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RNS Number : 6398Y
Nationwide Building Society
10 September 2020
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO
ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITS
TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (THE "UNITED STATES") OR INTO
ANY OTHER JURISDICTION OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON WHERE OR TO WHOM IT
IS UNLAWFUL TO RELEASE, PUBLISH OR DISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT.
NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY COMMENCES CASH TER OFFERS FOR
CERTAIN OF ITS OUTSTANDING COVERED BONDS
10 September 2020 . Nationwide Building Society(1) (the
"Offeror") announces today invitations to holders of the following
bonds issued by it under its Global Covered Bond Programme and
irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of
principal and interest by Nationwide Covered Bonds LLP (together,
the "Covered Bonds" or the "Bonds" and each a "Series") to tender
such outstanding Bonds for purchase by the Offeror for cash up to a
maximum aggregate nominal amount to be determined by the Offeror in
its sole and absolute discretion (the "Maximum Acceptance Amount")
at the relevant Purchase Price and an Accrued Interest Payment
(each such invitation an "Offer" and, together, the "Offers"):
EUR1,000,000,000 Series 2014-06 0.750% Fixed Rate Covered Bonds
due 29 October 2021
(XS1130066175) (the " EUR October 2021 Bonds ")
EUR1,000,000,000 Series 2015-11 0.750% Fixed Rate Covered Bonds
due 26 October 2022
(XS1308693867) (the " EUR October 2022 Bonds ")
EUR1,000,000,000 Series 2017-01 0.500% Fixed Rate Covered Bonds
due 23 February 2024
(XS1569896498) (the " EUR February 2024 Bonds ")
EUR1,250,000,000 Series 2019-02 0.050% Fixed Rate Covered Bonds
due 03 June 2024
(XS2004366287) (the " EUR June 2024 Bonds ")
EUR750,000,000 Series 2015-02 0.625% Fixed Rate Covered Bonds
due 25 March 2027
(XS1207683522) (the " EUR March 2027 Bonds ")
EUR1,000,000,000 Series 2017-02 1.375% Fixed Rate Covered Bonds
due 29 June 2032
(XS1638816089) (the " EUR June 2032 Bonds ")
(together, the " Euro Bonds ")
and
GBP1,000,000,000 Series 2019-07 Floating Rate Covered Bonds due
02 August 2022
(XS2035642102) (the " GBP August 2022 Bonds ")
GBP1,000,000,000 Series 2018-01 Floating Rate Covered Bonds due
12 April 2023
(XS1806359714) (the " GBP April 2023 Bonds ")
GBP1,000,000,000 Series 2019-01 Floating Rate Covered Bonds due
10 January 2024
(XS1933035286) (the " GBP January 2024 Bonds ")
GBP1,000,000,000 Series 2020-01 Floating Rate Covered Bonds due
10 January 2025
(XS2100384853) (the " GBP January 2025 Bonds ")
GBP750,000,000 Series 2011-02 5.625% Fixed Rate Covered Bonds
due 28 January 2026
(XS0584363724) (the " GBP January 2026 Bonds ")
(together, the " Sterling Bonds ")
The Offers are being made on the terms and subject to the
conditions contained in a tender offer memorandum dated 10
September 2020 (the "Tender Offer Memorandum") prepared by the
Offeror, and are subject to the offer and distribution restrictions
set out below and as more fully described in the Tender Offer
Memorandum.
For detailed terms of the Offers, please refer to the Tender
Offer Memorandum, copies of which are (subject to distribution
restrictions) available from the Tender Agent as set out below.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined have
the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
Rationale for the Offers
The Offeror is making the Offers in order to provide liquidity
to the holders of the Covered Bonds while optimising its funding
and liquidity position. Taking into account liquidity and index
eligibility considerations the Offeror intends to set the
respective Series Acceptance Amounts at an amount which ensures at
least EUR500,000,000 (or in respect of the Sterling Bonds the
equivalent of EUR500,000,000 when applying the applicable Euro FX
Rate) would remain outstanding in respect of each Series of Covered
Bonds immediately after the Settlement Date.
Overview of the Offers
An overview of certain of the terms of the Offers appears
below:
Maximum
Description Nominal Amount Maturity Reference Yield / Fixed Purchase Purchase Acceptance
of the Bonds ISIN Outstanding Date( (1) Reference Benchmark Spread Yield Price(2) Amount
------------- -------------- ------------------ ----------- ---------------------- ------------ ------------ ----------- --------------
Euro Bonds An aggregate
nominal
amount to
be determined
and
announced on
the
Price
Determination
Date (as
defined
herein)
--------------
EUR October XS1130066175 EUR1,000,000,000 29 October The relevant - 1 bps Sum of the To be
2021 Bonds 2021 Interpolated Mid-Swap Reference determined
Rate Yield and as set out
Fixed herein
Spread
-------------- ------------------ ----------- ---------------------- ------------ ------------ ----------- --------------
EUR October XS1308693867 EUR1,000,000,000 26 October The relevant + 3 bps Sum of the To be
2022 Bonds 2022 Interpolated Mid-Swap Reference determined
Rate Yield and as set out
Fixed herein
Spread
-------------- ------------------ ----------- ---------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
EUR February XS1569896498 EUR1,000,000,000 23 The relevant -6 bps Sum of the To be
2024 Bonds February Interpolated Mid-Swap Reference determined
2024 Rate Yield and as set out
Fixed herein
Spread
-------------- ------------------ ----------- ---------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
EUR June XS2004366287 EUR1,250,000,000 03 June The relevant - 3 bps Sum of the To be
2024 Bonds 2024 Interpolated Mid-Swap Reference determined
Rate Yield and as set out
Fixed herein
Spread
-------------- ------------------ ----------- ---------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
EUR March XS1207683522 EUR750,000,000 25 March The relevant -3 bps Sum of the To be
2027 Bonds 2027 Interpolated Mid-Swap Reference determined
Rate Yield and as set out
Fixed herein
Spread
-------------- ------------------ ----------- ---------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
EUR June XS1638816089 EUR1,000,000,000 29 June The relevant +9 bps Sum of the To be
2032 Bonds 2032 Interpolated Mid-Swap Reference determined
Rate Yield and as set out
Fixed herein
Spread
-------------- ------------------ ----------- ---------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
Sterling Bonds
GBP August 02 August Not Not
2022 Bonds XS2035642102 GBP1,000,000,000 2022 Not applicable applicable applicable 100.643
-------------- ------------------ ----------- ---------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
GBP April 12 April Not Not
2023 Bonds XS1806359714 GBP1,000,000,000 2023 Not applicable applicable applicable 100.846
-------------- ------------------ ----------- ---------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
GBP January 10 January Not Not
2024 Bonds XS1933035286 GBP1,000,000,000 2024 Not applicable applicable applicable 101.922
-------------- ------------------ ----------- ---------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
GBP January 10 January Not Not
2025 Bonds XS2100384853 GBP1,000,000,000 2025 Not applicable applicable applicable 101.596
-------------- ------------------ ----------- ---------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
GBP January XS0584363724 GBP750,000,000 28 January 1.50 per cent. UK 54 bps Annualised To be
2026 Bonds 2026 Treasury Gilt due sum of the determined
July 2026 (ISIN: Reference as set out
GB00BYZW3G56) Yield and herein
Fixed
Spread
-------------- ------------------ ----------- ---------------------- ------------ ------------ ----------- --------------
Notes
(1) Subject to adjustment in accordance with any applicable business day convention.
(2) An Accrued Interest Payment will also be made in respect of
any Bonds accepted for purchase.
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Details of the Offer
Purchase Price
Sterling Bonds (other than the GBP January 2026 Bonds)
The Purchase Price in respect of each Series of Sterling Bonds
(other than the GBP January 2026 Bonds) will be the relevant
Purchase Price specified for such Series in the table above.
GBP January 2026 Bonds and Euro Bonds
The relevant Purchase Price in respect of the GBP January 2026
Bonds and each Series of Euro Bonds will be announced in the
Announcement of Pricing, Acceptance and Results of Offers on the
Price Determination Date and determined in accordance with market
convention, and will be the price which reflects a yield to
maturity on the Settlement Date equal to the Purchase Yield.
Subject to the applicable Minimum Denomination, the Purchase
Price per Authorised Denomination of each such Series of Bonds will
equal (a) the value per Authorised Denomination of all remaining
payments of principal and interest due to be made up to and
including the maturity date of the relevant Bonds, discounted to
the Settlement Date at a discount rate equal to the relevant
Purchase Yield, minus (b) the relevant Accrued Interest, expressed
as a percentage and rounded to three decimal places (with 0.0005
per cent. rounded upwards).
Accrued Interest Payment
An amount equal to accrued and unpaid interest (if any) will
also be paid as consideration in respect of all Bonds validly
tendered and accepted for purchase by the Offeror pursuant to the
Offers from, and including, the immediately preceding interest
payment date for the relevant Series of Bonds to, but excluding,
the Settlement Date.
Maximum Acceptance Amount
If the Offeror decides, in its sole and absolute discretion, to
accept valid tenders of Bonds pursuant to the Offers, it will
accept for purchase one or more Series of Bonds up to an aggregate
nominal amount of Bonds to be determined by the Offeror (and for
these purposes the relevant nominal amount of the Euro Bonds will
be converted into pounds sterling at the Euro FX Rate) (the
"Maximum Acceptance Amount"). The Offeror will determine the
Maximum Acceptance Amount at its sole and absolute discretion. The
Maximum Acceptance Amount will be announced in the Announcement of
Pricing, Acceptance and Results of Offers, and indicative
acceptance levels will be announced in the Announcement of
Indicative Acceptance and Results of Offers.
The Offeror will determine the allocation of the nominal amount
accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offers (including the
applicable Euro FX Rate in respect of the Euro Bonds) among the
different Series of Bonds in its sole and absolute discretion, and
reserves the right to accept significantly more or less (or none)
of the Bonds of one Series as compared to the other Series of
Bonds.
If the aggregate nominal amount of Bonds of a Series validly
tendered for purchase is greater than the Series Acceptance Amount
for such Series, the Offeror intends to accept for purchase Bonds
of such Series on a pro rata basis as set out below. Taking into
account liquidity and index eligibility considerations the Offeror
intends to set the respective Series Acceptance Amounts at an
amount which ensures at least EUR500,000,000 (or in respect of the
Sterling Bonds the equivalent of EUR500,000,000 when applying the
applicable Euro FX Rate) would remain outstanding in respect of
each Series of Covered Bonds immediately after the Settlement
Date.
Series Acceptance Amounts and Scaling of Offers
Series Acceptance Amounts
If the Offeror accepts any Bonds of a Series for purchase
pursuant to the relevant Offer and the aggregate nominal amount of
such Series validly offered for purchase is greater than the final
aggregate nominal amount of such Series accepted for purchase (the
"Series Acceptance Amount" in respect of such Series), the Offeror
intends to accept Bonds of such Series for purchase on a pro-rata
basis in the manner set out under "Scaling of Offers" below, such
that the aggregate nominal amount of such Series accepted for
purchase pursuant to the relevant Offer is no greater than the
Series Acceptance Amount.
Scaling of Offers
In the circumstances described in the Tender Offer Memorandum in
which valid tenders of Bonds of a Series pursuant to the relevant
Offer are to be accepted, at the sole and absolute discretion of
the Offeror, on a pro-rata basis, each such tender of Bonds of the
relevant Series will be scaled by a factor (each a "Pro-ration
Factor") equal to (i) the relevant Series Acceptance Amount divided
by (ii) the aggregate nominal amount of Bonds of such Series that
have been validly tendered for purchase pursuant to the relevant
Offer, rounded to the nearest EUR1,000 or GBP1,000, as applicable,
in nominal amount and subject to any adjustments of the relevant
Series as further described in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
Tender Instructions
To tender Bonds in the Offers, a Holder should deliver, or
arrange to have delivered on its behalf, via the relevant Clearing
System and in accordance with the requirements of such Clearing
System, a valid Tender Instruction that is received in each case by
the Tender Agent by the Expiration Deadline, all as more fully
described in the Tender Offer Memorandum. A separate Tender
Instruction must be submitted on behalf of each beneficial owner of
the Bonds.
Tender Instructions will be irrevocable except in the limited
circumstances described in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
Holders are advised to read carefully the Tender Offer
Memorandum for full details of and information on the procedures
for participating in the Offers.
Indicative Timetable for the Offers
This is an indicative timetable showing one possible outcome for
the timing of the Offers. This timetable is subject to change and
dates and times may be extended, re-opened or amended by the
Offeror in accordance with the terms of the Offers as described in
the Tender Offer Memorandum. Accordingly, the actual timetable may
differ significantly from the timetable below.
Date and Time Action
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10 September 2020 Commencement of the Offers
Offers announced through RNS announcement,
the relevant Reuters International Insider
Screen, the Clearing Systems and by publication
on a Notifying News Service.
Tender Offer Memorandum available from the
Tender Agent (subject to the restrictions
set out in "Offer and Distribution Restrictions"
above).
4.00 p.m. (London time) Expiration Deadline
on Deadline for receipt by the Tender Agent
17 September 2020 of all Tender Instructions in order for
Holders to be able to participate in the
Offers and to be eligible to receive the
relevant Purchase Price and any Accrued
Interest Payment on the Settlement Date.
At or around 9.00 a.m. Announcement of Indicative Acceptance and
(London time) on 18 September Results of Offers
2020 Announcement by the Offeror of a non-binding
indication of whether it intends to accept
valid tenders of Bonds pursuant to the Offers
and, if so, (i) in relation to each Series
of Bonds, the aggregate nominal amount of
Bonds validly tendered pursuant to the relevant
Offer, (ii) a non-binding indication of
the Maximum Acceptance Amount and (iii)
a non-binding indication of the Series Acceptance
Amount and the Pro-ration Factor(s), if
applicable, in relation to each relevant
Series of Bonds.
At or around 1.00 p.m. Price Determination Time
(London time) on 18 September Determination of the relevant Reference
2020 (the "Price Determination Yields, Purchase Yields, Maximum Acceptance
Date") Amount, Series Acceptance Amounts and the
Purchase Prices.
As soon as practicable Announcement of Pricing, Acceptance and
after the Price Determination Results of Offers
Time Announcement by the Offeror of whether it
will accept valid tenders of Bonds of any
Series pursuant to the relevant Offer and,
if so, (i) the Maximum Acceptance Amount,
(ii) in relation to each Series of Bonds,
the Series Acceptance Amount and any Pro-ration
Factor(s) and (iii) the relevant Reference
Yield, Purchase Yield and Purchase Price
(as applicable) in relation to each Series
of Bonds accepted for purchase.
Expected to be 22 September Settlement Date
2020 Expected Settlement Date for Bonds validly
tendered and accepted by the Offeror. Payment
of the relevant Purchase Price and any Accrued
Interest Payment in respect of any such
Bonds.
Holders are advised to check with any bank, securities broker or
other Intermediary through which they hold Bonds when such
Intermediary would require to receive instructions from a Holder in
order for that Holder to be able to participate in, or (in the
limited circumstances in which revocation is permitted) revoke
their instruction to participate in, the Offers before the
deadlines specified above. The deadlines set by any such
Intermediary and each Clearing System for the submission of Tender
Instructions will be earlier than the relevant deadlines specified
above.
Announcements in connection with the Offers will be made via
RNS. Such announcements may also be made (i) on the relevant
Reuters International Insider Screen, (ii) by the issue of a press
release to a Notifying News Service and (iii) by the delivery of
notices to the Clearing Systems for communication to Direct
Participants. Copies of all such announcements, press releases and
notices can also be obtained from the Tender Agent, the contact
details for whom are set out below. Significant delays may be
experienced where notices are delivered to the Clearing Systems and
Holders are urged to contact the Tender Agent for the relevant
announcements relating to the Offers.
NatWest Markets Plc and UBS AG London Branch are acting as Joint
Dealer Managers for the Offers and Lucid Issuer Services Limited is
acting as Tender Agent.
Questions and requests for assistance in connection with the
Offers may be directed to the Joint Dealer Managers.
JOINT DEALER MANAGERS
NatWest Markets Plc UBS AG London Branch
250 Bishopsgate 5 Broadgate
Loudon EC2M 4AA London EC2M 2QS
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7678 5222 Telephone: +44 20 7568 1121
Email: liabilitymanagement@natwestmarkets.com Email: ol-liablitymanagement-eu@ubs.com
Attention: Liability Management Attention: Liability Management
Group
Questions and requests for assistance in connection with the
procedures for participating in the Offers, including the delivery
of Tender Instructions, may be directed to the Tender Agent.
TER AGENT
Lucid Issuer Services Limited
Tankerton Works
12 Argyle Walk
London WC1H 8HA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880
Email: nationwide@lucid-is.com
Attention: David Shilson
Purchases of privately marketed covered bonds and CHF
denominated covered bonds
Separate to the Offers mentioned in this announcement,
Nationwide Building Society is open to purchasing other outstanding
covered bonds, which were privately marketed in the GBP, EUR and
NOK currencies, as well as its CHF denominated covered bonds.
Please see a list below. Nationwide Building Society is also open
to purchasing its outstanding Registered Covered Bonds. Nationwide
Building Society will consider offers to sell such covered bonds on
an ongoing basis, and may repurchase covered bonds subject to the
terms proposed. Holders of Covered Bonds included in the Offers
must follow the procedures set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
This statement does not create an obligation for Nationwide
Building Society to accept any offers to sell to covered bonds. The
Joint Dealer Managers are not acting as joint dealer managers but
may act as an MTN dealer in respect of these separate potential
repurchases. Nationwide Building Society does not intend to take
into consideration the aggregate nominal amount of covered bonds it
repurchases pursuant to these separate potential repurchases when
setting the Maximum Acceptance Amount for the Offers.
Please contact your usual MTN dealer with your interest.
ISIN Currency Maturity Date Amount Outstanding
CH0485445982 CHF 11 July 2025 250,000,000
CH0485445990 CHF 11 July 2031 150,000,000
CH0419041329 CHF 11 July 2044 100,000,000
XS1334768733 EUR 17 December 2020 100,000,000
XS1385380289 EUR 23 March 2021 80,000,000
XS1373029856 EUR 1 March 2023 25,000,000
XS1177825814 EUR 30 January 2030 50,000,000
XS0592707615 EUR 3 March 2031 30,000,000
XS1380328259 EUR 17 March 2031 50,000,000
XS1261795378 EUR 17 July 2031 100,000,000
XS1332497616 EUR 14 December 32 50,000,000
XS1242438742 EUR 5 June 2034 105,000,000
XS1225157533 EUR 8 May 2035 50,000,000
XS1316442992 EUR 5 November 2035 35,000,000
XS1333830005 EUR 17 December 2035 25,000,000
XS1369280661 EUR 25 February 2036 51,000,000
XS1371729259 EUR 25 February 2036 50,000,000
XS1378944836 EUR 11 March 2036 30,000,000
XS1384262389 EUR 24 March 2036 40,000,000
XS1731837123 EUR 8 December 2037 50,000,000
XS1380330826 EUR 16 March 2038 50,000,000
XS1890083170 EUR 4 October 2038 30,000,000
XS1151430185 EUR 15 March 2039 50,000,000
XS1350139439 EUR 28 January 2041 25,000,000
XS1352028432 EUR 28 January 2041 30,000,000
XS1371979284 EUR 26 February 2041 40,000,000
XS1397982874 EUR 23 April 2041 60,000,000
XS1407047411 EUR 7 May 2041 25,000,000
XS0697790342 GBP 27 October 2026 100,000,000
XS0697790185 GBP 27 October 2028 100,000,000
XS0697790425 GBP 27 October 2031 50,000,000
XS0550431083 NOK 26 October 2020 500,000,000
XS0582521661 NOK 27 January 2021 500,000,000
XS0605287217 NOK 29 March 2021 500,000,000
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(1) LEI: 549300XFX12G42QIKN82
This announcement is released by Nationwide Building Society and
contains inside information in relation to the Covered Bonds and is
disclosed in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU)
596/2014 ("MAR"). For the purposes of MAR, this announcement is
made by Krishan Hirani, Senior Manager, Funding & Capital
Markets of Nationwide Building Society.
DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with
the Tender Offer Memorandum. This announcement and the Tender Offer
Memorandum contain important information which should be read
carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offers.
If any Holder is in any doubt as to the contents of this
announcement and/or the Tender Offer Memorandum or the action it
should take, it is recommended to seek its own financial and legal
advice, including in respect of any tax consequences, immediately
from its stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other
independent financial, tax or legal adviser. Any individual or
company whose Bonds are held on its behalf by a broker, dealer,
bank, custodian, trust company or other nominee must contact such
entity if it wishes to tender such Bonds pursuant to the Offers.
The Joint Dealer Managers are acting exclusively for the Offeror
and no one else in connection with the arrangements described in
this announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum and will not be
responsible to any Holder for providing the protections which would
be afforded to customers of the Joint Dealer Managers or for
advising any other person in connection with the Offers. None of
the Offeror, Nationwide Covered Bonds LLP, (the "LLP"), the Joint
Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent, or any person who controls, or
any director, officer, employee, adviser, agent or affiliate of,
any such person, has made or will make any assessment of the merits
and risks of the Offers or of the impact of the Offers on the
interests of the Holders either as a class or as individuals, and
none of them makes any recommendation as to whether Holders should
tender Bonds pursuant to the Offers. None of the Offeror, the LLP,
the Joint Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent (or any or any person
who controls, or any director, officer, employee, adviser, agent or
affiliate of, any such person) is providing Holders with any legal,
business, tax or other advice in this announcement and/or the
Tender Offer Memorandum. Holders should consult with their own
advisers as needed to assist them in making an investment decision
and to advise them whether they are legally permitted to tender
Bonds for cash pursuant to the Offers.
OFFER AND DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS
Neither this announcement nor the Tender Offer Memorandum
constitutes an offer or an invitation to participate in the Offers
in the United States or in any other jurisdiction in which, or to
any person to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such offer or
invitation or for there to be such participation under applicable
laws. The distribution of this announcements and the Tender Offer
Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law.
Persons into whose possession this announcement or the Tender Offer
Memorandum comes are required by each of the Offeror, the Joint
Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about and
to observe any such restrictions.
Neither this announcement nor the Tender Offer Memorandum
constitutes an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell
Bonds (and tenders of Bonds in the Offers will not be accepted from
Holders) in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation
is unlawful. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky
or other laws require an Offer to be made by a licensed broker or
dealer or similar and the Joint Dealer Managers or any of their
respective affiliates is such a licensed broker or dealer or
similar in any such jurisdiction, the relevant Offer shall be
deemed to be made by such Joint Dealer Manager or such affiliate,
as the case may be, on behalf of the Offeror in such
jurisdiction.
United States. The Offers are not being made, and will not be
made, directly or indirectly in or into, or by use of the mail of,
or by any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign
commerce of or of any facilities of a national securities exchange
of, the United States. This includes, but is not limited to,
facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telex, telephone, the
internet and other forms of electronic communications. The Bonds
may not be tendered in the Offers by any such use, means,
instrumentality or facility from or within the United States or by
persons located or resident in the United States as defined in
Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Accordingly, copies of this announcement and the Tender Offer
Memorandum and any other documents or materials relating to the
Offers are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly
mailed or otherwise transmitted, distributed or forwarded
(including, without limitation, by custodians, nominees or
trustees) in or into the United States or to any persons located or
resident in the United States. Any purported tender of Bonds in any
of the Offers resulting directly or indirectly from a violation of
these restrictions will be invalid and any purported tender of
Bonds made by a person located in the United States or any agent,
fiduciary or other Intermediary acting on a non-discretionary basis
for a principal giving instructions from within the United States
will be invalid and will not be accepted. Each holder of Bonds
participating in any of the Offers will represent that it is not
located in the United States and is not participating in such
Offers from the United States or it is acting on a
non-discretionary basis for a principal located outside the United
States that is not giving an order to participate in such Offers
from the United States. For the purposes of this paragraph, "United
States" means the United States of America, its territories and
possessions, any state of the United States of America and the
District of Columbia.
United Kingdom. The communication of this announcement and the
Tender Offer Memorandum by the Offeror and any other documents or
materials relating to the Offers is not being made, and such
documents and/or materials have not been approved, by an authorised
person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (the "FSMA"). Accordingly, such documents and/or
materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on
to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The communication of
such documents and/or materials is exempt from the restriction on
financial promotions under section 21 of the FSMA on the basis that
it is only directed at and may be communicated to (1) those persons
who are existing members or creditors of the Offeror or other
persons within Article 43(2) of the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, and (2) to any other
persons to whom these documents and/or materials may lawfully be
communicated. This announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum
have been issued by Nationwide Building Society of Nationwide
House, Pipers Way, Swindon SN38 1NW, United Kingdom, which is
authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (the "PRA") and
regulated by the PRA and the Financial Conduct Authority (the
"FCA"). This announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum are
intended only for and will be distributed only to existing Holders
of the Bonds, and are only addressed to such existing Holders in
the United Kingdom where they would (if they were clients of the
Offeror) be per se professional clients or per se eligible
counterparties of the Offeror within the meaning of the FCA's
rules. This announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum are not
addressed to or directed at any persons who would be retail clients
within the meaning of the FCA's rules and any such persons should
not act or rely on such documents. Recipients of this announcement
or the Tender Offer Memorandum should note that the Offeror is
acting on its own account in relation to the Offers and will not be
responsible to any other person for providing the protections which
would be afforded to clients of the Offeror or for providing advice
in relation to the Offers or any of them.
France. This announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum and
any other documents or offering materials relating to the Offers,
may not be distributed in the Republic of France except to
qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) as defined in Article
2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation. Neither this announcement nor
the Tender Offer Memorandum has been or will be submitted for
clearance to nor approved by the Autorité des marchés
financiers.
Italy. None of this announcement, the Tender Offer Memorandum,
the Offers or any other documents or materials relating to the
Offers have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedure of
the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa ("CONSOB")
pursuant to Italian laws and regulations. The Offers are being
carried out in the Republic of Italy as exempted offers pursuant to
article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58
of 24 February 1998, as amended (the "Financial Services Act") and
article 35-bis, paragraph 4 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14
May 1999, as amended (the "Issuers' Regulation"). A holder of Bonds
located in the Republic of Italy can tender Bonds in the Offers
through authorised persons (such as investment firms, banks or
financial Intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in
the Republic of Italy in accordance with the Financial Services
Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 20307 of 15 February 2018, as amended
from time to time, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September,
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