1.A qualifying portfolio undertaking shall be an undertaking that fulfils, at the time of the initial investment, the following requirements:
it is not a financial undertaking, unless:
it is a financial undertaking that is not a financial holding company or a mixed-activity holding company; and
that financial undertaking has been authorised or registered more recently than 5 years before the date of the initial investment;
it is an undertaking which:
is not admitted to trading on a regulated market or on a multilateral trading facility; or
is admitted to trading on a regulated market or on a multilateral trading facility and has a market capitalisation of no more than EUR 1 500 000 000;
it is established in a Member State, or in a third country provided that the third country:
is not identified as high-risk third country listed in the delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 9(2) of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council 7;
is not mentioned in Annex I to the Council conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.
2.By way of derogation from point (a) of paragraph 1 of this Article, a qualifying portfolio undertaking may be a financial undertaking that exclusively finances qualifying portfolio undertakings referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or real assets referred to in point (e) of Article 10.