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;
"company"
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 the purchase, acquisition or establishment of
productive and portfolio investment assets, and in
particular, though not exclusively, includes:
(a)
movable and immovable property and any other
property rights such as mortgages, liens or
pledges;
(b)
shares, stocks and debentures of companies or
interest in the property of such companies;
(c)
claims to money or to any performance under
contract having a financial value, and loans;
(d)
copyrights, know-how (goodwill) and industrial
property rights such as patents for inventions, trade
marks, industrial designs and trade names;
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