WISHING to be guided by the ideals, objectives and spirit of the Protocol in the facilitation and stimulation of investment flows and technology transfer and innovation into the Region, UNDERSTANDING that the guarantees in this Annex are to be interpreted in such a manner that ensures an overall balance of rights and obligations between investors, host states and home states; HEREBY AGREE as follows: ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS 1. In this Annex, terms and expressions defined in Article 1 of the Protocol shall bear the same meaning unless the context otherwise requires. 2. In this Annex, unless the context otherwise requires: "bond" means a debt instrument in terms of which the issuer thereof is obliged to re-pay, to the bondholder on a specified maturity date, the principal amount of a loan (and, ordinarily, interest thereon) made by the bondholder to the issuer; "enterprise" means any entity constituted or organised under the applicable laws of any State, whether or not for profit, and whether privately or governmentally owned or controlled, and includes a corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, branch, joint venture, association, or other such organisation; "Host Government" means the government of the State Party in whose territory an investment is made or located; "Host State" means the State Party in whose territory an investment is made or located; "ICSID Convention" means the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States, done at Washington, March 18, 1965; "investment" means an enterprise within the territory of one State Party established, acquired or expanded by an investor of the other State Party, including through the constitution, maintenance or acquisition of a juridical person or the acquisition of shares, debentures or other ownership instruments of such an enterprise, provided that the enterprise is established or acquired in accordance with the laws of the Host State and registered in accordance with the legal requirements of the Host State. The enterprise may possess assets such as: 6