HSBC plans to price Annual Income Opportunity CDs linked to 10 stocks

By Angela McDaniels

Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 1 - HSBC Bank USA, NA plans to price Annual Income Opportunity certificates of deposit due Aug. 31, 2017 linked to a basket of 10 common stocks, according to a term sheet.

The basket includes Barrick Gold Corp., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Conagra Foods Inc., FirstEnergy Corp., Halliburton Co., Intel Corp., PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Tiffany & Co., UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.

Interest is payable annually and will equal the average of the performances of the basket stocks, subject to a minimum interest rate of zero.

A stock's performance will be equal to the auto cap rate if its return is greater than or equal to zero. The auto cap rate is expected to be at least 5% will be set at pricing. If a stock's return is less than zero, its performance will be the greater of its return and negative 30%.

The payout at maturity will be par plus the last coupon payment.

The issuer said it is generally willing to repurchase CDs from depositors at any time. It will pay the early redemption amount, which equals par plus any interest due plus the early redemption fee. The early redemption fee is the current market value of the CDs minus any interest due and minus the principal amount of the CDs.

The CDs will price Aug. 28 and settle Aug. 31.

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. is the agent.

The Cusip number is 40431GZ44.

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