Additional Business Centre(s) 1Additional Business Centre(s) means the city or cities specified as such in the relevant Final Terms;
Additional Financial Centre(s) 1Additional Financial Centre(s) means the city or cities specified as such in the relevant Final Terms;
Calculation Agent 1Calculation Agent means the Fiscal Agent or such other Person specified in the relevant Final Terms as the party responsible for calculating the Rate(s) of Interest and Interest Amount(s) and/or such other amount(s) as may be specified in the relevant Final Terms;
Compounded Daily SONIA 1Compounded Daily SONIA means, with respect to an Interest Accrual Period, the rate of return of a daily compound interest investment (with the daily SONIA rate as reference rate for the calculation of interest) as calculated by the Calculation Agent on the relevant Interest Determination Date in accordance with the following formula (and the resulting percentage will be rounded if necessary to the nearest fourth decimal place, with 0.00005 being rounded upwards):
Day Count Fraction 1Day Count Fraction means, in respect of the calculation of an amount for any period of time (the "Calculation Period"), such day count fraction as may be specified in these Conditions or the relevant Final Terms and:
Early Redemption Amount (Tax) 1Early Redemption Amount (Tax) means, in respect of any Note, its principal amount or such other amount as may be specified in the relevant Final Terms;
Early Termination Amount 1Early Termination Amount means, in respect of any Note, its principal amount or such other amount as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, these Conditions or the relevant Final Terms;
Final Redemption Amount 1Final Redemption Amount means, in respect of any Note, its principal amount or such other amount as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, the relevant Final Terms;
Following Business Day Convention 1Following Business Day Convention means that the relevant date shall be postponed to the first following day that is a Business Day;
Governmental Authority 1Governmental Authority means any de facto or de jure government (or any agency or instrumentality thereof), court, tribunal, administrative or other governmental authority or any other entity (private or public) charged with the regulation of the financial markets (including the central bank) of the applicable RMB Settlement Centre(s);
Guarantee 1Guarantee means, in relation to any Indebtedness of any Person, any obligation of another Person to pay such Indebtedness including (without limitation):
Indebtedness 1Indebtedness means any indebtedness of any Person for money borrowed or raised including (without limitation) any indebtedness for or in respect of:
Interest Accrual Period 1Interest Accrual Period means (a) any given Interest Period or (b) in the event the Notes become due and payable on a date other than an Interest Payment Date, the period beginning on and including the last Interest Payment Date and ending on but excluding the date on which the interest and principal on the Notes is due to be paid;
Interest Amount 1Interest Amount means, in relation to a Note and an Interest Period, the amount of interest payable in respect of that Note for that Interest Period (other than Adjusted Renminbi Fixed Rate Notes);
Interest Commencement Date 1Interest Commencement Date means the Issue Date of the Notes or such other date as may be specified as the interest commencement date in the relevant Final Terms;
Interest Payment Date 1Interest Payment Date means the date or dates specified as such in, or determined in accordance with the provisions of, the relevant Final Terms and, if a Business Day Convention is specified in the relevant Final Terms:
Interest Period 1Interest Period means each period beginning on (and including) the Interest Commencement Date or any Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next Interest Payment Date;
ISDA Definitions 1ISDA Definitions means the 2006 ISDA Definitions or such other ISDA Definitions as amended and updated as at the date of issue of the first Tranche of the Notes of the relevant Series (as specified in the relevant Final Terms) as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.;
London Banking Day 1London Banking Day or "LBD" means any day on which commercial banks are open for general business (including dealing in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London;
Modified Following Business Day Convention 1Modified Following Business Day Convention means that the relevant date shall be postponed to the first following day that is a Business Day unless that day falls in the next calendar month in which case that date will be the first preceding day that is a Business Day;