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Prudential PLC Capital/Financing Update 2013

Jan 16, 2013

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Capital/Financing Update

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FINAL TERMS

PRUDENTIAL PLC

(incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 1397169)

£5,000,000,000

Medium Term Note Programme

Series No: 26

Tranche No: 1

U.S.\$700,000,000 5.25 per cent Tier 1 Notes

Issued by

PRUDENTIAL PLC

Issue Price: 100%

The date of the Final Terms is 11 January 2013.

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 Prospectus dated 19 December 2012 (the "Prospectus") which constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended) (the "Prospectus Directive"). 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 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 Prospectus. A summary of the Notes (which comprises the summary in the Prospectus as amended to reflect the provisions of these Final Terms) is annexed to these Final Terms. The Prospectus has been published on the website of the Regulatory News Service operated by the London Stock Exchange at http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-home.html and copies may be obtained during normal business hours, free of charge, from the registered office of the Issuer and the specified office of the Issue and Paying Agent for the time being in London.

$\mathbf{1}$

United States dollars ("U.S.\$")

Series Number:
  • Tranche Number: $(ii)$
  • Date on which the Notes will be $(iii)$ consolidated and form a single Not Applicable Series:

$2.$ Specified Currency:

    1. Aggregate Nominal Amount of Notes
  • U.S.\$700,000,000 Tranche: U.S.\$700,000,000 Series: 100 per cent of the Aggregate Nominal Amount Issue Price of Tranche: 4. U.S.\$200,000 and integral multiples of U.S.\$1,000 in Specified Denomination(s): 5. $(i)$ excess thereof $U.S.$ \$1,000 $(ii)$ Calculation Amount: Issue Date and Interest 6. $(i)$ 15 January 2013 Commencement Date: The Notes are perpetual securities and have no $\overline{7}$ . Maturity Date: maturity date 5.25 per cent Fixed Rate 8. Interest Basis: 9. Redemption/Payment Basis: Redemption at par Change of Interest Basis or 10. Not Applicable Redemption/Payment Basis: Put/Call Options: Issuer Call $11.$
12. (i) Status of the Notes: Tier 1 Notes
(ii) Date of Board and Committee
approval for issuance of Notes
obtained:
1 November 2012 and 20 November 2012,
respectively
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE
13. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
(i) Rate(s) of Interest: 5.25 per cent per annum payable quarterly in arrear
on each Interest Payment Date
(i) Interest Payment Date(s): 23 March, 23 June, 23 September and 23 December
in each year, commencing on 23 March 2013.
There will be a short first coupon in respect of the
including,
and
the
Interest
period
from,
Commencement Date to, but excluding, 23 March
2013.
(iii) Fixed Coupon Amount(s): U.S.\$13.13 per Calculation Amount
(iv) Broken Amount(s): U.S.\$9.92 per Calculation Amount, payable on the
Interest Payment Date falling on 23 March 2013
(v) Day Count Fraction: 30/360
(vi) Determination Date(s): Not Applicable
(vii) Deferral of Interest: Option B Notes
(viii) ACSM: Applicable
(ix) Dividend and Capital Restriction: Applicable
14. Reset Note Provisions: Not Applicable
15. Floating Rate Note Provisions: Not Applicable
16. Zero Coupon Notes Provisions Not Applicable
17. Step-Up Rate of Interest Not Applicable
PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION
18. (a) Issuer Call: Applicable
(i) Optional Redemption Date(s): 23 March 2018 or any Interest Payment Date
thereafter
(ii) Optional Redemption Amount(s): U.S.\$1,000 per Calculation Amount
(iii) If redeemable in part: Not Applicable - redeemable in whole only

$\frac{1}{2}$ , $\frac{1}{2}$ , $\frac{1}{2}$

$\overline{3}$

(b)
Regulatory Event Redemption:
Not Applicable
(c) Regulatory Event Redemption and
Regulatory Event Refinancing
Option:
Applicable
(d) Solvency II Regulatory Event
Redemption:
Applicable
(e) Issuer Call due to a Tax Event: Applicable
(f) Issuer Call due to a Tax Call Event: Applicable
(g) Issuer Exchange Option: Applicable
Investor Put: Not Applicable
Final Redemption Amount: Not Applicable
Early Redemption Amount(s) payable on
redemption for taxation reasons (where
Not Applicable
applicable) or on event of default:
Not Applicable
Make Whole Redemption Price:

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

  1. Form of Notes:

19.

20.

$21.$

$22.$

$(i)$ Form:

Registered Notes:

No

Not Applicable

Regulation S Global Note registered in the name of a nominee for a common depositary for Euroclear and Luxembourg exchangeable for Clearstream, Definitive Registered Notes only upon the occurrence of an Exchange Event.

  • $(ii)$ New Global Note:
  • Additional Financial Centre(s): 24.
  • Talons for future Coupons to be attached to 25. Definitive Notes:

Yes, as the Notes have more than 27 coupon payments, Talons may be required if, on exchange into definitive form, more than 27 coupon payments are still to be made.

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

By: $E.6C-25$ -Elisabeth Wenusch

Duly Authorised

PART B - OTHER INFORMATION

LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING $1.$

  • Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its $(i)$ Listing and admission to trading: behalf) for the Notes to be listed on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Regulated Market with effect from the Issue Date. $(ii)$ Estimate of total expenses relating
  • GBP3,600 to admission to trading:

$2.$ RATINGS

The Notes to be issued are expected to be assigned the following ratings:

A- by Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services Europe Limited Baa1 by Moody's Investors Service Ltd BBB+ by Fitch Ratings Limited

INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE $3.$

Save for any fees payable to 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.

YIELD 4.

5.

6.

7.

Indication of yield: 5.25 per cent
OPERATIONAL INFORMATION
ISIN Code: XS0873630742
Common Code: 087363074
Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear
Bank SA/NV and Clearstream Banking,
société anonyme (together with the address
of each such clearing system) and the
relevant identification number(s):
Not Applicable
Names and addresses of additional Paying
Agent(s) (if any):
Not Applicable
THIRD PARTY INFORMATION
Not Applicable
GENERAL
Applicable TEFRA exemption: Not Applicable
144A Eligible: Not 144A Eligible

ANNEX TO THE FINAL TERMS - SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE

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Section A - Introduction and Warnings
Element
A 1 This summary should be read as an introduction to the Prospectus. Any decision to
invest in the Notes should be based on consideration of the Prospectus as a whole by the
investor. Where a claim relating to the information contained in the 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 the Prospectus before the legal proceedings
are initiated. Civil liability attaches only to those persons who have tabled the summary,
including any translation hereof, but only if the summary is misleading, inaccurate or
inconsistent when read together with the other parts of the Prospectus or it does not
provide, when read together with the other parts of the Prospectus, key information in
order to aid investors when considering whether to invest in the Notes.
A.2 Certain Tranches of Notes with a denomination of less than €100,000 (or its equivalent in any
other currency) may be offered in circumstances where there is no exemption from the obligation
under the Prospectus Directive to publish a prospectus. Any such offer is referred to as a "Public
Offer".
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
of the Issuer
Prudential plc.
B.2 Domicile and legal
form of the Issuer.
legislation under
which the Issuer
operates and
country of
incorporation
The Issuer was incorporated in England and Wales as a private company
limited by shares on 1 November, 1978. On 1 October, 1999, it changed its
name to Prudential public limited company and re-registered as a public
company limited by shares under the Companies Acts 1948 to 1980 on 20
January, 1982.
B.4b Known trends
affecting the Issuer
and its industry
Not Applicable. There are no particular trends indicated by Prudential plc.
B.5 Description of the
Group and the
Issuer's position
within the Group
The Issuer is the holding company of all the companies in the Prudential
group (the "Prudential Group" or the "Group") and its assets are substantially
comprised of shares and loans in such companies. It does not conduct any
other business and is accordingly dependent on the other members of the
Prudential Group and revenues received from them.
The Prudential Group is an international financial services group with
significant operations in Asia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
B.9 Where a profit
forecast or
estimate is made,
state the figure
Not Applicable. The Issuer has not made any profit forecasts or estimates.
B.10 Any qualifications
in the audit report
Not Applicable. There are no qualifications in the audit reports to the Annual
Report 2010 and the Annual Report 2011 of the Issuer.
B.12 Selected historical
key financial
information
regarding the
Issuer plus a
statement that
there has been no
material adverse
change in the
prospects of the
Issuer since the
date of its last
audited financial
statements or a
The following tables present the profit and loss account and balance sheet
data for and as at the six months ended 30 June, 2012 and 30 June, 2011
and the years ended 31 December, 2011 and 31 December, 2010. The
information has been derived from the Issuer's unaudited consolidated half
year financial statements and the Issuer's audited consolidated financial
statements audited by KPMG Audit Plc.
Unaudited Consolidated Half Year Financial Results
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Basis Results
description of any
material adverse
Half Year Half Year
change and a Statutory IFRS basis results 2012 $2011*$
description of
significant changes
in the financial or
trading position
subsequent to the
period covered by
the historical
financial
Profit after tax attributable to equity holders of the
Company
Basic earnings per share
Shareholders' equity, excluding non-controlling
interests
£952m
37.5p
£9.3bn
£829m
32.7p
£8.0bn
information Supplementary IFRS basis information
Operating profit based on longer-term investment
returns
£1,162m £1,028m
Short-term fluctuations in investment returns on
shareholder-backed business
$E(32)$ m £93m
Shareholders' share of actuarial and other gains and
losses on defined benefit pension schemes
£87m
£42m
$E(7)$ m
Gain on dilution of Group's holdings
Profit before tax attributable to shareholders £1,259m £1,114m
Operating earnings per share (reflecting operating
profit based on longer-term investment returns after
related tax and non-controlling interests)
34.5p 31.4p
Half Year
2012
Half Year
2011
Dividends per share declared and paid in reporting
period 17.24p 17.24p
7.95p
Dividends per share relating to reporting period
Funds under management
8.40p
£363bn
£350bn
In 2012, the Group has adopted altered US GAAP requirements for deferred acquisition
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costs as an improvement to its accounting policy under IFRS 4 for those operations of the
Group which measure insurance assets and liabilities substantially by reference to US
GAAP. Accordingly, the Half Year 2011 comparative results have been adjusted from
those previously published for the retrospective application of the improvement as if the
new accounting policy had always applied.
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements
Year Ended
31 December
2011**
£ million
2010**
Statutory IFRS basis results
Gross premiums earned 25,706 24,568
Outward reinsurance premiums (429) (357)
Earned premiums, net of reinsurance 25,277 24,211
Investment return 9,360 21,769
Other income 1,869 1,666
Total revenue, net of reinsurance 36,506 47,646
Profit before tax attributable to shareholders 1,943 1,461
Tax charge attributable to shareholders' returns (449) (25)
Profit for the year 1,494 1,436
Less: attributable to non-controlling interests (4) (5)
Profit after tax attributable to equity holders of the
Issuer ………………………………………………………………………
1,490 1,431
Supplementary IFRS basis information
Operating profit based on longer-term investment
returns:
Asia operations
784 604
US operations 718 855
UK operations 1,080 1,003
Other income and expenditure (483) (450)
RPI to CPI inflation measure change on defined
benefit pension schemes
42
Solvency II implementation costs (55) (45)
Restructuring costs (16) (26)
Operating profit based on longer-term investment
returns
Short-term fluctuations in investment returns on
2,070 1,941
shareholder-backed business (148) (123)
Shareholders' share of actuarial and other gains and 21 (10)
losses on defined benefit pension schemes
Costs of terminated AIA transaction
(377)
Gain on dilution of holding in PruHealth 30
Profit before tax attributable to shareholders 1,943 1,461
Year Ended
31 December
2011** 2010**
Basic earnings per share 58.8p 56.7p
Shareholders' equity, excluding non-controlling
interests
£9.1bn £8.0bn
Dividends per share declared and paid in reporting
period
25.19p 20.17p
Dividends per share relating to reporting period 25.19 p 23.85p
Funds under management £351bn £340bn
The figures for the years end 31 December, 2011 and 2010 are as published in the 2011
Annual Report of the Issuer and have not been adjusted for the retrospective application of
the altered US GAAP requirements for deferred acquisition costs adopted in 2012 as
described above. On the retrospective application of this new accounting policy, for the year
ended 31 December, 2011, the operating profit based on longer-term investment returns of
the Group altered from £2,070 million to £2,027 million (2010: from £1,941 million to £1,826
million), profit before tax attributable to shareholders altered from £1,943 million to £1,828
million (2010: from £1,461 million to £1,271 million, and shareholders' equity at 31 December,
2011 altered from £9.1 billion to £8.6 billion (31 December, 2010: from £8.0 billion to £7.5
billion).
The operating earnings per share for full year 2010 excluded an exceptional tax credit of
£158 million which primarily related to the impact of a settlement agreed with the UK tax
authorities.
The Issuer prepared the above accounts in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as endorsed by the European Union
(EU).
Statements of no significant or material adverse change
There has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of the
Issuer and its subsidiaries as a whole since 30 June, 2012.
There has been no material adverse change in the prospects of the Issuer
and its subsidiaries as a whole since 31 December, 2011.
B.13 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 the Issuer
which are to a material extent relevant to an evaluation of the Issuer's
solvency.
B.14 Description of the
Group and the
Issuer's position
within the Group
plus dependence
See item B.5 for the Prudential Group and the Issuer's position within the
Prudential Group. The Issuer is the holding company of all the companies in
the Prudential Group.
upon other Group
entities
The Issuer's assets are substantially comprised of shares and loans in the
Prudential Group companies. It does not conduct any other business and is
accordingly dependent on the other members of the Prudential Group and
revenues received from them.
B.15 Issuer's principal
activities
The Issuer is the holding company of all the companies in the Prudential
Group and was incorporated on 1 November, 1978 under the laws of England
and Wales and re-registered as a public company limited by shares on 20
January, 1982.
The Prudential Group is an international financial services group, with
significant operations in Asia, the United States and the United Kingdom. The
Prudential Group is structured around four main business units, which are
supported by central functions responsible for strategy, cash and capital
leadership
development
and
succession,
reputation
management,
management and other core group functions.
B.16 To the extent
known to the
Issuer, whether the
Issuer is directly or
indirectly owned or
controlled and by
whom and the
nature of such
control
Prudential plc is not aware of any person or persons who does or could,
directly or indirectly, jointly or severally, exercise control over Prudential plc.
B.17 Credit ratings
assigned to the
Issuer or its debt
securities at the
request or with the
cooperation of the
Issuer in the rating
process
The Issuer has a short-term/long-term debt rating of P-1/A2 (stable outlook)
by Moody's Investors Service Ltd ("Moody's"), A-1/A+ (negative outlook) by
Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services Europe Limited ("Standard &
Poor's") and F1/A (stable outlook) by Fitch Ratings Limited ("Fitch"). The
Programme has been rated (P)A2 (Senior Notes), (P)A3 (Dated Tier 2 Notes),
(P)A3 (Undated Tier 2 Notes) and (P)Baa1 (Tier 1 Notes) by Moody's;
A+ (Senior Notes), A- (Dated Tier 2 Notes), A- (Undated Tier 2 Notes) and A-
(Tier 1 Notes) by Standard & Poor's, and A (Senior Notes) and BBB+
(subordinated debt) by Fitch.
Each of Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch is established in the European
Union and is registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended)
(the "CRA Regulation").
The Notes are expected to be rated Baa1 by Moody's, A- by Standard &
Poor's and BBB+ by Fitch. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy,
sell or hold securities and may be subject to suspension, reduction or
Section C - Securities
Element Title
C.1 Description of type
and class of the
Notes, including
any ISIN
The Notes described in this section are debt securities with a denomination of
at least €100,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency). The Notes may be
Fixed Rate Notes, Floating Rate Notes, Reset Notes, Zero Coupon Notes or a
combination of the foregoing.
The Notes are U.S.\$700,000,000 5.25 per cent Tier 1 Notes.
International Securities Identification Number (ISIN): XS0873630742
C.2 Currency of the
Notes
The currency of each Series of Notes will be agreed between the Issuer and
the relevant Dealer at the time of issue.
The currency of this Series of Notes is U.S. dollars ("U.S.\$").
C.5 Restrictions on the
free transferability
of the Notes
There are no restrictions on the free transferability of the Notes.
C.8 Description of the
rights attached to
Payments of interest and repayment of principal:
the Notes, including
ranking and
limitations to those
rights
Other than Zero Coupon Notes, all Notes confer on a holder thereof (a
"Holder") the right to receive interest in respect of each period for which Notes
remain outstanding. All Notes confer on a Holder the right to receive
repayment of principal on redemption. See below under C.9 for further
details.
Limitation on Dividend and Capital Payments:
The Issuer will undertake that, in the event that any interest is deferred on an
Interest Payment Date or on any Interest Payment Date on which the
Solvency Condition and/or the Solvency Capital Requirement is not met, it will
not:
(a) declare or pay a dividend or distribution on any Parity Securities or Junior
Securities (other than in certain limited circumstances); or
(b) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any Parity Securities or Junior
Securities,
in each case, unless or until the interest (but excluding Deferred Interest)
otherwise due and payable on the Tier 1 Notes during the next 12 months is
duly set aside and provided for.
Ranking:
The Tier 1 Notes will constitute direct, unsecured and subordinated
obligations of the Issuer and will rank pari passu without preference among
themselves. The rights of the Holders of the Tier 1 Notes against the Issuer to
payment of any amounts under or arising from the Notes will, in the event of
the winding-up of the Issuer, be subordinated to the claims of all Senior
Creditors.
For these purposes, Senior Creditors means (a) any creditors of the Issuer
who are unsubordinated creditors; (b) any creditors having claims in respect
of liabilities that rank, or are expressed to rank, subordinated to the claims of
other creditors of the Issuer (other than those whose claims constitute, or
would but for any applicable limitation on the amount of such capital,
constitute Tier 1 Capital or whose claims rank, or are expressed to rank pari
passu with, or junior to, the claims of the Holders in respect of such Tier 1
Notes); (c) any creditor of the Issuer whose claims are in respect of the
Issuer's outstanding debt securities which constitute Tier 2 Capital (and such
other securities outstanding from time to time which rank pari passu with, or
senior to, any such Tier 2 Capital); and (d) all other creditors having claims,
including other such creditors holding subordinated debt securities, except
those that rank, or are expressed to rank, equally with or junior to the claims
of the Holders of Tier 1 Notes in respect of the Tier 1 Notes.
Negative pledge:
The Tier 1 Notes do not contain a negative pledge.
Taxation:
Payments in respect of all Notes will be made without withholding or
deduction of taxes of the United Kingdom, subject to customary exceptions.
Events of Default and Default:
The sole remedy against the Issuer available to the Trustee on behalf of the
Holders of the Tier 1 Notes or, where the Trustee has failed to proceed
against the Issuer as provided in the Conditions, any Holders of the Tier 1
Notes for recovery of amounts owing in respect of the Tier 1 Notes will be in
the institution of proceedings for the winding-up of the Issuer and/or proving in
such winding-up and/or claiming in the liquidation of the Issuer for such
amounts.
Meetings:
The terms of the Notes contain provisions for calling meetings of holders of
such Notes to consider matters affecting their interests generally. These
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.
C.9 Description of the
rights attached to
the Notes, including
nominal interest
rate, the date from
which interest
becomes payable
and interest
payment dates,
description of the
underlying (where
the rate is not
fixed), maturity
date, repayment
provisions,
indication of yield
and name of the
representative of
the holders
Interest periods and Rates of Interest:
Other than Zero Coupon Notes, the length of all interest periods for all Notes
and the applicable Rate of Interest or its method of calculation may differ from
time to time or be constant for any Series. Other than Zero Coupon Notes,
Notes may have a Maximum Rate of Interest, a Minimum Rate of Interest or
both.
Interest:
Notes may or may not bear interest. Interest-bearing Notes will either bear
interest payable at a fixed rate, a floating rate or at a rate which may be reset
periodically during the life of the Note.
The Tier 1 Notes bear interest from their date of issue at the fixed rate of 5.25
per cent per annum payable quarterly in arrear on 23 March, 23 June, 23
September and 23 December in each year.
Payments of interest under the Tier 1 Notes are conditional on the Issuer
satisfying the Solvency Condition and the Solvency Capital Requirement at
the time of payment and immediately thereafter. In addition, the Issuer may,
at its election, defer any payment of interest on any Interest Payment Date.
Any payments of interest not made will constitute Deferred Interest.
Deferred Interest will only become payable on the redemption of the Tier 1
Notes or purchase of the Tier 1 Notes by or on behalf of the Issuer or upon
commencement of the winding-up of the Issuer. The Issuer will satisfy its
obligation to pay Deferred Interest only in accordance with the Alternative
Coupon Satisfaction Mechanism, except in the case of the winding-up of the
Issuer, in which case any Deferred Interest will be payable by the liquidator in
the same manner and with the same ranking as the principal on the Tier 1
Notes.
Redemption:
The terms under which Notes may be redeemed (including, in the case of
Senior Notes or Dated Tier 2 Notes, the Maturity Date and the price at which
they will be redeemed on the maturity date as well as any provisions relating
to early redemption) will be agreed between the Issuer and the relevant
Dealer at the time of issue of the relevant Notes.
The Tier 1 Notes are perpetual securities in respect of which there is no
maturity date.
The Tier 1 Notes may, at the Issuer's election, be redeemed early on 23
March 2018 at 100 per cent of their nominal amount.
The Tier 1 Notes may, at the Issuer's election, be redeemed early at 100 per
cent of their nominal amount for tax reasons.
The Tier 1 Notes may, at the Issuer's election, be converted into another
series of notes constituting Qualifying Tier 1 Capital for tax reasons.
The Tier 1 Notes may, at the Issuer's election, be redeemed early at 100 per
cent of their nominal amount and the Notes may, at the Issuer's election, be
substituted for, or varied so that they are treated as, Qualifying Tier 1 Capital
for regulatory reasons.
The Tier 1 Notes must be redeemed early by the Issuer at 100 per cent of
their nominal amount following a Solvency II Regulatory Event. The Issuer
must satisfy its obligation to so redeem the Tier 1 Notes out of the proceeds of
the issuance of instruments which are Tier 2 Own Funds or Tier 1 Own Funds.
The Exchangeable Tier 1 Notes may, at the Issuer's election, be exchanged
at any time for Preference Shares of the Issuer credited as fully paid (having
certain specific terms).
The Issuer and its Subsidiaries may at any time purchase Tier 1 Notes at any
price in the open market or otherwise.
Except as otherwise indicated to the Issuer by the FSA, any redemption,
variation, substitution, conversion or purchase is subject to the Issuer having
given prior notice to the FSA and, to the extent required by the regulations
applicable to the Issuer, the FSA having given its prior approval or consented
in the form of a waiver or otherwise to such redemption, variation, substitution,
conversion or purchase.
Any redemption may only be effected if on, and immediately following, the
proposed Redemption Date, the Issuer is in compliance with the Regulatory
Capital Requirement and the Solvency Condition and the Solvency Capital
Requirement is met or, in each case, as otherwise permitted by the FSA. The
FSA may impose other conditions on any redemption or purchase at the
relevant time.
Representative of holders:
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. (the "Trustee") will act as trustee
for the holders of Notes.
Indication of yield:
Indication of yield: 5.25 per cent per annum
C.10 If the Note has a
derivative
component in the
interest payment, a
clear and
comprehensive
explanation to help
investors
understand how the
value of their
investment is
affected by the
value of the
underlying
instrument(s),
especially under
the circumstances
when the risks are
most evident.
Not Applicable. Payments of interest on the Notes shall not involve any
derivative component.
C.11 An indication as to Listing:
whether the Notes
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 an indication of
the markets in
question
Each Series may be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority
(the "UKLA") and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's
Regulated Market or may be issued on the basis that they will not be admitted
to listing and/or trading by any listing authority and/or stock exchange.
Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be
listed on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on
the London Stock Exchange's Regulated Market with effect from 15 January
2013.
Distribution:
The Tier 1 Notes are not being offered to the public in any Member State.
C.21 Indication of the
market where the
Notes will be traded
and for which the
Prospectus has
been published
Each Series may be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority
(the "UKLA") and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's
Regulated Market or may be issued on the basis that they will not be admitted
to listing and/or trading by any listing authority and/or stock exchange.
Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be
listed on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on
the London Stock Exchange's Regulated Market with effect from 15 January
2013.
Martin Section D - Risks & Bang
Element Title
D.2 Key information on
the key risks that
are specific to the
Issuer or its
industry
The Issuer's businesses are inherently subject to market fluctuations and
Uncertainty or negative trends in
general economic conditions.
international economic and investment climates could adversely affect
the Issuer's business and profitability. In particular, the adverse effect of
such factors would be felt in the future principally through: (a) investment
impairments or reduced investment returns impairing the Issuer's ability
to write significant volumes of new business and having a negative
impact on its assets under management and profit; (b) higher credit
defaults and wider credit and liquidity spreads resulting in realised and
unrealised credit losses; (c) the failure of counterparties to discharge
obligations or where adequate collateral is not in place; and (d) difficulties
experienced in estimating the value of financial instruments due to illiquid
or closed markets.
The Issuer is subject to the risk of potential sovereign debt credit
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deterioration owing to the amounts of sovereign debt obligations
(principally for the UK, other European, US and Asian countries) held in
its investment portfolio. If a sovereign were to default on its obligations,
this could have a material adverse effect on the Issuer's financial
condition and results of operations.
The Issuer is subject to the risk of exchange rate fluctuations owing to the
geographical diversity of its business. The Issuer's operations in the US
and Asia, which represent a significant proportion of operating profit
based on longer-term investment returns and shareholders' funds,
generally write policies and invest in assets denominated in local
The impact of gains or losses on currency translations is
currency.
accounted for in the Group's consolidated financial statements as a
component of shareholders' funds within other comprehensive income
and, consequently, could impact on the Issuer's gearing ratios.
The Issuer conducts its businesses subject to regulation and associated
٠
regulatory risks, including the effects of changes in the laws, regulations,
policies and interpretations and any accounting standards in the markets
in which it operates. Changes in government policy, legislation (including
tax) or regulatory interpretation applying to companies in the financial
services and insurance industries in any of the markets in which the
Issuer operates, which may apply retrospectively, may adversely affect
the Issuer's product range, distribution channels, profitability, capital
requirements and, consequently, reported results and financing
Also, regulators in jurisdictions in which the Issuer
requirements.
operates may change the level of capital required to be held by individual
businesses or could introduce possible changes in the regulatory
framework for pension arrangements and policies, the regulation of
selling practices and solvency requirements. Furthermore, as a result of
the recent interventions by governments in response to global economic
conditions, it is widely expected that there will be a substantial increase in
governmental regulation and supervision of the financial services
industry, including the possibility of higher capital requirements,
restrictions on certain types of transaction structure and enhanced
supervisory powers.
The Issuer's businesses are conducted in highly competitive
environments with developing demographic trends and continued
profitability depends on management's ability to respond to these
pressures and trends. The markets for financial services in the UK, US
and Asia and highly competitive. In some markets, the Issuer faces
competitors that are larger, have greater financial resources or a greater
market share, offer a broader range of products or have higher bonus
Further, heightened competition for
rates or claims-paying ratios.
talented and skilled employees and agents with local experience,
particularly in Asia, may limit the Issuer's potential to grow its business as
quickly as planned.
Downgrades in the Issuer's financial strength and credit ratings could
significant impact its competitive position and hurt its relationships with
creditors and trading counterparties. Such ratings, which are used by the
market to measure the Group's ability to meet policyholder obligations,
are an important factor affecting public confidence in some of the Group's
products and, as a result, its competitiveness. Downgrades in the
Issuer's ratings could have an adverse effect on the Group's ability to
market products or retain current policyholders or on the Group's
financial flexibility. In addition, the interest rates the Issuer pays on its
borrowings are affected by its credit ratings.
Adverse experience against the assumptions used in pricing products
and reporting business results could significantly affect the Issuer's
results of operations. The Issuer needs to make assumptions about a
number of factors in determining the pricing of its products and setting
reserves and for reporting its capital levels and the results of its long-term
business operations. In common with other industry participants, the
profitability of the Group's businesses depends on a mix of factors,
including mortality and morbidity trends, policy surrender rates,
investment performance and impairments, unit cost of administration and
new business acquisition expense. If actual levels prove to be different
to assumed levels, the Group's results of operations could be adversely
affected.
D.3 Key information on
the key risks that
are specific to the
Notes
$\bullet$ An optional redemption feature is likely to limit the secondary market
value of the Notes such that the secondary market value of such Notes
will not rise substantially above the price at which they can be redeemed.
$\bullet$ There may be no or only a limited secondary market in the Notes.
Therefore, Holders may not be able to sell their Notes easily or at prices
that will provide them with a yield comparable with similar investments
that have a developed secondary market.
٠ Holders may not receive the full amount of payments due in respect of
the Notes should the Issuer be required to hold or deduct amounts at
source on account of tax from such payments in order to comply with
applicable law.
۰ The Issuer's obligations under Tier 1 Notes are subordinated and will
rank junior in priority to the claims of Senior Creditors. Although Tier 1
Notes may pay a higher rate of interest than comparable Notes which are
not subordinated, there is a real risk that a Holder of a Tier 1 Note will
lose some or all of their investment should the Issuer become insolvent.
Payments of interest on the Tier 1 Notes are conditional on the Issuer
satisfying the Solvency Condition and the Solvency Capital Requirement
at the time of payment and immediately afterwards. In addition, the
Issuer may elect to defer payment of interest on any Interest Payment
Date.
Any interest not paid on an Interest Payment Date shall constitute
Deferred Interest. Deferred Interest will only become payable on the
redemption of the Tier 1 Notes or purchase of the Tier 1 Notes by or on
behalf of the Issuer or upon commencement of the winding-up of the
Issuer. The Issuer will satisfy its obligation to pay Deferred Interest only
in accordance with the Alternative Coupon Satisfaction Mechanism,
except in the case of the winding-up of the Issuer, in which case any
Deferred Interest will be payable by the liquidator in the same manner
and with the same ranking as the principal on the Tier 1 Notes.
In accordance with current FSA requirements for subordinated capital,
the sole remedy against the Issuer available to the Trustee on behalf of
the Holders of the Tier 1 Notes or, where the Trustee has failed to
proceed against the Issuer as provided in the Conditions, any Holders of
the Tier 1 Notes for recovery of amounts owing in respect of the Tier 1
Notes will be in the institution of proceedings for the winding-up of the
Issuer and/or proving in such winding-up and/or claiming in the liquidation
of the Issuer for such amounts.
۰ If the Issuer does not have the necessary authority for the Directors of
the Issuer to issue a sufficient number of Ordinary Shares to implement
the Alternative Coupon Satisfaction Mechanism and it does not therefore
make a payment to satisfy Deferred Interest (and any interest thereon),
the proposed date for redemption of the Tier 1 Notes will be postponed
until the Directors of the Issuer shall have the necessary authority to
issue sufficient Ordinary Shares and the issue proceeds of such Ordinary
Shares are sufficient to pay the Deferred Interest (and any interest
thereon) in full. The Issuer cannot be certain that the public market for its
Ordinary Shares at any given time will enable it to raise sufficient
proceeds to pay Deferred Interest (and any interest thereon) in full.
٠ The Issuer may elect to pay any interest not otherwise deferred on any
Tier 1 Notes on any Interest Payment Date in accordance with the
Alternative Coupon Satisfaction Mechanism. If the Issuer is unable to
issue sufficient Ordinary Shares to make a payment in full of all interest
due to be paid, such interest payment may be delayed.
٠ The Tier 1 Notes are perpetual securities in respect of which there is no
maturity date and the Issuer is under no obligation to redeem such Notes.
The Tier 1 Notes may be redeemed early or substituted or converted in
the circumstances set out below. There is a risk that these optional
redemption features may limit the market value of the Tier 1 Notes or that
the Tier 1 Notes may be redeemed at a time when an investor may not
be able to reinvest the redemption proceeds at an effective interest rate
as high as the interest rate on the Tier 1 Notes being redeemed.
The Tier 1 Notes may at the Issuer's election, be redeemed early on
$\bullet$
23 March 2018 at 100 per cent of their nominal amount, as specified
in the applicable Final Terms.
The Tier 1 Notes may, at the Issuer's election, be converted into
$\bullet$
another series of notes constituting Qualifying Tier 1 Capital for tax
reasons, as specified in the applicable Final Terms.
The Tier 1 Notes may, at the Issuer's election, be redeemed early at
$\bullet$
100 per cent of their nominal amount and the Notes may, at the
Issuer's election, be substituted for, or varied so that they are treated
as, Qualifying Tier 1 Capital for regulatory reasons, each as specified
in the applicable Final Terms.
The Tier 1 Notes must be redeemed early by the Issuer at 100 per
$\bullet$
cent of their nominal amount following a Solvency II Regulatory Event.
The Exchangeable Tier 1 Notes may, at the Issuer's election, be
٠
exchanged at any time for Preference Shares of the Issuer credited as
fully paid (having certain specific terms). Exchangeable Notes and
Preference Shares differ in certain material respects, including, without
limitation, that Exchangeable Notes and Preference Shares may not rank
pari passu as to payment; the holders of Preference Shares do not
benefit from any gross-up obligation on payment of dividends; dividends
on Preference Shares are fully discretionary; and Preference Shares may
only be redeemed from profits available for distribution or the proceeds of
a new issue of equity securities.
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 from each issue of Notes may be applied by the Issuer for
its general corporate purposes, which include making a profit, or may be
applied for particular uses, as determined by the Issuer.
The net proceeds from the issue of the Notes will be applied by the Issuer for
its general corporate purposes, which include making a profit.
E.3 A description of the
terms and
conditions of the
offer
The terms and conditions of each offer of Notes will be determined by
agreement between the Issuer and the relevant Dealer(s) at the time of issue.
Not Applicable. The Notes are 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
The relevant Dealers may be paid fees in relation to any issue of Notes under
the Programme.
E.7 Estimated
expenses charged
to the investor by
the Issuer or the
Offeror
It is not anticipated that the Issuer will charge any expenses to investors in
connection with any issue of Notes. Other Offerors may, however, charge
expenses to investors. Such expenses (if any) will be determined on a case
by case basis but would be expected to be in the range of between 1 per cent
and 7 per cent of the nominal amount of the Notes to be purchased by the
relevant investor.
Not Applicable. No expenses are being charged to investors by the Issuer or,
as far as the Issuer is aware, by any Offeror.