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• Therefore, HP does not expect to accept for purchase any tenders of Notes with Acceptance Priority Levels 4 through 7.
• Consummation of the Tender Offer is subject to a number of conditions, including the absence of certain adverse legal and market developments.
• Assuming the Tender Offer is not extended and the conditions to the Tender Offer are satisfied or waived, HP expects that settlement for Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or before the Early Tender Deadline will be on July 27, 2023 (the “Settlement Date”).
• BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are serving as the Joint-Lead Dealer Managers in connection with the Tender Offer.

• Q2B Tokyo serves as a vital platform for researchers, industry leaders, government representatives, and quantum computing vendors to connect, collaborate, and contribute to the growing quantum technologies (computing and sensing & timing) community in Asia.
• This year's conference aims to further stimulate innovation and progress, fueling the growth of quantum computing across the region.
• "Q2B Tokyo plays a vital role in fostering a robust quantum technologies community in Asia, providing a unique space for experts to share knowledge, inspire collaboration, and unlock the true potential of quantum technologies."
• As a co-host for the event, QunaSys, a pioneer in quantum computing, brings its invaluable expertise and visionary approach to the conference.

• This could signal the reverse of the 1990s trend of banks moving out of the City in search of buildings more suited to modern banking.
• The City’s “Square Mile” financial district is considered the historical centre of British banking.
• But space and planning restrictions on building expansions made a move to Canary Wharf very appealing as banks navigated the new world of electronic trading, starting in the 1980s.
• Barclays was the last major UK retail bank to leave the City’s Lombard Street for Canary Wharf in 2005.

Fighting to modernise

• Victorian banks preferred large, grand, highly-decorated buildings in prime locations for their head offices.
• However, by the 1960s, the Victorian style of Gibson Hall appeared old-fashioned, while the building itself had become ill-suited to modern banking methods.
• By 1964, this figure had grown to 1,866, excluding non-clerical staff, according to information we found in the NatWest Group archives.
• A preservation order placed on Gibson Hall in 1964 blocked National Provincial from demolishing its Victorian home to replace it with a modern tower block.

Out with the old

• The preservation order placed on Gibson Hall gave a clear signal that such buildings should stand.
• But City firms’ need to expand and update their office space took on a new urgency following financial deregulation, known as the “Big Bang”, in 1986.
• As well as replacing face-to-face share dealing with electronic trading, the reforms allowed more banks to start trading, not just advise investors.
• But it eventually gave UK banks what they had wanted for so long: a free hand to build huge skyscrapers.

• Signum Global Advisors, a leading macro and geopolitical risk consultancy, is opening an office in Dubai, establishing a Middle East presence which brings the total number of Signum's offices to four.
• Throughout his career, he has gained exposure to emerging and developed markets, equities, fixed income, FX and ESG investment strategies.
• On his decision to join Signum, Frederik said: "I am excited to join Signum Global as the CEO for MENA.
• Signum Global Advisors is a leading independent advisory firm focused on political and global macro risk analysis.