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Euroclear Investments SA Debt investor presentation
Euroclear Investments SA
Debt investor presentation

March 2018
Euroclear Investments SA Debt investor presentation
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Executive Summary

Terms of the offering                                                 Credit rating
• Offering size: €700mm dual tranche issued by Euroclear              • Issuer ratings: AA-/AA (S&P/Fitch)
  Investments:
                                                                      • Existing senior unsecured debt ratings: AA-/AA (S&P/Fitch)
       • A €300-400mm, Euro denominated, 12-year fixed rate
                                                                      • Expected issue ratings:
         senior unsecured debt instrument
                                                                             • Senior unsecured debt: AA- / AA (S&P/Fitch)
       • A €300-400mm, Euro denominated, 30-year fixed rate
         corporate hybrid debt instrument with a non-call period of          • Corporate hybrid: A / A+ (S&P/Fitch)
         10 years

Transaction rationale                                                 Business overview
• Reinforce recovery capacity in the group in the context of the      • Established in 1968, Euroclear is a leading central securities
  Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) applicable              depository providing post-trade services
  mainly to Euroclear Investments’s principal subsidiaries, i.e.
  Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Euroclear SA/NV                            • Provides settlement and related securities services for cross-
                                                                        border transactions involving domestic and international bonds,
• The anticipated proceeds of €700mm will be downstreamed into          equities, derivatives and investment funds
  Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Euroclear SA/NV in the form of
  instruments that would include MREL and other loss absorption       • Offers transaction settlement, asset servicing and collateral
  features                                                              management services

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Content

Euroclear at a glance

Euroclear strategy

Group consolidated financial performance

Liquidity and capital management

Transaction overview

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Euroclear at a glance

• Trusted provider and leader in post-trade services to the global                    6 CSDs*
  financial markets                                                                   serving 7 markets
                                                                                      Euroclear Belgium
                                                                                      Euroclear Finland
• Founded 50 years ago                                                                Euroclear France
                                                                                      Euroclear Nederland
• Mission to assist our diversified client base to:                                   Euroclear Sweden
                                                                                      Euroclear UK & Ireland
   - Ensure securities transactions are processed safely and efficiently
   - Reduce complexity, lower costs and mitigate risks

• Open and resilient financial market infrastructure operating under
                                                                                        +
  strong regulatory oversight
                                                                                      1 ICSD**
• Double-A rating: AA/AA+ (S&P/Fitch) for Euroclear Bank and AA-/AA                   Euroclear Bank
                                                                                      Gateway to the world
  (S&P/Fitch) for Euroclear Investments SA

                                                                                      More than 1.7 million
                                                                                      securities worldwide

(*) Central Securities Depository, (**) International Central Securities Depository
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An industry-leading provider of
financial market infrastructure

                                                                                         Key figures
                                                                                         (end 2017)

• Post-trade industry leader with €28.6 trillion
   assets under custody (end 2017)
• We offer a global service:
   - To clients in over 120 countries
   - In 16 languages
   - Across 50 major markets
   - In 50 settlement currencies

• Our international client franchise includes:
   - Over 2,000 clients
   - Over 100 central banks
   - 90% of the world’s 50 largest banks

• Robust regulatory framework as a financial market
   infrastructure, with high levels of capitalization and
   strong credit ratings

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Source: Euroclear plc 2017 Annual report, subject to shareholders approval in May 2018
Group performance highlights

     1      Leading operator in global post-trade sector, ideally positioned
            to benefit from changing operating and regulatory environment

     2      Resilient, stable and well-diversified business

            2017 financial performance ahead of expectations, underpinned
     3      by strong business metrics driving positive revenue growth

     4      Increased investment levels in regulatory-driven, cyber security
            and growth initiatives, with cost base expected to stabilise in 2018

     5      Disciplined risk management framework with resilient risk profile,
            solid capitalisation and limited leverage

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Group structure

                                                                                              Shareholders
                                                                                          130 shareholders 84%
                                                                                          Sicovam Holding 16%

                                                                                                         CH
                                                                                                                                                                                      Operating income by entity
                                                                                              Euroclear plc
Consolidated oversight by the National Bank of Belgium

                                                                                                          100% - LUX

                                                                                                                                             Issuing entity
                                                              S&P: AA-/A-1+
                                                                                     Euroclear Investments SA
                                                                                                                                                                           Bond
                                                              Fitch: AA/F1+
                                                                                                                                                                         investors

                                                                                                           100% (- 1 share) - BE

                                                                                             Euroclear SA/NV
                                                                                                                                                            Other entities
                                                                               100% (- 1 share)                        100%                                 • Euroclear Properties
                                                                                      (BE)
                                                                                                                                                              France SA
                                                                                                              (FR, BE, NL, UK, F, S)
                                                                                                                                                            • Euroclear Re
                                                                                                      50%
                                                                                                       UK                                                   • Calar Belgium

                                                                 Euroclear
                                                                                                  DEGCL*                            CSDs
                                                                Bank SA/NV

                                                                 S&P: AA/A-1+
                                                                 Fitch: AA+/F1+

                                                                         Directly supervised activity by National Bank of                                 Not directly regulated by
                                                                                Belgium and other local regulators                                        National Bank of Belgium

                                                  Source: Euroclear plc consolidated figures as of year-end 2017, subject to shareholders approval in May 2018
                                                  * DTTC Euroclear Global Collateral Limited                                                                                                                       8
Prudent approach to managing Brexit-related risks

    • Euroclear remains committed to serving the U.K. post-Brexit
    • Solutions identified to overcome areas of Brexit-related risk

        1. Corporate restructuring             2. Ireland
        • Strategically important to have      • We plan to establish a new Irish
           top holding company inside EU          CSD using the CREST system
        • Intend to propose a new group        • Sustainable solution to continue
           structure, with parent holding         supporting Irish securities market
           company in Belgium
        • Proposed restructuring subject
           to shareholder approval

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Content

Euroclear at a glance

Euroclear strategy

Group consolidated financial performance

Liquidity and capital management

Transaction overview

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Our vision: remain a leading partner to participants
in global capital markets

     Consistent strategy, building on client focus and our business expertise

                          Continue to strengthen our well-established European Core
                          One-stop shop providing safe and efficient post-trade sector services
                               •   Settlement, Safekeeping, Asset servicing

                          Expand growth initiatives
                          Enhancing liquidity in cash, collateral and financing markets
                               •   Collateral management solutions
                               •   Funds servicing
                               •   Global Reach: International markets

                          Explore innovation
                          Innovation to bring new efficiency and trading opportunities to capital markets
                               •   FinTech partnerships to support core business
                               •   Data services and solutions
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Well-established, resilient European core
Settlement, Safekeeping, Asset servicing
Main activities

 Issuance & settlement                                                              Asset servicing
    - Fast, efficient, low risk processing of securities                              - Covers all steps in the life cycle of a security
    - Direct access to the broadest range of investors across                         - From distribution of a new issue to timely and accurate
      multiple jurisdictions                                                            custody-related services
    - Leader in automation and delivery-versus-payment                                - Automates complex corporate actions while improving
      settlement which ensures that cash and securities are                             efficiency and reducing risks
      exchanged simultaneously                                                        - Remunerated via yearly fee based on asset value
    - Remunerated via a fee per instruction

Establishing a gateway to pan-European securities, providing choice between central and commercial bank money

     - >50% of European capital market securities serviced through Euroclear Bank and 6 Domestic CSDs

     - Asset Servicing, Funds and Collateral Management services

     - Launched Single CSD service providing access to T2S for international investors

Continued investment in our European presence to maintain safe and efficient capital markets

     - Investing to implement CSD Regulations
                                                                                                        Euroclear
     - Establishing a new Irish CSD to ensure continuity of service post-Brexit
                                                                                                                                     ESES
                                                                                                          Bank

     - Building new Nordic CSDs IT infrastructures

     - Enhancing cyber security resilience

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Expand growth initiatives
Collateral management solutions
We support clients in meeting evolving regulatory demands. From East to West, we connect Global Collateral Pools,
providing a diversified range of innovative Collateral Management Solutions

• OTC derivatives: continue to support clients as they transition to new regulatory regime

• GlobalCollateral Ltd: launched Inventory Management Service; moving to client onboarding stage

• Collateral outstanding +7% to €1.150 trillion, benefiting from innovative and diversified product offering

Fund servicing
Euroclear FundsPlace assets under custody up 13% to €2.1 trillion in 2017
• Single access point to cross-border, offshore and domestic funds

• Expanding network of funds markets with links to over 900 fund administrators

• Automated trade and post-trade processing solutions for order routing, settlement and asset servicing

International ETF structure growth benefits from rise of passive management
• Integral part of the industry: approximately 40% of European ETF industry is now international

• Innovation continues: ETF asset class increasingly used for collateral management purposes

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Expand growth initiatives (cont’d)

Global Reach: International markets
Euroclear connects domestic markets to global investors through ‘Euroclearability’:

• Assisting governments in developing capital market practices to meet global
  investor requirements
• Strong traction in Latin America: Chile and Peru became ‘Euroclearable’.
  Argentina issued further ‘Euroclearable’ sovereign bonds after returning to capital
  markets in 2016

• Continue to work with growth economies, including China, to connect to Euroclear
  and increase breadth of domestic securities available through our CSD links

Explore innovation
Data & Information Solutions
Data and insights: new revenue growth opportunities to complement our core value proposition

•   Euroclear Information Solutions aims to provide clients with insights to manage liquidity in a smart way

•   Differentiated client offering by combining data offering with existing Euroclear solutions

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Regulatory reforms are changing the landscape
 in trading and post-trading activities in Europe

                                                                       EU CSD                       Target 2                      Other
                                                                       Regulation                   Securities                    regulations

                                                                       • Definitions of CSD         • Single Settlement System    • Recovery & Resolution
       Financial stability                                               activities of commercial     for “euro” Central Bank       regimes for banks/FMIs
            Safety                                                       bank money settlement        Money DVP settlement
                                                                                                                                  • MREL and bail-in
                                                                       • Capital & liquidity
                                                                                                                                  • Basel III (LCR, Leverage,
                                                                                                                                    NSFR)

                                                                       • Dematerialisation          • Settlement and Corporate    • Capital Markets Union
    Cross-border efficiency                                                                           Actions                       (integration of Europe’s
                                                                       • T+2 settlement                                             capital markets)
       Harmonisation                                                                                • Market practices
                                                                       • Settlement Discipline

                                                                                                                                  • MiFIR/EMIR access between
                                                                                                                                    trading venues, CCPs and
                                                                       • Allowing EU CSDs to        • CSDs incentivised to          CSDs
                                                                         compete on a consistent      move ‘up the value chain’
       EU Single Market                                                                                                           • Securities Financing
                                                                         regulatory playing field
         Competition                                                                                                                Transaction Regulation
                                                                       • CSD passport                                               (Transparency)
        Consolidation
                                                                       • Freedom of choice
                                                                         for issuers

• Euroclear is well advanced with CSDR implementation. Having submitted initial applications for each Euroclear CSD in line with official timelines,
  Euroclear continues dialogue with regulators in each jurisdiction to complete authorisation process
• Well positioned to take advantage of business opportunities resulting from EU regulations that reinforce the role of financial market infrastructures

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Euroclear’s leadership team

      Marc Antoine Autheman                                Lieve Mostrey                                 Frederic Hannequart
      Chairman                                             Chief Executive Officer                       Chief Business Officer

      Yves Dupuy                                           Bernard Frenay                                Peter Sneyers
      Chief Information Technology Officer                 Chief Administrative Officer                  Chief Risk Officer

                 Referenced from Fitch report on Euroclear Bank (September 2017)
                 “Risk controls are very strong and investments in risk management, including cyber resilience,
                 are a management priority. Management teams have a high degree of depth and relevant
                 expertise for the bank specialized business. Euroclear Bank has a strong corporate culture with
                 high risk awareness”

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Content

Euroclear at a glance

Euroclear strategy

Group consolidated financial performance

Liquidity and capital management

Transaction overview

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Revenue growth underpinned
       by strong operational performance

           Securities held in custody                                                         Value and volume of securities                                                         Average daily collateral
           € trillion equivalent, year-end                                                    transactions settled                                                                   outstanding           +7%
                                                                                                                                                +10%                                 € billion
                                                       +3%
                                                                                                                                                                 1,214.0
                                                                                                                                                                250.0                                            1,150
                                                                                                                                                          215                                    1,068   1,072
30.0                                                                         1,000.0                                                      196
                                                             28.6                                                           191                                     1,014.0
                                    27.5        27.7                                                      182                                                   200.0                      887
28.0                                                                                       170
                       26.0                                                    800.0                                                            +12% 733                      787
                                                                                                                                                                     814.0
26.0      24.2                                                                                                              670           655
                                                                                                          623                                                   150.0
24.0                                                                                       573
                                                                               600.0                                                                                 614.0
22.0
                                                                                                                                                                100.0
20.0                                                                           400.0                                                                                 414.0

18.0                                                                                                                                                            50.0
                                                                               200.0                                                                                 214.0
16.0
14.0                                                                              -                                                                             -     14.0
          2013         2014        2015         2016         2017                          2013           2014              2015         2016            2017                 2013        2014   2015    2016    2017
                                                                                                    Value of securities transactions settled (EUR trillion)
                                                                                                    Number of transactions after netting (million)

              • Securities held in custody increased by 3.1% to €28.6 trillion between 2016 and 2017

              • Significant increase in value (12%) and volume (10%) of securities transactions netted in 2017 compared to 2016

              • Average daily collateral in 2017 reached €1,150 billion (7.2% increase) compared to 2016

       Source: Euroclear plc 2017 Annual Report, subject to shareholders approval in May 2018 – figures have been rounded
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Financial performance in 2017 ahead of expectations

                                    € million                                                               2017 FY                         2016 FY                     Y-o-Y

                                    Business income1                                                            1,039                              999                    4%

                                    Interest, banking & other income                                               184                             163                   13%

                                    Operating Income                                                            1,223                           1,162                     5%

                                    Administrative expenses3                                                      -809                           -744                    -9%

                                    Share of result in joint venture                                               -10                               -7                 -41%

                                    Operating profit before tax                                                    403                             411                   -2%

                                    Provisions                                                                        5                            -35                   38%

                                    Taxation and impairment                                                       -172                             -78                   38%

                                    Profit for the period                                                          236                             298                  -21%

                                    Earnings per share2 (€/share)                                                 84.6                            83.7                    1%

                                    Dividend per share                                                            39.0                            37.0                    5%

        • Better than expected 2017 financial performance, with strong revenue figures

        • Net Interest Earnings uptick, as interest rates begin to rise

        • Year-on-year dividend per share up 5% and adjusted net earnings per share up 1%

        • Profit for the year of c. €270m when adjusted for one-off deferred tax asset impairments on losses carried forward in ESA and DEGCL,
            in line with last year when excluding the one-off tax benefit in 2016 related to the IP termination with the Bank (see adjusted EPS figures)

1 Business income corresponds to Net fee and commission income excluding liquidity lines costs considered as non business related items
2 EPS adjusted for deferred tax assets impairments in 2017 and IP one-off tax benefit in 2016
3 Administrative expenses as presented in the 2017 Euroclear plc annual report include the « Provisions » line item presented in this table as a a separate line item

Source: Euroclear plc consolidated figures as of year-end 2017, subject to shareholders approval in May 2018                                                                    19
Operating profit levels stable, despite planned investments

               Business income* and Operating margin                                                                         Operating profit before impairment and taxation
               € million                                                                                                     € million
                                                                                     50.0%

                                                                      1,039          45.0%
                                                                                                 450.0                                            400.6   411.0   [VALUE]
                                    997              999                             40.0%
                                                                                                 400.0                            359.2
                                                                                                 350.0          326.1
                                                                                     35.0%
                  938             35.4%             35.4%                                        300.0
                                                                     33.0%           30.0%       250.0
 890            34.6%                                                                            200.0
                                                                                     25.0%       150.0
33.0%
                                                                                                 100.0
                                                                                     20.0%
                                                                                                  50.0
                                                                                     15.0%          0.0
                                                                                                                2013              2014            2015    2016     2017
2013             2014              2015             2016              2017
           Business Income                         Operating margin

          • Business income increased in 2017 by 4% compared to 2016

          • Operating margin decreased slightly following increase of operating expenses

          • Operating profit before impairment and taxation at stable levels, despite planned investments in regulatory and
              cyber initiatives

       * Business income corresponds to Net fee and commission income, excluding liquidity lines costs considered as non business related items
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       Source: Euroclear plc 2017 Annual Report, subject to shareholders approval in May 2018
Underlying RoE and adjusted EPS
 consistent with prior year levels

                                        Adjusted return on equity                                               Adjusted net earnings per share
                                                                                                                €/share

                                                                                          100.0
10.0%
                            8.7%                                                           90.0                     87.0     83.7     84.6
 9.0%                                        8.7%
            8.3%                                                                                         78.6
                                                             7.7%                          80.0
 8.0%                                                                         7.5%                69.3
                                                                                           70.0
 7.0%
                                                                                           60.0
 6.0%
                                                                                           50.0
 5.0%
                                                                                           40.0
 4.0%
 3.0%
                                                                                           30.0

 2.0%                                                                                      20.0

 1.0%                                                                                      10.0

 0.0%                                                                                       0.0
            2013            2014             2015            2016             2017                2013   2014       2015    2016      2017

                   • Adjusted ROE in line with last year, demonstrating resilience with regards to capital requirements as a Financial
                      Market Infrastructure supported by strong issuer credit ratings

 Source: Euroclear plc 2017 Annual Report, subject to shareholders approval in May 2018
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Euroclear Investments SA’s stand-alone
historical performance

Income statement                                                                                                  Balance sheet
€ million                                                                                                         € million

                                                                   2016          2015          2014                                                 2016    2015   2014

Net interest income / expenses                                        0.2           0.2          0.2              Cash & cash equivalent             121      5     10

Other income                                                          0.9           1.2          0.9              Loans and advance                  505     16     18

Dividend income                                                     90.1        212.2         251.1               Other assets and accrued income      2      1      1

Operating income                                                    91.2        213.6         252.2               Participations in group company    581    589    581

Operating expenses                                                   -1.5          -1.4         -1.3              Total assets                      1,209   611    610

                                                                                                                  Long-term debt                     595      –      –

Operating profit                                                    89.7        212.2         251.0               Other liabilities                    2      0      0

Tax                                                                   0.1             0             0             Shareholders’ equity               613    610    610

Net profit                                                          89.8        212.2         250.9               Total liabilities                 1,209   611    610

• Cash flows and P&L are mainly driven by recurring dividend upstreaming from group operating entities

• At the end of 2016, assets mainly comprised financial participations (€581 million), cash at banks (€121 million) and loans (€505 million)

* Source: Euroclear Investments unconsolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended 31 December 2016 and 31 December 2015
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Content

Euroclear at a glance

Euroclear strategy

Group consolidated financial performance

Liquidity and capital management

Transaction overview

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Strong credit ratings for both issuer and instrument

                        Euroclear Investments      Existing senior debt       New senior issue ratings       New hybrid issue ratings               Euroclear Bank
Rating agency
                         (“the Issuer”) ratings                 ratings                     (expected)                     (expected)                       ratings

                                                                                                                                    A / XX
S&P                                  AA- / A-1+              AA- / A-1+                     AA- / A-1+                                                      AA / A-1+

Fitch                                 AA / F1+                AA / F1+                        AA / F1+                            A+ / XX                   AA+ / F1+

Both rating agencies rated the issuer one notch lower than Euroclear                   Referenced from S&P report on Euroclear Bank (November 2015)
Bank, which is mainly due to Euroclear Investments being:                              “Strong risk-management controls and track record of very low losses arising
• A non-operating holding company                                                      from operational and credit risks.”

• Not directly supervised by the group regulator (NBB)                                 Referenced from Fitch report on Euroclear Bank (October 2016)
                                                                                       “Risk controls are very strong and investments in risk management are a
                                                                                       management priority. To date, the track record of avoiding operational losses
Rationale for strong issuer credit rating:                                             has been strong”

1. Projected cash flow ratios remain consistent with minimal financial risk
                                                                                       Referenced from Fitch report on Euroclear Bank (October 2016)
   profile assessment
                                                                                       “The bank franchise is sufficiently strong and diversified to generate sound
2. Euroclear group will maintain its:                                                  profitability while maintaining their current low risk profile”
    • Low risk profile
    • Satisfactory underlying profitability                                            Referenced from S&P report on Euroclear Bank (November 2017)
    • Strong capitalisation
                                                                                       “Exceptional current liquidity position, aided by good cash flow generation and
    • Leading position in its business
                                                                                       on-balance-sheet liquid assets”

3. Strong capacity to service the debt issue

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3 main types of risk in Euroclear activities

                              Key risks                                                                     Mitigating actions
 Operational risk
 Risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people     Euroclear operates a robust group-wide operational risk management
 and systems, or external events. Includes custody risk, model risk, fraud       framework that focuses on the identification, assessment, management,
 and cyber, business disruption, system failures and model risk                  monitoring and reporting of operational risks and issues

 Banking risks (Euroclear Bank only)

 Credit risk
 Risks arising from the default or failure of a participant or counterparty to   Credit risk is borne mainly by Euroclear Bank as a single-purpose
 meet their agreed upon financial obligations to Euroclear                       settlement bank. Credit risks are closely monitored both intra and inter day.
                                                                                 Other operating entities have a very low financial risk appetite with
                                                                                 settlement services offered in central bank money

 Liquidity risk
 Risks arising from being unable to settle a cash or securities obligation       Liquidity is key to Euroclear Bank’s business model. We operate a robust
 when due resulting from inappropriate and/or insufficient liquidity sources     framework for managing intra and inter day operations with a high level of
                                                                                 preparedness for unexpected and/or significant liquidity shocks

 Market risk
 Risks to Euroclear (on or off balance-sheet) positions arising from             Euroclear Bank has a low level of market risk derived primarily from interest
 movements in market prices. Market risk arises from possible changes in         rate and foreign exchange exposures resulting from investment of its capital
 foreign exchange rates, interest rates, equity or commodity prices              and future earnings. No trading activity takes place.
                                                                                 A hedging strategy is in place to mitigate this risk

 Legal and compliance risk
 Risks arising from applicable or upcoming laws, regulations, market rules       A group-wide ethical and compliance framework aims to adequately
 and prescribed practices in all relevant jurisdictions, enforceability of       identify, monitor and manage legal and compliance risks. The risk areas
 contracts, conflicts of laws between jurisdictions                              monitored include, inter alia, fraud, market abuse and money laundering,
                                                                                 and also consider the risks arising from upcoming regulations

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Group operational risks are managed tightly

• Low operational risk profile of Euroclear Bank and group                                                      Risk Weighted Assets – operational risk & loss history
   CSDs is demonstrated by its loss history, with very few loss
   cases observed over the past 10 years                                                                       2.50%                                                                   4,500
• Firm commitment, dedicated resources and adequate insurance                                                                                                                          4,000
                                                                                                               2.00%                                                                   3,500
   policies to ensure business continuity and operational risk
                                                                                                                                                                                       3,000
   management                                                                                                  1.50%
                                                                                                                                                                                       2,500
• Scenario analysis is used to assess operational risks at very                                                                                                                        2,000
                                                                                                               1.00%
   high confidence levels, combining internal loss history and                                                                                                                         1,500
   external loss data                                                                                          0.50%                                                                   1,000
                                                                                                                                                                                       500
• Implementation of Lean management philosophy in 2008-2009
                                                                                                               0.00%                                                                   0
   (together with other measures) reduced operational risks                                                               2015                    2016                    2017

• 3 data centres provide business continuity                                                                               RWA - operational risks (€ million)
   (2 synchronous data centres in France, 1 asynchronous data                                                              Operational losses / operating profit before taxation (%)
   centre in Belgium enabling same-day resumption of business
   critical services)
• 4 operational centres further support business continuity
   (2 operational centre in Belgium, 1 in Poland, 1 in Hong-Kong)

Source: Euroclear plc consolidated figures as of year-end 2017, subject to shareholders approval in May 2018
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Conservative approach to credit risk

Clients credit exposures                                                                                       Risk Weighted Assets – credit risk
                                                                                                               € billion
• More than 99% of credit to clients is extended on a very short term
   and secured basis
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• More than 99% of secured credit is granted to investment grade
   clients and is backed by investment grade collateral                                                        20

• Unsecured credit only granted to exempt entities, in accordance                                              15
   with regulation
                                                                                                               10

Treasury credit exposures                                                                                      5
• Treasury exposures arise principally from cash balances left on
   account by Euroclear Bank’s clients (c. €17 billion end 2017)                                               -
                                                                                                                           2015                  2016               2017
• Largest part of treasury exposure engaged on an overnight basis
                                                                                                                                  Total assets    RWA credit risk
• More than 85% of treasury activity conducted on a secured basis

• 98% of treasury counterparts (secured & unsecured) are investment
   grade and predominantly A- rated or better

         As a result of our conservative risk profile and credit exposures, which are almost entirely short-term and secured,
                 Risk Weighted Assets (RWA) only represent a very low fraction of total group assets (
Liquidity risk and group cash flows

Financial assets portfolio: liquidity risk carefully managed
According to investment policies, group own cash is invested:
• In AA/AAA government or supranational EUR-denominated and ECB eligible securities, with very short term maturities
  for Euroclear Bank

• For all other entities of the group (incl. CSDs) in a combination of:
      • EUR term deposits or similar products with maturity not exceeding 3 years and counterparties rated A or better
      • EUR government bonds qualifying as High-Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA) and corporate bonds with an average A rating
        (duration of portfolio below 2 years)

• High degree of investment granularity: maximum exposure to a single counterparty of 10% of group regulatory capital

Group cash flows demonstrate strong liquidity levels
• Debt proceeds will increase recovery capacity in the group

• Debt repayment can be funded by group operating cash flows, while distributions can be accommodated to ensure
  repayment at maturity

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Industry-leading capital position

           Capital ratio and regulatory own funds (€ billion)

    • Euroclear SA/NV is subject to prudential supervision by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) and minimum Pillar 1 – CET1 capital
        requirements (under CRD IV)
    • As of December 2017, the group capital position was around five times the minimum CET1 capital required under CRD IV (including
        the O-SII buffer and the capital conservation buffer)
    • Euroclear SA/NV consolidated has been designated by the NBB as a domestic systematically important institution and is required to
        satisfy a Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) capital requirement mostly linked to operational and credit risks.
        This requirement is larger than average bank requirements (given the very low RWA density). As at December 2017, the group CET1
        ratio was close to double the overall requirement
    • Group capital ratios are expected to reach 40-45%, following group distribution policy

    • Self-financing of the EU CSD regulation implications
Source: Euroclear plc consolidated figures as of year-end 2017, subject to shareholders approval in May 2018
* Combined Capital conservation buffer (1.9%) and O-SII buffer (0.7%) reach about 2.6% on top of the SREP requirement (buffers applicable in 2017)   29
Constant dividend payer with growing shareholder’s equity

                     Dividend per share                                                                   Total group shareholder’s equity at year end
                     €                                                                                    € million
                                                                   +5%                                                                       +3%
                                                                                                  4,000                                            3,671
                                                                                                                              3,476   3,560
                                                                    39.0
                                                                                                  3,500       3,212   3,244
                                              36.3       37.0
                                                                                                  3,000

                                    31.5                                                          2,500
                         29.6                                                                     2,000

              25.4                                                                                1,500

                                                                                                  1,000

                                                                                                   500

                                                                                                     0
              2012       2013      2014       2015       2016       2017                                      2013    2014    2015    2016         2017

        • Proven track record of commitment to delivering long-term value to shareholders, while preserving significant
             shareholder’s equity

Source: Euroclear plc Annual reports – 2017 report subject to shareholders approval in May 2018
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Content

Euroclear at a glance

Euroclear strategy

Group consolidated financial performance

Liquidity and capital management

Transaction overview

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Rationale for the transaction

                                 Senior unsecured bond
                                 EUR 300-400mm – 12 yrs                 • Proactively build MREL capacity in advance of the
                                                              Bond
 Euroclear Investments SA                                                 final Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible
                                Corporate hybrid bond EUR   investors
                                                                          Liabilities (MREL) being communicated
                                 300-400mm – 30NC10 yrs

                                                                        • Reinforce recovery capacity in the group in the
                     Proceeds downstreamed
                                                                          context of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive
                                                                          (BRRD) applicable mainly to Euroclear Investments’s
    Proceeds
  downstreamed                                                            principal subsidiaries, i.e. Euroclear Bank SA/NV and
                                                                          Euroclear SA/NV
                                     Euroclear SA/NV
                                                                        • Downstream anticipated proceeds of €700mm into
                                                                          Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Euroclear SA/NV in the
         Euroclear                                                        form of instruments that would include MREL and other
           Bank                                                           loss absorption features
          SA/NV

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Summary Senior and Hybrid Terms
                                                                       Senior Notes                                                                                            30 NC 10 Hybrid Notes
Issuer                        •   Euroclear Investments SA
Issue Date                    •   [ 2018]
Currency                      •   EUR
Proposed Offering             •   Senior Notes (the “Senior Notes”)                                                                  •   Subordinated Resettable Fixed Rate Notes (the “Hybrid Notes”)
Issuer Rating                 •   AA- (stable) / AA (stable)
Expected Rating*              •   [AA-] / [AA]                                                                                       •   [A] / [A+], typically 2 notches below the senior ratings
                              •   Direct, unsubordinated, unsecured and unconditional obligations, pari passu
                                  among themselves and at least pari passu with all other present and future                         •   Direct, unsecured and subordinated obligations, senior only to Junior Securities, pari passu to
Ranking
                                  unsubordinated and unsecured obligations, save for such obligations as may be                          Parity Securities, without preference or priority among themselves
                                  preferred by provisions of law that are both mandatory and of general application
Maturity Date                 •   [] 2030 (Year 12)                                                                                 •   [] 2048 (Year 30)
Issuer Call Option            •   None                                                                                               •   At Par on [ 2028 (Year 10)] (“First Call Date”) and any Interest Payment Date thereafter
                                                                                                                                     •    (a) From the Issue Date (including) to the First Call Date (excluding): at a fixed rate of []% per
                              •    The Senior Notes bear interest from (and including) [•] 2018 at the rate of [•] per                    annum, payable annually in arrears (ACT/ACT)
Interest Rate                      cent. per annum, payable annually in arrear on [•] in each year and for the first
                                   time on [•] 2019                                                                                  •    (b) Thereafter: resets at the First Call Date and every 5 years thereafter to the prevailing 5 Year
                                                                                                                                          Euro Mid-Swap plus the initial credit spread of []% payable annually in arrears (ACT/ACT)
                                                                                                                                     •   Optional interest deferral at the Issuer’s discretion. Deferral cumulative and compounding (cash
                                                                                                                                         settled)
                                                                                                                                     •   Optional settlement of deferred interest at any time
Interest Deferral             •    None
                                                                                                                                     •   Mandatory settlement of deferred interest upon: (i) a distribution on, or repurchase or redemption
                                                                                                                                         of, Junior or Parity Securities, (ii) redemption of the Notes (iii) upon the occurrence of an
                                                                                                                                         Enforcement Event (including winding-up, etc.) (all subject to customary carve-outs)
                                                                                                                                     •   Issuer Call Option from First Call Date
Early Redemption                                                                                                                     •   Withholding Tax Event or Substantial Repurchase Event (>80%), each at Par
                              •    Taxation reasons, Make-whole redemption or following an Event of Default
Events                                                                                                                               •   Rating Methodology Event or Tax Deductibility Event, each at 101% until the First Call Date, then
                                                                                                                                         at Par thereafter
                              •   Non-payment, Breach of other obligations, Cross-default, Insolvency, Winding-up
Event of Default                                                                                                  •                      None
                                  etc., Analogous event, Change of ownership or Unlawfulness
                                                                                                                  •                      Yes, in case of a Withholding Tax Event, Rating Methodology Event, Tax Deductibility Event
Exchange/ Variation           •   None
                                                                                                                                         subject to certain conditions including not materially prejudicial to the hybrid Noteholders
                              •   Yes, subject to certain conditions including not materially prejudicial to the Senior
Issuer Substitution                                                                                                                  •   Yes, subject to certain conditions including not materially prejudicial to the hybrid Noteholders
                                  Noteholders
Replacement Language •            None                                                                                               •   Intent-based replacement language (subject to customary carve outs) until maturity
                                                                                                                                     •   S&P: ‘Intermediate’ (50%) until the First Call Date ([ 2028) / Fitch: 50% until Year [ 2043 (Year
Equity Credit                 •   None
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Listing / Docs                •    Irish Stock Exchange / Standalone prospectus (RegS)
Denominations                 •    EUR 100,000
Governing Law                 •    English law                                                                                       •   English law, except for subordination provisions governed by Luxembourg law
IFRS Treatment                •    Liability                                                                                         •   Liability

    This information has been prepared solely for information purposes – the summary of any proposed transaction described herein is incomplete and subject to change without notice. It is neither meant to be, nor should it be
    construed as, an attempt to define all the terms and conditions regarding a proposed issuance of securities. Summary terms should be read in conjunction with full Terms and Conditions and Prospectus                                      33
    *A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and should be evaluated independently of any other rating. The rating is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organisation.
Hybrid Structural Comparison

  Issuer                                        Euroclear Investments                               Deutsche Börse                                       Alliander                                        Total                                         Allianz
  Issue Date                                               [Mar-2018]                                      Jul-2015                                       Jan-2018                                      Oct-2016                                       Jan-2017
  Size / Coupon                                       [€300-400mn / ]                               €600mn / 2.748%                                €500mn / 1.625%                              €1,500mm / 3.369%                              €1,000mm / 3.099%
  Re-offer Spread                                               []                                    ms + 226.3bps                                   ms + 95.2bps                                   ms + 310bps                                    ms + 235bps
  Equity Credit (M/S/F)                                  - / 50% / 50%                                     - / 50% / -                                 50% / 50% / -                                 50% / 50% / -                           25% / 100%(2) / 100%(3)
  S&P Equity Cliff                                         [Mar-2028]                                      Feb-2021                                       Jun-2025                                      Oct-2026                                       Jul-2027
  Tenor                                                     [30NC10]                                      25.5NC5.5                                     PerpNC7.4                                       PerpNC10                                     30.5NC10.5
  Senior Debt Rating (M / S / F)                           - / AA- / AA                                     - / AA / -                                  Aa2 / AA- / -                                  Aa3 / A+ / -                                  Aa3 / AA / -
  Instrument Rating (M / S / F)                            - / [A] / [A+]                                   - / A+/ -                                     A2 / A / -                                    A2 / A- / -                                   A2 / A+ / -
  Notching                                                  - / [2] / [2]                                    -/2/-                                         3/2/-                                          2/2/-                                         2/2/-
                                                     [2028], and on every                           2021, and on every                             2025, and on every                             2026, and on every                            2027, and on every
  Issuer Call Option
                                                        IPD thereafter                                IPD thereafter                                 IPD thereafter                                 IPD thereafter                                IPD thereafter
  Interest Rate                             Fixed until the first call date, then Fixed until the first call date, then Fixed until the first call date, then                              Fixed until first call date, then              Fixed until first call date, then
  (Initial interest rate, reset,            resets every 5 yrs to € 5 yr ms + resets every 5 yrs to € 5 yr ms + resets every 5 yrs to € 5 yr ms +                                         reset every 5yrs to € 5 yr ms +                floating 3m EURIBOR + ICS +
  and step-ups)                                             ICS                        ICS + relevant step-up                ICS + relevant step-up                                           ICS + relevant step-up                             relevant step-up

                                                                                                    25bps in yr 5.5
                                                                                                                                                     25bps in yr 12.4                               25bps in yr 10
  Step-ups                                                     None                       500bps if a CoC Call Event occurs                                                                                                                       100bps in yr 10.5
                                                                                                                                                     75bps in yr 27.4                               100bps in yr 30
                                                                                            and the Notes are not called
  Optional Interest Deferral                               Cumulative                                     Cumulative                                    Cumulative                                     Cumulative                                     Cumulative
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Insolvency Event, Regulatory
  Mandatory Interest Deferral                                  None                                           None                                          None                                           None                           Prohibition, Solvency Capital
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Event
  Pusher / Stopper                                            Pusher                                        Pusher                                         Pusher                                         Pusher                                        Pusher
                                            WHT (100), T(101*), R(101*), SR                 WHT (100), CoC (100), T(101*),                WHT (100), T(101*), R(101*), A                 WHT (100), T(101*), R(101*), A                WHT (100**), R(100**), A(100**),
  Special Redemption Event
                                                    [>80%] (100)                             R(101*), SR [>75%] (101*)                      (101*), SR [>80%] (101*)                             (101*), SR(1)                             T (100**), Reg (100**)
  Replacement Language                                  Intention based                                Intention based                                Intention based                               Intention based                                        n/a
  Ranking                                                 Subordinated                                  Subordinated                                   Subordinated                                   Subordinated                                  Subordinated
  Listing                                                     Ireland                          Luxembourg and Frankfurt                                 Amsterdam                                          Paris                                     Luxembourg
  IFRS Treatment                                             Liability                                      Liability                                       Equity                                        Equity                                        Liability
  Denominations                                             €100,000                                   €1,000 / €1,000                              €100,000 / €1,000                             €100,000 / €1,000                                    €100,000

IPD = Interest Payment Date; ICS = Initial Credit Spread; WHT = Withholding Tax / Gross-Up Event; T = Tax Event; A = Accounting Event; R = Rating Agency Event; SR = Substantial Repurchase Event; CoC = Change of Control; Reg = Regulatory Event; *Redemption price
changes to 100 after first call date; ** Subject to replacement with other own funds regulatory capital of at least the same quality if redemption occurs pri or to Jul-2022; (1) 101* for Premium Substantial Repurchase Event (≥90%), 100 for Par Substantial Repurchase Event
(
Summary

Euroclear's robust financial performance:

• 2017 results ahead of expectations despite planned investments in cyber, regulatory and innovation initiatives
 reflecting resilience of business model
• Operating model can absorb higher volumes of activity with limited increase in costs
• Conservative balance sheet and capital strategy reflected in our strong ratings

Rationale for debt issuance in Euroclear:

• €300-400 million senior debt and €300-400 million corporate hybrid issuance to increase recovery
 capacity in the Group
• Strong repayment capacity supported by stable cash flow generation

Euroclear capital position will remain extremely solid post issuance:

• Target 40-45% fully loaded common equity Tier 1 ratio

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Bernard Frenay                         Charles Meeus
Group Chief Financial Officer          General Manager Euroclear Investments SA
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bernard.frenay@euroclear.com           charles.meeus@euroclear.com

Martine Deroanne                       Baudhuin Douxchamps
Head of Corporate Financial Advisory   Head of Corporate Finance
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martine.deroanne@euroclear.com         baudhuin.douxchamps@euroclear.com

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