NAB Fixed Income Bond - Product Disclosure Statement

Including Terms and Conditions for NAB Fixed Income Bonds sold after 8 November 2001
effective 19 September 2011

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Product Disclosure Statement

This document forms part of the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) for NAB’s Fixed Income Bond, along with the following documents:

  • the flyer ‘Indicator Rates – for Selected Term Deposit Products’; or
  • your Online Application form.

If you have not already received a copy of the applicable document, please contact NAB.

This PDS sets out important information about NAB’s Fixed Income Bond. By using this PDS you will be able to understand:

  • significant characteristics and features applicable to the product;
  • the benefits and risks associated with the product.

Make sure you read this PDS thoroughly before making a decision to acquire a NAB Fixed Income Bond.

Any advice in this PDS has been prepared without taking account of your objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on any advice in this PDS, NAB recommends
that you consider whether it is appropriate for your circumstances.

NAB’s Fixed Income Bond covered by this PDS is issued by National Australia Bank Limited ABN 12 004 044 937. You can contact NAB by visiting nab.com.au or any branch, or calling 13 22 65.

Financial Claims Scheme

The Financial Claims Scheme provides a guarantee of funds deposited with an authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI) such as NAB. In the event that an ADI becomes insolvent, customers may be eligible to claim the amount of their deposits with that ADI from the Scheme.

Payments under the Scheme are subject to a limit for each depositor. For more information regarding the Scheme, contact the APRA hotline on 1300 13 10 60 or see the APRA website at http://www.apra.gov.au.

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Part A

General information

Features and benefits

A NAB Fixed Income Bond (‘Bond’), is a fixed rate, fixed term investment, providing a secure return on funds, for each agreed term.

A NAB Fixed Income Bond offers:

  • the choice of a wide range of terms for your investment funds, with a fixed return;
  • the flexibility of monthly, quarterly or annual interest payments; and
  • the choice of interest payments by cheque, directly credited to an account, or (for terms of 2 years or more) compounded.

Risks

There are aspects to holding a NAB Fixed Income Bond that may involve some risks, including those detailed below.

1. Fixed interest rate

For each term of NAB’s Fixed Income Bond the interest rate remains fixed for that term. Your interest rate remains fixed for each term even if market rates increase during the term.

2. Reduction of return

If you require NAB to repurchase part or all of a NAB Fixed Income Bond prior to its maturity, NAB may adjust the amount of the Bond or the interest (or both) paid or due to you by NAB’s reasonable estimate of the cost to NAB in repurchasing the Bond.

Further information on each of these risks is available in Part B of this PDS.

Significant taxation implications

Interest earned on a NAB Fixed Income Bond may form part of your assessable income.

If you do not provide your Tax File Number (TFN), Australian Business Number (ABN), or advise that you are eligible for an exemption from providing a TFN or ABN, NAB may be obliged to deduct Pay as You Go Withholding Tax at the maximum marginal tax rate (plus the Medicare levy), from any interest income you earn on your NAB Fixed Income Bond. If you are a non-resident of Australia, NAB may also be obliged to deduct Pay as You Go Withholding Tax.

NAB recommends that you seek independent tax advice.

Labour, environmental, social or ethical standards

NAB does not take labour, environmental, social or ethical standards into account for the purpose of selecting, retaining or realising any investment relating to NAB’s Fixed Income Bond.

How can I get more information?

You can obtain more information about NAB’s:

  • Fixed Income Bond;
  • current interest rates;
  • banking with NAB;

by visiting nab.com.au or any branch, or calling 13 22 65.

What do I do if I have a problem or dispute?

For information about resolving problems or disputes, contact NAB on 1800 152 015, or visit any branch of NAB.

NAB has available on request information about the procedures for lodging a complaint. For more details about our internal dispute resolution procedures please ask for our complaints resolution brochure.

If you subsequently feel that the issue has not been resolved to your satisfaction, you may contact our external dispute resolution scheme. External dispute resolution is a free service established to provide you with an independent mechanism to resolve specific complaints.

Our external dispute resolution provider is the Financial Ombudsman Service and can be contacted at:

Are commissions payable on this product to staff members of NAB?

Staff members are salaried employees of National Australia Bank Limited and do not receive any proportion of any fees or commissions paid to NAB in connection with the product detailed in this PDS.

Staff members may be entitled to receive additional monetary or non-monetary benefits and/or reward resulting from participation in programs conducted by NAB. Monetary benefits or rewards may include an annual bonus the level of which may depend on the overall performance of NAB group of companies. Non-monetary benefits or rewards for staff members and their partner may include gift vouchers, film tickets, restaurant meals, attendance at an annual conference or other functions.

Whether staff members receive any such benefits and rewards depend on a number of performance related factors including the level of remuneration generated for NAB from sales of products as a consequence of the staff member’s advice.

It is not possible to determine at any given time whether a staff member will receive such benefits or rewards or to quantify them. They are generally not directly attributable to any particular product that the staff member has given advice on.

Updating information

Information in Part A of this PDS that is not materially adverse information may change from time to time and may be out of date at the time this PDS is given to you. Information in Part A of this PDS may be updated by making a notice containing the updated information available through:

  • contacting NAB on 13 22 65
  • visiting NAB at nab.com.au or
  • visiting any branch.

You can find out details of changes to Part A of this PDS through any of these channels. A paper copy of any updated information for such changes may be obtained without charge on request.

After the product is issued you will be notified of any material change to, or significant event affecting, the information in this PDS. Changes to terms and conditions will be notified at set out in Part B of this PDS.

Meaning of words

Words defined in Part B of this PDS have the same
meaning in Part A.

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Part B

Terms and Conditions

1 NAB Fixed Income Bond

NAB Fixed Income Bonds are part of the deposit liabilities of NAB. These terms and conditions apply only to NAB Fixed Income Bonds opened after 08/11/2001.

How the Bond will work
1.1 To purchase a NAB Fixed Income Bond (‘Bond’) you must invest clear funds with NAB for an agreed term. You may extend a Bond for further terms under clauses 1.16 and 1.17. NAB offers a range of Bond rates and terms from time to time, and may set maximum and minimum terms and deposit amounts for Bonds. Current rates and terms are available from NAB.

1.2 You may invest monies in a Bond with NAB by making either a Standard Application or, subject to NAB making available an Online Application process for investment in Bonds, an Online Application. If you are required to attend NAB when you invest in the Bond, the agreed term will be specified in the flyer Indicator Rates – for Selected Term Deposit Products. If you invest monies by making an Online Application the agreed term will be as specified in the Online Application.

1.3 If you invest monies by making a Standard Application you can do so by attending NAB or by telephoning NAB on 13 22 65 and instructing NAB to transfer monies from an existing NAB account or by providing NAB with a cheque or cash. If you provide NAB with a cheque by post, it must be received by NAB within 3 banking days of the Standard Application being received by NAB.

1.4 If you invest monies by making an Online Application you can do so by instructing NAB to transfer monies from an existing account or by providing NAB with a cheque. If you provide NAB with a cheque by post it must be received by NAB within 3 banking days of the Online Application form being received by NAB.

1.5 If the amount of the Bond or interest on the Bond is due on a day which is not a banking day, NAB will pay or credit you on the next banking day.

1.6 Instructions in respect of the Bond in your name(s) will be governed by the signing authority which you have already provided to NAB or completed when you invested your funds and which, amongst other things, specifies who is authorised to provide instructions in respect of bonds and whether they may do so alone or jointly. Alternatively, you may give NAB such instructions by telephoning NAB on 13 22 65.

Interest
1.7 NAB will pay interest on the Bond calculated on a daily basis on the amount of the Bond from time to time.

The rate for a term of the Bond will remain the same until the maturity of that term. For the initial term of the Bond, the rate that will apply will be the rate specified in the flyer Indicator Rates – for Selected Term Deposit Products or the Online Application form (and that document, as applicable, forms part of these Terms and Conditions). For each subsequent term of the Bond, the rate that will apply will be the rate as varied under clauses 1.16 or 1.17. Current interest rates may be obtained from NAB.

1.8 You may ask NAB for the interest to be credited to your nominated account (which must be in the same name as the Bond), or to be paid in some other form agreed to by NAB, or, for terms of more than 24 months, to be added to the Bond annually and at maturity of the term.

1.9 You may choose to have the interest paid to you monthly, quarterly or annually.

1.10 NAB will pay interest:

  1. if monthly, on the last banking day of each month and on the maturity of a term;
  2. if quarterly, on the last banking day of each of March, June, September and December, and on the maturity of a term; and
  3. if annually, on the anniversary date of the investment and on the maturity of a term.

1.11 You may choose to have interest compounded only if the term is more than 24 months. Interest will be compounded on 30 June each year and on the maturity of the current term.

1.12 If the Bond commences or is renewed within 14 days before the end of an interest period the interest for the remaining days in that interest period will be carried over and paid on the last banking day of the following interest period.

Repurchase option
1.13 At your option, you may require NAB to repurchase all or a part of the Bond prior to the maturity of a term (the ‘Repurchase Amount’). You may exercise your option any number of times provided that any part repurchase of the Bond must be for an amount of $2500 or greater or where any such repurchase requirement would reduce the value of the Bond to below $5000, the Repurchase Amount shall be taken to be the value of the whole of the Bond.

1.14 Where you exercise your repurchase option within 14 days of the commencement of your Bond or within 14 days of the maturity of a term, NAB will repurchase the Bond at its face amount plus accrued interest. In any other circumstance upon receipt of your requirement NAB will adjust the amount of the Bond or the interest (or both) paid or due to you, by NAB’s reasonable estimate of the cost to NAB in repurchasing the Bond. NAB shall base its cost of repurchasing the Bond on the prevailing institutional rates for similar bonds or debentures or other securities of comparable term (the ‘Repurchase Interest Rate’). Current Repurchase Interest Rates are available from NAB.

An economic cost will arise if there is a difference between the interest rate on the Bond (‘Bond Interest Rate’) and the Repurchase Interest Rate. An economic cost will result in you incurring a gain or a loss on your investment. The economic cost will be equivalent to the Repurchase Amount being invested for a period equal to the remaining term of the Bond at an interest rate per annum being the difference between the Bond Interest Rate and the Repurchase Interest Rate. If the Bond Interest Rate is less than the Repurchase Interest Rate, you must pay the economic cost to NAB. If the Bond Interest Rate is higher than the Repurchase Interest Rate, NAB will pay the economic cost to you.

Worked example of a Repurchase

1.15 Assumptions:

  • You purchase a Bond for $100,000 for a 30 day term, at an agreed rate of 5.00% p.a.
  • You require NAB to repurchase all of the Bond after 15 days.
  • The Repurchase Interest Rate for the Bond is 5.80%.

    As there is a difference between the Bond Interest Rate and the Repurchase Interest Rate, an economic cost arises. As the Repurchase Interest Rate is higher than the Bond Interest Rate, you must pay the economic cost to NAB.

    Based on the above assumptions, the economic cost amount would be $32.88. This is equal to:

    Repurchase Amount
    x
    Difference Between Bond Interest Rate and Repurchase Interest Rate
    x
    Remaining Term
    or
    $100,000 x 0.80% x 15 days
    = $100,000 x (0.80%/365 x 15)
    = $100,000 x 0.03288%
    = $32.88

    Note that if, in the above example, the Bond Interest Rate had been 5.80% and the Repurchase Interest Rate 5.00% (i.e. the rates reversed), NAB would pay the economic cost to you.

1.16 NAB will pay or credit the interest on that part of the Bond repurchased at the next interest payment date or at the maturity of the term, whichever occurs first.

Maturity
1.17 At the maturity of a term, you may ask NAB for the Bond to be repaid in cash or by bank cheque or some other form agreed by NAB, to be credited to a nominated account or to be extended for a further term with or without additional funds. NAB may accept or reject your request on such terms and conditions as it determines. Such acceptance is effective from the date of maturity of the term that has ended.

1.18 If you do not make a request in accordance with clause 1.16 before the maturity date of a term, NAB will extend the Bond for a further term of the same length as the term that has ended, at the interest rate applicable at the date of the extension, and otherwise on the same terms and conditions except to the extent determined by NAB. The new maturity date will be the date of the end of the further term.

Additional funds at maturity
1.19 If additional funds are invested:

  1. prior to the maturity of a term, they will be added to and form part of the Bond from the maturity of that term; or
  2. within 14 days after the maturity of a term, they will be added to and form part of the Bond from the date of receipt.

Bank fees
1.20 NAB will not charge you any bank fees in respect of the Bond.

2 General Matters

The following terms and conditions are included in the terms and conditions applying to the product covered by this brochure.

Code of Banking Practice
2.1 NAB has adopted the Code of Banking Practice and relevant provisions of the Code apply to this product, if you are an individual or a small business customer (as defined by the Code).

You can obtain from NAB upon request:

  1. information on NAB’s current interest rates and standard fees and charges relating to these products if any;
  2. general descriptive information concerning NAB’s banking services including:
    1. for accounts with cheque access general descriptive information about cheques;
    2. account opening procedures;
    3. NAB’s obligations regarding the confidentiality of your information;
    4. complaint handling procedures;
    5. bank cheques;
    6. the advisability of you informing NAB promptly when you are in financial difficulty;
    7. the advisability of you reading the terms and conditions applying to each banking service NAB provides to you;
  3. general descriptive information about:
    1. he identification requirements of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006;
    2. the options available to you under the tax file number legislation; and
  4. a copy of the Code of Banking Practice.

2.2 Statements of account are not provided for the NAB Fixed Income Bonds.

Changes NAB may make
2.3 In addition to the other changes NAB may make to these terms and conditions which are detailed in these terms and conditions, NAB may change any other terms and conditions (including by imposing new fees or charges, changing the amount, type, or method of calculation of fees and charges payable). NAB will make any changes in accordance with any applicable legislation and industry codes.

2.4 If you have not operated your account for seven years after the Bond matures (for example, by making deposits or withdrawals, or by giving extension or payment instructions) or where NAB has been unable to contact you for a period of seven years during the term of the Bond, the balance may be transferred to the Commonwealth Government as unclaimed money. NAB will notify you at your last known address at least 30 days before doing so.

How will I be notified of changes?
2.5 Unless otherwise specified in these terms and conditions or separately agreed between you and NAB, NAB will give you notice of changes as set out below and you agree to receiving notice in such ways:

  • notice of changes to fees and charges will be given in writing at least 30 days before the change takes effect;
  • notice of changes to government fees and charges will be given by media advertisement, in writing or electronically as soon as practicable after, but no later than 3 months after, the changes take effect; and
  • notice of any other changes to these terms and conditions (including changes relating to interest other than changes to an interest rate) will be given in writing at least 30 days before the changes take effect.

Government charges and taxes
2.6 NAB may deduct from the Bond or interest payable on it any government charges, duties and taxes relating to either the Bond or interest.

Joint product holders
2.7 Subject to clause 2.11 if there are two or more of you, you will be treated as holding the product jointly and NAB may accept for credit to the product any cheque, payment order or bill of exchange that is not payable to all of you. This means that each Bond holder has the right to all of the balance of the Bond, jointly with other holders.

2.8 If any of you die, the product will be treated as the product of the survivor or survivors jointly.

2.9 Unless any of you request otherwise, NAB letters and notices (including notification of any variation to these terms and conditions) will be forwarded to the mailing address of the first of you named in the product. In the absence of evidence to the contrary you will all be deemed to have received any NAB statements and notices forwarded in accordance with these terms and conditions.

2.10 A joint Bond holder may only make a withdrawal on the terms of any authority to operate on the product. If NAB is notified of a dispute between joint holders, NAB may require all joint holders to sign any authority to operate the product.

2.11 Monies deposited in the form of an Online Application can only be invested in your sole name.

Electronic instructions
2.12 Clauses 2.12 to 2.23 will only apply to you if you make an Online Application.

2.13 If you have submitted to NAB an Online Application you must ensure that all information provided to NAB in the Online Application is true and correct.

2.14 An instruction given by you to NAB in your Online Application constitutes a valid and irrevocable authority to NAB to follow that instruction.

2.15 In the absence of a breach of obligation owed to you by NAB, its employees or contractors, NAB is not liable to you for any loss caused by:

  1. any breakdown or interruption in the service due to circumstances beyond NAB’s control; or
  2. any corruption of data and any breakdown, interruption or errors caused to your computer or computing equipment as a result of using the service or as a result of software being downloaded to your computer for the purposes of the service. NAB is not liable for any loss that is not a foreseeable consequence of a breach, nor for loss caused by your own negligence or breach of these terms and conditions.

Electronic documents and communications
2.16 Any documents which NAB is required to provide to you under clause 2.1 (including these terms and conditions and NAB’s brochure ‘A Guide to Fees and Charges – Personal’ or ‘A Guide to Fees and Charges – Business’, as applicable) and any other information or communication in relation to the establishment of your Bond, will be given to you using the service unless:

  1. otherwise specified in this agreement; or
  2. NAB otherwise determines.

2.17 You must print, download or otherwise retain a copy of the documents in clause 2.16 for your records.

2.18 A communication is deemed to be received by you when the communication enters your designated information system or is capable of being viewed from your computer and is effective when received even if you are not aware of its receipt.

2.19 For the purposes of the Electronic Transactions Act, the server on which the mailbox for your designated address resides is to be taken to be your designated information system.

2.20 An electronic communication is deemed to be sent from where NAB has place of business and is deemed to be received where you have your residence. For the purposes of this clause:

  1. NAB’s place of business is 500 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria; and
  2. if you have more than one residence, your residence is your principal residence.

Your email address
2.21 For the purposes detailed in clauses 2.16 to 2.20, you agree to NAB sending you electronic messages to your email address which you have advised NAB of at the time of submitting your Online Application.

2.22 You must ensure that the email address you provide to NAB in relation to the Bond is your own and that the details given are correct. You must notify NAB immediately if your email address changes.

Governing law
2.23 This agreement and the investment of monies in a Bond as contemplated by this agreement are governed by the law in force in Victoria and each party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of those courts.

Residency
2.24 Only individuals living in Australia are able to invest monies in a Bond with NAB using an Online Application.

Discretions
2.25 Where these terms and conditions confer on us a discretion, we will exercise that discretion reasonably and in accordance with our legitimate business needs.

Meaning of words
2.26 Banking day means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday, or a public, special or bank holiday in the State or Territory where the product is opened.

NAB means National Australia Bank Limited and its successors and assigns.

Online Application means an application lodged by you using NAB’s website to invest monies in a Bond, which application includes all relevant details relating to your investment, including without limitation, the term of the Bond, interest rate payable on the Bond and maturity instructions.

Service means the service NAB makes available through the Internet to enable the electronic receipt and transmission of information in relation to the Bond, including by email and NAB’s website: nab.com.au

Standard Application means an application to invest monies in a Bond by attending a branch of NAB or by calling 13 BANK (13 22 65).

You means the customer or customers who open the product, and if there is more than one, you means each of them separately and every two or more of them jointly. You includes your successors and assigns and, in relation to your rights to operate the product, any other authorised signatory to the product acting within his or her authority.

For more information call 13 22 65
or
13 BANK 7am - 9pm AEST, Monday to Friday and
8am - 6pm AEST, Saturday and Sunday
or visit us at nab.com.au

Hearing impaired customers with telephone typewriters can contact us on 13 36 77

©2008 National Australia Bank Limited ABN 12 004 044 937 ACL/AFSL 230686

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