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This slide is not for distribution in isolation and must be viewed in
conjunction with the accompanying Pricing Supplement, Product Supplement(s),
Offering Memorandum and any associated
documentation, which fully describe the terms, risks and conditions of the
Notes described herein.
COMMODITY-LINKED MARKET PLUS
NON-PRINCIPAL PROTECTED NOTES
CUSIP: 78423EHS6
TERMS & PAYOFF MECHANISM
REFERENCE COMMODITY (1)
DOWNSIDE TRIGGER REF. VALUE
CONTINGENT MINIMUM RETURN
MAXIMUM LOSS
TERM
INITIAL COMMODITY VALUE
FINAL COMMODITY VALUE
COMMODITY PERFORMANCE
SETTLEMENT TYPE
Generic First Crude Oil, West Texas Intermediate ("WTI
Crude") (Bloomberg Ticker: CL1 <Comdty>)
78.75% of the Initial Commodity Value
10%
100%
Approximately 53 weeks
105.49
Arithmetic average of the 5 Closing Values of the
Reference Commodity on July 25 and July 28-31, 2014
Final Commodity Value / Initial Commodity Value — 1
Cash Settlement
Potential Payment at Maturity (per Note)
IIIf a Downside Trigger Event HAS NOT occurred, you will receive: $1,000
plus the product of (i) $1,000
and (ii) the greater of (1) Contingent Minimum Return, and (2) the Commodity
Performance
IIIf a Downside Trigger Event HAS occurred, you will receive: $1,000 plus
the product of (i) $1,000 and
(ii) the Commodity Performance. In this case, the Commodity Performance will
be negative, and
you will lose some or all of your invested principal.
Downside Trigger Event
IIA Downside Trigger Event Trigger Event occurs if, on the Final Valuation
Date, the Final Commodity
Value has decreased below the Downside Trigger Reference Value
1) Please refer to the accompanying Pricing Supplement and Product
Supplement for detailed description of price source references
CERTAIN INVESTOR SUITABILITY / RISK CONSIDERATIONS
IIInvesting in the Notes involves significant risks, and your entire
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principal will be at risk
II100% principal at risk; you will lose all or a substantial portion of your
investment if a Downside Trigger
Event occurs
IIYour ability to receive at least the Contingent Minimum Return and your
conditional principal
protection at maturity will be terminated if, on the Final Valuation Date,
the Final Commodity Value is
below the Downside Trigger Reference Value
IIThe Final Commodity Value is based on the arithmetic average of the
Closing Values of the Reference
Commodity on each of the Final Averaging Dates and may be less than the
Closing Values of the
Reference Commodity prior to such dates or on any such dates individually
IIThe Notes do not pay interest
IIThe return on your Notes will not reflect the return you would realize if
you actually purchased the
Reference Commodity, futures contracts for Reference Commodity or exchange-
traded or
over-the-counter instruments based on the Closing Value of the Reference
Commodity
IIThe risk of a Downside Trigger Event occurring is greater if the Reference
Commodity is volatile
IIYou should be willing to hold the Notes to maturity and accept that there
may be little or no
secondary market for the Notes
IIYou assume the credit risk of the Issuer and Guarantor for all payments
under the Notes
IIAn investment in the Notes is subject to the same risks as an investment
in any broadly-based
portfolio of common stocks generally and the Reference Commodity in
particular
IISettlement and fixing prices of commodities tend to be highly volatile and
may fluctuate rapidly based
on numerous factors; these factors may create additional investment risks
that cause the value of the
Notes to be more volatile than the values of traditional debt instruments
IIThe Notes are linked exclusively to WTI Crude and not to a diverse basket
of commodities or a
broad-based commodity index; the Notes will be subject to certain risks
specific to WTI Crude
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II Additional risk factors in respect to the Notes offering can be found in
section "Risk Factors" of
the accompanying Pricing Supplement
IIJPMorgan Securities LLC, an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase & Co., acts as a
placement agent
2) Actual Final Commodity Value will be determined on the Valuation Date.
3) The table assumes an Initial Commodity Value of 105.49.
Please refer to the accompanying Pricing Supplement, Product Supplement(s),
Offering Memorandum, and associated documentation for further details on
risks, liquidity, prospective returns, tax
considerations, and other matters of interest. This slide must not be looked
at in isolation, and a decision in respect to an investment into the
securities must be taken in conjunction with all available
documentation in reference to this security offering. Capitalized terms used
in this slide, but not defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed to
them in the accompanying Pricing Supplement,
Product Supplement(s), or Offering Memorandum.
HYPOTHETICAL PAYOFF AT MATURITY(3)
Final
Commodity Value(2)
137.14
126.59
116.04
105.49
94.94
84.39
83.07
82.75
73.84
52.75
0.00
Commodity
Performance
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
-10.00%
-20.00%
-21.25%
-21.56%
-30.00%
-50.00%
-100.00%
Payment at Maturity
per Note
$1,300.00
$1,200.00
$1,100.00
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$1,100.00
$1,100.00
$1,100.00
$1,100.00
$784.40
$700.00
$500.00
$0.00
Total Return of Note at
Maturity
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
10.00%
10.00%
10.00%
10.00%
-21.56%
-30.00%
-50.00%
-100.00%
PAYOFF ILLUSTRATION AT MATURITY
NOTES RETURN VERSUS INDEX PERFORMANCE
AT MATURITY
-40%
-30%
-20%
-10%
0%
10%
20%
-40%
Downside Trigger
Reference Value
78.75%
Contingent Minimum
Return of 10%
SG STRUCTURED PRODUCTS, INC
Notes Return
Commodity Performance
Full Downside Exposure
-30%
-20%
-10%
0%
COMMODITY PERFORMANCE
10%
20%
NOTES RETURN AT MATURITY
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Pricing Supplement
(To the Offering Memorandum dated July 16, 2013 and
the Product Supplement Commodity-Linked Notes dated July 16, 2013)
SG STRUCTURED PRODUCTS, INC.
$2,100,000
COMMODITY-LINKED MARKET PLUS NON-PRINCIPAL PROTECTED NOTES
SERIES 2013-58 DUE AUGUST 05, 2014
PRICING SUPPLEMENT
Payment of all amounts due and payable under the Commodity-Linked Market
Plus Non-Principal Protected Notes is
irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed pursuant to
a Guarantee issued by
Societe Generale, New York Branch
We, SG Structured Products, Inc. (the —Issuerli), an indirect subsidiary of
Societe Generale, a French banking corporation (—Societe Generalell), are
offering,
pursuant to the offering memorandum dated July 16, 2013, (the —Offering
Memorandumil), the product supplement relating to Commodity-Linked Notes dated
July 16, 2013 (the —Product SupplementH) and this pricing supplement (the
—Pricing SupplementH), the Commodity-Linked Market Plus Non-Principal
Protected
Notes (each, a —Notell and together, the —Notesil) specified herein that may
pay at maturity an amount in U.S. dollars, as described herein. The specific
terms of
the Notes are provided herein. If the terms described herein are different
or inconsistent with those described in the accompanying Product Supplement
or the
Offering Memorandum, the terms described herein shall control. Capitalized
terms used in this pricing supplement, but not defined herein, shall have
the meaning
ascribed to them in the accompanying product supplement or Offering
Memorandum.
IISUBJECT TO THE ISSUER'S AND THE GUARANTOR'S CREDIT RISK (ABILITY TO PAY),
PAYMENT ON THE MATURITY DATE WILL BE LINKED
TO THE AVERAGED PERFORMANCE OF THE REFERENCE COMMODITY OVER THE FINAL
AVERAGING DATES, AS COMPARED TO ITS INITIAL
COMMODITY VALUE.
IIUNLIKE ORDINARY DEBT SECURITIES, THE NOTES DO NOT GUARANTEE THE RETURN OF
ANY PORTION OF THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT TO
THE INVESTORS ON THE MATURITY DATE AND DO NOT PAY ANY COUPON. THE NOTES
INVOLVE RISKS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH AN
INVESTMENT IN ORDINARY DEBT SECURITIES. SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE
6 OF THIS PRICING SUPPLEMENT, ON PAGE 2
OF THE ACCOMPANYING PRODUCT SUPPLEMENT AND ON PAGE 7 OF THE ACCOMPANYING
OFFERING MEMORANDUM.
IITHE NOTES ARE UNSECURED DEBT OBLIGATIONS ISSUED BY US AND ARE NOT LISTED
ON ANY EXCHANGE. ANY PAYMENT ON THE
NOTES IS SUBJECT TO THE CREDITWORTHINESS (ABILITY TO PAY) OF THE ISSUER AND
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SOCIETE GENERALE, NEW YORK BRANCH, AS
THE "GUARANTOR". YOU FACE THE RISK OF NOT RECEIVING ANY PAYMENT ON YOUR
INVESTMENT IF WE OR THE GUARANTOR FILE FOR
BANKRUPTCY OR ARE OTHERWISE UNABLE TO PAY OUR OR ITS DEBT OBLIGATIONS.
Payment at Maturity
IISubject to the Issuer's and the Guarantor's credit risk, on the Maturity
Date, for each $1,000 Notional Amount of Notes that you hold, you will
receive the
Redemption Amount, which will equal:
if a Downside Trigger Event HAS NOT occurred on the Final Valuation Date,
$1,000 plus the product of (i) $1,000 and (ii) the greater of (a) the
Contingent Minimum Return and (b) the Commodity Performance; or
if a Downside Trigger Event HAS occurred on the Final Valuation Date, $1,000
plus the product of (i) $1,000 and (ii) the Commodity
Performance. In this event, the Redemption Amount will be less than $1,000
and you will lose some or all of your invested principal.
For the avoidance of doubt, if a Downside Trigger Event has occurred on the
Final Valuation Date, the Commodity Performance will be negative
(by more than -21.25%) and the Redemption Amount for each Note will be
significantly less than $1,000.
In such instance, for each 1% difference
between zero and the Commodity Performance, you will lose 1% of the Notional
Amount of your Notes. IF A DOWNSIDE TRIGGER EVENT HAS
OCCURRED ON THE FINAL VALUATION DATE, YOU WILL LOSE MORE THAN 21.25% AND
COULD LOSE UP TO 100% OF YOUR INITIAL
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES.
Specific Terms of the Notes:
— CUSIP: 78423EHS6 ISIN: US78423EHS63
Reference Commodity: Generic First Crude Oil, West Texas
Intermediate (—WTI Crudell) (Bloomberg Ticker: CL1 <Comdty>)
Relevant Exchange: New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (the
—NYMEXII)
Calculation Agent: Societe Generale
Placement Agent: JP Morgan Securities LLC
Aggregate Notional Amount: $2,100,000
Notional Amount per Note: $1,000
Issue Price: $1,000 per $1,000 Notional Amount of Notes
— Minimum Investment Amount/Minimum Holding: $10,000
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Notional Amount of Notes (10 Notes)
Pricing Date: July 25, 2013
Issue Date: July 30, 2013
Final Averaging Dates: July 25, 2014; July 28, 2014; July 29,
2014; July 30, 2014 and July 31, 2014 (the —Final Valuation
Datell)
— Maturity Date: August 05, 2014
— Contingent Minimum Return: 10.00%
— Downside Trigger Event: A Downside Trigger Event occurs if, on the
Final Valuation Date, the Final Commodity Value has decreased below the
Downside Trigger Reference Value.
— Downside Trigger Reference Value: 83.07, which is 78.75% of the Initial
Commodity Value.
— Commodity Performance: The quotient of (i) the Final Commodity Value
minus the Initial Commodity Value divided by (ii) the Initial Commodity
Value, expressed as a percentage, as determined by the Calculation
Agent.
— Initial Commodity Value: 105.49, which reflects the Closing Value of the
Reference Commodity on the Pricing Date, as determined by the
Calculation Agent.
— Final Commodity Value: The arithmetic average of the Closing Values of
the Reference Commodity on each of the five Final Averaging Dates, as
determined by the Calculation Agent.
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Per Note
Total
Price to Public(1)
$1,000.00
$2,100,000.00
Distributor's Commission(2)
up to $10.00
up to $21,000.00
no less than $990.00
no less than $2,079,00.00
(1) The price to the public includes the cost of hedging our obligations
under the Notes through one or more of our affiliates, which includes our
affiliates'
expected cost of providing such hedge as well as the profit our affiliates
expect to realize in consideration for assuming the risks inherent in
providing
such hedge. Also see —Risk Factors — The inclusion of commissions and
projected profit from hedging in the original price is likely to adversely
affect
secondary market pricesli in the accompanying Product Supplement.
(2) Please see —Supplemental Plan of Distribution (Conflict of Interest)II in
this Pricing Supplement as well as —Supplemental Plan of DistributionH in the
accompanying Product Supplement for information about fees and commissions.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, acting as the Placement Agent, will
receive from SG Americas Securities, LLC, the primary agent, a fixed sales
commission of 1.00% for each Note it sells. In addition, 3PMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. will purchase Notes from SG Americas Securities, LLC for sales to
certain fiduciary accounts at a purchase price to such accounts of
99.00% of the stated Notional Amount per Note and will forgo any sales
commission with respect to such sales.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission or regulatory authority has approved or disapproved of the
Notes or the guarantee or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this
Pricing Supplement, the Product Supplement and the Offering Memorandum.
Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The Notes are not, and will not be, rated by any nationally recognized
statistical rating organization. The Notes are securities in the same series
as and have
equal rights and obligations as investment-grade rated notes and
certificates issued by us under the Program (as defined on the cover page of
the accompanying
Product Supplement).
The agents are not obligated to purchase the Notes but have agreed to use
reasonable efforts to solicit offers to purchase the Notes. To the extent
the full
Aggregate Notional Amount of the Notes being offered by this Pricing
Supplement is not purchased by investors in the offering, one or more of our
affiliates may
agree to purchase a part of the unsold portion, which may constitute a
substantial portion of the total Aggregate Notional Amount of the Notes, and
to hold such
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Notes for investment purposes. See —Risk Factors - Holding of the Notes by
our affiliates and future salesil in this Pricing Supplement. This Pricing
Supplement
and the accompanying Product Supplement and Offering Memorandum may be used
by our affiliates in connection with offers and sales of the Notes in
marketmaking
transactions.
The Issuer reserves the right to withdraw, cancel or modify the offer and to
reject orders in whole or in part. The Notes are expected to be delivered
through the
facilities of The Depository Trust Company on or about the Issue Date.
The date of this Pricing Supplement is July 26, 2013
Proceeds to Us
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THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEE BY SOCIETE GENERALE, NEW YORK BRANCH (THE
"GUARANTEE") HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE NOTES ARE
BEING OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CONTAINED IN
SECTION 3(a)(2) OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE "SEC") NOR ANY STATE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED
OF THE NOTES OR THE GUARANTEE OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
THIS PRICING SUPPLEMENT, AND THE ACCOMPAYING PRODUCT SUPPLEMENT AND THE
OFFERING MEMORANDUM. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE IN THE UNITED STATES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THIS PRICING
SUPPLEMENT, AND THE ACCOMPANYING PRODUCT SUPPLEMENT AND OFFERING
MEMORANDUM CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY,
NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE NOTES OR THE GUARANTEE IN ANY
JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL
PRIOR
TO QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION.
THE NOTES CONSTITUTE UNCONDITIONAL LIABILITIES OF THE ISSUER, AND THE
GUARANTEE
CONSTITUTES AN UNCONDITIONAL OBLIGATION OF THE GUARANTOR. THE NOTES AND THE
GUARANTEE ARE NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE BANK INSURANCE FUND OR ANY U.S. OR FRENCH GOVERNMENTAL OR
DEPOSIT INSURANCE AGENCY.
In making your investment decision, you should rely only on the information
contained or incorporated by
reference in this Pricing Supplement, and the accompanying Product
Supplement and Offering
Memorandum. Copies of this Pricing Supplement, the accompanying Product
Supplement and Offering
Memorandum are available from us, at no cost to you, and you should read
each of these documents
carefully prior to investing in the Notes. We have not authorized anyone to
give you any additional or
different information. The information in this Pricing Supplement, the
accompanying Product Supplement
and Offering Memorandum may only be accurate as of the dates of each of
these documents,
respectively.
The contents of this Pricing Supplement are not to be construed as legal,
business or tax advice. The
Notes described in this Pricing Supplement, and the accompanying Product
Supplement and Offering
Memorandum are not appropriate for all investors, and involve important
legal and tax consequences and
investment risks, which should be discussed with your professional advisors.
You should be aware that
the regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and the
laws of certain jurisdictions
(including regulations and laws that require brokers to ensure that
investments are suitable for their
customers) may limit the availability of the Notes.
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We are offering to sell, and are seeking offers to buy, the Notes only in
jurisdictions where such offers and
sales are permitted. This Pricing Supplement, and the accompanying Product
Supplement and Offering
Memorandum do not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer
to buy the Notes in any
circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.
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ADDITIONAL TERMS SPECIFIC TO THE NOTES
You should read this Pricing Supplement together with the accompanying
Offering Memorandum and
Product Supplement relating to the Notes and the Program (of which the Notes
are a part). This Pricing
Supplement, together with the documents listed below, contains the terms of
the Notes and supersedes
all prior or contemporaneous oral statements as well as any other written
materials including preliminary
or indicative pricing terms, correspondence, trade ideas, structures for
implementation, sample structures,
fact sheets, brochures or other educational materials of ours.
You should carefully consider, among other things, the matters set forth
under —Risk FactorsH in
this Pricing Supplement, and the accompanying Product Supplement and
Offering Memorandum,
as the Notes involve risks not associated with conventional debt securities.
We urge you to
consult your investment, legal, accounting and other advisors before you
invest in the Notes.
You may access these documents as follows:
Offering Memorandum dated July 16, 2013:
http://sgsp.sgamericas.com/admins/files/flp/warrant/cw/sgsp/files/160.pdf
Product Supplement for Commodity-Linked Notes dated July 16, 2013:
http://sgsp.sgamericas.com/admins/files/flp/warrant/cw/sgsp/files/161.pdf
In this Pricing Supplement, and the accompanying Product Supplement and
Offering Memorandum, —we,II
—usll and —ourll refer to SG Structured Products, Inc., unless the context
requires otherwise.
The Notes specified herein will be the Issuer's direct, general,
unconditional, unsecured and
unsubordinated obligation, will rank pari passu without any preference among
themselves and will rank
pari passu among, and be of the same series with, all of the Issuer's other
unconditional, unsecured and
unsubordinated obligations issued under the Program.
CONTACT INFORMATION
You may contact Societe Generale, New York Branch at their offices currently
located at 1221 Avenue of
the Americas, New York, NY 10020, Attention: Global Markets Division, or by
telephoning Societe
Generale, New York Branch at 212-278-6000 for additional information.
On or about September 1, 2013 Societe Generale, New York Branch will be
relocating its offices from
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 to 245 Park Avenue, New
York, NY 10167.
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SUMMARY
Because this is a summary, it does not contain all of the information that
may be important to you. You
should read this summary together with the more detailed information that is
contained in (i) this Pricing
Supplement, (ii) the —Description of the Notesli section in the accompanying
Product Supplement and
(iii) the —Description of the Notesil section in the accompanying Offering
Memorandum.
What are the Notes?
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations issued by us and are fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by
Societe Generale, New York Branch (—SGNYII or the -Guarantoril) as to the
payment of all amounts, when
and as they become due and payable. The Notes are not, and will not be,
rated by any nationally
recognized statistical rating organization. The Notes are securities in the
same series as and have equal
rights and obligations as investment grade rated notes and certificates
issued by us under the Program
(as defined on the cover page of the accompanying Product Supplement).
The Notes are substantially riskier than ordinary debt securities. Unlike
ordinary debt securities, the
Notes do not guarantee the return of any portion of your initial investment
in the Notes on the Maturity
Date and do not pay any interest.
Subject to the Issuer's and the Guarantor's credit risk (ability to pay),
payment at maturity is linked to the
performance of the Reference Commodity indicated on the cover page of this
Pricing Supplement. The
Notes are non-principal protected; therefore, your principal is at risk and
you could lose some or all of
your investment in the Notes.
The return (if any) on the Notes is linked solely to the settlement price of
a single commodity, WTI Crude.
The Commodity Performance reflects the averaged performance of the
settlement price of WTI Crude,
expressed as a percentage, from the Initial Commodity Value to the Final
Commodity Value (which
reflects the arithmetic average of the Closing Values of the Reference
Commodity on each of the five
Final Averaging Dates), with each Closing Value used to determine the
Commodity Performance as
published by the NYMEX and displayed on Bloomberg under the symbol —CL1II on
the relevant date of
determination. For additional information about WTI Crude, please see the
information set forth under
Annex A in the accompanying Product Supplement.
ANY PAYMENT ON THE NOTES IS SUBJECT TO THE CREDITWORTHINESS (ABILITY TO PAY)
OF
THE ISSUER AND THE GUARANTOR.
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The offering of the Notes is being made by SG Americas Securities, LLC
(—SGASII), an affiliate of the
issuer, pursuant to FINRA Rule 5121. Also see the section —Risk Factors — We
will sell the Notes through
our affiliate, SGAS; Potential conflict of interestli in the accompanying
Product Supplement.
For a detailed description of the general terms of the Notes, see the
section —Description of the Notesil in
the accompanying Product Supplement and the section —Description of the
NotesH in the accompanying
Offering Memorandum.
What is the minimum required purchase or transfer amount?
The minimum investment in the Notes is $10,000 or 10 Notes. No person may,
at any time, purchase or
transfer Notes in an amount less than $10,000.
Do I get my principal back at maturity?
The Notes are not principal protected, so you are not guaranteed to receive
any return of your principal at
maturity. Therefore, your entire principal is at risk.
If a Downside Trigger Event has occurred on the Final Valuation Date (which
means the Commodity
Performance will be negative), your entire invested principal will be
exposed to such negative
performance. In such case, for each 1% difference between zero and the
Commodity Performance, you
will lose 1% of the Notional Amount of your Notes. Accordingly, if a
Downside Trigger Event happens on
the Final Valuation Date, you will lose more than 21.25% and could lose up
to 100% of your investment in
Notes.
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Is there a limit on how much you can lose on the Notes?
No. Your entire principal investment will be at risk, and you could lose up
to 100% of your principal.
If a Downside Trigger Event has occurred on the Final Valuation Date, the
Commodity Performance will
be negative and you will lose 1% of the Notional Amount of your Notes for
each 1% difference between
zero and the Commodity Performance. Accordingly, in this case, you will lose
a significant portion (by
more than 21.25%) and could lose up to 100% of your initial principal
investment in the Notes.
Will I receive any coupon payments on the Notes?
No. You will not be entitled to any coupon or interest payments during the
term of the Notes.
Accordingly, your return on the Notes may be less than that which would be
payable on a conventional
fixed-rate debt security with the same maturity issued by a company with
creditworthiness comparable to
the Issuer or the Guarantor.
How is the Final Commodity Value determined?
The Final Commodity Value, which is calculated on the Final Valuation Date,
is based on the arithmetic
average of the Closing Values of the Reference Commodity on each of the
Final Averaging Dates.
Therefore, the Final Commodity Value may be less than the Closing Values of
the Reference Commodity
prior to such dates or on any such dates individually.
Since the Final Commodity Value is calculated based on the Closing Values of
the Reference Commodity
on each of the Final Averaging Dates, the values of the Reference Commodity
prior to such dates will not
be used to determine the Redemption Amount. Therefore, no matter how high
the values of the
Reference Commodity may be during the term of the Notes, only the Closing
Values of the Reference
Commodity on each of the Final Averaging Dates will be used to calculate the
Final Commodity Value
and therefore your Redemption Amount at maturity. In addition, because the
Final Commodity Value is
based on the arithmetic average of the Closing Values of the Reference
Commodity on each of the Final
Averaging Dates, the Final Commodity Value calculated in this manner may be
lower than the value of
the Reference Commodity on any one or more of such dates individually.
What is a Downside Trigger Event?
A Downside Trigger Event occurs if, on the Final Valuation Date, the Final
Commodity Value of the
Reference Commodity, which is the arithmetic average of the Closing Values
of the Reference
Commodity on each of the five Final Averaging Dates, is less than the
Initial Commodity Value by more
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than 21.25%. Therefore, if the Final Commodity Value of the Reference
Commodity on the Final
Valuation Date is less than the Downside Trigger Reference Value (which is
78.75% of the Initial
Commodity Value), you will lose more than 21.25% and could lose up to 100%
of your initial principal
investment in the Notes.
What are the consequences of a Downside Trigger Event?
If a Downside Trigger Event occurs on the Final Valuation Date, your ability
to receive your invested
principal and at least the Contingent Minimum Return of 10.00% WILL BE
TERMINATED. In such case,
your principal will be fully exposed to the averaged depreciation of the
Reference Commodity over the
Final Averaging Dates, as compared to the Initial Commodity Value.
As a result, you could lose a significant portion and may lose up to 100% of
your initial principal
investment in the Notes.
Can you give me examples of the Redemption Amount payable on the Maturity
Date?
Payment on the Maturity Date will be linked to the performance of the
Reference Commodity over the
term of the Notes. On the Maturity Date, for each $1,000 Notional Amount of
Notes that you hold, you will
receive a Redemption Amount (if any) based on the Commodity Performance, as
described on the cover
page of this Pricing Supplement.
In this Pricing Supplement, we have provided under the heading —Hypothetical
Payments on the Notes at
Maturityll the hypothetical returns and payments that an investor would
receive at maturity for each
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$1,000 Notional Amount of Notes, based on whether or not a Downside Trigger
Event has occurred on
the Final Valuation Date and various hypothetical values of the Reference
Commodity. These examples
are for illustrative purposes only and the hypothetical returns set forth in
this Pricing Supplement may or
may not be the actual returns received by a purchaser of the Notes.
Who calculates the Redemption Amount payable on the Maturity Date?
We have appointed our affiliate, Societe Generale, to act as Calculation
Agent for the Notes. As
Calculation Agent, Societe Generale will determine, among other things, the
Initial Commodity Value, the
Closing Value and Final Commodity Value of the Reference Commodity, the
Commodity Performance,
whether or not a Downside Trigger Event has occurred and the Redemption
Amount per Note. The
Calculation Agent will adjust the terms of the Notes based on certain events
affecting the Reference
Commodity. The accompanying Product Supplement provides the method of
various adjustments in
order to take into account the consequences on the Notes relating to events
such as a Market Disruption
Event, any discontinuation or modification of the Reference Commodity, any
alteration of method of
calculating the value of the Reference Commodity and a Change in Law
Disruption Event. See —Risk
Factors — Potential conflictsll in this Pricing Supplement.
You should be aware that
The Pricing Date and each Final Averaging Date (and, therefore, the Final
Valuation Date and the
Maturity Date) are subject to postponement and certain other adjustments in
the event of a
Market Disruption Event as described under the section —Description of the
Notes — Market
Disruption Eventil in the accompanying Product Supplement.
The method for various adjustments to the Closing Value, Initial Commodity
Value and Final
Commodity Value of the Reference Commodity and the calculation of the
Commodity
Performance is provided under —Description of the Notes—Discontinuation or
Modification of a
Reference Commodity; Alteration of Method of Calculationli in the
accompanying Product
Supplement.
The Final Averaging Dates (in the same number of consecutive Scheduled
Trading Days ending
on the accelerated Final Valuation Date) are subject to acceleration upon
occurrence of an Event
of Default as described under —Description of the Notes — Accelerationli in
the accompanying
Product Supplement.
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The determination of the Final Commodity Value may be made at an earlier
date upon a Change
in Law Disruption Event as described —Description of the Notes — Change in
Lawil in the
accompanying Product Supplement.
Is there a secondary market for Notes?
The Issuer and the Guarantor do not intend to apply for listing of the Notes
on any securities exchange or
for quotation on any inter-dealer quotation system. Accordingly, there may
be little or no secondary
market for the Notes and, as such, information regarding independent market
pricing for the Notes may
be extremely limited. The Issuer, the Placement Agent or any of their
respective affiliates may, but are
not obligated to, make a secondary market in the Notes and may cease market-
making activities if
commenced at any time. Because we do not expect other broker-dealers to
participate in the secondary
market for the Notes, the price at which you may be able to trade your Notes
is likely to depend on the
price, if any, at which the Issuer, the Placement Agent or any of their
respective affiliates are willing to
transact. If none of the Issuer, the Placement Agent or any of their
respective affiliates makes a market
for the Notes, there will not be a secondary market for the Notes. There can
be no assurance that a
secondary market will develop or, if developed, that it would provide enough
liquidity to allow you to trade
or sell your Notes easily.
Who should consider investing in the Notes?
The Notes are not suitable for all investors. The Notes may NOT be suitable
for you if:
II
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You are not familiar with or do not understand the commodities market.
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IIYou do not believe the Reference Commodity will appreciate, on an averaged
basis, over the
Final Averaging Dates, as compared to the Initial Commodity Value.
IIYou anticipate that on the Final Valuation Date, the Final Commodity Value
(being equal to the
arithmetic average of the Closing Values of the Reference Commodity on each
of the Final
Averaging Dates) will be less than the Initial Commodity Value by more than
21.25%.
IIYou are not willing to make an investment that, should a Downside Trigger
Event occur on the
Valuation Date, will fully expose your initial principal investment to the
depreciation of the
Reference Commodity over the term of the Notes, resulting in the loss of
some or all of your
rincipal.
p
rI You are unwilling to assume the risk of losing some or all of your initial
investment.
II You are unable or unwilling to hold the Notes to maturity.
IIYou seek an investment that has some degree of principal protection at
maturity.
IIYou prefer to receive interest payments and, therefore, seek current
income from this investment.
IIYou prefer the lower risk, and therefore accept the potentially lower
returns, of fixed income
investments with comparable maturities issued by an issuer with a similar
creditworthiness to that
of the Guarantor.
II You seek an investment for which there will be an active secondary market.
IIYou are not comfortable with investing in unsecured obligations issued by
us.
IIYou are not comfortable with the creditworthiness of the Issuer and
Guarantor.
The suitability considerations identified above are not exhaustive. Whether
the Notes are a suitable
investment for you will depend on your individual circumstances, and you
should reach an investment
decision only after you and your investment, legal, tax, accounting and
other advisors have carefully
considered the suitability of an investment in the Notes in light of your
particular circumstances.
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RISK FACTORS
The Notes are generally riskier than ordinary debt securities. This section
of the Pricing Supplement
describes some risk considerations relating to the Notes. Additional risk
factors are described in the
accompanying Product Supplement and Offering Memorandum. You should
carefully consider all of the
information set forth herein and in the accompanying Product Supplement and
Offering Memorandum
and whether the Notes are suited to your particular circumstances before you
decide to purchase them.
The Notes may not be suitable for you; you must rely on your own evaluation
of the merits as well
as the risks of an investment in the Notes
You should reach a decision to invest in the Notes only after carefully
considering, with your advisors, the
suitability of the Notes in light of your investment objectives, risk
appetite and the information (including
risk factors) set out in this Pricing Supplement, the Product Supplement and
the Offering Memorandum.
The Notes may not be suitable for you and, therefore, you, with your
advisors, should make a complete
investigation into the merits of and the risks involved in an investment in
the Notes. Neither we nor our
affiliates make any recommendation as to the suitability of the Notes for
investment.
Credit risk of the Issuer and Guarantor; trading value of the Notes will be
affected by the market's
view of our creditworthiness; neither the Notes nor the Guarantee is insured
by the FDIC
The Notes are subject to our and the Guarantor's credit risk and our and the
Guarantor's creditworthiness
may adversely affect the market value of the Notes. Investors are dependent
on our and Guarantor's
ability to pay all amounts due under the terms of the Notes. Therefore,
investors are subject to our and
the Guarantor's credit risk and to the changes in the market's view of our
and the Guarantor's
creditworthiness. Our ability to pay our obligations under the Notes is
dependent upon a number of
factors, including our and the Guarantor's creditworthiness, financial
conditions and results of operations.
No assurance can be given, and none is intended to be given, that you will
receive any amount on your
investment in the Notes. In the event the Issuer and the Guarantor were to
default on their obligations,
you may not receive the amounts owed to you under the terms of the Notes.
YOU FACE THE RISK OF
NOT RECEIVING ANY PAYMENT ON YOUR INVESTMENT IF WE OR THE GUARANTOR FILE FOR
BANKRUPTCY OR ARE OTHERWISE UNABLE TO PAY OUR OR ITS DEBT OBLIGATIONS.
If the Issuer or the Guarantor defaults on its obligations under the Notes,
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your investment would be at risk
and you could lose some or all of your investment. See —Risk Factors — Your
Return may be limited or
delayed by the insolvency of Societe Generalell and —Description of the Notes
— Events of Default and
Remedies; Waiver of Past Defaultsfi in the Offering Memorandum.
You should also be aware that the trading value of the Notes prior to
redemption by us will be affected by
changes in the market's view of our creditworthiness. Any actual or
anticipated decline in our
creditworthiness is likely to adversely affect the value of the Notes.
The Indenture does not contain any restrictions on our ability or the
ability of any of our affiliates to sell,
pledge or otherwise convey all or any securities. We, the Guarantor and our
affiliates will not pledge or
otherwise hold any security for the benefit of holders of the Notes.
Consequently, in the event of a
bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation involving us or the Guarantor, as
applicable, any securities we hold
as a hedge to the Notes will be subject to the claims of our creditors
generally and will not be available
specifically for the benefit of the holders of the Notes.
Neither the Notes, the Guarantee nor your investment in the Notes are
insured by the United States
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (—FDICII), the Bank Insurance Fund or
any U.S. or French
governmental or deposit insurance agency. Therefore, neither the Notes nor
the Guarantee are deposit
liabilities of the Issuer or the Guarantor, respectively.
The Notes are not insured by any third parties
The Notes will be solely our and the Guarantor's obligations, and no other
third party entity will have any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, to make any payments or deliveries with
respect to the Notes.
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Your entire principal is at risk; No guaranteed return of any portion of
your initial principal
investment in the Notes
The Notes are not principal protected, so you are not guaranteed to receive
any return of your principal at
maturity. Therefore, your entire principal is at risk.
Our payout to you at maturity for each Note will depend on the Final
Commodity Value, which, in turn, is
based on the arithmetic average of the Closing Values of the Reference
Commodity on each of the Final
Averaging Dates. If a Downside Trigger Event has occurred (i.e., if the
Final Commodity Value of the
Reference Commodity, being equal to the arithmetic average of the Closing
Values of the Reference
Commodity on each of the Final Averaging Dates, is less than the Initial
Commodity Value by more than
21.25%), your entire principal investment will be exposed to the
depreciation of the Reference Commodity
over the term of the Notes. In such case, for each 1% difference between
zero and the Commodity
Performance you will lose 1% of the Notional Amount of your Notes. If a
Downside Trigger Event has
occurred on the Final Valuation Date, you will lose more than 21.25% and
could lose up to 100% of
your initial principal investment in the Notes.
Your investment in the Notes may result in a loss of up to 100% of your
principal; the Notes do not
pay any coupon
The Notes do not guarantee the return of any portion of your initial
principal investment and, therefore,
your investment in the Notes may result in a loss (up to 100% of your
principal amount in the Notes).
The terms of the Notes differ from those of ordinary debt securities in that
we will not pay you any
coupon, we will not pay you a fixed amount on the Maturity Date and we may
pay you less than your
initial investment amount in the Notes. As a result, your return, if any, on
the Notes may be less than that
which would be payable on such ordinary debt securities or other investments.
Furthermore, even if the Notes pay a positive return at maturity, such
return may be less than that which
would be payable on a conventional fixed-rate debt security with the same
maturity issued by a company
with creditworthiness comparable to ours or the Guarantor or other
investments. The return on the Notes
(if any) may not compensate you for any opportunity cost implied by
inflation and other factors relating to
the time value of money.
You should be aware that our payout to you at maturity for each Note will
depend on the performance of
the Final Commodity Value, as compared to the Initial Commodity Value,
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whether a Downside Trigger
Event has occurred, and the extent to which the Commodity Performance is
positive or negative. If a
Downside Trigger Event has occurred, you will lose some or all of your
initial investment in the
Notes.
Limited protection against loss
Subject to the credit risk of the Issuer and the Guarantor, your principal
is conditionally protected against
loss so long as the Reference Commodity does not depreciate by more than
21.25% against its Initial
Commodity Value on the Final Valuation Date.
However, if the Final Commodity Value of the Reference Commodity on the
Final Valuation Date is less
than the Downside Trigger Reference Value (which reflects 78.75% of the
Initial Commodity Value), a
Downside Trigger Event will occur, and the payoff at maturity will be fully
exposed to the depreciation of
the Reference Commodity on the Final Valuation Date, which means that you
will lose some or all of your
initial principal investment in the Notes. Under such circumstance, for each
1.00% difference between
zero and the Commodity Performance, you will lose 1.00% of the Notional
Amount of your Notes.
You will be subject to this potential loss of principal (up to 100% of your
principal) even if the Closing
Value of the Reference Commodity on one or more Scheduled Trading Days prior
to the Final Averaging
Dates (or on any such Final Averaging Dates individually) is greater than
the Downside Trigger Reference
Value.
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Your ability to receive the Contingent Minimum Return of 10.00% and your
conditional protection
may terminate on the Final Valuation Date
If the Final Commodity Value of the Reference Commodity (being equal to the
arithmetic average of the
Closing Values of the Reference Commodity on each of the Final Averaging
Dates) is less than the
Downside Trigger Reference Value (thereby triggering a Downside Trigger
Event), you will lose the right
to receive the Contingent Minimum Return of 10.00% on the Notes, your
conditional principal protection
will be terminated and the payoff at maturity will be fully exposed to the
averaged depreciation of the
Reference Commodity, as compared to the Initial Commodity Value, over the
Final Averaging Dates (i.e.,
negative Commodity Performance). Under this circumstance, the Commodity
Performance will be
negative and you will lose 1.00% of the principal amount of your initial
investment for every 1% that the
Final Commodity Value is less than the Initial Commodity Value. Accordingly,
you will lose a significant
portion and could lose all of your invested principal in the Notes.
Risk of a Downside Trigger Event occurring is greater if the Reference
Commodity is volatile
The likelihood of the Final Commodity Value being less than the Downside
Trigger Reference Value, and
thereby triggering a Downside Trigger Event, will depend in large part on
the volatility of the Reference
Commodity (e.g., the frequency and magnitude of changes in the value of the
Reference Commodity).
The value of the Reference Commodity has in the past experienced significant
volatility. If a Downside
Trigger Event has occurred on the Final Valuation Date, you will lose a
significant portion and
could lose up to 100% of your initial principal investment in the Notes.
The Final Commodity Value is based on the arithmetic average of the Closing
Values of the
Reference Commodity on each of the Final Averaging Dates and may be less
than the Closing
Values of the Reference Commodity prior to such dates or on any such dates
individually
Since the Final Commodity Value is calculated based on the Closing Values of
the Reference Commodity
on each of the five Final Averaging Dates, the Closing Values of the
Reference Commodity prior to such
dates will not be used to determine the Redemption Amount. Therefore, no
matter how high the value of
the Reference Commodity may be during the term of the Notes, only the
Closing Values of the Reference
Commodity on each of the Final Averaging Dates will be used to calculate the
Final Commodity Value
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and therefore your Redemption Amount at maturity. In addition, because the
Final Commodity Value is
based on the arithmetic average of the Closing Values of the Reference
Commodity on each of the Final
Averaging Dates, the Final Commodity Value calculated in this manner may be
lower than the Closing
Value of the Reference Commodity on any one or more of such dates
individually. Accordingly, the
averaging feature may decrease the Final Commodity Value and therefore your
return on the Notes.
Method of adjustment, valuation or substitution may negatively affect the
value of the Notes
The accompanying Product Supplement provides the method of adjustment,
postponement, early
valuation or substitution in order to take into account the consequences on
the Notes of certain events
(including any Market Disruption Event, Hedging Disruption Event and Change
in Law Disruption Event)
which may affect the Reference Commodity. Any such adjustment, postponement,
early valuation or
substitution may adversely affect the value of and/or the return on the
Notes.
Moreover, any such adjustment, postponement, early valuation or substitution
may adversely affect (i) the
timing when the Initial Commodity Value or the Final Commodity Value of the
Reference Commodity on
the Final Valuation Date is determined, which could adversely affect your
return on the Notes, and/or (ii)
the timing of the Maturity Date and, therefore, the timing of any payment at
maturity.
Lack of liquidity; secondary market is not guaranteed
The Notes are most suitable for purchasing and holding to maturity. The
Notes will be new securities for
which there is no trading market. The Issuer and the Guarantor do not intend
to apply for listing of the
Notes on any securities exchange or for quotation on any inter-dealer
quotation System. While SGAS
has advised the Issuer that it intends to make a secondary market in the
Notes, SGAS has no obligation
to make such a market and may cease market-making activities (if commenced)
at any time. SGAS will
determine its market-making prices in its sole discretion. Because we do not
expect other broker-dealers
to participate in the secondary market for the Notes, the price at which you
may be able to trade your
Notes is likely to depend on the price, if any, at which SGAS is willing to
transact. If SGAS does not
make a market for the Notes, there will not be a secondary market for the
Notes. There can be no
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assurance that a secondary market will develop or, if developed, that it
would provide enough liquidity to
allow you to trade or sell your Notes easily.
Certain built-in costs are likely to adversely affect the value of the Notes
prior to maturity
While the Redemption Amount described in this Pricing Supplement is based on
your full principal
investment in the Notes, the original Issue Price of the Notes includes the
Distributors' commission and
the cost of hedging our obligations under the Notes through one or more of
our affiliates. As a result, the
price, if any, at which SGAS (or another broker-dealer affiliated with us)
may be willing to purchase the
Notes from you in secondary market transactions will likely be lower than
the origina
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