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Published on 2/6/2020 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

New Issue: RBC prices $30.01 million market-linked step-up notes linked to basket

By Wendy Van Sickle

Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 6 – Royal Bank of Canada priced $30.01 million of 0% market-linked step-up notes due March 25, 2021 linked to a basket of indexes, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The basket consists of the Euro Stoxx 50 index with an initial weight of 40%, the FTSE 100 index and the Nikkei Stock Average index each with an initial weight of 20%, the Swiss Market index and the S&P/ASX 200 index each with an initial weight of 7.5% and the Hang Seng index with an initial weight of 5%.

If the basket finishes at or above the step-up level – 111.03% of the initial level – the payout at maturity will be par of $10 plus the gain.

If the basket gains by up to the step-up level, the payout will be par plus the step-up payment of 11.03%.

Investors will be exposed to any losses.

BofA Securities, Inc. is the agent.

Issuer:Royal Bank of Canada
Issue:Market-linked step-up notes
Underlying indexes:Euro Stoxx 50 (40% weight), FTSE 100 and Nikkei Stock (20% weight each), Swiss Market and S&P/ASX 200 (7.5% weight each) and Hang Seng (5% weight)
Amount:$30,007,985
Maturity:March 25, 2021
Coupon:0%
Price:Par of $10
Payout at maturity:If the basket finishes at or above step-up level, par plus gain; if basket gains by up to step-up level, par plus 11.03%; otherwise, 1% loss per 1% decline
Initial levels:3,690.78 for Euro Stoxx 50; 7,381.96 for FTSE 100; 22,977.75 for Nikkei 225; 10,748.92 for Swiss Market; 7,008.429 for S&P/ASX 200; 26,449.13 for Hang Seng
Step-up value:111.03% of initial value
Pricing date:Jan. 30
Settlement date:Feb. 6
Agent:BofA Securities, Inc.
Fees:2%
Cusip:78014F247

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