ADDITIONAL RISK FACTORS
An investment in the Notes involves significant risks. In addition to the following risks included in this pricing supplement, we urge you
to read Risk Factors beginning on page S-6 of the accompanying prospectus supplement.
You should understand the risks of investing in the Notes and should reach an investment decision only after careful consideration, with
your advisers, of the suitability of the Notes in light of your particular financial circumstances and the information set forth in this pricing supplement and the accompanying prospectus supplement and the prospectus.
Structure Risks
We may redeem the Notes prior to
maturity, in which case you will receive no further interest payments.
We retain the option to redeem the Notes, in whole but not
in part, on the Redemption Date by giving at least five business days prior notice. It is more likely that we will redeem the Notes prior to their stated Maturity Date to the extent that the interest payable on the Notes is greater than the
interest that would be payable on our other instruments of a comparable maturity, terms and credit rating trading in the market. If the Notes are redeemed prior to their stated Maturity Date, you will receive no further interest payments from the
Notes redeemed and may have to reinvest the proceeds in a lower rate environment.
If we redeem the Notes prior to the Maturity Date, you may not be
able to reinvest the proceeds from an investment in the Notes at a comparable return and/or with a comparable interest rate.
If we
redeem the Notes prior to the Maturity Date the term of the Notes will be reduced, and you will not receive interest payments after the applicable Redemption Date. There is no guarantee that you would be able to reinvest the proceeds from an
investment in the Notes at a comparable return and/or with a comparable interest rate for a similar level of risk in the event the Notes are redeemed prior to the Maturity Date.
The price at which the Notes may be sold prior to maturity will depend on a number of factors and may be substantially less than the amount for which
they were originally purchased.
The price at which the Notes may be sold prior to maturity will depend on a number of factors.
Some of these factors include, but are not limited to: (i) changes in interest rates generally, (ii) any actual or anticipated changes in our credit ratings or credit spreads, and (iii) time remaining to maturity. In particular,
because the terms of the Notes permit us to redeem the Notes prior to maturity, the price of the Notes may be impacted by the redemption feature of the Notes. Additionally, the interest rates of the Notes reflect not only our credit spread generally
but also the redemption feature of the Notes and thus may not reflect the rate at which a note without a redemption feature and increasing interest rate might be issued and sold.
Depending on the actual or anticipated level of interest rates, the market value of the Notes may decrease, and you may receive substantially
less than 100% of the price to public if you sell your Notes prior to maturity.
Conflicts of Interest
Potential conflicts of interest.
We and our affiliates play a variety of roles in connection with the issuance of the Notes, including acting as calculation agent, acting as an
agent of the offering of the Notes and hedging our obligations under the Notes. In performing these duties, our economic interests and the economic interests of the calculation agent and other affiliates of ours are potentially adverse to your
interests as an investor in the Notes. In addition, our business activities, including hedging and trading activities for our own accounts or on behalf of customers, could cause our economic interests to be adverse to yours and could adversely
affect any payment on the Notes and the value of the Notes. It is possible that hedging or trading activities of ours or our affiliates in connection with the Notes could result in substantial returns for us or our affiliates while the value of the
Notes declines.
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