivatives portfolios and BNPP's own debt could have an impact on its net income and shareholders' equity. |
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| (t) | The expected changes in accounting principles relating to financial instruments may have an impact on BNPP's balance sheet and regulatory capital ratios and result in additional costs. |
| (u) BNPP's competitive position could be harmed if its reputation is damaged. |
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| (v) An interruption in or a breach of BNPP's information systems may result in material losses of client or customer information, damage to BNPP's reputation and lead to financial losses. |
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| (w) Unforeseen external events may disrupt BNPP's operations and cause substantial losses and additional costs. |
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| 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: |
| Market Risks | ||
| the Notes are unsecured obligations; | ||
| Noteholder Risks | ||
| 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; |
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| the meetings of Noteholders provisions permit defined majorities to bind all Noteholders; |
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| Issuer Risk | ||
| 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; |
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| certain conflicts of interest may arise (see Element E.4 below); | ||
| Legal Risks | ||
| the Notes may be redeemed in the case of illegality or impracticability and such redemption may result in an investor not realising a return on an investment in the Notes; |
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| 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; |
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| Secondary Market Risks | ||
| 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); |
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| the trading market for Notes may be volatile and may be adversely impacted by many events; |
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| 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 | and the second control of the program |
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| 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 |
This issue of Notes is being offered in a Non-Exempt Offer in Luxembourg. The issue price of the Notes is 100 per cent. of their nominal amount. |
| E.4 | Interest of natural and legal persons involved in the issue/offer |
Any Dealer and its affiliates may also have engaged, and may in the future engage, in investment banking and/or commercial banking transactions with, and may perform other services for, the Issuer and its Affiliates in the ordinary course of business. Other than as mentioned above, 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 |
No expenses are being charged to an investor by the Issuer. |