Publication of
Final Terms
The Governor and Company of the Bank of
England
U.S.$2,000,000,000 4.500 per cent. Notes
due 2027
The Governor and Company of the Bank of England
(the "Bank of England") has
updated its debt issuance programme for the issue of notes from
time to time (the "Programme") pursuant to a prospectus
dated 26 February 2024 (the "Prospectus").
Pursuant to final terms dated 1 March 2024
("Final Terms") the Bank of
England will issue U.S.$2,000,000,000 4.500 per cent. Notes due
2027 under the Programme on 5 March 2024 (the "Notes"). Applications will be made for
the Notes to be listed on the Official List of the FCA and admitted
to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock
Exchange.
Full information on the Bank of England and the
Notes is only available on the basis of both the Prospectus and the
Final Terms.
To view the Prospectus, please paste the
following URL into the address bar of your browser:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3366F_2-2024-3-1.pdf
To view the Final Terms, please paste the
following URL into the address bar of your browser:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3366F_1-2024-3-1.pdf
Copies of the Prospectus and the Final Terms
have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and are
available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Please direct any questions on Bank of England
foreign currency reserves and their financing to the Bank's Press
Office on +44 (0) 20 3461 4411 or, alternatively, press@bankofengland.co.uk.
This
announcement is being issued in reliance on Rule 135e of the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). This announcement is
not an offer of securities for sale in the United States.
Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States or to,
or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to
an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from
registration. The Bank of England does not intend to register the
Notes under the securities laws of the United States or conduct a
public offering of the Notes in the United
States.
Statements
about the Bank of England and all other statements in this
announcement other than historical facts are "forward looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act, Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and as that term is defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to
change at any time. The Bank of England undertakes no obligation to
update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring
events or circumstances.
FCA/ICMA
stabilisation applies. Manufacturer target market (UK MiFIR product
governance) is eligible counterparties, as defined in the FCA
Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook, and professional clients,
as defined in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of
English law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
("UK MiFIR"), only (all
distribution channels).
This
announcement is being distributed to, and is directed only at,
persons in the United Kingdom in circumstances where section 21(1)
of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended does not
apply (such persons being referred to as "relevant persons"). Any
person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this
communication or any of its contents. Any investment activity
(including, but not limited to, any invitation, offer or agreement
to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire securities) to which
this communication relates will only be available to, and will only
be engaged with, persons who fall within the manufacturer target
market.