➢a decision to permanently discontinue trading in the option or futures contracts relating to the basket asset, in any underlying constituents or in any option or futures contracts related to such underlying constituents.
For this purpose, an “absence of trading” in those options or futures contracts will not include any time when that market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.
Discontinuance of, Adjustments to, or Change in Law Affecting, a Basket Asset; Alteration of Method of Calculation
➢If the index sponsor discontinues publication of a basket asset; or
➢a change in law occurs with respect to a basket asset or one or more underlying constituents or an index sponsor otherwise modifies or reconstitutes a basket asset or one or more underlying constituents in response to what otherwise would have been a change in law,
then the calculation agent may select a successor index. A “successor index” is an index that the calculation agent determines (i) is comparable to the affected basket asset and (ii) is not subject to a hedging restriction or any other legal or regulatory restriction prohibiting or restricting directly or indirectly, the investment in, or the sale, purchase beneficial ownership, holding or transfer of, or any other transaction or other dealing related to, such basket asset (or any underlying constituent) by any class of eligible potential purchasers of the Securities with respect to such successor index. A successor index is subject to a “hedging restriction” if BNS, UBS AG or any of their respective affiliates are subject to a trading restriction under the trading policies of BNS, UBS AG or any of their respective affiliates that would materially limit the ability of BNS, UBS AG or any of their respective affiliates to hedge the Securities with respect to such successor index. If the calculation agent selects a successor index, then the calculation agent will determine the closing level of the affected basket asset (and thereafter, as applicable, the corresponding basket closing level, basket return and/or any other relevant term), and the amount payable, if any, on the maturity date by reference to such successor index. To the extent necessary, the calculation agent will adjust those terms as necessary to ensure cross-comparability of the discontinued and successor index.
Alternatively, if the calculation agent determines that a change in law has occurred or the calculation agent determines that there is no successor index, then the calculation agent may instead make the necessary determination by reference to a group of stocks, physical commodities, options or futures contracts on physical commodities or another index or indices, as applicable, and will apply a computation methodology that the calculation agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate such basket asset (giving effect to any change in law).
If the calculation agent determines that (i) any underlying constituents or the method of calculating the basket asset have been changed at any time in any respect that causes the level of the affected basket asset not to fairly represent the level of that basket asset had such changes not been made or that otherwise affects the calculation of the closing level of the affected basket asset or the amount payable on the maturity date, (ii) a change in law has occurred with respect to a basket asset or any underlying constituent or (iii) an index sponsor has modified or reconstituted a basket asset or one or more underlying constituents in response to what otherwise would have been a change in law, then the calculation agent may make adjustments in the method of calculating that basket asset that it believes are appropriate to ensure that the final basket level used to determine the amount payable on the maturity date is equitable or make adjustments in the method of calculating that basket asset that it believes are appropriate to offset, to the extent practical, any change in your economic position as a holder of the Securities that results solely from such event to achieve an equitable result, or to give effect to such change in law.
Examples of any such changes that may cause the calculation agent to make the foregoing adjustment include, but are not limited to, additions, deletions or substitutions and any reweighting, rebalancing or reconstitution of the underlying constituents, changes made by the index sponsor under its existing policies or following a modification of those policies, changes due to a change in law or due to the publication of a successor index, changes due to events affecting one or more of the underlying constituents or their issuers or any other underlying constituents, as applicable, or changes due to any other reason. All determinations and adjustments to be made with respect to the closing levels of the affected basket asset, and the amount payable on the maturity date or otherwise relating to the level of the affected basket asset will be made by the calculation agent.
If, following the occurrence of any such event, the calculation agent determines that no successor index, replacement basket or alternative method of calculation would be comparable to the original basket asset, then the calculation agent will deem the closing level of the original basket asset (or affected underlying constituents) on the trading day (subject to the market disruption event provisions set forth above) immediately prior to the date of such event to be its closing level on each remaining trading day to, and including, the final valuation date and will calculate the final basket level of the underlying basket giving effect to such deemed level(s).
Change in Law
If (1) one or more underlying constituents is listed or admitted for trading on a non-U.S. exchange or market and (2) the calculation agent determines that a “change in law” (as defined below) occurs, then the calculation agent may take the actions described herein under “— Discontinuance of, Adjustments to, or Change in Law Affecting, a Basket Asset; Alteration of Method of Calculation”.
Any of the following may be determined by the calculation agent to be a “change in law” with respect to a particular basket asset: due to (A) the adoption of or any change in any applicable law, regulation or order (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute) or (B) the promulgation of or any change, announcement or statement of the formal or informal interpretation by any court, tribunal, regulatory or executive authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law, regulation or order, the direct or indirect sale, purchase, beneficial ownership, holding, or transfer of, or any other transaction or other dealing related to, an underlying constituent by any class of eligible potential purchasers of the Securities or BNS, UBS or any of their respective affiliates is prohibited or, after giving effect to any applicable liquidation, unwind or cure period, will be prohibited (such applicable date, the “change date”).
Notwithstanding the forgoing, if the index sponsor of a basket asset publicly announces prior to the change date its intention to comply with the applicable change in law by removing any affected underlying constituents then such event will not be a change in law.