BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE ISSUANCE
AVVISO n.2499 | 14 Febbraio 2013 | SeDeX - INV. CERTIFICATES |
Mittente del comunicato : Borsa Italiana
Societa' oggetto dell'Avviso
: BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE ISSUANCE
Oggetto : Inizio negoziazione 'Investment Certificates
- Classe B' 'BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE
Testo del comunicato
ISSUANCE' emessi nell'ambito di un Programma
Si veda allegato.
Disposizioni della Borsa
Strumenti finanziari: Bonus Cap su Indici Azionari
Emittente: BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE ISSUANCE
Garante: BNP Paribas
Rating Emittente: Società di rating
Long term
Data report
Moody's Aa2 14/09/2011
Standard & Poor's AA- 14/10/2011
Fitch AA- 13/10/2011
Oggetto: INIZIO NEGOZIAZIONI IN BORSA
Data di inizio negoziazioni: 15/02/2013
Mercato di quotazione: Borsa - Comparto SEDEX “Investment Certificates -
Classe B”
Orari e modalità di negoziazione: Negoziazione continua e l’orario stabilito dall’art.
IA.7.3.1 delle Istruzioni
Operatore incaricato ad assolvere l’impegno di quotazione:
Intermonte SIM S.p.A. Member ID Specialist: IT3357
CARATTERISTICHE SALIENTI DEI TITOLI OGGETTO DI QUOTAZIONE
Bonus Cap su Indici Azionari
Tipo di liquidazione: monetaria
Modalità di esercizio: europeo
DISPOSIZIONI DELLA BORSA ITALIANA
Dal giorno 15/02/2013, gli strumenti finanziari "Bonus Cap su Indici Azionari" (vedasi scheda riepilogativa delle caratteristiche dei securitised derivatives) verranno inseriti nel Listino Ufficiale, sezione Securitised Derivatives.
Allegati:
- Scheda riepilogativa delle caratteristiche dei securitised derivatives;
- Estratto del prospetto di quotazione dei Securitised Derivatives
Num. Serie | Codice Isin | Trading Code | Instrument Id | Descrizione | Sottostante | Data Scadenza | Valore Nominale | Quantità | Lotto Negoziazione | EMS | Prima Barriera | Cap | Prima Bonus/Strike Cap Barriera % % % | Livello Iniziale | ||
1 | NL0010070090 | P70090 | 743570 | BPAFTMIBCCPBON113%CB12404,2E220814 | FTSE MIB | 22/08/14 | 100 | 30000 | 1 | 25 | 12404,25 | 18689,07 | 75 | 113 | 113 | 16539 |
2 | NL0010070108 | P70108 | 743571 | BPAEUS50CCPBON111%CB1968,87E220814 | EUROSTOXX50E | 22/08/14 | 100 | 30000 | 1 | 25 | 1968,8775 | 2913,9387 | 75 | 111 | 111 | 2625,17 |
3 | NL0010070116 | P70116 | 743572 | BPAEUSBKCCPBON119%CB82,026E220814 | EUROSTOXX BANKS | 22/08/14 | 100 | 30000 | 1 | 24 | 82,026 | 139,4442 | 70 | 119 | 119 | 117,18 |
4 | NL0010069910 | P69910 | 743573 | BPAEUS50CCPBON109%CB1785,47E180714 | EUROSTOXX50E | 18/07/14 | 100 | 20000 | 1 | 24 | 1785,4704 | 2703,0038 | 72 | 109 | 109 | 2479,82 |
FINAL TERMS DATED 7 FEBRUARY 2013
BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V.
(incorporated in The Netherlands) (as Issuer)
BNP Paribas (incorporated in France) (as Guarantor)
Warrant and Certificate Programme
3 Series of 30,000 “Bonus Cap” EUR Certificates relating to an Index BNP Paribas Arbitrage S.N.C.
(as Manager)
The Base Prospectus referred to below (as completed by these Final Terms) has been prepared on the basis that any offer of Securities in any Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (2003/71/EC) (each, a "Relevant Member State") will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive, as implemented in that Relevant Member State, from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of the Securities. Accordingly any person making or intending to make an offer in that Relevant Member State of the Securities may only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for the Issuer or any Manager to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive, in each case, in relation to such offer. Neither the Issuer nor any Manager has authorised, nor do they authorise, the making of any offer of Securities in any other circumstances.
The expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
PART A – CONTRACTUAL TERMS
Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Base Prospectus dated 1 June 2012 , each Supplement to the Base Prospectus published and approved on or before the date of these Final Terms (copies of which are available as described below) and any Supplement to the Base Prospectus which may have been published and approved before the issue of any additional amount of Securities (the “Supplements”) (provided that to the extent any such Supplement (i) is published and approved after the date of these Final Terms and (ii) provide for any change to the Conditions of the Securities such changes shall have no effect with respect to the Conditions of the Securities to which these Final Terms relate) which together constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive") as amended (which includes the amendments made by Directive 2010/73/EU (the “2010 PD Amending Directive”) to the extent that such amendments have been implemented in a relevant Member State)). The Base Prospectus dated 1 June 2012 and any Supplements to the Base Prospectus have been passported into Italy in compliance with Article 18 of the Prospectus Directive. This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Securities described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with such Base Prospectus as so supplemented. Full information on BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. (the "Issuer") and the offer of the Securities is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Base Prospectus. The Base Prospectus and any Supplements to the Base Prospectus are available for viewing on the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets’ (Autoriteit Financiële Markten - AFM) website xxx.xxx.xx. and copies of these documents and the Final Terms may be obtained free of charge at BNP Paribas Securities Services, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxx 0, 00000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx.
References herein to numbered Conditions are to the terms and conditions of the relevant series of Securities and words and expressions defined in such terms and conditions shall bear the same meaning in these Final Terms in so far as they relate to such series of Securities, save as where otherwise expressly provided.
These Final Terms relate to the series of Securities as set out in "Specific Provisions for each Series" below. References herein to "Securities" shall be deemed to be references to the relevant Securities that are the subject of these Final Terms and references to "Security" shall be construed accordingly.
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR EACH SERIES
Series Number | No. of Securities issued | No. of Securities | ISIN Code | Common Code | Issue Price per Security | Redemption Date |
See "Summary of the features of the Securities"in Annex B | 30,000 for each series | 30,000 for each series | See "Summary of the features of the Securities"in Annex B | See "Summary of the features of the Securities" in Annex B | EUR 100** | See "Summary of the features of the Securities"in Annex B* |
* The Redemption Date shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with the Following Business Day Convention.
** The Issue Price includes structuring fees equal to a maximum annual amount of 1 % of the Issue Amount.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The following terms apply to each series of Securities:
1. Issuer: BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V.
2. Guarantor: BNP Paribas
3. Trade Date: Not applicable.
4. Issue Date: 7 February 2013
5. Consolidation: Not applicable.
6. Type of Securities: (a) Certificates.
(b) The Securities are Index Securities.
The Certificates are “Bonus Cap” EUR Certificates. Automatic Exercise applies on the Exercise Date.
The Exercise Date is indicated in "Summary of the features of the “Securities" in Annex B or if such day is not a Business Day the immediately subsequent Business Day.
The Exercise Date will be subject to the same adjustements provided for the Redemption Valuation Date. For the purposes of Borsa Italiana, the Exercise Date shall be deemed to be also the maturity date, i.e. the date on which the Securities expire.
The provisions of Annex 1 (Additional Terms and Conditions for Index Securities) shall apply.
7. Form of Securities: Italian Dematerialised Securities.
8. Business Day Centre(s): The applicable Business Day Centre for the purposes of the
definition of "Business Day" in Condition 1 is TARGET2.
9. Settlement: Settlement will be by way of cash payment (Cash Settled Securities).
10. Variation of Settlement:
(a) Issuer's option to vary settlement:
The Issuer does not have the option to vary settlement in respect of the Securities.
(b) Variation of Settlement of Physical Delivery Securities:
Not applicable.
11. Relevant Asset(s): Not applicable.
12. Entitlement: Not applicable.
13. Exchange Rate: Not applicable.
14. Settlement Currency: The settlement currency for the payment of the Cash Settlement
Amount is Euro (“EUR”).
15. Syndication: The Securities will be distributed on a non-syndicated basis.
16. Minimum Trading Size: The minimum trading size will be established by the Italian Stock
Exchange with the notice communicating the first day of trading.
17. Principal Security Agent: BNP Paribas Securities Services, Xxxxx Xxxxxx.
18. Registrar: Not applicable.
19. Calculation Agent: BNP Paribas Arbitrage SNC, 000-000 xxxxxxxxx XxxXxxxxx,00000 Xxxxx, Xxxxxx.
20. Governing law: English law.
21. Special conditions or other modifications to the Terms and Conditions:
Minimum exercise number of Securities: The minimum number of Securities that may be exercised by the Holder is (1) one Security and in excess thereof by multiples of (1) one Security.
Trading Code of Borsa Italiana is indicated in the "Summary of the features of the Securities" in Annex B.
Condition 6 (General)
The following shall be deemed to be added at the end of the first paragraph of Condition 6 (General):
“unless such errors or omissions are due to its own wilful misconduct or gross negligence”
Condition 7 (Illegality and Force Majeure):
The following shall be deemed to be deleted from Condition 7.1 (Illegality):
“less the cost to the Issuer and/or its affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements”.
The following shall be deemed to be deleted from Condition 7.2 (Force Majeure):
“less the cost to the Issuer and/or its affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements”.
Condition 13 - Substitution of the Issuer or the Guarantor
Condition 13 (2) shall be deemed to be deleted and replaced by the following:
“Where the Issuer is BNPP B.V., BNPP or any previous substituted company, in its capacity as guarantor, may not be substituted by any other company”.
Condition 15 – Additional Disruption Events and Optional Additional Disruption Events
The following shall be deemed to be deleted from Condition 15 (Additional Disruption Events and Optional Additional Disruption Events) (2) (c) (i):
"less the cost to the Issuer and/or its affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements (unless otherwise provided in the relevant Final Terms)".
The following shall be deemed to be deleted from Condition 15 (Additional Disruption Events and Optional Additional Disruption Events) (2) (c) (ii):
"less the cost to the Issuer and/or its affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements ".
The following sentence shall be deemed to be added at the end of Condition 15 (Additional Disruption Events and Optional Additional Disruption Events) (2)
“The Calculation Agent will adjust any relevant terms of the Securities as it determines appropriate to preserve the economic equivalent of the obligations of the Issuer under the Securities”.
Annex 1 (3)(2)
Paragraph (a) bis shall be deemed to be added between point (a) and (b):
"The Calculation Agent shall replace the Index by a new similar Index, multiplied, if needed be, by a linking coefficient allowing to ensure continuity in the evolution of the underlying of the Securities".
The following shall be deemed to be deleted from Paragraph C (i) and (ii):
"less the cost to the Issuer and/or its affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements".
The following sentence shall be deemed to be added at the end of the paragraph 1 (3) (2):
"The Calculation Agent will adjust any relevant terms of the Securities as it determines appropriate to preserve the economic
equivalent of the obligations of the Issuer under the Securities ".
PRODUCT SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
22. Index Securities: Applicable.
(a) Index/ Basket of Indices/Index Sponsor(s):
The Securities of each Series relate to the Index (the “Underlying Index”) indicated in "Summary of the features of the Securities" in Annex B.
With respect to each Underlying Index, the relevant Index Sponsor is indicated in "Summary of the features of the Securities " in Annex B or any successor acceptable to the Calculation Agent.
The EURO STOXX50® Index is a Composite Index. The EURO STOXX® Banks Index is a Composite Index. The FTSE MIB Index is a non-Composite Index.
For the purposes of the Conditions, each Underlying Index shall be deemed an Index.
(b) Index Currency: EUR.
(c) Exchange(s): The Exchange is indicated in "Summary of the features of the Securities" in Annex B.
(d) Related Exchange(s): All Exchanges.
(e) Exchange Business Day: Single Index Basis.
(f) Scheduled Trading Day: Single Index Basis.
(g) Weighting: Not applicable.
(h) Settlement Price: The Settlement Price will calculated on the basis of the official Closing Level of the Index as announced by the Index Sponsor, except for the FTSE MIB Index for which the Settlement Price will be calculated on the basis of the official opening level, as determined and published by Borsa Italiana.
(i) Disrupted Day: If the Redemption Valuation Date is a Disrupted Day, the Settlement Price will be calculated on the basis of the provisions contained in Index Security Condition 1.
(j) Specified Maximum Days of Disruption:
Three (3) Scheduled Trading Days.
(k) Valuation Time: The Valuation Time will be the time when the official Closing Level of the Index is announced by the Index Sponsor, except for the FTSE MIB Index for which the Valuation Time will be the time when the official opening level is determined by Xxxxx
Italiana.
(l) Delayed Redemption on Occurrence of an Index Adjustment Event:
Not applicable.
(m) Index Correction Period: As per Conditions.
(n) Other terms or special conditions: Not applicable.
(o) Additional provisions applicable to Custom Indices:
Not applicable.
(p) Additional provisions applicable to Futures Price Valuation:
Not applicable.
23. Share Securities: Not applicable.
24. ETI Securities: Not applicable.
25. Debt Securities: Not applicable.
26. Commodity Securities: Not applicable.
27. Inflation Index Securities: Not applicable.
28. Currency Securities: Not applicable.
29. Fund Securities: Not applicable.
30. Market Access Securities: Not applicable.
31. Futures Securities: Not applicable.
32. Credit Securities: Not applicable.
33. Preference Share Securities: Not applicable.
34. OET Certificates: Not applicable.
35. Additional Disruption Events: Applicable.
Hedging Disruption does not apply to the Securities
36. Optional Additional Disruption Events: (a) The following Optional Additional Disruption Events apply to
the Securities: Not applicable.
(b) Delayed Redemption on the Occurrence of an Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event: Not applicable.
37. Knock-in Event: Not applicable.
38. Knock-out Event: Applicable.
A Knock-Out Event shall be deemed to occur if, at the Knock-Out Valuation Time during the Knock-Out Determination Period, the
Underlying Index trades at a Level less than or equal to the Knock-Out Level.
(a) Knock-out Level: As indicated in "Summary of the features of the Securities" in Annex B.
(b) Knock-out Period Beginning Date: The Strike Date.
(c) Knock-out Period Beginning Date Day Convention:
Applicable
(d) Knock-out Determination Period: The period beginning on (and including) the Knock-out Period
Beginning Date and ending on (and including) the Knock-out Period Ending Date.
(e) Knock-out Determination Day(s): Any Scheduled Trading Day during the Knock-out Determination
Period.
(f) Knock-out Period Ending Date: The Redemption Valuation Date.
(g) Knock-out Period Ending Date Day Convention:
Applicable.
(h) Knock-out Valuation Time: Any time during a Knock-out Determination Day.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO WARRANTS
39. Provisions relating to Warrants: Not applicable.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTIFICATES
40. | Provisions relating to Certificates: | Applicable. |
(a) | Notional Amount of each Certificate: | EUR 100 |
(b) | Partly Paid Certificates: | The Certificates are not Partly Paid Certificates. |
(c) | Interest: | Not applicable. |
(d) | Fixed Rate Provisions: | Not applicable. |
(e) | Floating Rate Provisions: | Not applicable. |
(f) | Linked Interest Certificates: | Not applicable. |
(g) | Payment of a Premium Amount: | Not applicable. |
(h) | Index Linked Interest Certificates: | Not applicable. |
(i) | Share Linked Interest Certificates: | Not applicable. |
(j) | ETI Linked Interest Certificates: | Not applicable. |
(k) | Debt Linked Interest Certificates: | Not applicable. |
(l) | Commodity Linked Interest Certificates: | Not applicable. |
(m) | Inflation Index Linked Interest Certificates: | Not applicable. |
(n) Currency Linked Interest Certificates: Not applicable.
(o) Fund Linked Interest Certificates: Not applicable.
(p) Futures Linked Interest Certificates: Not applicable.
(q) Instalment Certificates: The Certificates are not Instalment Certificates.
(r) Issuer Call Option: Not applicable.
(s) Holder Put Option: Not applicable.
(u) Cash Settlement Amount: Unless previously redeemed or purchased and cancelled by the
Issuer, each Certificate will be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date and the Holder will receive payment of a Cash Settlement Amount in accordance with the following provisions:
1) If no Knock-out Event has occurred and, on the Redemption Valuation Date, Index Final is strictly less than the Cap Level, each Certificate will be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date and the Holder will receive on the Redemption Date, payment of a Cash Settlement Amount in accordance with the following provisions:
N x [ Max ( Bonus Level% ;
IndexFinal )]
IndexInitial
2) If no Knock-out Event has occurred and, on the Redemption Valuation Date, IndexFinal is greater than or equal to the Cap Level, each Certificate will be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date and the Holder will receive on the Redemption Date, a payment of a Cash Settlement Amount in accordance with the following provisions:
N x Cap Level%
3) If a Knock-out Event has occurred, each Certificate will be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date and the Holder will receive on the Redemption Date, a payment of a Cash Settlement Amount in accordance with the following provisions:
N x [Min ( IndexFinal
IndexInitial
; Cap Level%)]
Where :
N is the Notional Amount of each Certificate (see §40 (a))
IndexInitial is the official Closing Level of the Index on the Strike Date ( see "Summary of the features of the Securities" in Annex B);
IndexFinal is the official Closing Level of the Index on the
Redemption Valuation Date, except for the FTSE MIB Index for | ||
which is the official opening level on the Redemption Valuation | ||
Date; | ||
Knock-Out Level = as indicated in "Summary of the features of the Securities" in Annex B; | ||
Cap Level% = as indicated in "Summary of the features of the | ||
Securities" in Annex A; | ||
Cap Level = as indicated in "Summary of the features of the Securities" in Annex A; | ||
Bonus Level% = as indicated in "Summary of the features of the Securities" in Annex A; | ||
Pursuant the Rules of the markets organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., each Holder may notify the Issuer that it renounces its right to payment of any such Cash Settlement Amount, by delivery to the Agent not later than the Renouncement Notice Cut-off Time (as defined in § 40(v)) of a notice (the "Renouncement Notice", substantially in the form of Part B in these Final terms). | ||
Copies of the Renouncement Notice may be obtained during normal business hours from the specified office of any Security Agent. | ||
If no Renouncement Notice is received before the Renouncement Notice Cut-off Time (as defined in § 40 (v)), the Cash Settlement Amount shall be paid automatically by the Issuer on the Redemption Date. | ||
No Renouncement Notice may be withdrawn after receipt thereof | ||
by the Agent. After delivery of a Renouncement Notice, the | ||
relevant Holder may not transfer the Certificates which are the | ||
subject of such Renouncement Notice. | ||
(v) | Renouncement Notice Cut-off Time | 10.00 a.m. (Milan Time) on the Exercise Date. |
(w) | Strike Date: | 4 February 2013 |
(x) | Redemption Valuation Date: | The Exercise Date. |
(y) | Averaging: | Averaging does not apply to the Securities. |
(z) | Observation Dates: | Not applicable. |
(aa) | Observation Period: | Not applicable. |
(bb). | Settlement Business Day: | Not applicable. |
(cc) | Cut-off Date: | Not applicable. |
DISTRIBUTION AND US SALES ELIGIBILITY
41. Selling Restrictions: As described in the Base Prospectus.
(a) Eligibility for sale of Securities in the United States to AIs:
The Securities are not eligible for sale in the United States to AIs.
(b) Eligibility for sale of Securities in the United States to QIBs within the meaning of Rule 144A:
The Securities are not eligible for sale in the United States under Rule 144A to QIBs.
(c) Eligibility for sale of Securities in the United States to QIBs within the meaning of Rule 144A who are also QPs within the meaning of the Investment Company Act:
The Securities are not eligible for sale in the United States to persons who are QIBs and QPs.
42. Additional U.S. Federal income tax consequences:
Not applicable.
43. Registered broker/dealer: Not applicable.
44. Non exempt Offer: An offer of the Securities will be made by the Manager and BNP Paribas (together with the Manager, the "Financial Intermediaries") other than pursuant to Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive in the Republic of Italy (the "Public Offer Jurisdiction").
See further Paragraph 8 of Part B below.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
45. Collateral Security Conditions: Not applicable.
Purposes of Final Terms
These Final Terms comprise the final terms required for issue and admission to trading on the electronic “Securitised Derivatives Market” (the “SeDeX”) of the Italian Stock Exchange of the Securities described herein pursuant to the BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. Warrant and Certificate Programme.
Responsibility
The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuer (who has taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained herein is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. The information included in Part B (the "Other Information") consists of extracts from or summaries of information that is publicly available in respect of the Indices. The Issuer confirms that such information has been accurately reproduced and that, so far as it is aware and is able to ascertain from information published by the Index Sponsors, no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced inaccurate or misleading.
Signed on behalf of BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. As Issuer:
By Xxxx authorised
PART B – OTHER INFORMATION
1. Listing and Admission to trading:
Application will be made to list the Securities on the Italian Stock Exchange and to admit the Securities described herein for trading on the electronic "Securitised Derivatives Market" (the “SeDeX”), organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A.
2. Ratings
The Securities to be issued have not been rated.
The rating of the Guarantor is A2 from Moody's and A+ from Standard and Poor's.
As defined by Moody's, an "A" rating means that the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantor under the Programme are judged to be upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk. Moody's appends numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 to each generic rating classification from Aaa through Caa. The modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking.
As defined by Standard & Poor's, an obligation rated 'A' is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the relevant Issuer and Guarantor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong. The addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign shows relative standing within the major rating category"
Moody's and Standard & Poor's are established in the European Union and are registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended).
3. Risk Factors
As described in the Base Prospectus.
4. Reasons for the Offer, Estimated Net Proceeds and Total Expenses
Reasons for the offer: The net proceeds from the issue of Securities will become part of the general funds of the Issuer. Such proceeds may be used to maintain positions in options or futures contracts or other hedging instruments.
Estimated net proceeds: EUR 3,000,000 for each Series.
For the avoidance of doubt, the estimated net proceeds reflect the proceeds to be received by the Issuer on the Issue Date.
Estimated total expenses: EUR 3,000 corresponding to the minimum listing fees known to the Issuer as at the Issue Date.
5 Interests of Natural and Legal Persons Involved in the Offer
Save as described above and discussed in "Risk Factors" in the Base Prospectus, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Securities has an interest material to the offer.
6 Performance of Underlying/Formula/Other Variable, Explanation of Effect on Value of Investment and Associated Risks and Other Information concerning the Underlying
The “Bonus Cap” Security is a EUR denominated exercisable Security which return is linked to the performance of the Underlying and features a Cap Level. The formula for calculating the Cash Settlement Amount is described in § 40 (u). The structure also features a Bonus Level% and is not capital protected. Investors should be aware that they may sustain a partial or total loss of the purchase price of their Securities.
During the secondary market period, the value of the Securities will depend upon market conditions and may be subject to significant fluctuations. If the Securities are sold, before the Redemption Valuation Date, there is a higher probability that the investor will suffer a loss of its investment.
Source of information relating to the Index Reuters.
Place where information relating to the Index Information on the FTSE MIB Index shall be available on the dedicated
can be obtained website: xxx.xxxx.xxx
Information on the EURO STOXX50® Index and EURO STOXX® Banks Index shall be available on the dedicated website: xxx.xxxxx.xxx.
Post-Issuance information: The Issuer does not provide post-issuance information.
7 Operational Information
Relevant Clearing System(s): Monte Titoli.
8. Terms and Conditions of the Public Offer
Offer Period: Not applicable.
Offer Price: The price of the Certificates will vary in accordance with a number of factors including, but not limited to, the price of the relevant Underlying
Conditions to which the offer is subject: Not applicable.
Details of the minimum and/or maximum amount of application:
Description of possibility to reduce subscriptions and manner for refunding excess amount paid by applicants:
Details of the method and time limits for paying up and delivering Securities:
Manner in and date on which results of the offer are to be made public:
Minimum subscription amount per investor: EUR 100.
Maximum subscription amount per investor: 30,000 x Notional Amount for each Series.
The maximum amount of application of Securities will be subject only to availability at the time of the application.
Not applicable.
The Certificates are cleared through the clearing systems and are due to be delivered on or about the third Business Day after their purchase by the investor against payment of the purchase amount
Not applicable.
Procedure for exercise of any right of Not applicable.
pre-emption, negotiability of subscription rights and treatment of subscription rights not exercised:
Categories of potential investors to which the Securities are offered:
Process for notification to applicants of the amount allotted and indication whether dealing may begin before notification is made:
Amount of any expenses and taxes specifically charges to the subscriber or purchaser:
Retail, private and institutional investors. Not applicable.
No dealings in the Securities may take place prior to the Issue Date.
The Issuer is not aware of any expenses and taxes specifically charged to the subscriber.
For details of the tax regime applicable to subscribers in the Republic of Italy, see Schedule hereto.
9. Yield
Not applicable.
10. Historic Interest Rates
Not applicable.
11. Renouncement Notice
RENOUNCEMENT NOTICE
(to be completed by the Holder of the Security)
BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V.
3 Series of 30,000 “Bonus Cap” EUR Certificates relating to an Index
(the Securities)
To: BNP Paribas Securities Services, Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxx 0, 00000, Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Fax No: (00) 00 00000 000
We/I the undersigned Holder(s) of the Securities
hereby communicate that we are renouncing the automatic exercise on the Exercise Date of the rights granted by the Securities in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the Securities, as amended and/or supplemented by the applicable Final Terms (the Security Terms).
Series No. of the Securities:
Number of Securities the subject of this notice:
The undersigned understands that if this Renouncement Notice is not completed and delivered as provided in the Security Terms or is determined to be incomplete or not in proper form (in the determination of the Italian Security Agent), it will be treated as null and void.
If this Renouncement Notice is subsequently corrected to the satisfaction of the Italian Security Agent, it will be deemed to be a new Renouncement Notice submitted at the time such correction was delivered to the Italian Security Agent.
Expressions defined in the Security Terms shall bear the same meanings in this Renouncement Notice. Place and date:
Signature of the Holder
Name of beneficial owner of the Securities
Signature
ANNEX A
Index Disclaimers
Neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor shall have any liability for any act or failure to act by an Index Sponsor in connection with the calculation, adjustment or maintenance of an Index. Except as disclosed prior to the Issue Date, neither the Issuer, the Guarantor nor their affiliates has any affiliation with or control over an Index or Index Sponsor or any control over the computation, composition or dissemination of an Index. Although the Calculation Agent will obtain information concerning an Index from publicly available sources it believes reliable, it will not independently verify this information. Accordingly, no representation, warranty or undertaking (express or implied) is made and no responsibility is accepted by the Issuer, the Guarantor, their affiliates or the Calculation Agent as to the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of information concerning an Index.
EURO STOXX 50® Index
STOXX and its licensors (the "Licensors") have no relationship to BNP PARIBAS, other than the licensing of the EURO STOXX 50® Index and the related trademarks for use in connection with the Certificates.
STOXX and its Licensors do not:
▪ Sponsor, endorse, sell or promote the Certificates.
▪ Recommend that any person invest in the Certificates or any other securities.
▪ Have any responsibility or liability for or make any decisions about the timing, amount or pricing of Certificates.
▪ Have any responsibility or liability for the administration, management or marketing of the Certificates.
▪ Consider the needs of the Certificates or the owners of the Certificates in determining, composing or calculating the EURO STOXX 50® Index or have any obligation to do so.
STOXX and its Licensors will not have any liability in connection with the Certificates. Specifically,
▪ STOXX and its Licensors do not make any warranty, express or implied and disclaim any and all warranty about:
▪The results to be obtained by the Certificates, the owner of the Certificates or any other person in
connection with the use of the EURO STOXX 50® Index and the data included in the EURO STOXX 50® Index;
▪ The accuracy or completeness of the EURO STOXX 50® Index and its data;
▪ The merchantability and the fitness for a particular purpose or use of the EURO STOXX 50® Index and its data;
▪ STOXX and its Licensors will have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions in the EURO STOXX
50® Index or its data;
▪ Under no circumstances will STOXX or its Licensors be liable for any lost profits or indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages or losses, even if STOXX or its Licensors knows that they might occur.
The licensing agreement between BNP PARIBAS and STOXX is solely for their benefit and not for the benefit of the owners of the Certificates or any other third parties.
EURO STOXX® Banks Index
STOXX and its licensors (the "Licensors") have no relationship to BNP PARIBAS, other than the licensing of the EURO STOXX® Banks Index and the related trademarks for use in connection with the Certificates.
STOXX and its Licensors do not:
▪ Sponsor, endorse, sell or promote the Certificates.
▪ Recommend that any person invest in the Certificates or any other securities.
▪ Have any responsibility or liability for or make any decisions about the timing, amount or pricing of Certificates.
▪ Have any responsibility or liability for the administration, management or marketing of the Certificates.
▪ Consider the needs of the Certificates or the owners of the Certificates in determining, composing or calculating the EURO STOXX ® Banks Index or have any obligation to do so.
STOXX and its Licensors will not have any liability in connection with the Certificates. Specifically,
▪ STOXX and its Licensors do not make any warranty, express or implied and disclaim any and all warranty about:
▪The results to be obtained by the Certificates, the owner of the Certificates or any other person in connection with the use of the EURO STOXX® Banks Index and the data included in the EURO STOXX® Banks Index;
▪ The accuracy or completeness of the EURO STOXX® Banks Index and its data;
▪ The merchantability and the fitness for a particular purpose or use of the EURO STOXX 50® Banks Index and its data;
▪ STOXX and its Licensors will have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions in the EURO STOXX® Banks Index or its data;
▪ Under no circumstances will STOXX or its Licensors be liable for any lost profits or indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages or losses, even if STOXX or its Licensors knows that they might occur.
The licensing agreement between BNP PARIBAS and STOXX is solely for their benefit and not for the benefit of the owners of the Certificates or any other third parties.
FTSE MIB Index
The Certificates are not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE International Limited ("FTSE"), the London Stock Exchange Plc (the "Exchange"), The Financial Times Limited ("FT") or Borsa Italiana SpA (“Borsa Italiana”) (collectively the “Licensor Parties”) and none of the Licensor Parties make any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of the FTSE MIB Index (the “Index") and/or the figure at which the said Index stands at any particular time on any particular day or otherwise. The Index is calculated by FTSE with the assistance of Borsa Italiana. None of the Licensor Parties shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise)to any person for any error in the Index and none of the Licensor Parties shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein.
“FTSE®” is a trade mark of the Exchange and the FT, “MIB®” is a trade mark of Borsa Italiana and both are used by FTSE under licence.
ANNEX B
TABLE 1: Summary of the features of the Securities
Series Number Isin Code Common
code
Trading Code
Index
Initial
Cap Level%
Cap Level Bonus Level%
Knock-out Level Index ISIN Code of
the Index
Reuters Code of the Index
Exchange Sponsor of
the Index
Index currency
Exercise Date Redemption
Date
CE1441UR NL0010070090 088128257 P70090 16,539.0000 113% 18,689.0700 113%
75% x IndexInitial (i.e.12,404.2500
)
75% x IndexInitial
FTSE MIB
Index
EUROS
IT000346573 6
.FTMIB Borsa Italiana
As set out in
FTSE
Internation al Limited
EUR
22 August
2014
29 August
2014
CE1442UR NL0010070108 088128346 P70108 2,625.1700 111% 2,913.9387 111%
(i.e.
1,968.8775)
TOXX5
0® Index
EURO
EU00096581 45
.STOXX5 0E
Annex 1 for a Composite Index
As set out in
Stoxx Limited
EUR 22 August
2014
22 August
29 August
2014
29 August
CE1443UR NL0010070116 088128443 P70116 117.1800 119% 139.4442 119% 70% x IndexInitial
(i.e. 82.0260)
STOXX
® Banks Index
EU00096584 26
.SX7E
Annex 1 for a Composite Index
Stoxx Limited
EUR
2014
2014
18
ITALIAN TAXATION
The following is a summary of current Italian law and practice relating to the taxation of the Securities, as defined in the Warrant and Certificate Programme. The statements herein regarding taxation are based on the laws in force in Italy as at the date of the Final Terms and are subject to any changes in law occurring after such date, which changes could be made on a retroactive basis. The following summary does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all the tax considerations which may be relevant to a decision to subscribe for, purchase, own or dispose of the Securities and does not purport to deal with the tax consequences applicable to all categories of investors, some of which (such as dealers in securities or commodities) may be subject to special rules.
Prospective investors are advised to consult their own tax advisers concerning the overall tax consequences of their interest in the Securities.
Italian taxation of Securities
Warrants, Certificates and other securitised derivatives are subject to Article 67 of Presidential Decree No. 917 of 22 December 1986 (the "TUIR") and Legislative Decree No. 461 of 21 November 1997 (the "Decree No. 461"), as subsequently amended, where the Italian resident Securityholder is (i) an individual not engaged in an entrepreneurial activity to which the Securities are connected, (ii) a non-commercial partnership pursuant to article 5 of TUIR (with the exception of general partnership, limited partnership and similar entities), (iii) a non-commercial private or public institution, or (iv) an investor exempt from Italian corporate income taxation, capital gains realised under the sale or the exercise of the Securities are subject to a 20 per cent. substitute tax (imposta sostitutiva). The recipient may opt for three different taxation criteria:
Under the tax declaration regime (regime della dichiarazione), which is the default regime for taxation of capital gains realised by Italian resident individuals not engaged in an entrepreneurial activity to which the Securities are connected, the imposta sostitutiva on capital gains will be chargeable, on a cumulative basis, on all capital gains, net of any offsettable capital loss, realised by the Italian resident individual holding the Securities not in connection with an entrepreneurial activity pursuant to all sales or redemptions of the Securities carried out during any given tax year. Italian resident individuals holding the Securities not in connection with an entrepreneurial activity must indicate the overall capital gains realised in any tax year, net of any relevant incurred capital loss, in the annual tax return and pay imposta sostitutiva on such gains together with any balance income tax due for such year. Capital losses in excess of capital gains may be carried forward against capital gains realised in any of the four succeeding tax years. Capital losses realised before 1 January 2012 may be carried forward to be offset against subsequent capital gains of the same nature for an overall amount of 62.5 per cent. of the relevant capital losses.
As an alternative to the tax declaration regime, Italian resident individuals holding the Securities not in connection with an entrepreneurial activity may elect to pay the imposta sostitutiva separately on capital gains realised on each sale or redemption of the Securities (the "risparmio amministrato" regime provided for by article 6 of Decree No. 461). Such separate taxation of capital gains is allowed subject to: (i) the Securities being deposited with Italian banks, SIMs or certain authorised financial intermediaries; and (ii) an express valid election for the risparmio amministrato regime being timely made in writing by the relevant Securityholder. The depository is responsible for accounting for imposta sostitutiva in respect of capital gains realised on each sale or redemption of the Securities (as well as in respect of capital gains realised upon the revocation of its mandate), net of any incurred capital loss, and is required to pay the relevant amount to the Italian tax authorities on behalf of the taxpayer, deducting a corresponding amount from the proceeds to be credited to the Securityholder or using funds provided by the Securityholder for this purpose. Under the risparmio amministrato regime, where a sale or redemption of the Securities results in a capital loss, such loss may be deducted from capital gains subsequently realised, within the same securities management, in the same tax year or in the following tax years up to the fourth. Under the risparmio amministrato regime, the Securityholder is not required to declare the capital
gains in the annual tax return. Capital losses realised before 1 January 2012 may be carried forward to be offset against subsequent capital gains of the same nature for an overall amount of 62.5 per cent. of the relevant capital losses.
Any capital gains realised or accrued by Italian resident individuals holding the Securities not in connection with an entrepreneurial activity who have entrusted the management of their financial assets, including the Securities, to an authorised intermediary and have validly opted for the so-called "risparmio gestito" regime (regime provided for by article 7 of Decree No. 461) will be included in the computation of the annual increase in value of the managed assets accrued, even if not realised, at year end, subject to a 20 per cent. substitute tax substitutive tax, to be paid by the managing authorised intermediary. Under this risparmio gestito regime, any depreciation of the managed assets accrued at year end may be carried forward against increase in value of the managed assets accrued in any of the four succeeding tax years. Under the risparmio gestito regime, the Securityholder is not required to declare the capital gains realised in the annual tax return. Depreciation of the management assets accrued before 1 January 2012 may be carried forward to be offset against subsequent increase in value for an overall amount of 62.5 per cent. of the relevant depreciation.
Where an Italian resident Securityholder is a company or similar commercial entity, or the Italian permanent establishment of a foreign commercial entity to which the Securities are effectively connected, capital gains arising from the Securities will not be subject to imposta sostitutiva, but must be included in the relevant Securityholder's income tax return and are therefore subject to Italian corporate tax and, in certain circumstances, depending on the status of the Securityholder, also as a part of the net value of production for Italian regional tax on productive activities (IRAP) purposes.
Any capital gains realised by a investor which is an open-ended or close-ended investment fund (subject to the tax regime provided by Law No. 77 of 23 March 1983, the "Fund") or a SICAV will be included in the result of the relevant portfolio accrued and will not be subject neither to substitutive tax nor to any other income tax in the hands of the Fund or the SICAV but a substitutive tax, up to 20 per cent., will apply, in certain circumstances, to distributions made in favour of unitholders or shareholders.
Any capital gains realised by a Securityholder which is an Italian pension fund (subject to the regime provided by article 17 of the Legislative Decree No. 252 of 5 December 2005) will be included in the result of the relevant portfolio accrued at the end of the tax period, to be subject to the 11 per cent. ad hoc substitute tax.
Capital gains realised by non-Italian resident Securityholders are not subject to Italian taxation, provided that the Securities (i) are transferred on regulated markets, or (ii) if not transferred on regulated markets, are held outside of Italy.
The provisions of the applicable tax treaties against double taxation entered into by Italy apply if more favourable and all the relevant conditions are met.
Atypical securities
Securities that cannot be qualified as securitised derivatives under Article 67 of TUIR and, under a different interpretation of current tax law, Certificates could be considered as 'atypical' securities pursuant to Article 8 of Law Decree No. 512 of 30 September 1983 as implemented by Law No. 649 of 25 November 1983. In this event, payments relating to Securities may be subject to an Italian withholding tax, levied at the rate of 20 per cent.
The withholding tax mentioned above does not apply to payments made to a non-Italian resident holder of the Securities and to an Italian resident holder of the Securities which is (i) a company or similar commercial entity (including the Italian permanent establishment of foreign entities), (ii) a commercial partnership, or (iii) a commercial private or public institution.
The withholding is levied by the Italian intermediary appointed by the Issuer, intervening in the collection of the relevant income or in the negotiation or repurchasing of the Securities. The same tax treatment provided under paragraph "Italian taxation of Securities" applies to capital gains realised on Atypical securities.
Payments made by a non-resident Guarantor
With respect to payments made to Italian resident Securityholders by a non-Italian resident Guarantor, in accordance with one interpretation of Italian tax law, any such payment made by the Italian non-resident Guarantor could be treated, in certain circumstances, as a payment made by the relevant Issuer and would thus be subject to the tax regime described in the previous paragraphs of this section.
Inheritance and gift taxes
Pursuant to Law Decree No. 262 of 3 October 2006, ("Decree No. 262"), converted into Law No. 286 of 24 November, 2006, the transfers of any valuable asset (including shares, bonds or other securities) as a result of death or donation are taxed as follows:
• transfers in favour of spouses and direct descendants or direct ancestors are subject to an inheritance and gift tax applied at a rate of 4 per cent. on the value of the inheritance or the gift exceeding EUR1,000,000;
• transfers in favour of relatives to the fourth degree or relatives-in-law to the third degree, are subject to an inheritance and gift tax applied at a rate of 6 per cent. on the entire value of the inheritance or the gift. Transfers in favour of brothers/sisters are subject to the 6 per cent. inheritance and gift tax on the value of the inheritance or the gift exceeding EUR 100,000; and
• any other transfer is, in principle, subject to an inheritance and gift tax applied at a rate of 8 per cent. on the entire value of the inheritance or the gift.
Stamp duty
Pursuant to Article 19(1) of Decree No. 201 of 6 December 2011 ("Decree 201"), a proportional stamp duty applies on an annual basis to the periodic reporting communications sent by financial intermediaries to their clients for the securities deposited therewith. The stamp duty applies at a rate of 0.15 per cent. on a taxable basis equal to the market value or – if no market value figure is available – the nominal value or redemption amount of the securities held. The stamp duty can be no lower than € 34.20.
It may be understood that the stamp duty applies both to Italian resident and non-Italian resident Securityholders, to the extent that the Securities are held with an Italian-based financial intermediary.
Wealth Tax on securities deposited abroad
Pursuant to Article 19(18) of Decree 201, Italian resident individuals holding the securities outside the Italian territory are required to pay an additional tax at a rate of 0.15 per cent..
This tax is calculated on the market value of the securities at the end of the relevant year or – if no market value figure is available – the nominal value or the redemption value of such financial assets held outside the Italian territory. Taxpayers are entitled to an Italian tax credit equivalent to the amount of wealth taxes paid in the State where the financial assets are held (up to an amount equal to the Italian wealth tax due).
Financial transaction tax
Pursuant to Article 1(491 and followings) of Law No. 228 of 24 December 2012, a financial transaction tax ("FTT") applies to (i) transfers of property rights on shares and other participating securities issued by Italian resident companies;
(ii) transfer of property rights on financial instruments representing these shares and/or participating securities, whether issued by Italian resident issuers or not (together "Relevant Instruments"); and (iii) transactions on derivatives on the Relevant Instruments (i.e. having an underlying mainly represented by one or more of the Relevant Instruments or whose value is mainly linked to the Relevant Instruments) whether issued by Italian resident issuers or not.
With specific reference to the transactions on securitised derivatives on the Relevant Instruments (e.g. warrants, covered warrants and certificates) the FTT is due, as of 1 July 2013, regardless of the tax residence of the parties and/or where the transaction is executed. The FTT is levied at a fixed amount that varies depending on the features of the instruments and the notional value of the transaction in the range of EUR 0.01875 and EUR 200 per transaction. In the case of physical settlement, the FTT is also due upon transfer of ownership rights on the underlying Relevant Instruments. A reduced FTT (1/5 of the standard rate) is laid down for certain transactions executed on regulated markets or multilateral trading facilities of an EU Member States and of the SEE included in the list set out by the Ministerial Decree issued pursuant to Article 168-bis of TUIR.
The FTT on derivatives is due by each of the parties to the transactions. The FTT is not applied where one of the parties to the transaction is the European Union, the BCE, central banks of the EU Member States, foreign Central Banks or entities which manage the official reserves of a foreign State, or international bodies or entities set up in accordance with international agreements which have entered into force in Italy. Further specific exemptions exist, inter alia, for (i) subjects who carry on market making activities; (ii) mandatory social security entities and pension funds set up according to Legislative Decree No. 252 of 5 December 2005; and (iii) entities merely interposed in the execution of a transaction.
The FTT shall be levied, and subsequently paid, to the Italian Revenue by the subject (generally a financial intermediary) that is involved, in any way, in the execution of the transaction. If more than one subject is involved in the execution of the transaction, the FTT is payable by the subject who receives the order of execution by the purchaser of the Relevant Instruments or by the ultimate counterparty. Subjects not resident in Italy can appoint an Italian representative for the purposes of the FTT. If no other subject is involved in the execution of the transaction, the FTT must be paid by each relevant party to the transaction. The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance will lay down in a specific Decree the practical details for the application of these taxes and relevant tax reporting obligations.
Implementation in Italy of the EU Savings Directive
Italy has implemented the EU Savings Directive through Legislative Decree No. 84 of 18 April, 2005 ("Decree No. 84"). Under Decree No. 84, subject to a number of important conditions being met, in the case of interest paid to individuals which qualify as beneficial owners of the interest payment and are resident for tax purposes in another Member State, Italian qualified paying agents shall not apply the withholding tax and shall report to the Italian Tax Authorities details of the relevant payments and personal information on the individual beneficial owner. Such information is transmitted by the Italian tax authorities to the competent foreign tax authorities of the State of residence of the beneficial owner.
FINAL TERMS DATED 7 NOVEMBER 2012
BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V.
(incorporated in The Netherlands) (as Issuer)
BNP Paribas (incorporated in France) (as Guarantor)
Warrant and Certificate Programme
Up to 20,000 EUR "Bonus Cap" Securities relating to EURO STOXX 50® Index due 25 July 2014 ISIN Code: NL0010069910
BNP Paribas Arbitrage S.N.C.
(as Manager)
The Securities are offered to the public in the Republic of Italy from 7 November 2012 to 9 November 2012
The Base Prospectus referred to below (as completed by these Final Terms) has been prepared on the basis that, except as provided in sub-paragraph (ii) below, any offer of Securities in any Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a "Relevant Member State") will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive, as implemented in that Relevant Member State, from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of the Securities. Accordingly any person making or intending to make an offer of the Securities may only do so:
(i) in circumstances in which no obligation arises for the Issuer or any Manager to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive, in each case, in relation to such offer; or
(ii) in those jurisdictions mentioned in Paragraph 44 of Part A below, provided such person is one of the persons mentioned in Paragraph 44 of Part A below and that such offer is made during the Offer Period specified for such purpose therein.
Neither the Issuer nor any Manager has authorised, nor do they authorise, the making of any offer of Securities in any other circumstances.
The expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
Investors should note that if a supplement to or an updated version of the Base Prospectus referred to below is published at any time during the Offer Period (as defined below), such supplement or updated base prospectus, as the case may be, will be published and made available in accordance with the arrangements applied to the original publication of these Final Terms. Any investors who have indicated acceptances of the Offer (as defined below) prior to the date of publication of such supplement or updated version of the Base Prospectus, as the case may be, (the “Publication Date”) have the right within two working days of the Publication Date to withdraw their acceptances.
PART A – CONTRACTUAL TERMS
Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Base Prospectus dated 1 June 2012, each Supplement to the Base Prospectus published and approved on or before the date of these Final Terms (copies of which are available as described below) and any Supplement to the Base Prospectus which may have been published and approved before the issue of any additional amount of Securities (the “Supplements”) (provided that to the extent any such Supplement (i) is published and approved after the date of these Final Terms and (ii)
provide for any change to the Conditions of the Securities such changes shall have no effect with respect to the Conditions of the Securities to which these Final Terms relate) which together constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive") as amended (which includes the amendments made by Directive 2010/73/EU (the “2010 PD Amending Directive”) to the extent that such amendments have been implemented in a relevant Member State). The Base Prospectus dated 1 June 2012 and any Supplements to the Base Prospectus have been passported into Italy in compliance with Article 18 of the Prospectus Directive. This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Securities described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with such Base Prospectus as so supplemented. Full information on BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. (the "Issuer") and the offer of the Securities is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Base Prospectus. The Base Prospectus and any Supplements to the Base Prospectus are available for viewing on the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets’ (Autoriteit Financiële Markten - AFM) website xxx.xxx.xx. and copies of these documents and the Final Terms may be obtained free of charge at BNP Paribas Securities Services, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxx 0, 00000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx.
References herein to numbered Conditions are to the terms and conditions of the relevant series of Securities and words and expressions defined in such terms and conditions shall bear the same meaning in these Final Terms in so far as they relate to such series of Securities, save as where otherwise expressly provided.
These Final Terms relate to the series of Securities as set out in "Specific Provisions for each Series" below. References herein to "Securities" shall be deemed to be references to the relevant Securities that are the subject of these Final Terms and references to "Security" shall be construed accordingly.
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR EACH SERIES
Series Number | No. of Securities issued | No. of Securities | ISIN Code | Common Code | Issue Price per Security | Redemption Date |
CE1426UR | Up to 20,000 | Up to 20,000 | NL0010069910 | 085325906 | EUR 100 | 25 July 2014 |
The Redemption Date shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with the Following Business Day Convention.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The following terms apply to each series of Securities:
1. Issuer: BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V.
2. Guarantor: BNP Paribas
3. Trade Date: 9 November 2012
4. Issue Date: 14 November 2012
5. Consolidation: Not applicable.
6. Type of Securities: (a) Certificates.
(b) The Securities are Index Securities.
(c) The Securities are “Bonus Cap” EUR Securities.
Automatic Exercise applies on the Exercise Date.
The Exercise Date is 18 July 2014, or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately subsequent Business Day.
The Exercise Date will be subject to the same adjustments provided for the Redemption Valuation Date. For the purposes of Borsa Italiana, the
Exercise Date shall be deemed to be also the maturity date, i.e. the date on which the Securities expire.
The provisions of Annex 1 (Additional Terms and Conditions for Index Securities) shall apply.
7. Form of Securities: Italian Dematerialised Securities.
8. Business Day Centre(s): The applicable Business Day Centre for the purposes of the definition
of "Business Day" in Condition 1 is TARGET2.
9. Settlement: Settlement will be by way of cash payment (Cash Settled Securities).
10. Variation of Settlement:
(a) Issuer's option to vary settlement:
The Issuer does not have the option to vary settlement in respect of the Securities.
(b) Variation of Settlement of Physical Delivery Securities:
Not applicable.
11. Relevant Asset(s): Not applicable.
12. Entitlement: Not applicable.
13. Exchange Rate: Not applicable.
14. Settlement Currency: The settlement currency for the payment of the Cash Settlement
Amount is Euro (“EUR”).
15. Syndication: The Securities will be distributed on a non-syndicated basis.
16. Minimum Trading Size: The minimum trading size will be established by the Italian Stock
Exchange with the notice communicating the first day of trading.
17. Principal Security Agent: BNP Paribas Securities Services, Xxxxx Xxxxxx.
18. Registrar: Not applicable.
19. Calculation Agent: BNP Paribas Arbitrage SNC, 160-162 boulevard MacDonald, 75019
Paris, France.
20. Governing law: English law.
21. Special conditions or other modifications to the Terms and Conditions:
Minimum exercise number of Securities: The minimum number of Securities that may be exercised by the Holder is (1) one Security and in excess thereof by multiples of (1) one Security.
Trading Code of Borsa Italiana is P69910 Condition 6 (General)
The following shall be deemed to be added at the end of the first
paragraph of Condition 6 (General):
"unless such errors or omissions are due to its own wilful misconduct or gross negligence"
Condition 7 (Illegality and Force Majeure):
The following shall be deemed to be deleted from Condition 7.1 (Illegality):
"less the cost to the Issuer and/or its affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements".
The following shall be deemed to be deleted from Condition 7.2 (Force Majeure):
"less the cost to the Issuer and/or its affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements".
Condition 13 - Substitution of the Issuer or the Guarantor
Condition 13 (2) shall be deemed to be deleted and replaced by the following:
"Where the Issuer is BNPP B.V., BNPP or any previous substituted company, in its capacity as guarantor, may not be substituted by any other company".
Condition 15 - Additional Disruption Events and Optional Additional Disruption Events
The following shall be deemed to be deleted from Condition 15 (Additional Disruption Events and Optional Additional Disruption Events) (2) (c) (i):
"less the cost to the Issuer and/or its affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements (unless otherwise provided in the relevant Final Terms)".
The following shall be deemed to be deleted from Condition 15 (Additional Disruption Events and Optional Additional Disruption Events) (2) (c) (ii):
"less the cost to the Issuer and/or its affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements".
The following sentence shall be deemed to be added at the end of Condition 15 (Additional Disruption Events and Optional Additional Disruption Events) (2)
"The Calculation Agent will adjust any relevant terms of the Securities as it determines appropriate to preserve the economic equivalent of the obligations of the Issuer under the Securities".
ANNEX 1 (3)(2)
Paragraph (a) bis shall be deemed to be added between point (a) and (b):
"The Calculation Agent shall replace the Index by a new similar Index, multiplied, if needed be, by a linking coefficient allowing to ensure continuity in the evolution of the underlying of the Securities".
The following shall be deemed to be deleted from Paragraph C (i) and (ii):
"less the cost to the Issuer and/or its affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements".
The following sentence shall be deemed to be added at the end of the paragraph 1 (3) (2):
"The Calculation Agent will adjust any relevant terms of the Securities as it determines appropriate to preserve the economic equivalent of the obligations of the Issuer under the Securities".
PRODUCT SPECIFIC PROVISIONS (ALL SECURITIES)
22. Index Securities: Applicable.
(a) Index/ Basket of Indices/Index Sponsor(s):
The “Underlying Index is the EURO STOXX 50® Index (Reuters Code: .STOXX50E/ Bloomberg Code: SX5E < Index >).
Stoxx Limited or any successor thereto is the Index Sponsor. The EURO STOXX 50® Index is a Composite Index.
For the purposes of the Conditions, the Underlying Index shall be deemed an Index.
(b) Index Currency: EUR
(c) Exchange(s): As set out in Annex 1 for a Composite Index.
(d) Related Exchange(s): All Exchanges.
(e) Exchange Business Day: Single Index Basis.
(f) Scheduled Trading Day: Single Index Basis.
(g) Weighting: Not applicable.
(h) Settlement Price: The Settlement Price will be calculated on the basis of the official Closing Level as announced by the Index Sponsor.
(i) Disrupted Day: If the Redemption Valuation Date is a Disrupted Day, the Settlement Price will be calculated on the basis of the provisions contained in Index Security Condition 1.
(j) Specified Maximum Days of Disruption:
Three (3) Scheduled Trading Days.
(k) Valuation Time: The Valuation Time will be the time when the official Closing Level is announced by the Index Sponsor.
(l) Delayed Redemption on Occurrence of an Index Adjustment Event (in the case of Certificates only):
Not applicable.
(m) Index Correction Period: As per Conditions.
(n) Other terms or special conditions: Not applicable.
(o) Additional provisions applicable to Custom Indices:
Not applicable.
(p) Additional provisions applicable to Futures Price Valuation:
Not applicable.
23. Share Securities: Not applicable.
24. ETI Securities: Not applicable.
25. Debt Securities: Not applicable.
26. Commodity Securities: Not applicable.
27. Inflation Index Securities: Not applicable.
28. Currency Securities: Not applicable.
29. Fund Securities: Not applicable.
30. Market Access Securities: Not applicable.
31. Futures Securities: Not applicable.
32. Credit Securities: Not applicable.
33. Preference Share Certificates: Not applicable.
34. OET Certificates: Not applicable.
35. Additional Disruption Events: Applicable.
Hedging Disruption does not apply to the Securities.
36. Optional Additional Disruption Events: (a) The following Optional Additional Disruption Events apply to
the Securities: Not applicable.
(b) Delayed Redemption on the Occurrence of an Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event: Not applicable.
37. Knock-in Event: Not applicable.
38. Knock-out Event: Not applicable.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO WARRANTS
39. Provisions relating to Warrants: Not applicable.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTIFICATES
40. Provisions relating to Certificates: Applicable.
(a) Notional Amount of each Certificate: EUR 100
(b) Partly Paid Certificates: The Certificates are not Partly Paid Certificates.
(c) Interest: Not applicable.
(d) Fixed Rate Provisions: Not applicable.
(e) Floating Rate Provisions Not applicable.
(f) Linked Interest Certificates: Not applicable.
(g) Payment of a Premium Amount: Not applicable.
(h) Index Linked Interest/ Premium Amount Certificates:
Not applicable.
(i) Share Linked Interest/Premium Amount Certificates:
Not applicable.
(j) ETI Linked Interest/Premium Amount Certificates:
Not applicable.
(k) Debt Index Linked Interest/Premium Amount Certificates:
Not applicable.
(l) Commodity Linked Interest/Premium Amount Certificates:
Not applicable.
(m) Inflation Index Linked Interest/ Premium Amount Certificates:
Not applicable.
(n) Currency Linked Interest/Premium Amount Certificates:
Not applicable.
(o) Fund Linked Interest/Premium Amount Certificates:
Not applicable.
(p) Futures Linked Interest/Premium Amount Certificates:
Not applicable.
(q) Instalment Certificates: The Certificates are not Instalment Certificates.
(r). Issuer Call Option: Not applicable.
(s) Holder Put Option: Not applicable.
(t) Automatic Early Redemption: Not applicable.
(u) Cash Settlement Amount: 1) If on the Redemption Valuation Date, IndexFinal is greater than
the Barrier Level and strictly less than the Cap Level, each Certificate will be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date and the Holder will receive a payment of a Cash Settlement Amount in accordance with the following provisions:
N x [ MAX ( Bonus Level%;
IndexFinal )]
IndexInitial
2) Ifon the Redemption Valuation Date, IndexFinal is greater than the Barrier Level and greater than or equal to the Cap Level, each Certificate will be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date and the Holder will receive a payment of a Cash Settlement Amount in accordance with the following provisions:
N x Cap Level%
3) Ifon the Redemption Valuation Date, IndexFinal is less than or equal to the Barrier Level , each Certificate will be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date and the Holder will receive a payment of a Cash Settlement Amount in accordance with the following provisions:
N x [Min ( IndexFinal
IndexInitial
;Cap Level%)]
Where:
N is the Notional Amount of each Certificate as specified in
§40 (a);
IndexInitial is the official Closing Level of the Underlying Index on the Strike Date);
IndexFinal is the official Closing Level of the Underlying Index on the Redemption Valuation Date; | ||
Cap Level% =109%; | ||
Cap Level =109% x IndexInitial | ||
Bonus Level% =109%; | ||
Bonus Level=109% x IndexInitial | ||
Barrier Level is 72% x IndexInitial | ||
Pursuant the Rules of the markets organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., each Holder may notify the Issuer that it renounces its right to payment of any such Cash Settlement Amount, by delivery to the Agent not later than the Renouncement Notice Cut-off Time (as defined in § 40(v)) of a notice (the "Renouncement Notice", substantially in the form of Part B in these Final terms). | ||
Copies of the Renouncement Notice may be obtained during normal business hours from the specified office of any Certificate Agent. | ||
If no Renouncement Notice is received before the Renouncement Notice Cut-off Time (as defined in § 40(v)), the Cash Settlement Amount shall be paid automatically by the Issuer on the Redemption Date. | ||
No Renouncement Notice may be withdrawn after receipt thereof | ||
by the Agent. After delivery of a Renouncement Notice, the | ||
relevant Holder may not transfer the Certificates which are the | ||
subject of such Renouncement Notice. | ||
(v) | Renouncement Notice Cut-off Time | 5.00 p.m. (Milan Time) on the Scheduled Trading Day following |
the Exercise Date. | ||
(w) | Strike Date: | 9 November 2012 |
(x) | Redemption Valuation Date: | The Exercise Date. |
(y) | Averaging: | Averaging does not apply to the Securities. |
(z) | Observation Dates: | Not applicable. |
(aa) | Observation Period: | Not applicable. |
(bb) | Settlement Business Day: | Not applicable. |
(cc) | Cut-off Date: | Not applicable. |
DISTRIBUTION AND US SALES ELIGIBILITY (ALL SECURITIES)
41. Selling Restrictions: As described in the Base Prospectus.
(a) Eligibility for sale of Securities in the United States to AIs:
The Securities are not eligible for sale in the United States to AIs.
(b) Eligibility for sale of Securities in The Securities are not eligible for sale in the United States under
the United States to QIBs within the meaning of Rule 144A:
Rule 144A to QIBs.
(c) Eligibility for sale of Securities in the United States to QIBs within the meaning of Rule 144A who are also QPs within the meaning of the Investment Company Act:
The Securities are not eligible for sale in the United States to persons who are QIBs and QPs.
42. Additional U.S. Federal income tax consequences:
Not applicable.
43. Registered broker/dealer: Not applicable.
44. Non exempt Offer: An offer of the Securities may be made by Banco Santander Private Banking (the "Distributor", and, together with any other entity appointed for the placement of the Securities during the Offer Period, the "Distributors") other than pursuant to Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive in the Republic of Italy (the "Public Offer Jurisdiction") during the period from 7 November 2012 until 9 November 2012 during the hours in which the banks are open for business in the Republic of Italy (the "Offer Period").
PROVISIONS RELATING TO COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
45. Collateral Security Conditions: Not applicable.
Purposes of Final Terms
These Final Terms comprise the final terms required for issue, public offering in the Public Offer Jurisdiction and admission to trading on the electronic “Securitised Derivatives Market” (the “SeDeX”) of the Italian Stock Exchange of the Certificates described herein pursuant to the BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. Warrant and Certificate Programme.
Responsibility
The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuer (who has taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained herein is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. The information included in Part B (the "Other Information") consists of extracts from or summaries of information that is publicly available in respect of the Index. The Issuer confirms that such information has been accurately reproduced and that, so far as it is aware and is able to ascertain from information published by the Index Sponsor, no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced inaccurate or misleading.
Signed on behalf of BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V.
As Issuer:
By Xxxx authorised
PART B – OTHER INFORMATION
1. Listing and Admission to trading:
Application will be made to list the Securities on the Italian Stock Exchange and to admit the Securities described herein for trading on the electronic "Securitised Derivatives Market" (the “SeDeX”), organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A.
2. Ratings
The Securities to be issued have not been rated.
The rating of the Guarantor is A2 from Moody's and A+ from Standard and Poor's.
As defined by Moody's, an "A" rating means that the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantor under the Programme are judged to be upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk. Moody's appends numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 to each generic rating classification from Aaa through Caa. The modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking.
As defined by Standard & Poor's, an obligation rated 'A' is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the relevant Issuer and Guarantor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong. The addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign shows relative standing within the major rating category"
Moody's and Standard & Poor's are established in the European Union and are registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended).
3. Risk Factors
As described in the Base Prospectus.
4. Interests of Natural and Legal Persons Involved in the Offer
Investors shall also be aware of the fact that the Distributor will receive from the Issuer placement fees implicit in the Issue Price of the Securities equal to a maximum annual amount of 1.20% of the Issue Amount. All placement fees will be paid out upfront.
Save as described above and discussed in "Risk Factors" in the Base Prospectus, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Securities has an interest material to the offer.
5. Reasons for the Offer, Estimated Net Proceeds and Total Expenses
Reasons for the offer: The net proceeds from the issue of Securities will become part of the general funds of the Issuer. Such proceeds may be used to maintain positions in options or futures contracts or other hedging instruments.
Estimated net proceeds: Up to EUR 2,000,000
For the avoidance of doubt, the estimated net proceeds reflect the proceeds to be received by the Issuer on the Issue Date. They are not a reflection of the fees payable to the Distributor.
Estimated total expenses: EUR 3,000 corresponding to the minimum listing fees known to the Issuer as the Issue Date.
6. Performance of Underlying/Formula/Other Variable, Explanation of Effect on Value of Investment and Associated Risks and Other Information concerning the Underlying
The “Bonus Cap” Certificate is an exercisable Certificate which return is linked to the performance of the Underlying Index and features a Bonus Level. The formula for calculating the Cash Settlement Amount is described in § 40 (u). The structure also features a Cap Level and is not capital protected. The return on such Certificate may well be inferior to the return on a direct investment on the Underlying Index.
During the secondary market period, the price of the Certificate will depend upon market conditions and may be subject to significant fluctuations. Over the investment time period, the yield of the Certificate may well be inferior to the yield of a market neutral-risk investment.
7. Operational Information
Relevant Clearing System(s): Monte Titoli.
8. Terms and Conditions of the Public Offer
Offer Period: From 7 November 2012 to 9 November 2012
Offer Price: The Issue Price (of which a maximum annual amount of 1.20% is represented by commissions payable to the
Distributor).
Conditions to which the offer is subject: The Offer of the Securities is conditional on their issue.
The Issuer reserves the right to withdraw the offer and cancel the issuance of the Securities for any reason, in accordance with the Distributor(s) at any time on or prior to the Issue Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if any application has been made by a potential investor and the Issuer exercises such a right, each such potential investor shall not be entitled to subscribe or otherwise acquire the Securities.
Description of the application process: From 7 November 2012 to, and including, 9 November 2012,
or such earlier date as the Issuer determines as notified on or around such earlier date by loading the following link xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx (the Offer End Date).
Application to subscribe for the Securities can be made in Italy through the Distributor. The distribution activity will be carried out in accordance with the Distributor's usual procedures.
Details of the minimum and/or maximum amount of application:
Description of possibility to reduce subscriptions and manner for refunding excess amount paid by applicants: Details of the method and time limits for paying up and delivering the Securities:
Manner in and date on which results of the offer are to be made public:
Procedure for exercise of any right of pre-emption, negotiability of subscription rights and treatment of subscription rights not exercised:
Categories of potential investors to which the Securities are offered:
Prospective investors will not be required to enter into any contractual arrangements directly with the Issuer in relation to the subscription for the Securities.
Minimum subscription amount per investor: EUR 100.
Maximum subscription amount per investor: 20,000 * Notional Amount.
The maximum amount of application of Securities will be subject only to availability at the time of the application.
There are no pre-identified allotment criteria. The Distributor will adopt allotment criteria that ensure equal treatment of prospective investors. All of the Securities requested through the Distributor during the Offer Period will be assigned up to the maximum amount of the Offer.
In the event that during the Offer Period the requests exceed the total amount of the offer destined to prospective investors the Issuer, in accordance with the Distributor(s), will proceed to early terminate the Offer Period and will immediately suspend the acceptance of further requests.
Not applicable.
The Securities will be issued on the Issue Date against payment to the Issuer by the Distributor of the gross subscription moneys.
The Securities are cleared through the clearing systems and are due to be delivered through the Distributors on or around the Issue Date.
Publication by loading the following link (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx) in each case on or around the Issue Date.
Not applicable.
Offers may be made through the Distributor in the Republic of Italy to any person. Qualified investors may be assigned only those Securities remaining after the allocation of all the Securities requested by the public in the Republic of Italy
during the Offer Period. Offers (if any) in other EEA countries will only be made by the Distributor pursuant to an exemption from the obligation under the Prospectus Directive as implemented in such countries to publish a prospectus.
Process for notification to applicants of the amount allotted and indication whether dealing may begin before notification is made:
Amount of any expenses and taxes specifically charges to the subscriber or purchaser:
Any investor not located in the Republic of Italy should contact its financial advisor for more information, and may only
purchase the Securities from its financial advisor, bank or financial intermediary.
Each investor will be notified by the Distributors of its
allocation of Securities after the end of the Offer Period.
No dealings in the Securities may take place prior to the Issue Date.
The Issuer is not aware of any expenses and taxes specifically charged to the subscriber.
For the Offer Price which includes the commissions payable to the Distributors see above "Offer Price".
For details of the tax regime applicable to subscribers in the Republic of Italy, see Schedule 1 hereto.
9. Placing and Underwriting
Name(s) and address(es), to the extent known to the issuer, of the places in the various countries where the offer takes place:
Name and address of the co-ordinator(s) of the global
Not applicable.
offer and of single parts of the offer: Not applicable. Name and address of any paying agents and depository
agents in each country (in addition to the Principal Paying Agent):
Entities agreeing to underwrite the issue on a firm commitment basis, and entities agreeing to place the issue without a firm commitment or under "best efforts" arrangements:
BNP Paribas Securities Services, Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxx 0, 00000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx.
The placement activity will be carried out by:
Banco Santander Private Banking
Xxx Xxxxxx 00
00000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
(the Distributor)
The Issuer reserves the right to appoint other distributors during the offering period, which will be communicated to investors by means of a notice published on the website xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
(together with the Distributor, the Distributors).
No underwriting commitment is undertaken by the Distributor.
When the underwriting agreement has been or will be
reached: Not applicable.
10. Yield
Not applicable.
11. Historic Interest Rates
Not applicable.
12. Renouncement Notice
RENOUNCEMENT NOTICE
(to be completed by the Holder of the Security)
BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V.
Up to 20,000 EUR "Bonus Cap" Securities relating to EURO STOXX 50® Index due 25 July 2014 ISIN Code: NL0010069910
(the Securities)
To: BNP Paribas Securities Services, Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxx 0, 00000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
Fax No: (00) 00 00000 000
We/I the undersigned Holder(s) of the Securities
hereby communicate that we are renouncing the automatic exercise on the Exercise Date of the rights granted by the Securities in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the Securities, as amended and/or supplemented by the applicable Final Terms (the Security Terms).
Series No. of the Securities:
Number of Securities the subject of this notice:
The undersigned understands that if this Renouncement Notice is not completed and delivered as provided in the Security Terms or is determined to be incomplete or not in proper form (in the determination of the Italian Security Agent), it will be treated as null and void.
If this Renouncement Notice is subsequently corrected to the satisfaction of the Italian Security Agent, it will be deemed to be a new Renouncement Notice submitted at the time such correction was delivered to the Italian Security Agent.
Expressions defined in the Security Terms shall bear the same meanings in this Renouncement Notice. Place and date:
Signature of the Holder
Name of beneficial owner of the Securities
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
ITALIAN TAXATION
The following is a summary of current Italian law and practice relating to the taxation of the Securities, as defined in the Warrant and Certificate Programme. The statements herein regarding taxation are based on the laws in force in Italy as at the date of the Final Terms and are subject to any changes in law occurring after such date, which changes could be made on a retroactive basis. The following summary does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all the tax considerations which may be relevant to a decision to subscribe for, purchase, own or dispose of the Securities and does not purport to deal with the tax consequences applicable to all categories of investors, some of which (such as dealers in securities or commodities) may be subject to special rules.
Prospective investors are advised to consult their own tax advisers concerning the overall tax consequences of their interest in the Securities.
Italian taxation of Securities
Warrants, Certificates and other securitised derivatives are subject to Article 67 of Presidential Decree No. 917 of 22 December 1986 (the "TUIR") and Legislative Decree No. 461 of 21 November 1997 (the "Decree No. 461"), as subsequently amended, where the Italian resident Securityholder is (i) an individual not engaged in an entrepreneurial activity to which the Securities are connected, (ii) a non-commercial partnership pursuant to article 5 of TUIR (with the exception of general partnership, limited partnership and similar entities), (iii) a non-commercial private or public institution, or (iv) an investor exempt from Italian corporate income taxation, capital gains realised under the sale or the exercise of the Securities are subject to a 20 per cent. substitute tax (imposta sostitutiva). The recipient may opt for three different taxation criteria:
Under the tax declaration regime (regime della dichiarazione), which is the default regime for taxation of capital gains realised by Italian resident individuals not engaged in an entrepreneurial activity to which the Securities are connected, the imposta sostitutiva on capital gains will be chargeable, on a cumulative basis, on all capital gains, net of any offsettable capital loss, realised by the Italian resident individual holding the Securities not in connection with an entrepreneurial activity pursuant to all sales or redemptions of the Securities carried out during any given tax year. Italian resident individuals holding the Securities not in connection with an entrepreneurial activity must indicate the overall capital gains realised in any tax year, net of any relevant incurred capital loss, in the annual tax return and pay imposta sostitutiva on such gains together with any balance income tax due for such year. Capital losses in excess of capital gains may be carried forward against capital gains realised in any of the four succeeding tax years. Capital losses realised before 1 January 2012 may be carried forward to be offset against subsequent capital gains of the same nature for an overall amount of 62.5 per cent. of the relevant capital losses.
As an alternative to the tax declaration regime, Italian resident individuals holding the Securities not in connection with an entrepreneurial activity may elect to pay the imposta sostitutiva separately on capital gains realised on each sale or redemption of the Securities (the "risparmio amministrato" regime provided for by article 6 of Decree No. 461). Such separate taxation of capital gains is allowed subject to: (i) the Securities being deposited with Italian banks, SIMs or certain authorised financial intermediaries; and (ii) an express valid election for the risparmio amministrato regime being timely made in writing by the relevant Securityholder. The depository is responsible for accounting for imposta sostitutiva in respect of capital gains realised on each sale or redemption of the Securities (as well as in respect of capital gains realised upon the revocation of its mandate), net of any incurred capital loss, and is required to pay the relevant amount to the Italian tax authorities on behalf of the taxpayer, deducting a corresponding amount from the proceeds to be credited to the Securityholder or using funds provided by the Securityholder for this purpose. Under the risparmio amministrato regime, where a sale or redemption of the Securities results in a capital loss, such loss may be deducted from capital gains subsequently realised, within the same securities management, in the same tax year or in the following tax years up to the fourth. Under the risparmio amministrato regime, the Securityholder is not required to declare the capital
gains in the annual tax return. Capital losses realised before 1 January 2012 may be carried forward to be offset against subsequent capital gains of the same nature for an overall amount of 62.5 per cent. of the relevant capital losses.
Any capital gains realised or accrued by Italian resident individuals holding the Securities not in connection with an entrepreneurial activity who have entrusted the management of their financial assets, including the Securities, to an authorised intermediary and have validly opted for the so-called "risparmio gestito" regime (regime provided for by article 7 of Decree No. 461) will be included in the computation of the annual increase in value of the managed assets accrued, even if not realised, at year end, subject to a 20 per cent. substitute tax substitutive tax, to be paid by the managing authorised intermediary. Under this risparmio gestito regime, any depreciation of the managed assets accrued at year end may be carried forward against increase in value of the managed assets accrued in any of the four succeeding tax years. Under the risparmio gestito regime, the Securityholder is not required to declare the capital gains realised in the annual tax return. Depreciation of the management assets accrued before 1 January 2012 may be carried forward to be offset against subsequent increase in value for an overall amount of 62.5 per cent. of the relevant depreciation.
Where an Italian resident Securityholder is a company or similar commercial entity, or the Italian permanent establishment of a foreign commercial entity to which the Securities are effectively connected, capital gains arising from the Securities will not be subject to imposta sostitutiva, but must be included in the relevant Securityholder's income tax return and are therefore subject to Italian corporate tax and, in certain circumstances, depending on the status of the Securityholder, also as a part of the net value of production for Italian regional tax on productive activities (IRAP) purposes.
Any capital gains realised by a investor which is an open-ended or close-ended investment fund (subject to the tax regime provided by Law No. 77 of 23 March 1983, the "Fund") or a SICAV will be included in the result of the relevant portfolio accrued and will not be subject neither to substitutive tax nor to any other income tax in the hands of the Fund or the SICAV.
Any capital gains realised by a Securityholder which is an Italian pension fund (subject to the regime provided by article 17 of the Legislative Decree No. 252 of 5 December 2005) will be included in the result of the relevant portfolio accrued at the end of the tax period, to be subject to the 11 per cent. ad hoc substitute tax.
Capital gains realised by non-Italian resident Securityholders are not subject to Italian taxation, provided that the Securities (i) are transferred on regulated markets, or (ii) if not transferred on regulated markets, are held outside of Italy.
The provisions of the applicable tax treaties against double taxation entered into by Italy apply if more favourable and all the relevant conditions are met.
Atypical securities
Securities that cannot be qualified as securitised derivatives under Article 67 of TUIR and, under a different interpretation of current tax law, Certificates could be considered as 'atypical' securities pursuant to Article 8 of Law Decree No. 512 of 30 September 1983 as implemented by Law No. 649 of 25 November 1983. In this event, payments relating to Securities may be subject to an Italian withholding tax, levied at the rate of 20 per cent.
The withholding tax mentioned above does not apply to payments made to a non-Italian resident holder of the Securities and to an Italian resident holder of the Securities which is (i) a company or similar commercial entity (including the Italian permanent establishment of foreign entities), (ii) a commercial partnership, or (iii) a commercial private or public institution.
The withholding is levied by the Italian intermediary appointed by the Issuer, intervening in the collection of the relevant income or in the negotiation or repurchasing of the Securities.
Payments made by a non-resident Guarantor
With respect to payments made to Italian resident Securityholders by a non-Italian resident Guarantor, in accordance with one interpretation of Italian tax law, any such payment made by the Italian non-resident Guarantor could be treated, in certain circumstances, as a payment made by the relevant Issuer and would thus be subject to the tax regime described in the previous paragraphs of this section.
Inheritance and gift taxes
Pursuant to Law Decree No. 262 of 3 October 2006, ("Decree No. 262"), converted into Law No. 286 of 24 November, 2006, the transfers of any valuable asset (including shares, bonds or other securities) as a result of death or donation are taxed as follows:
transfers in favour of spouses and direct descendants or direct ancestors are subject to an inheritance and gift tax applied at a rate of 4 per cent. on the value of the inheritance or the gift exceeding EUR1,000,000;
transfers in favour of relatives to the fourth degree or relatives-in-law to the third degree, are subject to an inheritance and gift tax applied at a rate of 6 per cent. on the entire value of the inheritance or the gift. Transfers in favour of brothers/sisters are subject to the 6 per cent. inheritance and gift tax on the value of the inheritance or the gift exceeding EUR 100,000; and
any other transfer is, in principle, subject to an inheritance and gift tax applied at a rate of 8 per cent. on the entire value of the inheritance or the gift.
Stamp duty
Pursuant to Article 19(1) of Decree No. 201 of 6 December 2011 ("Decree 201"), a proportional stamp duty applies on an annual basis to the periodic reporting communications sent by financial intermediaries to their clients for the securities deposited therewith. The stamp duty applies at a rate of 0.1 per cent. for year 2012 and at 0.15 per cent. for subsequent years; this stamp duty is determined on the basis of the market value or – if no market value figure is available – the nominal value or redemption amount of the securities held. The stamp duty can be no lower than € 34.20 and, for the year 2012 only, it cannot exceed € 1,200.
Under a preliminary interpretation of the law, it may be understood that the stamp duty applies both to Italian resident and non-Italian resident Noteholders, to the extent that the Notes are held with an Italian-based financial intermediary.
Wealth Tax on securities deposited abroad
Pursuant to Article 19(18) of Decree 201, Italian resident individuals holding the securities outside the Italian territory are required to pay an additional tax at a rate of 0.1 per cent. for 2011 and 2012, and at 0.15 per cent. for subsequent years.
This tax is calculated on the market value of the securities at the end of the relevant year or – if no market value figure is available – the nominal value or the redemption value of such financial assets held outside the Italian territory. Taxpayers are entitled to an Italian tax credit equivalent to the amount of wealth taxes paid in the State where the financial assets are held (up to an amount equal to the Italian wealth tax due).
Implementation in Italy of the EU Savings Directive
Italy has implemented the EU Savings Directive through Legislative Decree No. 84 of 18 April, 2005 ("Decree No. 84"). Under Decree No. 84, subject to a number of important conditions being met, in the case of interest paid to individuals which qualify as beneficial owners of the interest payment and are resident for tax purposes in another Member State, Italian qualified paying agents shall not apply the withholding tax and shall report to the Italian Tax Authorities details of the relevant payments and personal information on the individual beneficial owner. Such information is transmitted by the Italian tax authorities to the competent foreign tax authorities of the State of residence of the beneficial owner.
Neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor shall have any liability for any act or failure to act by an Index Sponsor in connection with the calculation, adjustment or maintenance of an Index. Except as disclosed prior to the Issue Date, neither the Issuer, the Guarantor nor their affiliates has any affiliation with or control over an Index or Index Sponsor or any control over the computation, composition or dissemination of an Index. Although the Calculation Agent will obtain information concerning an Index from publicly available sources it believes reliable, it will not independently verify this information. Accordingly, no representation, warranty or undertaking (express or implied) is made and no responsibility is accepted by the Issuer, the Guarantor, their affiliates or the Calculation Agent as to the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of information concerning an Index.
EURO STOXX 50® Index
STOXX and its licensors (the "Licensors") have no relationship to BNP PARIBAS, other than the licensing of Eurostoxx 50SM and the related trademarks for use in connection with the certificates.
STOXX and its licensors do not sponsor, endorse, sell or promote the certificates; do not recommend that any person invest in the certificates or any other securities.; do not have any responsibility or liability for or make any decisions about the timing, amount or pricing of certificates.; do not have any responsibility or liability for the administration, management or marketing of the certificates.; do not consider the needs of the certificates or the owners of the certificates in determining, composing or calculating the Eurostoxx Banks or have any obligation to do so.
STOXX and its licensors will not have any liability in connection with the certificates. Specifically, STOXX and its licensors do not make any warranty, express or implied and disclaim any and all warranty about: the results to be obtained by the certificates, the owner of the certificates or any other person in connection with the use of the Eurostoxx Banks and the data included in the Eurostoxx Banks; the accuracy or completeness of the Eurostoxx Banks and its data; te merchantability and the fitness for a particular purpose or use of the Eurostoxx Banks and its data; STOXX and its licensors will have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions in the Eurostoxx Banks or its data; Under no circumstances will STOXX or its licensors be liable for any lost profits or indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages or losses, even if STOXX or its licensors knows that they might occur.
The licensing agreement between BNP PARIBAS and STOXX is solely for their benefit and not for the benefit of the owners of the certificates or any other third parties.
NOTICE TO THE HOLDERS
Up to 20,000 EUR "Bonus Cap" Securities relating to EURO STOXX 50® Index due 25 July 2014 ISIN Code: NL0010069910
This Notice is dated 14 November 2012 and should be read in conjunction with the Final Terms dated 7 November 2012 in respect of the Securities. Any information not updated or amended herein should be regarded as unchanged.
Further to the public offer in Italy by BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. (the Issuer) of Up to 20,000 EUR "Bonus Cap" Securities relating to EURO STOXX 50® Index due 25 July 2014, referred to here above, the total number of Securities to be issued is 20,000 Securities (i.e. EUR 2,000,000) at an issue price of EUR 100 per Security. The Issue Date of the Securities is 14 November 2012.
The Holders are informed that on page 8-9 of the Final Terms in § 40 (u) Cash Settlement Amount it should be noted that:
- IndexInitial is the official Closing Level of the Index on the Strike Date (i.e. 2,479.8200);
- Cap Level% is 109% x IndexInitial (i.e. 2,703.0038)
- Knock-out Level is 72% x IndexInitial (i.e. 1,785.4704).
Copies of such Notice may be downloaded on the following website: xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Application will be made as soon as possible to list the Securities on the Italian Stock Exchange and to admit the Securities for trading described herein on the electronic “Securitised Derivatives Market” (the “SeDeX”) (a regulated market for the purposes of the Markets in financial instruments Directive 2004/39/ CE, the “Regulated Market”) organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SECURITIES
The following is the text of the Terms and Conditions of the Securities which will include the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 1 in the case of Index Securities, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 2 in the case of Share Securities, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 3 in the case of ETI Securities, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 4 in the case of Debt Securities, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 5 in the case of Commodity Securities, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 6 in the case of Inflation Index Securities, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 7 in the case of Currency Securities, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 8 in the case of Fund Securities, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 9 in the case of Market Access Securities, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 10 in the case of Futures Securities, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 11 in the case of Credit Securities, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 12 in the case of Secured Securities, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 13 in the case of Preference Share Certificates, the additional terms and conditions contained in Annex 14 in the case of OET Certificates or any other Annex (each, an "Annex" and, together the "Annexes") which may be added from time to time, in the case of any other security linked to any other underlying reference (the "Terms and Conditions") which, in the case of English Law Securities (as defined in Condition 1 below), will be incorporated by reference into each Clearing System Global Security, Private Placement Definitive Security or Registered Global Security (each as defined below), or in the case of Italian Dematerialised Securities (as defined below) will apply to such Securities. The applicable Final Terms in relation to any issue of Securities may specify other terms and conditions which shall, to the extent so specified or to the extent inconsistent with the Terms and Conditions, replace or modify the Terms and Conditions for the purpose of such Securities. In the case of English Law Securities (other than Swedish Dematerialised Securities, Finnish Dematerialised Securities, Italian Dematerialised Securities or Swiss Dematerialised Securities), the applicable Final Terms (or the relevant provisions thereof) will be attached to each Clearing System Global Security, Private Placement Definitive Security or Registered Global Security, as the case may be. In the case of Swedish Dematerialised Securities, Finnish Dematerialised Securities, Italian Dematerialised Securities and Swiss Dematerialised Securities, the applicable Final Terms in respect of such Securities will be available at the specified office of the relevant Issuer and at the office of the Swedish Security Agent, Finnish Security Agent, Italian Security Agent or Swiss Security Agent, as applicable, in each case specified in the applicable Final Terms. The provisions in respect of Registered Securities and U.S. Securities (each as defined below) relate to English Law Securities only.
The series of Securities described in the applicable Final Terms (in so far as it relates to such series of Securities) (such Securities being hereinafter referred to as the "Securities") are issued by whichever of BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. ("BNPP B.V.") or BNP Paribas ("BNPP") is specified as the Issuer in the applicable Final Terms (the "Issuer") and references to the Issuer shall be construed accordingly. Securities will be either warrants ("Warrants") or certificates ("Certificates"), as specified in the applicable Final Terms, and references in these Terms and Conditions to "Security", "Securities", "Warrant", "Warrants", "Certificate" and "Certificates" will be construed accordingly.
The Securities are issued pursuant to an Agency Agreement dated 1 June 2012 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the "Agency Agreement") between BNPP B.V. as issuer, BNPP as issuer and (where the Issuer is BNPP B.V.) as guarantor (in such capacity, the "Guarantor"), BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A. in Amsterdam as agent (if specified in the applicable Final Terms as Agent in respect of the Securities, the "Amsterdam Security Agent"), BNP Paribas Securities Services, Branch in Spain as agent (if specified in the applicable Final Terms as Agent in respect of the Securities, the "Madrid Security Agent"), BNP Paribas Securities Services, Luxembourg Branch as agent (if specified in the applicable Final Terms as
Agent in respect of the Securities, the "Principal Security Agent"), BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A. as agent (if specified in the applicable Final Terms as Agent in respect of the Securities, the "French Security Agent"), BNP Paribas Arbitrage S.N.C. as agent (if specified in the applicable Final Terms as Agent in respect of the Securities, the "Principal Security Agent"), The Bank of New York Mellon as New York security agent (the "New York Security Agent"), The Bank of New York Mellon as definitive security agent (the "Definitive Security Agent"), BNP Paribas Securities Services, Xxxxx Xxxxxx as Italian security agent (the "Italian Security Agent") (each a "Security Agent" and collectively, the "Security Agents"), BNP Paribas Securities Services, Luxembourg Branch, BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A., Frankfurt Branch, BNP Paribas Securities Services, Succursale de Zurich, and BNP Paribas Securities (Japan) Limited as registrar (if specified in the applicable Final Terms as Registrar in respect of the Registered Securities, the "Registrar"), as supplemented in the case of Swedish Dematerialised Securities by an issuing and paying agency agreement dated 4 January 2010 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the "Swedish Agency Agreement") between BNPP B.V. and Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) as Euroclear Sweden security agent (the "Swedish Security Agent") and as supplemented in the case of Finnish Dematerialised Securities by an issuing and paying agency agreement to be executed (and which may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the "Finnish Agency Agreement") between BNPP B.V., BNPP and the Euroclear Finland security agent specified in the applicable Final Terms, which shall be such account operator specifically authorised by Euroclear Finland and appointed by the relevant Issuer as an issuing and paying agent (the "Finnish Security Agent")]. The expression "Security Agent" shall include (i) in respect of Swedish Dematerialised Securities, the Swedish Security Agent and (ii) in respect of Finnish Dematerialised Securities, the Finnish Security Agent, and shall include any additional or successor security agent(s) in respect of the Securities.
BNP Paribas or BNP Paribas Arbitrage S.N.C. (as specified in the applicable Final Terms) shall undertake the duties of calculation agent (the "Calculation Agent") in respect of the Securities as set out below and in the applicable Final Terms unless another entity is so specified as calculation agent in the applicable Final Terms. The expression "Calculation Agent" shall, in relation to the relevant Securities, include such other specified calculation agent.
The Agency Agreement will be governed by English Law in the case of English Law Securities (the "English Law Agency Agreement") and by French Law in the case of French Law Securities (the "French Law Agency Agreement"). The Swedish Agency Agreement will be governed by Swedish Law.
The applicable Final Terms for the Securities supplements these Terms and Conditions and may specify other terms and conditions which shall, to the extent so specified or to the extent inconsistent with these Terms and Conditions, supplement, replace or modify these Terms and Conditions for the purposes of the Securities. Except in the case of French Law Securities, Swedish Dematerialised Securities, Finnish Dematerialised Securities, Italian Dematerialised Securities or Swiss Dematerialised Securities, the applicable Final Terms for the Securities will be attached to each Global Security, each Private Placement Definitive Security and any Registered Certificates in definitive form.
References herein to the "applicable Final Terms" are to the Final Terms or two or more sets of Final Terms (in the case of any further Securities issued pursuant to Condition 12 and forming a single series with the Securities) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be issued in respect of more than one series of Securities) insofar as they relate to the Securities.
Subject as provided in Condition 4 and in the relevant Guarantee (as defined in Condition 1), where the Issuer is BNPP B.V., the obligations of BNPP B.V. with respect to physical delivery (if applicable) and/or the payment of amounts payable by BNPP B.V. are guaranteed by BNPP pursuant to the Guarantee. The original of each Guarantee is held by BNP Paribas Securities Services, Luxembourg Branch on behalf of the Holders at its specified office.
Copies of the Agency Agreement, the Guarantees and the applicable Final Terms may be obtained from the specified office of the relevant Security Agent and the Registrar (in the case of Registered Securities), save that if the Securities are unlisted, the applicable Final Terms will only be obtainable by a Holder and such Holder must produce evidence satisfactory to the relevant Security Agent as to identity. Copies of the Swedish Agency Agreement and the English Law Guarantee will be available for inspection at the office of the Swedish Security Agent specified in the applicable Final Terms. Copies of the Finnish Agency Agreement and the English Law Guarantee will be available for inspection at the office of the Finnish Security Agent specified in the applicable Final Terms.
Words and expressions defined in the Agency Agreement or used in the applicable Final Terms shall have the same meanings where used in these Terms and Conditions unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise stated.
The Holders are entitled to the benefit of and are deemed to have notice of and are bound by all the provisions of the Agency Agreement (insofar as they relate to the Securities) and the applicable Final Terms, which are binding on them.
1. DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, the following general definitions will apply: "Account Holder" is as defined in Condition 2.2;
"Accrual Period" is as defined in Condition 32(c); "Actual/Actual (ICMA)" is as defined in Condition 32(c);
"Actual Exercise Date" is as defined in Condition 20 and Condition 24.1(a); "Additional Disruption Event" is as defined in Condition 15.1; "Adjustment Date" is as defined in Condition 17(b);
"AFB Agreement" is as defined in Condition 32(b)(iv); "AFB Rate" is as defined in Condition 32(b);
"Affected Item" is as defined in this Condition 1 under the definition of Strike Date and in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Affected Relevant Assets" is as defined in Condition 15.1; "Affected Share" is as defined in Condition 15.2(e);
"Affiliate" means in relation to any entity (the "First Entity"), any entity controlled, directly or indirectly, by the First Entity, any entity that controls, directly or indirectly, the First Entity or any entity directly or indirectly under common control with the First Entity. For these purposes "control" means ownership of a majority of the voting power of an entity;
"Agency Agreement" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions;
"AIs" is as defined in Condition 21 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 29 (in the case of Certificates);
"Alternate Cash Amount" is as defined in Condition 5.4;
"American Style Warrants" is as defined in Condition 22; "Amsterdam Business Day" is as defined in Condition 32(b)(viii);
"Amsterdam Security Agent" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions; "Annex" is as defined in paragraph 1 of these Terms and Conditions;
"Asset Transfer Notice" is as defined in Condition 35.2(a);
"Automatic Early Redemption Amount" is as defined in Condition 34.9(b); "Automatic Early Redemption Event" is as defined in Condition 34.9(a) and 34.9(b); "Automatic Early Redemption Date" is as defined in Condition 34.9(b);
"Automatic Early Redemption Level" is as defined in Condition 34.9(b); "Automatic Early Redemption Rate" is as defined in Condition 34.9(b); "Automatic Early Redemption Valuation Date" is as defined in Condition 34.9(b); "Automatic Exercise" is as defined in Condition 22;
"Averaging" is as defined in Condition 22 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 30 (in the case of Certificates);
"Averaging Date" is as defined in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Basket Company" is as defined in Condition 15.2(e); "Basket Price" is as defined in Condition 34.9(b);
"Basket of Underlying References" is as defined in Condition 34.9(b); "BNPP" is as defined in paragraph 2 of these Terms and Conditions; "BNPP B.V." is as defined in paragraph 2 of these Terms and Conditions;
"Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in the relevant Business Day Centre(s) and for the purposes of making payments in euro, any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) System is open (a "TARGET2 Settlement Day") and (a) where the Securities are Clearing System Securities, Registered Certificates or Italian Dematerialised Securities, a day on which the relevant Clearing System is open for business, (b) where the Securities are Private Placement Definitive Securities, a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial banks are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in New York, (c) where the Securities are Registered Warrants, a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial banks are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in Tokyo, (d) where the Securities are Swedish Dematerialised Securities, a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial banks are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in Stockholm or (e) where the Securities are Finnish Dematerialised Securities, a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial banks are
open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in Helsinki and on which Euroclear Finland and the relevant system in which the Finnish Dematerialised Securities are registered are open for business in accordance with the rules of Euroclear Finland;
"Calculated Additional Disruption Amount" is as defined in Condition 15.2(c)(ii);
"Calculated Additional Disruption Amount Determination Date" is as defined in Condition 15.2(c)(ii);
"Calculation Agent" is as defined in paragraph 4 of these Terms and Conditions and Condition 32(b); "Call Warrants" is as defined in Condition 22;
"Cancellation Event" is as defined in Condition 15.1; "Cash Settled Certificates" is as defined in Condition 30;
"Cash Settled Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, Cash Settled Warrants and
(b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, Cash Settled Certificates; "Cash Settled Warrants" is as defined in Condition 22;
"Cash Settlement Amount" is as defined in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Certificates" is as defined in paragraph 2 of these Terms and Conditions; "Change in Law" is as defined in Condition 15.1;
"Chinese QFII" means an entity outside the People's Republic of China which meets the requirements of the Measures and is approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission to invest in Chinese securities markets and has obtained the quota from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange ("Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors") where "Measures" means the Measures on the Administration of Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors Investing in Domestic Securities;
"Clearing System" means Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or Euroclear and/or Euroclear France and/or Euroclear Netherlands and/or Euroclear Sweden and/or Euroclear Finland and/or DTC and/or Iberclear and/or Monte Titoli and/or any additional or alternative clearing system approved by the Issuer and the relevant Security Agent(s) from time to time and specified in the applicable Final Terms;
"Clearing System Certificates" is as defined in Condition 29; "Clearing System Global Certificate" is as defined in Condition 29;
"Clearing System Global Security" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, the Clearing System Global Warrant representing such Warrants and (b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, the Clearing System Global Certificate representing such Certificates;
"Clearing System Global Warrant" is as defined in Condition 21;
"Clearing System Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, Clearing System Warrants and (b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, Clearing System Certificates;
"Clearing System Warrants" is as defined in Condition 21;
"Clearstream, Luxembourg" is as defined in Condition 21 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 29 (in the case of Certificates);
"Commodity OET Certificate" means a Commodity Security that is an OET Certificate; "Commodity Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.1;
"Common Depositary" is as defined in Condition 21 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 29 (in the case of Certificates);
"Credit Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.1; "Currency Event" is as defined in Condition 15.1;
"Currency OET Certificate" means a Currency Security that is an OET Certificate; "Currency Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.1;
"Custodian" is as defined in Condition 21 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 29 (in the case of Certificates);
"Cut-off Date" is as defined in Condition 25.9(c) (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Day Count Fraction" is as defined in Condition 32(c); "Debt Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.1;
"Definitive Security Agent" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions; "Delivery Date" is as defined in Condition 35.2(c);
"Designated Account" is as defined in Condition 35.1; "Designated Bank" is as defined in Condition 35.1; "Designated Maturity" is as defined in Condition 32(b)(iii); "Determination Date(s)" is as defined in Condition 32(c); "Determination Period" is as defined in Condition 32(c); "Disqualified Transferee" is as defined in Condition 2.4(c);
"Disruption Cash Settlement Price" is as defined in Condition 5.1;
"Distribution Compliance Period" means the period expiring 40 days after completion of the distribution of the relevant Securities unless a longer period is specified in the applicable Final Terms. In such event, the Final Terms will specify the additional restrictions on transfer and exercise applicable to the Securities;
"Documents" is as defined in Condition 13.2(b);
"DTC" is as defined in Condition 21 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 29 (in the case of Certificates);
"due exercise" is as defined in Condition 24.4;
"English Law Agency Agreement" is as defined in paragraph 5 of these Terms and Conditions; "English Law Certificates" is as defined in Condition 28;
"English Law Guarantee" means a deed of guarantee dated 1 June 2012 executed by BNPP in respect of English Law Securities issued by BNPP B.V.;
"English Law Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, English Law Warrants and
(b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, English Law Certificates; "English Law Warrants" is as defined in Condition 20;
"Entitlement" is as defined in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Established Rate" is as defined in Condition 17(b);
"ETI OET Certificate" means an ETI Security that is an OET Certificate; "ETI Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.1;
"EURIBOR" is as defined in Condition 32(b)(iii)(C); "euro" is as defined in Condition 17(b);
"Euroclear" is as defined in Condition 21 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 29 (in the case of Certificates);
"Euroclear Finland" means Euroclear Finland Ltd. (the Finnish Central Securities Depository);
"Euroclear Finland Register" means the register opened in the Euroclear Finland System for Finnish Dematerialised Securities issued or to be issued by the Issuer;
"Euroclear Finland System" means the technical system at Euroclear Finland for the registration of securities and the clearing and settlement of securities transactions;
"Euroclear France Certificates" is as defined in Condition 35.1; "Euroclear France Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.2; "Euroclear France Warrants" is as defined in Condition 24.1;
"Euroclear Netherlands" means Nederlands Centraal Instituut voor Giraal Effectenverkeer B.V.; "Euroclear Netherlands Certificates" is as defined in Condition 35.1;
"Euroclear Netherlands Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.2; "Euroclear Netherlands Warrants" is as defined in Condition 24.1;
"Euroclear Sweden" means Euroclear Sweden AB (the Swedish Central Securities Depository authorised as such under the SFIA Act);
"Euroclear Sweden Register" means the register opened in the Euroclear Sweden System for Swedish Dematerialised Securities issued or to be issued by the Issuer;
"Euroclear Sweden System" means the technical system at Euroclear Sweden for the registration of securities and the clearing and settlement of securities transactions;
"Euronext Amsterdam" is as defined in Condition 34.3; "European Style Warrants" is as defined in Condition 22;
"EuroTLX" is as defined in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Exchange Event" is as defined in Condition 29; "Exercisable Certificates" is as defined in Condition 34.7; "exercise" is as defined in Condition 24.4;
"Exercise Business Day" is as defined in Condition 20;
"Exercise Notice" is as defined in Condition 24.1(a), Condition 25.1, Condition 25.2 and Condition 25.3;
"Exercise Notice Delivery Date" is as defined in Condition 25.9(c); "Exercise Price" is as specified in the applicable Final Terms; "Expenses" is as defined in Condition 11.2;
"Expiration Date" is as defined in Condition 20;
"Failure to Deliver due to Illiquidity" is as defined in Condition 15.1; "Failure to Deliver Settlement Price" is as defined in Condition 15.2(e);
"Finnish Agency Agreement" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions; "Finnish Dematerialised Certificates" is as defined in Condition 28;
"Finnish Dematerialised Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, Finnish Dematerialised Warrants and (b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, Finnish Dematerialised Certificates;
"Finnish Dematerialised Warrants" is as defined in Condition 20;
"Finnish Record Date" is as defined in respect of Finnish Dematerialised Warrants in Condition 25.6 and in respect of Finnish Dematerialised Certificates in Condition 35.1;
"Finnish Security Agent" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions and is an account operator specifically authorised by Euroclear Finland and to be appointed by the Issuer in respect of any series of Finnish Dematerialised Securities to process and register issues in the Euroclear Finland System and identified in the applicable Final Terms and acting solely as the agent of the Issuer not assuming any obligation to, or relationship or agency of trust with the Holders;
"Fixed Rate Certificates" is as defined in Condition 32;
"Floating Rate" is as defined in Condition 32(b)(iii); "Floating Rate Certificates" is as defined in Condition 32; "Floating Rate Option" is as defined in Condition 32(b)(iii); "Force Majeure Event" is as defined in Condition 15.1; "freely tradable" is as defined in Condition 5.4;
"French Law Agency Agreement" is as defined in paragraph 5 of these Terms and Conditions; "French Law Certificates" is as defined in Condition 28;
"French Law Guarantee" means the garantie dated 1 June 2012 executed by BNPP in respect of French Law Securities issued by BNPP B.V.;
"French Law Securities" means (a) in the case of Warrants, French Law Warrants and (b) in the case of Certificates, French Law Certificates;
"French Law Warrants" is as defined in Condition 20;
"French Security Agent" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions; "Fund Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.1;
"Futures OET Certificate" means a Futures Security that is an OET Certificate; "Futures Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.1;
"GDR/ADR" is as defined in Condition 2.1;
"General Meeting" is as defined in Condition 9.4(b)(i); "Global Certificate" is as defined in Condition 29;
"Global Security" means (a) in the case of Warrants, the Global Warrant and (b) in the case of Certificates, the Global Certificate;
"Global Warrant" is as defined in Condition 21; "Government Authority" is as defined in Condition 15.1;
"Guarantee" means (a) in the case of English Law Securities, the English Law Guarantee and (b) in the case of French Law Securities, the French Law Guarantee;
"Guaranteed Cash Settlement Amount" is as defined in Condition 4; "Guarantor" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions; "Hedge" is as defined in Condition 15.1;
"Hedging Disruption" is as defined in Condition 15.1; "Hedging Shares" is as defined in Condition 15.1;
"Holder" is as defined in Condition 2.2, Condition 23 (in the case of Registered Warrants) and Condition 31 (in the case of Registered Certificates);
"holder of Certificates" is as defined in Condition 31; "Holder of Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.2; "Hybrid Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.1;
"Iberclear" means "Sociedad xx Xxxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx x Xxxxxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxx, X.X. Unipersonal" whose commercial name is Xxxxxxxxx;
"Increased Cost of Hedging" is as defined in Condition 15.1; "Increased Cost of Stock Borrow" is as defined in Condition 15.1;
"Index OET Certificate" means an Index Security that is an OET Certificate; "Index Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.1;
"Indian FII" means an institution established or incorporated outside India and registered with the Securities Exchange Board of India under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Institutional Investors) Regulations, 1995 as an institutional investor;
"Inflation Index Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.1; "Initial Stock Loan Rate" is as defined in Condition 15.1; "Insolvency Filing" is as defined in Condition 15.1; "Interest Amount" is as defined in Condition 32(b)(vi);
"Interest Determination Date" is as defined in Condition 32(b)(vi); "Interest Period End Date" is as defined in Condition 32(b)(i);
"Interest Period End Final Date" is as defined in Condition 32(a) and Condition 32(b)(i);
"Intermediary" is as defined in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Intervening Period" is as defined in Condition 35.2(d); "Investor Representation Letter" is as defined in Condition 2.4; "ISDA Definitions" is as defined in Condition 32(b)(iii);
"Issuer" is as defined in paragraph 2 of these Terms and Conditions; "Italian Dematerialised Certificates" is as defined in Condition 28;
"Italian Dematerialised Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, Italian Dematerialised Warrants and (b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, Italian Dematerialised Certificates;
"Italian Dematerialised Warrants" is as defined in Condition 20;
"Italian Listed Certificates" is as defined in Condition 28;
"Italian Listed Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, Italian Listed Warrants and
(b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, Italian Listed Certificates; "Italian Listed Warrants" is as defined in Condition 20;
"Italian Security Agent" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions; "Jurisdiction Event" is as defined in Condition 15.1;
"Knock-in Determination Day" is as defined in Condition 16.6; "Knock-in Determination Period" is as defined in Condition 16.6; "Knock-in Event" is as defined in Condition 16.6;
"Knock-in Level " is as defined in Condition 16.6;
"Knock-in Period Beginning Date" is as defined in Condition 16.6; "Knock-in Period Ending Date" is as defined in Condition 16.6; "Knock-in Range Level " is as defined in Condition 16.6;
"Knock-in Valuation Time" is as defined in Condition 16.6; "Knock-out Determination Day" is as defined in Condition 16.6; "Knock-out Determination Period" is as defined in Condition 16.6; "Knock-out Event" is as defined in Condition 16.6;
"Knock-out Level" is as defined in Condition 16.6;
"Knock-out Period Beginning Date" is as defined in Condition 16.6; "Knock-out Period Ending Date" is as defined in Condition 16.6; "Knock-out Range Level" is as defined in Condition 16.6;
"Knock-out Valuation Time" is as defined in Condition 16.6;
"Korean Investor ID Holder" means an entity incorporated outside the Republic of Korea that is holding an investment identity card issued by the Financial Supervisory Service of the Republic of Korea;
"Level" is as defined in Condition 16.6; "LIBOR" is as defined in Condition 32(b)(iii)(C);
"Linked Interest Certificates" is as defined in Condition 32;
"Linked Premium Amount Certificates" is as defined in Condition 33.2 "Local Currency" is as defined in Condition 15.1;
"Local Time" means local time in the city of the relevant Clearing System; "Loss of Stock Borrow" is as defined in Condition 15.1;
"Luxembourg or Brussels time" is as defined in Condition 24.4;
"Madrid Security Agent" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions; "Maximum Stock Loan Rate" is as defined in Condition 15.1;
"Modified Postponement" is as defined in Condition 28;
"Monte Titoli" is as defined in Condition 21 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 29 (in the case of Certificates);
"National Currency Unit" is as defined in Condition 17(b);
"New York Security Agent" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions; "New York time" is as defined in Condition 24.4;
"Notice Period" is as defined in Conditions 34.3 and 34.4
"Observation Date" is as defined in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Observation Period" is as defined in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"OET Certificate" means Securities specified as Open End Turbo Certificates in the applicable Final Terms;
"Omission" is as defined in Condition 28;
"Open End Certificate" is as defined in Condition 28;
"Optional Additional Disruption Event" is as defined in Condition 15.1; "Optional Redemption Amount" is as defined in Conditions 34.3 and 34.4; "Optional Redemption Date" is as defined in Conditions 34.3 and 34.4;
"Optional Redemption Valuation Date" is as defined in Conditions 34.3 and 34.4; "Original Currency" is as defined in Condition 17(a)(ii);
"Payment Date" is as defined in Condition 35.1; "Permanent Global Warrant" is as defined in Condition 21;
"Physical Delivery Certificates" is as defined in Condition 30;
"Physical Delivery Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, Physical Delivery Warrants and (b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, Physical Delivery Certificates;
"Physical Delivery Warrants" is as defined in Condition 22;
"Postponement" is as defined in Condition 28; "Premium Amount" is as defined in Condition 33.5;
"Premium Amount Payment Date" is as defined in Condition 33.5;
"Principal Security Agent" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions; "Private Placement Definitive Certificates" is as defined in Condition 29;
"Private Placement Definitive Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, Private Placement Definitive Warrants and (b) in the case of an issue, of Certificates, Private Placement Definitive Certificates;
"Private Placement Definitive Warrant" is as defined in Condition 21; "Private Placement Register" is as defined in Condition 2.2; "Proceedings" is as defined in Condition 14.1(b);
"Put Notice" is as defined in Condition 34.4; "Put Warrants" is as defined in Condition 22;
"QIBs" is as defined in Condition 21 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 29 (in the case of Certificates);
"Qualified Investor" means, where the Relevant Jurisdiction is Korea, Taiwan, India, People's Republic of China or Socialist Republic of Vietnam, a Korean Investor ID Holder, a Taiwan FINI, an Indian FII, a Chinese QFII and a Vietnamese QI, respectively;
"Quota" is as defined in Condition 26.1(b);
"Record Date" is as defined in Condition 35.1 (in the case of Certificates); "Redemption Date" is as defined in Condition 34.1;
"Reference Banks" is as defined in Condition 28; "Register" is as defined in Condition 23;
"Registered Certificates" is as defined in Condition 29; "Registered Global Certificate" is as defined in Condition 29;
"Registered Global Security" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, a Registered Global Warrant and (b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, a Registered Global Certificate;
"Registered Global Warrant" is as defined in Condition 21;
"Registered Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, Registered Warrants and (b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, Registered Certificates;
"Registered Warrants" is as defined in Condition 21;
"Registrar" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions;
"Regulation S" is as defined in Condition 21 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 29 (in the case of Certificates);
"Regulation S Global Certificate" is as defined in Condition 29;
"Regulation S Global Security" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, a Regulation S Global Warrant and (b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, a Regulation S Global Certificate;
"Regulation S Global Warrant" is as defined in Condition 21; "Related Expenses" is as defined in Condition 11.2;
"Relevant Adjustment Provisions" is as defined in Condition 16.6 and 34.9(b);
"Relevant Jurisdiction" means the country in which (as the case may be) the Shares, the Shares relating to the depositary receipts, the ETI Interests, the Debt Instruments, the Fund or the Fund Units are issued (or in which the issuer of such Shares, ETI Interests, Debt Instruments or Fund Units is incorporated) or the Index is based, as specified in the applicable Final Terms;
"Renouncement Notice" is as defined in Condition 24.1(a) (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 34.7 (in the case of Certificates);
"Reset Date" is as defined in Condition 32(b)(iii);
"Rolling Futures Contract Securities" means a Security that is specified as such in the applicable Final Terms;
"Rule 144A" is as defined in Condition 21 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 29 (in the case of Certificates);
"Rule 144A Certificates" is as defined in Condition 29;
"Rule 144A Global Certificate" is as defined in Condition 29;
"Rule 144A Global Security" means (a) in the case of an issue of Rule 144A Warrants, the Rule 144A Global Warrant representing such Rule 144A Warrants and (b) in the case of an issue of Rule 144A Certificates, the Rule 144A Global Certificate representing such Rule 144A Certificates;
"Rule 144A Global Warrant" is as defined in Condition 21; "Rule 144A Warrants" is as defined in Condition 21;
"Scheduled Averaging Date" is as defined in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Scheduled Closing Time" means, in respect of an Exchange or Related Exchange and a Scheduled Trading Day, the scheduled weekday closing time of such Exchange or Related Exchange on such Scheduled Trading Day, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside of the regular trading session hours subject, in respect of Index Securities, to subparagraphs (b) and (c) of the definition of Valuation Time, and subject, in respect of Share Securities, to subparagraph (c) of the definition of Valuation Time;
"Scheduled Strike Date" means any original date that, but for the occurrence of an event causing a Disrupted Day, would have been the Strike Date;
"Scheduled Valuation Date" means any original date that, but for the occurrence of an event causing a Disrupted Day, would have been a Valuation Date;
"Secured Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.1;
"Securities" is as defined in paragraph 2 of these Terms and Conditions;
"Securities Act" is as defined in Condition 21 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 29 (in the case of Certificates);
"Security Agent" and "Security Agents" are as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions; "Security Expenses" is as defined in Condition 11.1 and Condition 25.3(a)(iv);
"SeDeX" is as defined in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Settlement Business Day" is as defined in Condition 5.1; "Settlement Date" is as defined in Condition 20;
"Settlement Disruption Event" is as defined in Condition 5.1;
"SFIA Act" is as defined in Condition 21 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 29 (in the case of Certificates);
"Share" is as defined in Condition 15.2(e);
"Share OET Certificate" means a Share Security that is an OET Certificate; "Share Securities" is as defined in Condition 2.1;
"Specified Maximum Days of Disruption" means (other than with respect to Commodity Securities and Currency Securities) eight Scheduled Trading Days or such other number of Scheduled Trading Days specified in the applicable Final Terms, with respect to Currency Securities, five Scheduled Trading Days and with respect to Commodity Securities, five Commodity Business Days;
"Stop-Loss Event" is as defined in Condition 15.1;
"Strike Date" means, in the case of Index Securities, Share Securities, ETI Securities or Futures Securities, the Strike Date specified in the applicable Final Terms, or, if such date is not a Scheduled Trading Day, the next following Scheduled Trading Day unless, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent such day is a Disrupted Day. If any such day is a Disrupted Day, then:
(a) where the Securities are Index Securities relating to a single Index, Share Securities relating to a single Share, ETI Securities relating to a single ETI Interest or Futures Securities relating to a single Future, the Strike Date shall be the first succeeding Scheduled Trading Day that is not a Disrupted Day, unless each of the number of consecutive Scheduled Trading Days equal to the Specified Maximum Days of Disruption immediately following the Scheduled Strike Date is a Disrupted Day. In that case, (i) the last such consecutive Scheduled Trading Day shall be deemed to be the Strike Date, notwithstanding the fact that such day is a Disrupted Day and
(ii) the Calculation Agent shall determine the relevant level or price in the manner set out in the applicable Final Terms or, if not set out or practicable, determine the relevant level or price:
(i) in the case of Index Securities, by determining the level of the Index as of the Valuation Time on the last such consecutive Scheduled Trading Day in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Index last in effect prior to the occurrence of the first Disrupted Day using the Exchange traded or quoted price as of the Valuation Time on the last such consecutive Scheduled Trading Day of each security comprised in the Index (or, if an event giving rise to a Disrupted Day has occurred in respect of the relevant security on the last such Scheduled Trading Day, its good faith estimate of the value for the relevant security as of the Valuation Time on the last such consecutive Scheduled Trading Day); or
(ii) in the case of Share Securities, ETI Securities or Futures Securities, in accordance with its good faith estimate of the relevant price as of the Valuation Time on the last such consecutive Scheduled Trading Day; or
(b) where the Securities are Index Securities relating to a Basket of Indices, Share Securities relating to a Basket of Shares, ETI Securities relating to a Basket of ETI Interests or Futures Securities relating to a Basket of Futures, the Strike Date for each Index, Share, ETI Interest or Future, as the case may be, not affected by the occurrence of a Disrupted Day shall be the Scheduled Strike Date and the Strike Date for each Index, ETI Interest, Share or Future affected, as the case may be (each an "Affected Item"), by the occurrence of a Disrupted Day shall be the first succeeding Scheduled Trading Day that is not a Disrupted Day relating to the Affected Item unless each of the number of consecutive Scheduled Trading Days equal to the Specified Maximum Days of Disruption immediately following the Scheduled Strike Date is a Disrupted Day relating to the Affected Item. In that case, (i) the last such consecutive Scheduled Trading Day shall be deemed to be the Strike Date for the Affected Item, notwithstanding the fact that such day is a Disrupted Day, and (ii) the Calculation Agent shall determine the relevant level or price using, in relation to the Affected Item, the level or price as applicable, determined in the manner set out in the applicable Final Terms or, if not set out or if not practicable, using:
(i) in the case of an Index, the level of that Index as of the Valuation Time on the last such consecutive Scheduled Trading Day in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating that Index last in effect prior to the occurrence of the first Disrupted Day using the Exchange traded or quoted price as of the Valuation Time on the last such consecutive Scheduled Trading Day of each security comprised in that Index (or, if an event giving rise to a Disrupted Day has occurred in respect of the relevant security on the last such consecutive Scheduled Trading Day, its good faith estimate of the value for the relevant security as of the Valuation Time on the last such consecutive Scheduled Trading Day); or
(ii) in the case of a Share, ETI Interest or Future, its good faith estimate of the price for the Affected Item as of the Valuation Time on the last such consecutive Scheduled Trading Day; or
(c) in the case of Commodity Securities, the Initial Pricing Date; "Strike Price" is as defined in Condition 28;
"Substitute" is as defined in Condition 13.1;
"Substitute Asset" and "Substitute Assets" is as defined in Condition 5.4;
"Substitute Guarantee" is as defined in Condition 13.2(b); "Substitute Guarantor" is as defined in Condition 13.2; "Substitute Share" is as defined in Condition 15.2(e); "Substitution Date" is as defined in Condition 15.2(e); "sub-unit" is as defined in Condition 32(a);
"Successor Index" is as defined in Condition 15.2(d);
"Swedish Agency Agreement" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions; "Swedish Dematerialised Certificates" is as defined in Condition 28;
"Swedish Dematerialised Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, Swedish Dematerialised Warrants and (b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, Swedish Dematerialised Certificates;
"Swedish Dematerialised Warrants" is as defined in Condition 20; "Swedish Record Date" is as defined in Condition 35.1;
"Swedish Security Agent" is as defined in paragraph 3 of these Terms and Conditions; "Swiss Dematerialised Certificates" is as defined in Condition 28;
"Swiss Dematerialised Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, Swiss Dematerialised Warrants and (b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, Swiss Dematerialised Certificates;
"Swiss Dematerialised Warrants" is as defined in Condition 20; "Swiss Materialised Certificates" is as defined in Condition 28;
"Swiss Materialised Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, Swiss Materialised Warrants and (b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, Swiss Materialised Certificates;
"Swiss Materialised Warrants" is as defined in Condition 20;
"Swiss Securities" means Swiss Materialised Securities and Swiss Dematerialised Securities. The terms and conditions of the Swiss Securities will be set forth in the applicable Final Terms;
"Swiss Security Agent" means the entity specified in the applicable Final Terms;
"Taiwan FINI" means an entity incorporated outside Taiwan with Foreign Institutional Investor (FINI) status in Taiwan or with FINI sub-account status in Taiwan;
"Taxes" is as defined in Condition 11.2;
"Transfer Certificate" is as defined in Condition 23; "Treaty" is as defined in Condition 17(b);
"Underlying Reference" is as defined in Condition 16.6 and 34.9(b);
"Underlying Reference Level" is as defined in Condition 34.9(b); "Underlying Share" is as defined in Condition 2.1;
"Units" is as defined in Condition 22;
"U.S. Certificates" is as defined in Condition 29;
"U.S. Securities" means (a) in the case of an issue of Warrants, U.S. Warrants and (b) in the case of an issue of Certificates, U.S. Certificates;
"U.S. Warrants" is as defined in Condition 21;
"Valid Date" is as defined in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Valuation Date" is as defined in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Valuation Time" is as defined in Condition 20 (in the case of Warrants) and Condition 28 (in the case of Certificates);
"Vietnamese QI" means a corporation that both (a) incorporated outside the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and (b) does not have any permanent establishment in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; and
"Warrants" is as defined in paragraph 2 of these Terms and Conditions.
2. TYPE, TITLE AND TRANSFER
2.1 Type
The Securities relate to a specified index or basket of indices ("Index Securities"), a specified share or basket of shares, or a specified depositary receipt (a "GDR/ADR") referencing a share (an "Underlying Share") or basket of GDRs and/or ADRs ("Share Securities"), a specified interest in an exchange traded fund, an exchange traded note, an exchange traded commodity or any other exchange traded product (each an "exchange traded instrument") or basket of interests in exchange traded instruments ("ETI Securities"), a specified debt instrument or basket of debt instruments ("Debt Securities"), a specified commodity or commodity index or basket of commodities and/or commodity indices ("Commodity Securities"), a specified inflation index or basket of inflation indices ("Inflation Index Securities"), a specified currency or basket of currencies ("Currency Securities"), a specified fund share or unit or basket of fund shares or units ("Fund Securities"), a specified futures contract or basket of futures contract(s) ("Futures Securities"), the credit of a specified reference entity or reference entities ("Credit Securities"), a specified preference share issued by BNP Paribas Synergy Limited ("Preference Share Certificates") or any other or further type of Securities as is specified in the applicable Final Terms including Securities issued by BNPP B.V. in respect of which BNPP B.V. grants security over certain of its assets ("Secured Securities") and/or Securities which relate to any combination of such indices, shares, interests in exchange traded instruments, debt instruments, commodities, inflation indices, currencies, fund shares or units, futures contract(s), the credit of a specified reference entity or reference entities and other asset classes or types ("Hybrid Securities").
Securities related to a specified interest in an exchange traded instrument or basket of interests in exchange traded instruments, a specified commodity or commodity index or basket of commodities and/or commodity indices, a specified inflation index or basket of inflation indices, specified currency
or basket of currencies, a specified fund share or unit or basket of fund shares or units, the credit of a specified reference entity or reference entities, a specified futures contract or basket of futures contracts, or Hybrid Securities related to any of these asset classes, may not at any time be offered, sold, resold, held, traded, pledged, exercised (in the case of Warrants), settled or redeemed (in the case of Certificates), transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in the United States or to, by or for the account or benefit of, persons that are U.S. persons as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act or that are not non-United States Persons as defined in Rule 4.7 under the United States Commodity Exchange Act, as amended unless expressly provided for pursuant to any applicable U.S. wrapper to the Base Prospectus. Any such applicable U.S. wrapper may restrict the types of Securities that can be offered, sold, resold, held, traded, pledged, exercised, redeemed, transferred or delivered and the terms of such Securities.
If Averaging is specified as applying in the applicable Final Terms, the applicable Final Terms will state the relevant Averaging Dates and, if an Averaging Date is a Disrupted Day, whether Omission, Postponement or Modified Postponement (each as defined in Condition 20 in the case of Warrants or Condition 28 in the case of Certificates) applies.
References in these Terms and Conditions, unless the context otherwise requires, to Cash Settled Securities shall be deemed to include references to (a) Physical Delivery Securities, which include an option (as set out in the applicable Final Terms) at the Issuer's election to request cash settlement of such Security pursuant to Condition 5.3 and where settlement is to be by way of cash payment, and (b) Physical Delivery Securities where settlement is to be automatically varied to be by way of cash payment pursuant to Condition 5.3. References in these Terms and Conditions, unless the context otherwise requires, to Physical Delivery Securities shall be deemed to include references to Cash Settled Securities which include an option (as set out in the applicable Final Terms) at the Issuer's election to request physical delivery of the relevant underlying asset in settlement of such Security pursuant to Condition 5.3 and where settlement is to be by way of physical delivery. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Final Terms, the Issuer does not have the option to vary settlement in respect of the U.S. Securities pursuant to Condition 5.3.
Securities may, if specified in the applicable Final Terms, allow Holders to elect for settlement by way of cash payment or by way of physical delivery or by such other method of settlement as is specified in the applicable Final Terms. Those Securities where the Holder has elected for cash payment will be Cash Settled Securities and those Securities where the Holder has elected for physical delivery will be Physical Delivery Securities. The rights of a Holder as described in this paragraph may be subject to the Issuer's right to vary settlement as indicated in the applicable Final Terms and will be subject to the Issuer's right to substitute assets or pay the Alternate Cash Amount (as defined below) in lieu of physical delivery in accordance with these Conditions.
2.2 Title to Securities other than Registered Securities
In the case of Securities represented by a Clearing System Global Security held by a Common Depository on behalf of a relevant Clearing System or held by a relevant Clearing System or by Euroclear France and French Law Securities, each person who is for the time being shown in the records of the relevant Clearing System (in the case of English Law Securities other than English Law Securities held through Euroclear France) or whose name appears in the account of the relevant Account Holder (in the case of French Law Securities or English Law Securities held through Euroclear France, together "Euroclear France Securities" or in the case of French Law Securities held by Euroclear Netherlands "Euroclear Netherlands Securities") as the holder of a particular amount of such Securities (in which regard any certificate or other document issued by the relevant Clearing System or, as the case may be, Account Holder as to the amount of Securities standing to the account
of any person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes save in the case of manifest error) shall (except as otherwise required by law) be treated by the Issuer, the Guarantor, if any, and the relevant Security Agent as the holder of such amount of Securities for all purposes (and the expressions "Holder" and "Holder of Securities" and related expressions shall be construed accordingly).
In the case of Swedish Dematerialised Securities, the person for the time being shown in the Euroclear Sweden Register as the holder of a particular amount of Securities shall (except as otherwise required by law) be treated for all purposes by the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Security Agents, Euroclear Sweden and all other persons dealing with such person as the holder thereof and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented thereby notwithstanding any notice to the contrary (and the expressions "Holder" and "Holder of Securities" and related expressions shall be construed accordingly). The Issuer shall cause such Securities to be accepted by Euroclear Sweden for clearing and registration in the Euroclear Sweden System in accordance with the SFIA Act and Euroclear Sweden Rules. The Issuer shall have the right to obtain extracts from the debt register of Euroclear Sweden.
In the case of Finnish Dematerialised Securities, the person in whose name the Finnish Dematerialised Security is registered in the book-entry account in the Euroclear Finland Register (including a nominee account holder, as the case may be) shall (except as otherwise required by law) be treated for all purposes by the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Security Agents, Euroclear Finland and all other persons dealing with such person as the holder thereof and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented thereby (and the expressions "Holder" and "Holder of Securities" and related expressions shall be construed accordingly). Where a nominee is so evidenced it shall be treated as the holder of the relevant Finnish Dematerialised Securities. The Issuer shall cause such Securities to be accepted by Euroclear Finland for clearing and registration in the Euroclear Finland System in accordance with Finnish laws, rules, regulations and operating procedures applicable to, and/or issued by Euroclear Finland. Notwithstanding any secrecy obligation, the Issuer shall be entitled to obtain information (including but not limited to information on Holders) from the Euroclear Finland Register maintained by Euroclear Finland as registrar on behalf of the Issuer in accordance with the rules of Euroclear Finland, and Euroclear Finland shall be entitled to provide such information to the Issuer notwithstanding any secrecy obligation. Furthermore, the Issuer shall, subject to regulations of Euroclear Finland and applicable laws, be entitled to acquire from Euroclear Finland a list of the holders of Finnish Dematerialised Securities, provided that it is technically possible for Euroclear Finland to maintain such a list. The Issuer shall be entitled to pass such information to the Finnish Security Agent or to authorize such agent to acquire such information from Euroclear Finland directly. Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or as required by law, the Holder of any Finnish Dematerialised Securities shall be deemed to be and may be treated as its absolute owner for all purposes, whether or not it is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or an interest in it, any writing on it or its theft or loss and no person shall be liable for so treating the Holder.
In the case of Italian Dematerialised Securities, the person who is for the time being shown in the records of Monte Titoli as the holder of a particular amount of Securities (in which regard any certificate, record or other document issued by Monte Titoli as to the amount of Securities standing to the account of any person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes save in the case of manifest error) shall (except as otherwise required by applicable law) be treated for all purposes by the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Italian Security Agent and all other persons dealing with such person as the holder thereof and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented thereby notwithstanding any notice to the contrary (and the expressions "Holder" and "Holder of Securities" and related expressions shall be construed accordingly, except where Italian law is applicable, in which case "Holder" and "Holder of Securities" will be exclusively deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Securities). The Issuer shall cause Italian Dematerialised Securities to be dematerialised and centralised with Monte Titoli,
pursuant to Italian legislative decree no. 58/1998 as amended and integrated by subsequent implementing provisions.
Title to French Law Securities held through Euroclear France will be evidenced in accordance with Article L.211-3 of the French Code Monétaire et Financier by book-entries (inscription en compte). No document of title (including certificats représentatifs pursuant to Article R.211-7 of the French Code Monétaire et Financier) will be issued in respect of such Securities. The French Law Securities held through Euroclear France will, upon issue, be inscribed in the books of Euroclear France which will credit the accounts of the relevant Account Holders.
Title to OET Certificates cleared through Euroclear Netherlands is established by account entry in accordance with the Dutch Act on Giro Transfers of Securities ('Wet giraal effectenverkeer'). No physical document or certificate will be issued in respect of such OET Certificates.
Once issued, OET Certificates that are Euroclear France Securities or Euroclear Netherlands Securities shall be deposited with Euroclear France or Euroclear Netherlands, as the case may be, acting as central depositary and registered in an account in the books of Euroclear France or Euroclear Netherlands, as the case may be, which shall credit the accounts of the Account Holders (including Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg).
However, the Issuer reserves the right, if such option is provided in the Final Terms, to have OET Certificates transferred from Euroclear France or Euroclear Netherlands, as the case may be, at any time (in the case of OET Certificates already issued) to, or to deposit the OET Certificates of a particular issue (in the case of OET Certificates yet to be issued) with, another depositary whose registered office is situated within a European Economic Area country. In the event of a change of depositary, the Issuer shall comply with all laws, regulations and tax rules applicable to the functions of such depositary.
For the purpose of these Conditions, "Account Holder" means any authorised financial intermediary institution entitled to hold accounts, directly or indirectly, on behalf of its customers with Euroclear France or Euroclear Netherlands, and includes the depositary bank for Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear and/or any other relevant Clearing System.
In the case of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC, the Rule 144A Global Security will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, but this does not confer any rights or benefits on Cede & Co. or any other nominee of DTC in whose name a Rule 144A Global Security may be registered. Transfers of such Rule 144A Global Security by such nominee of DTC shall be limited to transfers of such Rule 144A Global Security, in whole but not in part, to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or such successor's nominee. Rights conferred by the Rule 144A Global Security are only enforceable by the Holders (as defined below) as provided therein. Subject as set forth in Condition 2.4 below, each person who is for the time being shown in the records of DTC as the Holder of a particular number (in the case of Warrants) or amount (in the case of Certificates) of Securities shall (except as otherwise required by law) be treated by the Issuer and the New York Security Agent as the Holder of such number or amount, as the case may be, of Securities for all purposes (and the expressions "Holder of Securities" and related expressions shall be construed accordingly).
In the case of Private Placement Definitive Securities, the Issuer shall cause to be kept at the principal office of the Definitive Security Agent, a register (the "Private Placement Register") on which shall be entered the names and addresses of all holders of Private Placement Definitive Securities, the number or amount, as the case may be, and type of Private Placement Definitive Securities held by
them and details of all transfers of Private Placement Definitive Securities. Subject as set forth in Condition 2.4 below, the persons shown in the Private Placement Register (each a "Holder") shall (except as otherwise required by law) be treated as the absolute owners of the relevant Private Placement Definitive Securities for all purposes (regardless of any notice of ownership, trust, or any interest in it, any writing on it, or its theft or loss) and no person will be liable for so treating such person.
2.3 Title to Registered Securities
Provisions relating to title to Registered Warrants are set out in Condition 23. Provisions relating to title to Registered Certificates are set out in Condition 31.
2.4 Transfers of Interests in Clearing System Securities and Private Placement Definitive Securities
Transfers of Warrants may not be effected after the exercise of such Warrants pursuant to Condition 25.
Transfers of Certificates may not be effected after the redemption of such Certificates pursuant to Condition 34.
Subject as set forth in this Condition, all transactions (including permitted transfers of Securities) in the open market or otherwise must be effected, in the case of Securities represented by a Clearing System Global Security held by a Common Depository on behalf of Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear and/or any other relevant Clearing System, Euroclear Netherlands or Euroclear France, through an account at Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear, as the case may be, and/or any other relevant Clearing System, or in the case of Euroclear France Securities or Euroclear Netherlands Securities as the case may be, through Account Holder(s), or in the case of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC, through a direct or indirect participant of DTC, subject to and in accordance with the rules and procedures for the time being of the relevant Clearing System(s). Transfers in respect of Clearing System Securities governed by French Law must be effected through Account Holders(s). Title will pass upon registration of the transfer in the books of the relevant Clearing System.
Any reference herein to Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or Euroclear and/or DTC and/or Monte Titoli and/or any other relevant Clearing System shall, whenever the context so permits, be deemed to include a reference to any additional or alternative clearing system approved by the Issuer and the Principal Security Agent from time to time and notified to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10.
Subject as set forth in this Condition, Private Placement Definitive Securities may be transferred by the then current Holder surrendering its Private Placement Definitive Security for registration of transfer at the specified office of the Definitive Security Agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer (in the form satisfactory to BNPP and the Definitive Security Agent), and duly executed by the Holder or its duly authorised agent. Private Placement Definitive Securities may only be issued and transferred in minimum nominal amounts of U.S. $250,000 or more.
(a) Transfers of Securities to a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security or Rule 144A Global Security may be made only in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) (A) in the case of transfers to a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security, from a Holder of
Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security, to a non-U.S. person in an offshore transaction pursuant to Regulation S;
(B) (I) in the case of transfers within the Distribution Compliance Period to a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security, from a Holder of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security, only upon certification (in the form from time to time available from any Security Agent) to the New York Security Agent by the transferor thereof that such transfer is being made to (x) a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a QIB acquiring such Securities in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, in the case of U.S. Securities issued by BNPP or (y) a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a QIB and a QP, in the case of U.S. Securities issued by BNPP
B.V. or (II) in the case of transfers after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period and only in the case of U.S. Securities issued by BNPP B.V., to a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a QIB and QP;
(C) in the case of transfers to a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security, from a Holder of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security, within the Distribution Compliance Period only, upon certification (in the form from time to time available from any Security Agent) to the New York Security Agent by the transferor thereof that such transfer is being made to (x) a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a QIB acquiring such Securities in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A (provided that after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, such certification need not be provided for a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A), in the case of U.S. Securities issued by BNPP or (y) a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a QIB and a QP, in the case of
U.S. Securities issued by BNPP B.V.;
(D) in the case of transfers to a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security, from a Holder of Private Placement Definitive Securities, upon certification (in the form from time to time available from any Security Agent) to the Principal Security Agent by the transferor thereof that such transfer is being made to a non-U.S. person in an offshore transaction pursuant to Regulation S;
(E) in the case of transfers to a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security, from a Holder of Private Placement Definitive Securities, upon certification (in the form from time to time available from any Security Agent) to the New York Security Agent by the transferor thereof that such transfer is being made to a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is (x) a QIB, in the case of U.S. Securities issued by BNPP or (y) a QIB and a QP, in the case of U.S. Securities issued by BNPP B.V., and, in either case, acquiring such Securities in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A;
(F) in the case of transfers to a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security, from a Holder of
Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security, in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and, in the case of Securities issued by BNPP B.V. in accordance with paragraph (d) below;
(G) in the case of transfers to a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security, from a Holder of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security, upon certification (in the form from time to time available from any Security Agent) to the Principal Security Agent by the transferor thereof that such transfer is being made to a non-U.S. person in an offshore transaction pursuant to Regulation S; and
(H) in each case, in accordance with any applicable rules and regulations of the Principal Security Agent, the New York Security Agent, the Definitive Security Agent, the relevant Clearing System and/or as specified in the applicable Final Terms.
(ii) The Holder must send:
(A) in the case of transfers of Private Placement Definitive Securities, a free of payment instruction to the Definitive Security Agent, not later than
5.00 p.m., New York City time, at least two Business Days in New York prior to the date on which the transfer is to take effect;
(B) in the case of transfers of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security or Rule 144A Global Security held by a Common Depositary on behalf of Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear and/or any other relevant Clearing System, a free of payment instruction to Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear and/or any other relevant Clearing System, as the case may be, not later than 10.00 a.m. local time in the city of the relevant Clearing System, one Business Day in the city of the relevant Clearing System prior to the date on which the transfer is to take effect; and
(C) in the case of transfers of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC, a free of payment instruction to DTC, not later than 5.00 p.m. New York City time, at least two Business Days in New York prior to the date on which the transfer is to take effect.
Separate payment arrangements are required to be made between the transferor and the transferee.
(iii) On the transfer date:
(A) (I) in the case of transfers of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security or a Rule 144A Global Security, the relevant Clearing System will debit the account of its participant and (II) in the case of transfers of Private Placement Definitive Securities, the Holder must deliver the Private Placement Definitive Securities the subject of the transfer to the Definitive Security Agent and instruct the Definitive Security Agent to cancel the transferred Private Placement Definitive Securities; and
(B) the relevant Clearing System or the Holder, as the case may be, will instruct
(I) in the case of transfers to a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security or a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Common Depositary on behalf of Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear and/or any other relevant Clearing System, the Principal Security Agent to instruct Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear and/or any other relevant Clearing System, as the case may be, to credit the relevant account of the relevant Clearing System participant, and
(II) in the case of transfers to a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC, (a) the New York Security Agent (in the case of transfers of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC) to credit the relevant account of the DTC participant, (b) the Definitive Security Agent (in the case of transfers of Private Placement Definitive Securities) to credit the relevant account of the DTC participant, or (c) the Principal Security Agent (in the case of transfers of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security or a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Common Depositary on behalf of Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear and/or any other relevant Clearing System) to instruct DTC to credit the relevant account of the relevant Clearing System at DTC and thereafter DTC will debit such account of the relevant Clearing System, and will credit the relevant account of the DTC participant.
(iv) Upon any such transfers, on the transfer date:
(A) the Principal Security Agent, in the case of transfers to and/or from a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security or a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Common Depositary on behalf of Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear and/or any other relevant Clearing System, will increase or decrease, if appropriate, the number of Securities represented by such Regulation S Global Security or Rule 144A Global Security, whereupon the number of Securities represented by such Regulation S Global Security or Rule 144A Global Security, as the case may be, shall be increased or decreased, if appropriate, for all purposes by the number so transferred and endorsed; or
(B) the New York Security Agent, in the case of transfers to and/or from a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC, will increase or decrease, if appropriate, the number of Securities represented by such Rule 144A Global Security, whereupon the number of Securities represented by such Rule 144A Global Security shall be increased or decreased, if appropriate, for all purposes by the number so transferred and endorsed.
(b) Transfers of Securities to a person who takes delivery in the form of Private Placement Definitive Securities may be made only in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) (A) in the case of transfers from a Holder of Private Placement Definitive Securities, upon (I) delivery of a duly executed investor representation letter
from the relevant transferee in accordance with paragraph (c) below and
(II) certification (in the form from time to time available from any Security Agent) to the Definitive Security Agent by the transferor thereof that such transfer is being made to (x) a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is an AI acquiring such Securities in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in the case of U.S. Securities issued by BNPP or (y) a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a QIB and a QP in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, in the case of U.S. Securities issued by BNPP B.V.;
(B) in the case of transfers from a Holder of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security, upon (I) delivery of a duly executed investor representation letter from the relevant transferee in accordance with paragraph (c) below and (II) certification (in the form from time to time available from any Security Agent) to the Definitive Security Agent by the transferor thereof that such transfer is being made to a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is an AI who is acquiring such Securities in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act;
(C) in the case of transfers from a Holder of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security, upon (I) delivery of a duly executed investor representation letter from the relevant transferee in accordance with paragraph (c) below and (II) within the Distribution Compliance Period only, certification (in the form from time to time available from any Security Agent) to the Definitive Security Agent by the transferor thereof that such transfer is being made to (x) a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is an AI acquiring such Securities in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in the case of U.S. Securities issued by BNPP or (y) a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a QIB and a QP in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, in the case of U.S. Securities issued by BNPP B.V.; and
(D) in each case, in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States and any applicable rules and regulations of the New York Security Agent, the Definitive Security Agent, the relevant Clearing System and/or as specified in the applicable Final Terms.
(ii) The Holder must send:
(A) in the case of transfers of Private Placement Definitive Securities, a free of payment instruction to the Definitive Security Agent not later than 5.00 p.m. New York City time, at least two Business Days in New York prior to the date on which the transfer is to take effect;
(B) in the case of transfers of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security or a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Common Depositary on behalf of Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear and/or any other relevant Clearing System, a free of payment instruction to Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear and/or any other relevant Clearing System, as the case may be,
not later than 10.00 a.m. local time in the city of the relevant Clearing System, one Business Day in the city of the relevant Clearing System prior to the date on which the transfer is to take effect; and
(C) in the case of transfers of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC, a free of payment instruction to DTC, not later than 5.00 p.m. New York City time, at least two Business Days in New York prior to the date on which the transfer is to take effect.
Separate payment arrangements are required to be made between the transferor and the transferee.
(iii) On the transfer date:
(A) in the case of transfers of Securities represented by a Clearing System Global Security, the relevant Clearing System will debit the account of its participant and, in the case of transfers of Private Placement Definitive Securities, the Holder must deliver the Private Placement Definitive Securities the subject of the transfer to the Definitive Security Agent and instruct the Definitive Security Agent to cancel the transferred Private Placement Definitive Securities; and
(B) the relevant Clearing System or the Holder, as the case may be, will instruct the Definitive Security Agent to deliver or procure the delivery of new Private Placement Definitive Securities, of a like number to the number of Securities transferred, to the transferee at its specified office or send such new Private Placement Definitive Securities, by uninsured mail, at the risk of the transferee, to such address as the transferee may request.
(iv) Upon any such transfer, on the transfer date:
(A) the Principal Security Agent will, in the case of transfers of Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security or Rule 144A Global Security held by a Common Depositary on behalf of Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear and/or any other relevant Clearing System, decrease the number of Securities represented by such Regulation S Global Security or Rule 144A Global Security, if appropriate, whereupon the number of Securities represented by such Regulation S Global Security or Rule 144A Global Security shall, if appropriate, be reduced for all purposes by the number so transferred or exchanged and endorsed; or
(B) the New York Security Agent will, in the case of transfers of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC, decrease the number of Securities represented by such Rule 144A Global Security, if appropriate, whereupon the number of Securities represented by such Rule 144A Global Security shall, if appropriate, be decreased for all purposes by the number so transferred and endorsed.
(c) In the case of transfers of Securities to a person who takes delivery in the form of a Private Placement Definitive Security, the delivery of a duly executed investor representation letter in
the form set out in the Agency Agreement (an "Investor Representation Letter") from the relevant transferee to the Definitive Security Agent is a condition precedent to the transfer of such Private Placement Definitive Security or any beneficial interests therein. The Investor Representation Letter must be duly executed by such proposed transferee or such proposed transferee's attorney duly authorised in writing, at least three Business Days in New York prior to the date the transfer of such Private Placement Definitive Security is desired. Any attempted transfer in which the Investor Representation Letter and the proposed transfer was not effected in accordance with the foregoing procedures shall not be valid or binding on BNPP.
If (i) the Principal Security Agent (in relation to Regulation S Global Securities or Rule 144A Global Securities held by a Common Depositary on behalf of Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear and/or any other relevant Clearing System) or (ii) the New York Security Agent (in relation to Rule 144A Global Securities held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC) or (iii) the Definitive Security Agent (in relation to Private Placement Definitive Securities) subsequently determines or is subsequently notified by BNPP that (A) a transfer or attempted or purported transfer of any interest in a Private Placement Definitive Security was consummated in compliance with the provisions of this paragraph on the basis of an incorrect form or certification from the transferee or purported transferee as set forth in the relevant Investor Representation Letter, or (B) the Holder of any interest in any Security was in breach, at the time given, of any representation or agreement given by such Holder (including, but not limited to, in the case of Private Placement Definitive Securities, any such representation or agreement set forth in the relevant Investor Representation Letter) or (iii) a transfer or attempted transfer of any interest in any Security was consummated that did not comply with the transfer restrictions set forth in this Condition 2.4, the purported transfer shall be absolutely null and void ab initio and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee (such purported transferee, a "Disqualified Transferee") and the last preceding Holder of such interest that was not a Disqualified Transferee shall be restored to all rights as a Holder thereof retroactively to the date of transfer of such interest by such Xxxxxx.
(d) In the case of transfers of Securities to a person who takes delivery in the form of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security issued by BNPP B.V., the transferor shall have agreed in an Investor Representation Letter to certain restrictions on transfer and, the transfer shall be subject to the delivery of a duly executed Investor Representation Letter from the relevant transferee to BNPP B.V. Any attempted transfer that is not in accordance with the procedures set forth in the transferor's Investor Representation Letter and with any procedures set forth in any applicable U.S. wrapper to the Base Prospectus shall not be valid or binding on BNPP B.V. or BNPP.
2.5 Transfer of Registered Securities
Provisions relating to the transfer of Registered Warrants are set out in Condition 23. Provisions relating to the transfer of Registered Certificates are set out in Condition 31.
2.6 Transfer of Swedish Dematerialised Securities
Title to Swedish Dematerialised Securities will pass upon entry in the Euroclear Sweden Register (or, if applicable, notice to a nominee under the terms of the SFIA Act) in accordance with the SFIA Act.
2.7 Transfer of Finnish Dematerialised Securities
Title to Finnish Dematerialised Securities shall pass by transfer from a Holder’s book-entry account to another person’s, whether a legal person or an individual, book-entry account within Euroclear Finland (except where the Finnish Dematerialised Securities are nominee-registered and are transferred from one account to another account with the same nominee). Finnish Dematerialised Securities will be transferable only in accordance with the legislation, rules and regulations applicable to, and/or issued by, Euroclear Finland.
2.8 Transfer of Italian Dematerialised Securities
Title to Italian Dematerialised Securities will pass upon registration of the transfer in the records of Monte Titoli.
3. STATUS OF THE SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE
The Securities are unsubordinated and unsecured obligations of the relevant Issuer and rank pari passu
among themselves.
Where the Issuer is BNPP B.V., the Guarantee is an unsubordinated and unsecured obligation of BNPP and will rank pari passu with all its other present and future unsubordinated and unsecured obligations subject to such exceptions as may from time to time be mandatory under French law.
4. GUARANTEE
Where the Issuer is BNPP B.V., subject as provided below and in the relevant Guarantee, BNPP has unconditionally and irrevocably (a) guaranteed to each Holder all obligations of the Issuer in respect of such Holder's Securities as and when such obligations become due and (b) agreed that if and each time that the Issuer fails to satisfy any obligations under such Securities as and when such obligations become due, BNPP will not later than five Paris Business Days (as defined in the relevant Guarantee) after a demand has been made on BNPP pursuant thereto (without requiring the relevant Holder first to take steps against the Issuer or any other person) make or cause to be made such payment or satisfy or cause to be satisfied such obligations as though BNPP were the principal obligor in respect of such obligations provided that (i) in the case of Physical Delivery Certificates and, in the case of Physical Delivery Warrants that are Call Warrants, notwithstanding that the Issuer had the right to vary settlement in respect of such Physical Delivery Securities in accordance with Condition 5.3 and exercised such right or failed to exercise such right, BNPP will have the right at its sole and unfettered discretion to elect not to deliver or procure delivery of the Entitlement to the Holders of such Physical Delivery Securities, but in lieu thereof, to make payment in respect of each such Physical Delivery Security of an amount determined by BNPP in its sole and absolute discretion equal to the Cash Settlement Amount that would have been payable upon exercise (in the case of Warrants) or redemption (in the case of Certificates) of such Securities assuming they were Cash Settled Securities calculated pursuant to the terms of the relevant Final Terms, or in the case of lack of liquidity of the underlying, the fair market value of such Security less the costs of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements (the "Guaranteed Cash Settlement Amount") and (ii) in the case of Securities where the obligations of the Issuer which fail to be satisfied constitute the delivery of the Entitlement to the Holders, the Guarantor will as soon as practicable following the failure by the Issuer to satisfy its obligations under such Securities deliver or procure delivery of such Entitlement using the method of delivery specified in the applicable Final Terms provided that, if in the opinion of BNPP, delivery of the Entitlement using such method is not practicable by reason of (A) a Settlement Disruption Event (as defined in Condition 5.1) or (B) if "Failure to Deliver due to Illiquidity" is specified as applying in the applicable Final Terms, a Failure to Deliver due to Illiquidity (as defined in Condition 15.1), in lieu of such delivery BNPP will make payment in respect of each such Security of, in the case of (A) above,
the Guaranteed Cash Settlement Amount or, in the case of (B) above, the Failure to Deliver Settlement Price (as defined in Condition 15.2). Any payment of the Guaranteed Cash Settlement Amount or the Failure to Deliver Settlement Price, as the case may be, in respect of a Security shall constitute a complete discharge of BNPP's obligations in respect of such Security. Payment of the Guaranteed Cash Settlement Amount as the Failure to Deliver Settlement Price, as the case may be, will be made in such manner as shall be notified to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10.
5. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PHYSICAL SETTLEMENT IN RESPECT OF SECURITIES
5.1 Settlement Disruption
If, (i) in the case of Warrants following the exercise of Physical Delivery Warrants, and (ii) in the case of Securities, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, delivery of the Entitlement using the method of delivery specified in the applicable Final Terms or such commercially reasonable manner as the Calculation Agent has determined is not practicable by reason of a Settlement Disruption Event (as defined below) having occurred and continuing on any Settlement Date (in the case of Warrants) or Delivery Date (in the case of Certificates), then such Settlement Date or Delivery Date, as the case may be, for such Securities shall be postponed to the first following Settlement Business Day in respect of which there is no such Settlement Disruption Event, provided that the Issuer may elect in its sole discretion to satisfy its obligations in respect of the relevant Security or in the case of Warrants, if applicable, Unit, as the case may be, by delivering the Entitlement using such other commercially reasonable manner as it may select and in such event the Settlement Date or Delivery Date, as the case may be, shall be such day as the Issuer deems appropriate in connection with delivery of the Entitlement in such other commercially reasonable manner. For the avoidance of doubt, where a Settlement Disruption Event affects some but not all of the Relevant Assets comprising the Entitlement, the Settlement Date or Delivery Date, as the case may be, for the Relevant Assets not affected by the Settlement Disruption Event will be the originally designated Settlement Date or Delivery Date, as the case may be.
In the case of Warrants, in the event that a Settlement Disruption Event will result in the delivery on a Settlement Date of some but not all of the Relevant Assets comprising the Entitlement, the Calculation Agent shall determine in its discretion the appropriate pro rata portion of the Exercise Price to be paid by the relevant Holder in respect of that partial settlement.
For so long as delivery of the Entitlement is not practicable by reason of a Settlement Disruption Event, then in lieu of physical settlement and notwithstanding any other provision hereof, except in the case of
U.S. Securities (in which case another price or prices will be specified in the applicable Final Terms), the Issuer may elect in its sole discretion to satisfy its obligations in respect of the relevant Security or in the case of Warrants, if applicable, Unit, as the case may be, by payment to the relevant Holder of the Disruption Cash Settlement Price (as defined below) on the fifth Business Day following the date that notice of such election is given to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10. Payment of the Disruption Cash Settlement Price will be made in such manner as shall be notified to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10. The Calculation Agent shall give notice as soon as practicable to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10 that a Settlement Disruption Event has occurred. No Holder shall be entitled to any payment in respect of the relevant Security or in the case of Warrants, if applicable, Unit, as the case may be, in the event of any delay in the delivery of the Entitlement due to the occurrence of a Settlement Disruption Event and no liability in respect thereof shall attach to the Issuer or the Guarantor (if any).
For the purposes hereof:
"Disruption Cash Settlement Price" means, in respect of any relevant Security or in the case of Warrants, if applicable, Unit, as the case may be, the fair market value of such Security or in the case of Warrants, if applicable, Unit, as the case may be (disregarding, where the Settlement Disruption Event affected some but not all of the Relevant Assets comprising the Entitlement and such non- affected Relevant Assets have been duly delivered as provided above, the value of such non-affected Relevant Assets), less the cost to the Issuer and/or its Affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements (unless otherwise provided in the applicable Final Terms), all as determined by the Issuer in its sole and absolute discretion, plus in the case of Warrants, if applicable and if already paid, the Exercise Price (or, where as provided above some Relevant Assets have been delivered, and a pro rata portion thereof has been paid, such pro rata portion);
"Settlement Business Day" has the meaning specified in the applicable Final Terms; and
"Settlement Disruption Event" means, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent or, if the proviso to Condition 4 applies, BNPP, an event beyond the control of the Issuer or, if the proviso to Condition 4 applies, BNPP as a result of which the Issuer or BNPP, as the case may be, cannot make delivery of the Relevant Asset(s) using the method specified in the applicable Final Terms.
5.2 Failure to Deliver due to Illiquidity
"Failure to Deliver due to Illiquidity", if specified as applying in the applicable Final Terms, will be an Optional Additional Disruption Event, as described in Condition 15.1 below.
5.3 Variation of Settlement
(a) If the applicable Final Terms indicate that the Issuer has an option to vary settlement in respect of the Securities (which, unless otherwise specified, will not apply to U.S. Securities), and subject in the case of Warrants to a valid exercise of the Warrants in accordance with these Conditions, the Issuer may at its sole and absolute discretion in respect of each such Security or in the case of Warrants, if applicable, Unit, elect not to pay the relevant Holders the Cash Settlement Amount or to deliver or procure delivery of the Entitlement to the relevant Holders, as the case may be, but, in lieu thereof to deliver or procure delivery of the Entitlement or make payment of the Cash Settlement Amount on the Settlement Date (in the case of Warrants) or Redemption Date (in the case of Certificates) to the relevant Holders, as the case may be. Notification of such election will be given to Holders in accordance with Condition 10.
(b) If specified in the applicable Final Terms, and subject in the case of Warrants to a valid exercise of Warrants in accordance with these Conditions, the Issuer shall, in respect of each such Security or in the case of Warrants, if applicable, each Unit, in lieu of delivering or procuring the delivery of the Entitlement to the relevant Holders, make payment of the Cash Settlement Amount on the Settlement Date (in the case of Warrants) or Redemption Date (in the case of Certificates) to the relevant Holders.
5.4 Issuer's Option to Substitute Assets or to pay the Alternate Cash Amount
Following a valid exercise or redemption, as the case may be, of Securities in accordance with these Conditions, the Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion in respect of such Securities, if the Calculation Agent determines (in its sole and absolute discretion) that the Relevant Asset or Relevant Assets, as the case may be, comprise(s) shares or interests in ETIs which are not freely tradable, elect either (a) to substitute for the Relevant Asset or the Relevant Assets, as the case may be, an equivalent value (as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) of such other shares or interests in ETIs which the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, are
freely tradable (the "Substitute Asset" or the "Substitute Assets", as the case may be) or (b) not to deliver or procure the delivery of the Entitlement or the Substitute Asset or Substitute Assets, as the case may be, to the relevant Holders, but in lieu thereof to make payment to the relevant Holders on the Settlement Date of an amount equal to the fair market value of the Entitlement on the Valuation Date as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion by reference to such sources as it considers appropriate (the "Alternate Cash Amount"). Notification of any such election will be given to Holders in accordance with Condition 10.
For the purposes hereof, a "freely tradable" share or interest in an ETI shall mean (i) with respect to the United States, a share or interest in an ETI, as the case may be, which is registered under the Securities Act or not restricted under the Securities Act and which is not purchased from the issuer of such share or interest in an ETI, as the case may be, and not purchased from an affiliate of the issuer of such share or interest in an ETI, as the case may be, or which otherwise meets the requirements of a freely tradable share or interest in an ETI, as the case may be, for purposes of the Securities Act, in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion or (ii) with respect to any other jurisdiction, a share or interest in an ETI, as the case may be, not subject to any legal restrictions on transfer in such jurisdiction.
5.5 Commodity Securities shall not be Physical Delivery Securities.
6. GENERAL
None of the Issuers, the Guarantor, the Calculation Agent and any Security Agent shall have any responsibility for any errors or omissions in the calculation of any Cash Settlement Amount or of any Entitlement.
The purchase of Securities does not confer on any Holder of such Securities any rights (whether in respect of voting, distributions or otherwise) attaching to any Relevant Asset.
7. ILLEGALITY AND FORCE MAJEURE
7.1 Illegality
If the Issuer determines that the performance of its obligations under the Securities has become illegal in whole or in part for any reason, the Issuer may, in the case of Warrants, cancel, or in the case of Certificates, redeem all but not some only of the Securities by giving notice to Holders in accordance with Condition 10.
If the Issuer cancels or redeems, as the case may be, the Securities then the Issuer will, if and to the extent permitted by applicable law, and except as may be limited in the case of U.S. Securities, pay an amount to each Holder in respect of each Security, or in the case of Warrants, if Units are specified as applicable in the applicable Final Terms, each Unit, as the case may be, held by such Holder, which amount shall be equal to the fair market value of a Security or Unit, as the case may be, notwithstanding such illegality less the cost to the Issuer and/or its Affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements plus, in the case of Warrants, if applicable and if already paid by or on behalf of the Holder, the Exercise Price, all as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion. Payment will be made in such manner as shall be notified to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10.
Should any one or more of the provisions contained in these Terms and Conditions be or become invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected thereby.
7.2 Force Majeure
If the Issuer determines that by reason of force majeure or act of state occurring after the Trade Date it becomes impossible or impracticable to perform in whole or in part its obligations under the Securities and/or any related hedging arrangements, the Issuer may, in the case of Warrants, cancel, or in the case of Certificates, redeem the Securities by giving notice to Holders in accordance with Condition 10.
If the Issuer cancels or redeems, as the case may be, the Securities then the Issuer will, if and to the extent possible or practicable, pay an amount (if any) to each Holder in respect of each Security, or in the case of Warrants, if Units are specified as applicable in the applicable Final Terms, each Unit, as the case may be, held by such Holder, which amount shall be equal to the fair market value (if any) of a Security or Unit, as the case may be, taking into account such force majeure or act of state less the cost to the Issuer and/or its Affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements plus, in the case of Warrants, if applicable and if already paid by or on behalf of the Holder, the Exercise Price, all as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion. Any payment will be made in such manner as shall be notified to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10.
8. PURCHASES
8.1 Purchase and cancellation by BNPP B.V. in respect of any Securities and by BNPP in respect of Warrants
The Issuer may, but is not obliged to, at any time purchase Securities at any price in the open market or by tender or private treaty. In the case of BNPP B.V., any Securities or, in the case of BNPP, any Warrants so purchased may be held or resold or surrendered for cancellation, provided however, that Securities so purchased may only be resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A, Regulation S or otherwise thereunder.
8.2 Purchase by BNPP in respect of Certificates
The Issuer may, but is not obliged to, at any time purchase Certificates at any price in the open market or by tender or private treaty.
Certificates so purchased by the Issuer may be held or resold in accordance with applicable laws and regulations for the purpose of enhancing the liquidity of the Certificates, or cancelled.
8.3 Cancellation by BNPP in respect of Certificates
All Certificates which are purchased for cancellation by the Issuer will forthwith be cancelled and accordingly may not be re-issued or resold.
9. SECURITY AGENTS, REGISTRAR, DETERMINATIONS, MEETINGS PROVISIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
9.1 Security Agents and Registrar
The specified offices of each of the Security Agents and the Registrar are as set out at the end of these Terms and Conditions.
Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor, if any, reserves the right at any time to vary or terminate the appointment of any Security Agent or the Registrar and to appoint further or additional Security Agents or a further or additional Registrar, provided that no termination of appointment of the Security Agent
or the Registrar, as the case may be, shall become effective until a replacement Security Agent or a replacement Registrar, as the case may be, shall have been appointed and provided that, so long as any of the Securities are listed on a stock exchange or are admitted to trading by another relevant authority, there shall be a Security Agent having a specified office in each location required by the rules and regulations of the relevant stock exchange or other relevant authority and, if the Securities are Registered Securities, there shall be a Registrar. So long as any of the Securities are Private Placement Definitive Securities, there shall be a Definitive Security Agent, and so long as any of the Securities are represented by a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC, there shall be a New York Security Agent. Notice of any termination of appointment and of any changes in the specified office of any of the Security Agents or the Registrar will be given to Holders in accordance with Condition 10. In acting under the Agency Agreement, the Security Agent and the Registrar act solely as agents of the Issuer and the Guarantor, if any, and do not assume any obligation or duty to, or any relationship of agency or trust for or with, the Holders and any determinations and calculations made in respect of the Securities by the Security Agent or the Registrar shall (save in the case of manifest error) be final, conclusive and binding on the Issuer, the Guarantor, if any, and the respective Holders.
In the case of Swedish Dematerialised Securities the relevant Issuer is entitled to vary or terminate the appointment of the Swedish Security Agent, provided that it appoints another Swedish Security Agent that is duly authorised under the SFIA Act as an account operator.
In the case of Finnish Dematerialised Securities the relevant Issuer is entitled to vary or terminate the appointment of the Finnish Security Agent, provided that it appoints another Finnish Security Agent, that is duly authorised under the Finnish Act on the Book-Entry System (Fin. laki arvo- osuusjärjestelmästä (826/1991)) as an account operator.
9.2 Calculation Agent
In relation to each issue of Securities, the Calculation Agent (whether it be BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas Arbitrage S.N.C. or another entity) acts solely as agent of the Issuer and the Guarantor, if any, and does not assume any obligation or duty to, or any relationship of agency or trust for or with, the Holders. All calculations and determinations made in respect of the Securities by the Calculation Agent shall (save in the case of manifest error) be final, conclusive and binding on the Issuer, the Guarantor, if any, and the Holders. Because the Calculation Agent may be an affiliate of the Issuer, potential conflicts of interest may exist between the Calculation Agent and the Holders, including with respect to certain determinations and judgments that the Calculation Agent must make.
The Calculation Agent may, with the consent of the Issuer, delegate any of its obligations and functions to a third party as it deems appropriate.
9.3 Determinations by the Issuer and the Guarantor
Any determination made by the Issuer or the Guarantor, if any, pursuant to these Terms and Conditions shall (save in the case of manifest error) be final, conclusive and binding on the Issuer, the Guarantor, if any, and the Holders.
9.4 Meetings of Holders
(a) English Law Securities
The Agency Agreement contains provisions for convening meetings of the Holders of English Law Securities to consider any matter affecting their interests, including the sanctioning by Extraordinary Resolution (as defined in the Agency Agreement) of a modification of the Terms and Conditions or the Agency Agreement. At least 21 days' notice (exclusive of the day on which the notice is given and of the day on which the meeting is held) specifying the date, time and place of the meeting shall be given to Holders. Such a meeting may be convened by the Issuer, the Guarantor or Holders holding not less than 5 per cent. (by number) of the Securities for the time being, in the case of Warrants, remaining unexercised or, in the case of Certificates, outstanding. The quorum at a meeting of the Holders (except for the purpose of passing an Extraordinary Resolution) will be two or more persons holding or representing not less than 20 per cent. (by number) of Securities, in the case of Warrants, for the time being remaining unexercised or, in the case of Certificates, outstanding, or at any adjourned meeting two or more persons being or representing Holders whatever the number of English Law Securities so held or represented. The quorum at a meeting of Holders for the purpose of passing an Extraordinary Resolution will be two or more persons holding or representing not less than 50 per cent. (by number) of the Securities, in the case of Warrants, for the time being remaining unexercised or, in the case of Certificates, outstanding, or at any adjourned meeting two or more persons being holding or representing not less than 10 per cent. (by number) of the Securities for the time being remaining unexercised or outstanding, as the case may be. A resolution will be an Extraordinary Resolution when it has been passed at a duly convened meeting by not less than three fourths of the votes cast by Holders at such meeting who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy. An Extraordinary Resolution passed at any meeting of the Holders shall be binding on all the Holders, whether or not they are present at the meeting, except, in the case of Warrants, for those Warrants remaining unexercised but for which an Exercise Notice shall have been received as described in Condition 25 prior to the date of the meeting. Warrants which have not been exercised but in respect of which an Exercise Notice has been received as described in Condition 25 will not confer the right to attend or vote at, or join in convening, or be counted in the quorum for, any meeting of the Holders. Resolutions can be passed in writing if passed unanimously.
(b) French Law Securities
(i) Representation
In respect of any series of French Law Securities, Holders shall not be grouped automatically for the defence of their common interests in a masse constituting a separate legal body and governed by the provisions of Articles L.228-46 et seq of the French Code de commerce. Consequently the Holders shall not be represented by any representative of such body.
However, general meetings of Holders (a "General Meeting") may be convened to consider some matters relating to any series of French Law Securities as provided hereunder.
(ii) Powers of the General Meetings
The General Meeting is empowered to deliberate on any proposal relating to any matter affecting the interests of the Holders of the French Law Securities and their rights, actions and benefits which now or in the future may accrue with respect to the Securities, including the:
(A) power to agree to any modification of the Securities including but not limited to, a modification of the Exercise Price (in the case of Warrants), Exercise Period (in the case of Warrants), Cash Settlement Amount, Entitlement, Expiration Date (in the case of Warrants), Redemption Date (in the case of Certificates), Settlement Date or more generally the modification of any term which can affect the amount to be paid under a Security or the scheduled payment date, which is proposed by the Issuer;
(B) power to give any authority or approval which under the provisions of this Condition 9.4(b) is required to be given by a resolution of the General Meeting;
(C) power to appoint any persons (whether Holders or not) to a committee or committees to confer upon any such committee or committees any powers or discretions which the Holders could themselves exercise by a resolution of the General Meeting; and
(D) power to approve any contractual compromise or arrangement proposed to be made between the Issuer and the relevant Holders in respect of the rights of the Holders against the Issuer or against any of its property.
It is specified, however, that a General Meeting may not:
I. appoint any person as the representative of the Holders of any series for all actions intended to defend the common interests of the Holders, and particularly to bring any court or arbitration action or proceedings, against the Issuer or any Agent; and
II. agree on (a) any modification of the majority required to pass a resolution of the General Meeting, (b) any proposal relating to a change in the Issuer's corporate purpose or status, (c) any proposal for a settlement or a transaction concerning disputed rights or rights in respect of which court decisions have been handed down, or (d) proposals to merge or demerge the Issuer.
Any resolution passed at a General Meeting of the Holders of a series of French Law Securities, duly convened and held in accordance with the provisions of this Condition, shall be binding upon all the Holders of such series of French Law Securities whether present or not present at the meeting and whether or not voting and each of them shall be bound to give effect to the resolution accordingly and the passing of any resolution shall be conclusive evidence that the circumstances justify its passing.
General Meetings may deliberate validly on first convocation only if Holders present or represented hold at least a fifth of the Securities then, in the case of Warrants, remaining unexercised or, in the case of Certificates, outstanding. On second convocation, no quorum shall be required. Decisions at meetings shall be taken by a two-third majority of votes cast by Holders attending such General Meetings or represented thereat.
Decisions of General Meetings must be published in accordance with the provisions set forth in Condition 10 by the Issuer within 14 calendar days of the result being known provided that non-publication shall not invalidate the resolution.
(iii) Convening and holding of the General Meeting
The General Meeting shall be convened by an authorised representative of the Issuer or by the liquidators or natural or physical persons performing equivalent functions during any possible winding-up or equivalent insolvency period and held, all with the same formal and deadline conditions as the shareholders' meetings of the Issuer including the provisions of Articles R. 225-66, R. 225-95, R. 225-101, R. 225-106 and R. 225-107 but excluding the provisions of Articles R. 225-72 to R. 225-74 of the French Code de commerce.
Any meeting unduly convened may be cancelled. However, the action to cancel this shall not be admissible when all the Holders of the relevant series are present or represented.
The day, time and place of the meeting and agenda of a meeting are determined at its discretion by the person convening it. However, one or more Holders holding at least one thirtieth of the relevant series of Securities then, in the case of Warrants, remaining unexercised or, in the case of Certificates, outstanding are entitled to require that draft resolutions be placed on the agenda. Such resolutions are placed on the agenda and put to the vote by the chairman of the meeting. The meeting shall not deliberate on an item which is not placed on the agenda. The agenda for the meeting may be amended on a second convening.
The meeting shall be chaired by a representative of the Issuer.
An attendance sheet is kept for each meeting. The decisions taken at each meeting are recorded in minutes signed by the members of the committee which are entered in a special register kept at the registered office of the Issuer. The elements that must be included in the attendance sheet and the minutes are the same as with respect to the shareholders' meetings of the Issuer.
All Holders of the relevant series of French Law Securities are entitled to participate in the meeting or to be represented at it by the representative of their choice. Any Holder may vote by correspondence with the same formal and deadline conditions as the shareholders' meetings of the Issuer. Any contrary provision in the articles of association is deemed not to exist. When the quorum is calculated, only voting forms received by the Issuer before the date of the meeting in the manner and within the time limits being the same as for the shareholders' meetings of the Issuer shall be included in such calculation. Forms which do not indicate a voting intention or which express an abstention are treated as negative votes. If the articles of association of the Issuer so provide, Holders who participate in the meeting via videoconferencing or via a telecommunications medium which permits their identification are deemed to be present for calculation of the quorum and the majority.
The rights of each Holder to participate in General Meetings will be evidenced by the entries in the books of the relevant Account Holder of the name of such Holder on the third business day in Paris preceding the date set for the meeting of the relevant General Meeting at 00.00, Paris time. The voting right in General Meetings shall belong to the bare owner (nu- propriétaire) of the relevant Securities. Each Security shall confer the right to one vote.
Holders shall not be allowed individually to exercise control over the operations of the Issuer or to request notification of Issuer documents.
(iv) Information to Holders
Each Holder thereof will have the right, during the 15-day period preceding the holding of the relevant General Meeting, to consult or make a copy of the text of the resolutions which will be proposed and of the reports which will be presented at the General Meeting, all of which will be available for inspection by the relevant Holders at the registered office of the Issuer, at the specified offices of any of the Security Agents during usual business hours and at any other place specified in the notice of the General Meeting. The relevant Holders shall at all times have the same right with regard to the minutes and attendance sheets of the said General Meeting.
(v) Expenses
The Issuer will pay all expenses relating to the calling and holding of General Meetings and, more generally, all administrative expenses resolved upon by the General Meeting.
In the case of Certificates, it is expressly stipulated that no expenses may be imputed against interest payable under the Certificates.
9.5 Modifications
The Issuer may modify these Terms and Conditions and/or the Agency Agreement without the consent of the Holders (but in the case of Swedish Dematerialised Securities, with the consent of Euroclear Sweden and in the case of Finnish Dematerialised Securities, with the consent of Euroclear Finland) in any manner which the Issuer may deem necessary or desirable provided that such modification is not materially prejudicial to the interests of the Holders or such modification is of a formal, minor or technical nature or to cure, correct or supplement a manifest or proven error or to cure, correct or supplement any defective provision contained herein and/or therein or to comply with mandatory provisions of the law of the jurisdiction in which the Issuer is incorporated. Notice of any such modification will be given to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10 but failure to give, or non- receipt of, such notice will not affect the validity of any such modification.
10. NOTICES
All notices to Holders shall be valid if:
(a) (i) in the case of Clearing System Securities (other than Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC, Italian Listed Securities, Euroclear France Securities listed on Euronext Paris or Euroclear Netherlands Securities listed on Euronext Amsterdam and Securities issued and cleared through Iberclear and listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange), Registered Certificates represented by a Registered Global Certificate and Italian Dematerialised Securities, delivered to the relevant Clearing System (in the case of English Law Securities), or to the relevant Account Holder (in the case of French Law Securities) for communication by them to the Holders;
(ii) in the case of Securities represented by a Rule 144A Global Security held by a Custodian on behalf of DTC, to DTC for communication by it to the Holders and any such notices shall be conclusively presumed to have been received by the Holders;
(iii) in the case of Clearing System Securities which are Italian Listed Securities or Euroclear France Securities listed on Euronext Paris or Euroclear Netherlands
Securities listed on Euronext Amsterdam, published by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., Euronext Paris or Euronext Amsterdam, as the case may be and in the case of OET Certificates, published on the "Certificate" website of the Issuer ("www.produitsde xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx") or other website of the Issuer as may be notified to Holders;
(iv) in the case of Securities issued and cleared through Iberclear and listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange, published by the Madrid Stock Exchange or, if applicable, in the manner specifically provided by Spanish law and regulations for the relevant notice, as the case may be;
(v) in the case of Securities represented by Private Placement Definitive Securities, mailed to their registered addresses appearing in the Private Placement Register;
(vi) in the case of Registered Warrants or Registered Certificates in definitive form, mailed to their registered addresses appearing in the Register;
(vii) in the case of Swedish Dematerialised Securities, mailed by Euroclear Sweden in accordance with the SFIA Act and the Euroclear Sweden rules; or
(viii) in the case of Finnish Dematerialised Securities, mailed to a Holder on the address registered for such Holder in the Euroclear Finland Register maintained by Euroclear Finland in accordance with the rules of Euroclear Finland; and
(b) for so long as the Securities are listed on a stock exchange or are admitted to trading by another relevant authority, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the relevant stock exchange or other relevant authority (in the case of Italian Dematerialised Securities that are Italian Listed Securities, such notices shall be published by Borsa Italiana S.p.A.). If the Securities are listed and admitted to trading on the Euro MTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, and so long as the rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange so require, notices shall be made available on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (xxx.xxxxxx.xx). Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the second Business Day following such delivery or, if earlier, the date of such publication or, if published more than once, on the date of the first such publication.
11. EXPENSES AND TAXATION
11.1 A Holder must pay all taxes, duties and/or expenses, including any applicable depository charges, transaction or exercise charges, stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax, issue, registration, securities transfer and/or other taxes or duties arising from the exercise and settlement (in the case of Warrants or Exercisable Certificates) or redemption (in the case of Certificates) of the Securities and/or the delivery or transfer of the Entitlement (as applicable) pursuant to the terms of such Securities ("Security Expenses") relating to such Securities as provided above.
11.2 The Issuer shall deduct from amounts payable or from assets deliverable to Holders all Related Expenses, not previously deducted from amounts paid or assets delivered to Holders, as the Calculation Agent shall in its sole and absolute discretion determine are attributable to the Securities.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Issuer shall not be liable for any Related Expenses and Holders shall be liable to pay the Related Expenses attributable to their Securities.
"Expenses" means Security Expenses and any Related Expenses.
"Related Expenses" means (a) all present, future, prospective, contingent or anticipated Taxes which are (or may be) or were (or may have been) withheld or payable under the laws, regulations or administrative practices of any state (or any political sub-division or authority thereof or therein) and
(b) any other present, future, or contingent expenses (including without limitation, any applicable depositary charges, transaction charges, issue registration, securities transfer or other expenses) which are (or may be) or were (or may have been) payable, in each case in respect of or in connection with:
(a) the issue, transfer or enforcement of the Securities;
(b) any payment (or delivery of assets) to Holders;
(c) a person or its agent's assets or any rights, distributions of dividends appertaining to such assets (had such an investor (or agent) purchased, owned, held, realised, sold or otherwise disposed of assets) in such a number as the Calculation Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, may determine to be appropriate as a hedge or related trading position in connection with the Securities; or
(d) any of the Issuer's (or any Affiliates') other hedging arrangements in connection with the Securities.
"Taxes" means taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments or other charges (including any stamp, registration or transfer tax, duty or other charge or tax on income, payments (or delivery of assets), profits or capital gains) together with any interest, additions to tax or penalties.
12. FURTHER ISSUES
The Issuer shall be at liberty from time to time without the consent of Holders to create and issue further Securities so as to be consolidated with and form a single series with the outstanding Securities.
13. SUBSTITUTION OF THE ISSUER OR THE GUARANTOR
13.1 Except in the case of U.S. Securities, the Issuer, or any previous substituted company may, at any time, without the consent of the Holders, substitute for itself as principal obligor under the Securities any company (the "Substitute"), being the Issuer or any other company, subject to:
(a) where the Substitute is not BNPP, BNPP unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteeing in favour of each Holder the performance of all obligations by the Substitute under the Securities;
(b) all actions, conditions and things required to be taken, fulfilled and done to ensure that the Securities represent legal, valid and binding obligations of the Substitute having been taken, fulfilled and done and being in full force and effect;
(c) the Substitute becoming party to the Agency Agreement (unless the Substitute is already a party to the Agency Agreement) with any appropriate consequential amendments, as if it had been an original party to it;
(d) each stock exchange on which the Securities are listed having confirmed that, following the proposed substitution of the Substitute, the Securities will continue to be listed on such stock exchange and in the case of Swedish Dematerialised Securities, Euroclear Sweden, or in the
case of Finnish Dematerialised Securities, Euroclear Finland, has consented to such substitution (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
(e) if appropriate, the Substitute having appointed a process agent as its agent in England (in the case of English Law Securities) or France (in the case of French Law Securities) to receive service of process on its behalf in relation to any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with the Securities; and
(f) the Issuer having given at least 30 days' prior notice of the date of such substitution to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10.
13.2 Where the Issuer is BNPP B.V., BNPP or any previous substituted company may, at any time, without the consent of the Holders, substitute for itself as guarantor in respect of the Securities any company (the "Substitute Guarantor"), being BNPP or any other company, subject to:
(a) the creditworthiness of the Substitute Guarantor at such time being at least equal to the creditworthiness of BNPP (or of any previous substitute under this Condition), as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion by reference to, inter alia, the long term senior debt ratings (if any) assigned by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Xxxx Companies, Inc. and/or Moody's Investors Service Ltd. and/or Fitch Ratings Limited, or any successor rating agency or agencies thereto, to the Substitute Guarantor or, as the case may be, to BNPP (or to any previous substitute under this Condition);
(b) the Substitute Guarantor having entered into a guarantee (the "Substitute Guarantee") in respect of the Securities in substantially the same form as the Guarantee and such other documents (if any) as may be necessary to give full effect to the substitution (the "Documents") and (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) pursuant to which the Substitute Guarantor shall undertake in favour of each Holder to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and the provisions of the Agency Agreement as fully as if the Substitute Guarantor had been named in these Terms and Conditions, the Documents and the Agency Agreement as the guarantor in respect of the Securities in place of BNPP (or of any previous substitute under this Condition);
(c) the Substitute Guarantee and the Documents having been delivered to BNP Paribas Securities Services, Luxembourg Branch to be held by BNP Paribas Securities Services, Luxembourg Branch for so long as any Securities remain, in the case of Warrants, unexercised or, in the case of Certificates, outstanding and for so long as any claim made against the Substitute Guarantor or the Issuer by any Holder in relation to the Securities, the Substitute Guarantee or the Documents shall not have been finally adjudicated, settled or discharged;
(d) each stock exchange on which the Securities are listed having confirmed that following the proposed substitution of the Substitute Guarantor (or of any previous substitute under this Condition) it will continue to list the Securities and in the case of Swedish Dematerialised Securities, Euroclear Sweden, or in the case of Finnish Dematerialised Securities, Euroclear Finland, has consented to such substitution (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
(e) if appropriate, the Substitute Guarantor having appointed a process agent as its agent in England (in the case of English Law Securities) or France (in the case of French Law Securities) to receive service of process on its behalf in relation to any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with the Securities or the Substitute Guarantee; and
(f) BNPP (or any previous substitute under this Condition) having given at least 30 days' prior notice of the date of such substitution to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10.
14. GOVERNING LAW
14.1 English Law Securities
(a) The English Law Securities (including Swedish Dematerialised Securities, Italian Dematerialised Securities, Swiss Securities and Finnish Dematerialised Securities), the English Law Agency Agreement and the English Law Guarantee and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with the English Law Securities (including Swedish Dematerialised Securities, Italian Dematerialised Securities, Swiss Securities and Finnish Dematerialised Securities), the English Law Agency Agreement and the English Law Guarantee are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law. Notwithstanding this, (i) with respect to Finnish Dematerialised Securities, the registration and transfer of the Finnish Dematerialised Securities in Euroclear Finland's system for the registration of financial instruments shall be governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, Finnish law and (ii) with respect to Italian Dematerialised Securities, the registration and transfer of the Italian Dematerialised Securities in Monte Titoli shall be governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, Italian law.
(b) This Condition is for the benefit of the Holders of English Law Securities only. Subject as provided below, the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle all disputes that may, directly or indirectly, arise out of or in connection with the English Law Securities, the English Law Agency Agreement and the English Law Guarantee (including any disputes relating to any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with the English Law Securities, the English Law Agency Agreement and the English Law Guarantee) and consequently each of the Issuer and the Guarantor submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to hear all suits, actions or proceedings (together hereafter termed the "Proceedings") relating to any such dispute (including any Proceedings relating to any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with the English Law Securities, the English Law Agency Agreement and the English Law Guarantee). Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor waives any objection to the courts of England on the grounds that they are an inconvenient or inappropriate forum. Nothing in this Condition 14.1 shall limit the right of the Holders to take any Proceedings against the Issuer and/or the BNPP B.V. Guarantor in any other court of competent jurisdiction and concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
(c) Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor hereby appoints BNP Paribas, London branch at its registered office at 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0 0XX, as its or their agent in England to receive service of process in any Proceedings in England relating to the English Law Securities and the English Law Guarantee, as the case may be. If for any reason such process agent ceases to act as such or no longer has an address in England, each of the Issuer and the Guarantor agrees to appoint a substitute process agent and to notify the Holders of English Law Securities of such appointment. Nothing in these provisions shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
14.2 French Law Securities
The French Law Securities, the French Law Agency Agreement and the French Law Guarantee are governed by, and construed in accordance with, French law, and any action or proceeding in relation thereto ("Proceedings") shall be submitted to the jurisdiction of the competent courts in Paris within the jurisdiction of the Paris Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel de Paris). Nothing in this Condition 14.2 shall limit the right of the Holders to take Proceedings against the Issuer and/or the Guarantor in any other court of competent jurisdiction and concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. BNPP B.V. elects domicile at the registered office of BNP Paribas currently located at 00 xxxxxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00000 Xxxxx.
15. ADDITIONAL DISRUPTION EVENTS AND OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL DISRUPTION EVENTS
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Final Terms, the Additional Disruption Events and any Optional Additional Disruption Events shall not apply to any U.S. Securities.
15.1 In respect of Debt Securities any reference in this Condition 15 to "Share" and "Share Company" shall be deemed to be references to "Debt Instruments" and "Debt Instrument Issuer" respectively in respect of such Debt Securities.
"Additional Disruption Event" means each of Change in Law and Hedging Disruption, unless specified otherwise in the applicable Final Terms;
"Cancellation Event" means, that in the determination of the Calculation Agent, all or some of the Debt Instruments are redeemed prior to their stated maturity date for any reason, and as a result thereof it is impossible, impracticable or unduly onerous for the Issuer or its Affiliates to hedge the Issuer's obligations in respect of the Securities;
"Change in Law" means that, on or after the Trade Date (a) due to the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, in respect of any tax law, solvency or capital requirements), or (b) due to the promulgation of or any change in the interpretation or application of any law or regulation by any court, tribunal or regulatory or other supervisory authority with competent jurisdiction (including any action taken by a taxing or financial authority or any supervisory authority) or the combined effect thereof if occurring more than once, the Issuer determines in its sole and absolute discretion that:
(a) it has become illegal for it or any of its Affiliates to hold, acquire or dispose of any relevant hedge position relating to an Index (in the case of Index Securities), any relevant hedge position relating to a Share (in the case of Share Securities), any relevant hedge position relating to an ETI Interest (in the case of ETI Securities), any relevant hedge position relating to a Commodity or Commodity Index (in the case of Commodity Securities) or any relevant hedge position relating to a Fund Share (in the case of Fund Securities) (each a "Hedge"); or
(b) it or any of its Affiliates would incur a materially increased cost (including, without limitation, in respect of any tax, solvency or capital requirements) in maintaining the Securities in issue or in holding, acquiring or disposing of any Hedge;
"Currency Event" means that, on or after the Trade Date, it has become impracticable, illegal or impossible for the Issuer or any of its Affiliates or any Qualified Investor (a) to convert the relevant currency ("Local Currency") in which the Index, the Shares or the Debt Instruments or any options or futures contracts or other hedging arrangement in relation to the Index, the Shares or the Debt
Instruments (for the purposes of hedging the Issuer's obligations under the Securities) are denominated, into the Settlement Currency, or exchange or repatriate any funds in the Local Currency or the Settlement Currency outside of the country in which the Index, the Shares or the Debt Instruments or any options or futures contracts in relation to the Index, the Shares or the Debt Instruments respectively are traded due to the adoption of, or any change in, any applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order, directive or decree of any Government Authority or otherwise, or (b) for the Calculation Agent to determine a rate or (in the determination of the Calculation Agent) a commercially reasonable rate at which the Local Currency can be exchanged for the Settlement Currency for payment under the Securities;
"Failure to Deliver due to Illiquidity" means, following the exercise of Physical Delivery Securities, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, it is impossible or impracticable to deliver, when due, some or all of the Relevant Assets (the "Affected Relevant Assets") comprising the Entitlement, where such failure to deliver is due to illiquidity in the market for the Relevant Assets;
"Force Majeure Event" means that, on or after the Trade Date, the performance of the Issuer's obligations under the Securities is prevented or materially hindered or delayed due to:
(a) any act (other than a Market Disruption Event), law, rule, regulation, judgment, order, directive, interpretation, decree or material legislative or administrative interference of any Government Authority or otherwise; or
(b) the occurrence of civil war, disruption, military action, unrest, political insurrection, terrorist activity of any kind, riot, public demonstration and/or protest, or any other financial or economic reasons or any other causes or impediments beyond such party's control; or
(c) any expropriation, confiscation, requisition, nationalisation or other action taken or threatened by any Government Authority that deprives the Issuer or any of its Affiliates or any Qualified Investor, of all or substantially all of its assets in the Local Currency jurisdiction;
"Government Authority" means any nation, state or government, any province or other political subdivision thereof, any body, agency or ministry, any taxing, monetary, foreign exchange or other authority, court, tribunal or other instrumentality and any other entity exercising, executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government;
"Hedging Disruption" means that the Issuer and/or any of its Affiliates is unable, after using commercially reasonable efforts, to (a) acquire, establish, re-establish, substitute, maintain, unwind or dispose of any transaction(s) or asset(s) or any futures or option contracts it deems necessary to hedge the equity price risk or any other relevant price risk including but not limited to the currency risk of the Issuer issuing and performing its obligations with respect to the Securities, or (b) freely realise, recover, remit, receive, repatriate or transfer the proceeds of any such transaction(s), asset(s) or futures or options contract(s) or any relevant hedge positions relating to the Securities;
"Hedging Shares" means the number of components comprised in an Index (in the case of Index Securities) or the number of Shares (in the case of Share Securities) that the Issuer and/or any of its Affiliates deems necessary to hedge the equity or other price risk of entering into and performing its obligations with respect to the Securities;
"Increased Cost of Hedging" means that the Issuer and/or any of its Affiliates would incur a materially increased (as compared with circumstances existing on the Trade Date) amount of tax, duty, expense or fee (other than brokerage commissions) to (a) acquire, establish, re-establish, substitute, maintain, unwind or dispose of any transaction(s) or asset(s) or any futures or options contract on any
Commodity or, in the case of a Commodity Index, Index Component (in the case of Commodity Securities) or, in respect of any Index Securities relating to a Custom Index, any relevant hedge positions relating to an Index, it deems necessary to hedge the market risk (including, without limitation, equity price risk, foreign exchange risk and interest risk) of the Issuer issuing and performing its obligations with respect to the Securities, or (b) realise, recover or remit the proceeds of any such transaction(s) or asset(s) or any such futures or options contract(s) or, in respect of any Index Securities relating to a Custom Index, any relevant hedge positions relating to an Index, provided that any such materially increased amount that is incurred solely due to the deterioration of the creditworthiness of the Issuer and/or any of its Affiliates shall not be deemed an Increased Cost of Hedging;
"Increased Cost of Stock Borrow" means that the Issuer and/or any of its Affiliates would incur a rate to borrow any component security comprised in an Index (in the case of Index Securities) or any Share (in the case of Share Securities) that is greater than the Initial Stock Loan Rate;
"Initial Stock Loan Rate" means, in respect of a component security comprised in an Index (in the case of Index Securities) or a Share (in the case of Share Securities), the initial stock loan rate specified in relation to such Share, security, component or commodity in the applicable Final Terms;
"Insolvency Filing" means that a Share Company or Basket Company institutes or has instituted against it by a regulator, supervisor or any similar official with primary insolvency, rehabilitative or regulatory jurisdiction over it in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organisation or the jurisdiction of its head or home office, or it consents to a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors' rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation by it or such regulator, supervisor or similar official or it consents to such a petition, provided that proceedings instituted or petitions presented by creditors and not consented to by the Share Company or Basket Company shall not be deemed an Insolvency Filing;
"Jurisdiction Event" means that, on or after the Trade Date, it has become impracticable, illegal or impossible for the Issuer or any of its Affiliates or a Qualified Investor to purchase, sell, hold or otherwise deal (or to continue to do so in the future) in the Index, the Shares or the Debt Instruments or any options or futures contracts in relation to the Index, the Shares or the Debt Instruments in order for the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Securities or in respect of any relevant hedging arrangements in connection with the Securities (including, without limitation, any purchase, sale or entry into or holding of one or more securities positions, currency positions, stock loan transactions, derivatives position, commodity position or other instruments or arrangements (however described) by the Issuer and/or any of its Affiliates in order to hedge, either individually or on a portfolio basis, the Securities) or the costs of so doing would (in the sole and absolute determination of the Calculation Agent) be materially increased under the restriction or limitation of the existing or future law, rule, regulation, judgment, order, interpretation, directive or decree of any Government Authority or otherwise;
"Loss of Stock Borrow" means that the Issuer and/or any Affiliate is unable, after using commercially reasonable efforts, to borrow (or maintain a borrowing of) any component security comprised in an Index (in the case of Index Securities) or any Share (in the case of Share Securities) in an amount equal to the Hedging Shares at a rate equal to or less than the Maximum Stock Loan Rate;
"Maximum Stock Loan Rate" means in respect of a component security comprised in an Index (in the case of Index Securities) or a Share (in the case of Share Securities), the Maximum Stock Loan Rate specified in the applicable Final Terms;
"Optional Additional Disruption Event" means any of Cancellation Event, Currency Event, Failure to Deliver due to Illiquidity, Force Majeure Event, Increased Cost of Hedging, Increased Cost of Stock Borrow, Jurisdiction Event, Insolvency Filing, Loss of Stock Borrow and/or Stop-Loss Event, in each case if specified in the applicable Final Terms;
"Stop-Loss Event" means, in respect of a Share, the price of any Share as quoted on the relevant Exchange for such Share at the Scheduled Closing Time on any Scheduled Trading Day that is not a Disrupted Day in respect of such Share on or after the Trade Date or, if later, the Strike Date, is less than 5 per cent., or such percentage specified in the applicable Final Terms, of its Strike Price or, if no Strike Price is specified in the applicable Final Terms, the price given as the benchmark price for such Share in the applicable Final Terms, all as determined by the Calculation Agent.
15.2 If Additional Disruption Events are specified as applicable in the applicable Final Terms and an Additional Disruption Event and/or an Optional Additional Disruption Event occurs (other than in respect of Failure to Deliver due to Illiquidity), the Issuer in its sole and absolute discretion may take the action described in (a) or, if applicable, (b), (c), (d) or (e), as the case may be, below:
(a) require the Calculation Agent to determine in its sole and absolute discretion the appropriate adjustment, if any, to be made to any one or more of any Relevant Asset and/or the Entitlement and/or the Exercise Price (in the case of Warrants) and/or the Weighting and/or any of the other terms of these Terms and Conditions and/or the applicable Final Terms to account for the Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event and determine the effective date of that adjustment;
(b) in the case of Warrants, cancel the Warrants by giving notice to Holders in accordance with Condition 10. If the Warrants are so cancelled the Issuer will pay an amount to each Holder in respect of each Warrant or, if Units are specified in the applicable Final Terms, each Unit, as the case may be, held by him which amount shall be equal to the fair market value of a Warrant or a Unit, as the case may be, taking into account the Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event less the cost to the Issuer and/or its Affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements (unless provided for otherwise in the relevant Final Terms) plus, if applicable and already paid, the Exercise Price, all as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion. Payments will be made in such manner as shall be notified to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10;
(c) in the case of Certificates,
(i) unless Delayed Redemption on Occurrence of Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event is specified in the applicable Final Terms, on giving notice to Holders in accordance with Condition 10, redeem all but not some only of the Certificates, each Certificate being redeemed by payment of an amount equal to the fair market value of a Certificate taking into account the Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event less the cost to the Issuer and/or its Affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements (unless provided for otherwise in the relevant Final Terms), all as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion. Payments will be made in such manner as shall be notified to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10; or
(ii) if Delayed Redemption on Occurrence of Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event is specified as being applicable in the applicable Final Terms, the Calculation Agent shall calculate the fair market value of each Certificate, taking into account the Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event, less the cost to the Issuer and/or its Affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements (the "Calculated Additional Disruption Amount") as soon as practicable following the occurrence of the Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event (the "Calculated Additional Disruption Amount Determination Date") and on the Redemption Date shall redeem each Certificate at an amount calculated by the Calculation Agent equal to (x) the Calculated Additional Disruption Amount plus interest accrued from and including the Calculated Additional Disruption Amount Determination Date to but excluding the Redemption Date at a rate equal to Issuer's funding cost at such time or (y) if Principal Protected Termination Amount is specified as being applicable in the applicable Final Terms and if greater, the Notional Amount; or
(d) in the case of Index Securities linked to a Custom Index, the Calculation Agent may use commercially reasonable efforts to select a successor index with a substantially similar formula for and method of calculation as the Custom Index within twenty (20) Scheduled Custom Index Business Days of the occurrence of the relevant Additional Disruption Event or Optional Additional Disruption Event and, upon selection of such successor index (the "Successor Index"), the Calculation Agent shall promptly notify the Issuer and the Issuer will give notice to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10 and such index shall become the Successor Index and deemed to be a "Custom Index" for the purposes of the Securities and the Calculation Agent will make such adjustment, if any, to one or more of the Terms and Conditions and/or the applicable Final Terms as the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion determines appropriate to account for the substitution. Such substitution and any relevant adjustment to the Terms and Conditions and/or the applicable Final Terms will be deemed to be effective as of the date selected by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion which may, but need not be the date on which the relevant Additional Disruption Event or Optional Additional Disruption Event occurred; or
(e) in the case of Share Securities linked to a Basket of Shares, the Calculation Agent may adjust the Basket of Shares to include a Share selected by it in accordance with the criteria for Share selection set out below (each a "Substitute Share") for each Share (each an "Affected Share") which is affected by the Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event and the Substitute Share will be deemed to be a "Share" and the relevant issuer of such shares a "Basket Company" for the purposes of the Securities, and the Calculation Agent will make such adjustment, if any, to any one or more of any Relevant Asset and/or the Entitlement (where the Securities are Physical Delivery Securities) and/or the Exercise Price (in the case of Warrants) and/or the Weighting and/or any of the other terms of these Terms and Conditions and/or the applicable Final Terms as the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion determines appropriate, provided that in the event that any amount payable under the Securities was to be determined by reference to the Initial Price of the Affected Share, the Initial Price of each Substitute Share will be determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the following formula:
Initial Price A (B/C)
where:
"A" is the official closing price of the relevant Substitute Share on the relevant Exchange on the Substitution Date;
"B" is the Initial Price of the relevant Affected Share; and
"C" is the official closing price of the relevant Affected Share on the relevant Exchange on the Substitution Date.
Such substitution and the relevant adjustment to the Basket of Shares will be deemed to be effective as of the date selected by the Calculation Agent (the "Substitution Date") in its sole and absolute discretion and specified in the notice referred to below which may, but need not, be the relevant date of the Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event.
The Weighting of each Substitute Share in the Basket of Shares will be equal to the Weighting of the relevant Affected Share.
In order to be selected as a Substitute Share, the relevant share must be a share which, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Calculation Agent:
(i) is not already included in the Basket of Shares;
(ii) the relevant issuer of such share belongs to the same economic sector as the Basket Company in respect of the Affected Share; and
(iii) the relevant issuer of such share has a comparable market capitalisation, international standing and exposure as the Basket Company in respect of the Affected Share.
If a Failure to Deliver due to Illiquidity occurs:
(A) subject as provided elsewhere in the Conditions, any Relevant Assets which are not Affected Relevant Assets, will be delivered on the originally designated Settlement Date (in the case of Warrants) or Redemption Date (in the case of Certificates) in accordance with Condition 5.1 and (in the case of Warrants) the Calculation Agent shall determine in its discretion the appropriate pro rata portion of the Exercise Price to be paid by the relevant Holder in respect of that partial settlement; and
(B) in respect of any Affected Relevant Assets, in lieu of physical settlement and notwithstanding any other provision hereof, except in the case of U.S. Securities (in which case another price or prices will be specified in the applicable Final Terms), the Issuer may elect in its sole discretion to satisfy its obligations in respect of the relevant Security or in the case of Warrants, if Units are specified in the applicable Final Terms, Unit, as the case may be, by payment to the relevant Holder of the Failure to Deliver Settlement Price on the fifth Business Day following the date that notice of such election is given to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10. Payment of the Failure to Deliver Settlement Price will be made in such manner as shall be notified to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10.
For the purposes hereof:
"Failure to Deliver Settlement Price" means, in respect of any relevant Security, or in the case of Warrants, if Units are specified in the applicable Final Terms, Unit, as the case may be, the fair market value of such Security or Unit, as the case may be (taking into account the Relevant Assets comprising the Entitlement which have been duly delivered as provided above), less the cost to the Issuer and/or its Affiliates of unwinding any underlying related hedging arrangements, all as determined by the Issuer in its sole and absolute discretion, plus, in the case of Warrants, if applicable and already paid, the Exercise Price (or, where as provided above some Relevant Assets have been delivered, and a pro rata portion thereof has been paid, such pro rata portion).
15.3 Upon the occurrence of an Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event, if the Calculation Agent determines that an adjustment in accordance with the above provisions is necessary it shall notify the Issuer thereof as soon as practicable and the Issuer shall give notice as soon as practicable to the Holders in accordance with Condition 10 stating the occurrence of the Additional Disruption Event and/or Optional Additional Disruption Event, as the case may be, giving details thereof and the action proposed to be taken in relation thereto.
16. KNOCK-IN EVENT AND KNOCK-OUT EVENT
This Condition 16 applies to Index Securities, Share Securities, ETI Securities, Commodity Securities, Currency Securities and Futures Securities only.
16.1 If "Knock-in Event" is specified as applicable in the applicable Final Terms, then, unless otherwise specified in such Final Terms, any payment and/or delivery, as applicable, under the relevant Securities which is expressed in the applicable Final Terms to be subject to a Knock-in Event, shall be conditional upon the occurrence of such Knock-in Event.
16.2 If "Knock-out Event" is specified as applicable in the applicable Final Terms, then, unless otherwise specified in such Final Terms, any payment and/or delivery, as applicable, under the relevant Securities which is expressed in the applicable Final Terms to be subject to a Knock-out Event, shall be conditional upon the occurrence of such Knock-out Event.
16.3 In respect of Index Securities, Share Securities and Futures Securities, if the Knock-in Valuation Time or the Knock-out Valuation Time specified in the applicable Final Terms is the Valuation Time and if on any Knock-in Determination Day or Knock-out Determination Day (a) in respect of Securities other than Custom Index Securities, at any time during the one hour period that begins or ends at the Valuation Time the Level triggers the Knock-in Level or the Knock-out Level, a Trading Disruption, Exchange Disruption or Early Closure occurs or exists, or (b) in respect of Custom Index Securities, a Custom Index Disruption Event is occurring, then the Knock-in Event or the Knock-out Event shall be deemed not to have occurred; provided that if, by operation of this provision, no Knock-in Determination Day or Knock-out Determination Day would occur in the Knock-in Determination Period or Knock-out Determination Period, the Knock-in Period Ending Date or Knock-out Period Ending Date shall be treated as a Valuation Date and the Calculation Agent shall determine the Level as at the Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time in accordance with the provisions contained in the definition of "Valuation Date".
16.4 In respect of Commodity Securities or Currency Securities, if the Knock-in Valuation Time or the Knock-out Valuation Time specified in the applicable Final Terms is the Valuation Time and if any Knock-in Determination Day or Knock-out Determination Day is a Commodity Disrupted Day or a Disrupted Day, as applicable, then, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Final Terms, such
Knock-in Determination Day or Knock-out Determination Day will be deemed not to be a Knock-in Determination Day or Knock-out Determination Day for the purposes of determining the occurrence of a Knock-in Event or a Knock-out Event.
16.5 In respect of Securities other than Custom Index Securities, if the Knock-in Valuation Time or the Knock-out Valuation Time specified in the applicable Final Terms is any time or period of time during the regular trading hours on the relevant Exchange and if on any Knock-in Determination Day or Knock-out Determination Day and at any time during the one-hour period that begins or ends at the time on which the Level triggers the Knock-in Level or the Knock-out Level, (a) in the case of Index Securities, Share Securities and Futures Securities, a Trading Disruption, Exchange Disruption or Early Closure, (b) in the case of Currency Securities, a Disruption Event or (c) in the case of Commodity Securities, a Market Disruption Event, in each case occurs or exists, then the Knock-in Event or the Knock-out Event shall be deemed not to have occurred, provided that, in the case of Securities other than Commodity Securities or Currency Securities, if, by operation of this provision, no Knock-in Determination Day or Knock-out Determination Day would occur in the Knock-in Determination Period or Knock-out Determination Period, the Knock-in Period Ending Date or Knock-out Period Ending Date shall be treated as a Valuation Date and the Calculation Agent shall determine the Level as at the Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time in accordance with the provisions contained in the definition of "Valuation Date".
16.6 Definitions relating to Knock-in Event/Knock-out Event Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Final Terms:
"Knock-in Determination Day" means the date(s) specified as such in the applicable Final Terms;
"Knock-in Determination Period" means the period which commences on, and includes, the Knock-in Period Beginning Date and ends on, and includes, the Knock-in Period Ending Date;
"Knock-in Event" means:
(a) (in respect of a single Underlying Reference) that the Level determined by the Calculation Agent as of the Knock-in Valuation Time on any Knock-in Determination Day is; or
(b) (in respect of a Basket of Underlying References) that the amount determined by the Calculation Agent equal to the sum of the values of each Underlying Reference as the product of (x) the Level of such Underlying Reference as determined by the Calculation Agent as of the Knock-in Valuation Time on any Knock-in Determination Day and (y) the relevant Weighting is,
(A) "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "less than" or "less than or equal to" the Knock-in Level or, if applicable, (B) "within" the Knock-in Range Level, in each case as specified in the applicable Final Terms;
"Knock-in Level" means the level specified as such or otherwise determined in the applicable Final Terms, subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Relevant Adjustment Provisions;
"Knock-in Period Beginning Date" means the date specified as such in the applicable Final Terms or, if the Knock-in Period Beginning Date Day Convention is specified as applicable in the applicable Final Terms and such date is not a Scheduled Trading Day (in the case of Securities other than Commodity Securities or Custom Index Securities), a Commodity Business Day (in the case of
Commodity Securities) or a Custom Index Business Day (in the case of Custom Index Securities), the next following Scheduled Trading Day, Commodity Business Day or Custom Index Business Day, as the case may be;
"Knock-in Period Ending Date" means the date specified as such in the applicable Final Terms or, if the Knock-in Period Ending Date Day Convention is specified as applicable in the applicable Final Terms and such date is not a Scheduled Trading Day (in the case of Securities other than Commodity Securities or Custom Index Securities), a Commodity Business Day (in the case of Commodity Securities) or a Custom Index Business Day (in the case of Custom Index Securities), the next following Scheduled Trading Day, Commodity Business Day or Custom Index Business Day, as the case may be;
"Knock-in Range Level" means the range of Levels specified as such or otherwise determined in the applicable Final Terms, subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Relevant Adjustment Provisions;
"Knock-in Valuation Time" means the time or period of time on any Knock-in Determination Day specified as such in the applicable Final Terms or in the event that the applicable Final Terms do not specify a Knock-in Valuation Time, the Knock-in Valuation Time shall be the Valuation Time;
"Knock-out Determination Day" means the date(s) specified as such in the applicable Final Terms, or each Scheduled Trading Day during the Knock-out Determination Period;
"Knock-out Determination Period" means the period which commences on, and includes, the Knock- out Period Beginning Date and ends on, and includes, the Knock-out Period Ending Date;
"Knock-out Event" means:
(a) (in respect of a single Underlying Reference) that the Level determined by the Calculation Agent as of the Knock-out Valuation Time on any Knock-out Determination Day is; or
(b) (in respect of a Basket of Underlying References) that the amount determined by the Calculation Agent equal to the sum of the values of each Underlying References as the product of (x) the Level of such Underlying Reference as determined by the Calculation Agent as of the Knock-out Valuation Time on any Knock-out Determination Day and (y) the relevant Weighting is,
(A) "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "less than" or "less than or equal to" the Knock-out Level or, if applicable, (B) "within" the Knock-out Range Level, in each case, as specified in the applicable Final Terms;
"Knock-out Level" means the level specified as such or otherwise determined in the applicable Final Terms, subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Relevant Adjustment Provisions;
"Knock-out Period Beginning Date" means the date specified as such in the applicable Final Terms or, if the Knock-out Period Beginning Date Day Convention is specified as applicable in the applicable Final Terms and such date is not a Scheduled Trading Day (in the case of Securities other than Commodity Securities or Custom Index Securities), a Commodity Business Day (in the case of Commodity Securities) or a Custom Index Business Day (in the case of Custom Index Securities), the next following Scheduled Trading Day, Commodity Business Day or Custom Index Business Day, as the case may be;