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Investec PLC Capital/Financing Update 2018

Mar 19, 2018

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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.

19 March 2018

Investec Bank plc Issue of USD4,000,000 Kick Out Notes with Capital at Risk due 2023 under the £2,000,000,000 Impala Bonds Programme

The Base Prospectus referred to below (as completed by these Final Terms) has been prepared on the basis that any offer of Notes in any Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a "Relevant Member State") will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive, as implemented in that Relevant Member State, from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of the Notes. Accordingly any person making or intending to make an offer in that Relevant Member State 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 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. The expression "Prospectus Directive" means Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended by Directive 2008/11/EC, Directive 2010/73/EU and Directive 2008/78/EU) and includes any relevant implementing measures in the Relevant Member State.

Prospective investors considering acquiring any Notes should understand the risks of transactions involving the Notes and should reach an investment decision only after carefully considering the suitability of the Notes in light of their particular circumstances (including without limitation their own financial circumstances and investment objectives and the impact the Notes will have on their overall investment portfolio) and the information contained in this Base Prospectus and the applicable Final Terms. Prospective investors should consider carefully the risk factors set out under "Risk Factors" in the Base Prospectus referred to below.

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 £2,000,000,000 Impala Bonds Programme dated 19 July 2017, which together with the supplemental prospectus dated 11 December 2017 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 Conditions, the Terms and the Additional Terms 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.

PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA RETAIL INVESTORS - The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area ("EEA"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU ("MiFID II"); (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2002/92/EC ("IMD"), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.

1. Issuer: Investec Bank plc
2. (a) Series Number: 584
(b) Tranche Number: 1
3. Specified Currency: USD
4. FX Currency: Not Applicable
5. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(a) Series: USD4,000,000
(b) Tranche: USD4,000,000
6. Issue Price: 100 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
7. (a) Specified
Denominations:
USD1,000
(b) Calculation Amount: USD1,000
(c) Indicative
Terms
Notification Date
Not Applicable
8. (a) Issue Date: 20 March 2018
(b) Interest
Commencement Date:
Not Applicable
9. Maturity Date: 20 March 2023
10. Interest Basis: Not Applicable
11. Redemption/Payment Basis: Index Linked Notes (see Annex 1 (Equity/Index/Dual
Underlying Linked Note Provisions) to this Final Terms for
further details)
12. Change of Interest Basis or
Redemption/Payment Basis:
Not Applicable
13. Call Option: Not Applicable
14. Put Option: Not Applicable
15. Security Status:
(a)
Unsecured Notes
(b)
Date of board approval
for issuance of Notes
obtained:
Not Applicable
16. Method of distribution: Non-syndicated
17. Redenomination on Euro Event: Not Applicable
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE
18. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Not Applicable
19. Floating Rate Note Provisions Not Applicable
20. Coupon Deferral Not Applicable
21. Coupon Step-up Not Applicable
22. Zero Coupon Notes Not Applicable
23. Interest FX Factor: Not Applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION

24. Final Redemption Amount of
each Note:
Index Linked Notes (see Annex 1 (Equity/Index/Dual
Underlying Linked Note Provisions) to this Final Terms for
further details)
Final Redemption FX Factor: Not Applicable
25. Early Redemption Amount:
Early Redemption Amount(s)
per Calculation Amount payable
on redemption for taxation
reasons or on event of default or
other early redemption and/or
the method of calculating the
same (if required or if different
from that set out in the
Conditions):
Fair Market Value

Early Redemption FX Factor:

Not Applicable

  1. Details relating to Instalment Not Applicable Notes: 27. Issuer Call Option Not Applicable 28. Noteholder Put Option Not applicable GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES 29. 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 Additional Financial Centre(s) $30.$ Not Applicable or other special provisions relating to Payment Days: Talons for future Coupons or 31. No Receipts to be attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature): DISTRIBUTION If syndicated, names 32. $(a)$ Not Applicable and addresses of Managers: $(b)$ Date of Subscription Not Applicable Agreement: 33. If non-syndicated, name and Investec Bank plc, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QP. address of relevant Dealer: Invested Bank plc will initially subscribe for up to 55 per cent. of the principal amount of the Tranche as unsold allotment. Invested Bank plc may subsequently place such Notes in the secondary market or such Notes may subsequently be repurchased by the Issuer and cancelled. 34. Total commission and Not Applicable concession: 35. U.S. Selling Restrictions: Reg. S Compliance Category: 2; TEFRAD Prohibition of Sales to EEA 36. Applicable Retail Investors: TAXATION $37.$ Taxation: Condition 7A (Taxation - No Gross up) applies SECURITY

38. Security Provisions:

Credit Linkage

CREDIT LINKAGE

39.

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

RESPONSIBILITY

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

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By:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duly authorised

Nuala Lynch
Authorised Signatory

Robert Dale
Authorised Signatory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART B-OTHER INFORMATION

$\overline{1}$ . LISTING

Official List of the FCA $(a)$ Listing:

$(b)$ 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 with effect from the Issue Date.

$\overline{2}$ . RATINGS

$\overline{3}$ .

4.

Ratings:

The Notes to be issued have not been rated.

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

As discussed in the "Subscription and Sale" section of the Base Prospectus, the Issuer has agreed 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.

Invested Bank plc may pay a Fee to intermediaries distributing the Notes to investors.

If under any applicable laws or regulations (including, if applicable, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive MIFID), an Authorised Offeror is required to disclose to prospective investors in the Notes further information on any discount that Invested Bank plc has offered to them, the Authorised Offeror shall be responsible for compliance with such laws and regulations and investors may request such further information from the Authorised Offeror.

In addition, Invested Bank plc may provide further information to its own clients upon request.

Save for the interests disclosed above, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.

REASONS FOR THE OFFER, ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS AND TOTAL EXPENSES

  • $(a)$ Reasons for the offer: Information not required
  • $(b)$ Estimated net proceeds: Information not required
  • Estimated total expenses: Information not required $(c)$
  • $\mathbf{5}$ . PERFORMANCE AND VOLATILITY OF THE UNDERLYING AND OTHER 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.

  • ISIN Code: XS1791337501 $(a)$ SEDOL Code: $(b)$ Not Applicable
  • 179133750 Common Code: $(c)$
(d) Any clearing system(s) Not Applicable
other than Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg
the
relevant
and
identification number(s):
(e) Delivery: Delivery against payment
(f) Additional Paying Agent(s) Not Applicable
(if any):
(g) Common Depositary: Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
(h) Calculation Agent: Investec Bank plc
is Calculation
(i)
Agent to
make
calculations?
Yes
not, identify
(ii)
if
calculation agent:
Not Applicable
(i) Nordic Paying Agent: Not Applicable
(i) Italian Paying Agent: Not Applicable
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER

Not Applicable

$\overline{7}$ .

ANNEX 1
EQUITY/INDEX/DUAL UNDERLYING LINKED NOTE PROVISIONS

1. Type of Note: Index Linked Note
2. Type of Underlying: Basket of Indices
3. Physical Settlement Not Applicable
(a)
Settlement:
Equity Linked Physical Not Applicable
(b)
Settlement:
Downside Only Physical Not Applicable
4. Redemption
Payment Provisions:
Interest
and
(a) Return Factor: Not Applicable
(b) FX Factors: Not Applicable
(c) Risk Redemption Provisions Kick Out Notes with Capital at Applicable
(i) Return
Threshold:
55 per cent. of Initial Index Level
(ii) Strike
Percentage:
Not Applicable
(iii) Capital
Downside:
Not Applicable
(iv) Digital Return 138.75 per cent.
(v) Upside Return: Not Applicable
(vi) Cap: Not Applicable
(vii) Gearing 1: Not Applicable
(viii) Downside
Return 1:
Applicable
(ix) Downside
Return 2:
Not Applicable
(x) Gearing 2: Not Applicable
(xi) Lower Strike: Not Applicable
(xii) Upper Strike: Not Applicable
(d) Kick Out Notes without Capital at Not Applicable

Risk Redemption Provisions

  • Phoenix Kick Out Notes with $(e)$ Not Applicable Capital at Risk Redemption Provisions
  • $(f)$ Upside Notes with Capital at Risk Not Applicable Redemption Provisions
  • Upside Notes without Capital at $(g)$ Not Applicable Risk Redemption Provisions
  • Geared Booster Notes with $(h)$ Not Applicable Capital at Risk Redemption Provisions
  • $(i)$ Lock-In Call Notes with Capital at Not Applicable Risk Redemption Provisions
  • $(j)$ N Barrier (Income) Notes with Not Applicable Capital at Risk Redemption Provisions
  • $(k)$ Range Accrual (Income) Notes Not Applicable with Capital at Risk Redemption Provisions
  • $(1)$ Range Accrual Notes (Income) Not Applicable without Capital at Risk:
  • $(m)$ Reverse Convertible Notes with Not Applicable Capital at Risk
  • $(n)$ Dual Underlying Kick Out Notes Not Applicable with Capital at Risk Redemption Provisions
  • Dual Underlying Upside Notes $(0)$ Not Applicable with Capital at Risk Redemption Provisions

5. Additional Provisions:

$(b)$

$(c)$

$(d)$

$(e)$

$(f)$

$(g)$

$(h)$

$(i)$

Underlying: $(a)$

(i) Basket
Indices
Underlying")
of
(the
Index Index
Sponsor
Exchange Weighting
Nikkei 225 Nikkei Inc.
and Nikkei
Digital
Media Inc.
Tokyo
Stock
Exchange
(Non Multi-
Exchange
Index)
Not
Applicable
SMI Index Swiss
SIX.
Exchange
SIX
Swiss
Exchange
(Non-Multi-
Exchange
Index)
Not
Applicable
Russell 2000® Frank
Russell
Company
New
York
Stock
Exchange
(Non Multi-
Exchange
Index)
Not
Applicable
Averaging Market Disruption: Dates Not Applicable
Events: Additional Disruption Hedging Disruption and Increased Cost of Hedging
Business Day: deposits) in London 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
Valuation Time: of the Index. The time at which the Index Sponsor publishes the closing level
Strike Date: 7 March 2018 with respect to the Nikkei 225 Index
Index 6 March 2018 with respect to the SMI Index and Russell 2000®
Initial Index Level: The Level on the Strike Date
Initial Averaging: Not Applicable
Automatic Early
Redemption:
Event has occurred. Applicable. Worst of Provisions apply in relation to the
determination of whether an Automatic Early Redemption

Date

5 Year USD Triple Index Autocall Note

6 March
2019
20 March 2019 107.75
per
cent. of Issue
Price
95 per cent.
of
Initial
Index Level
6 March
2020
20 March 2020 115.50
per
cent. of Issue
Price
85 per cent.
of
Initial
Index Level
8 March
2021
22 March 2021 123.25
per
cent. of Issue
Price
75 per cent.
of
Initial
Index Level
7 March
2022
21 March 2022 131.00
per
cent. of Issue
Price
65 per cent.
of
Initial
Index Level
(j) Automatic
Early
Redemption
Averaging:
Not Applicable
(k) Barrier Condition: Not Applicable
(1) Barrier Averaging: Not Applicable
(m) Final Index Level: The Level on the Final Redemption Valuation Date
Final
(i)
Redemption
Valuation
Date:
6 March 2023
(n) Final Averaging: Not Applicable
(0) Downside Final Index
Level:
Not Applicable
(p) Downside
Final
Averaging:
Not Applicable

$-11-$

ANNEX 2 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS NOT REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES NOTE RELATING TO THE UNDERLYING

Statements regarding the Reference Entity: Not Applicable
Statements Regarding the Russell 2000® Index: Applicable

Frank Russell Company ("Russell") is the source and owner of the trademarks, service marks and copyrights related to the Russell Indexes. Russell® is a trademark of Frank Russell Company. Neither Russell nor its licensors accept any liability for any errors or omissions in the Russell Indexes and / or Russell ratings or underlying data and no party may rely on any Russell Indexes and / or Russell ratings and / or underlying data contained in this communication. No further distribution of Russell Data is permitted without Russell's express written consent. Russell does not promote, sponsor or endorse the content of this communication.

The Russell 2000® Index (the "Index") is a trademark of Russell and have been licensed for use by Investec Bank plc. The notes are not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Russell or the London Stock Exchange Group companies ("LSEG") (together the "Licensor Parties") and none of the Licensor Parties make any claim, prediction, warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to (i) the results to be obtained from the use of the Index (upon which the notes are based), (ii) the figure at which the Index is said to stand at any particular time on any particular day or otherwise, or (iii) the suitability of the Index for the purpose to which it is being put in connection with the notes. None of the Licensor Parties have provided or will provide any financial or investment advice or recommendation in relation to the Index to Investec Bank plc or to its clients. The Index is calculated by Russell or its agent. None of the Licensor Parties shall be (a) liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Index or (b) under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein.

Statements regarding the SMI Index:

Applicable

The Notes are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the SIX Swiss Exchange and the SIX Swiss Exchange makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Notes. The SMI® is a registered trademark of SIX Swiss Exchange and has been licensed.

Statements regarding the Nikkei 225 Index: Applicable

The Nikkei Stock Average ("Index") is an intellectual property of Nikkei Inc (formerly known as Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc). "Nikkei", "Nikkei Stock Average" and "Nikkei 225" are the service marks of Nikkei Inc. Nikkei Inc. reserves all the rights, including copyright, to the index. Nikkei Digital Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nikkei Inc. calculates and disseminates the Index under exclusive agreement with Nikkei Inc. Nikkei Inc. and Nikkei Digital Media Inc. are collectively "Index Sponsor".

The Notes are not in any way sponsored, endorsed or promoted by the Index Sponsor. The Index Sponsor does not make any warranty or representation whatsoever, express or implied, either as to the results to be obtained as to the use of the Index or the figure as which the Index stands at any particular day or otherwise. The Index is compiled and calculated solely by the Index Sponsor. However, the Index Sponsor shall not be liable to any person for any error in the Index and the Index Sponsor shall not be under any obligation to advise any person, including a purchase or vendor of the Notes, of any error therein.

In addition, the Index Sponsor gives no assurance regarding any modification or change in any methodology used in calculating the Index and is under no obligation to continue the calculation, publication and dissemination of the Index.

SUMMARY

Summaries are made up of disclosure requirements known as "Elements". These elements are numbered in Sections $A - E(A, I - E, 7)$ .

This summary contains all the Elements required to be included in a summary for this type of securities 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 must be read as an introduction to this Base Prospectus in relation to the Notes and any
decision to invest in the Notes should be based on a consideration of this Base Prospectus, including the
documents incorporated by reference herein, and this summary, as a whole.
Where a claim relating to the information contained in this Base Prospectus is brought before a court in
a Member State of the European Economic Area, the claimant may, under the national legislation of the
Member State, be required 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: Not applicable. The Issuer does not consent to the use of this Base Prospectus in circumstances where
there is no exemption from the obligation under the Prospectus Directive to publish a prospectus as the
Notes will not be publicly offered.
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.4 b Trends: The Issuer, in its unaudited half yearly financial report for the six month period ended 30 September 2017,
reported a decrease of 6.9% in operating profit before goodwill and acquired intangibles and after non-
controlling interests to £79.285 million (September 2016: £85.160 million). The balance sheet remains strong.
supported by sound capital and liquidity ratios. At 30 September 2017, the Issuer had £4.9 billion of cash and
near cash to support its activities, representing 43% of its customer deposits. Customer deposits have decreased
by less than 0.1% since 31 March 2017 to £11.2 billion at 30 September 2017. The Issuer's loan to deposit ratio
was 79.1% as at 30 September 2017 (March 2017: 76.2%). At 30 September 2017, the Issuer's total capital
adequacy ratio was 16.0% and its tier 1 ratio was 12.1%. The Issuer's anticipated 'fully loaded' common equity
tier 1 ratio and leverage ratio are 12.1% and 8.2%, 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 0.14% higher. The credit loss charge as a percentage
of average gross core loans and advances has decreased from 0.90% at 31 March 2017 to 0.84%. The Issuer's
gearing ratio remains low with total assets to equity decreasing to 9.3 times at 30 September 2017.
B.5 The group: The Issuer is the main banking subsidiary of Invested 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.9 Profit
Forecast:
Not applicable.
B.10 Audit Report Not applicable. There are no qualifications in the audit reports on the audited, consolidated financial statements
Qualifications: of the Issuer and its subsidiary undertakings for the financial years ended 31 March 2017 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 2016 and 31 March
2017 and the unaudited half yearly financial report of the Issuer for the six month period ended 30
September 2016 and the six month period ended 30 September 2017.
Six Months Ended Year Ended
30 September 31 March
2017 2016 2017 2016
Operating profit before amortisation of
acquired intangibles, non-operating items,
taxation and after non-controlling interests
$(f'000)$
Earnings attributable to ordinary
79,285 85,160 161,057 146,347
shareholders (£'000) 58,711 62,385 117,793 96,635
Costs to income ratio 77.0% 75.1% 75.9% 73.3%
Total capital resources (including
subordinated liabilities) (£'000)
2,601,422 2,571,530
Total shareholders' equity (£'000) 1,994,082 1,946,355 2,559,287
1,979,931
2,440,165
1,842,856
Total assets (£'000) 18,477,936 19,867,188 18,381,414 18,334,568
Net core loans and advances (£'000) 8,872,736 8,268,436 8,598,639 7,781,386
Customer accounts (deposits) (£'000) 11,221,444 12,328,366 11,289,177 11,038,164
Cash and near cash balances (£'000) 4,869,067 6,062,943 4,853,000 5,046,000
Funds under management (£'000) 37,500,000 33,723,000 35,900,000 30,100,000
Capital adequacy ratio 16.0% 16.5% 16.6% 17.0%
Tier 1 ratio 12.1% 11.8% 12.2% 11.9%
There has been no material adverse change in the prospects of the Issuer since the financial year ended 31
March 2017, 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 Investec 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 Invested plc.
B.15 The
Issuer's
Principal
The principal business of the Issuer consists of Wealth & Investment and Specialist Banking.
Activities: 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 Investec 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 584, 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"), in uncertificated registered form
(such Notes being recorded on a register as being held in uncertificated book-entry form) ("Uncertificated
Registered Notes"), in uncertificated and dematerialised book-entry form Notes cleared through Euroclear
Sweden or Euroclear Finland (such Notes being "Nordic Notes"), or uncertificated and dematerialised book-
entry form and centralised with Monte Titoli S.p.A., pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree dated 24 February
1998, No. 58, as amended and integrated by subsequent implementing provisions.
Registered Notes, Uncertificated Registered Notes, Nordic Notes and Italian Notes will not be exchangeable
for other forms of Notes and vice versa.
The Notes are Bearer Notes.
Security Identification Number(s): The following security identification number(s) will be specified in the
Final Terms.
ISIN Code:
XS1791337501
Common Code:
179133750
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 USD.
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
Status: The Notes are unsecured. The Notes will constitute direct, unconditional, unsubordinated unsecured
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.
Limitations to
those Rights:
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.
Denomination: The Notes will be issued in denominations of USD 1,000.
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.
Governing Law: English law
C.9 The
Rights
Attaching to the
Securities
(Continued),
reasons or an event of default). Redemption of the Notes: The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to their stated maturity (other than in specified
instalments or upon the occurrence of an automatic early termination event, if applicable, or for taxation
Including
Information as
Interest: The Notes are non-interest bearing.
to
Interest,
Maturity, Yield
and
the
Payments of Principal: Payments of principal in respect of Notes will be calculated by reference to an
underlying asset (as further described in C.20 (Type of the underlying) (the "Underlying").
Representative
of the Holders:
Noteholder Representative
Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (the "Trustee") has entered into a trust deed with the Issuer in connection
with the Programme, under which it has agreed to act as trustee for the Noteholders.
C.10 Derivative
Components
relating to the
coupon:
Not Applicable
C.11 Listing
and
Trading:
Exchange"). 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") Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange plc (the "London Stock
Application will be made for the Notes to be admitted to listing on the Official List of the FCA and to trading
on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange effective on or around the Issue Date.
C.15 Effect of value The return on the Notes is linked to the performance of an underlying instrument (being the basket of indices
of
underlying
instruments:
specified below (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:
Underlying:
Index Weighting
Nikkei 225 Not Applicable
Russell 2000® Not Applicable
SMI Index Not Applicable
Automatic Early Redemption
"Automatic Early Redemption Date"): If on one of the dates specified below (the "Automatic Early Redemption Valuation Date") the performance
of the worst performing index in the basket comprising the Underlying is greater than the threshold level,
price or value specified (the "Automatic Early Redemption Threshold"), the Notes will be redeemed at the
amount specified below (the "Automatic Early Redemption Amount") on a date prior to maturity (the
Automatic Early
Redemption
Automatic Early Automatic Early
Valuation Date* Redemption Date Automatic Early
Redemption Amount
Redemption
Threshold
6 March 2019 20 March 2019 107.75 per cent. of Issue Price 95 per cent. of Initial
Index Level
6 March 2020 20 March 2020 115.50 per cent. of Issue Price 85 per cent. of Initial
Index Level
7 March 2022 21 March 2022 131.00 per cent. of Issue Price 65 per cent. of Initial
Index Level
*Provided that if the Automatic Early Redemption Valuation Date is not a Scheduled Trading Day, the
immediately preceding Scheduled Trading Day shall be the Automatic Early Redemption Valuation Date.
C.16 Expiration
or
maturity date:
The Maturity Date of the Notes is 20 March 2023.
C.17 Settlement
procedure:
The Notes will be cash-settled.
C.18 Return
on
securities:
Series 584 are Kick Out Notes with Capital at Risk.
Capital at Risk
The Notes have capital at risk.
Redemption Amount payable on the Notes
performing index in the basket comprising the Underlying. The Notes are Index Linked Notes, the redemption amount in respect of which is linked to the worst
The calculations which are required to be made to calculate the amounts payable in relation to each type of
Note will be based on the level, price or value (as applicable) of the relevant Underlying at certain specified
times, where the "level" is in respect of an index, a basket of indices, or an inflation index, "price" is in respect
of a share (or ETF share) or "value" is in respect of a basket of shares (or ETF shares).
Redemption provisions in respect of Kick Out Notes with Capital at Risk:
Automatic Early Redemption
The Notes may mature early (kick out) on a certain date or dates specified in the Final Terms, depending on
the level of the worst performing index in the basket comprising the Underlying on specified valuation dates,
as further described in C.15 (Effect of value of underlying instruments).
described in C.15 (Effect of value of underlying instruments). If the Notes kick out early an investor will receive the relevant Automatic Early Redemption Amount
Final Redemption Amount
If there has been no kick out, the return on the Notes at maturity will be based on the final level of the
Underlying as described in C.19 (Exercise price or final reference price of the underlying)). In certain
circumstances this may result in the investor receiving an amount less than their initial investment
Scenario A - Digital Return
Return", being 138.75 per cent. If at maturity the final level of the worst performing index in the basket comprising the Underlying (the
"Final Level") is greater than or equal to a specified percentage of the initial level of such index (the "Initial"
Level"), an investor will receive a cash amount equal to their initial investment multiplied by a "Digital"
Scenario B - Return of Initial Investment
Not applicable as no "Barrier Condition" has been specified in relation to the Notes.
Scenario C- Loss of Investment
If at maturity the Final Level is less than a specified percentage of the Initial Level and the Barrier Condition
is not satisfied, an investor will receive a cash amount equal to their initial investment reduced by a percentage
linked to any decline in performance between the Initial Level and the Final Level.
C.19 Exercise
price
final
or
reference price
of
the
underlying:
Valuation Time on the Strike Date. Calculation Agent, being Investec Bank plc. The determination of the performance of the Underlying and the redemption price will be carried out by the
The Initial Level will be the closing level of the indices in the basket comprising the Underlying as at the
The level of the Underlying used to determine whether an automatic early redemption event has occurred will
be the level of the worst performing index in the basket comprising the Underlying as at the Valuation Time
on the relevant automatic early redemption valuation date.
The Final Level will be the level of the worst performing index in the basket comprising the Underlying as at
the Valuation Time on the final redemption valuation date.
C.20 the
I vpe
-ot
underlying:
The Notes are linked to an underlying instrument as further described in C.15 (Effect of value of underlying
instruments ) (the "Underlying").
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-halance 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 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.3 Risks specific to
the securities:
Series 584 are Kick Out Notes with Capital at Risk, the return on which are linked to the worst
performing of the indices in the basket comprising the Underlying.
The following are the key risks applicable to the Notes:
Capital at Risk: Kick Out Notes with Capital at Risk are not capital protected.
The value of the Notes issuable under the Programme prior to maturity depends on a number of factors
including the performance of the worst performing index in the basket comprising the applicable
Underlying. A deterioration in the performance of the worst performing index in the basket comprising
the Underlying may result in a total or partial loss of the investor's investment in the Notes.
As such Notes are not capital protected, there is no guarantee that the return on such 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. As a result of the performance of the relevant Underlying, an investor may lose 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 Notes which are not capital protected 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 (including unsecured Notes which are
specified in the applicable Final Terms as Notes "without Capital at Risk") 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.
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 Underlying: The return on the Notes is calculated by
reference to the performance of the worst performing index in the basket comprising the Underlying.
Poor performance of the relevant index 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 or only a portion of the capital may be
protected, if at maturity the level of the worst performing index in the basket comprising the
Underlying is less than a specified level, investors may lose their right to return of all their principal
or all of the portion of the principal that is not protected 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 or
price of the worst performing index, in which case investors would be fully exposed (or, in the case of
a Note where only a portion of the capital is protected, the portion of capital not protected would be
fully exposed) to any downside of the worst performing index during such specified period.
Tax: Noteholders will be liable for and/or subject to any taxes, including withholding tax, payable in
respect of the Notes.
Section $E -$ Offer
E.2 b Reasons for the
Offer and Use of
Proceeds:
Not Applicable. The use of proceeds is to make a profit and/or hedge risks.
E.3 Terms and
Conditions of the
Offer:
Not applicable.
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 valuation agent in connection with the reference asset(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, or Valuation
Agent its duties as agent (in the interest of holders of the Notes) may conflict with the interest as issuer
of the Notes.
E.7 Estimated Not applicable. Expenses in respect of the offer or listing of the Notes are not charged by the Issuer or
Expenses: Dealers to the Investor.