IMPORTANT NOTICE
重要提示
Access to these materials is restricted in certain jurisdictions. Please indicate your country of residence:
在某些司法管轄區取閱該等材料會受到限制。請表明閣下的居住所在地:
Are you a U.S. person as defined below?
閣下是否下述定義之美籍人士?
Definition of U.S. person under Regulations:
規例下美籍人士的定義:
Under Rule 902 of Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1993, as amended, the term U.S. person means:
根據1933年美國證券法(經修訂)下 S規例第902條,美籍人士一詞指:
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any natural person resident in the United States; |
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any partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States; |
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any estate of which an executor or administrator is a U.S. person; |
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any trust of which any trustee is a U.S. person; |
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any agency or branch of a foreign entity located in the United States; |
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any non-discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or account of a U.S. person; |
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any partnership or corporation if: (a) organized or incorporated under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction; and (b) formed by a U.S. person principally for the purpose of investing in securities not registered under the Securities Act,unless it is organized or incorporated,and owned, by accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act) who are not natural persons, estates or trusts. |
The following are not “U.S. persons”:
下列人士並非美籍人士:
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any discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held for the benefit or account of a non- U.S. person by a dealer or other professional fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in the United States; |
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any estate of which any professional fiduciary acting as executor or administrator is a U.S. person if: (a) an executor or administrator of the estate who is not a U.S. person has sole or shared investment discretion with respect to the assets of the estate; and (b) the estate is governed by foreign law; any trust of which any professional fiduciary acting as trustee is a U.S. person, if a trustee who is not a U.S. person has sole or shared investment discretion with respect to the trust assets, and no beneficiary of the trust (and no settlor if the trust is revocable) is a U.S. person; |
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an employee benefit plan established and administered in accordance with the law of a country other than the United States and customary practices and documentation of such country; |
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any agency or branch of a U.S. person located outside the United States if: (a) the agency or branch operates for valid business reasons; and (b) the agency or branch is engaged in the business of insurance or banking and is subject to substantive insurance or banking regulation, respectively, in the jurisdiction where located; |
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the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the United Nations, and their agencies, affiliates and pension plans, and any other similar international organizations, their agencies, affiliates and pension plans. |