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Prospectus Mar 4, 2014

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ICAP Group Holdings plc

Issue of EUR 350,000,000 3.125 per cent. Notes due March 2019

under the £1,000,000,000

Global 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 Base Prospectus dated 22 November 2013 and the supplement to it dated 17 February 2014 which together constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive (the "Base Prospectus"). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus as so supplemented. 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 as so supplemented. A summary of the Notes (which comprises the summary in the Base Prospectus as amended to reflect the provisions of these Final Terms) is annexed to these Final Terms. The Base Prospectus is available for viewing at ICAP plc, 2 Broadgate, London EC2M 31JR and http://www.icap.com/investor-relations/debtholderinformation/disclaimer-global-medium-term.aspx and copies may be obtained from ICAP plc, 2 Broadgate, London EC2M 31JR.

1. Issuer: ICAP Group Holdings plc
2. (a) Series Number: 4
(b) Tranche Number: 1
(c) Date on which the Notes will
be consolidated and form a
single Series:
Not Applicable
3. Specified Currency or Currencies: Euro ("EUR")
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(a) Series: EUR 350,000,000
(b) Tranche: EUR 350,000,000
5. Issue Price: 99.654 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal
Amount
6. (a) Specified Denominations: EUR 100,000 and integral amounts of EUR
1,000 in excess thereof up to and including
EUR 199,000.
No Instruments in definitive
form will be issued with a denomination
above EUR 199,000
(b) Calculation Amount: EUR 1,000
7. (a) Issue Date: 6 March 2014
(b) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date
8. Maturity Date: 6 March 2019
9. Interest Basis: 3.125 per cent. Fixed Rate
(see paragraph 14
below)
10. Redemption/Payment 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
11. Change of Interest Basis: The Initial Rate of Interest shall be subject to
adjustment in the event of a Step-up Rating
Change (if any) or a subsequent Step-down
Rating Change (if any). See paragraph 14(a)
below
12. Put/Call Options: Change of Control Put (see paragraph 19
below)
13. (a) Status of the Notes: Senior
(b) Date
Board
approval
for
issuance of Notes obtained:
Not Applicable

Provisions Relating to Interest (If Any) Payable

14. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
(a) Rate(s) of Interest: 3.125 per cent. per annum payable annually in
arrear
Condition 5(a)(ii) applicable.
The Initial Rate of Interest is 3.125 per cent.
per annum payable annually in arrear.
The Step-up Margin is 1.25 per cent.
(b) Interest Payment Date(s): 6 March in each year up to and including the
Maturity Date
(c) Fixed Coupon Amount(s): EUR 31.25 per Calculation Amount
(d) Broken Amount(s): Not Applicable
(e) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(f) Determination Date(s): 6 March in each year
15. Floating Rate Note Provisions Not Applicable
16. Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable
Provisions Relating to Redemption
17. Issuer Call: Not Applicable
18. Investor Put: Not Applicable
19. Change of Control Put: Applicable
20. Final Redemption Amount: EUR 1,000 per Calculation Amount
21. redemption for taxation reasons or on
event of default:
Early Redemption Amount payable on EUR 1,000 per Calculation Amount
General Provisions Applicable to the Notes
22. Form of Notes:
(a) Form: Bearer Notes:
Temporary Bearer Global Note exchangeable
for a Permanent Bearer Global Note which is
exchangeable for Definitive Bearer Notes
only upon the occurrence of an Exchange
Event
(b) New Global Note: Yes
23. Additional Financial Centre(s): Not Applicable
24. Talons for future Coupons to be No
attached to Definitive Notes (and dates

THIRD PARTY INFORMATION

Not Applicable

Signed on behalf of ICAP Group Holdings plc:

on which such Talons mature):

By: Duly

Part B – OTHER INFORMATION

1. Listing and Admission to Trading
(i) Listing and 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 London Stock
Exchange's regulated market
and on ISDX's
Main Board
and to listing on the Official List
of the UK Listing Authority with effect from
6 March 2014.
(ii) Estimate of total expenses related to
admission to trading:
£3,600
2. Ratings
Ratings: The Notes to be issued are expected to be
rated:

Baa2 (negative) by Moody's Investors Service Ltd.

BBB (stable) by Fitch Ratings Ltd.

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

Save for any fees payable to Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Lloyds Bank plc and Merrill Lynch International as Managers of the issue (the Managers), so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the issue of the Notes has an interest material to the offer. The 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: 3.201 per cent. 5. Operational Information (i) ISIN Code: XS1041793123 (ii) Common Code: 104179312 (iii) CUSIP: Not Applicable (iv) CINS: Not Applicable (v) Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme/The Depository Trust Company and the relevant Not Applicable

identification number(s):

(vi) Delivery: Delivery against payment

(vii) Names and addresses of additional Paying Agent(s) (if any): Not Applicable

6. Distribution

U.S. Selling Restrictions: Regulation S Category 2, TEFRA D

Annex to Final Terms

Summary of the Notes

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 of the Notes and the Obligors. 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 a summary because of the type of securities and Obligors, it is possible that no relevant information can be given regarding the Element. In this case a short description of the Element should be included in the summary explaining why it is not applicable.

Section A – Introduction and warnings
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Element
A1 This summary must be read as an introduction to this Base Prospectus.
Any
decision
to
invest
in
the
securities
should
be
based
on

consideration of this Base Prospectus as a whole by the investor.

Where a claim relating to information contained in this Base
Prospectus is brought before a court, the plaintiff investor might,
under the national legislation of the Member States, have to bear the
costs of translating this Base Prospectus before the legal proceedings
are initiated.
Civil liability attaches only to those persons who have tabled the

summary, including any translation of it, 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 such
securities.
A2 Not applicable –
the Notes are issued in
denominations of at least €100,000 (or its
equivalent in any other currency).

Section B – Issuer

Element Title
B.1 Legal and commercial name. The legal and
commercial name of the Issuer
is
ICAP Group Holdings plc (IGHP).
B.2 The domicile and legal form
of the issuer, the legislation
under
which
the
issuer
operates and its country of
incorporation
IGHP is a public limited company incorporated and
domiciled
in
England
and
Wales
under
the
Companies Act 1985.
B.4b A description of any known
trends affecting the issuer
and
For the year ended 31 March 2013, the IGHP
Group (as defined below) reported revenue of
Element Title
the
industries
in
which
it
operates
£1,343 million, 12% below the prior year. Trading
activity across all asset classes was negatively
impacted by a combination of factors including the
depressed global economy, a low interest rate
environment and regulatory uncertainty.
New financial regulations may potentially redefine
some aspects of interdealer broking and create new
types of competition between interdealer brokers
and other market intermediaries for execution
business.
In the US, the Dodd-Frank Act requires certain
classes of derivatives to be on designated contract
markets or Swap Execution Facilities (SEF). In
Europe, there are similar proposals in the Markets
in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II)
that will mean certain standardised derivatives will
be traded on exchanges and organised trading
facilities' multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) and
that providers of MTFs will be subject to a greater
degree of regulatory compliance and oversight.
B.5 If the issuer
is part of a group,
a description of the group and
the issuer's
position within the
group
IGHP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICAP
plc
("ICAP"). IGHP, through its subsidiaries (IGHP
and its consolidated subsidiaries being referred to
collectively
as
the
IGHP
Group),
provides
intermediary
broking
services
to
the
global
wholesale financial markets where it acts as an
interdealer
broker
(IDB),
essentially
matching
buyers and sellers in the global financial markets,
and provides post trade risk and information
services which help its customers to manage and
mitigate risks in their derivatives portfolios.
B.9 Where a profit forecast or
estimate is made, state
the
figure
Not applicable. IGHP does not make a profit
forecast.
B.10 A description of the nature of
any qualifications in the audit
report
on
the
historical
financial information.
Not applicable. There are no qualifications to the
audit reports for IGHP.
Element Title
B.12 Selected
historical
key
financial
information
Selected financial information relating to the IGHP
Group for the years ended 31 March 2013 and 2012
regarding the issuer, presented
for each financial year of the
period
covered
by
the
historical
financial
information,
and
any
Year
ended 31
March
2012
Year
ended 31
March
2013
subsequent interim financial
period
accompanied
by
£m £m
comparative
data
from
the
same
period
in
the
prior
financial year except that the
requirement for comparative
balance sheet information is
Income Statement
Revenue
Profit before tax
Profit for the year
Balance sheet
1,555
179
116
1,343
37
17
satisfied
by
presenting
the
year
end
balance
sheet
information.
Total equity
Cash
and
cash
equivalents
580
501
656
549
A statement that there has
been
no
material
adverse
Total borrowings
Net (debt)/cash
Cash Flow Statement
Net
cash
flow
from
(486)
15
(327)
222
change in the prospects of the
issuer
since the date of its last
operating activities
Net
cash
flow
from
149 81
published
audited
financial
statements or a description of
investing activities
Net
cash
flow
from
(55) (14)
any material adverse change. financing activities
Net increase/(decrease) in
cash and cash equivalents
56
153
(30)
55
A description of significant
changes in the financial or
trading position subsequent to
the period covered by the
historical
financial
Selected financial information relating to the IGHP
Group for the six months ended 30 September 2013
and 20121
information. Six
months
ended 30
September
2012
Six
months
ended 30
September
2013
£m £m
Income Statement
Revenue
Profit before tax
Profit for the period
Balance sheet
Total equity
Cash
and
cash
equivalents
Cash Flow Statement
682
53
37
569
492
669
17
(5)
446
460
Cash flow from operating
activities
76 (56)

1 By virtue of the Supplementary Prospectus dated 17 February 2014, the selected financial information of IGHP Group is updated to include selected financial information as at 30 September 2013 (and comparative information as at 30 September 2012) from IGHP Group's 2013 Interim Financial Statements for the six months ended 30 September 2013.

Element Title
Net
cash
flow
from
investing activities
(14)
(25)
Net
cash
flow
from
financing activities
(55)
22
Net increase/(decrease) in
cash and cash equivalents

(1)
(89)
In September 2013, ICAP Europe Limited reached
settlement agreements with the Financial Conduct
Authority (the FCA) and the U.S. Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (the US CFTC)
relating to the involvement of some of ICAP
Europe
Limited's
brokers
in
the
attempted
manipulation of Yen LIBOR by certain bank
traders between 2006 and 2011. This resulted in
settlements of £14m for the FCA and \$65m for the
US CFTC, as well as certain undertakings agreed to
by ICAP and ICAP Europe Limited. The US
Department of Justice has criminally charged
certain former employees although its investigation
into the Group's involvement in this matter has yet
to reach a conclusion and could, amongst other
outcomes, result in a settlement and/or criminal
charges against ICAP Europe
Limited. In addition,
(SFO)
the
UK's
Serious
Fraud
Office
has
identified, but neither named nor charged, certain
former employees as part of the criminal charges
made against three individuals for the attempted
manipulation
of
Yen
LIBOR.
The
SFO's
investigations remain ongoing.
Additionally,
the
US
CFTC
has
requested
information in relation to the Group's role in the
setting of the US dollar segment of a benchmark
known as ISDAFIX which could also result in a
formal investigation, claims or penalties as
well as
incurring further legal costs.
Save for the above-mentioned regulatory matters,
there has been no significant change in the financial
or trading position of the IGHP Group since 31
March 2013 and no material adverse change in the
prospects of the IGHP Group since 31 March 2013.
B.13 A description of any recent
events particular to the issuer
which are to a material extent
relevant to the evaluation of
the issuer's
solvency.
Not applicable. There have been no recent events
particular to IGHP which are to a material extent
relevant to the evaluation of IGHP's solvency since
the
publication
of
IGHP's
audited
financial
statements for the year ended 31 March 2013.
B.14 If
the
issuer
is
dependent
upon other entities within the
group, this must be clearly
IGHP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICAP. The
Group operates globally through a large number of
subsidiaries. Both ICAP
and IGHP are holding
Element Title
stated. companies and are therefore dependent upon the
operating
and
financial
performance
of
their
respective subsidiaries.
B.15 A description of the issuer's
principal activities
IGHP is a holding company and corporate treasury
vehicle for the Group. The Group is a leading
markets operator and provider of post trade risk
mitigation and information services. The Group
matches
buyers
and
sellers
in
the
wholesale
markets in interest rates, credit, commodities, FX,
emerging markets and equity derivatives through
voice and electronic networks. Through the Group's
post trade risk and information services it helps its
customers to manage and mitigate risks in their
portfolios.
B.16 To the extent known to the
issuer, state whether the issuer
is directly or indirectly owned
or controlled and by whom
and describe the nature of
such control.
ICAP owns 100% of
the ordinary share capital of
IGHP.
B.17 Credit ratings assigned to an
issuer
or its debt securities at
the request or with the co
operation of the issuer
in the
rating.
IGHP
has
been
assigned
a
long-term
senior
unsecured rating of BBB (stable) by Fitch
Ratings
Ltd. (Fitch) and Baa2 (negative) by Moody's
Investors Service Ltd. (Moody's).
The Notes are expected to be rated Baa2 (negative)
by Moody's and BBB (stable) by Fitch.
A security rating is not a recommendation to buy,
sell or hold securities and may be subject to
suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by
the assigning rating agency.

Section C - Securities

C.1 A description of the type
and
the
class
of
the
securities
being
offered
and/or admitted to trading,
including
any
security
identification number.
The Notes are €350,000,000 3.125
per cent.
Notes due
March 2019.
International Securities Identification Number (ISIN):
XS1041793123
C.2 Currency of the securities
issue.
The currency of this Series of Notes is Euro (€)
C.5 A
description
of
any
restrictions
on
the
free
The Notes will be freely transferable.
Element Title
transferability
of
the
securities
C.8 A description of the rights
attached to the securities
including:

ranking

limitations
to
those
rights.
Status (Ranking)
The
Notes
constitute
direct,
unconditional,
unsubordinated and (subject to the provisions of the
negative pledge below) unsecured obligations of the
Issuer and 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.
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. In the event
that any such deduction is made, the Issuer will, save
in certain limited circumstances, be required to pay
additional amounts to cover the amounts so deducted.
All payments in respect of the Notes will be subject in
all cases to (i) any fiscal or other laws and regulations
applicable thereto in the place of payment and (ii) any
withholding or deduction required pursuant to an
agreement described in Section 1471(b) of the U.S.
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code) or
otherwise imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through
1474 of the Code, any regulations or agreements
thereunder, any official interpretations thereof, or any
law implementing an intergovernmental approach
thereto.
Negative pledge
The Terms and
Conditions of the Notes contain a
negative pledge provision. In general terms, a negative
pledge provision provides the Noteholders with the
right to benefit from equivalent or similar security
rights granted to the holders of any future issues of
Notes or other debt securities which are issued by the
Issuer or certain subsidiaries. Under the negative
pledge provision set out in the Terms and Conditions
of
the Notes, neither the Issuer
nor certain of ICAP's
subsidiaries may create or have outstanding any
security interest over any of their present or future
businesses undertakings, assets or revenues to secure
certain types of indebtedness or any guarantee or
indemnity in respect of certain types of indebtedness
without securing the Notes equally and rateably. A
negative
pledge
provision
therefore
protects
the
Noteholders' rights by ensuring that the Issuer does
Element Title
Obligors. not, in the future, grant more favourable rights to
holders of other publicly traded bonds issued by the
Covenant
event of default. As long as any Notes are outstanding which are either
issued or guaranteed by IGHP, IGHP will ensure that,
as at the last day of each financial year, the adjusted
pre-taxation profits of IGHP and its subsidiaries for
that financial year will be 85 per cent. of the Group's
adjusted pre-taxation profits for that financial year.
The purpose of this covenant is to ensure that IGHP
comprises substantially all of the Group. If IGHP
breaches this covenant, such breach shall constitute an
Events of default
An event of default is a breach by the Issuer of certain
provisions in the Terms and Conditions of the Notes.
The terms of the Notes will contain, amongst others,
the following events of default:
(a) default in payment of any principal or interest
due in respect of the Notes, continuing for a
specified period of time;
(b) non-performance or non-observance by the
Issuer
of
any
of
its
respective
other
obligations under the conditions of the Notes
or the Trust Deed, in certain cases continuing
for a specified period of time;
(c) defaults under other agreements for borrowed
money
of
the
Issuer
or
certain
other
subsidiaries of ICAP in excess of an aggregate
threshold of £25,000,000;
and
(d) events relating to the insolvency or winding
up of the Issuer
or certain other subsidiaries of
ICAP.
In addition, in respect of certain of the events
described above, Trustee certification that any such
breach is materially prejudicial to the interests of the
Noteholders is required before such events will be
deemed to constitute events of default. If an event of
default occurs, the Notes may be repaid early.
Meetings
The terms of the Notes will contain provisions for
calling meetings of holders of such Notes to consider
matters affecting their interests generally. These
Element Title
provisions permit defined majorities to bind all
holders, including holders who did not attend and vote
at the relevant meeting and holders who voted in a
manner contrary to the majority.
Governing law
English law.
C.9 A description of the rights
attached to the securities
including:

the nominal interest
rate

the date from which
interest
becomes
payable and the due
dates
for
interest
where the rate is not
fixed, description of
the
underlying
on
which it is based

maturity
date
and
arrangements for the
amortisation
of
the
loan,
including
the
repayment
procedures

an indication of yield

name
of
representative of debt
security holders
Interest:
The Notes bear interest from their date of issue
at the
fixed rate of 3.125
per cent. per annum. The yield of
the Notes is 3.201 per cent. Interest will be paid
annually
in arrear on 6 March
in each year. The first
interest payment will be made on 6 March 2015.
Redemption:
Subject to any purchase and cancellation or early
redemption, the Notes will be redeemed on 6 March
2019 at 100 per cent. of their nominal amount.
The Notes may be
redeemed early
for tax reasons
at
the option of the Issuer or, in certain circumstances,
on a change of control of ICAP,
at the option of
Noteholders
at a redemption amount of €1,000 per
Calculation Amount.
Representative of holders
The Obligors have appointed BNY Mellon Corporate
Trustee Services Limited (the Trustee) to act as
trustee for the holders of Notes. The Trustee may,
without the consent of any holders and without regard
to the interests of particular holders, agree to (i) any
modification of, or to the waiver or authorisation of
any breach or proposed breach of, any of the
provisions of the Notes of any series or (ii) determine,
without the consent of any holders, that an event of
default or potential event of default shall not be
treated as such or (iii) the substitution of another
company as principal debtor under the Notes in place
C.10 If
the
security
has
a
of the Issuer.
Not applicable –
There is no derivative component in
derivative
component
in
the
interest
payment,
provide
a
clear
and
comprehensive explanation
to
help
investors
understand how the value
of
their
investment
is
affected the value of the
underlying
instrument(s),
the interest payments.
Element Title
especially
under
the
circumstances
when
the
risks are most evident.
C.11 An indication as to whether
the securities offered are or
will be the object of an
Application for admission
to trading, with a view to
their
distribution
in
a
regulated market or Other
equivalent
markets
with
indication of the markets in
question.
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 and the ICAP Securities and Derivatives
Exchange's Main Board.
C.21 Indication of the market
where the securities will be
traded
and
for
which
prospectus
has
been
published.
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 and the ICAP Securities and Derivatives
Exchange's Main Board.

Section D - Risks

Element Title
D.2 Key information on the
key risks that are specific
to the issuer.
Strategic risks

The regulatory environment in which the
Group operates is subject to change. New
financial regulations may potentially redefine
some aspects of interdealer broking and create
new types of competition between interdealer
brokers and other market intermediaries for
execution
business.
Any
inability
of
the
Group to adapt or deliver services that are
compliant with the new regulations could
significantly
reduce
the
revenues
and
profitability of the Group. The costs of
making
those
adaptations
or
otherwise
complying with those regulations may also
increase the cost base of the Group and/or
require it to raise further capital. Changing
regulation
may
also
impact
the
Group's
customers, and may cause a reduction in
overall trading activity, increased costs in
certain
markets
and/or
increased
capital
requirements.
In
September
2013, the
Group filed
its
application to be a Swap Execution Facility
(SEF) with the US CFTC in compliance with
the Dodd-Frank Act. It is too early to forecast
the impact that the introduction of SEFs will
have on the Group's revenues and profits as
the new rules take effect and customers
determine
how
to
operate
in
the
new
environment.
Additionally,
the
SEF
may
require the injection of further capital which
the Group will need to fund and the provision
of this funding could have an adverse effect
on the profitability of the Group.
The Group has numerous competitors some of
whom may have greater financial, marketing,
technology and personnel resources than the
Group has, or be able to offer services that are
disruptive to current market structures and
assumptions. In addition, new or existing
competitors could gain access to markets or
products in
which the Group currently enjoys
a competitive advantage. If the Group fails to
compete
effectively
for
any
reason,
its
financial condition and operating results could
be materially affected.
Operational risks
The
Group
operates
in
a
regulated
environment
that
imposes
costs
and
significant
compliance
requirements.
Regulatory obligations require a commitment
of resources. The Group's ability to comply
with applicable laws, rules and regulations is
largely dependent on its establishment and
maintenance
of
compliance,
control
and
reporting functions. If it fails to maintain such
compliance and reporting functions, this will
increase the likelihood that the Group may
breach
applicable
laws
and
regulations
exposing it to the risk of civil litigation and
investigations and financial penalties from
regulatory agencies.

From time to time the Group is subject to
enquiries and investigations by regulatory
agencies worldwide. Where the Group is not
the subject or target of such enquiries, it may
nevertheless incur costs in searching for and
providing information to regulators, and those
costs
are
in
most
cases
irrecoverable.
Regulatory agencies have broad powers to
investigate
and
enforce
compliance
and
punish
non-compliance,
including
by
the
imposition
of
financial
penalties
and/or
undertakings
and,
in
some
instances,
by
actions against individuals and/or supervisors.
Any claims or actions by these agencies could
adversely affect the Group, both directly
through the imposition of a fine, penalty or
settlement, and indirectly through various
consequences,
including
damage
to
the
Group's reputation and on-going earnings,
reduced
or
constrained
capital
base
and
reduced ability to borrow.
The Group may be adversely affected if its
reputation is harmed, including as a result of
perceived or actual failures in operational
and/or financial controls including the risk of
loss due to customer or staff misconduct,
significant operational failures or perceived
failures. The Group's ability to attract and
retain customers and employees and raise
appropriate
financing
or
capital
may
be
adversely affected to the extent its reputation
is damaged.
Liquidity risks
The Group requires access to clearing and
settlement providers and may need access to
funding for payment of collateral, margin
calls and other clearing charges. If any of
these
providers
are
unable
to
provide
continued clearing services or the Group is
unable to obtain sufficient lines of credit, this
would severely limit the Group's ability to
conclude trades and in extreme cases could
lead to significant trade failures. Failure to
meet a margin call could result in significant
reputational damage under which the Group's
stakeholders could call into question the
Group's ability to continue
to trade.
D.3 Key information on the
key risks that are specific
to the securities
The Notes are not protected by the Financial
Services Compensation Scheme (the FSCS).
As a result, neither the FSCS nor anyone else
will pay compensation to investors upon the
failure of the Issuer. If the Issuer goes out of
business or becomes insolvent, investors may
lose all or part of their investment in the
Notes.
The conditions of the Notes may be modified
without the consent of the holder in certain
circumstances.
The holder may not receive payment of the
full amounts due in respect of the Notes as a
result of amounts being withheld by the Issuer
in order to comply with applicable law.
Investors
who
purchase
Notes
in
denominations
that
are
not
an
integral
multiple of the specified denomination may be
adversely affected if definitive Notes are
subsequently required to be issued.
There may be no or only a limited secondary
market in the Notes and this would adversely
affect the value at which an investor could sell
his Notes.
The value of an investor's investment may be
adversely
affected
by
exchange
rate
movements
where
the
Notes
are
not
denominated in the investor's own currency.
Changes in market interest rates will affect the
value of Notes which bear interest at a fixed
rate.
Any credit rating assigned to the Notes may
not adequately reflect all the risks associated
with an investment in the Notes.

Section E - Offer

Element Title
E.2b Reasons for the offer and
use
of
proceeds
when
different
from
making
profit
and/or
hedging
certain risks
The net proceeds of the issue of the Notes will be
applied
by
the
Issuer
to
refinance
maturing
indebtedness.
E.3 A Description of the terms
and conditions of the offer.
Not applicable
-
the Notes are issued in denominations
of at least €100,000 (or its equivalent in any other
currency.)
E.4 A
Description
of
any
interest that is material to
the
issue/offer
including
conflicting interests
Other than as mentioned above,
so far as the Issuer is
aware, no person involved in the issue of the Notes
has an interest material to the offer, including
conflicting interests.
E.7 Estimated
expenses
charged to the investor by
the Issuer or the offeror
Not applicable –
No expenses will be charged to
investors by the Issuer.

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