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Exhibit 4.19

 

 

High-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital instrument

 

 

 

Issuer

UBS Group  AG 

ISIN

US902613AJ70 (144A)  / USH42097CS44 (Reg S) 

Issue Date 

12.01.2022

Currency

USD

Nominal (million) 

1,500

Interest Rate 

4.875%  1

Maturity Date 

perpetual

12.02.2027

First Call  Date 

 

 

1  Rate subject  to  change  after  first  call  date. 

 


 

TERMS AND  CONDITIONS  OF  THE  NOTES 

 

The terms  and  conditions  of  the  Tier  Capital  Notes  issued  by  UBS  Group  AG  are  as  follows: 

 

1.                    DEFINITIONS

 

"Additional Amounts" has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (b) of Condition 9 (Taxation). 

 

"Additional  Tier  Capital means,  at  any  time,  any  item  that  qualifies  as  additional  tier  capital  (zusätzliches  Kernkapital under National Regulations at such time.

 

"Agent  Insolvency  Event has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  subclause (c)(ii) of  Condition 8 (Payments;  Agents). 

 

"Agents" means the Fiscal Agent, the Registrar, the Calculation Agent, the Swiss Paying Agent and any other agent from time to time appointed pursuant to the terms of the Fiscal Agency Agreement. 

 

"Alignment  Event has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  clause (a) of  Condition 12 (Substitution  and  Amendment). 

 

"Alternative Loss Absorption Date" has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (f) of Condition 7 (Contingent Write-down). 

 

"Auditor means  the  accounting  firm  (i)  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Group  Holding  Company or the shareholders of the Group Holding Company, as the case may be, to provide, among other things, audit and/or review opinions on the Group Holding Company's financial statements,  and  (ii)  approved  by  FINMA  in  accordance  with  the  Financial  Market  Supervisory  Act  (Finanzmarktaufsichtsgesetz) of 22 June  2007,  as  amended from time to time.

 

"Authorised  Signatories means  any  two  authorised  officers  of  the  Issuer  signing  jointly. 

 

"Balance Sheet Date" means (i) with respect to any Ordinary Publication Date, the cut-off date for the measurement of the CET1 Ratio in the Quarterly Financial Accounts published on such Ordinary  Publication  Date,  and  (ii)  with  respect  to  any  Extraordinary  Publication  Date,  the  cut-off  date for the Reviewed Interim Measurement published upon the instruction of FINMA on such Extraordinary Publication Date. 

 

"Bankruptcy  Event means  any of the following events  with  respect  to  the Issuer: (i) the adjudication of bankruptcy (Konkurseröffnung) pursuant to articles 171, 189, 190, 191 or 192 of the  DEBA,  including,  without  limitation,  in  connection  with  article 725a of  the  Swiss  Code,  (ii)  the  granting  of  provisional  or  definitive  stay  of  execution  (provisorische  oder  definitive  Nachlassstundung) pursuant to article 293 et seq. of the DEBA, (iii) the ordering of restructuring proceedings (Sanierungsverfahren) pursuant to articles 28 to 32 of the FBA or pursuant to any successor  or  analogous  Swiss  law  or  regulation  applicable  to  bank  holding  companies  in  Switzerland  such  as  UBS Group AG, and/or  (iv) the ordering  of  liquidation  proceedings  (Liquidation) pursuant to articles 33 to 37g of the FBA or pursuant to any successor or analogous Swiss  law  or  regulation  applicable  to  bank  holding  companies  in  Switzerland  such  as  UBS  Group  AG;  provided however that  none  of  the  following  will  constitute  Bankruptcy  Event: 

(x) mere debt collection proceedings (Betreibungsverfahren) pursuant to article 38 et seq. of the DEBA,  (y) proceedings in  connection  with  freezing  order  (Arrestverfahren pursuant  to  article 271 et  seq.  of  the  DEBA,  and/or  (z) the institution  of  protective  measures  (Schutzmassnahmen) pursuant to article 26 of the FBA or pursuant to any successor or analogous Swiss  law  or  regulation  applicable  to  bank  holding  companies  in  Switzerland  such  as  UBS Group AG, including, in the case of each of subclauses (x), (y) and (z), any steps (other than any steps described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this definition) taken under or in connection therewith. 

 

"BIS  Regulations means,  at  any  time,  the  capital  adequacy  standards  and  guidelines  promulgated  by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, as implemented by FINMA in Switzerland at such time.

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"BIS Risk Weighted Assets" means, as of any Balance Sheet Date, the aggregate amount, in the Presentation Currency, of risk-weighted assets of the Group as of such Balance Sheet Date, as determined by the Group Holding Company pursuant to the BIS Regulations applicable to the Group Holding Company as of such Balance Sheet Date, and as (i) disclosed in the Quarterly Financial Accounts published on the relevant Ordinary Publication Date or (ii) may be disclosed as a component of the Reviewed Interim Measurement published upon the instruction of FINMA on the relevant Extraordinary Publication Date, as applicable. For the avoidance doubt, the term "risk-weighted  assets as  used  in  this  definition  has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  the  BIS  Regulations  in  effect as of  the  relevant Balance Sheet Date.

 

"Business  Day means  day  (other  than  Saturday  or  Sunday)  on  which  commercial  banks  and  foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business (including, without limitation, dealing in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London, New York City and Zurich.

 

"Calculation Agent" means UBS AG, in its capacity as calculation agent for the Notes, and includes any successor calculation agent for the Notes appointed in accordance with the terms of the  Fiscal Agency Agreement. 

 

"Calculation  Amount means  USD  1,000. 

 

"Capital Adequacy Ordinance" means the Ordinance concerning Capital Adequacy and Risk Diversification for Banks and Securities Firms of 1 June 2012, as amended from time to time, or any successor Swiss  law or regulation. 

 

"Certificate means  Global  Certificate  and/or  Definitive  Certificate,  as  the  case  may  be. 

 

"CET1 Capital" means, as of any Balance Sheet Date, the aggregate amount, in the Presentation Currency, of items that constitute common equity tier 1 capital of the Group as of such Balance Sheet Date, less any deductions from common equity tier 1 capital required to be made, in each case as determined by the Group Holding Company pursuant to the BIS Regulations applicable to the Group Holding Company as of such Balance Sheet Date, and as (i) disclosed in the Quarterly Financial Accounts published on the relevant Ordinary Publication Date or (ii) may be disclosed as a component of the Reviewed Interim Measurement published upon the instruction of FINMA on  the  relevant  Extraordinary  Publication  Date,  as  applicable.  For  the  avoidance  of  doubt,  the  term  "common equity tier 1 capital" as used in this definition has the meaning assigned to such term in the BIS Regulations  in effect as of  the  relevant Balance Sheet Date.

 

"CET1 Ratio" means, as of any Balance Sheet Date, the CET1 Capital as of such Balance Sheet Date, divided by the BIS Risk Weighted Assets as of such Balance Sheet Date, expressed as a percentage,  such  ratio  (or  the  components  thereof)  as  determined  by  the  Group  Holding  Company,  and (i) as disclosed in the Quarterly Financial Accounts published on the relevant Ordinary Publication Date or (ii) constituting (or as disclosed in) the Reviewed Interim Measurement published upon the instruction of FINMA on the relevant Extraordinary Publication Date, as applicable. 

 

"Clearstream,  Luxembourg means  Clearstream  Banking  S.A. 

 

"Code has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  clause  (c)  of  Condition  (Taxation). 

 

"Compliant Securities" means securities issued by UBS Group AG or any of its subsidiaries that have economic terms not materially less favourable to a Holder than these Terms and Conditions (as  reasonably  determined  by the Issuer), provided that: 

(a)                  such securities  (A)  include  terms  that  provide  for  the  same  interest  rate  and  principal  from  time to time applying to the Notes, (B) rank pari passu with the Notes and (C) preserve any existing rights under these Terms and Conditions to any accrued and unpaid interest that  has  not been satisfied; 

 

(b)                  where such securities are issued by a subsidiary of UBS Group AG, UBS Group AG has irrevocably  and  unconditionally  guaranteed  to  the  holders  of  such  securities,  on  subordinated  basis  corresponding  mutatis  mutandis  to  Condition  (Status  and

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Subordination),  the  due  and  punctual  payment  of  all  amounts  due  and  payable  by  such  subsidiary  under,  or  in  respect  of,  such  securities  pursuant  to  article 111 of  the  Swiss  Code; 

 

(c)                  where the Notes that have been substituted or amended were listed immediately prior to their  substitution  or  amendment,  such  securities  are  listed  on  (A)  the  SIX  Swiss  Exchange  or  (B)  such  other  internationally  recognised  stock  exchange  selected  by  the  Issuer;  and 

 

(d)                  where the Notes that have been substituted or amended were rated by a rating agency immediately  prior  to  such  substitution  or  amendment,  each  such  rating  agency  has  ascribed, or announced its intention to ascribe and publish, an equal or higher rating to such securities.

 

"Contingent  Write-down means  the  events  described  in  subclauses  (i)  through  (iii)  of  clause  (d)  of Condition (Contingent Write-down). 

 

"Day  Count  Fraction means,  in  respect  of  any  period  (the  "Calculation  Period"),  the  number  of  days  in the Calculation Period divided  by  360 calculated on formula  basis  as  follows: 

 

"1" is  the  year,  expressed  as  number,  in which the first day  of  the Calculation Period   falls;

 

"2" is  the  year,  expressed  as  number,  in  which  the  day  immediately  following  the  last   day included in  the  Calculation  Period  falls; 

 

"1" is  the  calendar  month,  expressed  as  number,  in  which  the  first  day  of  the   Calculation Period falls; 

 

"2" is  the  calendar  month,  expressed  as  number, in  which  the  day  immediately   following the last  day  included in the Calculation Period falls;

 

"1" is  the  first  calendar  day,  expressed  as  number,  of  the  Calculation  Period,  unless   such number would  be  31,  in  which  case  1  will be 30; and

"2" is the calendar day, expressed as a number, immediately following the last day  included in the Calculation Period, unless such number would be 31 and D1  is greater than 29, in  which  case D2  will be 30.

"DEBA" means the Swiss Federal Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act of 11 April 1889, as amended  from  time to time. 

 

"Definitive Certificate" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (c)(i) of Condition 2 (Amount, Denomination and  Form). 

 

"Depositary means  DTC  or  any  other  Relevant  Clearing  System  outside  of  Switzerland  designated as Depositary by the Issuer; provided, however, that, irrespective of the number of Regulation S Global Certificates and/or Rule 144A Global Certificates, as the case may be, outstanding, there will be no  more than one  Depositary  for  the  Notes  at  any time.

 

"Distributable Items" means, in respect of an Interest Payment Date, the aggregate of (i) net profits carried forward and (ii) freely distributable reserves, in each case, less any amounts that must be contributed to legal reserves under applicable law, all in UBS Group AG's reporting currency and as  appearing  in the Relevant Accounts.

 

"Distribution Compliance Period" means the 40-day period commencing on (and including) the later  of  (i)  the  day  on  which  the  Notes  are  first  offered  to  Persons  other  than  distributors  (as  defined 

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in Regulation S under the US Securities Act), and (ii) the day on which the closing of the offering of the Notes occurs. 

 

"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.

"Euroclear means  Euroclear  Bank  SA/NV. 

"Event  of  Default has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  clause  (a)  of  Condition  11  (Events  of  Default). 

 

"Extraordinary Publication Date" means the Business Day on which a Reviewed Interim Measurement is published upon the instruction of FINMA, after FINMA has determined that the conditions  for  issuing  Trigger  Event  Write-down  Notice  in  accordance  with  Condition 7 (Contingent  Write-down have  been  met. 

 

"Extraordinary  Trigger  Event  Notice  Date has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  subclause  (b)(i)  of  Condition  (Contingent Write-down). 

 

"FBA" means the Swiss Federal Act on Banks and Savings Institutions of 8 November 1934, as amended  from  time to time. 

 

"FINMA" means the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and any successor thereto. 

 

"First  Call  Date means  12  February  2027. 

 

"Fiscal Agency Agreement" means the fiscal agency agreement dated as of 10 February 2021 among the Issuer, the Fiscal Agent, the Registrar, the Calculation Agent, the Swiss Paying Agent and the other Agents from time to time party thereto, as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise  modified  from  time  to  time. 

 

"Fiscal  Agent means  Deutsche  Bank  Trust  Company  Americas,  in  its  capacity  as  fiscal  agent  for  the Notes, and includes any successor fiscal agent for the Notes appointed in accordance with the terms  of  the Fiscal Agency Agreement. 

 

"Fixed  Interest  Rate means  4.875  per  cent.  per  annum. 

 

"Former Residence" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (a)(v) of Condition 14 (Issuer  Substitution). 

 

"Global  Certificate means  Regulation  Global  Certificate  and/or  Rule  144A  Global  Certificate, as the case may be. 

 

"Going-Concern  LR  Requirement means  requirement  under  National  Regulations  for  systemically relevant banks (systemrelevante Banken) to hold a minimum amount of going- concern capital (Eigenmittel zur ordentlichen Weiterführung der Bank), which amount is set by reference  to  the leverage ratio  (Höchstverschuldungsquote) of such bank.

 

"Going-Concern RWA Requirement" means a requirement under National Regulations for systemically relevant banks (systemrelevante Banken) to hold a minimum amount of going- concern capital (Eigenmittel zur ordentlichen Weiterführung der Bank), which amount is set by reference  to  the  risk  weighted  assets  (risikogewichtete Positionen of such bank. 

 

"Group means,  at  any  time,  the  Group  Holding  Company  and  all  its  subsidiaries  and  other  entities  that  are  included  in  the  Group  Holding  Company's  consolidated  capital  adequacy  reports  prepared  pursuant  to  National Regulations.

 

"Group Holding Company" means, at any time, the top Swiss holding company at such time of the financial group to which UBS Group AG belongs for purposes of preparing consolidated capital  adequacy  reports  pursuant  to  National  Regulations.  As  at  the  Issue  Date,  the  Group  Holding  Company is UBS Group AG. 

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"Higher-Trigger  Amount means,  as  of  any  Publication  Date,  the  sum  of  (i)  the  maximum  portion  of  the  aggregate  principal  amount,  in  the  Presentation Currency of  the  Quarterly  Financial  Accounts or Reviewed Interim Measurement, as the case may be, to which such Publication Date relates,  of  all  Higher-Trigger  Contingent  Capital,  if  any,  outstanding  on  the  relevant  Balance  Sheet  Date  that  could  be  converted  into  equity  and/or  fully  or  partially  written  down,  or  otherwise  operate  to increase the CET1 Capital, if a Higher-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Notice were delivered in accordance with the terms thereof, and (ii) the maximum portion of the aggregate principal amount, in the Presentation Currency of the Quarterly Financial Accounts or Reviewed Interim Measurement, as the case may be, to which such Publication Date relates, of all Higher-Trigger Contingent  Capital,  if  any,  issued  after  the  relevant  Balance  Sheet  Date,  but  prior  to  such  Publication Date, that could be converted into equity and/or fully or partially written down, or otherwise operate to increase the CET1 Capital, if a Higher-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Notice were delivered in accordance with the terms thereof, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii),  as  determined  by  UBS  Group AG. For  purposes  of  clause  (ii)  of  this  definition  and,  in  the  case  of an Extraordinary Publication Date, clause (i) of this definition, the aggregate principal amount of any Higher-Trigger Contingent Capital that is not denominated in the Presentation Currency will be converted into the Presentation Currency at the applicable prevailing exchange rate on the last Business Day preceding the relevant Publication Date, as determined by UBS Group AG. In the  case  of  an  Ordinary  Publication  Date,  for  purposes  of  clause  (i)  of  this  definition,  the  aggregate  principal  amount  of  any  Higher-Trigger  Contingent  Capital  that  is  not  denominated  in  the  Presentation  Currency  will  be  converted  into  the  Presentation  Currency  at  the  applicable  exchange  rate  used for such purposes  in the relevant Quarterly Financial Accounts.

 

"Higher-Trigger Contingent Capital" means any instrument issued by, or any other obligation of,  any  member  of  the  Group  that  (i)  is  issued  or  owed  to  holders  that  are  not  members  of  the  Group  and  (ii)  is  required  pursuant  to  its  terms  to  be  converted  into  equity  and/or  fully  or  partially  written  down, or otherwise operating to increase the CET1 Capital, when the CET1 Ratio (or equivalent capital  measure  of  the  Group  described  in  the  terms  and  conditions  thereof)  falls  below  threshold  that  is  higher  than  the  Write-down  Threshold  (with  respect  to  the  relevant  Higher-Trigger  Contingent  Capital,  its  "Higher-Trigger  Threshold"). 

 

"Higher-Trigger Threshold" has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term "Higher-Trigger Contingent Capital".

 

"Higher-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Date" has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term "Higher-Trigger  Write-down/Conversion  Notice". 

 

"Higher-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Notice" means a notice delivered pursuant to the terms  of  any  Higher-Trigger  Contingent  Capital  that  notifies  the  holders  thereof  that  the  CET1 Ratio (or similar measure or other event described in the terms and conditions of such Higher-Trigger  Contingent  Capital)  has  fallen  below  its  Higher-Trigger  Threshold  and,  consequently, that such Higher-Trigger Contingent Capital will be converted into equity and/or fully or partially written down, or otherwise operate to increase the CET1 Capital, as applicable, as of a particular date (such date, the "Higher-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Date"). For the avoidance of doubt, if the terms and conditions of such Higher-Trigger Contingent Capital permit FINMA  to  waive  the  conversion  into  equity  and/or  write-down  of  such  Higher-Trigger  Contingent  Capital notwithstanding the fact that the CET1 Ratio (or similar measure or other event described in the terms and conditions of such Higher-Trigger Contingent Capital) has fallen below the Higher-Trigger Threshold, the non-issuance of such a waiver by FINMA between the relevant Publication Date and the Trigger Event Notice Date shall be deemed equivalent to the delivery of a Higher-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Notice for purposes of subclause (b)(ii) of Condition 7 (Contingent  Write-down). 

 

"Holder" means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name the Certificate representing such  Note is registered in  the Register. For  the avoidance of doubt,  with  respect to Notes  represented by a Global Certificate, no Indirect Holder or other Person will be a Holder for purposes of these Terms and Conditions or such Notes or have any rights, or be owed any obligations  by  the Issuer, under  such  Notes. 

 

"Indirect  Holder means,  with  respect  to  any  Note  represented  by  Global  Certificate,  any  Person  (other  than  the  Holder)  that  owns  beneficial  interest  in  such  Notes  through  bank,  broker  or  other 

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financial institution that (i) participates in the book-entry system of DTC, Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg  and/or  any  other  clearing  system  (each,  "Relevant  Clearing  System"),  or  (ii)  holds  an interest in such Note through a participant in the book-entry system of any Relevant Clearing System. No Indirect Holder will have any rights, or be owed any obligations by the Issuer, under the  Notes. 

 

"Interest  Payment  Date has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  subclause (a)(ii) of  Condition  (Interest). 

 

"Interest Period" means each period beginning on (and including) an Interest Payment Date (or, in  the  case  of  the  first  Interest  Period,  the  Issue  Date)  and  ending  on  (but  excluding)  the  next  Interest  Payment  Date. 

 

"Interest Rate" means the Fixed Interest Rate and/or Reset Interest Rate, as the case may be.

"Issue  Date" means 12  January  2022. 

"Issuer means  UBS  Group  AG  in  its  capacity  as  issuer  of  the  Notes. 

 

"Junior Obligations" means (i) all classes of share capital and participation securities (if any) of the Issuer and (ii) all other obligations of the Issuer that rank, or are expressed to rank, junior to claims  in  respect of the Notes and/or any Parity  Obligation. 

 

"Margin means  3.404  per  cent.  per  annum. 

 

"National Regulations" means, at any time, (i) the Swiss national banking and capital adequacy laws,  and  (ii) the capital  adequacy  regulations  promulgated  by  the  Swiss  Federal  Council  (Bundesrat) or FINMA and the interpretation thereof by FINMA or any other competent Swiss authority, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), directly applicable to UBS Group AG (and/or, if different, the Group Holding Company) and/or the Group at such time.

 

"New Residence" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (a)(i)(E) of Condition 14 (Issuer  Substitution). 

 

"Notes" means the USD 1,500,000,000 4.875 per cent. Tier 1 Capital Notes issued by the Issuer on the Issue Date.

 

"Ordinary Publication Date" means each Business Day on which Quarterly Financial Accounts are  published. 

 

"Ordinary  Shares means  the  registered  ordinary  shares  of  UBS  Group  AG. 

 

"Ordinary  Trigger  Event  Notice  Date has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  subclause  (b)(i)  of Condition (Contingent Write-down). 

 

"Parity Obligations" means (i) all obligations of the Issuer in respect of Tier 1 Instruments (excluding any such obligations that rank, or are expressed to rank, junior to claims in respect of the  Notes),  and  (ii)  any  other  securities  or  obligations  (including,  without  limitation,  any  guarantee,  credit support agreement or similar undertaking) of the Issuer that rank, or are expressed to rank, pari  passu with claims in respect of the Notes and/or any Parity Obligation.

 

"Paying  Agent has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  subclause (c)(i) of  Condition 8 (Payments; Agents). 

 

"Payment Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial banks  and  foreign  exchange  markets  settle  payments  and  are  open  for  general  business  (including,  without  limitation,  dealing  in  foreign  exchange  and  foreign  currency  deposits)  in  London  and  New  York City.

 

 

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"Permitted  Transactions means: 

 

(a)              repurchases, redemptions  or  other  acquisitions  of  any  Ordinary  Shares  in  connection  with(x)  any  employment  contract,  benefit  plan  or similar arrangement  with,  or  for  the  benefit of, any employees, officers, directors or consultants of any member of the Group, (y) a dividend reinvestment or shareholder share purchase plan or (z) the issuance of any Ordinary Shares (or securities convertible into, or exercisable for, Ordinary Shares) as consideration for an acquisition consummated by any  member of the  Group; 

(b)              market-making in Ordinary Shares as part of the securities business of any member of the Group;

(c)              purchases of fractional interests in any Ordinary Shares pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of (x) such Ordinary Shares or (y) any security convertible into, or exercisable for, Ordinary Shares;

(d)             redemptions or repurchases of Ordinary Shares pursuant to any shareholders' rights plan; and

(e)              distributions in cash or in kind on, or repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of, any Ordinary Shares as a part of any solvent reorganisation, reconstruction, amalgamation or merger of any member of the Group, so long as such member (or the successor entity resulting from such reorganisation, reconstruction, amalgamation or merger) continues to be a member of the Group.

 

"Person" means any individual, corporation, bank, partnership, joint venture, association, joint- stock  company,  limited  liability  company,  trust,  unincorporated  organisation  or  government  or  any  agency  or  political subdivision thereof. 

 

"Presentation  Currency means  (i) with respect  to  any  Quarterly  Financial  Accounts,  the  presentation  currency  of  such  Quarterly  Financial  Accounts,  and  (ii)  with  respect  to  any  Reviewed  Interim Measurement, the Presentation Currency of the Quarterly Financial Accounts that will be prepared for the relevant financial quarterly or annual period in which the relevant Extraordinary Publication Date falls.

 

"Public Sector" means the government of, or a governmental agency or the central bank in, the country  of  incorporation  of  the  Group  Holding  Company. 

 

"Publication Date" means an Ordinary Publication Date or an Extraordinary Publication Date, as the  case may be. 

 

"Quarterly Financial Accounts" means (i) the financial statements of the Group (including, without limitation, the notes thereto) in respect of a financial quarter published by the Group Holding  Company,  which  have  been  reviewed  by  the  Auditor  in  accordance  with  the  International  Standards  on  Auditing;  provided,  however that,  if  the  financial  statements  of  the  Group  in  respect  of the last quarter of any year are not so reviewed, the term "Quarterly Financial Accounts" in respect of such quarter will mean instead the annual financial statements of the Group (including, without limitation, the notes thereto) in respect of such year, which have been audited by the Auditor  in  accordance  with  the  International  Standards  on  Auditing  and  are  published  in  the  annual  report of the Group Holding Company for such year, or (ii) in the event that the Group does not publish quarterly financial statements as described in clause (i) of this definition, the financial disclosures published by the Group pursuant to and in compliance with FINMA Circular 2016/01 "Capital Adequacy Disclosures Banks", as amended from time to time, or pursuant to and in compliance with any successor circular or regulation applicable to the Group Holding Company, provided that such financial disclosures are published for each financial quarter and the interim earnings included in such disclosures have been reviewed by the Auditor in accordance with International  Standards  on  Auditing. 

 

"QIB has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  subclause (b)(i) of  Condition 2 (Amount,  Denomination  and  Form). 

 

"Record Date" means, with respect to any Scheduled Due Date, the last Relevant Banking Day immediately preceding such  Scheduled  Due  Date. 

 

"Redemption Date" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (e)(i) of Condition 6 (Redemption  and  Purchase). 

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"Redemption Notice" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (e)(i) of Condition 6 (Redemption  and  Purchase). 

 

"Register means  the  register  that  the  Issuer  will  procure  to  be  kept  by  the  Registrar  in  accordance  with the provisions of  the  Fiscal Agency Agreement. 

 

"Registrar" means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as registrar for the Notes, and includes any successor registrar for the Notes appointed in accordance with the Fiscal Agency Agreement.

 

"Regulation S Global Certificate" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (b)(i) of Condition 2 (Amount,  Denomination  and  Form). 

 

"Regulatory Event" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (d)(ii) of Condition 6 (Redemption  and  Purchase). 

 

"Relevant  Accounts means,  in  respect  of  any  Interest  Payment  Date,  the  most  recently  published  audited  unconsolidated  annual  financial  statements  of  UBS  Group  AG  prepared  in  accordance  with  the  Swiss  Code. 

 

"Relevant  Banking  Day means  day  other  than  Saturday  or  Sunday,  on  which  banks  are  open  for  business  in  the  place  of  the  Specified Office of  the  Registrar and the  Fiscal  Agent. 

 

"Relevant Clearing System" has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term "Indirect  Holder". 

 

"Relevant Date" means, with respect to any payment, (i) the date on which such payment first becomes due under the Notes (the "Scheduled Due Date"), or (ii) if the full amount of the money payable on the Scheduled Due Date has not been received by the Fiscal Agent on or before the Scheduled Due Date, the date on which the full amount of the money due on the Scheduled Due Date  has  been  received  by  the  Fiscal  Agent. 

 

"Relevant Swiss Issuer" means, at any time, any bank, or any member of a banking group (including,  without  limitation,  the  Group),  that  is  subject  to  Going-Concern  LR  Requirement  and  Going-Concern  RWA Requirement at such time.

 

"Reset Date" means the First Call Date and each day that falls on the fifth anniversary of the immediately preceding Reset Date.

 

"Reset Determination Date" means, in relation to a Reset Interest Period, the day falling two Business  Days  prior to the Reset  Date  on which such Reset  Interest  Period commences.

 

"Reset Interest Amount" has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (b) of Condition 5 (Interest). 

 

"Reset Interest Period" means each period from (and including) any Reset Date and ending on (but  excluding)  the next Reset Date.

 

"Reset Interest Rate" means, in relation to any Reset Interest Period, the sum of the Margin and the  Treasury  Yield in relation  to such Reset  Interest Period.

 

"Reviewed Interim Measurement" means an interim measurement of the CET1 Ratio, with respect to which the Auditor has performed procedures in accordance with the International Standard on Related Services (and relevant Swiss standards and practices) applicable to agreed- upon  procedures  engagements. 

 

"Rule 144A" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (b)(i) of Condition 2 (Amount,  Denomination  and  Form). 

 

"Rule 144A Global Certificate" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (b)(i) of Condition 2 (Amount,  Denomination  and  Form). 

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"Scheduled Due Date" has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term "Relevant  Date". 

 

"Senior Obligations" means all obligations of the Issuer that are unsubordinated or that are subordinated and do  not  constitute  either Junior Obligations or Parity Obligations.

 

"Specified Office" means (i) in the case of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Fiscal Agent, Paying Agent and Registrar, Trust and Agency Services, 1 Columbus Circle, 17th Floor, Mail  Stop:  NYC01-1710,  New  York,  NY  10019,  USA,  Attn:  Corporates  Team,  UBS  Group  AG, 

(ii) in  the  case  of  UBS  AG,  as  Swiss  Paying  Agent  and  Calculation  Agent,  Bahnhofstrasse  45,  8001  Zurich,  Switzerland,  and  (iii)  in  the  case  of  any  other  Agent,  such  office  as  is  notified  by  the  Issuer  to  the  Holders  in  writing  in  accordance  with  Condition  13  (Notices as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  appointment of such Agent, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), or such other office as the relevant Agent may designate from time to time by providing notice to the Issuer and the Holders  in  writing in accordance  with  Condition 13 (Notices). 

 

"Substitute Issuer" has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (a) of Condition 14 (Issuer  Substitution). 

 

"Substitution  Documents has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  subclause (a)(iv) of  Condition 14 (Issuer  Substitution). 

 

"Substitution  or  Amendment  Effective  Date has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  subclause  (a)(iii)  of  Condition  12 (Substitution  and  Amendment). 

 

"Substitution  or  Amendment  Notice has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  subclause  (a)(iii)  of Condition 12  (Substitution  and  Amendment). 

 

"Swiss  Code means  the  Swiss  Code  of  Obligations,  as  amended  from  time  to  time. 

 

"Swiss Paying Agent" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (c)(i) of Condition 8 (Payments; Agents). 

 

"Tax  Event has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  subclause (c)(ii) of  Condition 6 (Redemption  and  Purchase). 

 

"Tax  Jurisdiction means  Switzerland. 

 

"Taxes has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  clause  (a)  of  Condition  (Taxation). 

 

"Tier  Capital means  Additional  Tier  Capital  or  any  item  that  qualifies  as  common  equity  tier 1 capital pursuant to National Regulations.

 

"Tier 1 Instruments" means any and all (i) securities or other obligations (other than Tier 1 Shares)  issued  by  UBS Group AG or  (ii) shares, securities,  participation  securities  or  other  obligations (other than Tier 1 Shares) issued by a subsidiary of UBS Group AG and having the benefit  of  guarantee,  credit  support  agreement  or  similar  undertaking  of  UBS  Group  AG,  each  of  which  shares,  securities,  participation  securities  or  other  obligations  described  in  clauses (i) and 

(ii) of this definition qualify, or are issued in respect of a security that qualifies, as Tier 1 Capital of the Group and/or UBS Group AG (without regard to quantitative limits on such capital) on a consolidated (Finanzgruppe or on an unconsolidated (Einzelinstitut) basis.

 

"Tier  Shares means all classes of share  capital and participation  certificates (if any)  of  UBS Group AG or any subsidiary of UBS Group AG that qualify as common equity tier 1 capital of  the  Group  and/or  UBS  Group  AG  under  National  Regulations  on  consolidated  (Finanzgruppe or on an  unconsolidated (Einzelinstitut basis. 

 

"Treasury  Yield means,  in  relation  to  any  Reset  Interest  Period, 

(a)                  the rate  per  annum  equal  to  the  semi-annual  equivalent  yield  to  maturity,  that  represents  the  average  of  such  yield  to  maturity  for  the  five  consecutive  New  York  Business  Days 

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ending on  and  including  the  applicable  Reset  Determination  Date,  for  five-year  maturity,  appearing  under  the  caption  "Treasury  constant  maturities"  in  the  most  recent  H.15;  or 

 

(b)                  if the Treasury Yield for such Interest Reset Period cannot be determined pursuant to clause  (a)  above,  the  rate  per  annum  equal  to  the  semi-annual  equivalent  yield  to  maturity  determined by interpolation between the most recent average of such yield to maturity, such average to be determined for the five consecutive New York Business Days ending on and including the applicable Reset Determination Date, for two series of US Treasury securities trading in the public securities market, (i) one maturing as close as possible to, but earlier than, the first Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Determination Date,  and  (ii)  the  other  maturing  as  close  as  possible  to,  but  later  than,  the  first  Reset  Date  following the next  succeeding  Reset Determination Date; or

 

(c)                  if the Treasury Yield for such Interest Reset Period cannot be determined pursuant to clause  (b)  above,  the  rate  per  annum  equal  to  the  semi-annual  equivalent  yield  to  maturity  for  five-year  maturity  for  the  last  available  date  preceding  the  applicable  Reset  Determination  Date,  appearing  under  the  caption  "Treasury  constant  maturities"  in  the 

H.15 that has been most recently published prior to the applicable Reset Determination Date, 

 

in each  case,  as  determined  by  the  Calculation  Agent  on  the  applicable  Reset  Determination  Date. 

 

For purposes of this definition, (i) "H.15" means the statistical release designated as such, or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System (or any successor publication that is published by the Board of Governors of the United States  Federal  Reserve  System  and  that  establishes  yields  on  actively  traded  US  Treasury  securities  adjusted to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury constant maturities" for the maturity of five years), (ii) "most recent H.15" means, in respect of any Reset Interest Period, the H.15 published  closest  in  time  but  prior  to  the  close  of  business  on  the  second  Business  Day  prior  to  the  applicable Reset Date, (iii) "New York Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments generally in New York City, and (iv) "semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity" means, for securities with two interest payments per year, the annualized yield to maturity of such interest payments, such annualized  yield to be calculated in accordance with standard market practice. 

 

"Trigger  Breach  Determination  Date has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  subclause  (b)(i)  of Condition (Contingent Write-down). 

 

"Trigger CET1 Ratio" means, as of any Publication Date, (i) the sum of (x) the CET1 Capital as of  the  relevant  Balance  Sheet  Date  and  (y)  the  Higher-Trigger  Amount  as  of  such  Publication  Date,  divided by (ii) the BIS Risk Weighted Assets as of the relevant Balance Sheet Date, expressed as percentage. 

 

"Trigger Event" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (a)(ii) of Condition 7 (Contingent  Write-down). 

 

"Trigger Event Notice Date" means an Ordinary Trigger Event Notice Date or an Extraordinary Trigger Event Notice Date, as  the case may  be. 

 

"Trigger  Event  Write-down  Date has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  the  definition  of  the  term "Trigger Event Write-down Notice". 

 

"Trigger  Event  Write-down  Notice means,  with  respect  to  any  Publication  Date,  notice 

(i) stating  that  (x)  the  Trigger  CET1  Ratio  as  of  such  Publication  Date  is  less  than  the  Write-down  Threshold, and (y) a Contingent Write-down will take place and (ii) specifying the date on which the Contingent Write-down will take place, which date shall, subject to postponement pursuant to subclause  (b)(ii)  of  Condition  (Contingent  Write-down),  be  no  later  than  ten  Business  Days  after  the  date of such notice  (the "Trigger Event Write-down Date"). 

 

"US or  "United  States means  the  United  States  of  America  (including  the  States  and  the  District  of  Columbia),  its  territories, its possessions  and other areas subject  to its jurisdiction. 

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"US  Exchange  Act means  the  US  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  from  time  to  time. 

 

"US  Investment  Company  Act means  the  US  Investment  Company  Act  of  1940,  as  amended  from time to time. 

 

"US Securities Act" means the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time. "USD means  United  States  dollars. 

"Viability  Event has  the  meaning  assigned  to  such  term  in  subclause  (c)(ii)  of  Condition 7 (Contingent  Write-down). 

 

"Viability Event Write-down Date" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (c)(i) of Condition 7 (Contingent Write-down). 

 

"Viability Event Write-down Notice" has the meaning assigned to such term in subclause (c)(ii) of Condition (Contingent Write-down). 

 

"Write-down  Date means,  with  respect  to  any  Contingent  Write-down,  the  Trigger  Event  Write-  down Date or Viability  Event  Write-down Date, as  applicable. 

 

"Write-down  Notice means,  with  respect  to  any  Contingent  Write-down,  the  relevant  Trigger  Event  Write-down Notice or  Viability Event Write-down Notice, as applicable. 

 

"Write-down  Notice  Date means,  with  respect  to  any  Contingent  Write-down,  the  date  of  the  relevant  Write-down  Notice. 

 

"Write-down  Threshold means  per  cent. 

 

2.                    AMOUNT, DENOMINATION  AND  FORM 

 

(a)                  Amount and  denomination 

The initial  aggregate  principal  amount  of  the  Notes  will  be  USD  1,500,000,000.  The  Notes  will  be  issued  to  Holders  in  minimum  denominations  of  USD  200,000  and  integral  multiples  of USD 1,000 in excess thereof. The principal amount of the Notes may be written down in the circumstances and in the manner described in Condition 7 (Contingent Write-down).  The Notes may only be held and transferred in minimum denominations of USD 200,000 and integral multiples  of USD 1,000 in excess thereof. 

 

(b)                  Global Certificates 

 

(i)                   Notes that  are  initially  sold  in  the  United  States  to  "qualified  institutional  buyers"  (each, a "QIB") within the meaning of Rule 144A under the US Securities Act ("Rule 144A") are initially represented by one or more permanent registered global certificates (each, a "Rule 144A Global Certificate"), without interest coupons, deposited with the Fiscal Agent as custodian for, and registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for, DTC. Notes that are initially sold in an "offshore transaction" within the meaning of Regulation S of the US Securities Act  are  initially  represented  by  one  or  more  permanent  registered  global  certificates  (each,  "Regulation  Global  Certificate"),  without  interest  coupons, deposited with the Fiscal Agent as custodian for, and registered in the name  of  Cede  Co.  as  nominee  for,  DTC,  provided  that  upon  such  Regulation  Global Certificate's deposit, all beneficial interests in the Notes represented thereby are maintained at or through Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg until  expiration  of  the  Distribution  Compliance  Period.  The  form  of  Regulation  Global  Certificate  and  the  form  of  Rule  144A  Global  Certificate  are  set  out  in  the  Fiscal Agency Agreement, which will be made available by the Registrar to any Holder or Indirect Holder upon  written  request. 

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(ii)                 The aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by each of the Global Certificates  may  from  time  to  time  be  increased  or  decreased  by  adjustments  made  on the records of the Registrar. Each Global Certificate shall have affixed a schedule for the purpose of recording adjustments in the aggregate principal amount thereof; provided, however, that, in the event of a discrepancy between the principal amounts recorded on such schedule and the amounts listed on the records of the Registrar, the principal amounts listed on the records of the  Registrar will control. Any beneficial interest of an Indirect Holder in any Note represented by one of the Global Certificates that is transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in such Note represented by another Global Certificate will, upon transfer, cease to be a beneficial interest in such first Global Certificate and become a beneficial interest in the other Global Certificate and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if  any,  and  other  procedures  applicable  to  beneficial  interests  in  such  other  Global  Certificate  for  as  long  as  it retains such an interest. 

 

(iii)               So long  as  the  Notes  are  represented  by  one  or  more  Global  Certificates  deposited  with, or with a custodian for, the Depositary, the Holder of a Global Certificate may  grant  proxies  and  otherwise  authorise  any  Person,  including,  without  limitation, participants of a Relevant Clearing System and Persons that may hold interests through such participants, to take any action that the Holder is entitled to  take  under  these  Terms  and  Conditions  or  the  Notes,  and  nothing  in  these  Terms  and Conditions will prevent the Issuer or the Agents or any of their respective agents  from  giving  effect  to  any  such  proxies  or  other  authorisations  furnished  by  the  Holder  of  Global  Certificate  for  purposes  of  this  subclause  (b)(iii).  Although  the  Holders  are  the  only  Persons  entitled  to  participate  in,  and  vote  at,  any  meeting  of  Holders,  so  long  as  the  Notes  are  represented  by  one  or  more  Global  Certificates  deposited  with,  or  with  custodian  for,  the  Depositary,  the  Holder  of  Global  Certificate  shall  (A) obtain instructions  from  the  relevant  Indirect  Holders  in  respect  of  any  meeting  of  Holders,  (B)  vote  at  such  meeting  in  respect  of each Note represented by such Global Certificate in accordance with the instructions received from the relevant Indirect Holder and (C) abstain from representing any Note represented by such Global Certificate at a meeting of Holders for which it has not received an instruction from the relevant Indirect Holder. Only the Notes represented by such Global Certificate for which the Holder received an instruction by the relevant Indirect Holder to take part at a meeting  of  Holders  will  be  deemed  to  be  present  or  represented  at  such  meeting. 

(c)                  Definitive Certificates 

 

(i)                   Definitive Notes in registered form (each, a "Definitive Certificate") shall be issued, and a Global Certificate will be exchanged, in whole, but not in part, for Definitive  Certificates,  if  (and  only  if): 

 

(A)                 the Depositary notifies the Issuer that it is no longer willing or able to discharge  properly  its  responsibilities  as  depositary  with  respect  to  some  or all of the Global Certificates, or ceases to be a "clearing agency" registered under the US Exchange Act; or

 

(B)                 at any  time  the  Depositary  is  no  longer  eligible  to  act  as  such,  or  the  Notes  cease for any reason to be eligible for clearing through the Depositary, and the Issuer is unable to locate a qualified successor within 90 days of receiving  notice  of  such  ineligibility  of  the  Depositary  or  of  the  Notes,  as  the  case may be, from  or  on  behalf  of the Depositary; or 

 

(C)                 issuance of the Definitive Certificates is required by Swiss or other applicable laws or regulations in connection with the enforcement of rights  under  the Notes; or

 

(D)                 the Issuer  provides  its  consent. 

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(ii)                 If a Global Certificate is to be exchanged for Definitive Certificates pursuant to subclause  (i)  of  this  clause  (c),  the  Issuer  will  procure  the  prompt  delivery  (free  of charge) of Definitive Certificates to the Fiscal Agent, duly executed without interest  coupons,  registered  in  the  names  of  the  relevant  Indirect  Holders,  addresses and denominations provided in a written notice to be given by the Depositary or the Issuer to the Fiscal Agent (which notice shall be given subject to  the  Depositary's  procedures  and  also  specify  the  taxpayer  identification  number,  if any, of each Person in whose name such Definitive Certificates are to be registered).  Upon  written  direction  of  the  Issuer,  the  Fiscal  Agent  will  deliver  such  Definitive Certificates to the Holders thereof not later than five Business Days after receipt by the Fiscal Agent of the written notice provided by the Depositary (or  the  Issuer,  as  applicable)  referred  to  above  (and  any  other  necessary  information as the Fiscal Agent may reasonably request from the Issuer at such time). The Fiscal Agent shall promptly cancel and deliver to the Issuer the surrendered Global Certificates. The form of Definitive Certificate that will be issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Note represented by a Rule 144A Global Certificate and the form of Definitive Certificate that will be issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Note represented by a Regulation S Global Certificate are set out in the Fiscal Agency Agreement, which will be made available  by  the  Registrar  to  any  Holder  or  Indirect  Holder  upon  written  request. 

 

(iii)               If Definitive Certificates have been issued pursuant to this Condition 2(c), any Definitive Certificate that is lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed may be replaced,  subject  to  applicable  laws  and  regulations,  at  the  Specified  Office  of  the  Fiscal Agent upon payment by the claimant of the fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Fiscal Agent and the Issuer in connection therewith and on such terms as to evidence, security and indemnity (which may provide, among other things,  that  if  the  Definitive  Certificate  allegedly  or  actually  lost,  stole  or  destroyed is subsequently presented for payment there shall be paid to the Issuer on  demand  the amount payable by the Issuer in  respect of such  Definitive  Certificate  subsequently  presented)  as  the  Issuer  may  require.  Mutilated  or  defaced Definitive Certificates must be surrendered before replacements will be issued. 

 

3.                    TRANSFER

 

(a)                  General

 

(i)                   Subject to Conditions 3(b) and  3(c),  title to Notes will pass on transfer  by  assignment (Zession) and due registration in the Register. All transfers of Notes and entries on the Register will be made subject to the provisions concerning transfers of Notes set forth in the Fiscal Agency Agreement, which will be made available  by  the  Registrar  to  any  Holder  or  Indirect  Holder  upon  written  request. 

 

(ii)                  Transfers of Notes, or of beneficial interests in Notes represented by Global Certificates, may be made only in accordance with the legend set forth upon the face  of  the  applicable  Global  Certificate  or  Definitive  Certificate,  and  the  Registrar will not be required to accept for registration of transfer any Note or beneficial interests in Notes except upon presentation of evidence satisfactory to the  Fiscal  Agent  and  the  Registrar  that  such  transfer  is  being  made  in  compliance  with such legend. 

 

(iii)                 Transfers of  Notes  and  the  issue  of  new  Global  Certificates  or  Definitive  Certificates,  as  the  case  may  be,  on  transfer  will  be  effected  without  charge  by  or  on behalf of the Issuer or the Registrar, but upon payment of any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation to the transfer (or the giving  of  such  indemnity  as  the  Fiscal  Agent  or  the  Registrar  may  require)  by  the  Holder. 

 

(iv)                 No Holder may require the transfer of a Note to be registered (x) if the Notes are to  be  redeemed  pursuant  to  Condition  (Redemption  and  Purchase),  during  the 

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period of  15  days  ending  on  (and  including)  the  relevant  Redemption  Date,  or 

(y) during  the  period  of  15  days  ending  on  (and  including)  the  Record  Date  for  any Interest Payment Date.

 

(v)                  No Person  (including  any  Indirect  Holder)  other  than  the  Holder(s)  will  have  any  rights, or be owed any obligations by the Issuer, under the Notes. Payments of principal, interest or any other amount in respect of Notes will be made only to the Person shown on the Register as the registered holder of such Note (i.e., the Holder) at close of  business  on  the  relevant Record Date.

 

(b)                  Transfer of  Notes  represented  by  Global  Certificate 

 

(i)                   Global Certificates may be transferred only in whole, but not in part, and only to a Relevant Clearing System or any of their respective successors or nominees, in each case located outside of Switzerland, except as provided below. Beneficial interests of Indirect Holders in Notes represented by Global Certificates may be transferred only in accordance with the rules and procedures of such Relevant Clearing  System,  the  provisions  of  the  Fiscal  Agency  Agreement  and  this  Condition 3(b).

 

(ii)                  A beneficial interest in a Note represented by a Regulation S Global Certificate may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Note represented by a Rule 144A Global Certificate during the Distribution  Compliance  Period,  only  if  such  exchange  occurs  in  connection  with  a transfer of beneficial interests in the Notes pursuant to Rule 144A and the transferor first delivers to the Fiscal Agent and the Registrar a written certificate substantially  in  the  form  of  certificate  available  on  request  from  the  Registrar  to  the  effect  that  the  beneficial  interests  in  the  Notes  are  being  transferred  to  Person  who  the  transferor  reasonably  believes  is  QIB  within  the  meaning  of  Rule  144A  under the US Securities Act, purchasing the beneficial interests in the Notes for its  own  account  or  the  account  of  QIB  in  transaction  meeting  the  requirements  of Rule 144A and in accordance with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States  and  other  jurisdictions. 

 

(iii)                 A beneficial  interest  in  Note  represented  by  Rule  144A  Global  Certificate  may  be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in  Note  represented  by  Regulation  Global  Certificate,  whether  before  or  after  the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, only if the transferor first delivers  to  the  Fiscal  Agent  and  the  Registrar  written  certificate  substantially  in  the form of a certificate available on request from the Registrar to the effect that the transfer is being conducted in compliance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the  US Securities Act. 

 

(iv)                Until the termination of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial interests in any Regulation S Global Certificate may be held only through participants acting  for  and  on  behalf  of  Euroclear  and/or  Clearstream,  Luxembourg,  provided  that  this  subclause (iv) shall  not  prohibit  any  transfer  in  accordance  with  subclause  (ii)  of  this  Condition 3(b).

 

(c)                  Transfer of  Notes  represented by Definitive  Certificate 

 

(i)                   If and when Definitive Certificates have been issued pursuant to Condition 2(c), one or more Notes may be transferred only in accordance with the legends set forth upon the face of the relevant Definitive Certificate and only upon the surrender (at the Specified Office of the Registrar) of the Definitive Certificate representing such Notes to be transferred, together with the form of transfer attached to such Definitive Certificate (or another form of transfer substantially in the same form and containing the same representations and certifications (if any), unless otherwise agreed by the Issuer), duly completed and executed and any  other  evidence  as  the  Fiscal  Agent  and  the  Registrar  may  reasonably  require.  new  Definitive  Certificate  shall  be  issued  to  the  transferee  in  respect  of  the 

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Notes that are the subject of the relevant transfer and, in the case of a transfer of part only of a holding of Notes represented by one Definitive Certificate, a new Definitive Certificate in respect of the balance of the Notes not transferred shall be issued to the transferor. In the case of a transfer of Notes to a Person who is already a Holder, a new Definitive Certificate representing the enlarged holding may  be  issued  but  only  against  surrender  of  the  Definitive  Certificate  representing  the  existing  holding  of  such Person.

 

(ii)                  Each new Definitive Certificate to be issued pursuant to Condition 2(c) shall be available for delivery within three Relevant Banking Days of receipt of the form of transfer and surrender of the relevant Definitive Certificate. Delivery of new Definitive Certificate(s) will be made at the Specified Office of the Fiscal Agent to  which  delivery  and  surrender  of  such  form  of  transfer  and  Definitive  Certificate  or, as the case may be, surrender of such Definitive Certificate, will have been made  or,  at  the  option  of  the  relevant  Holder  and  as  specified  in  the  relevant  form  of transfer or otherwise in writing, be mailed by uninsured post at the risk of the Holder entitled to the new Definitive Certificate to such address as may be so specified,  unless  such  Holder  requests  otherwise  and  pays  in  advance  to  the  Fiscal  Agent the costs of such other method of delivery and/or such insurance as it may specify. 

 

(d)                  Rule 144A 

 

Each Note that is initially sold in the United States to a QIB will not be registered under the US Securities Act, or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be sold, pledged or otherwise transferred, except  (i)  in  accordance  with  Rule  144A  to  Person  that  the  Holder  and  any  Person  acting  on  its  behalf  reasonably  believe  is  QIB  that  is  acquiring  the  Notes  for  its  own  account  or  for the account of one or more QIBs, (ii) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation  S under the US Securities Act, (iii) pursuant to an  exemption  from  registration  under  Rule  144  under  the  US  Securities  Act,  or  in  accordance  with another exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, registration under the US Securities  Act,  if  available,  or  (iv)  pursuant  to  an  effective  registration  statement  under  the  US Securities Act, in each case, in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state  of  the United States. 

 

4.                    STATUS AND  SUBORDINATION 

 

(a)                  Status

 

The Notes  constitute  direct,  unsecured  and  subordinated  obligations  of  the  Issuer  and  rank  pari passu and without any preference among themselves. The rights and claims of the Holders against the Issuer under the Notes are subordinated as described in clause (b) of this  Condition  4. 

 

(b)                  Subordination

 

In the event of (i) a Bankruptcy Event or (ii) an order being made, or an effective resolution being passed, for the liquidation or winding-up of the Issuer (except, in any such case, a solvent liquidation or winding-up of the Issuer solely for the purposes of a reorganisation,  reconstruction  or  amalgamation  of  the  Issuer  or  the  substitution  in  place  of  the Issuer of a successor in business to the Issuer, the terms of which reorganisation, reconstruction,  amalgamation  or  substitution  (x)  have  previously  been  approved  by  valid  resolution of the Holders and (y) do not provide that the Notes shall become redeemable in accordance with these Terms and Conditions), the rights and claims of the Holders against  the  Issuer  in  respect  of  or  arising  under  (including,  without  limitation,  any  damages  awarded  for  breach  of  any  obligation  under)  the  Notes  will,  subject  to  any  obligations  that  are  mandatorily  preferred  by  law,  rank  (A)  junior  to  the  rights  and  claims  of  all  holders  of  Senior  Obligations,  (B) pari  passu  with  the  rights  and  claims  of  holders  of  Parity  Obligations  and (C) senior  to  the  rights  and  claims  of  holders  of  Junior Obligations.

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(c)                  Claims subject  to  Contingent  Write-down 

 

Any claim of any Holder in respect of or arising under the Notes (including, without limitation,  any  claim  in  relation  to  any  unsatisfied  payment  obligation  of  the  Issuer  subject  to enforcement by any Holder pursuant to Condition 11 (Events of Default) or in relation to the occurrence of any other Event of Default) will be subject to, and superseded by, clause (d) of Condition 7 (Contingent Write-down), irrespective of whether the relevant Write-down Notice has been given prior to or after the occurrence of an Event of Default or any other  event. 

 

5.                    INTEREST

 

(a)                  Interest Payment  Dates 

 

(i)                    Subject to  Condition  (Contingent  Write-down and  clause (g) of  this  Condition 5, the Notes will bear interest on their principal amount (A) from (and including) the Issue Date to (but excluding) the First Call Date, at the Fixed Interest Rate, and (B) thereafter, at  the applicable Reset  Interest Rate.

 

(ii)                  Subject to  Condition  (Contingent  Write-down and  clause (h) of  this  Condition 5, interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrear on 12 February and 12 August of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing on 12 August  2022. 

 

(b)                  Determination of  the  Treasury  Yield,  Reset  Interest  Rate  and  Reset  Interest  Amount  in  relation to each  Reset Interest Period

 

With respect  to  each  Reset  Interest  Period,  the  Calculation  Agent  will,  as  soon  as  practicable on the Reset Determination Date in relation to such Reset Interest Period, determine the Treasury Yield and the Reset Interest Rate for such Reset Interest Period and calculate the amount of interest payable per Calculation Amount on the Interest Payment  Date  in  relation  to  each  Interest  Period  falling  in  such  Reset  Interest  Period  (each,  "Reset  Interest  Amount"). 

 

(c)                  Publication of  Reset  Interest  Rate  and  interest  amount  payable  upon  redemption 

 

With respect  to  each  Reset  Interest  Period,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  such  determination  but  in  any  event  not  later  than  the  relevant  Reset  Date,  the  Calculation  Agent  will  cause 

(i)     the relevant Reset Interest Rate and the relevant Reset Interest Amount determined by it, together with the Interest Payment Date in relation to each Interest Period falling in such Reset Interest Period, to be notified to the Issuer and the Paying Agents and (ii) the relevant  Reset  Interest  Rate  determined  by  it  to  be  notified  to  any  stock  exchange  or  other  relevant  authority  on  which  the  Notes  are  at  the  relevant  time  listed  and  to  be  published  in  accordance  with  Condition  13  (Notices). 

 

The Calculation Agent shall calculate any interest amount payable on any Redemption Date  (if  the  Notes  are  to  be  redeemed  pursuant  to  Condition  (Redemption  and  Purchase))  and cause such interest amount to be notified to Issuer and the Paying Agents and to any stock exchange or other relevant authority on which the Notes are at the relevant time listed and to be published in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices) no later than two Business  Days  prior  to  such  Redemption Date.

 

(d)                  Calculation of  amount  of  interest  payable  per  Calculation  Amount 

 

Subject to  Condition  (Contingent  Write-down and  clause  (h)  of  this  Condition  5: 

 

(i)                    the amount of interest payable per Calculation Amount on each Interest Payment Date  to  (and  including)  the  First  Call  Date  in  respect  of  the  Notes  will  be  (A)  in 

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the case  of  the  first  Interest  Payment  Date,  USD  28.44,  and  (B)  otherwise, 

USD 24.38;  and 

 

(ii)                  if interest is required to be paid in respect of a Note on any other date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Reset Interest Amount), the amount of interest payable  per Calculation Amount on such date  will be calculated by:

 

(A)                 applying the  applicable  Interest  Rate  to  the  Calculation  Amount; 

 

(B)                 multiplying the  product  thereof  by  the  Day  Count  Fraction;  and 

 

(C)                 rounding the  resulting  figure  to  the nearest  cent  (half  cent  being  rounded upwards).

 

(e)                  Calculation of  amount  of  interest  payable  per  Note 

 

Subject to Condition 7 (Contingent Write-down) and clause (h) of this Condition 5, the amount  of  interest  payable in respect of a Note will be the  product of:

 

(i)                    the amount  of  interest  per  Calculation  Amount;  and 

 

(ii)                  the number  by  which  the  Calculation  Amount  is  required  to  be  multiplied  to  equal  the  denomination  of  such  Note. 

 

(f)                   Notifications, etc.  to  be  final 

 

All notifications,  opinions,  determinations,  certificates,  calculations,  quotations  and  decisions given, expressed, made or obtained by the Calculation Agent for the purposes of this Condition 5 will (in the absence of wilful default, bad faith and manifest error) be binding on the Issuer, the Calculation Agent, the Paying Agents and the Holders and (in the absence of wilful default and bad faith) no liability to the Issuer or the Holders will attach to the Calculation Agent in connection with the exercise or non-exercise by the Calculation Agent of its powers, duties and discretions under this Condition 5.

 

(g)                  Accrual of  interest  in  the  case  of  redemption  or  Write-down  Event 

 

(i)                    Subject to Condition 7 (Contingent Write-down), if the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to clause (b), (c) or (d) of Condition 6 (Redemption and Purchase),  interest on the Notes will accrue up to (but excluding) the relevant Redemption Date,  and  will  cease  to  accrue  on  such  Redemption  Date;  provided however that  if  the  payment  with  respect  to  any  Note  is  improperly  withheld  or  refused  on  such  Redemption  Date,  interest  will  continue  to  accrue  on  the  principal  amount  of  such  Note  (both  before  and  after  judgment)  at  the  relevant  Interest  Rate  to  the  Relevant  Date. 

 

(ii)                  Upon the occurrence of a Write-down Event, interest on the Notes will cease to accrue and any accrued and unpaid interest as at the time of such Write-down Event  (whether  or  not  due  and  payable)  will  be  written  down  to  zero  in  accordance  with Condition (Contingent  Write-down). 

 

(h)                  Cancellation of  interest;  prohibited  interest 

 

(i)                    The Issuer may, at its discretion, elect to cancel all or part of any payment of interest  on  the  Notes  (including,  for  the  avoidance  of  doubt,  any  related  Additional  Amounts)  that  is  otherwise  scheduled  to  be  paid  on  an  Interest  Payment Date. This subclause (h)(i) is without prejudice to the provisions of subclause (h)(ii) of this Condition 5. Non-payment of any amount of interest by the Issuer to the Fiscal Agent will constitute evidence of cancellation of the relevant payment, whether or not notice of cancellation has been given by the Issuer. 

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If practicable, the Issuer shall provide notice of any cancellation of interest (in whole  or  in  part)  pursuant  to  this  subclause  (h)(i)  to  the  Holders  on  or  prior  to  the  relevant Interest Payment Date. If practicable, the Issuer shall endeavour to provide such notice at least five Business Days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date. Failure to provide such notice will not have any impact on the effectiveness  of,  or  otherwise  invalidate,  any  such  cancellation  of  interest,  or  give  Holders  any  rights  as  result of such failure.

 

(ii)                  The Issuer will be prohibited from making, in whole or in part, any payment of interest  on  the  Notes  (including,  for  the  avoidance  of  doubt,  any  related  Additional Amounts) on the relevant Interest Payment Date if and to the extent that: 

 

(A)                 the amount  of  Distributable  Items  as  at  such  Interest  Payment  Date  is  less  than the sum of (1) the amount of such interest payment, plus (2) all other payments  (other  than  redemption  payments)  made  by  UBS  Group  AG  on  or  in  respect  of  the  Notes  or  any  Parity  Obligations  or  Junior  Obligations  since the balance sheet date of the Relevant Accounts and prior to such Interest Payment Date, plus (3) all payments (other than redemption payments)  payable  by  UBS  Group  AG  on  such  Interest  Payment  Date  on  or in respect of any Parity Obligations or Junior Obligations, in the case of  each  of  clauses (1), (2)  and  (3),  excluding  any  portion  of  such  payments already accounted for in determining the amount of such  Distributable  Items; and/or

 

(B)                 UBS Group AG  is  not,  or  will  not  immediately  after  the  relevant  payment  of  interest  be,  in  compliance  with  all  applicable  minimum  capital  adequacy requirements of the National Regulations on a consolidated (Finanzgruppe) basis (for the avoidance of doubt, it being understood that  such  minimum requirements will  reflect  any  reduction  in  such  requirements granted by FINMA to the Group pursuant to the Capital Adequacy Ordinance); and/or

 

(C)                 FINMA has  required  the  Issuer  not  to  make  such  interest  payment. 

 

The Issuer shall deliver a certificate signed by the Authorised Signatories to the Fiscal Agent and shall give notice in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices) to the Holders, in each case as soon as practicable following any determination that interest is required to be cancelled pursuant to this subclause (i)(ii) or, where no such prior determination is made, promptly following any Interest Payment Date on which interest was scheduled to be paid if such interest is being cancelled in accordance with this subclause (i)(ii), to such effect setting out brief details as to the amount of interest being cancelled and the reason therefor. Failure to provide such certificate and notice will not have any impact on the effectiveness of, or otherwise invalidate, any such cancellation or give any Holder any rights as a result  of  such  failure. 

 

(iii)                If, on any Interest Payment Date, any payment of interest scheduled to be made on  such  date  is  not  made  in  full  pursuant  to  subclause  (h)(i)  or  subclause  (h)(ii)  of  this  Condition 5, UBS Group  AG  shall not, directly or indirectly, 

 

(A)                 recommend to holders of Ordinary Shares that any dividend or other distribution  in  cash  or  in  kind  (other  than  in  the  form  of  Ordinary  Shares)  be  paid  or  made  on any Ordinary  Shares; and

 

(B)                 redeem, purchase  or  otherwise  acquire  any  Ordinary  Shares  other  than  as  Permitted  Transaction, 

 

in each  case  unless  and  until  (x)  the  interest  payment  due  and  payable  on  the  Notes  on  any  subsequent  Interest  Payment  Date  has  been  paid  in  full  (or  an  amount  equal  to  the  same  has  been  paid  in  full  to  designated  third  party  trust  account  for  the 

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benefit of the Holders prior to payment by the trustee thereof to the Holders on such subsequent Interest Payment Date) or, if earlier, (y) all outstanding Notes have  been cancelled in accordance  with these Terms and  Conditions. 

 

(iv)                 Payments of interest on the Notes are not cumulative. Notwithstanding any other provision  in  these  Terms  and  Conditions,  the  cancellation  or  non-payment  of  any  interest amount by virtue of this Condition 5(h) will not constitute a default for any purpose (including, without limitation, Condition 11 (Events of Default)) on the  part  of  the  Issuer.  Any  interest  payment  not  paid  by  virtue  of  this  Condition 5(h) will not accumulate or be payable at any time thereafter, and Holders  will have no right thereto.

 

(v)                  If UBS Group AG determines, after consultation with FINMA, that the Notes do not,  or  will  cease  to,  fully  qualify  as  Additional  Tier  Capital,  (A)  the  Issuer  shall  not, to the extent permitted under National Regulations, exercise its discretion pursuant to subclause (h)(i) of this Condition 5 to cancel any interest payments due on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date following the occurrence of such determination, and (B) the Issuer shall give notice to the Holders in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices) as soon as practicable after such determination stating  that  the  Issuer  may  no  longer  exercise  its  discretion  pursuant  to  subclause (h)(i) of this Condition 5 to cancel any interest payments as from the date  of  such  notice. 

 

6.                    REDEMPTION AND  PURCHASE 

 

(a)                  No fixed  redemption  date 

 

The Notes are perpetual securities in respect of which there is no fixed redemption date. Unless  previously  redeemed  or  purchased  and  cancelled  in  accordance  with  this  Condition 6 and subject to Condition 7 (Contingent Write-down), the Notes are perpetual and may only  be  redeemed  or  purchased  in accordance with  this  Condition  6. 

 

(b)                  Redemption at  the  option  of  the  Issuer 

 

Subject to clause (e) of this Condition 6, the Issuer may elect, in its sole discretion, to redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, on the First Call Date or any Interest Payment Date thereafter at their aggregate principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest  thereon  to  (but excluding) the relevant  Redemption  Date. 

 

(c)                  Redemption due  to  Tax  Event 

 

(i)                    Subject to clause (e) of this Condition 6, upon the occurrence of a Tax Event at any  time  after  the  Issue  Date,  the  Issuer  may  elect,  in  its  sole  discretion,  to  redeem  the Notes, in whole but not in part, on the relevant Redemption Date at their aggregate  principal  amount,  together  with  any  accrued  and  unpaid  interest  thereon  to (but excluding) such Redemption Date. 

 

(ii)                  A "Tax Event" will have occurred if the Issuer in making any payments on the Notes  (A)  has  paid,  or  will  or  would  on  the  next  payment  date  be  required  to  pay,  Additional Amounts, or (B) has paid, or will or would be required to pay, any additional Tax in respect of the Notes, in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), under the laws or regulations of a Tax Jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or any authority of or in a Tax Jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof having the power to impose, levy, collect, withhold or assess Taxes, including, without limitation, any treaty to which a Tax Jurisdiction is a party, or any generally published application or interpretation of such laws (including, without limitation, a decision of any court or tribunal, any generally published application or interpretation of such laws by any relevant tax authority or any generally  published  pronouncement  by  any  relevant  tax  authority),  and  the  Issuer  cannot  avoid the foregoing  by  taking  measures  reasonably available to it.

 

(d)                  Redemption due  to  Regulatory  Event 

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(i)                    Subject to clause (e) of this Condition 6, upon the occurrence of a Regulatory Event at any time after the Issue Date, the Issuer may elect, in its sole discretion, to  redeem  the  Notes,  in  whole  but  not  in  part,  on  the  relevant  Redemption  Date  at  their aggregate principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but excluding) such Redemption  Date. 

 

(ii)                  A "Regulatory  Event will  have  occurred  if  any  of  the  Notes  ceases  to  be  eligible  in full to be (A) treated as Additional Tier 1 Capital, and/or (B) counted towards either  the  Going-Concern  LR  Requirement  or  the  Going-Concern  RWA  Requirement  (or  both). 

 

(e)                  Conditions for  redemption 

 

(i)                    If the Issuer elects to redeem the Notes pursuant to clause (b), (c) or (d) of this Condition 6, then the Issuer shall give the Holders not less than 30 and not more than  60 days' prior  notice  in  accordance  with  Condition 13 (Notices (a  "Redemption  Notice"),  which  notice  shall,  subject  to  clause (f) of  this  Condition  6,  be  irrevocable  and  specify  (x)  the  clause  of  this  Condition  pursuant  to  which  the  redemption  is  to  be  made,  (y)  if  any  Definitive  Certificates  have  been  issued, the method by which Notes to be redeemed will be tendered, and (z) the date (which date shall be a Payment Business Day) on which the Issuer will redeem  the  Notes  pursuant  to  such  clause  of  this  Condition  (such  specified  date,  the  "Redemption  Date"). 

 

(ii)                  The Issuer may only redeem the Notes pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of this Condition 6 on the relevant Redemption Date if FINMA has approved such redemption  on  or  prior  to  such  Redemption  Date,  if  such  approval  is  then  required  under applicable Swiss laws  and  regulations. 

 

(iii)                 The Issuer  may  only  redeem  the  Notes  pursuant  to  any  clause  of  this  Condition  on the relevant Redemption Date if no Trigger Event or Viability Event has occurred prior to  such  Redemption  Date. 

 

(iv)                 If the Issuer elects to redeem the Notes pursuant to clause (c) or (d) of this Condition 6, then prior to the publication of the Redemption Notice pursuant to subclause  (e)(i)  of  this  Condition  6,  the  Issuer  shall  deliver  to  the  Fiscal  Agent 

(A)     a certificate signed by two Authorised Signatories stating that the relevant requirement  or  circumstance  giving  rise  to  the  right  to  redeem  under  clause  (c)  or  (d),  as  applicable,  of  this  Condition  is  satisfied  and  the  reasons  therefor  and  such  certificate  will  be  conclusive  and  binding  on  the  Holders,  and  (B)  in  the  case  of  redemption  pursuant  to  clause (c) of  this  Condition 6 only,  an  opinion  of  independent  legal  advisers  of  recognised  standing  to  the  effect  that  circumstances  entitling the Issuer to exercise its right of redemption under clause (c) of this Condition 6 have arisen.

 

(f)                   Purchases

 

The Issuer or any other member of the Group or any of their respective affiliates may at any  time  purchase  Notes  at  any  price  in  the  open  market  or  otherwise,  provided  that 

(i)     such purchase complies with any limits or conditions to which any member of the Group is subject under applicable banking laws and regulations at the time of such purchase, (ii) other than in the case of purchases made in connection with stabilisation measures in compliance with applicable law or in connection with any market making in the Notes, FINMA has approved such purchase (if such approval is then required under applicable  Swiss  laws  and  regulations)  on  or  prior  to  the  date  of  such  purchase,  and  (iii)  no  Trigger Event or Viability Event has occurred prior to the date of such purchase. Any Notes  so  purchased  may,  at  the  option  of  the  Issuer,  be  held,  reissued,  resold  or  cancelled. 

 

(g)                  Cancellation

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All Notes  redeemed  in  accordance  with  this  Condition  6  will be  cancelled  and  may  not  be  reissued or resold. 

 

(h)                  Redemption of  other  instruments 

 

For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that, if, upon the occurrence of a Tax Event or a Regulatory Event, the Issuer does not elect to redeem the Notes pursuant to this Condition 6, nothing in this Condition 6 or any other provision of these Terms and Conditions  will  prohibit  the  Issuer  from  redeeming  (whether  early,  at  maturity  or  otherwise)  any  other  instruments  issued  by  any  member  of  the  Group  pursuant  to  the  terms  thereof. 

 

7.                    CONTINGENT WRITE-DOWN 

 

(a)                  Trigger Event 

 

(i)                    Upon the occurrence of a Trigger Event, a Contingent Write-down will occur on the  Trigger  Event  Write-down  Date  in  accordance  with  clause (d) of  this  Condition 7.

 

(ii)                  A "Trigger Event" will have occurred if the Issuer gives the Holders a Trigger Event  Write-down Notice in  accordance  with clause (b)  of this Condition 7.

 

(b)                  Trigger Event  Write-down  Notice 

 

(i)                    If, with respect to any Publication Date, the Trigger CET1 Ratio as of such Publication Date is less than the Write-down Threshold, the Issuer shall, subject to subclauses (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) of this Condition 7, give a Trigger Event Write- down  Notice  to  the  Holders  (x) if such  Publication  Date  is  an  Ordinary  Publication Date, within five Business Days of such Ordinary Publication Date (such fifth Business Day, the "Trigger Breach Determination Date", and the date  of  such  notice,  the  "Ordinary  Trigger  Event  Notice  Date"),  and  (y)  if  such  Publication Date is an Extraordinary Publication Date, on such Extraordinary Publication Date (the "Extraordinary Trigger Event Notice Date"), in each case  in  accordance  with Condition 13  (Notices). 

 

(ii)                  If Trigger  Event  Write-down  Notice  is  required  to  be  given  pursuant  to  subclause (b)(i) of this Condition 7, and on the relevant Publication Date any Higher-Trigger  Contingent  Capital  is  outstanding  with  respect  to  which  either 

(x) no  Higher-Trigger  Write-down/Conversion  Notice  has  been  given  prior  to  the  Trigger  Event  Notice  Date  or  (y) a Higher-Trigger  Write-down/Conversion  Notice has been given prior to the Trigger Event Notice Date, but the Trigger Event  Write-down  Date  is  scheduled  to  occur  prior  to  the  relevant  Higher-Trigger  Write-down/Conversion Date,

 

(A)                 in the case of clause (x) above, the giving of such Trigger Event Write- down  Notice  will  be  postponed  until  the  date  on  which  Higher-Trigger  Write-down/Conversion Notice has been given with respect to all such outstanding Higher-Trigger Contingent Capital and such date will be deemed to be the Trigger  Event Notice Date; and

 

(B)                 in the  case  of  clauses  (x)  and  (y)  above,  if  the  Trigger  Event  Write-down  Date  is  scheduled  to  occur  prior  to  the  Higher-Trigger  Write-  down/Conversion Date (or, in the case of more than one Higher-Trigger Write-down/Conversion  Date,  the  latest  Higher-Trigger  Write-  down/Conversion Date), the Trigger Event Write-down Date will be postponed to the Higher-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Date (or the latest Higher-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Date, as applicable) and such postponement shall be specified in such Trigger Event Write-down  Notice. 

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(iii)                 If (A) a Trigger Event Write-down Notice is required to be given pursuant to subclause (b)(i) of this Condition 7 in relation to an Ordinary Publication Date, and (B) prior to the earlier of the Ordinary Trigger Event Notice Date and the Trigger    Breach    Determination    Date,    FINMA,    upon    the    request    of UBS Group AG, has agreed in writing that a Contingent Write-down is not required as a result of actions taken by the Group or circumstances or events, in each case, that have had, or imminently will have, the effect of restoring the CET1 Ratio as of the Balance Sheet Date relating to the relevant Ordinary Publication Date, after giving pro forma effect to such actions, circumstances or events,  to  level  above  the  Write-down   Threshold   that   FINMA   and UBS  Group  AG  deem,  in  their  sole  discretion,  to  be  adequate  at  such  time,  (x)  the  Issuer  shall  not  give  such  Trigger  Event  Write-down  Notice  pursuant  to  subclause (b)(i) of  this  Condition 7 in  relation  to  the  relevant  Ordinary  Publication  Date,  and  (y)  the  Issuer  shall  give  notice  to  the  Holders  on  or  prior  to  the  Trigger  Breach  Determination  Date  in  accordance  with  Condition 13 (Notices), which notice shall state that no Contingent Write-down will occur in relation to the  relevant Ordinary Publication Date. 

 

(c)                  Viability Event 

 

(i)                    Subject to  clause  (f)  of  this  Condition  7,  upon  the  occurrence  of  Viability  Event, 

(A)     the Issuer shall give notice to the Holders in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices) within three days of the date on which such Viability Event occurred, which notice shall (x) state that a Viability Event has occurred and a Contingent Write-down will take place and (y) specify the date on which the Contingent Write-down will take place, which date shall be no later than ten Business Days after the date of such notice (such specified date, the "Viability Event Write- down  Date",  and  such  notice,  "Viability  Event  Write-down  Notice"),  and 

(B)     a Contingent  Write-down  will  occur  on  the  Viability  Event  Write-down  Date  in accordance with clause  (d)  of  this  Condition  7. 

 

(ii)                  A "Viability  Event will  have  occurred  if  prior  to  an  Alternative  Loss  Absorption  Date  (if  any): 

 

(A)                 FINMA has notified UBS Group AG in writing that it has determined a write-down of the Notes, together with the conversion or write-down, as applicable, of holders' claims in respect of all other capital instruments issued  by,  or  other  capital  obligations  (whether  qualifying  fully  or  partially  for  capital  treatment)  of,  any  member  of  the  Group  that,  pursuant to their terms or by operation of law, are capable of being converted  into  equity  or  written  down  at  that  time,  is,  because  customary  measures  to  improve  the  Group  Holding  Company's  capital  adequacy  are  at the time inadequate or infeasible, an essential requirement to prevent the  Group  Holding  Company  from  becoming  insolvent,  bankrupt,  unable  to  pay  material  part  of  its  debts  as  they  fall  due  or  unable  to  carry  on  its  business;  or 

 

(B)                 customary measures to improve the Group Holding Company's capital adequacy being at the time inadequate or infeasible, the Group Holding Company has received an irrevocable commitment of direct or indirect extraordinary  support  from  the  Public  Sector  (beyond  customary  transactions  and  arrangements  in  the  ordinary  course)  that  has,  or  imminently  will  have,  the  effect  of  improving  the  Group  Holding  Company's capital adequacy and without which, in the determination of (and as notified in writing by) FINMA, the Group Holding Company would  have  become  insolvent,  bankrupt,  unable  to  pay  material  part  of  its  debts  as  they  fall  due  or  unable  to carry on  its  business. 

 

For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that, a Viability Event may occur irrespective  of  whether  or  not  Trigger  Event  has  occurred  or  whether  any  of  the  conditions  to  the  issuance  of  Trigger  Event  Write-down  Notice  have  been  met. 

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(d)                  Contingent Write-down 

 

If the Issuer has given a Write-down Notice in accordance with this Condition 7, then on the  relevant Write-down Date, 

 

(i)                    the full principal amount of, and any accrued and unpaid interest (whether or not due and payable) on, each Note will automatically be written down to zero, the Notes  will  be  cancelled  and  all  references  to  the  principal  amount  of  the  Notes  in  these  Terms  and Conditions will  be construed accordingly;

 

(ii)                  the Holders will be automatically deemed to have irrevocably waived their right to receive, and will no longer have any rights against the Issuer with respect to, repayment  of  the  aggregate  principal  amount  of,  and  payment  of  any  accrued  and  unpaid interest on, the Notes written down pursuant to subclause (i) of  this  clause  (d)  (bedingter  Forderungsverzicht);  and 

 

(iii)                 all rights of any Holder for payment of any amounts under or in respect of the Notes (including, without limitation, any amounts arising as a result of, or due and payable upon the occurrence of, an Event of Default) will become null and void, irrespective of whether such amounts have become due and payable prior to the relevant  Write-down Notice Date  or the Write-down Date.

 

(e)                  Determination of  CET1  Ratio  and  Trigger  CET1  Ratio 

 

With respect  to  any  Publication  Date,  (i)  the  CET1  Ratio  as  of  the  relevant  Balance  Sheet  Date, (ii) the Trigger CET1 Ratio as of such Publication Date and (iii) the components of both of the foregoing, in each case, as published on such Publication Date, will be final for purposes of this Condition 7, and any revisions, restatements or adjustments to any of the calculations described in subclauses (i) through (iii) of this clause (e) subsequently published will have no  effect for purposes of  this  Condition  7. 

 

(f)                   Alternative loss  absorption 

 

In the event of the implementation of any new, or amendment to or change in the interpretation of any existing, laws or components of National Regulations, in each case occurring  after  the  Issue  Date,  that  alone  or  together  with  any  other  law(s)  or  regulation(s)  has, in the joint determination of UBS Group AG and FINMA, the effect that clause (c) of this Condition 7 could cease to apply to the Notes without giving rise to a Regulatory Event, then the Issuer shall give notice to the Holders in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices) no later than five Business Days after such joint determination stating that such provisions will cease to apply from the date of such notice (the "Alternative Loss Absorption Date"), and from the date of such notice, such provisions will cease to apply to the Notes.

 

8.                    PAYMENTS; AGENTS 

 

(a)                  All payments required to be made under the Notes will be made available in good time in freely disposable funds in USD, which will be placed at the free disposal of the Fiscal Agent on behalf of the Holders. If the Scheduled Due Date for any payment (whether in respect of principal, interest or otherwise) in respect of the Notes is not a Payment Business Day, then the Holders will not be entitled to payment thereof until the first Payment Business Day following the Scheduled Due Date, and the Holders will not be entitled to any additional sum in relation to such payment. All payments required to be made under the Notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Amounts) shall  be  made  to  the  Holders  in  USD  without  collection  costs,  without  any  restrictions  and  whatever the circumstances may be, irrespective of nationality, domicile or residence of the relevant Holder and without certification, affidavit or the fulfilment of any other formality;  provided however that,  in  the  case  of  Notes  represented  by  Definitive  Certificates,  such  Definitive  Certificates  must  be  presented  and,  in  the  case  of  redemption,  surrendered at the Specified Office of the relevant Paying Agent as a condition to receipt of any such  payment. 

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(b)                  The receipt by the Fiscal Agent of the due and punctual payment of funds in USD will release  the  Issuer from its  obligations  under  the  Notes  to  the  extent  of  such payment.

 

(c)                  Subject to  clause  (d)  of this Condition  8: 

 

(i)                   the Issuer  reserves  the  right  to  terminate  the  appointment  of  any  Agent,  as  well  as  to  appoint  or,  after  any  such  appointment,  to  terminate  the  appointment  of,  one  or  more  other  paying  agents  to  carry  out  any  payment,  calculation  or  other  functions  in  respect  of  the  Notes  (each,  "Paying  Agent"),  provided  that  (A)  so  long  as  any  Note is outstanding, there will at all times be a Fiscal Agent, a Registrar and a Calculation Agent, (B) for so long as the Notes are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and if then required by the regulations of the SIX Swiss Exchange, the Issuer shall maintain a Paying Agent in Switzerland, which agent shall have an office in Switzerland and be a bank or securities dealer subject to supervision by FINMA, to perform the functions of a Swiss paying agent (the "Swiss Paying Agent"), and (C) any successor Calculation Agent must be a leading bank or financial institution that is experienced in the calculations and determinations to be  made  by  the Calculation Agent; and

 

(ii)                 if at  any  time  the  Fiscal  Agent,  the  Registrar,  the  Calculation  Agent,  or  the  Swiss  Paying Agent, (A) becomes incapable of acting, or (B) is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or consents to the appointment of a receiver of all or any  substantial  part  of  its  property,  or  admits  in  writing  its  inability  to  pay  or  meet  its debts as they mature, or if an order of any court is entered approving any petition filed by or against it under the provisions of any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law, or if a receiver of it or of all or any substantial part of its property  is  appointed,  or  if  any  public  officer  takes  charge  or  control  of  it  or  of  its  property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation (any such event, an "Agent Insolvency Event"), then the Issuer will terminate the appointment of such Agent in accordance with the Fiscal Agency Agreement and appoint a successor Agent; and

 

(iii)               if at any time the Calculation Agent fails to (A) duly calculate the Reset Interest Rate  and  the  Reset  Interest  Amount  for  any  Interest  Period  or  the  interest  amount  payable on the Redemption Date (if the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to Condition 6 (Redemption  and  Purchase))  or  (B) comply with  any  other  requirement  in  relation  to  the  Notes,  then  the  Issuer  will  terminate  the  appointment of the Calculation Agent in accordance with the Fiscal Agency Agreement and appoint a successor Calculation Agent; provided, however, that, if the Calculation Agent duly calculates such Reset Interest Rate, Reset Interest Amount or interest amount payable on the Redemption Date, as the case may be, prior to its termination (and the appointment of its successor) taking effect in accordance with clause (d) of this Condition 8, the Issuer may elect, in its sole discretion  and  upon  written notice to  the  Holders  pursuant  to  Condition 13 (Notices), to cancel such termination (and appointment).

 

(d)                  Any appointment or termination of appointment of, or any resignation by, any Agent may only  take  effect  not  more  than  45  and  not  less  than  30  days  after  the  Issuer  has  notified  the  Holders  of  such  appointment,  termination  or  resignation  pursuant  to  Condition 13 (Notices); provided, however, that, in the case of the termination of an Agent with respect to which an Agent Insolvency Event has occurred, such termination may take effect prior the expiry of such 30-day notice period, so long as a successor Agent has been appointed to the extent required by the immediately succeeding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any termination of the appointment of, or resignation by, the Fiscal Agent, the Registrar, the Swiss Paying Agent, or the Calculation Agent may not take effect until the Issuer  has  appointed  successor  Fiscal  Agent,  Registrar,  Swiss  Paying  Agent  or  Calculation Agent, as applicable; provided, however, that, if no such successor has been appointed  within  30  days  of  the  scheduled  effectiveness  of  such  termination  or  resignation,  any Holder (on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated) or, pursuant to and in accordance  with  the  Fiscal  Agency  Agreement,  the  Fiscal  Agent,  the  Registrar,  any  Paying 

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Agent or  the  Calculation  Agent,  as  the  case  may  be,  may petition any  court of competent  jurisdiction for the  appointment  of  successor, at the  expense of the Issuer. 

 

9.                    TAXATION

 

(a)                  All payments to be made by or on behalf of the Issuer in respect of the Notes (including, for  the  avoidance  of  doubt,  payments  by  Paying  Agent)  shall  be  made  without  withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments  or  other  government  charges  of  any  nature  ("Taxes")  imposed,  levied,  collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of any Tax Jurisdiction or any political subdivision  thereof  or  any  authority  of  or  in  Tax  Jurisdiction  or  any  political  subdivision  thereof having the power to impose, levy, collect, withhold or assess Taxes, unless withholding,  deduction or accounting for  such Taxes is  required  by law.

 

(b)                  In the event that any payment to be made by or on behalf of the Issuer in respect of the Notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payments by a Paying Agent) is subject to any withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any Taxes by requirement of law in a Tax  Jurisdiction  (as  determined  by  the  relevant  tax  authority  of  or  in  such  Tax  Jurisdiction), the Issuer shall pay such additional amounts as will result in the Holders receiving the amounts that they would have received in respect of the Notes if no such withholding  or deduction had  been required ("Additional  Amounts"). 

 

(c)                  No Additional Amounts will be payable pursuant to clause (b) of this Condition 9 in relation to any  Note: 

 

(i)                    if the relevant Holder is liable for such Taxes on such Note as a result of having some  connection  with  the  relevant  Tax  Jurisdiction  other  than  its  mere  ownership  or  possession  of  such  Note  or  the  receipt  of  principal  or  interest  in  respect  thereof;  or 

 

(ii)                  if such  Taxes  are  result  of  such  Note  having  been  presented  for  payment  (where  presentment  is  required)  more  than  30  days  after  the  Relevant  Date,  except  to  the  extent  that  the  Holder  would  have  been  entitled  to  receive  the  Additional  Amounts  if  it  had  presented  such  Note  for payment on  the  last  day  of  the  30-day  period;  or 

 

(iii)                 with respect to any Tax collected pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the US  Internal  Revenue  Code,  as  amended  (the  "Code"),  the  regulations  promulgated  thereunder,  or  applicable  inter-governmental  agreements  or  agreements with the United States Internal Revenue Service entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code, or legislation enacted  by  non-United  States  jurisdiction  in  connection  with  the  implementation  of such sections  of  the Code (FATCA); or

 

(iv)                 where such withholding or deduction is required to be made pursuant to laws enacted by Switzerland providing for the taxation of payments according to principles similar to those laid down in the draft legislation of the Swiss Federal Council  of  April  2020,  or  otherwise  changing  the  Swiss  federal  withholding  tax  system from an issuer-based system to a paying agent-based system pursuant to which a Person other than the issuer is required to withhold tax on any interest payments; or

 

(v)                  to the extent any combination of subclauses (i) through (iv) of this clause (c) applies. 

 

(d)                  Any reference in these Terms and Conditions to amounts payable by the Issuer in respect of  the  Notes  includes  (i)  any  Additional  Amount  payable  pursuant  to  this  Condition  and 

(ii)    any sum  payable  pursuant  to  an  obligation  taken  in  addition  to  or  in  substitution  for  the  obligation  in  this  Condition  9. 

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10.                 STATUTE OF  LIMITATIONS 

 

In accordance with Swiss law, (a) claims for interest payments under the Notes will become time- barred after the five-year period and (b) claims for the repayment or redemption of Notes will become  time-barred  after  the  ten-year  period,  in  each  case,  commencing  on  the  date  on  which  such  payments, repayment or redemption become due and  payable. 

 

11.                 EVENTS OF  DEFAULT 

 

(a)                  If any of the following events occurs, such occurrence will constitute an "Event of Default": 

 

(i)                    the Issuer fails to pay the principal amount of any Note if and when the same becomes due and payable under these Terms and Conditions, and such failure continues  unremedied  for  a period of  30  days;  or 

 

(ii)                  the Issuer fails to pay any interest on the Notes if and when the same becomes due and payable under these Terms and Conditions, and such failure continues unremedied for a period of  30  days; or

 

(iii)                 the Issuer  fails  to  observe  or  perform  any  other  covenant,  condition,  or  agreement  contained in these Terms and Conditions, and such failure continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after written notice thereof from any Holder to the Issuer; or 

 

(iv)                 a Bankruptcy  Event. 

 

(b)                  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to any failure of the Issuer to meet any payment obligation under these Terms and Conditions and subject to Condition 7 (Contingent  Write-down),  (i)  such  payment  obligation  (and  such  payment  obligation  only)  will be immediately deemed a due and payable (fällige) payment obligation of the Issuer, and (ii) if (A) the relevant Holder has formally requested payment of such payment obligation, (B) such payment obligation has not been fulfilled within the statutory period under Swiss law commencing after the date of such formal request and (C) a writ of payment (Zahlungsbefehl) has been  issued  with  respect  to  such payment obligation pursuant  to  the  DEBA,  the  relevant  Holder  may  institute  proceedings  against  the  Issuer  in  Switzerland  (but  not  elsewhere)  to  enforce  its  rights  with  respect  to  such  payment  obligation  under  the DEBA.

 

(c)                  If a debt collection or insolvency proceeding with respect to the Issuer is instituted in Switzerland  in  accordance  with  clause  (b)  of  this  Condition 11, the  Issuer  shall  not  (i)  after  having received the writ of payment (Zahlungsbefehl) relating to the relevant payment obligation, argue or plead that such payment obligation is not due and payable by the Issuer, or (ii) prior to the declaration of bankruptcy (or similar proceeding under Swiss insolvency laws), make any payment to the relevant Holder under or in connection with the  Notes. 

 

(d)                  In the case of any Event of Default arising under subclause (a)(iii) of this Condition 11 and  subject  to Condition 7 (Contingent  Write-down),  any Holder may  seek  specific  performance  or  damages  with  respect  to  such  Event  of  Default  pursuant  to  the  Swiss  Code  if so entitled thereunder. Any such damage claim of any Holder will rank junior to the rights  and  claims  of  all holders of  Senior Obligations.

 

(e)                  In the case of any Event of Default arising under subclause (a)(iv) of this Condition 11 and subject to Condition 7 (Contingent Write-down), any Holder may, by written notice to the Issuer, declare the principal amount of any of its Notes, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest  or  other  notice of any  kind. 

 

(f)                   No remedy against the Issuer other than those described in this Condition 11 will be available  to  the  Holders  in  connection  with  the  Issuer's  obligations  under  these  Terms  and  Conditions,  whether  for  the  recovery  of  amounts  owing  under  these  Terms  and  Conditions 

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or in respect of any breach by the Issuer of any of its other obligations under these Terms and  Conditions  or  otherwise.  In  particular,  no  Holder  may  declare  (i)  the  principal  amount  of any Notes due and payable prior to any Redemption Date, or (ii) any interest on any Notes due and payable prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, except, in the case of each  of  subclauses  (i)  and  (ii)  of  this  clause  (f),  pursuant  to  clause  (e)  of  this  Condition  11. 

 

12.                 SUBSTITUTION AND  AMENDMENT 

 

(a)                  If a Tax Event, a Regulatory Event or an Alignment Event has occurred, the Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders unless so required by mandatory provisions of Swiss law, either substitute all, but not some only, of the Notes for, or amend these Terms and Conditions  so that they  remain  or become, Compliant Securities, provided  that: 

 

(i)                    neither a Tax Event nor a Regulatory Event arises as a result of such substitution or amendment;

 

(ii)                  FINMA has approved such substitution or amendment (if such approval is then required  under  applicable  Swiss  laws  and  regulations); 

 

(iii)                 the Issuer has given the Holders not less than 30 days' notice of such substitution or amendment in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices), which notice (the "Substitution or Amendment Notice") will, subject to subclause (a)(iv) of this Condition 12, be irrevocable, and state the date on which such substitution or amendment  will  be  effective  (the  "Substitution  or  Amendment  Effective  Date"); 

 

(iv)                 prior to  the  publication  of  any  notice  pursuant  to  subclause (a)(iii) of  this  Condition 12, the Issuer shall deliver to the Fiscal Agent (A) a certificate signed by  two  Authorised  Signatories  stating  that  the  relevant  requirement  or  circumstance  giving  rise  to  the  right  to  substitute  or  amend  the  terms  of  the  Notes,  as applicable, pursuant to this clause (a) of this Condition 12 is satisfied and the reasons therefor and such certificate will be conclusive and binding on the Holders,  and  (B)  an  opinion  of  independent  legal  advisers  of  recognised  standing  to  the  effect  that  circumstances  entitling  the  Issuer  to  exercise  its  right  to  substitute  or  amend  the  terms  of  the  Notes,  as  applicable,  pursuant  to  this  clause  (a)  of  this  Condition  12  have  arisen; and

 

(v)                  no Trigger Event or Viability Event has occurred prior to the relevant Effective Date. 

 

In connection with any substitution or amendment in accordance with this clause (a) of this Condition 12, the Issuer shall comply with the rules of any stock exchange on which the  Notes  are  for  the  time being listed or admitted to trading.

 

An "Alignment Event" will have occurred if, as a result of any change in National Regulations  at  any  time  after  the  Issue  Date,  any  Relevant  Swiss  Issuer  would  be  permitted  to issue or guarantee (including, without limitation, by providing a guarantee, credit support  agreement  or  similar  undertaking),  or  has  issued  or  guaranteed  (including,  without  limitation, by providing a guarantee, credit support agreement or similar undertaking), a capital instrument that (i) is eligible in full to be (A) treated as Additional Tier 1 Capital and  (B)  counted  towards  either  the  Going-Concern  LR  Requirement  or  the  Going-Concern  RWA Requirement (or both), and (ii) has terms and conditions that (A) include a write- down feature, and (B) contain one or more provisions that are, in the reasonable opinion of UBS Group AG, different in any material respect from those in these Terms and Conditions, which provisions, if they had been included in these Terms and Conditions, would have prevented the Notes from being eligible in full to be treated as Additional Tier  Capital  and/or  to  be  counted  towards  either  the  Going-Concern  LR  Requirement  or  the Going-Concern RWA Requirement (or both) immediately prior to such change in National  Regulations. 

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(b)                  In addition to its rights under clause (a) of this Condition 12, the Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders unless so required by mandatory provisions of Swiss law, make any amendment to these Terms and Conditions that it considers to be (i) necessary or desirable  to  give  effect  to  the  provisions  of  clause  (a)  of  Condition  14  (Issuer  Substitution (including, without limitation, (x) if the Substitute Issuer is organised and/or resident for tax purposes in a jurisdiction other than Switzerland, any amendments to any references to  the  jurisdiction  of  "Switzerland"  contained  herein,  including,  without  limitation,  amendments to the definition of the term "Bankruptcy Event", the definition of the term "Business  Day",  the  governing  law  of  the  subordination  provisions  set  forth  in  Condition  (Status  and  Subordination and  the  provisions  of  Condition  11  (Events  of  Default),  and 

(y) any amendments to reflect UBS Group AG's guarantee described in subclause (a)(iii) of  Condition  14  (Issuer  Substitution)),  or  (ii)  formal,  minor  or  technical  in  nature,  or 

(iii)     necessary to correct a manifest error, or (iv) not materially prejudicial to the interests of the Holders.

 

(c)                  The Issuer  shall  notify  the  Holders  of  any  amendments  made  pursuant  to  clause (b) of  this  Condition 12 in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices), which notice shall state the date on which such  amendment will be effective.

 

(d)                  Any amendment made pursuant to this Condition 12 will be binding on the Holders in accordance  with  its  terms. 

 

13.                 NOTICES

 

(a)                  So long as the Notes are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, notices to Holders shall be given by the Issuer (i) by means of electronic publication on the internet website of SIX Exchange  Regulation  Ltd  (https://www.ser-ag.com),  where  notices  are  as  at  the  Issue  Date  published under the address https://www.ser-ag.com/en/resources/notifications-market-  participants/official-notices.html#/,  or  (ii)  otherwise  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  of  the  SIX  Swiss  Exchange.  Any  notice  will  be  validly  given  on  the  date  of  such  publication  or, if published more than once, on the  date  of  the  first  such  publication. 

 

(b)                  If the  Notes  are  for  any  reason  no  longer  listed  on  the  SIX  Swiss  Exchange: 

 

(i)                   if the Notes are represented by one or more Global Certificates deposited with a custodian for DTC, notices to Holders shall only be required to be given by the Issuer in accordance with clause (c) of this  Condition  13;  or 

 

(ii)                 if the Global Certificate(s) have been exchanged for Definitive Certificates, the Issuer  shall  send  notices  to  Holders  by  first  class  mail  at  their  respective  addresses  as  recorded  in  the  Register,  and  any  such  notice  will  be  validly  given  on  the  fourth  Business  Day  after  the date of  such  mailing. 

 

(c)                  So long as the Notes are represented by one or more Global Certificates deposited with a custodian  for  DTC,  any  notices  required  to  be  given  by  the  Issuer  to  the  Holders  hereunder  shall  also  be  given  to  the  Indirect  Holders  through  the  Fiscal  Agent  to  DTC  for  forwarding  to the Indirect Holders. Any such notice will be validly given on the date of delivery to DTC  in  accordance  with  DTC's  applicable  procedures. 

 

14.                 ISSUER SUBSTITUTION 

 

(a)                  The Issuer (for purposes of this Condition 14, the "Current Issuer") may, without the consent  of  the  Holders,  substitute  any  entity  (whether  or  not  such  entity  is  organised  under  the laws of Switzerland) (such substitute entity, the "Substitute Issuer") for itself as principal debtor under the Notes upon giving no more than 30 and no less than 10 days' notice  to the Holders  in accordance with Condition 13  (Notices),  provided that: 

 

(i)                    the Substitute  Issuer  is  UBS Group AG or,  if  the  Substitute  Issuer  is  not  UBS Group AG, (A) an exemption exists from the requirement to register the Substitute Issuer as an investment company under the US Investment Company Act,  and  (B)  at  least  95  per  cent.  of  the  Substitute  Issuer's  capital  and  voting  rights  are  held,  directly  or  indirectly,  by  UBS Group AG; 

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(ii)                  the Current Issuer is not in default in respect of any amount payable under the Notes  at the time of such substitution; 

 

(iii)                 if the Substitute Issuer is not UBS Group AG, UBS Group AG has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed to the Holders, pursuant to article 111 of the Swiss Code and on a subordinated basis corresponding mutatis mutandis to  Condition 4 (Status  and  Subordination),  the  due  and  punctual  payment  of  principal and interest and all other amounts due and payable by the Substitute Issuer under, or in respect of, the Notes upon receipt of the written request for payment of the relevant amount, and on the terms whereby subclause (iii) of Condition 5(h) (Cancellation  of  interest;  prohibited  interest),  Condition 9 (Taxation), Condition 11 (Events of Default) and Condition 19 (No Set-off by Holders) apply to UBS Group AG and to its obligations under such guarantee either by making the necessary consequential amendments to such Conditions or including such Conditions applicable to UBS Group AG and to its obligations under such guarantee in such guarantee  itself, as applicable; 

 

(iv)                 the Current  Issuer  and  the  Substitute  Issuer  (1)  have  entered  into  such  documents  (the  "Substitution  Documents")  as  are  necessary  to  give  effect  to  such  substitution and pursuant to which the Substitute Issuer has (x) undertaken in favour  of  each  Holder  to  be  bound  by  these  Terms  and  Conditions  as  the  principal  debtor  (on  subordinated  basis  corresponding  to  Condition 4 (Status  and  Subordination)) under the Notes in place of the Current Issuer and (y) assumed the  obligations  of  the  Current  Issuer  under  the  Fiscal  Agency  Agreement,  and 

(2) procure  that  all  action,  conditions  and  things  required  to  be  taken,  fulfilled  and  done (including, without limitation, the obtaining of any necessary consents) to ensure that the Substitution Documents represent valid, legally  binding  and  enforceable obligations of the Substitute Issuer have been taken, fulfilled and done  and  are in full  force and effect; 

 

(v)                  if the Substitute Issuer is resident for tax purposes in a jurisdiction (the "New  Residence")  other  than  that  in  which  the  Current  Issuer  prior  to  such  substitution  was  resident  for  tax  purposes  (the  "Former  Residence"),  the  Substitution  Documents contain an undertaking by the Substitute Issuer and/or such other provisions as may be necessary to ensure that each Holder has the benefit of an undertaking in terms corresponding to the provisions of Condition 9 (Taxation in relation to the payment of all amounts due and payable under, or in respect of, the  Notes  and  in  relation  to  the  guarantee  referred  to  in  clause  (iii)  above,  with,  in  the case of the Notes but not such guarantee, the substitution of references to the Former Residence with references to the New Residence, and an undertaking by the  Substitute  Issuer  to  indemnify  each  Holder  against  any  Tax  that  is  imposed  on  it by (or by any authority in or of) the New Residence and, if different, the jurisdiction of the Substitute Issuer's organisation with respect to any Note and that would not have been so imposed had the substitution not been made, as well as  against  any Tax, and any cost or expense, relating to such substitution; 

 

(vi)                 if the  Substitute  Issuer  is  not  UBS Group AG, FINMA  has  approved  such  substitution (if such approval is then required under applicable Swiss laws and regulations), and the Current Issuer and the Substitute Issuer have obtained all other  necessary  governmental  and  other  approvals  and  consents  for  such  substitution and for the performance by the Substitute Issuer of its obligations under the Substitution Documents; 

 

(vii)               if the Substitute Issuer is not organised under the laws of Switzerland, the Substitute Issuer has appointed a process agent as its agent in Switzerland to receive  service  of  process  on  its  behalf  in  relation  to  any  legal  proceedings  arising  out  of  or  in  connection with the Notes; and

 

(viii)              such substitution  does  not  give  rise  to  Tax  Event  or  Regulatory  Event. 

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(b)                  Upon any substitution pursuant to clause (a) of this Condition 14, (i) the Substitute Issuer will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Current Issuer under the Notes with the same effect as if the Substitute Issuer had been named  as  Issuer  in  these  Terms  and  Conditions,  and  (ii)  the  Current  Issuer  will  be  released  from its obligations  under  the  Notes. 

 

(c)                  After giving  effect  to  any  substitution  pursuant  to  clause  (a)  of  this  Condition  14, 

(i)     references to  the "Issuer" in the Notes and  these  Terms  and  Conditions  will  be  references  to  the  Substitute  Issuer,  and  (ii)  references to  the  "Tax  Jurisdiction"  in  the  Notes  and these Terms and Conditions will be read and construed as including the jurisdiction of establishment of the Substitute Issuer and, if different, the jurisdiction in which the Substitute Issuer is resident for tax purposes instead of or in addition to (as the case may be)  references  to the jurisdiction of establishment  of the Issuer and Switzerland.

 

15.                 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER  OR  SALE 

 

The Issuer will not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property and assets (as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to, any Person (other than with, into or to any Person of which at least 95 per cent. of such Person's capital and voting rights are held, directly  or  indirectly,  by  the  Issuer)  or  permit  any  Person  to  merge  with  or  into  the  Issuer  unless 

(a)    the Issuer  will  be  the  continuing  Person,  or  (b)  the  Person  formed  by  such  consolidation  or  into  which  the  Issuer  is  merged  or  that  acquired  such  property  and  assets  of  the  Issuer  expressly  assumes  in  writing  (or,  in  the  case  of  an  acquisition  of  property  and  assets,  guarantees)  all  of  the  obligations  of the Issuer under  the Notes.

 

16.                 FURTHER ISSUES 

 

The Issuer may from time to time without the consent of the Holders issue further notes and, provided that such notes have the same terms and conditions as the Notes in all respects (or in all respects  except  for  the  issue  date  and/or  first  date  on  which  interest  is  paid),  such  further  notes  will  be consolidated and form a single series with the Notes. If the Issuer issues any such further notes pursuant to this Condition 16, references in these Terms and Conditions to "Notes" include such further  notes,  unless  the context otherwise requires.

 

17.                 CURRENCY INDEMNITY 

 

Any amount  received  or  recovered  by  any  Holder  in  currency  other  than  USD  (whether  as  result  of, or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the insolvency, winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer or otherwise) under the Notes will only constitute a discharge of the Issuer to the extent of the amount in USD that such Holder is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in such other currency on the date of such receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to purchase USD with such amount on such date, on the first date  on  which  it  is  practicable  to  do  so).  If  the  amount  of  USD  that  such  Holder  is  able  to  purchase  is less than the amount owed by the Issuer to such Holder under the Notes, the Issuer shall indemnify such Holder against any loss sustained by it as a result. In addition, the Issuer shall indemnify such Holder for the costs of making such purchase. For purposes of this Condition 17, it is sufficient for the relevant Holder to demonstrate that it would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase been made. The indemnities under this Condition 17 will (a) constitute a separate and  independent  obligation  from  the  Issuer's  other  obligations  hereunder,  (b)  give  rise  to  separate  and independent cause of action, (c) apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any Holder and (d) continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated  amount  in  respect  of any amount due  under the Notes  or  any  other judgment or  order. 

 

18.                 RULE 144A  INFORMATION 

 

If at any time the Issuer is neither a reporting company under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the US Exchange Act, nor exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the US Exchange Act, the Issuer will comply with any applicable requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4) under the US Securities  Act in relation  to the Notes.

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19.                 NO SET-OFF  BY  HOLDERS 

 

Subject to applicable law, each Holder and Indirect Holder, by acceptance of any direct or beneficial  interest  in  Note,  agrees  that  it  will  not,  and  waives  its  right  to,  exercise,  claim  or  plead  any right of set-off, compensation or retention with respect to any amount owed to it by the Issuer in respect of, or arising in  connection with, the Notes.

 

20.                 NO CONVERSION 

 

Notwithstanding the powers of FINMA under articles 25 et seq. of the FBA or pursuant to any successor  or  analogous  Swiss  law  or  regulation  applicable  to  bank  holding  companies  in  Switzerland such as UBS Group AG, the Notes shall under no circumstances be converted into equity  of  the  Issuer, and shall only absorb losses pursuant  to  these  Terms  and Conditions.

 

21.                 GOVERNING LAW  AND  JURISDICTION 

 

(a)                  The Notes  shall  be  governed  by  and  construed  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  Switzerland. 

 

(b)                  The courts  of  the  Canton  of  Zurich  (venue  being  the  City  of  Zurich)  shall  have  exclusive  jurisdiction  to  settle  any  disputes  that  may  arise  out  of  or  in  connection  with  the  Notes. 

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