Regulatory Filings • Jan 5, 2024
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Final Terms
U.S.\$1,500,000,000 6.097 per cent. Fixed Rate Reset Notes due 2035 (the "Notes")
Issued by
Joint Lead Managers
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. Standard Chartered Bank TD Securities (USA) LLC
Co-Managers
Bank of China Limited, London Branch Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch, a joint stock company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability BMO Capital Markets Corp. CIBC World Markets Corp. CIMB Bank Berhad, Labuan Offshore Branch First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC Mashreqbank psc QNB Capital LLC Truist Securities, Inc.
The date of the Final Terms is 4 January 2024.
THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE NOTES ARE ISSUED IN REGISTERED FORM ("REGISTERED NOTES") AND MAY BE OFFERED AND SOLD (I) IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A") ONLY TO QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS ("QIBS"), AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A AND (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, OR ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THE OFFERING OF NOTES OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS DOCUMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
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 (the "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2014/65/EU (as amended "MiFID II"); (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 as amended or superseded (the "IDD"), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified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 Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the "EU Prospectus Regulation"). Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the "EU 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 EU PRIIPs Regulation.
PROHIBITION OF SALES TO UK 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 United Kingdom (the "UK"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of the domestic law of the UK by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the "EUWA"); (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the "FSMA") and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement the IDD, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of the domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA ("UK MiFIR"); or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of the EU Prospectus Regulation as it forms part of the domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK Prospectus Regulation"). Consequently, no key information document required by the EU PRIIPs Regulation as it forms part of the domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.
UK MiFIR PRODUCT GOVERNANCE / PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS AND ELIGIBLE COUNTERPARTIES ONLY TARGET MARKET – Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer's product approval process, the target market assessment in respect of the Notes has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Notes is only eligible counterparties, as defined in the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook ("COBS"), and professional clients, as defined in UK MiFIR; and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a "distributor") should take into consideration the manufacturers' target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to the FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers' target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.
NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 309B OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ACT 2001 OF SINGAPORE, AS MODIFIED OR AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE "SFA") AND THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES (CAPITAL MARKETS PRODUCTS) REGULATIONS 2018 OF SINGAPORE (THE "CMP REGULATIONS 2018") – In connection with Section 309B of the SFA and the CMP Regulations 2018, the Issuer has determined, and hereby notifies all persons (including all relevant persons as defined in Section 309A(1) of the SFA), that the Notes are prescribed capital markets products (as defined in the CMP Regulations 2018) and Excluded Investment Products (as defined in the MAS Notice SFA 04-N12: Notice on the Sale of Investment Products and the MAS Notice FAA-N16: Notice on Recommendations on Investment Products).
Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated 15 June 2023 which, together with the supplementary Prospectuses dated 28 July 2023, 4 September 2023, 26 October 2023 and 28 December 2023 constitutes (with the exception of certain sections) a base prospectus (the "Base Prospectus") for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regulation. This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regulation and must be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus in order to obtain all the relevant information. The Base Prospectus is available for viewing at 1 Basinghall Avenue, London EC2V 5DD and https://www.sc.com/en/investors/ and copies may be obtained from 1 Basinghall Avenue, London EC2V 5DD.
| 1. | Issuer: | Standard Chartered PLC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | (i) Series Number: |
281 | |
| (ii) | Tranche Number: | 1 | |
| (iii) | Date on which the Notes will be consolidated and form a single Series: |
Not Applicable | |
| 3. | Currency or Currencies: | United States Dollars ("U.S.\$") | |
| 4. | Aggregate Nominal Amount: | ||
| (i) Series: |
U.S.\$1,500,000,000 | ||
| (ii) | Tranche: | U.S.\$1,500,000,000 | |
| 5. | Issue Price: | 100.000 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount |
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| 6. | Denominations: | U.S.\$200,000 and integral multiples of U.S.\$1,000 in excess thereof |
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| 7. | Calculation Amount: | U.S.\$1,000 | |
| 8. | (i) | Issue Date: | 11 January 2024 |
| (ii) | Interest Commencement |
Issue Date |
Date:
| 9. | Maturity Date: | 11 January 2035 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | Interest Basis: | Reset Notes | |
| (see paragraph 17 below) | |||
| 11. | Redemption/Payment Basis: | Subject to any purchase and cancellation or early redemption, the Notes will be redeemed on the Maturity Date at 100.000 per cent. of their nominal amount |
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| 12. | Change of Interest: | Not Applicable | |
| 13. | Put/Call Options: | Issuer Call Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Call Clean-up Call |
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| 14. | (i) | Status of the Notes: | Senior |
| (ii) | Date Board approval for issuance of Notes obtained: |
Not Applicable | |
| (iii) | Events of Default: | Restrictive Events of Default |
| 15. | Fixed Rate Note Provisions | Not Applicable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16. | Floating Rate Note Provisions | Not Applicable | ||
| 17. | Reset Note Provisions | Applicable | ||
| (i) | Initial Rate of Interest: | 6.097 per cent. per annum | ||
| (ii) | First Margin: | 2.100 per cent. per annum | ||
| (iii) | Subsequent Margin: | Not Applicable | ||
| (iv) | Interest Payment Dates: | 11 January and 11 July in each year, commencing on 11 July 2024 |
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| (v) | First Interest Payment Date: |
11 July 2024 | ||
| (vi) | Fixed Coupon Amount payable on each Interest Payment Date up to (and including) the First Reset Date: |
U.S.\$30.485 per Calculation Amount | ||
| (vii) | Broken Amount(s): | Not Applicable | ||
| (viii) | First Reset Date: | 11 January 2034 | ||
| (ix) | Second Reset Date: | Not Applicable | ||
| (x) Subsequent Reset Date: |
Not Applicable |
| 18. | Zero Coupon Note Provisions | Not Applicable | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (xxiii) | Benchmark Discontinuation: |
Not Applicable | |
| (xxii) | Relevant Financial Centre(s) (Condition 4(k)): |
Not Applicable | |
| (xxi) | Relevant Currency: | United States Dollars | |
| (xx) | Business Day Convention: | Not Applicable | |
| (xix) | Interest Determination Dates: |
Not Applicable | |
| (xviii) | Relevant Time: | Not Applicable | |
| (xvii) | Day Count Fraction (Condition 4(k)): |
30/360 | |
| (xvi) | U.S. Treasury Rate Maturity: |
Not Applicable | |
| (xv) | Mid-Swap Maturity: | Not Applicable | |
| (xiv) | Mid-Swap Floating Leg Benchmark: |
Not Applicable | |
| (xiii) | Mid-Swap Rate: | Not Applicable | |
| (xii) | Relevant Screen Page: | Not Applicable | |
| (xi) | Reset Rate: | Reference Bond |
| 19. | Issuer Call | Applicable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (i) | Date(s): | Optional Redemption | 11 January 2034 | |
| (ii) Call Option Redemption Amount(s) and method, if any, of calculation of such amount(s): (iii) Make Whole Redemption Amount: (iv) If redeemable in part: |
U.S.\$1,000 per Calculation Amount | |||
| Not Applicable | ||||
| (a) | Minimum Call Option Redemption Amount: |
Not Applicable | ||
| (b) | Maximum Call Option |
Not Applicable |
| (v) | Notice period: | As per Condition 5(d) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20. | Regulatory Capital Call | Not Applicable | |
| 21. | Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Call |
Applicable | |
| 5(f)): | Redeemable on days other than Interest Payment Dates (Condition |
Yes | |
| 22. | Clean-up Call | Applicable | |
| (i) | Clean-up Call Threshold: | 75 per cent. | |
| (ii) | Clean-up Call Optional Redemption Date(s): |
From (and including) the Issue Date to (but excluding) the Maturity Date |
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| (iii) | Call Option Redemption Amount(s) and method, if any, of calculation of such amount(s): |
U.S.\$1,000 per Calculation Amount | |
| (iv) | Notice period: | As per Condition 5(h) | |
| 23. | Put Option | Not Applicable | |
| 24. | Final Redemption Amount of each Note |
U.S.\$1,000 per Calculation Amount | |
| 25. | Early Redemption Amount | ||
| (i) | Early Redemption Amount(s) per Calculation Amount payable on redemption for taxation reasons, due to Regulatory Capital Event or due to Loss Absorption Disqualification Event or on event of default: |
U.S.\$1,000 per Calculation Amount | |
| (ii) | Redeemable on days other than Interest Payment Dates (Condition 5(c)): |
Yes | |
| (iii) | Unmatured Coupons to become void upon early redemption (Bearer Notes only) (Condition 6(f)): |
Not Applicable |
| 26. | Form of Notes: | Registered Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One or more Unrestricted Global Certificate(s) registered in the name of a nominee for DTC exchangeable for Definitive Certificates in the limited circumstances specified in the Unrestricted Global Certificate(s) |
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| One or more Restricted Global Certificate(s) registered in the name of a nominee for DTC exchangeable for Definitive Certificates in the limited circumstances specified in the Restricted Global Certificate(s) |
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| 27. | New Global Note: | No | |
| 28. | Business Day Jurisdiction(s) (Condition 6(h)) or other special provisions relating to Payment Dates: |
London and New York | |
| 29. | Talons for future Coupons to be attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature): |
No |
The rating definitions provided in Part B, Item 2 of these Final Terms have been extracted from the websites of S&P Singapore, Fitch UK and Moody's Singapore and/or their affiliates, as the case may be. The Issuer confirms that such information has been accurately reproduced and that, so far as it is aware, and is able to ascertain from information published by S&P Singapore, Fitch UK and Moody's Singapore and/or their affiliates, as the case may be, no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced information inaccurate or misleading.
Signed on behalf of the Issuer:
By: ___________________________________________
Duly authorised
| (i) | Listing: | Official List of the FCA and trading on the London Stock Exchange. |
|---|---|---|
| (ii) | Admission to trading: | Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market with effect from 11 January 2024. |
| (iii) | Estimated total expenses of admission to trading: |
£6,250 |
Ratings: The Notes to be issued are expected to be assigned the following ratings:
An obligation rated 'BBB' exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to weaken the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation. The plus (+) sign shows relative standing within the rating categories.
(Source: S&P,
https://www.standardandpoors.com/en_US/web/ guest/article/-/view/sourceId/504352)
Moody's Singapore: A3
An obligation rated 'A' is considered to be upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk. The modifier '3' indicates a ranking in the lower end of that rating category.
(Source: Moody's, https://www.moodys.com/ratingsprocess/Ratings-Definitions/002002)
An obligation rated 'A' denotes an expectation of low default risk. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
(Source, Fitch Ratings, https://www.fitchratings.com/products/ratingdefinitions)
Save for any fees payable to the Managers, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer 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.
| Indication of yield: | See "General Information" on page 192 of the Base Prospectus. |
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|---|---|---|
| Calculated as 6.097 per cent. on the Issue Date in respect of the period from (and including) the Issue Date to (but excluding) the First Reset Date. |
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| As set out above, the yield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis of the Issue Price. It is not an indication of future yield. |
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| 5. | ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS |
Estimated net proceeds: U.S.\$1,495,125,000
(i) ISIN:
| (a) | Unrestricted Global | USG84228GC69 |
|---|---|---|
| Registered Certificate: | ||
(b) Restricted Global Registered Certificate: US853254CZ10
(iv) FISN:
(vi) Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear Bank SA/NV, Clearstream Banking, SA, the CMU, DTC and the relevant identification number(s):
(viii) Names and addresses of initial Paying Agent(s):
(x) Legal Entity Identifier: U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91
(xi) Intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility:
Not Applicable
The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch 160 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4LA, United Kingdom
sourced from the responsible National Numbering Agency that assigned the ISIN.
Not Applicable
No. Whilst the designation is specified as "no" at the date of these Final Terms, should the Eurosystem eligibility criteria be amended in the future such that the Notes are capable of meeting them the Notes may then be deposited with one of the ICSDs as common safekeeper, and registered in the name of a nominee of one of the ICSDs acting as common safekeeper. Note that this does not necessarily mean that the Notes will then be recognised as eligible collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy and
intra day credit operations by the Eurosystem at any time during their life. Such recognition will depend upon the ECB being satisfied that Eurosystem eligibility criteria have been met.
(xii) Relevant Benchmark: Not Applicable
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. Standard Chartered Bank TD Securities (USA) LLC
Bank of China Limited, London Branch Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch, a joint stock company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability BMO Capital Markets Corp. CIBC World Markets Corp. CIMB Bank Berhad, Labuan Offshore Branch First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC Mashreqbank psc QNB Capital LLC Truist Securities, Inc. (b) Stabilisation Manager(s) (if any): Standard Chartered Bank (iii) If non-syndicated, name of Dealer: Not Applicable (iv) U.S. Selling Restrictions: Reg. S Compliance Category 2; TEFRA not applicable
Rule 144A: Qualified Institutional Buyers only
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