NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR ANY COPY OF IT MAY BE TAKEN, TRANSMITTED OR 
DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, 
JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH ACTION 
WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RESTRICTION MAY 
CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIAN, JAPANESE, SOUTH AFRICAN 
OR OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. 
 
FOR READERS IN CANADA: THE NEW BONDS DESCRIBED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY ONLY 
BE DISTRIBUTED TO INVESTORS IN CANADA PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE 
PROSPECTUS REQUIREMENTS OF CANADIAN SECURITIES LAWS. ONLY PROSPECTIVE 
INVESTORS IN ONTARIO, QU??BEC, BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALBERTA AND MANITOBA THAT 
QUALIFY AS "ACCREDITED INVESTORS" AND ADDITIONALLY ALSO QUALIFY AS 
"PERMITTED CLIENTS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF APPLICABLE CANADIAN SECURITIES 
LAWS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO PURCHASE THE NEW BONDS. EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR 
IN CANADA WILL BE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT A REPRESENTATION LETTER CONFIRMING ITS 
ELIGIBILITY AND PROVIDING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. 
 
FOR READERS IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA ("EEA") AND THE UNITED KINGDOM: 
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THE NEW BONDS OFFERING AND THE INVITATION ARE ONLY 
ADDRESSED TO AND DIRECTED, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND MEMBER STATES OF THE 
EEA, AT PERSONS WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE 
PROSPECTUS REGULATION ("QUALIFIED INVESTORS") AND HAVE BEEN PREPARED ON THE 
BASIS THAT ANY OFFERING OF NEW BONDS IN ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EEA OR THE 
UK WILL BE MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION 
FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH A PROSPECTUS FOR OFFERS OF BONDS. THE TERM 
"PROSPECTUS REGULATION" MEANS REGULATION (EU) 2017/1129 (AS MAY BE AMENDED 
OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME). 
 
FOR READERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: THIS COMMUNICATION IS BEING DISTRIBUTED 
ONLY TO, AND IS DIRECTED ONLY AT (I) PERSONS WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE UNITED 
KINGDOM OR (II) QUALIFIED INVESTORS WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN 
MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) ("INVESTMENT 
PROFESSIONALS") OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL 
PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE "ORDER") OR (III) QUALIFIED INVESTORS 
FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) ("HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, 
UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS ETC.") OF THE ORDER; OR (IV) ANY OTHER PERSON TO 
WHOM IT MAY LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED (ALL SUCH PERSONS IN (I) TO (IV) 
TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS"). THE NEW BONDS ARE ONLY 
AVAILABLE TO, AND ANY INVITATION, OFFER OR AGREEMENT TO SUBSCRIBE, PURCHASE 
OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE SUCH NEW BONDS WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH, RELEVANT 
PERSONS. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON (I) IN THE 
UNITED KINGDOM, BY ANY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS AND (II) IN ANY 
MEMBER STATE OF THE EEA, BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT QUALIFIED INVESTORS. ANY 
INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES IS 
AVAILABLE ONLY TO (A) RELEVANT PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WILL BE 
ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND (B) 
QUALIFIED INVESTORS IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EEA. 
 
*MIFID II PROFESSIONALS / ECPS-ONLY (ALL DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS) / NO PRIIPS 
KID* 
 
SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PRODUCT GOVERNANCE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED 
WITHIN: (A) EU DIRECTIVE 2014/65/EU ON MARKETS IN FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, AS 
AMENDED ("MIFID II"); (B) ARTICLES 9 AND 10 OF COMMISSION DELEGATED 
DIRECTIVE (EU) 2017/593 SUPPLEMENTING MIFID II; AND (C) LOCAL IMPLEMENTING 
MEASURES (TOGETHER, THE "MIFID II PRODUCT GOVERNANCE REQUIREMENTS"), AND 
DISCLAIMING ALL AND ANY LIABILITY, WHETHER ARISING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR 
OTHERWISE, WHICH ANY "MANUFACTURER" (FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MIFID II 
PRODUCT GOVERNANCE REQUIREMENTS) MAY OTHERWISE HAVE WITH RESPECT THERETO, 
THE NEW BONDS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO A PRODUCT APPROVAL PROCESS WHICH HAS LED 
TO THE CONCLUSION THAT: (I) THE TARGET MARKET FOR THE NEW BONDS IS ELIGIBLE 
COUNTERPARTIES AND PROFESSIONAL CLIENTS ONLY, EACH AS DEFINED IN MIFID II; 
AND (II) ALL CHANNELS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE NEW BONDS TO ELIGIBLE 
COUNTERPARTIES AND PROFESSIONAL CLIENTS ARE APPROPRIATE. ANY PERSON 
SUBSEQUENTLY OFFERING, SELLING OR RECOMMENDING THE NEW BONDS (A 
"DISTRIBUTOR") SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE MANUFACTURERS' TARGET 
MARKET ASSESSMENT; HOWEVER, A DISTRIBUTOR SUBJECT TO MIFID II IS RESPONSIBLE 
FOR UNDERTAKING ITS OWN TARGET MARKET ASSESSMENT IN RESPECT OF THE NEW BONDS 
(BY EITHER ADOPTING OR REFINING THE MANUFACTURERS' TARGET MARKET ASSESSMENT) 
AND DETERMINING APPROPRIATE DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS. 
 
THE TARGET MARKET ASSESSMENT IS WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY 
CONTRACTUAL OR LEGAL SELLING RESTRICTIONS IN RELATION TO ANY OFFERING OF THE 
NEW BONDS. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE TARGET MARKET ASSESSMENT DOES NOT 
CONSTITUTE: (A) AN ASSESSMENT OF SUITABILITY OR APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE 
PURPOSES OF MIFID II; OR (B) A RECOMMENDATION TO ANY INVESTOR OR GROUP OF 
INVESTORS TO INVEST IN, OR PURCHASE, OR TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION WHATSOEVER 
WITH RESPECT TO THE NEW BONDS. 
 
THE NEW BONDS ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE 
AVAILABLE TO AND SHOULD NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO 
ANY RETAIL INVESTOR IN THE EEA OR THE UNITED KINGDOM. FOR THESE PURPOSES, A 
RETAIL INVESTOR MEANS A PERSON WHO IS ONE (OR MORE) OF: (I) A RETAIL CLIENT 
AS DEFINED IN POINT (11) OF ARTICLE 4(1) OF MIFID II; OR (II) A CUSTOMER 
WITHIN THE MEANING OF DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/97 (AS AMENDED, THE "INSURANCE 
DISTRIBUTION DIRECTIVE"), WHERE THAT CUSTOMER WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS A 
PROFESSIONAL CLIENT AS DEFINED IN POINT (10) OF ARTICLE 4(1) OF MIFID II. 
CONSEQUENTLY NO KEY INFORMATION DOCUMENT REQUIRED BY REGULATION (EU) NO 
1286/2014 AS AMENDED ("PRIIPS REGULATION") FOR OFFERING OR SELLING THE NEW 
BONDS OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO RETAIL INVESTORS IN THE EEA OR 
THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS BEEN PREPARED AND THEREFORE OFFERING OR SELLING THE 
NEW BONDS OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO ANY RETAIL INVESTOR IN THE 
EEA OR THE UNITED KINGDOM MAY BE UNLAWFUL UNDER THE PRIIPS REGULATION. 
 
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