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Nationwide Building Society BASE PROSPECTUS NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY (incorporated in England and Wales under the UK Building Societies Act 1986, as amended) $20,000,000,000 Senior and Subordinated Medium-Term Notes Due Twelve Months or More from Date of Issue ______________ We may issue at various times up to $20,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time of senior or subordinated medium-term notes denominated in U.S. dollars or in other currencies or composite currencies. The notes will be issued in series and each series will be the subject of final terms (each “Final Terms”). We are privately placing the notes on a delayed or continuous basis to the placement agents named below (the “Placement Agents”) or through the Placement Agents to qualified institutional buyers as described in this Base Prospectus under the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.” This document constitutes a base prospectus (“Base Prospectus”) for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, including by Directive 2010/73/EU) and includes any relevant implementing measure in a relevant Member State of the European Economic Area) (the “Prospectus Directive”). Application has been made to the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”), in its capacity as competent authority for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive and relevant implementing measures in the United Kingdom (the “UK Listing Authority”) for the document to be approved as a Base Prospectus issued in compliance with the Prospectus Directive and relevant implementing measures in the United Kingdom for the purpose of giving information with regard to the issue of notes issued under this program. Application has been made to admit such notes during the period of twelve months after the date hereof to listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (the “Official List”). Application has also been made to the London Stock Exchange plc (the “London Stock Exchange”) for the notes to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s regulated market, which is a regulated market for the purpose of Directive 2004/39/EC (the “Markets in Financial Instruments Directive”). See the section entitled “Risk Factors” commencing on page 12 for a discussion of certain risks that you should consider prior to making an investment in the notes. By its acquisition of the notes, each noteholder (including each beneficial owner) acknowledges, agrees to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any UK bail-in power (as defined below) by the relevant UK resolution authority (as defined below) that may result in (i) the cancellation, write-down or reduction of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the notes (including by variation of the notes) and/or (ii) any other modification of the notes and/or (iii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the notes into our or another person's shares or other securities or other obligations (including by variation of the notes) to give effect to the exercise by the relevant UK resolution authority of such UK bail-in power, and the rights of the holders of the notes will be subject to the provisions of any UK bail-in power which are expressed to implement such a reduction, write-down, cancellation, modification or conversion. Each noteholder further acknowledges and agrees that the rights of the noteholders are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, so as to give effect to, the exercise by the relevant UK resolution authority of such UK bail-in power. For purposes of the notes, a “UK bail-in power” is any statutory power to effect a cancellation, write-down, reduction, modification and/or conversion of a liability existing from time to time under any laws, regulations, rules or requirements relating to the resolution of credit institutions, investment firms and certain banking group companies (including relevant parent undertakings, subsidiaries and/or affiliates) incorporated in the United Kingdom in effect and applicable to the issuer or any member of the Group (as defined herein), including but not limited to the UK Banking Act 2009, as the same may be amended from time to time (whether pursuant to the UK Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 or otherwise), and any laws, regulations, rules or requirements in the United Kingdom which are adopted or enacted in order to implement Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 15, 2014 establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Council Directive 82/891/EEC, and Directives 2001/24/EC, 2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2005/56/EC, 2007/36/EC, 2011/35/EU, 2012/30/EU and 2013/36/EU, and Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 648/2012, of the European Parliament and of the Council (the “BRRD”), pursuant to which liabilities of a credit institution, investment firm, certain of its parent undertakings and/or certain of its affiliates can be cancelled, written down, reduced, modified and/or converted into shares or other securities or obligations of the issuer or any other person (and a reference to the “relevant UK resolution authority” is to any authority with the ability to exercise a UK bail-in power). By purchasing the notes, each noteholder (including each beneficial owner) waives any and all claims against The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the trustee in respect of, and agrees that the trustee will not be liable for, any action that the trustee takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the exercise of the UK bail-in power by the relevant UK resolution authority with respect to the notes. The notes have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws, and we are only offering notes outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”) and within the United States to qualified institutional buyers (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”)) in reliance on Rule 144A or in other transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act and, in each case, in compliance with applicable securities laws. In the United Kingdom, this communication is directed only at persons who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments or (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (“high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc”) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“Financial Promotion”) Order 2005 (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). This communication must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Each initial and subsequent purchaser of a note will be deemed, by its acceptance or purchase thereof, to have made certain acknowledgements, representations and agreements intended to restrict the resale or other transfer of such note, as described in this Base Prospectus, and, in connection therewith, may be required to provide confirmation of its compliance with such resale or other transfer restrictions in certain cases. See the section entitled “Transfer Restrictions” for a further description of these restrictions. One or more Placement Agents may purchase notes, as principal, from us for resale to investors and other purchasers at varying prices relating to prevailing market prices as determined by any such Placement Agent at the time of resale or, if so agreed, at a fixed offering price. We reserve the right to cancel or modify the medium-term note program described in this Base Prospectus without notice. We, or a Placement Agent if it solicits an offer on an agency basis, may reject any offer to purchase notes in whole or in part. For further information, see the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.” The Placement Agents expect to deliver the notes in book-entry form only through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). Beneficial interests in the notes will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC and its participants, including Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. The rating of certain series of notes to be issued under the program may be specified in the applicable Final Terms. Each of Moody's Investors Service Limited (“Moody's”), Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services Europe Limited (“S&P”) and Fitch Rating Ltd. (“Fitch”) is established in the European Union and is registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended) (the “CRA Regulation”). As such, each of Moody's, S&P and Fitch is included in the list of credit rating agencies published by the European Securities and Markets Authority on its website in accordance with such Regulation. DBRS, Inc. (“DBRS”) is not established in the European Union, and has not applied for registration under the CRA Regulation, but its ratings have been, or are expected to be, endorsed by DBRS Ratings Limited, which is established in the European Union and registered under the CRA Regulation. Each of Moody's, S&P, Fitch and DBRS Ratings Limited is included in the list of credit rating agencies published by the European Securities and Markets Authority on its website in accordance with the CRA Regulation. The European Securities and Markets Authority has indicated that ratings issued in the United States which have been endorsed by DBRS Ratings Limited may be used in the EU by the relevant market participants.
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