Delisting of a Reference Asset That Is an ADR May Adversely Affect the Value of the Warrants.
If a Reference Equity that is an ADR is no longer listed or admitted to trading on a U.S. securities exchange registered under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”) or included in the OTC Bulletin Board Service operated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), or if the ADR facility between the Reference Equity Issuer and the ADR depositary is terminated for any reason, the applicable Reference Equity will be deemed to be the Reference Equity Issuer’s common equity securities rather than the ADRs, and the Calculation Agent will determine the price of that Reference Asset by reference to those common shares, as described below under “General Terms of the Warrants — Delisting of ADRs or Termination of an ADR Facility”. Replacing the original ADRs with the underlying common shares may adversely affect the return on the warrants.
Additional Risks Relating to ETFs
Changes that Affect a Target Index of an ETF Will Affect the Market Value of the Warrants and the Cash Settlement Amount.
An ETF may seek to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of a specific index (the “Target Index”). The policies of a sponsor of the Target Index (the “Target Index Sponsor”) for an ETF concerning the calculation of that index, additions, deletions or substitutions of the components of that index and the manner in which changes affecting those components, such as stock dividends, reorganizations or mergers, may be reflected in the Target Index and, therefore, could affect whether the warrants are exercised, and, if so, the Cash Settlement Amount, and the market value of the warrants prior to expiration. Such determinations and values could also be affected if the Target Index Sponsor changes these policies, for example, by changing the manner in which it calculates the Target Index.
The Respective Sponsor, Publisher, or Investment Advisor of an ETF or a Target Index (Each, a “Reference Asset Publisher”) May Adjust the ETF or the Target Index in a Way that Affects Its Value, And They Have No Obligation To Consider Your Interests.
A Reference Asset Publisher can change the investment policies of the applicable ETF or the policies concerning the calculation of the applicable ETF’s net asset value, or add, delete, or substitute the Reference Asset Constituents or the components included in a Target Index, as the case may be, or make other methodological changes that could change the value of that ETF or Target Index. Additionally, a Reference Asset Publisher may alter, discontinue, or suspend calculation or dissemination of the price of its ETF, the net asset value of its ETF, or the level of its Target Index, as the case may be. Any of these actions could adversely affect the value of your warrants. See “General Terms of the Warrants — Delisting, Discontinuance of or Material Change to an ETF”. The Reference Asset Publishers will have no obligation to consider your interests in calculating or revising any ETF or Target Index.
There Are Liquidity and Management Risks Associated with an ETF.
Although shares of an ETF will be listed for trading on a securities exchange and a number of similar products have been traded on various exchanges for varying periods of time, there is no assurance that an active trading market will continue for the shares of the Reference Asset or that there will be liquidity in that trading market.
An ETF is subject to management risk, which is the risk that the investment advisor’s investment strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may not produce the intended results.
The Performance of an ETF and the Performance of the Target Index May Vary.
The performance of an ETF and that of its Target Index generally will vary due to transaction costs, certain corporate actions and timing variances. If an ETF maintains a “representative sampling” strategy as to a Target Index, the performance of the ETF Asset will differ to some degree from that of the Target Index.
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