“Ordinary Shares” means (i) any ordinary shares in the capital of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or (ii) any present or future shares of any other class of shares of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, ranking pari passu with the ordinary shares of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be or, in either case, any depository or other receipts or certificates, including American depositary receipts representing such shares.
“Other Hybrid Capital Notes” means:
(a) the £1,250,000,000 Perpetual Subordinated Non-Call 7 Fixed Rate Reset Notes (ISIN: XS2193663619) issued by the Issuer on 22 June 2020;
(b) the €2,500,000,000 Perpetual Subordinated Non-Call 6 Fixed Rate Reset Notes (ISIN: XS2193661324) issued by the Issuer on 22 June 2020;
(c) the €2,250,000,000 Perpetual Subordinated Non-Call 9 Fixed Rate Reset Notes (ISIN: XS2193662728) issued by the Issuer on 22 June 2020;
(d) the $1,200,000,000 Perpetual Subordinated Non-Call 5.25 Fixed Rate Reset Notes (ISIN: US05565QDU94) issued by the Issuer on 22 June 2020;
(e) the $2,500,000,000 Perpetual Subordinated Non-Call 10 Fixed Rate Reset Notes (ISIN: US05565QDV77) issued by the Issuer on 22 June 2020; and
(f) the $1,300,000,000 Perpetual Subordinated 6.450% Fixed Rate Reset Notes (ISIN: US05565QDW50) issued by the Issuer on 1 March 2024,
each issued by the Company and unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed on a subordinated basis by the Guarantor.
“Parity Obligations” means, with respect to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be: (a) the most junior class of preference share capital of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be; and (b) any other security, guarantee or other instrument issued by, or any other obligation of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, which ranks or is expressed to rank pari passu with the Company’s obligations under the Notes or the Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee, including the Other Hybrid Capital Notes.
“Qualifying Securities” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.5 (Substitution or Variation of the Notes).
“Rating Agency” means each of S&P Global Ratings (or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries or any successor in business thereto from time to time) Fitch Ratings, Inc. (or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries or any successor in business thereto from time to time) and Moody’s Investors Service Limited (or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries or any successor in business thereto from time to time) or any other rating agency substituted for either of them by the Company and/or the Guarantor.
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