[X1PART TWO U.K. [F1OWN FUNDS AND ELIGIBLE LIABILITIES]

TITLE I U.K. ELEMENTS OF OWN FUNDS

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Common Equity Tier 1 capital

Section 3 U.K. Deductions from Common Equity Tier 1 items, exemptions and alternatives

Sub-Section 1 U.K. Deductions from Common Equity Tier 1 items
Article 43 U.K. Significant investment in a financial sector entity

For the purposes of deduction, a significant investment of an institution in a financial sector entity shall arise where any of the following conditions is met:

(a)

the institution owns more than 10 % of the Common Equity Tier 1 instruments issued by that entity;

(b)

the institution has close links with that entity and owns Common Equity Tier 1 instruments issued by that entity;

(c)

the institution owns Common Equity Tier 1 instruments issued by that entity and the entity is not included in consolidation pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title II of Part One but is included in the same accounting consolidation as the institution for the purposes of financial reporting under the applicable accounting framework.]