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investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses where the issue of the
Certificates would otherwise constitute a contravention of Section 19 of the FSMA by the Issuer;
(b) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause
to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the
meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any
Certificates in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Issuer
or the Guarantor; and
(c) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to
anything done by it in relation to any Certificates in, from or otherwise involving the United
Kingdom.
United States
The Certificates and the Guarantee have not been and will not be registered under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law, and trading
in the Certificates has not been approved by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(the “CFTC”) under the United States Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended (the “Commodity
Exchange Act”) and the Issuer has not been and will not be registered as an investment company
under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder. None of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission or
regulatory authority or any other United States, French or other regulatory authority has approved or
disapproved of the Certificates or the Guarantee or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this
document. Accordingly, Certificates, or interests therein, may not at any time be offered, sold, resold,
traded, pledged, exercised, redeemed, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in the United
States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, nor may any U.S. person at any time trade,
own, hold or maintain a position in the Certificates or any interests therein. In addition, in the absence
of relief from the CFTC, offers, sales, re-sales, trades, pledges, exercises, redemptions, transfers or
deliveries of Certificates, or interests therein, directly or indirectly, in the United States or to, or for the
account or benefit of, U.S. persons, may constitute a violation of United States law governing
commodities trading and commodity pools. Consequently, any offer, sale, resale, trade, pledge,
exercise, redemption, transfer or delivery made, directly or indirectly, within the United States or to, or
for the account or benefit of, a U.S. person will not be recognised.
Each dealer has represented and agreed, and each further dealer will be required to represent
and agree, that it has not and will not at any time offer, sell, resell, trade, pledge, exercise, redeem,
transfer or deliver, directly or indirectly, Certificates in the United States or to, or for the account or
benefit of, any U.S. person or to others for offer, sale, resale, trade, pledge, exercise, redeem, transfer
or delivery, directly or indirectly, in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, any such U.S.
person. Any person purchasing Certificates of any tranches must agree with the relevant dealer or the
seller of such Certificates that (i) it is not a U.S. Person, (ii) it will not at any time offer, sell, resell, trade,
pledge, exercise, redeem, transfer or deliver, directly or indirectly, any Certificates in the United States
or to, or for the account or benefit of, any U.S. person or to others for offer, sale, resale, trade, pledge,
exercise, redemption, transfer or delivery, directly or indirectly, in the United States or to, or for the
account or benefit of, any U.S. person, and (iii) it is not purchasing any Certificates, directly or indirectly,
in the United States or for the account or benefit of any U.S. person.
Exercise or otherwise redemption of Certificates will be conditional upon certification that each
person exercising or otherwise redeeming a Certificate is not a U.S. person or in the United States and
that the Certificate is not being exercised or otherwise redeemed on behalf of a U.S. person. No
payment will be made to accounts of holders of the Certificates located in the United States.