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Portuguese Paying Agent:<br />

Distribution:<br />

Currencies:<br />

Maturities:<br />

Issue Price:<br />

Form of Notes:<br />

<strong>Banco</strong> <strong>Espírito</strong> <strong>Santo</strong> <strong>de</strong> Investimento, S.A.<br />

Notes may be distributed by way of private or public placement and in each<br />

case on a syndicated or non-syndicated basis.<br />

Subject to any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, such currencies as<br />

may be agreed between the relevant Issuer and the relevant Dealer, including,<br />

without limitation, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, Czech koruna,<br />

Danish kroner, euro, Hong Kong dollars, Japanese Yen, New Zealand dollars,<br />

Norwegian kroner, Sterling, South African Rand, Swedish kronor, Swiss<br />

francs and United States dollars (as indicated in the applicable Final Terms).<br />

Each issue of Notes <strong>de</strong>nominated in a currency in respect of which particular<br />

laws, gui<strong>de</strong>lines, regulations, restrictions or reporting requirements apply will<br />

only be issued in circumstances which comply with such laws, gui<strong>de</strong>lines,<br />

regulations, restrictions or reporting requirements from time to time (see<br />

“Subscription and Sale”).<br />

The Notes will have such maturities as may be agreed between the relevant<br />

Issuer and the relevant Dealer, subject to such minimum or maximum<br />

maturities as may be allowed or required from time to time by the relevant<br />

central bank (or equivalent body) or any laws or regulations applicable to the<br />

relevant Issuer or the relevant Specified Currency.<br />

At the date of this Offering Circular, the minimum maturity of Subordinated<br />

Notes will be five years and one day and Undated Deeply Subordinated<br />

Notes will have no maturity date, to enable such Notes to qualify as capital<br />

for supervisory purposes from time to time.<br />

Notes may be issued on a fully-paid or a partly-paid basis and at an issue<br />

price which is at par or at a discount to, or premium over, par.<br />

The Notes (except for Interbolsa Notes) will be in bearer form or in registered<br />

form. All Bearer Notes will on issue be represented by either a temporary<br />

global Note or a permanent global Note as specified in the applicable Final<br />

Terms. Temporary global Notes will be exchangeable either for (a) interests<br />

in a permanent global Note or (b) for <strong>de</strong>finitive Notes as indicated in the<br />

applicable Final Terms. Permanent global Notes will be exchangeable for<br />

<strong>de</strong>finitive Notes upon either (i) not less than 60 days' written notice from<br />

Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg (acting on the instructions of any<br />

hol<strong>de</strong>r of an interest in such permanent global Note) to the Agent as<br />

<strong>de</strong>scribed therein or (ii) only upon the occurrence of an Exchange Event as<br />

<strong>de</strong>scribed un<strong>de</strong>r “Form of the Notes”.<br />

Interbolsa Notes will be issued in <strong>de</strong>materialised book-entry form and will<br />

either be bearer Notes (ao portador) or registered Notes (nominativas), as<br />

specified in the applicable Final Terms and further <strong>de</strong>scribed un<strong>de</strong>r “Form of<br />

the Notes”. Interbolsa Notes may only be transferred in accordance with the<br />

applicable procedures established by the Portuguese Securities Co<strong>de</strong> and the<br />

regulations issued by the Comissão do Mercado <strong>de</strong> Valores Mobiliários (the<br />

Portuguese Securities Market Commission, the CMVM) and Interbolsa.<br />

Registered Notes which are sold in compliance with Regulation S<br />

(Unrestricted Registered Notes) un<strong>de</strong>r the Securities Act may be<br />

represented by a Registered Certificate in global form (an Unrestricted<br />

Global Certificate) <strong>de</strong>posited with a common <strong>de</strong>positary for Euroclear and<br />

Clearstream Luxembourg. Registered Notes which are resold pursuant to<br />

Rule 144A un<strong>de</strong>r the Securities Act (Restricted Registered Notes) may be<br />

represented by a restricted Registered Certificate in global form (a Restricted<br />

Global Certificate) <strong>de</strong>posited with a custodian on behalf of DTC. In certain<br />

circumstances, upon certification as to compliance with applicable securities<br />

laws, Restricted Registered Notes may be exchanged for Unrestricted<br />

Registered Notes, and vice versa. Both Unrestricted Registered Notes and<br />

Restricted Registered Notes will be subject to transfer restrictions, and<br />

Restricted Registered Notes will bear a transfer restriction legend, all as<br />

<strong>de</strong>scribed un<strong>de</strong>r “Subscription and Sale”. Registered Notes that are registered<br />

in the name of a nominee for one or more clearing systems are referred to as<br />

Global Certificates.<br />

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