SECTION A - INFORMATION ON THE PROVIDING PERSON AND ITS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

(a) Full name of the applicant and its Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).

(b) Address of the office in the country of location.

(c) Legal Status.

(d) Website, if any.

(e) Where the applicant is supervised in the non UK country where it is located, information about its current authorisa­tion status, including the activities for which it is authorised, the name and address of the competent authority of the non UK country and the link to the register of such competent authority, where available; where more than one authority is responsible for supervision, the details of the respective areas of competence shall be provided.

(f) A description of the operations of the applicant in the United Kingdom and in non UK countries, whether or not subject to any UK or extra UK financial regulation, that are relevant for the activity of provision of benchmarks, along with a description of where these operations are conducted.

(g) Where the applicant is part of a group, its group structure, along with the ownership chart, showing the links between any parent undertaking and subsidiaries. The undertakings and subsidiaries shown in the chart shall be identified by their full name, legal status and address of the registered office and head office.