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BNP Paribas Capital/Financing Update 2018

Apr 16, 2018

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Capital/Financing Update

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FINAL TERMS

Final Terms dated 13 April 2018

BNP PARIBAS

(incorporated in France) (the Issuer) Issue of EUR 500,000,000 1.00 per cent. Senior Non Preferred Notes due 17 April 2024 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 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.

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 2 August 2017 which received visa n° 17-415 from the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") on 2 August 2017 and the Supplements to the Base Prospectus dated 6 November 2017 which received visa n°17-574 from the AMF on 6 November 2017, dated 15 February 2018 which received visa n°18-042 from the AMF on 15 February 2018, and dated 28 March 2018 which received visa n°18-097 from the AMF on 28 March 2018 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, these Final Terms 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.

1. Issuer: BNP Paribas
2. (i)
Series Number:
18720
(ii) Tranche Number: 1
3. Specified Currency: EUR
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i) Series: EUR 500,000,000
(ii) Tranche: EUR 500,000,000
5. Issue Price of Tranche: 99.618 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6. Minimum Trading Size: Not applicable
7. (i) Specified Denomination: EUR 100,000 and integral multiples of EUR 1,000 in
excess thereof up to and including EUR 199,000. No
Notes
in
definitive
form
will
be
issued
with
a
denomination above EUR 199,000.
(ii) Calculation
Amount
(Applicable
to
Notes
in
definitive form):
EUR 1,000
8. (i) Issue
Date
and
Interest
Commencement Date:
17 April 2018
(ii) Interest
Commencement
Date (if different from the
Issue Date):
Not applicable
9. (i) Maturity Date: 17 April 2024
(ii) Business
Day
Convention
for Maturity Date:
Not applicable
10. Form of Notes: Bearer
11. Interest Basis: 1.00
per
cent.
per
annum
Fixed
Rate
(further
particulars specified below)
12. Coupon Switch: Not applicable
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 Non Preferred Notes
MREL/TLAC Criteria Event: Not applicable
18. Knock-in Event: Not applicable
19. Knock-out Event: Not applicable
20. Method of distribution: Syndicated
21. Hybrid Securities: Not applicable
22. Tax Gross-Up: Condition 6(d) (No Gross-Up) of the Terms and
Conditions of the English Law Notes not applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

23. Interest: Applicable
(i) Interest Periods: From and including the Interest Commencement Date
to but excluding the Interest Payment Date falling on
17 April 2019. Thereafter from and including each
Interest Payment Date to but excluding the following
Interest Payment Date, up to the Maturity Date.
(ii)
Interest Period End Dates:
(iii)
Business
Day
Convention
for
Interest
Period
End
Dates:
(iv)
Interest Payment Dates:
(v)
Business
Day
Convention
for Interest Payment Dates:
17 April in each year from and including 17 April 2019
to and including the Maturity Date
Not applicable
17 April in each year from and including 17 April 2019
to and including the Maturity Date
Following
(vi) Party
responsible
for
calculating
the
Rate
of
Interest
and
Interest
Amounts
(if
not
the
Calculation Agent):
Not applicable
(vii) Margin: Not applicable
(viii)
Minimum Interest Rate:
(ix)
Maximum Interest Rate:
(x)
Day Count Fraction:
(xi)
Determination Dates:
(xii)
Accrual to Redemption:
Not applicable
Not applicable
Actual/Actual (ICMA)
17 April in each year
Applicable
(xiii)
Rate of Interest:
Fixed Rate
(xiv)
Coupon Rate:
Not applicable
24. Fixed Rate Provisions:
(i)
Fixed Rate of Interest:
Applicable
1.00 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear
on each Interest Payment Date
(ii) Fixed Coupon Amount: EUR 10.00 per Calculation Amount
(iii) Broken Amount: Not applicable
(iv) Resettable Notes: Not applicable
25. Floating Rate Provisions: Not applicable
26. Screen Rate Determination: Not applicable
27. ISDA Determination: Not applicable
28. FBF Determination: Not applicable
29. Zero Coupon Provisions: Not applicable
30. Index Linked Interest Provisions: Not applicable
31. Share Linked Interest Provisions: Not applicable
32. Inflation Linked Interest Provisions: Not applicable
33. Commodity
Provisions:
Linked Interest Not applicable
34. Fund Linked Interest Provisions: Not applicable
35. ETI Linked Interest Provisions: Not applicable
36. Foreign Exchange (FX) Rate Linked
Interest Provisions:
Not applicable
37. Underlying Interest
Rate
Interest Provisions:
Linked Not applicable
38. 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):
Not applicable
PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION
39. Final Redemption: Calculation Amount x 100 per cent.
40. Final Payout: Not applicable
41. Automatic Early Redemption: Not applicable
42. Issuer Call Option: Not applicable
43. Noteholder Put Option: Not applicable
44. Aggregation: Not applicable
45. Index Linked Redemption Amount: Not applicable
  • 46. Share Linked Redemption Amount: Not applicable
  • 47. Inflation Linked Redemption Amount: Not applicable
  • 48. Commodity Linked Redemption Not applicable

Amount:

49. Fund Linked Redemption Amount: Not applicable
50. Credit Linked Notes: Not applicable
51. ETI Linked Redemption Amount: Not applicable
52. Foreign Exchange (FX) Rate Linked
Redemption Amount:
Not applicable
53. Underlying
Interest
Rate
Linked
Redemption Amount:
Not applicable
54. Early Redemption Amount: Calculation Amount Percentage: Calculation Amount x
100 per cent.
55. Provisions applicable to Physical
Delivery:
Not applicable
56. Variation of Settlement:
(i)
Issuer's
option
to
vary
settlement:
The Issuer does not have the option to vary settlement
in respect of the Notes.
(ii)
Variation of Settlement of
Physical Delivery Notes:
Not applicable
57. CNY Payment Disruption Event: Not applicable
GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES
58. Form of Notes: Bearer Notes:
New Global Note: Yes
Temporary Bearer Global Note exchangeable for a
Permanent Bearer Global Note which is exchangeable
for definitive Bearer Notes only upon an Exchange
Event.
59. Financial Centre(s) or other special
provisions relating to Payment Days
for the purposes of Condition 4(a):
Not applicable
60. Identification information of Holders: Not applicable
61. Talons
for
future
Coupons
or
Receipts to be attached to definitive
Notes (and dates on which such
Talons mature):
No
62. Details relating to Partly Paid Notes:
amount of each payment comprising
the Issue Price and date on which
each payment is to be made and, if
different from those specified in the
Temporary Bearer Global Note or
Permanent
Bearer
Global
Note,
consequences
of
failure
to
pay,
including any right of the Issuer to
forfeit the Notes and interest due on
late payment:
Not applicable
63. Details relating to Notes redeemable
in
instalments:
amount
of
each
Not applicable
instalment, date on which each
payment is to be made:
64. Redenomination.
renominalisation
and reconventioning provisions:
Not applicable
65. Masse (Condition 12 of the Terms
and Conditions of the French Law
Notes):
Not applicable
66. Governing law: English law. Condition 2(a) is governed by French law.
67. Calculation Agent: Not applicable
DISTRIBUTION
68. (i) If
syndicated.
names
of
Managers (specifying Lead
Manager):
Lead Manager:
BNP Paribas
(EUR 175,000,000)
Joint Lead Managers:
Danske Bank A/S
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)
Swedbank AB (publ)
(EUR 75,000,000 each)
Co-Lead Managers∶
DNB NOR MARKETS
ING BANK N.V. Belgian Branch
Lloyds Bank plc
Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.
(EUR 25,000,000 each)
(ii) Stabilisation
any):
Manager (if BNP Paribas
(iii) If non-syndicated, name of
relevant Dealer:
Not applicable
69. U.S. Selling Restrictions: Reg. S Compliance Category 2; TEFRA D
70. Non exempt Offer: Not applicable
71. United States Tax Considerations: The Notes are not Specified Securities for the purpose
of Section 871(m) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code
$0$ $+$ $109C$

PART B – OTHER INFORMATION

1. Listing and Admission to trading

  • (i) Listing and admission to trading: Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be admitted to trading on Euronext Paris with effect from 17 April 2018.
  • (ii) Estimate of total expenses related to admission to trading: EUR 9,900 including AMF fees

2. Ratings

Ratings: The Notes to be issued are expected to be rated Baa1 by Moody's Investors Service Ltd. ("Moody's"), A- by S&P Global Ratings, acting through Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services France SAS ("S&P"), A+ by Fitch France S.A.S. ("Fitch France") and A (High) by DBRS Ratings Limited ("DBRS Limited").

Obligations rated Baa by Moody's are judged to be medium-grade and subject to moderate credit risk and as such may possess certain speculative characteristics. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category.

As defined by S&P, an A- rating means that the Issuer's capacity to meet its financial commitment under the Notes is still strong. The minus (-) sign shows the relative standing within the rating category.

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

As defined by DBRS Limited, an A rating means that the Issuer's capacity for the payment of financial obligations is considered substantial. Such capacity may be vulnerable to future events, but qualifying negative factors are considered manageable.

Each of Moody's, S&P, Fitch France and DBRS Limited is established in the European Union and is registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended).

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

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

4. Reasons for the Offer

Reasons for the offer: The net proceeds of the issue of the Notes will be allocated or reallocated from time to time to the financing and/or refinancing, in whole or in part, of Eligible Green Assets as defined below and further described in the BNP Paribas Green Bond Framework dated 12/01/2018 available on https://invest.bnpparibas.com/en/green-bond-issues, as may be amended from time to time by the Issuer (the "BNP Paribas Green Bond Framework").

Pending the allocation or reallocation, as the case may be, of the net proceeds of the Notes to Eligible Green Assets, the Issuer will invest the balance of the net proceeds, at its own discretion, in cash and/or cash equivalent and/or other liquid marketable instruments. The Issuer will use its best efforts to substitute any redeemed loans, any other form of financing that is no longer financed or refinanced by the net proceeds, and/or any such loans or any other form of financing which cease to be Eligible Green Assets, as soon as practicable once an appropriate substitution option has been identified. The Issuer will monitor the use of the net proceeds of the Notes via its internal information systems.

For the avoidance of doubt, payment of principal and interest in respect of the Notes will be made from general funds of the Issuer and will not be directly or indirectly linked to the performance of Eligible Green Assets.

"Eligible Green Assets" means any existing, ongoing and/or future loans or any other form of financing from Eligible Sectors selected by the Issuer, which meet the Eligibility Criteria, all in accordance with the BNP Paribas Green Bond Framework.

Eligible Sectors means the following sectors (all as more fully described in the BNP Paribas Green Bond Framework):

  • Renewable Energies
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Mass and Public Transportation
  • Water Management and Water Treatment
  • Recycling

For the avoidance of doubt, the following sectors are excluded from the BNP Paribas Green Bond Framework: defence and security, palm oil, wood pulp, nuclear power generation, coal-fired power generation, unconventional oil and gas, mining and tobacco.

"Eligibility Criteria" means the criteria with which any loan or any other form of financing should comply, at any time, in order to be considered as an Eligible Green Asset (as such criteria may be amended, from time to time, by the Issuer, subject to external review by third parties, as the case may be, as per the BNP Paribas Green Bond Framework). As part of the application of the Eligibility Criteria, the Issuer will assess the potential environmental, social and governance risks of the relevant assets, in line with its framework for managing such risks, including specific risk assessment tools and the Equator Principles. The selection of the Eligible Green Assets in accordance with the Eligibility Criteria will then be verified by external third parties, as per the BNP Paribas Green Bond Framework.

As long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuer is expected to provide a report, at least annually, on (i) the Eligible Green Assets financed or refinanced by the net proceeds and their relevant environmental impact indicators, (ii) the allocation of the net proceeds of the Notes to Eligible Green Assets detailing the aggregate amount dedicated to each of the Eligible Sectors and (iii) the balance of unallocated cash and/or cash equivalent and/or other liquid marketable instruments still held by the Issuer, as further described in the BNP Paribas Green Bond Framework. The report will be published by the Issuer on https://invest.bnpparibas.com/en/green-bondissues.

Pursuant to the BNP Paribas Green Bond Framework, a second party opinion has been obtained from an appropriate second party opinion provider and the Issuer has mandated an appropriate external independent auditor to provide an assurance report. The opinion and assurance report are available on https://invest.bnpparibas.com/en/green-bond-issues.

5. Yield

Indication of yield: 1.066 per cent. per annum

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

6. Operational Information

  • (ii) Common Code: 180833854
  • (iii) Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg approved by the Issuer and the Principal Paying Agent and the relevant identification number(s):

(i) ISIN: XS1808338542

Not applicable

(iv) Delivery: Delivery against payment

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  • (v) Additional Paying Agent(s) (if any): Not applicable
  • (vi) Intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility: 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