Common use of FINLAND Clause in Contracts

FINLAND. The notes may not be offered or sold, or this document be distributed, directly or indirectly, to any resident of the Republic of Finland or in the Republic of Finland, except pursuant to applicable Finnish laws and regulations. Specifically, the notes may not be offered or sold, or this document be distributed, directly or indirectly, to any resident of the Republic of Finland or in the Republic of Finland, other than to (i) a limited number of pre-selected investors as defined under the Finnish Securities Market Act of 1989 and to (ii) an unlimited number of qualified investors as defined under the Finnish Securities Market Act of 1989. The notes may not be offered or sold, or this document be distributed, directly or indirectly, to the public in the Republic of Finland as defined under the Finnish Securities Market Act of 1989. No prospectus that has been approved by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers has been prepared in connection with the notes. The information contained in this pricing supplement is strictly confidential, and is made available to you on the condition that it shall not be passed on to any person, nor reproduced (in whole or in part). This pricing supplement has been made available in France only to permitted investors consisting of (1) persons or entities licensed to perform the investment service of portfolio management on behalf of third parties (gestion de portefeuille pour le compte de tiers), (2) qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) acting for their own account and/or (3) corporate investors meeting the conditions set out in article D. 341-1 of the Code monétaire et financier and belonging to a restricted circle of less than 100 investors, acting for their own account, each acting under the conditions set out in Article D. 411-1, D. 411-2, D. 734-1, D. 744-1, D. 754-1 and D. 764-1 of the Code monétaire et financier. The direct or indirect resale or offer of the notes to the public in France may be made only as provided by Articles L. 411-1, L. 411-2, L. 412-1 and L. 621-8 to L. 621-8-3 of the Code monétaire et financier and applicable regulations hereunder. As to investors in Greece, this document contains personal, confidential information and is not for public use. The offer of notes in Greece is exclusively limited to qualified investors and/or to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons other than qualified investors and it is exempted from any prospectus publication or other regulatory requirements, according to Law 3401/2005. Accordingly, any person making or intending to make any offer within Greece of notes which are the subject of the offer contemplated in this document should only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for us or any selling agent to produce a prospectus for such offer. Neither we nor any selling agent has authorized nor do they authorize, the making of any offer of notes in Greece through any financial intermediary, other than offers made by the selling agents which constitute the final placement of notes contemplated in this document. The notes may only be offered in Ireland to: