(ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability into shares,
other securities or other obligations of the relevant BRRD Party or another person, and the issue to or conferral on it of such shares, securities or obligations;
(iii) the cancellation of the BRRD Liability; and
(iv) the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are
due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and
(b) the variation of the terms of this Agreement, as deemed necessary by
the Relevant Resolution Authority, to give effect to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority.
The terms which follow, when used in this Section 20, shall have the meanings indicated.
Bail-in Legislation means in relation to a member state of the
European Economic Area which has implemented, or which at any time implements, the BRRD, the relevant implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement as described in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule from
time to time or, in the case of the United Kingdom, the U.K. Bail-in Legislation.
Bail-in Powers for the EU, means any Write-down and Conversion
Powers as defined in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule, in relation to the relevant Bail-in Legislation, and for the U.K. means the powers under the U.K. Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or affiliate of a bank or investment firm, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of
such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to
have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability.
BRRD means Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit
institutions and investment firms.
BRRD Party means any Underwriter subject to Bail-in Powers.
EU Bail-in Legislation
Schedule means the document described as such, then in effect, and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time at http://www.lma.eu.com/pages.aspx?p=499.
U.K. Bail-in Legislation means any laws, regulations, rules or
requirements in effect in the United Kingdom, relating to the transposition of the BRRD as amended from time to time, including but not limited to the Banking Act 2009 as amended from time to time, and the instruments, rules and standards created
thereunder.
BRRD Liability means a liability in respect of which the relevant Write Down and Conversion
Powers in the applicable Bail-in Legislation may be exercised.
Relevant
Resolution Authority means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Bail-in Powers in relation to the relevant BRRD Party.
21. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the
transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any
such interest or obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a State of the United States.
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