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the Dealers or the Arranger to subscribe for, or purchase, any Notes.
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accepts any responsibility, with respect to the accuracy or completeness of any of the information in
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information supplied in connection with the Programme (including financial statements) should
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information contained in this Base Prospectus and its purchase of Notes should be based upon such
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financial condition or affairs of the Issuer or the Group during the life of the arrangements
contemplated by this Base Prospectus nor to advise any investor or potential investor in the Notes of
any information coming to the attention of any of the Dealers or the Arranger.
In connection with the issue of any Tranche (as defined in "General Description of the Programme"),
the Dealer or Dealers (if any) named as the stabilising manager(s) (the "Stabilising Manager(s)") (or
persons acting on behalf of any Stabilising Manager(s)) in the applicable Final Terms may over-allot
Notes or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the Notes at a level higher
than that which might otherwise prevail. However, there is no assurance that the Stabilising
Manager(s) (or persons acting on behalf of a Stabilising Manager) will undertake stabilisation action.
Any stabilisation action may begin on or after the date on which adequate public disclosure of the
final terms of the offer of the relevant Tranche is made and, if begun, may be ended at any time, but it
must end no later than the earlier of 30 days after the issue date of the relevant Tranche and 60 days
after the date of the allotment of the relevant Tranche. Any stabilisation action or over-allotment must
be conducted by the relevant Stabilising Manager(s) (or person(s) acting on behalf of any Stabilising
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In this Base Prospectus, any discrepancies in any table between totals and the sums of the amounts
listed in such table are due to rounding.
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