Restriction on Issue or Disposal of Shares. 12.1 Restriction on the issue of Shares
(i) allot, issue, sell, accept subscription for, offer to allot, issue or sell, contract or agree to allot, issue or sell, mortgage, charge, pledge, hypothecate, lend, grant or sell any option, warrant, contract or right to subscribe for or purchase, grant or purchase any option, warrant, contract or right to allot, issue or sell, or otherwise transfer or dispose of or create an encumbrance over, or agree to transfer or dispose of or create an encumbrance over, either directly or indirectly, conditionally or unconditionally, or repurchase, any legal or beneficial interest in any Shares or other equity securities of the Bank as applicable, or any interest in any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or that represent the right to receive, or any warrants or other rights to purchase, any Shares or other equity securities of the Bank or any shares, as applicable, or any interest in any of the foregoing), or deposit any Shares or other equity securities of the Bank or any shares, as applicable, with a depositary in connection with the issue of depositary receipts, except where such transaction is made solely among members of the Group; or
(ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of subscription or ownership (legal or beneficial) of any Shares or other equity securities of the Bank, as applicable, or any interest in any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or that represent the right to receive, or any warrants or other rights to purchase, any Shares or other equity securities of the Bank, as applicable, or any interest in any of the foregoing); or
(iii) enter into any transaction with the same economic effect as any transaction specified in (i) and (ii) above; or
(iv) offer to, contract to or agree to or announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in (i), (ii), and (iii) above, in each case, whether any of the transactions specified in (i), (ii), and/or (iii) above is to be settled by delivery of Shares or other equity securities of the Bank, or in cash or otherwise (whether or not the issue of shares or equity securities will be completed within the First Six- Month Period). During the period of six months immediately following the expiry of the First Six-Month Perio...
Restriction on Issue or Disposal of Shares
