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Securities described on the following websites and in the Base Prospectuses (the "Securities") may not be eligible for sale in certain jurisdictions or to certain persons and may not be suitable for all types of investors, and the same may apply with regard to the distribution of any information made available on the following websites and in the Base Prospectuses. Users of the following websites and the Base Prospectuses are requested to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions. Nothing in the following websites and in the Base Prospectuses should be regarded as investment advice being provided or a solicitation or a recommendation that any particular investor should subscribe, purchase, sell, hold or otherwise deal in any Securities. Each user is exclusively responsible for conducting his or her own investigation and analysis of the information in the following websites and in the Base Prospectuses and for evaluating the merits and risks involved in investing in the Securities that are referred to therein.
The securities referred to in the information furnished on the following websites and in the Base Prospectus may not be offered or sold in the United States of America or to 'U.S. persons' or for account of 'U.S. persons' (as defined in Regulation S of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act")), unless such securities are registered or have been released from the obligation to register in accordance with the US Securities Act. The securities referred to in the information furnished on the following websites and in the Base Prospectuses are not and will not be registered in accordance with the US Securities Act.
If the Final Terms in respect of any Securities include a legend entitled "Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail Investors", the Securities 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 European Economic Area (the "EEA"). 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; (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; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Regulation. Where such Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail Investors is included in the Final Terms, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Securities or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Securities or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPS Regulation.
If the Final Terms in respect of any Notes include a legend entitled "Prohibition of Sales to UK Retail Investors", the Securities are not intended to be offered, sold, distributed or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold, distributed or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the United Kingdom ("UK").
For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is either one (or both) of the following: (i) not a professional client as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("EUWA"); or (ii) not a qualified investor as defined in paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024. Consequently, no key information document required by the PRIIPs Regulation as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK PRIIPs Regulation") which applies up to and including 5 April 2026, or disclosure document required by the FCA Product Disclosure Sourcebook ("DISC") which applies from and including 6 April 2026 for offering, selling or distributing the Securities or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering, selling or distributing the Securities or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation or DISC and the Consumer Composite Investments (Designated Activities) Regulations 2024, as applicable.
Furthermore, reference is made to the disclaimers (the "Disclaimers") and the selling restrictions (the "Selling Restrictions") comprised in the Base Prospectuses.
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