HSBC Bank plc
HSBC Bank plc: Pre Stabilisation Notice

HSBC Bank plc  / Key word(s): Miscellaneous

26.03.2014 10:10

Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR
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26Th March 

Not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States
or any jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful.

Volkswagen Financial Services N.V

Stabilisation Notice

HSBC Bank plc (contact: Richard Hooper  telephone: +44 207 991 5602  hereby
gives notice that the Stabilising Manager(s) named below may stabilise the
offer of the following securities in accordance with Commission Regulation
(EC) No. 2273/2003 implementing the Market Abuse Directive (2003/6/EC).


The securities:

                                                      Volkswagen Financial
Issuer:                                               Services N.V


Guarantor (if any):                                   Volkswagen Financial
                                                      Services AG


Aggregate nominal amount:                             GBP benchmark


Description:                                          6.5yr Fxd


Offer price:                                          tbc


Other offer terms:


Stabilisation:


Stabilising Manager(s):                                HSBC, Barclays, RBS


Stabilisation period expected to start on:             26th March 2014


Stabilisation period expected to end no later than:    25th April 2014


Existence, maximum size & conditions of use of over-   5% of the aggregate
allotment facility:                                    nominal amount





 

In connection with the offer of the above securities, the Stabilising
Managers may over-allot the securities or effect transactions with a view
to supporting the market price of the securities at a level higher than
that which might otherwise prevail. However, there is no assurance that the
Stabilising Managers will take any stabilisation action and any
stabilisation action, if begun, may be ended at any time.

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute
an invitation or offer to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or
dispose of any securities of the Issuer in any jurisdiction.

This announcement and the offer of the securities to which it relates are
only addressed to and directed at persons outside the United Kingdom and
persons in the United Kingdom who have professional experience in matters
related to investments or who are high net worth persons within article
12(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion)
Order 2005 and must not be acted on or relied on by other persons in the
United Kingdom.

In addition, if and to the extent that this announcement is communicated
in, or the offer of the securities to which it relates is made in, any EEA
Member State that has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC (together with any
applicable implementing measures in any Member State, the "Prospectus
Directive") before the publication of a prospectus in relation to the
securities which has been approved by the competent authority in that
Member State in accordance with the Prospectus Directive (or which has been
approved by a competent authority in another Member State and notified to
the competent authority in that Member State in accordance with the
Prospectus Directive), this announcement and the offer are only addressed
to and directed at persons in that Member State who are qualified investors
within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive (or who are other persons to
whom the offer may lawfully be addressed) and must not be acted on or
relied on by other persons in that Member State.

This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United
States. The securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the
United States Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the
United States absent registration or an exemption from registration.  There
will be no public offer of securities in the United States.


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Language:               English
Company:                HSBC Bank plc
                        8 Canada Square
                        E14 5HQ London
                        United Kingdom
Phone:                  +44 (0)20 7991 8888
Fax:                    
E-mail:                 pressoffice@hsbc.com
Internet:               www.hsbc.com
ISIN:                   GB0005296354
Valor:                  936273
Listed:                 SIX
 
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