Offering Circular
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IMPORTANT NOTICE THIS OFFERING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO INVESTORS WHO ARE ADDRESSEES OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ARE NOT U.S. PERSONS. IMPORTANT: You must read the following disclaimer before continuing. The following disclaimer applies to the attached offering circular. You are advised to read this disclaimer carefully before accessing, reading or making any other use of the attached offering circular. In accessing the attached offering circular, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions, including any modifications to them from time to time, each time you receive any information from us as a result of such access. In order to be eligible to view the attached offering circular or make an investment decision with respect to the securities, investors must be outside the United States and are not U.S. persons. Confirmation of Your Representation: The attached offering circular is being sent to you at your request, and by accepting the e-mail and accessing the attached offering circular, you shall be deemed to represent to CITIC Securities Finance MTN Co., Ltd. (the “Issuer”), CITIC Securities Company Limited (中信証券股份有限公司) (the “Company”), CLSA Limited (中信里昂證券有限公司), Bank of China Limited, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (the “Arrangers”), and CLSA Limited (中信里昂證券有限公司), Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Bank of China Limited, Bank of China (Hong Kong ) Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, ABCI Capital Limited (農銀國際融資有限公司), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, China CITIC Bank International Limited, CMB International Capital Limited (招銀國際融資有限公司), Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ICBC International Securities Limited, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Mizuho Securities Asia Limited, SPDB International Capital Limited (浦銀國際有限公司) and UBS AG Hong Kong Branch (the “Dealers”) that (1) the e-mail address that you gave us and to which this e-mail has been delivered is not located in the United States, its territories or possessions, (2) you and any customers you represent are not U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and (3) you consent to delivery of the attached offering circular and any amendments or supplements thereto by electronic transmission. The attached offering circular has been made available to you in electronic form. You are reminded that documents transmitted via this medium may be altered or changed during the process of transmission and, consequently, none of the Issuer, the Company, the Arrangers, the Dealers, the Trustee or the Agents (the latter two as defined in the attached offering circular) or any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, representatives, advisors, agents or each person who controls any of them accepts any liability or responsibility whatsoever in respect of any discrepancies between the document distributed to you in electronic format and the hard copy version. We will provide a hard copy version to you upon request. Restrictions: The attached document is being furnished in connection with an offering to non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of enabling a prospective investor to consider the purchase of the securities described herein. NOTHING IN THIS ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION CONSTITUTES AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DO SO. THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE OR LOCAL SECURITIES LAWS. THIS OFFERING IS MADE SOLELY OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS IN RELIANCE OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. Nothing in this electronic transmission constitutes an offer or an invitation by or on behalf of the Issuer of the securities or the Company, the Arrangers, the Dealers, the Trustee or the Agents to subscribe for or purchase any of the securities described therein, and access has been limited so that it shall not constitute in the United States or elsewhere a general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act). If a jurisdiction requires that the offering be made by a licensed broker or dealer and a Dealer or Arranger or any of its respective affiliates is a licensed broker or dealer in that jurisdiction, the offering shall be deemed to be made by such person or such affiliate on behalf of the Issuer in such jurisdiction. You are reminded that you have accessed the attached offering circular on the basis that you are a person into whose possession the attached offering circular may be lawfully delivered in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are located and you may not nor are you authorised to deliver this document, electronically or otherwise, to any other person. MiFID II product governance / target market — The Pricing Supplement (as defined herein) in respect of any Notes may include a legend entitled “MiFID II Product Governance” which will outline the target market assessment in respect of the Notes and which channels for distribution of the Notes are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a “distributor”) should take into consideration the target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”) is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels. A determination will be made in relation to each issue about whether, for the purpose of the MiFID Product Governance rules under EU Delegated Directive 2017/593 (the “MiFID Product Governance Rules”), any Dealer subscribing for any Notes is a manufacturer in respect of such Notes, but otherwise neither the Arrangers nor the Dealers nor any of their respective affiliates will be a manufacturer for the purpose of the MiFID Product Governance Rules. PRIIPs REGULATION - PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA AND UK RETAIL INVESTORS — The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or in the United Kingdom (the “UK”). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”); (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (the “Insurance Distribution Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”). Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the “PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA or in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA or in the UK may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation. Singapore SFA Product Classification: In connection with Section 309B of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”) and the Securities and Futures (Capital Markets Products) Regulations 2018 of Singapore (the “CMP Regulations 2018”), unless otherwise specified before an offer of Notes, the Issuer has determined, and hereby notifies all relevant persons (as defined in Section 309A(1) of the SFA), that the Notes are “prescribed capital markets products” (as defined in the CMP Regulations 2018) and Excluded Investment Products (as defined in MAS Notice SFA 04-N12: Notice on the Sale of Investment Products and MAS Notice FAA-N16: Notice on Recommendation on Investment Products). To the fullest extent permitted by law, none of the Arrangers or the Dealers accepts any responsibility for the contents of the attached offering circular or for any other statement, made or purported to be made by an Arranger or a Dealer or on its behalf in connection with the Issuer, the Company, the Group (as defined herein), the Guarantee, the Programme or the issue and offering of the Notes. Each Arranger and each Dealer accordingly disclaims all and any liability whether arising in tort or contract or otherwise (save as referred to above) which it might otherwise have in respect of the attached offering circular or any such statement. Actions that You May Not Take: If you receive this document by e-mail, you should not reply by e-mail to this document, and you may not purchase any securities by doing so. Any reply e-mail communications, including those you generate by using the “Reply” function on your e-mail software, will be ignored or rejected. IF YOU HAVE GAINED ACCESS TO THIS TRANSMISSION CONTRARY TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORISED AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PURCHASE ANY OF THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN.