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Article 63 Tier 2 instruments

Capital instruments shall qualify as Tier 2 instruments, provided that the following conditions are met:

(a) the instruments are directly issued by an institution and fully paid up;

(b) the instruments are not owned by any of the following:

(i) the institution or its subsidiaries;

(ii) an undertaking in which the institution has participation in the form of ownership, direct or by way of control, of 20 % or more of the voting rights or capital of that undertaking;

(c) the acquisition of ownership of the instruments is not funded directly or indirectly by the institution;

(d) the claim on the principal amount of the instruments under the provisions governing the instruments ranks below any claim from eligible liabilities instruments;

(e) the instruments are not secured or are not subject to a guarantee that enhances the seniority of the claim by any of the following:

(i) the institution or its subsidiaries;

(ii) the parent undertaking of the institution or its subsidiaries;

(iii) the pa

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