Belgium. NOTIFICATIONS
Belgium. Each Dealer represents, warrants and agrees, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent, warrant and agree, that an offering of Covered Bonds may not be advertised to any individual in Belgium qualifying as a consumer within the meaning of Article I.1 of the Belgian Code of Economic Law, as amended from time to time (a “Belgian Consumer”) and that it has not offered, sold or resold, transferred or delivered, and will not offer, sell, resell, transfer or deliver, the Covered Bonds, and that it has not distributed, and will not distribute, any prospectus, memorandum, information circular, brochure or any similar documents in relation to the Covered Bonds, directly or indirectly, to any Belgian Consumer.
Belgium. Notifications
Belgium. No country-specific provisions apply. BRAZIL
Belgium. There are no country specific provisions.
Belgium. “This signature engages also the Walloon Region, the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region.” Bulgaria “The Republic of Bulgaria recognizes that in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 1, of the Paris Agreement developed country Parties shall provide financial resources to assist developing country Parties with respect to both mitigation and adaptation in continuation of their existing obligations under the Convention. In this context the Republic of Bulgaria notes that as a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Bulgaria is not included in Annex II.” China In accordance with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, the Government of the People’s Republic of China decides that the Agreement applies to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
Belgium. Tax Considerations This option must be accepted more than 60 days after the offer. Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Information Belgian residents are required to report any securities (e.g., shares of Common Stock) or bank accounts opened and maintained outside Belgium (e.g., any brokerage account opened in connection with the Plan) on their annual tax returns. Belgian residents are also required to complete a separate report providing the National Bank of Belgium with details regarding any such account, including the account number, the name of the bank in which such account is held and the country in which such account is located. The forms to complete this report are available on the website of the National Bank of Belgium. Belgian residents should consult with their personal tax advisors to determine their personal reporting obligations.
Belgium. The notes have not been and will not be publicly offered in Belgium. The offering of the Securities is exclusively conducted under applicable Belgium private placement exemptions, and, therefore, it has not been and will not be notified to, and the Final Prospectus and any other offering material relating to the Securities has not been and will not be approved by, the Belgian Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission ("Commission bancaire et financiere et des assurances"/"Commissie voor het Bank, Financie- en Assurantiewezen"). Accordingly, the offering of the Securities may not be advertised, and each of the Underwriters has represented, warranted, and agreed that it has not offered, sold, or resold, transferred, or delivered, and will not offer, sell, resell, transfer, or deliver, the Securities and that 4 it has not distributed, and will not distribute, any memorandum, information circular, brochure, or any similar documents, directly or indirectly, to any individual or legal entity in Belgium other than:
Belgium. Each Underwriter represents and agrees that it will not:
Belgium. This offering of notes has not been, and will not be, notified to the Belgian Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (“Commission bancaire, financière et des assurances”/“Commissie voor het Bank-, Financie- en Assurantiewezen”). Neither has this document been, nor will it be, approved by the Belgian Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission. Accordingly, we are not, and will not be, authorized to conduct a public offering of notes in Belgium and this document does not constitute such an offer. Notes have been, or will be, sold, offered for sale or marketed in Belgium only to (i) less than 100 persons (other than Qualified Investors, as defined below) or (ii) persons who either each subscribe for a minimum of EUR 50,000 or are exclusively Qualified Investors, acting for their own account, and listed in Article 10, § 1, of the Law of June 16, 2006 on public offerings of securities and admissions of securities on regulated markets (“relative aux offres publiques d’instruments de placement et aux admissions d’instruments de placement à la négociation sur des marchés réglementés”/“op de openbare aanbieding van beleggingsinstrumenten en de toelating van beleggingsinstrumenten tot de verhandeling op een reglementeerde markt”) (and as such list has been extended by a Royal Decree of September 26 “portant extension de la notion d’investisseurs qualifiés et de la notion d’investisseurs institutionnels ou professionnels”/“tot uitbreiding van het begrip gekwalificeerde belegger en het begrip institutionele of professionele belegger” adopted pursuant to and on the basis of Article 10, § 2, of the Law of June 16, 2006). This document has been, or will be, individually addressed in Belgium to such persons, for their personal use and exclusively for the purposes of the offering of notes. Accordingly, this document may neither be used for any other purpose nor passed on to any other investor in Belgium.