Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order and in the Schedules hereto—

• “the Act” means the Financial Services Act 1986;

• “the 1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985^f1;

• “the 1986 Order” means the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986^f2;

• “approved securities market” means any market which is established under the rules of an investment exchange specified in Schedule 2 to this Order;

• “EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992^f3 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993^f4, but until that Agreement comes into force in relation to Liechtenstein does not include the State of Liechtenstein;

• “private company”, in relation to a body corporate which is a company within the meaning of the 1985 Act, means a private company within the meaning of section 1(3) of the 1985 Act and, in relation to a body corporate which is a company within the meaning of the 1986 Order, means a private company within the meaning of article 12(3) of the 1986 Order;

• “relevant bearer security” means a relevant security title to which is capable of being transferred without notice of that fact being given to the body corporate issuing the security or any person acting on its behalf;

• “relevant EEA market” means a market in an EEA State which is established under the rules of an investment exchange specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order or which meets the criteria specified in Part II of that Schedule;

• “relevant security” means shares and also means an investment falling within paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act and any investment falling within paragraph 4 or 5 of that Schedule which confers rights in respect of an investment falling within paragraph 1 or 2 of that Schedule; and

• “shares” means any investment falling within paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act.

For the purposes of this Order, a relevant security falling within paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 1 to the Act shall be taken to have been issued by the person who issued the investment in respect of which the relevant security confers rights if it is issued by a body corporate in the same group as that person or by some other person acting on behalf of, or pursuant to arrangements made with, that person.