Clarification of addresses for tax processing

04.04.2013

Effective

immediately

the address to which tax documentation must be submitted for receipt by Clearstream Banking1 varies in different circumstances for the different markets and may have been subject to change.

The specific addresses for submission of required tax documentation are as follows:

Prague (“P”)

Clearstream Operations Prague s.r.o.
Attn: PTR - Tax Services
Futurama Business Park Building B,
Sokolovska 662/136b
CZ-18600 Prague 8
Czech Republic

Singapore (“S”)

Clearstream Banking S.A. - Singapore Branch
Attn: Tax Singapore
Republic Plaza
9 Raffles Place
#55-01 Republic Plaza
Singapore 048619

Luxembourg (“L”)

Clearstream Banking S.A.
Attn: OTL - Tax Services
42, avenue J.F. Kennedy
L-1855 Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Frankfurt (“F”)

Clearstream Banking AG
Attn: Settlement Global - OAA / EA.08.301
D-60485 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Important note:

The tax certificates required for Eurobonds (XS ISINs) must be sent to Luxembourg, except in the case of Italian XS ISIN issues, for which the documentation should be sent to Prague.

All tax certification already submitted will be forwarded accordingly but, in order to avoid delays, we kindly request that customers use, from today, the new applicable addresses as indicated in the Creation Quick Tax Reference Matrix.

The affected forms provided for each market on our website, together with the associated sections of the respective Market Taxation Guides, will be updated as appropriate in due course.

Further information

The Creation Quick Tax Reference Matrix has been updated (with an additional column “Send to P/L/S/F”) to indicate the specific address to which respective certificates must be sent.

For further information, customers may contact the Clearstream Banking Tax Help Desk on:

LuxembourgFrankfurt
Email:tax@clearstream.comtax@clearstream.com
Telephone:+352-243-32835+49-(0) 69-2 11-1 3821
Fax:+352-243-632835+49-(0) 69-2 11-61 3821

or Clearstream Banking Customer Service or their Relationship Officer.

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1. Clearstream Banking refers collectively to Clearstream Banking AG, registered office at 61, Mergenthalerallee, 65760 Eschborn, Germany and registered in the Register B of the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, Germany under number HRB 7500 (CBF) and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, registered office at 42, avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B-9248 (CBL).

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