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BNP Paribas Capital/Financing Update 2016

Jun 8, 2016

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Capital/Financing Update

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FINAL TERMS DATED 12 APRIL 2016

BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V.

(incorporated in The Netherlands) (as Issuer)

BNP Paribas

(incorporated in France) (as Guarantor)

(Note, Warrant and Certificate Programme)

1,750,000 Certificates relating to the Series 410 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 Non-exempt Offer Jurisdictions mentioned in Paragraph 48 of Part A below, provided such person is a Manager or an 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
  • (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 9 June 2015 which 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 these Final Terms are available for viewing at BNP Paribas Arbitrage S.N.C., 160-162, boulevard Macdonald, 75019 Paris, France 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
CE4693NE 1,750,000 XS1338551499 133855149 100% of the
Notional Amount
3 June 2022

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: 7 April 2016
4. Issue Date: 8 June 2016
5. Consolidation: Not applicable
6. Type of Securities: (a)
Certificates
(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
of
Settlement
of
Physical Delivery Securities:
Not applicable
12. Final Payout: Preference Share Certificate Condition 6 applies
Payout Switch: Not applicable
Aggregation: Not 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: 1 Certificate (and multiples of 1 Certificate thereafter)
19. Principal Security Agent: BNP Paribas Arbitrage S.N.C.
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
(a)
Preference Share:
Series 410 Preference Shares of BNP Paribas Synergy
(b)
Preference
Share
Redemption
Limited
Valuation Date: 26 May 2022
37. OET Certificates: Not applicable
38. Additional Disruption Events: Not applicable
39. Optional Additional Disruption Events: (a)
The
following
Optional
Additional
Disruption
Events apply to the Securities:
Insolvency Filing
(b) Delayed
Additional
Additional
Redemption
Disruption
Disruption
Certificates): Not applicable
on Event
Event
(in Occurrence
and/or
the
of
Optional
case
an
of
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
(j) Payment of Premium
Amount(s):
Not applicable
(k) Index Linked [Interest/Premium
Amount] Certificates:
Not applicable
(l) Share Linked [Interest/Premium
Amount] Certificates:
Not applicable
(m) ETI Linked [Interest/Premium
Amount] Certificates:
Not applicable
(n) Debt Linked [Interest/Premium
Amount] Certificates:
Not applicable
(o) Commodity Linked
[Interest/Premium Amount]
Certificates:
Not applicable
(p) Inflation Index Linked
[Interest/Premium Amount]
Certificates:
Not applicable
(q) Currency Linked
[Interest/Premium Amount]
Certificates:
Not applicable
(r) Fund Linked [Interest/Premium
Amount] Certificates:
Not applicable
(s) Futures Linked
[Interest/Premium 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:
(i)
Automatic Early
Redemption Event:
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. Additional
consequences:
U.S.
Federal
income
tax
Not applicable
46. Registered broker/dealer: Not applicable
    1. TEFRA C or TEFRA Not Applicable: TEFRA Not Applicable
    1. Non-exempt Offer: Applicable
  • (i) Non-exempt Offer Jurisdictions: United Kingdom

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.

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 410 Preference shares of the BNP Paribas Synergy Limited relating to the FTSE 100 Index.

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 the FTSE 100 Index. Information on the Preference Share Underlying (including past and further performance and volatility) is published on Reuters page BNPP= GB00BYXHBG80

The Preference Share Value will be published on each Business Day on Reuters page BNPP= GB00BYXHBG80

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 Non-exempt 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: 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.

Conditions to which the offer is subject: 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 Non-exempt 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 Non-exempt Offer Jurisdiction.

Description of the application process: 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 Non-exempt 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 Non-exempt Offer Jurisdiction no action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction by the Issuer, Guarantor or the

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 Non
exempt 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
the
Financial
Intermediary
regarding
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 charged to the subscriber or purchaser: Prospective investors in the Plan should contact 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 will be reached: Not applicable

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 Non-exempt 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.1 – 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

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
9 June 2015 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
9 June 2015.

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
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
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
Securities by the Managers and METEOR ASSET MANAGEMENT
LIMITED (each an "Authorised Offeror").
other conditions
attached
Offer period: The Issuer's consent referred to above is given for Non-exempt
Offers of Securities during the period from and including 12 April 2016 to
and including 26 May 2016 (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 595,
1017 CE Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
B.4b 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). 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.V.
Element Title
B.5 Description of
the 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
operations for those subsidiary companies (together the "BNPP Group")
B.9 Profit forecast
or estimate
Not applicable, as there are no profit forecasts or estimates made in respect of
the Issuer in the Base Prospectus to which this Summary relates.
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.
B.12 Selected historical key financial information:
Comparative Annual Financial Date - In EUR
31/12/2014 31/12/2013
Revenues 432,263 397,608
Net income, Group share 29,043 26,749
Total balance sheet 64,804,833,465 48,963,076,836
Shareholders' equity (Group share) 445,206 416,163
Comparative Interim Financial Data-In EUR
30/06/2015 30/06/2014
Revenues 158,063 218,961
Net income, Group Share 10,233 14,804
30/06/2015 31/12/2014
Total balance sheet 51,184,742,227 64,804,833,465
Shareholders' equity (Group Share) 455,439 445,206
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
31 December 2015 (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).
There has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of BNPP B.V. since 30
June 2015 and there has been no material adverse change in the prospects of BNPP B.V. since 31
December 2014.
Element Title
B.13 Events
impacting the
Issuer's
solvency
Not applicable, as at 10 September 2015
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 2015
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 under CreditWatch stable (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 9 June 2015 (the
"Guarantee")
In the event of a bail-in of BNPP B.V. but not BNPP, the obligations and/or
amounts owed by BNPP under the guarantee shall be reduced to reflect any such
reduction or modification resulting from the application of a bail-in of BNPP
B.V. by a relevant regulator.
In the event of a bail-in of BNPP but not BNPP B.V., the obligations and/or
amounts owed by BNPP under the guarantee shall be reduced to reflect any such
modification or reduction applied to securities issued by BNPP resulting from
the application of a bail-in of BNPP by any relevant regulator.
B.19 Information
about the
Guarantor
B.19/ B.1 Legal and
commercial
name of the
Guarantor
BNP Paribas
Element Title
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.4b
Trend
information
Macroeconomic environment.
Macroeconomic and market conditions affect BNPP's results. The nature of
BNPP's business makes it particularly sensitive to macroeconomic and market
conditions in Europe, which have been at times challenging and volatile in
recent years.
In 2015, the global 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
slowing 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 IMF1
is
forecasting the progressive recovery of global economic activity but with low
growth prospects on the medium term in developed and emerging countries.
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.
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 tightened 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.
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

1 See: IMF – October 2015 Financial Stability Report, Advanced Countries and January 2016 update

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institutions.
Systemic risks related to economic conditions and market liquidity
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.
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.
Such liquidity pressure could be exacerbated by the recent increase in the
volume of assets under management placed with structures investing in illiquid
assets.
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 BNPP. 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:
-
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;
-
regulations governing capital: CRD IV/CRR, the international standard for
total loss-absorbing capacity ("TLAC") and
BNPP's designation as a
financial institution that is of systemic importance by the Financial Stability
Board;
-
the European Single Supervisory Mechanism ordinance of 6 November
2014;
-
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;
-
the 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
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subject to regulation) to house their US subsidiaries;
-
Commission
on derivative transactions;
swap participants, and the rules of the US 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
Securities and Exchange
which require the registration of banks and major swap
participants active on derivatives markets and transparency and reporting
-
centralised bodies.
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
Cyber risk
infrastructures and establish effective recovery plans after a cyber incident. 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 BNPP, 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
B.19/B.5 Description of
the Group
of the BNP Paribas Group (together 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 more than 189,000
employees, including close to 147,000 in Europe. BNPP is the parent company
B.19/B.9 Profit forecast
or estimate
the Guarantor in the Base Prospectus to which this Summary relates. Not applicable, as there are no profit forecasts or estimates made in respect of
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
31/12/2015 (audited) 31/12/2014* (audited)
Revenues 42,938 39,168
Cost of risk (3,797) (3,705)
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Net income, Group share 6,694 157
31/12/2015 31/12/2014*
fully loaded - CRD4) Common equity Tier 1 ratio (Basel 3 10.9% 10.3%
31/12/2015 (audited) 31/12/2014* (audited)
Total consolidated balance sheet 1,994,193 2,077,758
due from customers Consolidated loans and receivables 682,497 657,403
Consolidated items due to customers 700,309 641,549
Shareholders' equity (Group share) 96,269 89,458
* Restated according to the IFRIC 21 interpretation.
Statements of no significant or material adverse change
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 2015
(being the end of the last financial period for which audited financial statements have been
published).
B.19/ B.13 Events
impacting the
Guarantor's
solvency
evaluation of the Guarantor's solvency since 31 December 2015. As at 30 March 2016 and to the best of the Guarantor's knowledge there have
not been any recent events which are to a material extent relevant to the
B.19/ B.14 Dependence
upon other
Group entities
of the BNPP Group.
France at the end of 2003.
2013.
the entity and bring it back into the Group if necessary. Subject to the following paragraph, BNPP is not dependent upon other members
In April 2004, BNPP began outsourcing IT Infrastructure Management Services
to the BNP Paribas Partners for Innovation (BP²I) joint venture set up with IBM
BP²I provides IT Infrastructure Management
Services for BNPP and several BNPP subsidiaries in France (including BNP
Paribas Personal Finance, BP2S, and BNP Paribas Cardif), 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
BP²I 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 BP²I 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
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ISFS, a fully-owned IBM subsidiary, handles IT Infrastructure Management for
BNP Paribas Luxembourg.
BancWest's data processing operations are outsourced to Fidelity Information
Services. Cofinoga France's data processing is outsourced to SDDC, a fully
owned IBM subsidiary.
See also Element B.5 above.
B.19/ 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),

BNL banca commerciale (BNL bc), Italian retail
banking,

Belgian Retail Banking (BRB),

Other
Domestic
Markets
activities,
including
Luxembourg Retail Banking (LRB);

International Financial Services, comprising:

Europe-Mediterranean,

BancWest.

Personal Finance,

Insurance,

Wealth and Asset Management;

Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB), which includes:

Corporate Banking,

Global Markets,

Securities Services.
B.19/ B.16 Controlling None of the existing shareholders controls, either directly or indirectly, BNPP.
shareholders 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.
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B.19/ B.17 Solicited credit BNPP's long term credit ratings are A with a stable (Standard & Poor's Credit
ratings Market Services France SAS), A1 with a stable 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/
The Securities are certificates ("Certificates") and are issued in Series. The
Series Number of the Securities is CE4693NE. The Tranche number is 1.
ISIN The ISIN is: XS1338551499
The Common Code is: 133855149
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
transferability
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, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary,
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, 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
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
Element Title
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
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.
Element Title
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
payment
Not applicable
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 3 June 2022 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 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 ShareValueFinal
/ Preference ShareValueInitial)
where:
"Preference Share Valuefinal" means the Preference Share Value on the Final
Valuation Date; and
"Preference Share Valueinitial" means the Preference Share Value on the
Initial Valuation Date.
Element Title
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 410 Preference Shares issued by BNP
Paribas Synergy Limited (the "Preference Share Issuer").
"Preference Share Redemption Valuation Date" means 26 May 2022 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 Valuefinal
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:
Issue Price x (Preference ShareValueearly
/ Preference ShareValueInitial)
where:
"Preference Share Valueearly" 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.
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"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
can
be
obtained
from
Reuters
page
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Section D – Risks

Element Title
D.2 Key risks
regarding the
Issuer and the
Guarantor
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.
Eleven main categories of risk are inherent in BNPP's activities:
a.
Credit Risk;
b.
Counterparty Credit Risk;
c.
Securitisation;
d.
Market Risk;
e.
Operational Risk;
f.
Compliance and Reputation Risk;
g.
Concentration Risk;
h.
Banking Book Interest Rate Risk;
i.
Strategic and Business-Related Risk;
j.
Liquidity Risk;and
k.
Insurance subscription Risk.
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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.
Due to the geographic scope of its activities, BNPP may be vulnerable to
country
or
regional-specific
political,
macroeconomic
and
financial
environments or circumstances.
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.
Significant interest rate changes could adversely affect BNPP's revenues or
profitability.
The prolonged low interest rate environment carries inherent systemic risks.
The soundness and conduct of other financial institutions and market
participants could adversely affect BNPP.
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.
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.
BNPP is subject to extensive and evolving regulatory regimes in the
jurisdictions in which it operates.
BNPP may incur substantial fines and other administrative and criminal
penalties for non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
There are risks related to the implementation of BNPP's strategic plan.
BNPP may experience difficulties integrating acquired companies and may be
unable to realize the benefits expected from its acquisitions.
Intense competition by banking and non-banking operators could adversely
affect BNPP's revenues and profitability.
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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BNPP's risk management policies, procedures and methods may leave it
exposed to unidentified or unanticipated risks, which could lead to material
losses.
BNPP's hedging strategies may not prevent losses.
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.
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.BNPP's competitive position could be harmed if its
reputation is damaged.
An interruption in or a breach of BNPP's information systems may result in
material losses of client or customer information, damage to BNPP's
reputation and lead to financial losses.
Unforeseen external events may disrupt BNPP's operations and cause
substantial losses and additional costs.
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 hedging instruments from BNP Paribas and BNP Paribas entities
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 issued by BNP Paribas, be exposed to the ability of
BNP Paribas and BNP Paribas entities to perform their obligations under such
hedging agreements.
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(s), time to expiration or redemption and
volatility and such factors mean that the trading price of the Securities may be
below the Final Redemption Amount or Cash Settlement Amount or value of
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the Entitlement, exposure to the Underlying Reference in many cases will be
achieved by the relevant Issuer entering into hedging arrangements and, in
respect of Securities linked to an Underlying Reference, 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 occurrence of an
additional disruption event or optional additional disruption event may lead to
an adjustment to the Securities, cancellation (in the case of Warrants) or early
redemption (in the case of Notes and Certificates) 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, in certain
circumstances settlement may be postponed or payments made in USD if the
Settlement Currency specified in the applicable Final Terms is not freely
transferable, convertible or deliverable, expenses and taxation may be payable
in respect of the Securities, the Securities may be cancelled (in the case of
Warrants) or redeemed (in the case of Notes and Certificates) 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, 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 Securities affected by it, a
reduction in the rating, if any, accorded to outstanding debt securities of the
Issuer or Guarantor (if applicable) 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 Exercise Date, Maturity Date or
Redemption Date, as applicable, 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 exercise or 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 the investor may sell its Securities
(investors may suffer a partial or total loss of their investment). BNP Paribas
Arbitrage S.N.C. is required to act as market maker in respect of the Securities.
BNP Paribas Arbitrage S.N.C. will endeavour to maintain a secondary market
throughout the life of the Securities, subject to normal market conditions and
will submit bid and offer prices to the market. The spread between bid and
offer prices may change during the life of the Securities. However, during
certain periods, it may be difficult, impractical or impossible for BNP Paribas
Arbitrage S.N.C. to quote bid and offer prices and during such periods, it may
be difficult, impracticable or impossible to buy or sell these Securities. This
may, for example, be due to adverse market conditions, volatile prices or large
price fluctuations, a large marketplace being closed or restricted or
experiencing technical problems such as and IT system failure or network
disruption.
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In addition, there are specific risks in relation to Securities which are linked to
an Underlying Reference (including Hybrid Securities) 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 one or more index, adjustment events
and market disruption or failure to open of an exchange which may have an
adverse effect on the value and liquidity of the Securities and that the Issuer
will not provide post-issuance
information in relation to the Underlying
Reference.
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 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.