QNB Finance Ltd
16 February 2012
Publication of Final Terms
The following final terms (the "Final Terms") are available for viewing:
Final Terms dated 16 February 2012 relating to the issue by QNB Finance Ltd of U.S.$1,000,000,000 3.375 per cent. Notes due 2017 under QNB Finance Ltd's U.S.$7,500,000,000 Guaranteed Medium Term Note Programme dated 12 October 2011 as supplemented on 10 February 2012.
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Copies of the Final Terms are available for inspection at the offices of each of the Issuer and Fiscal and Principal Paying Agent, which are situated at:
Issuer:
QNB Finance Ltd
c/o Maples Secretaries Limited
PO Box 309GT
Ugland House,
Grand Cayman KY1-1104
Cayman Islands
Fiscal and Principal Paying Agent:
The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch
One Canada Square
London E14 5AL
United Kingdom
A copy of the Final Terms have also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES
This announcement is not for distribution in the United States.
The Final Terms referred to above must be read in conjunction with the base prospectus dated 12 October 2011 relating to the above programme as supplemented by the supplemental base prospectus dated 10 February 2012 (together, the "Base Prospectus"), which constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended).
Please note that the information contained in the Final Terms and the Base Prospectus referred to above may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the Final Terms and/or Base Prospectus) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Final Terms and/or the Base Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Final Terms and/or the Base Prospectus, you must ascertain from the Final Terms and the Base Prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of, and eligible to view, the information contained therein.
In particular, none of this announcement, the Final Terms or the Base Prospectus shall constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities law of any such jurisdiction.
The securities described in the Final Terms and the Base Prospectus (the "Securities") have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under any relevant securities laws of any state of the United States of America and are subject to U.S. tax law requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, the Securities may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons or to persons within the United States of America, as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act. Any forwarding, distribution or reproduction of the Final Terms or the Base Prospectus in whole or in part is prohibited. Failure to comply with this notice may result in a violation of the Securities Act or the applicable laws of other jurisdictions. There will be no public offering of the Securities in the United States.
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