Determinations. Any determination as to whether an Exercise Notice is duly completed and in proper form shall be made by (i) in the case of Clearing System Warrants (other than Warrants represented by a Rule 144A Global Warrant held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC), the relevant Clearing System (in the case of English Law Warrants other than English Law Warrants held through Euroclear France) or the relevant Account Holder (in the case of Euroclear France Warrants), (ii) in the case of Warrants represented by a Rule 144A Global Warrant held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC, the New York Warrant Agent, (iii) in the case of Private Placement Definitive Warrants, the Definitive Warrant Agent, (iv) in the case of Registered Warrants, the Registrar, in each case, in consultation with the Principal Warrant Agent) or (v) in the case of Italian Dematerialised Warrants, the Italian Warrant Agent (in consultation with Monte Titoli) and shall be conclusive and binding on the Issuer, the Guarantor, if any, the Warrant Agents and the relevant Holder. Subject as set out below, any Exercise Notice so determined to be incomplete or not in proper form, or which is not copied to the Principal Warrant Agent or the Issuer, as the case may be immediately after being delivered or sent to the relevant Clearing System, the New York Warrant Agent or the Definitive Warrant Agent or the Italian Warrant Agent, as the case may be, or, as the case may be, the relevant Account Holder as provided in Condition 6(A) above or the Registrar as provided in Condition 6(C) above, as the case may be, shall be null and void. In the case of Italian Dematerialised Warrants, the Italian Warrant Agent shall use its best efforts promptly to notify the Holder submitting an Exercise Notice if, in consultation with Monte Titoli, it has determined that such Exercise Notice is incomplete or not in proper form. In the absence of negligence or wilful misconduct on its part, none of the Issuer, the Guarantor, if any, the Italian Warrant Agents or Monte Titoli shall be liable to any person with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with such determination or the notification of such determination to a Holder. If such Exercise Notice is subsequently corrected to the satisfaction of the relevant Clearing System, the New York Warrant Agent, the Definitive Warrant Agent, the relevant Account Holder or the Registrar or the Italian Warrant Agent, as the case may be, in consultation with the Principal Warrant Agent, it shall be deemed to be a new Exercise Notice submitted at the time such correction was delivered to the relevant Clearing System, the New York Warrant Agent, the Definitive Warrant Agent, the relevant Account Holder or the Registrar or the Italian Warrant Agent, as the case may be, and the Principal Warrant Agent or the Issuer, as the case may be. If (i) the Warrants are Cash Settled Warrants and Automatic Exercise is not specified as applying in the applicable Final Terms or (ii) the Warrants are Physical Delivery Warrants, any Warrant with respect to which the Exercise Notice has not been duly completed and delivered in the manner set out above by the cut-off time specified in Condition 5(A)(1), in the case of American Style Warrants, or Condition 5(A)(2), in the case of European Style Warrants, shall become void. The relevant Clearing System, the New York Warrant Agent or the Definitive Warrant Agent or the Italian Warrant Agent (in the case of English Law Warrants other than English Law Warrants held through Euroclear France) or the relevant Account Holder (in the case of Euroclear France Warrants) or the Registrar, as the case may be, shall use its best efforts promptly to notify the Holder submitting an Exercise Notice if, in consultation with the Principal Warrant Agent or the Issuer, as the case may be, it has determined that such Exercise Notice is incomplete or not in proper form. In the absence of negligence or wilful misconduct on its part, none of the Issuer, the Guarantor, if any, the Warrant Agents, the Registrar or the relevant Clearing System or, as the case may be, the relevant Account Holder shall be liable to any person with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with such determination or the notification of such determination to a Holder.
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Samples: Covered Warrant Agreement, Covered Warrant Agreement, Covered Warrant Agreement
