The Issuer may elect at its full discretion to cancel and in certain circumstances will be required not to pay (in each case, in whole or in part) the Interest Amount otherwise scheduled to be paid on any Interest Payment Date. See Condition 6.10 (Cancellation of Interest Amounts).

The Current Principal Amount of the Notes will be written down if the Issuer’s Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio falls below 5.125% (on a consolidated basis). Following such reduction, the Current Principal Amount may, at the Issuer’s full discretion, be written back up if certain conditions are met. See Condition 7 (Loss Absorption and Return to Financial Health). For the purposes of this provision, Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio means the Common Equity Tier 1 capital of the Group expressed as a percentage of its total risk exposure amount (as calculated in accordance with the Relevant Rules (as defined in Condition 2 (Definitions and Interpretation)) and using the definition of the prudential scope of consolidation as defined in the Relevant Rules) or such other meaning given to it (or any equivalent or successor term) in the Relevant Rules.