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Investec PLC Capital/Financing Update 2016

Oct 21, 2016

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Capital/Financing Update

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Notes issued pursuant to these Final Terms are securities to be listed under Listing Rule 19.

20 October 2016

Invested Bank plc

Issue of GBP200.000 Upside Notes with Capital at Risk to be consolidated with and form a single series with the existing GBP330,000 Upside Notes with Capital at Risk under the £4,000,000,000 Zebra Capital Plans Retail Structured Products Programme

PART A - CONTRACTUAL TERMS

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 in relation to the £4,000,000,000 Zebra Capital Plans Retail Structured Products Programme (the "Programme") dated 11 August 2016 which constitutes a base prospectus (the "Base Prospectus") for the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC as amended by Directive 2008/11/EC, Directive 2010/73/EU and Directive 2008/78/EU) (the "Prospectus Directive").

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the terms and conditions set forth in the Base Prospectus.

Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Base Prospectus. The Base Prospectus is available for viewing at and copies may be obtained from www.investecstructuredproducts.com and during normal working hours from Investec Bank plc, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QP, and from Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Winchester House, 1 Great Winchester Street, London EC2N 2DB. A summary of the offer of the Notes is annexed to these Final Terms.

1. Issuer: Invested Bank plc
2. (a) Series Number: ZCP2016-45
(b) Tranche Number: $\overline{2}$
Subject as provided under paragraph 16 (Form of
Notes) below, the Notes issued under these Final
Terms are to be consolidated and form a single
series with the GBP330,000 Upside Notes with
Capital at Risk issued on 10 October 2016 (ISIN:
XS1471853595) (the "Original Notes")
3. Specified Currency or Currencies: Pounds Sterling ("GBP")
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(a) Series: GBP530,000
(b) Tranche: GBP200,000
5. Issue Price: 100 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6. (a) Specified Denominations: GBP1.00
(b) Calculation Amount: GBP1.00
7. Issue Date: 21 October 2016
8. Maturity Date: 10 October 2019
9. Redemption/Payment Basis: Final Redemption Amount linked to value of
Preference Shares in accordance with Condition 5
(Redemption and Purchase)
10. (a) Security Status: Unsecured Notes
(b) Secured Portion: Not Applicable
(c) Date Board approval for
issuance of Notes obtained:
Not Applicable
PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION

Not Applicable

Class

Class ZCP2016-

45

Applicable

124.00 per cent.

Not Applicable

Applicable

Not Applicable

$111$ Issuer Call:

Final Redemption Amount of $12.$ $(a)$ each Note:

Final Redemption Amount linked to value of Preference Shares in accordance with Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase)

Preference Share

Weighting

100% of the Aggregate

Nominal Amount of the

Notes

100 per cent. of the Initial Index Level

Classes of Preference Shares to $(b)$ which this Series of Notes are linked and their respective Preference Share Weightings:

$(c)$ Upside Notes with Capital at Risk Terms

Return Threshold: $\bullet$

Digital Return:

Upside Return: $\bullet$

  • Not Applicable Cap: $\bullet$
  • Not Applicable Gearing 1:

Downside Return 1: $\bullet$

Downside Return 2

  • Not Applicable Gearing 2: $\bullet$
  • Not Applicable Lower Strike:

Issue Price of

Preference

Share

GBP 1000

Upper Strike: Not Applicable
(d) Upside Plus Notes with Capital
at Risk Terms
Not Applicable
(e) Kick Out Upside Plus Notes
with Capital at Risk Terms
Not Applicable
(f) Kick Out Notes with Capital at
Risk Terms
Not Applicable
(g) N-Barrier (Accumulation)
Notes with Capital at Risk
Terms
Not Applicable
(h) Range Accrual (Accumulation)
Notes with Capital at Risk
Terms
Not Applicable
(i) Dual Underlying Linked Kick
Out Notes with Capital at Risk
Terms
Not Applicable
(j) Dual Underlying Linked
Upside Notes with Capital at
Risk Terms
Not Applicable
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
(a) Type of Preference Share Index Linked Preference Shares
(b) Type of Underlying Single Index
(c) Underlying
Index $FTSE^{TM}$ 100
Index Sponsor: FTSE International Limited
Exchange:
٠
London Stock Exchange plc
Multi-Exchange Index: No
Non Multi-Exchange
Index:
Yes
(d) Additional Disruption Events: Hedging Disruption and Increased Cost of Hedging
(e) Averaging Dates Market
Disruption:
Omission
(f) Business Day: A day on which commercial banks and foreign
exchange markets settle payments and are open for
general business (including dealing in foreign
exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London

$13.$

and the Cayman Islands.

(g) Valuation Time: The time at which the Index Sponsor publishes the
closing level of the Index.
(h) Strike Date: 10 October 2016
(i) Initial Index Level: the Level of the Index on the Strike Date
(j) Initial Averaging: Not Applicable
(k) Automatic Early Redemption: Not Applicable
(1) Automatic Early Redemption
Averaging:
Not Applicable
(m) Trigger Event: Applicable
Barrier Type American
Barrier Threshold: 50 per cent. of Initial Index Level
۰ Barrier Valuation Date Not Applicable
Barrier Observation
Period:
The period from and including 11 October 2016 (the
"Barrier Start Date") to and including 10 October
2019 (the "Barrier End Date")
(n) Barrier Averaging: Not Applicable
(0) Final Redemption Date: 10 October 2019
(p) Final Index Level Final Averaging applies
(q) Final Averaging: Applicable
Final Averaging Dates: Final Averaging Period applies
Final Averaging Period: Each Scheduled Trading Day from and including 10
July 2019 (the "Final Averaging Start Date") and
to and including 10 October 2019 (the "Final
Averaging End Date").
Details relating to Instalment Notes: Not Applicable
CREDIT LINKED PROVISIONS Not Applicable

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

  1. Form of Notes: Bearer Notes; Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a Permanent Global Note which is exchangeable for Definitive Notes only upon an Exchange Event.

The Notes will be fungible for trading purposes with the Original Notes upon and to the extent of the Temporary Global Note being exchanged for the Permanent Global Note.

$14.$

$15.$

Until such exchange, the Notes will have a temporary ISIN and Common Code and following such exchange, have the same ISIN and Common Code as the Original Notes (as set out below in paragraph 6 (Operational Information) of Part B).

Additional Financial 17. Not Applicable Centre(s):

DISTRIBUTION

18. (a) If syndicated, names
of Managers:
Not Applicable
(b) Date of Subscription
Agreement:
Not Applicable
19. If non-syndicated, name and
address of relevant Dealer:
Investec Bank plc, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QP
20. U.S. Selling Restrictions: Reg. S Compliance Category: 2;
TEFRAD
TAXATION
21. Taxation: Condition 7A (Taxation - No Gross up) applies

SECURITY PROVISIONS

$22.$ Security Provisions: Not Applicable

RESPONSIBILITY

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

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

teacor $By^{\prime}$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vern By: $\frac{1}{2}$

Duly authorised

Alan Thomson
Authorised Signatory

Duly authorised
Authorised Signatory
Authorised Signatory

PART B - OTHER INFORMATION

$1.$ LISTING

  • $(i)$ Official List of the FCA Listing:
  • $(ii)$ Admission to trading: Application is expected to be made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange plc with effect on or around the Issue Date.

$21$ RATINGS

Ratings:

The Notes to be issued have not been rated.

INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE $31$ ISSUE/OFFER

Save as discussed in the "Subscription and Sale" section of the Base Prospectus, relating to the Issuer's agreement to reimburse the Dealers to certain of their expenses in connection with the update of the Programme and the issue of Notes under the Programme and to indemnify the Dealers against certain liabilities incurred by them in connection therewith, 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 $4.$ EXPENSES

  • Reasons for the offer: $(i)$ Information not required
  • $(ii)$ Estimated net Information not required proceeds:
  • $(iii)$ Estimated total Information not required expenses:

PERFORMANCE AND VOLATILITY OF THE UNDERLYING AND OTHER $51$ INFORMATION CONCERNING THE UNDERLYING

Information about the past and the further performance of the underlying and its volatility can be found on Bloomberg.

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

OPERATIONAL INFORMATION 6.

(i) ISIN Code:
-- ----- -- ------------
ISIN
Temporary
Code:
XS1508674790
Following
consolidation
with
Original Notes:
XS1471853595
(ii) SEDOL Code: Not Applicable
(iii) Common Code:
Temporary Common 150867479
Code:
Following
consolidation
with
Original Notes:
147185359
(iv) Any
system(s) other than
Euroclear
and
Clearstream,
Luxembourg and the
relevant identification
$number(s)$ :
clearing Not Applicable
(v) Delivery: Delivery free of payment
$(v_i)$ Additional
Agent(s) (if any):
Paying Not Applicable
(vii) Common Depositary: Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
(viii) Calculation Agent: Invested Bank plc
is Calculation
Agent to make
calculations?
Yes
if not, identify
calculation
agent:
Not Applicable

$7.$ TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER

Offer Price: $(i)$ Issue Price

Offer Period: An offer of the Notes will be made by the Plan Manager (as $(ii)$ defined in Part B, paragraph 7(v) hereof) other than pursuant to Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive during the period from 9.00 a.m. (GMT) on 15 August 2016 until 5.00 p.m. (GMT) on 23 September 2016.

  • The Notes will be offered to retail investors in the United $(iii)$ Conditions to which the offer is subject: Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man (the "Public" Offer Jurisdictions") and will be available only through an investment in the FTSE 100 3Yr Defined Growth Plan 2 (the "Plan"), details of which are available from an intermediary.
  • $(iv)$ Description of the Prospective investors should complete and sign an application application process: form obtainable from their intermediary and send it to their intermediary who will send it to Invested Administration. Duly completed applications together with cheques for the full amount of the investor's subscription must be received by Invested Administration no later than:
  • 5:00 p.m. (GMT) on 23 September 2016 (other than in $(a)$ respect of ISA transfers); or
  • $(b)$ 5:00 p.m. (GMT) on 9 September 2016 in respect of ISA transfers.

Invested Administration will send investors written acknowledgement by the end of the next working day following receipt of the completed application form. After the Issue Date. investors will be sent an opening statement showing each investor's holdings in the Notes.

  • $(v)$ Description Invested Bank plc as plan manager (the "Plan Manager") in of relation to the Plan may accept duly completed applications possibility to reduce subject to the Terms and Conditions set out in the brochure subscriptions and manner for refunding relating to the Plan (the "Plan Brochure"). The Plan Manager reserves the right to reject an application for any reason, in excess amount paid by applicants: which case the subscription monies will be returned. Further details of the cancellation rights and the application process are set out in the Plan Brochure.
  • Details of Minimum of GBP3,000 to a maximum of GBP1,000,000 the

$(vii)$ Details of the method Cheques for the full amount of the investor's subscription must and time limits for be received no later than 23 September 2016 (or 9 September paying and 2016 in respect of ISA transfers). up delivering the Notes:

Prospective Noteholders will be notified by the Plan Manager of their allocation of Notes. The Notes will be collectively held for investors in an account with Invested Wealth and Investment Limited, except to the extent that alternative delivery and settlement arrangements have been agreed between individual investors and the Plan Manager, as described more fully in the Plan Brochure.

Manner in and date on The final size will be known at the end of the Offer Period. $(viii)$ which results of the

$(vi)$

minimum

application:

maximum amount of

and/or

offer are to be made A copy of these Final Terms will be filed with the Financial public: Conduct Authority in the UK (the "FCA"). On or before the Issue Date, a notice pursuant to UK Prospectus Rule 2.3.2(2) of the final aggregate principal amount of the Notes will be (i) filed with the FCA and (ii) published in accordance with the method of publication set out in Prospectus Rule 3.2.4(2).

$(ix)$ Procedure for exercise Not Applicable $of$ any right of pre-emption, negotiability $\sigma$ f subscription rights treatment and of subscription rights not exercised:

$(x)$ Process $for$ notification to applicants of the amount allotted and the indication whether dealing may begin before notification is made:

$(xi)$ Amount $\sigma f$ any None. expenses and taxes specifically charged to the subscriber or purchaser:

$(xii)$ $Name(s)$ and address(es), to the extent known to the Issuer, of the placers the various in countries where the offer takes place:

At the end of the Offer Period, the Plan Manager will proceed to notify the prospective Noteholders as to the amount of their allotment of the Notes

Invested Bank plc, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QP

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS NOT REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES NOTE RELATING TO THE UNDERLYING

Statements regarding the Reference Entity:

Not Applicable

Index Disclaimers (for Preference Shares linked Applicable to an Index or Basket of Indices):

The Preference Shares are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the Index or the Index Sponsor and the Index Sponsor has made no representation whatsoever, whether express or implied, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of the Index and/or the levels at which the Index stands at any particular time on any particular date or otherwise. The Index Sponsor shall not be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Index and the Index Sponsor is under no obligation to advise any person of any error therein. The Index Sponsor has made no representation whatsoever, whether express or implied, as to the advisability of purchasing or assuming any risk in connection with the Preference Shares. Neither the Company nor the Preference Share Calculation Agent shall have any liability to any person for any act or failure to act by the Index Sponsor in connection with the calculation, adjustment or maintenance of the Index. Neither the Company nor the Preference Share Calculation Agent has any affiliation with or control over the Index or the Index Sponsor or any control over the computation, composition or dissemination of the Index. Although the Company and the Preference Share Calculation Agent will obtain information concerning the Index from publicly available sources they believe to be reliable, they will not independently verify this information.

Statements regarding the $FTSE^{TM}$ 100 Index: Applicable

The Preference Shares are not sponsored, endorsed or promoted by the FTSE ("FTSE") or by The London Stock Exchange plc (the "Exchange") or by The Financial Times Limited ("FT") and neither FTSE or Exchange or FT makes any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of the FTSETM 100 Index (the "Index") and/or the figure at which the said Index stands at any particular time on any particular day or otherwise. The Index is compiled and calculated solely by FTSE. However, neither FTSE or Exchange or FT shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Index and neither FTSE or Exchange or FT shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein.

"FTSETM" and "FootsieTM" are trade marks of The London Stock Exchange plc and The Financial Times Limited and are used by FTSE International Limited under licence.

(Source: The Financial Times Limited)

Statements regarding the S&P 500 Index:

Statements regarding the Euro Stoxx Index:

Statements regarding the MSCI Emerging Market Index: Statements regarding the HSCEI Emerging Market Index: Statements regarding the DAX Index:

Statements regarding the S&P ASX 200 (AS51) Index: Statements regarding the CAC 40 Index:

Statements regarding the Nikkei Index:

Statements regarding the JSE Top40 Index:

Statements regarding the Finvex Sustainable Efficient Europe 30 Price Index: Statements regarding the Finvex Sustainable Efficient World 30 Price Index: Statements regarding the BNP Paribas SLI Enhanced Absolute Return Index: Statements regarding the NASDAQ Index:

Statements regarding the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index: Statements regarding the IBEX 35 Index:

Statements regarding the FTSE MIB Index:

Statements regarding the AEX Index:

Statements regarding the OMX STKH30 Index:

Statements regarding the SMI Index:

Statements regarding the NIFTY Index:

Statements regarding the KOSPI 200 Index:

Statements regarding the EVEN 30TMIndex:

Statements regarding the EURO $70^{TM}$ Low Volatility Index:

Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable

ANNEX

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 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 securities and issuer, it is possible that no relevant information can be given regarding the Element. In this case, a short description of the Element is included in the summary with the mention of "Not Applicable".

SECTION A - INTRODUCTION AND WARNINGS
A.1 Introduction: This summary should be read as an introduction to this Base Prospectus
and any decision to invest in the Notes should be based on a
consideration of this Base Prospectus as a whole by the investor.
Where a claim relating to the information contained in this Base
Prospectus is brought before a court, the plaintiff investor might, under
the national legislation of the Member State, have to bear the costs of
translating the Base Prospectus before the legal proceedings are
initiated.
Civil liability attaches only to those persons who have tabled the
summary including any translation thereof, but only if the summary is
misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent when read together with the other
parts of this Base Prospectus or it does not provide, when read together
with the other parts of this Base Prospectus, key information in order to
aid investors when considering whether to invest in the Notes.
A.2 Consent: The Issuer gives its express consent, either as a "general consent" or as
a "specific consent" as described below, to the use of the prospectus by
a financial intermediary that satisfies the Conditions applicable to the
"general consent" or "specific consent", and accepts the responsibility
for the content of the Base Prospectus, with respect to the subsequent
resale or final placement of securities by any such financial
intermediary to retail investors in the United Kingdom and/or Ireland
(the "Public Offer Jurisdictions") in circumstances where there is no
exemption from the obligation under the Prospectus Directive to
publish a prospectus (any such offer being a "Public Offer").
General consent: Subject to the "Common conditions to consent" set out
below, the Issuer hereby grants its consent to the use of this Base
Prospectus for the entire term of the Base Prospectus in connection with
a Public Offer of any Tranche of Notes by any financial intermediary in
the Public Offer Jurisdictions which is authorised to make such offers
under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended, or
other applicable legislation implementing Directive 2004/39/EC (the
"Markets in Financial Instruments Directive") and publishes on its
website the following statement (with the information in square
brackets being completed with the relevant information):
"We, [insert legal name of financial intermediary], refer to the
base prospectus (the "Base Prospectus") relating to notes
issued under the £4,000,000,000 Zebra Capital Plans Retail
Structured Products Programme (the "Notes") by Investec Bank
plc (the "Issuer"). We agree to use the Base Prospectus in
connection with the offer of the Notes in the United Kingdom,
Jersey and the Isle of Man and Guernsey in accordance with the
consent of the Issuer in the Base Prospectus and subject to the
conditions to such consent specified in the Base Prospectus as
being the "Common conditions to consent"."
Any new information with respect to any financial intermediary or
intermediaries unknown at the time of the approval of this Base
Prospectus or after the filing of the applicable Final Terms will be
published
the
Issuer's
website
on
(www.investecstructuredproducts.com).
Common conditions to consent: The conditions to the Issuer's consent
are that such consent (a) is only valid in respect of the relevant Tranche
of Notes; (b) is only valid during the Offer Period specified in the
relevant Final Terms; and (c) only extends to the use of this Base
Prospectus to make Public Offers of the relevant Tranche of Notes in
the United Kingdom, Jersey and the Isle of Man and Guernsey.
In the event of an offer of Notes being made by a financial
intermediary, the financial intermediary will provide to investors
the terms and conditions of the offer at the time the offer is made.
SECTION B - ISSUER
B.1
Legal and
commercial
name of the
Issuer:
The legal name of the issuer is Invested Bank plc (the "Issuer").
B.2 Domicile and
legal form of
the Issuer:
The Issuer is a public limited company registered in England and Wales
under registration number 00489604. The liability of its members is
limited.
The Issuer was incorporated as a private limited company with limited
liability on 20 December 1950 under the Companies Act 1948 and
registered in England and Wales under registered number 00489604
with the name Edward Bates & Sons Limited. Since then it has
undergone changes of name, eventually re-registering under the
Companies Act 1985 on 23 January 2009 as a public limited company
and is now incorporated under the name Invested Bank plc.
The Issuer is subject to primary and secondary legislation relating to
financial services and banking regulation in the United Kingdom,
including, inter alia, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, for
the purposes of which the Issuer is an authorised person carrying on the
business of financial services provision. In addition, as a public limited
company, the Issuer is subject to the UK Companies Act 2006.
B.4b Trends: The Issuer, in its audited consolidated financial statements for the year
ended 31 March 2016, reported an increase of 44.6% in operating profit
before goodwill and acquired intangibles and after non-controlling
interests to £146.3 million (2015: £101.2 million). The balance sheet
remains strong, supported by sound capital and liquidity ratios. At 31
March 2016, the Issuer had £5.0 billion of cash and near cash to support
its activities, representing 45.7% of its customer deposits. Customer
deposits have increased by 4.3% since 31 March 2015 to £11.0 billion
at 31 March 2016. The Issuer's loan to deposit ratio was 70.5% as at 31
March 2016 (2015: 66.5%). At 31 March 2016, the Issuer's total capital
adequacy ratio was 17.0% and its tier 1 ratio was 11.9%. The Issuer's
anticipated 'fully loaded' common equity tier 1 ratio and leverage ratio
are 11.9% and 7.5%, respectively (where 'fully loaded' is based on
Capital Requirements Regulation ("CRR") requirements as fully
phased in by 2022). These disclosures incorporate the deduction of
foreseeable dividends as required by the CRR and European Banking
Authority technical standards. Excluding this deduction, the ratio would
be 0.3% higher. The credit loss charge as a percentage of average gross
core loans and advances has decreased from 1.16% at 31 March 2015 to
1.13%. The Issuer's gearing ratio remains low with total assets to equity
decreasing to 9.9 times at 31 March 2016.
B.5 The group: The Issuer is the main banking subsidiary of Investec plc, which is part
of an international banking group with operations in three principal
markets: the United Kingdom and Europe, Asia/Australia and South
Africa. The Issuer also holds certain of the Investec group's UK and
Australia based assets and businesses.
B.10 Audit Report
Qualifications:
Not applicable. There are no qualifications in the audit reports on the
audited, consolidated financial statements of the Issuer and its
subsidiary undertakings for the financial years ended 31 March 2015 or
31 March 2016.
B.12 Key Financial
Information:
The selected financial information set out below has been extracted
without material adjustment from the audited consolidated financial
statements of the Issuer for the years ended 31 March 2015 and 31
March 2016.
Financial features Year Ended
31 March 2016 31 March
2015
Operating profit before amortisation of acquired
intangibles, non-operating items, taxation and after
non-controlling interests (£'000)
Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders
146,347 101,243
(E'000)
Costs to income ratio
96,635
73.3%
105,848
75.5%
Total capital resources (including subordinated
liabilities) (£'000)
2,440,165 2,398,038
Total shareholders' equity (£'000)
Total assets (£'000)
Net core loans and advances (£'000)
Customer accounts (deposits) (£'000)
Cash and near cash balances (£'000)
Funds under management (£'000)
Capital adequacy ratio
Tier 1 ratio
1,842,856
18,334,568
7,781,386
11,038,164
5,046,000
30,100,000
17.0%
11.9%
1,801,115
17,943,469
7,035,690
10,579,558
5,011,000
29,800,000
17.5%
12.1%
There has been no significant change in the financial or trading position
of the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries since 31 March 2016,
being the end of the most recent financial period for which it has
published financial statements.
There has been no material adverse change in the prospects of the
Issuer since the financial year ended 31 March 2016, the most recent
financial year for which it has published audited financial statements
B.13 Recent Events: Not Applicable. There have been no recent events particular to the
Issuer which are to a material extent relevant to the evaluation of its
solvency.
B.14 Dependence
upon other
entities within
the Group:
The Issuer's immediate parent undertaking is Invested 1 Limited. The
Issuer's ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is Invested
plc.
The Issuer and its subsidiaries form a UK-based group (the "Group").
The Issuer conducts part of its business through its subsidiaries and is
accordingly dependent upon those members of the Group. The Issuer is
not dependent on Investec plc.
B.15 The Issuer's
Principal
Activities:
The principal business of the Issuer consists of Wealth & Investment
and Specialist Banking.
The Issuer is an international, specialist banking group and asset
manager whose principal business involves provision of a diverse range
of financial services and products to a select client base in the United
Kingdom and Europe and Australia/Asia and certain other countries. As
part of its business, the Issuer provides investment management
services to private clients, charities, intermediaries, pension schemes
and trusts as well as specialist banking services focusing on corporate
advisory and investment activities, corporate and institutional banking
activities and private banking activities.
B.16 Controlling
Persons:
The whole of the issued share capital of the Issuer is owned directly by
Invested 1 Limited, the ultimate parent undertaking and controlling
party of which is Invested plc.
B.17 Credit Ratings: The long-term senior debt of the Issuer has a rating of BBB as rated by
Fitch. This means that Fitch's expectation of default risk is currently
low and Fitch is of the opinion that the Issuer's capacity for payment of
financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse business or
economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity.
The long-term senior debt of the Issuer has a rating of A2 as rated by
Moody's. This means that Moody's is of the opinion that the Issuer is
considered upper-medium-grade and is subject to low credit risk.
The long-term senior debt of the Issuer has a rating of BBB+ as rated
by Global Credit Rating. This means that Global Credit Rating is of the
opinion that the Issuer has adequate protection factors and is considered
sufficient for prudent investment. However, there is considerable
variability in risk during economic cycles).
The Notes to be issued have not been specifically rated.
SECTION C - SECURITIES
C.1 Description of
Type and Class
of Securities:
Issuance in series: The Notes will be issued in series ("Series") which
may comprise one or more tranches ("Tranches") issued on different
issue dates. The Notes of each Tranche of the same series will all be
subject to identical terms, except for the issue dates and/or issue prices
of the respective Tranches.
The Notes are issued as Series number ZCP2016-45, Tranche number
1.
Form of Notes: The applicable Final Terms will specify whether the
relevant Notes will be issued in bearer form ("Bearer Notes"), in
certificated registered form ("Registered Notes") or in uncertificated
registered form (such Notes being recorded on a register as being held
in uncertificated book-entry form) ("Uncertificated Registered
Notes"). Registered Notes and Uncertificated Registered Notes will not
be exchangeable for other forms of Notes and vice versa.
The Notes are issued in bearer form.
Security Identification Number(s): The
following
security
identification number(s) will be specified in the Final Terms.
ISIN Code:
Temporary ISIN Code: XS1508674790
Following consolidation with Original Notes: XS1471853595
Common Code:
Temporary Common Code: 150867479
Following Consolidation with Original Notes: 147185359
SEDOL:
Not Applicable
C.2 Currency of the
Securities Issue:
Currency: Subject to any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, the
Notes may be issued in any currency (the "Specified Currency").
The Specified Currency of the Notes is GBP.
C.5 Free
Transferability:
The Notes are freely transferable. However, applicable securities laws
in certain jurisdictions impose restrictions on the offer and sale of the
Notes and accordingly the Issuer and the dealers have agreed
restrictions on the offer, sale and delivery of the Notes in the United
States, the European Economic Area, Isle of Man, South Africa,
Switzerland, Guernsey and Jersey, and such other restrictions as may be
required in connection with the offering and sale of a particular Tranche
of Notes in order to comply with relevant securities laws.
C.8 The Rights
Attaching to the
Securities,
including
Ranking and
Limitations to
those Rights:
The Notes are unsecured. The Notes will constitute direct,
Status:
unconditional, unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer that will rank
pari passu among themselves and (save for certain obligations required
to be preferred by law) equally with all other unsecured obligations
(other than subordinated obligations, if any) of the Issuer from time to
time outstanding.
Investors investing in unsecured Notes are advised to carefully evaluate
the Issuer's credit risk when considering an investment in such Notes. If
the Issuer became unable to pay amounts owed to the investor under the
unsecured Notes, such investor does not have recourse to the
underlying or any other security/collateral and, in a worst case scenario,
investors may not receive any payments under the Notes. The Notes are
unsecured obligations. They are not deposits and they are not protected
under the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme or any
deposit protection insurance scheme.
Payments of Principal: Payments of principal in respect of Notes will
in all cases be calculated by reference to the percentage change in value
of one or more preference shares issued by Zebra Capital II Limited
("Preference Shares") in respect of the relevant series of Notes. The
terms of each class of Preference Shares will be contained in the
Memorandum and Articles of Association of Zebra Capital II Limited
and the Preference Share confirmation relating to such class.
The redemption price of each class of Preference Shares will be
calculated by reference to an index (the "Underlying"), as further
described in C.15 (Effect of value of underlying instruments).
Redemption of the Notes: The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to their
stated maturity date (other than for taxation reasons or on account of
certain events affecting the Preference Shares or following an event of
default).
Taxation: All payments in respect of the Notes will be made without
deduction for or on account of withholding taxes imposed by the United
Kingdom unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In
the event that any such deduction is made, the Issuer will not be
required to pay any additional amounts in respect of such withholding
or deduction.
Denomination: The Notes will be issued in denominations of
GBP1.00.
Governing Law: English law
C.11 Listing and
Trading:
This document has been approved by the FCA as a base prospectus in
compliance with the Prospectus Directive and relevant implementing
measures in the United Kingdom for the purpose of giving information
with regard to the Notes issued under the Programme described in this
Base Prospectus during the period of twelve months after the date
hereof. Application has also been made for the Notes to be admitted
during the twelve months after the date hereof to listing on the Official
List of the FCA and to trading on the regulated market (for the purposes
of EU Directive 2004/39/EC (the Markets in Financial Instruments
Directive)) (the "Regulated Market") of the London Stock Exchange
plc (the "London Stock Exchange").
Application will be made for the Notes to be admitted to listing on the
Official List of the FCA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange
effective on or around the Issue Date.
C.15 Effect of value
of underlying
instruments:
The performance of the Underlying will determine the redemption price
and final value (on a one for one basis) of a class of preference share
issued by Zebra Capital II Limited (the "Preference Share"), an
exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands
which is independent of the Issuer and whose business consists of the
issuance of Preference Shares in connection with the Programme.
The percentage change in the final value of the relevant Preference
Share or Preference Shares compared to its or their issue price is then
used to calculate the value and return on the Notes.
As a result, the potential effect of the performance of the
Underlying on the return on the Notes means that investors may
lose some or all of their investment.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Notes are not backed by or secured on
the Preference Shares and accordingly, only a nominal amount of the
Preference Shares may be issued by Zebra Capital II Limited regardless
of the principal amount of the applicable issuance of Notes by the
Issuer.
In this section, for ease of explanation rather than refer to the Notes
being linked to the value of the Preference Share which is in turn linked
to the Underlying, the Notes (including the return on the Notes) are
described as being linked to the Underlying.
The return on the Notes is linked to the performance of an underlying
instrument (being the FTSETM 100 Index) (the "Underlying").
The
value of the Underlying is used to calculate the redemption price of the
Notes and accordingly affects the return (if any) on the Notes.
The market price or value of the Notes at any times is expected to be
affected by changes in the value of the Preference Share and the
Underlying.
C.16 Expiration or
maturity date:
The Maturity Date of the Notes is 10 October 2019.
C.17 Settlement
procedure:
The Notes will be cash-settled.
C.18 Return on
securities:
Series ZCP2016-45 are Upside Notes with Capital at Risk.
The performance of the Underlying will determine the redemption price
of the Preference Share. This redemption price is used to calculate the
final value of the Preference Share on a one for one basis. The
percentage change in the final value of the Preference Share as against
its issue price is then used to calculate the return on the Notes.
As a result, the potential effect of the value of the Underlying on the
return on the Notes means that investors may lose some or all of
their investment.
In this section, for ease of explanation rather than refer to the Notes
being linked to the value of the Preference Share which is in turn linked
to the Underlying, Notes (including the return on the Notes) are
described as being linked to the Underlying.
Redemption provisions in respect of Upside Notes with Capital at
Risk:
The Notes are non interest bearing Upside Notes with Capital at Risk.
The potential payouts at maturity for Upside Notes with Capital at Risk
are as follows:
Scenario A - Digital Return
If at maturity the level of the Underlying is greater than a specified
percentage of the initial level of the Underlying, an investor will receive
a "Digital Return" being their initial investment multiplied by a
specified percentage return.
Scenario $B - No$ Return
If at maturity the level of the Underlying is less than or equal to a
specified percentage of the initial level of the Underlying, an investor
will receive their initial investment with no additional return, provided
that a "Trigger Event"* has not occurred.
Scenario $C$ – Loss of Investment
If at maturity the level of the Underlying is less than or equal to a
specified percentage of the initial level of the Underlying and a Trigger
Event has occurred an investor's investment will be reduced by 1% for
every 1% fall of the level of the Underlying at maturity.
*A "Trigger Event" occurs where the level of the Underlying falls
below a specified percentage of the initial level of the Underlying at the
Valuation Time on any day during the period specified in the relevant
Final Terms.
C.19 Exercise price
or final
reference price
of the
underlying:
The performance of the Underlying will determine the redemption price
of the Preference Share. This redemption price is used to calculate the
final value of the Preference Share on a one for one basis. The
percentage change in the final value of the Preference Share as against
its issue price is then used to calculate the return on the Notes.
In this section, for ease of explanation rather than refer to the Notes
being linked to the value of the Preference Share which is in turn linked
to the Underlying, Notes (including the return on the Notes) are
described as being linked to the Underlying.
The determination of the performance of the Underlying will be carried
out by the Preference Share Calculation Agent, being Investec Bank
plc.
The Preference Share Calculation Agent will compare an initial level of
the Underlying with a final level of the Underlying.
The initial level of the Underlying will be the closing level on the Issue
Date.
The final level of the Underlying will be the arithmetic average of the
closing level of the Underlying on the final averaging end date and the
four scheduled trading days prior to the final averaging end date.
The determination of the redemption amount of the Notes will be
carried out by the Calculation Agent, being Investec Bank plc.
C.20 Type of the
underlying:
The performance of the Underlying will determine the redemption price
of the Preference Share. This redemption price is used to calculate the
final value of the Preference Share on a one for one basis. The
percentage change in the final value of the Preference Share as against
its issue price is then used to calculate the return on the Notes.
In this section, for ease of explanation rather than refer to the Notes
being linked to the value of the Preference Share which is in turn linked
to the Underlying, Notes (including the return on the Notes) are
described as being linked to the Underlying.
The Underlying relating to the Notes is a single index (being the
FTSE® 100 Index), information about the past and the further
performance of which can be obtained on Bloomberg.
SECTION D - RISKS
D.2 Risks specific to
the issuer:
In relation to Public Offers of the Notes, the Notes are designed for
investors who are or have access to a suitably qualified independent
financial adviser or who have engaged a suitably qualified
discretionary investment manager, in order to understand the
characteristics and risks associated with structured financial
products.
The following are the key risks applicable to the Issuer:
Market risks, business and general macro-economic conditions and
fluctuations as well as volatility in the global financial markets could
adversely affect the Issuer's business in many ways.
The Issuer is subject to risks arising from general macro-economic
conditions in the countries in which it operates, including in particular
the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, as well as global economic
conditions.
The Issuer is subject to risks concerning customer and counterparty
credit quality.
Credit and counterparty risk is defined as the risk arising from an
obligor's (typically a client's or counterparty's) failure to meet the
terms of any agreement. Credit and counterparty risk arises when funds
are extended, committed, invested, or otherwise exposed through
contractual agreements, whether reflected on- or off-balance sheet.
The Issuer's credit risk arises primarily in relation to its Specialist
Banking business, through which it offers products such as private
client mortgages and specialised lending to high income professionals
and high net worth individuals and a range of lending products to
corporate clients, including corporate loans, asset based lending, fund
finance, asset finance, acquisition finance, power and infrastructure
finance, resource finance and corporate debt securities. Within its
Wealth & Investment business, the Issuer is subject to relatively limited
settlement risk which can arise due to undertaking transactions in an
agency capacity on behalf of clients.
In accordance with policies overseen by its Central Credit Management
department, the Issuer makes provision for specific impairments and
calculates the appropriate level of portfolio impairments in relation to
the credit and counterparty risk to which it is subject.
Increased credit and counterparty risk could have a material adverse
impact on the Issuer's business, results of operations, financial
condition and prospects.
The Issuer is subject to liquidity risk, which may impair its ability to
fund its operations.
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Issuer has insufficient capacity to fund
increases in its assets, or that it is unable to meet its payment
obligations as they fall due, without incurring unacceptable losses. This
includes repaying depositors and repayments of wholesale debt. This
risk is inherent in all banking operations and can be impacted by a
range of institution-specific and market-wide events.
The Issuer may have insufficient capital in the future and may be
unable to secure additional financing when it is required.
The prudential regulatory capital and liquidity requirements applicable
to banks have increased significantly over the last decade, largely in
response to the financial crisis that commenced in 2008 but also as a
result of continuing work undertaken by regulatory bodies in the
financial sector subject to certain global and national mandates. These
prudential requirements are likely to increase further in the short term,
not least in connection with ongoing implementation issues, and it is
possible that further regulatory changes may be implemented in this
area in any event.
If the Issuer fails to meet its minimum regulatory capital or liquidity
requirements, it may be subject to administrative actions or sanctions.
In addition, a shortage of capital or liquidity could affect the Issuer's
ability to pay liabilities as they fall due, pay future dividends and
distributions, and could affect the implementation of its business
strategy, impacting future growth potential.
D.6 Risks specific to
the securities:
Capital at Risk: The Notes are not capital protected. Accordingly,
there is no guarantee that the return on a Note will be greater than or
equal to the amount invested in the Notes initially or that an investor's
initial investment will be returned. Investors may lose some or all of
their initial investment.
Unlike an investor investing in a savings account or similar investment,
where an investor may typically expect to receive a low return but
suffer little or no loss of their initial investment, an investor investing in
the Notes may expect to potentially receive a higher return but may also
expect to potentially suffer a total or partial loss of their initial
investment.
Unsecured Notes: Investors investing in unsecured Notes are advised
to carefully evaluate the Issuer's credit risk when considering an
investment in such Notes. If the Issuer became unable to pay amounts
owed to the investor under the unsecured Notes, such investor does not
have recourse to the underlying or any other security/collateral and, in a
worst case scenario, investors may not receive any payments under the
Notes. The Notes are unsecured obligations. They are not deposits and
they are not protected under the UK's Financial Services Compensation
Scheme or any deposit protection insurance scheme.
Investment Products: The Notes are not deposits and they are not
protected under the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme or

any deposit protection insurance scheme.

Return linked to performance of the relevant Preference Share: The return on the Notes is calculated by reference to the percentage change in value of one or more preference shares, the redemption price on such preference shares being based on the performance of the Underlying. Poor performance of the relevant Underlying could result in investors, at best, forgoing returns that could have been made had they invested in a different product or, at worst, losing some or all of their initial investment.

In this section, for ease of explanation, the return on the Notes is summarised by reference to the performance of the Underlying rather than the applicable Preference Share.

Return linked to performance of the relevant Underlying: The return on the Notes is calculated by reference to the performance of the Underlying. Poor performance of the relevant Underlying could result in investors, at best, forgoing returns that could have been made had they invested in a different product or, at worst, losing some or all of their initial investment.

Downside risk: Since the Notes are not capital protected, if at maturity the level of the Underlying is less than a specified level, investors may lose their right to return of all their principal at maturity and may suffer a reduction of their capital in proportion (or a proportion multiplied by a leverage factor) with the decline of the level of the Underlying, in which case investors would be fully exposed to any downside of the Underlying during such specified period.

SECTION E - OFFER
E.2b Reasons for the
Offer and Use
of Proceeds:
risks. Not applicable. The use of proceeds is to make a profit and/or hedge
E.3 Terms and
Conditions of
the Offer:
The Notes will be offered to retail investors in the United Kingdom,
Jersey and the Isle of Man and Guernsey.
(i) Offer Price: The offer price for the Notes is 100 per cent. of the
Aggregate Nominal Amount.
(ii) Offer Period: The offer period for the Notes will commence on
15 August 2016 and end on 23 September 2016.
(iii) Conditions to which the offer is subject: an investment in the
FTSE 100 3Yr Defined Growth Plan 2 (the "Plan"), details of
which are available from an intermediary.
(iv) Description of the application process: Duly completed
applications together with cheques for the full amount of the
investor's subscription must be received no later than 23
September 2016 (or 9 September 2016 in respect of ISA
transfers).
(v) Details of the minimum and/or maximum amount of
application: The application must be for a minimum of
GBP3,000.00 subject to a maximum of GBP1,000,000.00.
(vi) Details of the method and time limits for paying up and
delivering the Notes: Cheques for the full amount of the
investor's subscription must be received no later than 23
September 2016 (or 9 September 2016 in respect of ISA
transfers).
(vii) Manner in and date on which results of the offer are to be
made public: The final size of the offer will be known at the
end of the offer period. A copy of these Final Terms will be
filed with the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK (the
"FCA"). On or before the Issue Date, a notice pursuant to UK
Prospectus Rule 2.3.2(2) of the final aggregate principal amount
of the Notes will be (i) filed with the FCA and (ii) published in
accordance with the method of publication set out in Prospectus
Rule 3.2.4(2).
(viii) Process for notification to applicants of the amount allotted
and the indication whether dealing may begin before
notification is made: At the end of the Offer Period, the Plan
Manager will proceed to notify the prospective Noteholders as
to the amount of their allotment of the Notes.
(ix) Amount of any expenses and taxes specifically charged to
the subscriber or purchaser: None.
(x) Name(s) and address(es), to the extent known to the Issuer,
of the placers in the various countries where the offer takes
place: Investec Bank plc, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V
7QP.
E.4 Interests
Material to the
Issue:
The Issuer may be the Calculation Agent responsible for making
determinations and calculations in connection with the Notes and may
also be the Preference Share Calculation Agent and the valuation agent
in connection with the Preference Share(s). Such determinations and
calculations will determine the amounts that are required to be paid by
the Issuer to holders of the Notes. Accordingly, when the Issuer acts as
Calculation Agent, Preference Share Calculation Agent or Valuation
Agent its duties as agent (in the interests of holders of the Notes) may
conflict with its interests as Issuer of the Notes.
E.7 Estimated
Expenses:
Not applicable. Expenses in respect of the offer or listing of the Notes
are not charged by the Issuer or Offeror or Dealer to the investor.