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‘Interest Determination Date’ means, with respect to a Rate of Interest and Interest Accrual
Period, the date specified in the relevant Final Terms or, if none is so specified, (i) the first day of
such Interest Accrual Period if the Specified Currency is Sterling, (ii) the day falling two Business
Days in London for the Specified Currency prior to the first day of such Interest Accrual Period if
the Specified Currency is neither Sterling nor euro or (iii) the day falling two TARGET Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Accrual Period if the Specified Currency is euro.
‘Interest Payment Date’ means the date on which interest for the relevant period falls due.
‘Interest Period’ means the period beginning on (and including) the Interest Commencement Date
and ending on (but excluding) the first Interest Payment Date and each successive period
beginning on (and including) an Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date.
‘Interest Period Date’ means each Interest Payment Date unless otherwise specified hereon.
‘ISDA Definitions’ means the 2000 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc., unless otherwise specified hereon.
‘Market Disruption Event’ means (i) in respect of an Underlying Security, the occurrence or
existence on any Scheduled Trading Day of any Trading Disruption or an Exchange Disruption,
which in either case the Calculation Agent determines in its sole and absolute discretion is
material, or an Early Closure, and (ii) in respect of an Index, the occurrence or existence on any
Scheduled Trading Day of a Trading Disruption or an Exchange Disruption, which in either case
the Calculation Agent determines in its sole and absolute discretion is material, or an Early
Closure, provided that, in the case of a Multi-Exchange Index, the securities comprised in the
Index in respect of which a Trading Disruption, Exchange Disruption or an Early Closure occurs
or exists amount, in the determination of the Calculation Agent, in aggregate to 20 per cent. or
more of the level of the Index. For the purpose of determining whether a Market Disruption Event
exists at any time in respect of a security/commodity included in the relevant Index at any time,
then the relevant percentage contribution of that security/commodity to the level of the Index shall
be based on a comparison of (i) the portion of the level of the relevant Index attributable to that
security/commodity relative to (ii) the overall level of the relevant Index, in each case immediately
before the occurrence of such Market Disruption Event, as determined by the Calculation Agent.
‘Merger Date’ means the closing date of a Merger Event or, where a closing date cannot be
determined under the local law applicable to such Merger Event, such other date as determined
by the Calculation Agent.
‘Merger Event’ means, in respect of any Underlying Securities, any (i) reclassification or change
of the Underlying Securities that results in a transfer of or an irrevocable commitment to transfer
all of such Underlying Securities outstanding, to another entity or person, (ii) consolidation,
amalgamation, merger or binding share exchange of the relevant Company with or into another
entity or person (other than a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or binding share exchange in
which the relevant Company is the continuing entity and which does not result in reclassification
or change of all of such Underlying Securities outstanding), (iii) takeover offer, tender offer,
exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event by any entity or person to purchase or
otherwise obtain 100 per cent. of the outstanding Underlying Securities of the relevant Company
that results in a transfer of or an irrevocable commitment to transfer all of such Underlying
Securities (other than such Underlying Securities owned or controlled by such other entity or
person), or (iv) consolidation, amalgamation, merger or binding share exchange of the relevant
Company or its subsidiaries with or into another entity in which such Company is the continuing
entity and which does not result in a reclassification or change of all of such Underlying Securities
outstanding but results in the outstanding Underlying Securities (other than Underlying Securities
owned or controlled by such other entity) immediately prior to such event collectively representing
less than 50 per cent. of the outstanding Underlying Securities immediately following such event
(a ‘Reverse Merger’), in each case if the Merger Date is on or before the relevant Valuation Date.
‘Multi-Exchange Index’ means an Index in respect of which there is more than one Exchange.
‘Nationalisation’ means the event in which all the assets or substantially all the assets of a
Company or the Underlying Securities of such a Company are nationalised, expropriated or are
otherwise required to be transferred to any governmental agency, authority, entity or
instrumentality thereof. ‘Noteholder’ shall have the meaning contained in Condition 2.
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