TIDM77NQ
RNS Number : 8373Y
QNB Finance Ltd
18 January 2022
FOURTH BASE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED 18 JANUARY 2022
TO THE BASE PROSPECTUS DATED 17 MARCH 2021
QNB Finance Ltd
(an exempt company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with
limited liability)
U.S.$22,500,000,000
Medium Term Note Programme
guaranteed by
Qatar National Bank (Q.P.S.C.)
(incorporated as a Qatari Public Shareholding Company)
This base prospectus supplement (this "Base Prospectus
Supplement"), which constitutes a supplementary prospectus for the
purposes of Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms
part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the "UK Prospectus Regulation"), is
supplemental to, and should be read in conjunction with, the base
prospectus dated 17 March 2021 as supplemented by the (i) first
base prospectus supplement dated 12 April 2021, (ii) second base
prospectus supplement dated 12 July 2021 and (iii) third base
prospectus supplement dated 11 October 2021 (together, the "Base
Prospectus") and is prepared in connection with the
U.S.$22,500,000,000 Medium Term Note Programme (the "Programme")
established by QNB Finance Ltd (the "Issuer") and guaranteed by
Qatar National Bank (Q.P.S.C.) ("QNB" or the "Guarantor"). Terms
defined in the Base Prospectus shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the same meaning when used in this Base Prospectus
Supplement. To the extent that there is any inconsistency between
any statement in this Base Prospectus Supplement and any statement
in the Base Prospectus, the statements in this Base Prospectus
Supplement will prevail.
Investors should be aware of their rights under Article 23(2) of
the UK Prospectus Regulation. In accordance with Article 23(2) of
the UK Prospectus Regulation, investors who have agreed to purchase
or subscribe for Notes before this Base Prospectus Supplement is
published have the right, exercisable before the end of the period
of two working days beginning with the working day after the date
on which this Base Prospectus Supplement is published, to withdraw
their acceptances, which right shall therefore expire at the close
of business on 20 January 2022. Investors wishing to withdraw their
acceptances should contact their brokers for details of how to
exercise this right.
The Base Prospectus and this Base Prospectus Supplement can be
viewed on the website of the Regulatory News Service operated by
the London Stock Exchange plc at
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news?tab=news-explorer
This Base Prospectus Supplement has been approved by the United
Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA"), as competent
authority under the UK Prospectus Regulation.
The purpose of this Base Prospectus Supplement is to incorporate
by reference into the Base Prospectus the (i) Guarantor's audited
consolidated financial statements as at, and for the year ended, 31
December 2021 (the "Guarantor FY 2021 Financial Statements"); and
(ii) Issuer's audited financial statements as at, and for the year
ended, 31 December 2021 (the "Issuer FY 2021 Financial
Statements").
IMPORTANT NOTICES
The Issuer and the Guarantor each accepts responsibility for the
information contained in this Base Prospectus Supplement. To the
best of the knowledge of the Issuer and the Guarantor, the
information contained in this Base Prospectus Supplement is in
accordance with the facts and this Base Prospectus Supplement makes
no omission likely to affect its import.
To the extent that there is any inconsistency between any
statement in or incorporated by reference into the Base Prospectus
by this Base Prospectus Supplement and any other statement in or
incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus, the statements in
or incorporated by reference into the Base Prospectus by this Base
Prospectus Supplement will prevail.
Save as disclosed in this Base Prospectus Supplement or in any
document incorporated by reference in this Base Prospectus
Supplement, no other significant new factor, material mistake or
inaccuracy relating to information included in the Base Prospectus
has arisen or been noted, as the case may be, since the publication
of the Base Prospectus.
The web links included in this Base Prospectus Supplement are
included for information purposes only and, other than in relation
to the Guarantor FY 2021 Financial Statements and the Issuer FY
2021 Financial Statements which are incorporated by reference into
the Base Prospectus, the websites and their content are not
incorporated into, and do not form part of, this Base Prospectus
Supplement or the Base Prospectus.
UPDATES TO THE BASE PROSPECTUS
With effect from the date of this Base Prospectus
Supplement:
(a) the Guarantor FY 2021 Financial Statements, which were
published via the Regulatory News Service of the London Stock
Exchange plc on 18 January 2022 and which have been (1) previously
published and (2) filed with the FCA, shall be incorporated in, and
form part of, the Base Prospectus;
(b) the Issuer FY 2021 Financial Statements, which were
published via the Regulatory News Service of the London Stock
Exchange plc on 18 January 2022 and which have been (1) previously
published and (2) filed with the FCA, shall be incorporated in, and
form part of, the Base Prospectus;
(c) copies of the Guarantor FY 2021 Financial Statements can be
viewed on the website of the London Stock Exchange plc at the
following web link:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8053Y_1-2022-1-18.pdf
(d) copies of the Issuer FY 2021 Financial Statements can be
viewed on the website of the London Stock Exchange plc at the
following web link:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7921Y_1-2022-1-18.pdf
(e) for the avoidance of doubt, any documents incorporated by
reference in the Guarantor FY 2021 Financial Statements or the
Issuer FY 2021 Financial Statements shall not form part of this
Base Prospectus Supplement or the Base Prospectus;
(f) paragraph (6) under the section "General Information" of the
Base Prospectus shall be updated with the following wording:
"There has been no significant change in the financial
performance or financial position of the Guarantor or of the QNB
Group since 31 December 2021 and there has been no material adverse
change in the prospects of the Guarantor or of the QNB Group since
31 December 2021. There has been no significant change in the
financial performance or financial position of the Issuer since 31
December 2021 and there has been no material adverse change in the
prospects of the Issuer since 31 December 2021."; and
(g) each reference in this Base Prospectus Supplement and the
Base Prospectus to the "Base Prospectus" shall be read and
construed as a reference to the Base Prospectus as supplemented by
this Base Prospectus Supplement.
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