Untitled - Irish Stock Exchange
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(a)<br />
(b)<br />
except (1) inside the United States through a U.S. broker dealer that is registered under<br />
the <strong>Exchange</strong> Act to investors each of which the Placement Agents reasonably believes is<br />
a Qualified Institutional Buyer that is also a Qualified Purchaser or (2) otherwise in<br />
accordance with the restrictions on transfer set forth in such Notes, the Placement<br />
Agreement and this Offering Circular; or<br />
by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertisement, including but not<br />
limited to (1) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any<br />
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio and (2) any<br />
seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or<br />
general advertising.<br />
Prior to the sale of any Notes in registered form bearing a restrictive legend thereon, the<br />
Placement Agents shall have provided each offeree with a copy of this Offering Circular in the form the<br />
Issuer and the Placement Agents shall have agreed most recently shall be used for offers and sales of the<br />
Notes.<br />
United Kingdom<br />
The Placement Agents will also represent and agree that:<br />
(1) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or<br />
cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the<br />
meaning of section 21 of the FSMA received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Notes in<br />
circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Issuer; and<br />
(2) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect<br />
to anything done by it in relation to such Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.<br />
Cayman Islands<br />
Each Placement Agent will represent and agree that it has not made and will not make any<br />
invitation to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe for any of the Notes.<br />
Hong Kong<br />
Each Placement Agent will also represent and agree as follows:<br />
(1) that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any<br />
document, the Notes other than to persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares of<br />
debentures (whether as principal or agent) or in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the<br />
public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32) of Hong Kong (the "Companies<br />
Ordinance"); and<br />
(2) unless it is a person permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong, it has not<br />
issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the<br />
purpose of issue, in Hong Kong, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Notes, other<br />
than with respect to Notes intended to be disposed of to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of<br />
in Hong Kong only to persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal, or holdings of securities,<br />
whether as principal or agent.<br />
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