Rights issue
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Overseas Persons
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In particular, unless otherwise determined by Centrica plc (Centrica) and permitted by applicable law and regulation, it is not intended, subject to certain exceptions, that any offering of the securities mentioned in such materials (the Securities) by Centrica would be made, or any documentation be sent, directly or indirectly, in or into, the United States, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Singapore, South Africa or Switzerland.
The materials do not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for the Securities in any jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which such offers or sales are unlawful. In particular, the Securities have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Securities will not be registered under the applicable securities laws of any state, province, territory, county or jurisdiction of the United States, Australia, Canada, the People's Republic of China, Japan, Singapore, the Republic of South Africa or Switzerland. Accordingly, unless an exemption under the relevant securities laws is applicable, the Securities may not be offered, sold, resold, taken up, exercised, renounced, transferred, delivered or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Singapore, South Africa or Switzerland or any other jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of, or require registration thereof in, such jurisdiction. There will be no public offering of the Securities in the United States.
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Basis of access
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EITHER you are not in the United States, Australia, Canada, People's Republic of China, Japan, Singapore, the Republic of South Africa or Switzerland;
OR (a) if you are in the United States, you are a Qualified Institutional Buyer or an institutional "accredited investor", as such terms are defined in the Securities Act; (b) if you are in Canada you are an "accredited investor" as such term is defined under Canadian securities laws; (c) if you are in China you are a person to whom the Securities may be sold pursuant to the securities laws of the People's Republic of China; (d) if you are in Japan, you are a "Qualified Institutional Investor", as defined in the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan and you will not take up your rights under the Rights Issue without first agreeing in writing with the Company that you will not sell any Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights or New Shares that you may acquire to any person in Japan other than another "Qualified Institutional Investor"; (e) if you are in Singapore you are a person to whom the Securities may be sold by virtue or being either an existing holder of Centrica shares at the Record Date or pursuant to, and in accordance with, the conditions of an exemption under any provision of Subdivision (4) of Division 1 of Part XIII of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore; or (f) if you are in Switzerland, you are one of a small number of selected investors to whom the Prospectus is being made available to specifically.
