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Marks & Spencer Group PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2012
Dec 11, 2012
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Capital/Financing Update
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FINAL TERMS
10 December 2012
MARKS AND SPENCER plc
Issue of £400,000,000 4.750 per cent. Notes due 2025
under the £3,000,000,000
Euro Medium Term Note Programme
PART A – CONTRACTUAL TERMS
Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Offering Circular dated 9 November 2012 which constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive (the Offering Circular). 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 Offering Circular. 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 Offering Circular. The Offering Circular is available for viewing at, and copies may be obtained from, Waterside House, 35 North Wharf Road, London W2 1NW. In addition, the Offering Circular has been published on the website http://corporate.marksandspencer.com/file.axd?pointerid=91f8932be1724bdb89983179e2eda0a9.
- Issuer: Marks and Spencer plc
- (a) Series Number: 129
(b) Tranche Number: 1
(c) Date on which the Notes will be consolidated and form a single Series: Not Applicable - Specified Currency or Currencies: GBP (£)
- Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(a) Series: £400,000,000
(b) Tranche: £400,000,000 - Issue Price: 99.328 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
- (a) Specified Denominations: £100,000 and integral multiples of £1,000 in excess thereof up to and including £199,000. No Notes in definitive form will be issued with a denomination above £199,000.
(b) Calculation Amount: £1,000 - (a) Issue Date: 12 December 2012
(b) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date
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- Maturity Date: 12 June 2025
- Interest Basis: 4.750 per cent. Fixed Rate subject to the Step Up Margin (see paragraph 14 below)
- Redemption Basis: Subject to any purchase and cancellation or early redemption the Notes will be redeemed on the Maturity Date at 100 per cent. of their nominal amount
- Change of Interest Basis: Step Up Rating Change and/or Step Down Rating Change (see paragraph 14 below)
- Put/Call Options: Change of Control Investor Put (see paragraph 20 below)
- (a) Status of the Notes: Senior
(b) Date of Board approval for issuance of Notes obtained: 7 November 2012
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE
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Fixed Rate Note Provisions
Applicable
(a) Rate(s) of Interest: 4.750 per cent. per annum payable in arrear (the Initial Rate of Interest) on each Interest Payment Date adjusted, if applicable, in accordance with Condition 5.4 (the Adjusted Rate of Interest).
(b) Interest Payment Date(s): 12 June in each year commencing on 12 June 2013 up to and including the Maturity Date
(c) Fixed Coupon Amount(s): £47.50 per Calculation Amount, except in respect of the payment of interest on the first Interest Payment Date which will be the Broken Amount specified below
(d) Broken Amount(s): £23.68 per Calculation Amount payable on 12 June 2013 in respect of the period from, and including, the Issue Date to, but excluding, 12 June 2013
(e) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(f) Determination Date(s): 12 June in each year
(g) Step Up Rating Change and/or Step Down Rating Change: Applicable
(h) Step Up Margin: 1.25 per cent. per annum -
Floating Rate Note Provisions: Not Applicable
- Zero Coupon Note Provisions: Not Applicable
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PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION
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Notice periods for Condition 7.2:
Minimum period: 30 days
Maximum period: 60 days -
Issuer Call:
Not Applicable -
General Investor Put:
Not Applicable -
Change of Control Investor Put:
Applicable
(a) Optional Redemption Amount: £1,000 per Calculation Amount
(b) Notice periods:
Minimum period: 30 days
Maximum period: 60 days -
Final Redemption Amount: £1,000 per Calculation Amount
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Early Redemption Amount payable on redemption for taxation reasons or on event of default: £1,000 per Calculation Amount
GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES
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Form of Notes:
Bearer:
Temporary Bearer Global Note exchangeable for a Permanent Bearer Global Note which is exchangeable for Definitive Notes only upon an Exchange Event -
Additional Financial Centre(s):
Not Applicable -
Talons for future Coupons to be attached to Definitive Notes:
No
Signed on behalf of the Issuer
By
Duly authorised
Mike Wallace
Cecil Tressler
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PART B – OTHER INFORMATION
1. LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING
(i) Application for admission to the The London Stock Exchange's regulated market Official List and for admission to trading has been made to:
(ii) Date from which admission is 12 December 2012 effective:
(iii) Estimate of total expenses related to £3,600 admission to trading:
2. RATINGS
Ratings:
The Notes to be issued are expected to be rated:
Standard and Poor's Credit Market Services Europe Limited: BBB-
Moody's Investor Service Ltd.: Baa3
3. INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE
Save for any fees payable to the Joint Lead Managers, no person involved in the issue of the Notes has an interest material to the offer. The Joint Lead Managers and their affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in investment banking and/or commercial banking transactions with, and may perform other services for, the Issuer and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business.
4. YIELD
Indication of yield:
4.826 per cent. per annum
The yield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis of the Issue Price. It is not an indication of future yield.
5. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION
(i) ISIN Code: XS0863523030
(ii) Common Code: 086352303
(iii) Any clearing system(s) other than Not Applicable Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme and the relevant identification number(s):
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(iv) Names and addresses of additional Not Applicable Paying Agent(s) (if any):
(v) Deemed delivery of clearing system Any notice delivered to Noteholders through the notices for the purposes of Condition clearing systems will be deemed to have been given 14: on the second business day after the day on which it was given to Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg.
6. DISTRIBUTION
U.S. Selling Restrictions:
Reg. S Compliance Category 2; TEFRA D
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