| | • | A minimum set of criteria for an instrument issued by the bank to meet or to exceed in order for its to be included in additional Tier-1 Capital and described in Annex # 3.
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Additional Tier 1 capital consists of the sum of the following elements:
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| | • | Instruments issued by the bank that meet the criteria for inclusion in Additional Tier 1 capital (and are not included in Common Equity Tier 1); Refer to paragraph 87-89, A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems – revised version (rev June 2011)
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| | • | Stock surplus (share premium) resulting from the issue of instruments included in Additional Tier 1 capital;
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| | • | Instruments issued by consolidated subsidiaries of the bank and held by third parties that meet the criteria for inclusion in Additional Tier 1 capital and are not included in Common Equity Tier 1. Refer to section 3 for the relevant criteria; and
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| | • | Regulatory adjustments applied in the calculation of Additional Tier 1 Capital are addressed in section 4 of this document.
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| | • | Tier-1 Capital instruments issued by consolidated subsidiaries are described in section 3 of this document.
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