Exhibit 4.7
Dated [o]
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GRANITE MORTGAGES 04-1 PLC
as Current Issuer
CITIBANK, N.A.
as Principal Paying Agent,
Agent Bank, Registrar and Transfer Agent
CITIBANK, N.A. (NEW YORK BRANCH)
as US Paying Agent
- and -
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Note Trustee
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ISSUER PAYING AGENT AND AGENT BANK AGREEMENT
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FACSIMILE 020 7626 7937
CONTENTS
1. Definitions and Interpretation..........................................1
2. Appointment of the Agents...............................................2
3. The Current Issuer Notes; Authentication................................2
4. Duties of Agents........................................................4
5. Exchanges of Global Note Certificates and Delivery of Individual
Note Certificates.......................................................6
6. Replacement Note Certificates...........................................6
7. Payments to the Paying Agents...........................................7
8. Payments to Noteholders.................................................9
9. Transfers of Current Issuer Notes......................................11
10. Miscellaneous Duties of the Agents.....................................12
11. Agents to act for Note Trustee.........................................15
12. Fees and Expenses......................................................16
13. Terms of Appointment...................................................16
14. No Liability for Consequential Loss....................................18
15. Termination of Appointment.............................................18
16. Non-Petition and Limited Recourse......................................22
17. Notices................................................................23
18. Third Party Rights.....................................................24
19. Time of the Essence....................................................24
20. Variation and Waiver...................................................24
21. Execution in Counterparts; Severability................................24
22. Governing Law and Jurisdiction; Process Agent; Appropriate Forum.......24
23. Exclusion of Liability.................................................25
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SCHEDULE 1 SPECIFIED OFFICES OF THE AGENTS..................................26
SCHEDULE 2 REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE TRANSFER, EXCHANGE AND
REGISTRATION OF THE CURRENT ISSUER NOTES.........................27
EXECUTION PAGE..............................................................31
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THIS AGREEMENT is made on [o]
BETWEEN:
(1) GRANITE MORTGAGES 04-1 PLC (registered number 4959572), a public
limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales whose
registered office is ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ as
Current Issuer;
(2) CITIBANK, N.A., acting through its office at ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ in its capacity as Principal Paying Agent;
(3) CITIBANK, N.A., acting through its office at Global Agency and Trust,
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capacity as US Paying Agent;
(4) CITIBANK, N.A., acting through its office at ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ in its capacity as Agent Bank;
(5) CITIBANK, N.A., acting through its office at ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ in its capacity as Registrar;
(6) CITIBANK, N.A., acting through its office at ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ in its capacity as Transfer Agent; and
(7) THE BANK OF NEW YORK, acting through its office at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ at in its capacity as Note Trustee.
WHEREAS:
By a resolution of a duly authorised Board of Directors of the Current Issuer
passed on [o], the Current Issuer authorised the creation and issue of the
Current Issuer Notes constituted by the Current Issuer Trust Deed and secured
by the Current Issuer Deed of Charge.
IT IS AGREED as follows:
1. Definitions and Interpretation
1.1 The provisions of:
(a) the Master Definitions Schedule as amended and restated by (and
appearing as Appendix 1 to) the Master Definitions Schedule
Seventh Amendment Deed made on [o] between, among others, the
Seller, Funding and the Mortgages Trustee, and
(b) the Issuer Master Definitions Schedule signed for the purposes of
identification by Sidley ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ on
[o],
(as the same have been and may be amended, varied or supplemented from
time to time with the consent of the parties hereto) are expressly and
specifically incorporated into and shall apply to this Agreement.
The Issuer Master Definitions Schedule specified above shall prevail to
the extent that it conflicts with the Master Definitions Schedule.
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1.2 Where the context permits, references in this agreement to a "Current
Issuer Note" shall mean, while any of the Current Issuer Notes are
represented by a Global Note Certificate, such Global Note Certificate,
and while any of the Current Issuer Notes are represented by one or
more Individual Note Certificates, such Individual Note Certificates.
1.3 Where the context permits, references in this agreement to the "Holder"
of a Current Issuer Note means the person in whose name such Current
Issuer Note is for the time being registered in the Register (or, in
the case of a joint holding, the first named thereof) and "Noteholder"
shall be construed accordingly.
2. Appointment of the Agents
2.1 Appointment: Upon and subject to the terms of this Agreement, the
Current Issuer and, for the purposes of Clause 11 (Agents to act for
Note Trustee) only, the Note Trustee hereby appoint, for the purposes
specified in, and to carry out their respective duties under, this
Agreement and under the Current Issuer Conditions on a several but not
joint basis:
(a) the Principal Paying Agent acting through its Specified Office as
principal paying agent in respect of the Reg S Notes;
(b) the US Paying Agent acting through its Specified Office as paying
agent in the United States in respect of the US Notes;
(c) the Agent Bank acting through its Specified Office as agent bank
for the purpose of determining interest payable in respect of the
Current Issuer Notes;
(d) the Registrar acting through its Specified Office as registrar for
the Current Issuer Notes; and
(e) the Transfer Agent acting through its Specified Office as transfer
agent for the Current Issuer Notes.
2.2 Obligations of Agents: The obligations of the Agents under this
Agreement shall be several and not joint.
2.3 Acceptance of appointment by Paying Agents and Agent Bank: Each of the
Principal Paying Agent, the US Paying Agent and the Agent Bank accepts
its appointment as agent of the Current Issuer and, for the purpose of
Clause 11 (Agents to act for Note Trustee) only, the Note Trustee in
relation to the Current Issuer Notes and agrees to comply with the
provisions of this Agreement and to perform its duties under the
Current Issuer Conditions.
2.4 Acceptance of appointment by Registrar and Transfer Agent: Each of the
Registrar and the Transfer Agent accepts its appointment as agent of
the Current Issuer and, for the purpose of Clause 11 (Agents to act for
Note Trustee) only, the Note Trustee in relation to the Current Issuer
Notes and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Agreement and to
perform its duties under the Current Issuer Conditions.
3. The Current Issuer Notes; Authentication
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3.1 Global Note Certificates: The US Notes will be initially offered and
sold pursuant to a Registration Statement filed with the SEC. Each
class of the US Notes will be issued in fully registered global form
and be initially represented by a Global Note Certificate and which, in
aggregate, will represent the aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding of
the US Notes. The Reg S Notes will be initially offered and sold
outside the United States to non-US persons pursuant to Reg S. Each
class of the Reg S Notes will be issued in fully registered global form
and be initially represented by a Global Note Certificate and which, in
aggregate, will represent the aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding of
the Reg S Notes. Each Global Note Certificate shall be substantially in
the respective forms set out in Schedule 1 (Forms of Global Note
Certificates) to the Current Issuer Trust Deed. The Global Note
Certificates shall be executed manually or in facsimile by an
Authorised Signatory of the Current Issuer and authenticated manually
by or on behalf of the Registrar on the Closing Date.
3.2 Individual Note Certificates: The Global Note Certificates will be
exchangeable for Individual Note Certificates in the circumstances
described therein. If the Current Issuer is required to deliver
Individual Note Certificates pursuant to the terms of the relevant
Global Note Certificate and the Current Issuer Trust Deed, each
Individual Note Certificate shall:
(a) be printed or typewritten in accordance with all applicable legal
and stock exchange requirements;
(b) be in substantially the form set out in Schedule 2 (Forms of
Individual Note Certificates) to the Current Issuer Trust Deed;
(c) be in registered form and, in each case, in an Authorised
Denomination;
(d) bear a unique serial number; and
(e) be executed manually or in facsimile by an Authorised Signatory of
the Current Issuer and authenticated manually by or on behalf of
the Registrar.
3.3 Facsimile signatures on Note Certificates: The Current Issuer may use
for the purposes of executing any Note Certificate, the facsimile
signature of any person who at the date of this Agreement was duly
authorised to sign the same on behalf of the Current Issuer, even if at
the time of issue of such Note Certificate, such person no longer holds
(for whatever reason including death) the relevant office and any Note
Certificate so executed and authenticated will be valid and binding
obligations of the Current Issuer. No Note Certificate representing a
Current Issuer Note shall be valid for any purpose until it has been
authenticated by or on behalf of the Registrar in accordance with this
Agreement and the Current Issuer Trust Deed.
3.4 Authentication and Deposit of Global Note Certificates: The Current
Issuer shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, deliver each
unauthenticated Global Note Certificate to or to the order of the
Registrar for authentication in accordance with Clause 3.1 (Global Note
Certificates). The Registrar shall, on or about the Closing Date,
authenticate each Global Note Certificate in accordance with Clause 3.1
(Global Note Certificates). The Euro Global Note Certificates and the
Sterling Global Note Certificates shall be registered in the name of
Citivic Nominees Limited as nominee for, and shall be deposited on or
about the Closing Date with, the Common
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Depositary. The Dollar Global Note Certificates shall be registered in
the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of DTC, and shall be deposited on or
about the Closing Date with, the DTC Custodian. The Current Issuer
shall also arrange, on written request, for such unauthenticated Global
Note Certificates as are required to enable the Registrar and Transfer
Agent to perform their obligations under Clause 6 (Replacement Note
Certificates) and Clause 9 (Transfers of Current Issuer Notes) to be
made available to or to the order of the Registrar from time to time.
Participants in DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg shall have
no rights under this Agreement with respect to the Global Note
Certificates and DTC, Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or their
respective nominees may be treated by the Current Issuer or any Agent
as the absolute owner of each Global Note Certificate for all purposes
under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this
Agreement shall impair, as between DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg and their respective participants, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of
any Current Issuer Note.
3.5 Availability of Individual Note Certificates: If the Current Issuer is
required to deliver Individual Note Certificates pursuant to the terms
of the Global Note Certificates (or either of them) and the Current
Issuer Trust Deed, the Current Issuer shall promptly arrange for a
stock of Individual Note Certificates (both bearing and not bearing the
Regulation S Legend, and, in either case, unauthenticated and with the
names of the registered holders left blank but otherwise complete and
executed on behalf of the Current Issuer) to be made available to or to
the order of the Registrar by the date falling 30 days after the
occurrence of the relevant event as set out in Clause 3.2 (Individual
Note Certificates) of the Current Issuer Trust Deed for authentication
in accordance with Clause 3.2 (Individual Note Certificates). The
Current Issuer shall also arrange for such Individual Note Certificates
as are required to enable the Registrar and the Transfer Agent to
perform their respective obligations under Clause 5 (Exchanges of
Global Note Certificates and Delivery of Individual Note Certificates),
Clause 9 (Transfers of Current Issuer Notes) and Clause 6 (Replacement
Note Certificates) to be made available to or to the order of the
Registrar and the Transfer Agent from time to time.
4. Duties of Agents
4.1 Duties of the Agent Bank: The Agent Bank shall perform such duties at
its Specified Office as are set forth in this Agreement and in the
Current Issuer Conditions and such other duties as are reasonably
incidental thereto at the request of the Current Issuer or the
Registrar or the Paying Agents (or for the purposes of Clause 11
(Agents to act for Note Trustee), the Note Trustee) and agrees to
comply with the provisions of Condition 4 (Interest). In particular and
save as hereinafter provided, the Agent Bank shall:
(a) on each Interest Determination Date determine the Rate of Interest
for each class of Current Issuer Notes for the relevant Interest
Period and the Interest Amount in respect of each class of Current
Issuer Notes on the Payment Date falling at the end of such
Interest Period in each case in accordance with the Current Issuer
Conditions;
(b) promptly following each such Interest Determination Date or as
soon as practicable (or, in any event, within 2 days) after
determining the Rate of
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Interest applicable to each class of Current Issuer Notes for
any period in accordance with the Current Issuer Conditions, cause
the Rate of Interest and the Interest Amount in respect of each
class of Current Issuer Notes and the Payment Date falling at the
end of the relevant Interest Period to be notified to the Current
Issuer, the Note Trustee, the Account Bank, the Current Issuer
Account Bank, the Registrar, the Paying Agents, the Current Issuer
Cash Manager and the London Stock Exchange (or other stock
exchange or, as the case may be, listing authority that it may be
notified of pursuant to Clause 4.2 (Listing)), specifying the
rates upon which the same are based and (where relevant) the names
of the banks quoting such rates provided that the Agent Bank shall
make such determination and calculations in relation to each class
of Current Issuer Notes as provided in Condition 4 (Interest) of
the Current Issuer Notes;
(c) cause notice of the Rate of Interest and Interest Amounts in
respect of each class of Current Issuer Notes for each Interest
Period and the related Payment Date to be notified to the London
Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange or, as the case may be,
listing authority that it may be notified of pursuant to Clause
4.2 (Listing) and to be published in accordance with the Current
Issuer Conditions;
(d) determine the Rate of Interest in respect of each class of Current
Issuer Notes in accordance with Condition 4(C) (Rates of Interest)
and notify the Funding GIC Provider of the Rates of Interest which
shall apply for the relevant Interest Period;
(e) save as expressly provided otherwise carry out all other relevant
calculations (if any) under the Current Issuer Conditions; and
(f) maintain such records of the quotations obtained and all rates
determined and all calculations made by it and make such records
available for inspection at all reasonable times by the Current
Issuer, the Current Issuer Cash Manager, the other Agents and the
Note Trustee.
4.2 Listing: The Current Issuer Notes, on issue, are expected to be
admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to be
admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange. The Current Issuer
will advise the Agent Bank and the Note Trustee in writing if such
listing is withdrawn or if the Current Issuer Notes become listed by
any other listing authority or, as the case may be, admitted to trading
on any other stock exchange.
4.3 Duties of the Registrar: The Registrar and the Transfer Agent shall
hold or shall procure the holding in safe custody of any
unauthenticated Global Note Certificates delivered to it in accordance
with Clause 3.4 (Authentication, and Deposit of Global Note
Certificates) and any Individual Note Certificates delivered to it in
accordance with Clause 3.5 (Availability of Individual Note
Certificates) and shall ensure that such Global Note Certificates and
Individual Note Certificates are authenticated and delivered only in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Current Issuer Trust
Deed, the Global Note Certificates and the Current Issuer Conditions.
4.4 Authority to authenticate: Each of the Registrar, the Transfer Agent or
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designated agent is authorised and instructed by the Current Issuer to
authenticate the Note Certificates as may be required to be
authenticated hereunder by the signature of any of its officers or any
other person duly authorised for the purpose by the Registrar or (as
the case may be) the Transfer Agent.
5. Exchanges of Global Note Certificates and Delivery of Individual Note
Certificates
5.1 Exchange of Global Note Certificates for Individual Note Certificates
and Delivery of Individual Note Certificates: A Global Note Certificate
may only be exchanged for Individual Note Certificates in the
circumstances set forth in the Global Note Certificate and set out in
Clause 3.3 (Individual Note Certificates) of the Current Issuer Trust
Deed. If any Global Note Certificate becomes exchangeable for
Individual Note Certificates in accordance with its terms, the
Registrar shall, subject to its having received any certificates
required by the terms of the relevant Global Note Certificate, against
surrender of such Global Note Certificate to it or to its order,
authenticate and deliver in accordance with this Agreement, the Global
Note Certificates, the Current Issuer Conditions and the Current Issuer
Trust Deed, Individual Note Certificates, provided that in no
circumstances shall the aggregate principal amount of such Individual
Note Certificates exceed the aggregate principal amount of the relevant
Global Note Certificate. The Individual Note Certificates so issued in
exchange for any Global Note Certificate shall be issued in such names
as the DTC Custodian or the Common Depositary, as the case may be,
(based on the instructions of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg) shall instruct the Registrar and the Registrar shall, in
accordance with this Agreement, the Global Notes, the Current Issuer
Conditions and the Current Issuer Trust Deed, deliver or cause to be
delivered to the persons designated in such instructions Individual
Note Certificates of the relevant class in the appropriate principal
amounts and the Registrar will enter the names and addresses of such
persons on the Register. Individual Note Certificates issued in
exchange for a Reg S Global Note Certificate pursuant to this Clause
5.1 (Exchange of Global Note Certificates for Individual Note
Certificates) shall bear the Regulation S Legend and shall be subject
to all restrictions on transfer contained therein to the same extent as
the Global Note Certificate so exchanged.
5.2 Exchange of Global Note Certificates: Global Note Certificates may also
be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Clause 6
(Replacement Note Certificates). Every Global Note Certificate
authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, another
Global Note Certificate or any portion thereof, pursuant to Clause 6
(Replacement Note Certificates) hereof, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note Certificate. A
Global Note Certificate may not be exchanged for another Global Note
Certificate other than as provided in this Clause 5 (Exchanges of
Global Note Certificates and Delivery of Individual Note Certificates).
6. Replacement Note Certificates
6.1 Delivery of Replacements: Subject to and in accordance with this Clause
6 (Replacement Note Certificates) and Condition 13 (Replacement of
Notes) and receipt of replacement Global Note Certificates and/or
Individual Note Certificates (as the case may be), the Registrar or the
Transfer Agent, as the case may be shall, upon and
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in accordance with the instructions of the Current Issuer (which
instructions may, without limitation, include such terms as to the
payment of expenses and as to evidence, security and indemnity as the
Current Issuer, the Transfer Agent and the Registrar may reasonably
require and otherwise as required by Condition 13 (Replacement of
Notes), as necessary), complete, authenticate and deliver, or procure
the authentication and delivery on their behalf of, a Global Note
Certificate or, as the case may be, an Individual Note Certificate, as
a replacement for (and being a Current Issuer Note in the same form as)
the relevant Global Note Certificate or, as the case may be, Individual
Note Certificate which the Current Issuer has determined to issue as a
replacement for any Global Note Certificate or Individual Note
Certificate which has been mutilated or defaced or which is alleged to
have been destroyed, stolen or lost and the Registrar shall, in
addition, as promptly as is practicable, enter such details on the
Register; provided, however, that neither the Registrar nor the
Transfer Agent shall deliver any Global Note Certificate or Individual
Note Certificate as a replacement for any Global Note Certificate or
Individual Note Certificate which has been mutilated or defaced
otherwise than against surrender of the same and shall not issue any
replacement Global Note Certificate or Individual Note Certificate
until the applicant has furnished the Current Issuer, Registrar or
Transfer Agent, as the case may be, with such evidence and indemnity as
the Current Issuer and the Transfer Agent or the Registrar (as the case
may be) may reasonably require and has paid such costs and expenses as
may be incurred in connection with such replacement.
6.2 Replacements to be numbered: Each replacement Global Note Certificate
or Individual Note Certificate delivered hereunder shall bear a unique
serial number.
6.3 Cancellation and destruction: Each of the Registrar and the Transfer
Agent, as the case may be, shall cancel and destroy each mutilated or
defaced Note Certificate surrendered to it in respect of which a
replacement has been delivered and the Registrar shall, in addition, as
promptly as is practicable, enter such details on the Register.
6.4 Notification: The Registrar or the Transfer Agent, as the case may be,
shall notify the Current Issuer, the other Agents and the Note Trustee
of the delivery by it in accordance herewith of any replacement Note
Certificate, specifying the serial number thereof and the serial number
(if any and if known) of the Note Certificate which it replaces and
confirm (if such is the case) that the Note Certificate which it
replaces has been cancelled or destroyed.
7. Payments to the Paying Agents
7.1 Current Issuer to pay the Paying Agents: In order to provide for the
payment of interest and principal in respect of the Current Issuer
Notes as the same becomes due and payable in accordance with the
Current Issuer Conditions and the Current Issuer Trust Deed, the
Current Issuer shall pay to the Paying Agents or otherwise cause the
Paying Agents to receive on or before the date on which such payment
becomes due, an amount which is equal to the amount of principal and
interest then falling due in respect of the Current Issuer Notes on
such Payment Date.
7.2 Manner and Time of Payment: The Current Issuer shall, not later than
10.00 a.m. (London time) or, in the case of any payment in dollars,
10.00 a.m. (New York time) on each Payment Date, or other date on which
any payment of principal and interest
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in respect of the Current Issuer Notes becomes due, unconditionally pay
or cause to be unconditionally paid to the Paying Agents by credit
transfer such amounts in sterling, euro or dollars, as the case may be,
in immediately available funds or, as the case may be, same day
freely-transferable funds as may be required for the purpose of paying
interest and (to the extent applicable) principal under the Current
Issuer Notes (after taking account of any cash then held by the Paying
Agents and available for the purpose), such amounts to be paid to the
credit of such accounts of the Paying Agents with such banks (in the
case of sterling and euro payments, in London and in the case of dollar
payments, New York) as shall be notified to the Current Issuer, the
Current Issuer Cash Manager and to the Note Trustee by the Paying
Agents in writing not less than two weeks before the first payment is
due to be made to the Noteholders. Each Paying Agent shall notify the
Current Issuer, the Current Issuer Cash Manager and/or the Note Trustee
in writing, 15 Business Days prior to any change of those accounts, or
any of them.
7.3 Notification of Payment by Current Issuer: The Current Issuer shall
procure that each bank or other person effecting payment for it in
accordance with Clause 7.2 (Manner and Time of Payment) shall by not
later than 2.00 p.m. (Local time) on the second Business Day before the
due date of each payment under Clause 7.2 (Manner and Time of Payment)
confirm by tested telex, facsimile or authenticated SWIFT message to
the Paying Agents that it has issued irrevocable payment instructions
for the transfer of the relevant sum due to the relevant account of the
Paying Agents.
7.4 Confirmation of Amounts Payable in respect of the Current Issuer Notes:
The Current Issuer shall by not later than 2.00 p.m. (Local time) on
the second Business Day before each Payment Date, or other date on
which any payment is due under Clause 7.2 (Manner and Time of Payment),
notify, or procure the notification by the Current Issuer Cash Manager
or other person on behalf of the Current Issuer to, the Paying Agents,
the Note Trustee and the Registrar of the amount of interest and/or
principal (as the case may be) payable to Noteholders in accordance
with the Current Issuer Conditions in respect of each class of the
Current Issuer Notes on the Payment Date, or other date in question and
the apportionment of such amount as between principal and interest. All
such amounts shall be payable subject to and in accordance with the
Current Issuer Priority of Payments.
7.5 Exclusion of Liens and Interest: Save as expressly provided otherwise
in this Agreement, the Paying Agents shall be entitled to deal with
each amount paid to them under this Clause 7 (Payments to the Paying
Agents) in the same manner as other amounts paid to them as bankers by
their customers; provided, however, that:
(a) they shall not exercise against the Current Issuer any lien, right
of set-off or similar claim in respect thereof;
(b) they shall not be liable to any person for interest thereon; and
(c) funds received by the Paying Agents for the payment of any sums
due in respect of any Current Issuer Notes shall be segregated
only to the extent required by law.
7.6 Application by Paying Agents: The Paying Agents shall apply (or direct
or cause the application of) each amount paid to them under this Clause
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Agents) in accordance with Clause 8 (Payments to Noteholders) and shall
not be obliged to repay any such amount other than as provided herein
or unless the claim for the relevant payment becomes void under the
Current Issuer Conditions in which event they shall repay to the
Current Issuer such portion of such amount as relates to such payment,
by paying the same by credit transfer in sterling, euro or dollars, as
the case may be, to such account with such bank as the Current Issuer
has by notice to the Paying Agents specified for the purpose.
7.7 Notification if Funds Not Received on Payment Date: Each Paying Agent
shall forthwith notify the Current Issuer, the Current Issuer Cash
Manager, the Note Trustee and the other Agents if it has not, by the
due date of payment to it specified in Clause 7.2 (Manner and Time of
Payment), received unconditionally the full amount required for any
payment.
8. Payments to Noteholders
8.1 Payments in respect of Current Issuer Notes: Each Paying Agent acting
through its Specified Office shall make payments of interest and
principal in respect of the Current Issuer Notes in accordance with the
Current Issuer Conditions and so long as the Current Issuer Notes are
evidenced by Global Note Certificates, the terms thereof, provided
however, that:
(a) no Paying Agent will make any payment of interest or principal in
respect of any class of the Current Issuer Notes in an amount
which is greater than the amount of interest or principal payable
in accordance with the Current Issuer Conditions in respect of
such class of Current Issuer Notes and notified to the Paying
Agents in accordance with Clause 7.4 (Confirmation of Amounts
Payable in respect of the Current Issuer Notes);
(b) whilst the Current Issuer Notes of any class continue to be
represented by Global Note Certificates, all payments of principal
or interest (as the case may be) due in respect of such Current
Issuer Notes will be payable to, or to the order of, DTC or its
nominee or Euroclear, Clearstream Luxembourg or their nominee;
(c) if any Note Certificate is presented or surrendered for payment to
any Paying Agent and such Paying Agent has delivered a replacement
therefor or has been notified that the same has been replaced,
such Paying Agent shall as soon as is reasonably practicable
notify the Current Issuer in writing of such presentation or
surrender and shall not make payment against the same until it is
so instructed by the Current Issuer and has received the amount to
be so paid;
(d) each Paying Agent shall cancel each Note Certificate against
presentation and surrender of which it has made full payment and
shall deliver each such Note Certificate so cancelled by it to the
Registrar;
(e) all payments in respect of the Current Issuer Notes will be
distributed without deduction or withholding for any taxes,
duties, assessments or other governmental charges of whatever
nature except as and then only to the extent required by
applicable law, in which case each Paying Agent shall be entitled
to make such deduction or withholding from any payment which it
makes
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hereunder. If any such deduction or withholding is required to be
made, then neither the Current Issuer nor any other person will be
obliged to pay any additional amounts in respect thereof; and
(f) a Paying Agent shall not be obliged (but shall be entitled) to
make payments of principal or interest if it has not received the
full amount of any payment due to it under Clause 7 (Payments to
the Paying Agents).
8.2 Registrar Notification: The Registrar will notify the Paying Agents,
not later than five days after each Record Date, of the names of all
Noteholders appearing in the Register on the Record Date and the
addresses of such Noteholders to which cheques should be posted and
whether any Noteholder has elected to receive payments by transfer to a
bank account and, if so, the relevant details of such bank account and
the Registrar and the Paying Agents shall make or shall procure that
payments of interest and principal in respect of the Current Issuer
Notes will be made in accordance with Condition 6 (Payments) either by
cheque posted to the address of the Noteholder appearing in the
Register on the Record Date or, if the Noteholder has so elected in
accordance with the Current Issuer Conditions, by transfer to the
relevant dollar, euro or sterling account, as the case may be; provided
that no payment in respect of any Current Issuer Notes will be made on
the final date for redemption or payment, or such earlier date as the
relevant Current Issuer Notes may become repayable or payable, in whole
unless the Registrar or the Transfer Agent confirms to the Paying
Agents that the relevant Note Certificate has been surrendered to it.
8.3 Partial Payments: If at any time and for any reason a Paying Agent
makes a partial payment in respect of any Global Note Certificate or
any Individual Note Certificate presented for payment to it, such
Paying Agent shall endorse thereon a statement indicating the amount
and the date of such payment. In addition, if, on any due date for
payment, less than the full amount of any principal or interest is paid
in respect of the Current Issuer Notes, the Registrar will note on the
Register a memorandum of the amount and date of any payment then made
and, if a Global Note Certificate or Individual Note Certificate is
presented for payment in accordance with the Conditions and no payment
is then made, the date of presentation of such Global Note Certificate
or Individual Note Certificate.
8.4 Appropriation by Paying Agent: If any Paying Agent makes any payment in
accordance with Clause 8.1 (Payments in respect of Current Issuer
Notes), it shall be entitled to appropriate for its own account out of
the funds received by it under Clause 7.1 (Current Issuer to pay the
Paying Agents) an amount equal to the amount so paid by it.
8.5 Reimbursement by Current Issuer: If any Paying Agent makes a payment in
respect of the Current Issuer Notes at any time at which the relevant
Paying Agent has not received the full amount of the relevant payment
due to it under Clause 7.1 (Current Issuer to pay the Paying Agents)
and that Paying Agent is not able out of the funds received by it under
Clause 7.1 (Current Issuer to pay the Paying Agents) to reimburse such
Paying Agent therefor by appropriation under Clause 8.4 (Appropriation
by Paying Agent), the Current Issuer shall from time to time on written
demand pay to that Paying Agent for account of such Paying Agent:
(a) the amount so paid out by such Paying Agent and not so reimbursed
to it; and
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(b) interest on such amount from the date on which such Paying Agent
made such payment until the date of reimbursement of such amount,
provided, however, that any payment under paragraph (a) above shall
satisfy pro tanto the Current Issuer's obligations under Clause 7.1
(Current Issuer to pay the Paying Agents) and provided, further, that
interest shall accrue for the purpose of paragraph (b) (as well after
as before judgment) on the basis of a year of 365 days and the actual
number of days elapsed and at a rate per annum specified by the Paying
Agents as reflecting its cost of funds for the time being in relation
to the unpaid amount.
9. Transfers of Current Issuer Notes
9.1 Authentication and Delivery of Individual Note Certificates: The
Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, or cause the Transfer Agent
or other designated agent to authenticate and deliver, any Individual
Note Certificate issued upon a transfer in accordance with this
Agreement and the Current Issuer Conditions.
9.2 Maintenance of Register: The Registrar shall maintain the Register at
its Specified Office or at such other place as the Note Trustee may
approve in writing, in accordance with the Current Issuer Conditions.
The Register shall show the aggregate principal amount outstanding of
each Current Issuer Note, the serial numbers thereof and the respective
dates of issue of the related Note Certificate(s) and all subsequent
transfers, cancellations and replacements thereof and the names and
addresses of the initial holders thereof and the dates of all transfers
and changes of ownership thereto and the names and addresses of all
subsequent holders of such Note Certificates. The Registrar shall make
the Register available to the Current Issuer, the Current Issuer Cash
Manager, the Note Trustee, the other Agents or any person authorised by
any of them at all reasonable times during its office hours for their
inspection and for the taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom
and the Registrar shall deliver to such persons all such lists of
Noteholders, their addresses and holdings as they may request.
9.3 Registration of transfers in the Register: The Registrar shall make
available forms of transfer and receive requests for the transfer of
Current Issuer Notes and shall make the necessary entries in the
Register to record all transfers in each case subject to and in
accordance with the Current Issuer Notes, the Current Issuer
Conditions, the Regulations and the Current Issuer Trust Deed. In
particular the Registrar shall, subject to and in accordance with the
Current Issuer Conditions and the Regulations, within such period of
time as is set out in the Current Issuer Conditions after the receipt
by it of (or the receipt by it of notification from the Transfer Agent
of delivery to it of) the relevant Note Certificates duly endorsed for
transfer, authenticate and issue the duly dated and completed new Note
Certificate(s) and deliver the new Note Certificate(s) in the name of
the transferee at its Specified Office or (at the risk of the
transferee) send the new Note Certificate(s) by mail to such address as
may be specified in the form of transfer and make all necessary entries
on the Register to record such transfer.
9.4 Closed Period: No transfer shall be registered for a period of 15 days
immediately preceding any due date for payment of principal or interest
in respect of the Current Issuer Notes or, as the case may be, the due
date for redemption, or as the case may be, payment of any of the
relevant Current Issuer Notes.
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9.5 Transfer Agent to receive requests for transfers of Current Issuer
Notes: The Transfer Agent shall receive requests for the transfer of
Current Issuer Notes in accordance with the Current Issuer Conditions
and the Regulations and assist, if required, in the issue of new Note
Certificates to give effect to such transfers and, in particular, upon
any such request being duly made, shall promptly notify the Registrar
of:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of the Current Issuer Notes to be
transferred;
(b) the name(s) and addressees to be entered on the Register of the
holder(s) of the new Note Certificate(s) to be issued in order to
give effect to such transfer; and
(c) the place and manner of delivery of the new Note Certificate(s) to
be delivered in respect of such transfer,
and shall forward the Note Certificate(s) relating to the Current
Issuer Note(s) to be transferred (with the relevant form(s) of transfer
duly completed) to the Registrar with such notification. The Transfer
Agent shall maintain in safe custody all Note Certificates delivered to
and held by it hereunder and shall ensure that Current Issuer Notes are
transferred only in accordance with the Current Issuer Conditions, the
Regulations, this Agreement and the Current Issuer Trust Deed.
9.6 Regulations: In the event that Individual Note Certificates with
respect to the Current Issuer Notes are required to be issued, the
Registrar shall (after consultation with the Current Issuer, the Paying
Agents, the Transfer Agent and the Note Trustee) promulgate reasonable
regulations concerning the carrying out of their respective duties (the
"Regulations"), including the carrying out of transfers and exchanges
of Current Issuer Notes and the forms and evidence to be proved. All
such transfers and exchanges will be made subject to the Regulations.
The initial Regulations are set out in Schedule 2 (Regulations
concerning the Transfer, Exchange and Registration of the Current
Issuer Notes) hereto. The Regulations may be changed by the Current
Issuer with the prior written approval of the Registrar and the Note
Trustee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
A copy of the current Regulations will be sent by the Registrar to any
holder of a Current Issuer Note who so requests.
10. Miscellaneous Duties of the Agents
10.1 Maintenance of Records: Each of the Agents shall maintain records of
all documents received by it in connection with its duties hereunder
and shall make such records available for inspection at all reasonable
times by the Current Issuer, the Current Issuer Cash Manager, the Note
Trustee and the other Agents and, in particular, the Registrar shall:
(a) maintain a full and complete record of all Note Certificates
delivered hereunder and of their exchange, redemption, payment,
partial payment, cancellation, mutilation, defacement, alleged
destruction, theft, loss or, as the case may be, replacement
(including all replacement Note Certificates issued in
substitution for any lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed
Note Certificates);
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(b) make such records available for inspection at all reasonable times
by the Current Issuer, the Current Issuer Cash Manager, the Note
Trustee and the other Agents; and
(c) make copies of this Agreement, the Current Issuer Trust Deed, the
Current Issuer Deed of Charge, the Master Definitions Schedule and
the Current Issuer Master Definitions Schedule available for
inspection at its Specified Office at all reasonable times.
10.2 Cancellation: The Transfer Agent, the Paying Agents or the Registrar
(as the case may be) shall:
(a) procure that all Note Certificates surrendered or delivered to it
as (i) redeemed in full, (ii) mutilated or defaced, surrendered
and replaced pursuant to the Current Issuer Conditions, or (iii)
exchanged, shall forthwith be cancelled on behalf of the Current
Issuer;
(b) shall keep a record of the aggregate principal amount of the
Current Issuer Notes, and the serial numbers of the Note
Certificates, which are so cancelled by it; and
(c) shall notify the other party or parties (i.e. the Paying Agents,
the Transfer Agent or the Registrar (as the case may be)) of all
action taken pursuant to Clause 10.2(a) and 10.2(b).
10.3 Information from Agents: The Agents shall make available to the other
Agents such information as is reasonably required for the maintenance
of the records referred to in Clause 10.1 (Maintenance of Records).
10.4 Certifications: Each Paying Agent shall promptly copy to the Current
Issuer, any other Paying Agent and the Note Trustee any certifications
received by it in accordance with or otherwise in relation to the
Current Issuer Notes.
10.5 Forwarding of Communications: Each Agent shall promptly forward to the
Current Issuer and the Note Trustee a copy of any notice or
communication addressed to the Current Issuer or the Note Trustee by
any Noteholder and which is received by such Agent.
10.6 Safe Custody of Note Certificates: Each of the Registrar and the
Transfer Agent shall maintain in safe custody all Note Certificates
delivered to it and held by it hereunder.
10.7 Publication and Delivery of Notices: The Registrar shall, upon and in
accordance with the instructions of the Current Issuer and the Note
Trustee received at least 10 days before the proposed publication date,
arrange for the publication and delivery in accordance with the Current
Issuer Conditions of any notice which is to be given to the Noteholders
and shall promptly supply two copies thereof to the Note Trustee, the
other Agents, the London Stock Exchange or other stock exchange on
which the Current Issuer Notes are then listed, (if any) and any
Clearing System.
10.8 Destruction: The Registrar may destroy each Note Certificate which has
been cancelled and delivered to it in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, in which case it shall promptly furnish the Current Issuer
and the Note Trustee, on request, a
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certificate as to such destruction, specifying the reason for such
destruction and the serial numbers of the relevant Note Certificate.
10.9 Forms of Proxy and Block Voting Instructions: In the event of a Meeting
(as defined in Schedule 4 (Provisions for Meetings of Noteholders) to
the Current Issuer Trust Deed) of the Noteholders, the Registrar shall,
at the request of any Noteholder in accordance with the Current Issuer
Trust Deed, make available uncompleted and unexecuted Forms of Proxy
and issue Block Voting Instructions in a form and manner which comply
with the provisions of the Schedule 4 (Provisions for Meetings of
Noteholders) to the Current Issuer Trust Deed (except that it shall not
be required to issue the same less than forty-eight hours before the
time for which the Meeting or the poll to which the same relates has
been convened or called). The Registrar shall keep a full record of
completed and executed Forms of Proxy and Block Voting Instructions
issued or received by it and will give to the Current Issuer and the
Note Trustee not less than twenty-four hours before the time appointed
for any Meeting or adjourned Meeting, full particulars of duly
completed Forms of Proxy received by it and of all Block Voting
Instructions issued by it in respect of such Meeting or adjourned
Meeting.
10.10 Additional Duties of the Registrar: If Individual Note Certificates are
required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of any Global Note
Certificate and the Current Issuer Trust Deed, the Registrar shall:
(a) five Business Days prior to each Payment Date notify the Current
Issuer, the Current Issuer Cash Manager and the other Agents of
the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the relevant Current
Issuer Notes;
(b) receive any document relating to or affecting the title to any
Individual Note Certificates including all forms of transfer,
forms of exchange, probates, letters of administration and powers
of attorney and maintain proper records of the details of all
documents received;
(c) prepare all such lists of the holders of the Individual Note
Certificates as may be required by the Current Issuer, the Current
Issuer Cash Manager, the Paying Agents or the Note Trustee or any
person authorised by any of them;
(d) comply with the proper and reasonable requests of the Current
Issuer with respect to the maintenance of the Register and provide
the Paying Agents with such information relating to the Individual
Note Certificates as they may reasonably require for the proper
performance of their duties; and
(e) carry out such other acts as may reasonably be necessary to give
effect to the Current Issuer Conditions, this Agreement and the
Regulations. In carrying out its functions the Registrar shall act
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Regulations,
the Current Issuer Conditions and the Current Issuer Trust Deed.
No transfer from a holder of an Individual Note Certificate shall be
registered for a period of 15 days immediately preceding a Payment
Date.
10.11 Additional Duties of the Transfer Agent: Subject as provided in and in
accordance
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with the Current Issuer Conditions, the Regulations and this Agreement
or if otherwise requested by the Current Issuer, the Transfer Agent
shall:
(a) on behalf of the Registrar, authenticate Note Certificates in
accordance with this Agreement upon any transfer of interests in a
Global Note Certificate, Individual Note Certificate or otherwise
upon any transfer of any Current Issuer Notes;
(b) on behalf of the Registrar, make available forms of transfer,
Forms of Proxy and any certificates as to beneficial ownership in
respect of the Current Issuer Notes, receive requests for the
transfer of Note Certificates, forms of transfer, Forms of Proxy,
certificates and other evidence, inform the Registrar of the name
and address of the holder of each such Note Certificate, the
serial numbers of any Note Certificates, the name and address of
the relevant person to be inserted in the Register, forward each
such document to the Registrar and, upon being informed by the
Registrar that the appropriate entries have been made in the
Register and all formalities complied with, forthwith upon request
by the Registrar issue new Note Certificates on behalf of the
Registrar representing the relevant new Note Certificates to be
transferred;
(c) keep the Registrar informed of all transfers and exchanges and
give to the Paying Agents and the Registrar such further
information with regard to its activities hereunder as may
reasonably be required by them for the proper carrying out of
their respective duties; and
(d) carry out such other acts as may be necessary to give effect to
the Current Issuer Conditions, this Agreement and the Regulations.
11. Agents to act for Note Trustee
11.1 Actions of Agents after Notice by Note Trustee of a Note Event of
Default: At any time after a Note Event of Default in respect of the
Current Issuer Notes or any of them shall have occurred (which shall
not have been waived by the Note Trustee or remedied to its
satisfaction), the Paying Agents, the Agent Bank, the Transfer Agent
and the Registrar shall, if so required by notice in writing given by
the Note Trustee to the Current Issuer and the Agents (or such of them
as are specified in such notice):
(a) act thereafter, and until otherwise instructed by the Note
Trustee, as the Agents of the Note Trustee on the terms mutatis
mutandis provided herein (with consequential amendments as
necessary and save that the Note Trustee's liability under any
provision herein contained for the remuneration indemnification
and payment of out-of pocket expenses of such Agents shall be
limited to the amount for the time being held by the Note Trustee
on the trusts of the Current Issuer Trust Deed which is available
to be applied by the Note Trustee for such purpose) and thereafter
hold all Note Certificates and all sums, documents and records
held by them in their respective capacities in respect of the
Current Issuer Notes on behalf of the Note Trustee; and/or
(b) deliver up all Note Certificates and all sums, documents and
records held by them in respect of the Current Issuer Notes to the
Note Trustee or as the Note Trustee shall direct in such notice,
provided that such notice shall be deemed
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not to apply to any document or record which any Agent is obliged
not to release by any applicable law or regulation.
11.2 Withdrawal of Notice: The Note Trustee may, at any time if a Note Event
of Default is remedied to the reasonable satisfaction of the Note
Trustee during any applicable grace period, by notice in writing to the
Current Issuer and the relevant Agents, withdraw any notice given by
the Note Trustee pursuant to Clause 11.1 (Actions of Agents after
Notice by Note Trustee of a Note Event of Default) whereupon such
Agents shall act as agents of the Current Issuer in accordance with the
terms hereof. The withdrawal of any notice given by the Note Trustee
pursuant to Clause 11.1 (Actions of Agents after Notice by Note Trustee
of a Note Event of Default) shall not preclude the Note Trustee from
issuing any other or further notices pursuant to that Clause on any
subsequent occasion and at any time after the occurrence of a Note
Event of Default, no notice given by the Note Trustee pursuant to
Clause 11.1 (Actions of Agents after Notice by Note Trustee of a Note
Event of Default) shall be withdrawn except at the absolute discretion
of the Note Trustee.
12. Fees and Expenses
12.1 Fees: The Current Issuer shall pay to each Agent, during the period
when any of the Current Issuer Notes remains outstanding, such fees as
have been agreed in writing between the Current Issuer and each Agent
in respect of the respective services of each Agent hereunder (together
with any amounts in respect of value added tax (against production of a
valid tax invoice)). If any agent shall cease to be an Agent hereunder,
it shall repay to the Current Issuer, the unearned portion, calculated
on a pro rata basis of the said fees.
12.2 Front-end Expenses: The Current Issuer shall after receipt of an
account of such expenses reimburse each Agent for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in the negotiation, preparation
and execution of this Agreement and for all reasonable expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and any
communication, courier, postage and other out-of-pocket expenses)
properly incurred in connection with its services hereunder (together
with any amounts in respect of value added tax (against production of a
valid tax invoice)) provided that such expenses shall not have been
incurred as a result of the Agent's negligence, wilful misconduct or
bad faith, other than such costs and expenses as are separately agreed
to be reimbursed out of the fees payable under Clause 12.1 (Fees).
12.3 Taxes and Expenses Occasioned by Default: The Current Issuer shall pay
all stamp, registration and other similar taxes, duties and
governmental levies of whatsoever nature (including any interest and
penalties thereon or in connection therewith) which are payable upon or
in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
12.4 Payment: All amounts to be paid by the Current Issuer to any Agent
under this Clause 12 (Fees and Expenses) shall only be payable in
accordance with and subject to the Current Issuer Priority of Payments
which is applicable to the Current Issuer at the time of payment.
13. Terms of Appointment
13.1 Rights and Powers of the Paying Agents:
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(a) The Paying Agents shall (except as ordered by a court of competent
jurisdiction or as required by law) in connection with their
services hereunder (whether or not the relevant Current Issuer
Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary or writing shown thereon or any notice of previous loss
or theft or of trust or other interest therein (other than a duly
executed form of transfer)) be entitled to treat the registered
holder of any Current Issuer Note as the absolute owner of such
Current Issuer Note for all purposes and (save as expressly
provided hereunder) make payments thereon.
(b) Each Agent may in connection with its services hereunder:
(i) rely upon the terms of any notice, communication or other
document reasonably believed by it to be genuine;
(ii) engage and pay for the advice or services of any lawyers
or other experts (being an appointee who shall have been
previously approved in writing by the Note Trustee) whose
advice or services it considers necessary and rely upon
any written advice so obtained (and such Agent shall be
protected and shall incur no liability as against the
Current Issuer in respect of any action taken, or
suffered to be taken in good faith, in accordance with
such advice except to the extent that such liability
arises out of any breach of contract, bad faith,
misconduct or negligence on the part of such Agent);
(iii) assume that the terms of each Global Note Certificate and
Individual Note Certificate as issued are correct;
(iv) refer any question relating to the ownership of any Note
Certificate, or the adequacy or sufficiency of any
evidence supplied in connection with the replacement,
transfer or exchange of any Note Certificate to the
Current Issuer for determination by the Current Issuer
and in good faith conclusively rely upon any
determination so made; and
(v) whenever in the administration of this Agreement it shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action
hereunder, in the absence of bad faith or negligence or
wilful misconduct on its part, accept a certificate
signed by any person duly authorised on behalf of the
Current Issuer as to any fact or matter prima facie
within the knowledge of the Current Issuer as sufficient
evidence thereof.
13.2 Provision of Specimen Signatures: The Current Issuer will supply the
Paying Agents, the Transfer Agent and the Registrar with the names and
specimen signatures of its Authorised Signatories.
13.3 Extent of Duties: Each Agent shall only be obliged to perform the
duties set out herein and such other duties as are necessarily
incidental thereto. No Agent shall (i) be under any fiduciary duty
towards or have any relationship of agency or trust for or with any
person other than the Current Issuer and (to the extent expressly
provided herein only) the Note Trustee (ii) be responsible for or
liable in respect of the authorisation, validity or legality or
enforceability of any Current Issuer Note or any
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Note Certificate (other than in respect of the authentication of Note
Certificates by it in accordance with this Agreement) or any act or
omission of any other person including, without limitation, any other
Agent (except to the extent that such liability arises out of any
breach of contract, bad faith, misconduct or negligence on the part of
any such Agent), (iii) be under any obligation towards any person other
than the Current Issuer, the other Agents and the Note Trustee or (iv)
assume any relationship of agency or trust for or with any Noteholder
except that funds received by the Paying Agents for the payment of any
sums due in respect of any Current Issuer Notes shall be held by them
on trust for the relevant Noteholders to the extent required by the
Trust Indenture Act until the expiration of the relevant prescription
period under the Current Issuer Trust Deed.
13.4 Freedom to Transact: Each Agent may purchase, hold and dispose of
beneficial interests in a Current Issuer Note and may enter into any
transaction (including, without limitation, any depository, trust or
agency transaction) with the Current Issuer or any holders or owners of
any Current Issuer Notes or with any other party hereto in the same
manner as if it had not been appointed as the agent of the Current
Issuer or the Note Trustee in relation to the Current Issuer Notes.
13.5 Indemnity in favour of the Agents: The Current Issuer agrees to
indemnify each Agent for, and to hold such Agent harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred by it arising out of, or in
connection with, its acting as agent of the Current Issuer or the Note
Trustee in relation to the Current Issuer Notes provided that such
loss, liability and/or expense has not arisen as a result of its own
fraud, negligence, wilful misconduct or breach of contract. No
termination of this Agreement shall affect the obligations created by
this Clause 13.5 (Indemnity in favour of the Agents).
13.6 Indemnity in favour of the Current Issuer: Each Agent shall severally
indemnify the Current Issuer and, for the purposes of Clause 11 (Agents
to act for Note Trustee), the Note Trustee, against any loss,
liability, reasonable costs and expenses including any claim, action or
demand which the Current Issuer or Note Trustee may incur or which may
be made against it as a result of the breach by such Agent of the terms
of this Agreement or its negligence, breach of contract, bad faith or
wilful misconduct or that of its officers or employees including any
failure to obtain and maintain in existence any consent, authorisation,
permission or licence required by it for the assumption, exercise and
performance of its powers and duties hereunder. No termination of this
Agreement shall affect the obligations created by this Clause 13.6
(Indemnity in favour of the Current Issuer).
14. No Liability for Consequential Loss
No Paying Agent shall in any event be liable to the Current Issuer or
to any other party to the Current Issuer Transaction Documents for
any special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of
any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits),
whether or not foreseeable and in each case however caused or
arising.
15. Termination of Appointment
15.1 Resignation: Subject to Clause 15.8 (Limitations on Resignation and
Revocation), each Paying Agent in respect of any or all classes of
Current Issuer Notes or the Agent Bank, the Registrar or the Transfer
Agent may resign its appointment upon not
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less than 60 days' written notice to the Current Issuer, the Current
Issuer Cash Manager and the Note Trustee to that effect, provided,
however, that
(a) if such resignation would otherwise take effect less than 30 days
before or after the maturity date or other date for redemption of
the Current Issuer Notes or any Payment Date in relation to the
Current Issuer Notes, it shall not take effect until the thirtieth
day following such date; and
(b) in the case of the Registrar, the only remaining Paying Agent with
its Specified Office in the United Kingdom, the Agent Bank or the
only remaining Paying Agent with its Specified Office outside the
United Kingdom, such resignation shall not take effect until a
successor has been duly appointed in accordance with Clause 15.4
(Additional and Successor Agents) and notice of such appointment
has been given to the Noteholders.
15.2 Revocation: Subject to Clause 15.7 (Maintenance of a Paying Agent in
the European Union) and Clause 15.8 (Limitations on Resignation and
Revocation), the Current Issuer may at any time with the prior written
consent of the Note Trustee revoke its appointment of any Agent as its
agent in relation to the Current Issuer Notes by not less than 60 days'
written notice to the Note Trustee and such Agent whose appointment is
to be revoked, which notice shall expire not less than 30 days before a
Payment Date, provided, however, that in the case of the Registrar, the
Principal Paying Agent, the Agent Bank or the only remaining Paying
Agent with its Specified Office outside the United Kingdom, such
resignation shall not take effect until a successor has been duly
appointed consistently with Clause 15.4 (Additional and Successor
Agents) and notice of such appointment has been given to the
Noteholders.
15.3 Automatic Termination: The appointment of any Agent shall terminate
forthwith if at any time:
(a) such Agent becomes incapable of acting;
(b) a secured party takes possession, or a receiver, manager or other
similar officer is appointed, of the whole or any part of the
undertaking, assets and revenues of such Agent;
(c) such Agent admits in writing its insolvency or inability to pay
its debts as they fall due or suspends payments of its debts;
(d) an administrator or liquidator of such Agent or the whole or any
part of the undertaking, assets and revenues of such Agent is
appointed (or application for any such appointment is made);
(e) such Agent takes any action for a readjustment or deferment of any
of its obligations or makes a general assignment or an arrangement
or composition `with or for the benefit of its creditors or
declares a moratorium in respect of any of its indebtedness;
(f) an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the
winding up of such Agent; or
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(g) any event occurs which has an analogous effect to any of the
foregoing in relation to such Agent.
On the occurrence of any of the above, the relevant Agent shall
forthwith notify the Current Issuer, the Current Issuer Cash Manager,
the Note Trustee and the Paying Agents. If the appointment of the
Registrar or the only remaining Principal Agent with a Specified Office
in the United Kingdom, the Agent Bank or the only remaining Paying
Agent with its Specified Office outside of the United Kingdom is
terminated in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Current
Issuer shall forthwith appoint a successor in accordance with Clause
15.4 (Additional and Successor Agents).
15.4 Additional and Successor Agents: The Current Issuer may with the prior
written approval of the Note Trustee appoint a successor principal
paying agent, US paying agent, agent bank or registrar and additional
or successor transfer agents or paying agents and shall forthwith give
notice of any such appointment to the continuing Agents, the
Noteholders, the Current Issuer Cash Manager and the Note Trustee,
whereupon the successor or additional agents shall acquire and become
subject to the same rights and obligations between themselves as if
they had entered into an agreement in the form mutatis mutandis of this
Agreement.
15.5 Agent may appoint Successor: If any Agent gives notice of its
resignation in accordance with Clause 15.1 (Resignation) and by the
tenth day before the expiration of such notice a successor agent has
not been duly appointed in accordance with Clause 15.4 (Additional and
Successor Agents), such Agent may itself, following such consultation
with the Current Issuer as is practicable in the circumstances and with
the prior written approval of the Note Trustee and the Current Issuer
(provided such failure to appoint was not due to default by the Current
Issuer), appoint as its successor agent any reputable and experienced
bank or financial institution and give notice of such appointment to
the Current Issuer, the Note Trustee, the Current Issuer Cash Manager,
the remaining Agents and the Noteholders.
15.6 Rights of Successor Agent: Upon the execution by the Current Issuer and
any successor agent of an instrument effecting the appointment of a
successor agent, such successor agent shall, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, become vested with all the authority, rights,
powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of its predecessor
with like effect as if originally named as the relevant agent herein
and such predecessor, upon payment to it of the pro rata proportion of
its administration fee and disbursements then unpaid (if any), shall
thereupon become obliged to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such
successor agent shall be entitled to receive, all monies, records and
documents (including any Note Certificates of the relevant class or
classes of Current Issuer Notes, if any) held by such predecessor
hereunder.
15.7 Maintenance of a Paying Agent in the European Union: The Current Issuer
undertakes that it shall ensure that it maintains a Paying Agent in a
European Union member state that will not be obliged to withhold or
deduct tax (i) pursuant to the Directive on the taxation of savings
adopted by the Council of Economic and Finance Ministers of the
European Union on 3 June 2003, or (ii) any law implementing or
complying with, or introduced in order to conform to such Directive.
15.8 Limitations on Resignation and Revocation: Notwithstanding Clause 15.1
(Resignation) and Clause 15.2 (Revocation):
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(a) if at any time there should be only one Paying Agent, no
resignation by or termination of the appointment of the Paying
Agent shall take effect until a successor paying agent in respect
of the affected class or classes of Current Issuer Notes approved
in writing by the Note Trustee has been appointed on terms
previously approved in writing by the Note Trustee;
(b) no resignation by or termination of the appointment of any Paying
Agent shall take effect if as a result of such resignation or
termination there would cease to be a Paying Agent in respect of
the affected class or classes of Current Issuer Notes having a
Specified Office in London or New York (as the case may be);
(c) no appointment or termination of the appointment of a Paying Agent
shall take effect unless and until notice thereof shall have been
given to the relevant Noteholders in accordance with the Current
Issuer Conditions;
(d) no resignation by or revocation of the appointment of the Agent
Bank shall take effect until a new Agent Bank having its Specified
Office in London has been appointed;
(e) no resignation by or termination of the appointment of the
Registrar shall take effect until a new Registrar having its
Specified Office in London has been appointed; and
(f) the appointment of any additional Paying Agent shall be mutatis
mutandis on the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement and each of the parties hereto shall co-operate fully to
do all such further acts and things and execute any further
documents as may be necessary or desirable to give effect to the
appointment of such Paying Agent.
15.9 Effect of Resignation, Revocation and Termination: Upon any resignation
or revocation taking effect under Clause 15.1 (Resignation) or Clause
15.2 (Revocation) or any termination under Clause 15.3 (Automatic
Termination), the relevant Agent shall:
(a) without prejudice to any accrued liabilities and obligations, be
released and discharged from any further obligations under this
Agreement (save that it shall remain entitled to the benefit of,
and subject to, Clauses 12 (Fees and Expenses), Clause 13 (Terms
of Appointment) and Clause 15 (Termination of Appointment));
(b) repay to the Current Issuer such part of any fee paid to it in
accordance with Clause 12.1 (Fees) as shall relate to any period
thereafter;
(c) deliver to the Current Issuer and to its successor agent a copy,
certified as true and up-to-date by an officer of such Agent of
the records maintained by it pursuant to this Agreement;
(d) forthwith transfer all monies and papers (including any unissued
Note Certificates held by it hereunder) to its successor in that
capacity and provide reasonable assistance to its successor for
the discharge by it of its duties and responsibilities hereunder;
and
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(e) in the case of any Paying Agent, pay to the successor paying agent
any amount held by it for payment of principal or interest in
respect of the relevant Current Issuer Notes.
15.10 Change of Specified Office: If any Agent shall determine to change its
Specified Office (which, in the case of each Paying Agent, may only be
effected within the same city where each Paying Agent currently has its
Specified Office), it shall give to the Current Issuer and the Note
Trustee written notice of such determination giving the address of the
new Specified Office and stating the date on which such change is to
take effect, which date shall not be less than 30 days after the date
of such notice, provided that no such notice shall take effect within
the period of 30 days before or after any Payment Date. The Current
Issuer shall, within 40 days of receipt of such notice (unless the
appointment is pursuant to a revocation or termination under Clause
15.2 (Revocation) or Clause 15.3 (Automatic Termination) above on or
prior to the date of such change), give to the Noteholders notice of
such change as approved by the Note Trustee and of the address of the
Specified Office in accordance with the Current Issuer Conditions but
the costs of giving such notice shall be borne by such Agent changing
its office and not by the Current Issuer.
15.11 Merger: Any legal entity into which any Agent is merged or converted or
any legal entity resulting from any merger or conversion to which such
Agent is a party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be
the successor to such Agent without any further formality, whereupon
the Current Issuer, the Note Trustee, the other Agents and such
successor shall acquire and become subject to the same rights and
obligations between themselves as if they had entered into an agreement
in the form mutatis mutandis of this Agreement. Written notice of any
such merger or conversion shall forthwith be given by such successor to
the Current Issuer, the Note Trustee and the other Agents.
16. Non-Petition and Limited Recourse
16.1 Limited Recourse: Each party hereto agrees that notwithstanding any
other provisions hereof, all payments to be made by the Current Issuer
under this Agreement will be payable only from, and to the extent of,
the sums paid to, or net proceeds recovered by or on behalf of, the
Current Issuer or the Note Trustee in respect of the Current Issuer
Charged Property less any amount which is required to be paid to any
other person in priority to or in the same priority as the relevant
party hereto subject to and in accordance with the Current Issuer
Priority of Payments and there will be no other assets of the Current
Issuer available for any further payments and following the realisation
of the Current Issuer Charged Property and the distribution of the
proceeds thereof in accordance with the Current Issuer Deed of Charge
none of the parties hereto shall be entitled to take any further steps
against the Current Issuer to recover any sums due hereunder but still
unpaid and all outstanding claims in respect of such sums due but still
unpaid shall be extinguished. The parties hereto look solely to such
sums and proceeds and the rights of the Current Issuer in respect of
the Current Issuer Charged Property (net as aforesaid) for payments to
be made by the Current Issuer. The obligations of the Current Issuer to
make such payments hereunder will be limited to such sums and the
proceeds of realisation of the Current Issuer Charged Property (net as
aforesaid) and the parties hereto will have no further recourse in
respect thereof.
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16.2 Non-Petition: Each of the Agents hereby covenants and agrees with the
Current Issuer and the Note Trustee that:
(a) only the Note Trustee may enforce the security created in favour
of the Note Trustee by the Current Issuer Deed of Charge in
accordance with its provisions; and
(b) save as provided in the Current Issuer Trust Deed, it shall not
take any steps for the purpose of recovering any sums due under
this Agreement or enforcing any rights arising out of this
Agreement or institute against the Current Issuer or join any
other person in instituting against the Current Issuer any
winding-up, administration, reorganisation, liquidation,
bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceedings of the Current Issuer
for so long as the Current Issuer Notes are outstanding and until
two years and one day has elapsed after all amounts outstanding
under the Current Issuer Secured Obligations have been paid in
full.
16.3 Payment to Note Trustee: Each of the Agents hereby undertakes with the
Note Trustee and the Current Issuer that if, whether in the liquidation
of the Current Issuer or otherwise any payment is made to or amount
recovered by any Agent otherwise than in accordance with the Current
Issuer Deed of Charge, the amount so paid or recovered shall be paid by
such Agent to the Note Trustee.
17. Notices
Any notices or other communication or document to be given or delivered
pursuant to this Agreement to any of the parties hereto shall be
sufficiently served if sent by prepaid first class post, by hand or by
facsimile transmission and shall be deemed to be given (in the case of
facsimile transmission) when despatched or (where delivered by hand) on
the day of delivery if delivered before 17.00 hours on a business day
in the place of the addressee or otherwise on the next business day in
the place of the addressee if delivered thereafter or (in the case of
first class post) when it would be received in the ordinary course of
the post and shall be sent:
(a) in the case of the Current Issuer, to Granite Mortgages 04-1 plc,
▇/▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ (facsimile
number 020 7606 0643) for the attention of: Company Secretary with
a copy to Northern Rock plc, Northern ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ (facsimile number 0191 213 2203) for
the attention of the Group Secretary;
(b) in the case of the Note Trustee, to The Bank of New York (London
Branch) at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
(facsimile number 020 7964 6061/6399) for the attention of: Global
Structured Products Unit (Corporate Trust);
(c) in the case of the Current Issuer Cash Manager to Northern Rock
plc, Northern ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
(facsimile number 0191 213 2203) for the attention of the Group
Secretary;
(d) in the case of any Agent, to it at the address or fax number
specified against its name in Schedule 1 (Specified Offices of the
Agents) hereto (or in the case of
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an Agent not originally a party hereto, specified by notice to the
parties hereto at the time of its appointment) for the attention
of the person or department specified therein,
or to such other address or facsimile number or for the attention of
such other person or entity as may from time to time be notified by any
party to the others by fifteen days prior written notice in accordance
with the provisions of this Clause 17 (Notices).
18. Third Party Rights
A person who is not a party to this Agreement may not enforce any of
its terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, but
this shall not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists
or is available apart from that Act.
19. Time of the Essence
Any date or period specified in this Agreement may be postponed or
extended by mutual agreement among the parties, but as regards any date
or period originally fixed or so postponed or extended, time shall be
of the essence.
20. Variation and Waiver
No variation or waiver of this Agreement shall be effective unless it
is in writing and signed by a duly authorised signatory of each party.
No single or partial exercise of, or failure or delay in exercising,
any right under this Agreement shall constitute a waiver or preclude
any other or further exercise of that or any other right.
21. Execution in Counterparts; Severability
21.1 Counterparts: This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts (manually or by facsimile) and by different parties hereto
in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
21.2 Severability: Where any provision in or obligation under this Agreement
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or
obligations under this Agreement, or of such provision or obligation in
any other jurisdiction, shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
22. Governing Law and Jurisdiction; Process Agent; Appropriate Forum
22.1 Governing Law: This Agreement is governed by, and shall be construed in
accordance with, English law.
22.2 Jurisdiction: The parties hereto irrevocably agree for the benefit of
the Current Issuer and the Note Trustee that the courts of England are
to have jurisdiction to settle any suit, action or proceeding, and to
settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this
Agreement and, for such purposes, irrevocably submit to the
jurisdiction of such courts.
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22.3 Process Agent: The US Paying Agent irrevocably and unconditionally
appoints the Principal Paying Agent at its registered office for the
time being as its agent for service of process in England in respect of
any proceedings in respect of this Agreement and undertakes that in the
event of the Principal Paying Agent ceasing so to act it will appoint
another person with a registered office in London as its agent for
service of process.
22.4 Appropriate Forum: Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives any
objection which it might now or hereafter have to the courts of England
being nominated as the forum to hear and determine any Proceedings and
to settle any disputes, and agrees not to claim that any such court is
not a convenient or appropriate forum.
23. Exclusion of Liability
The Note Trustee is a party to this Agreement only to receive the
benefit of the provisions in this Agreement and has no liability under
this Agreement.
AS WITNESS the hands of the duly authorised representatives of the parties
hereto the day and year first before written.
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SCHEDULE 1
SPECIFIED OFFICES OF THE AGENTS
The Principal Paying Agent
Citibank, N.A.
▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
The US Paying Agent
Citibank, N.A.
Global Agency and Trust
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
▇.▇.▇.
The Agent Bank
Citibank, N.A.
▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
The Registrar
Citibank, N.A.
▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
The Transfer Agent
Citibank, N.A.
▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
The Note Trustee
The Bank of New York (London Branch)
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
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SCHEDULE 2
REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE TRANSFER, EXCHANGE AND
REGISTRATION OF THE CURRENT ISSUER NOTES
1. The Current Issuer Notes are in their respective Authorised
Denominations of (GBP)1,000, (GBP)10,000, $1,000, $10,000 or
(euro)50,000 depending on the currency of denomination, or in such
other denominations as the Note Trustee shall determine and notify to
the relevant Noteholders. Each Dollar Note shall be held in an
Authorised Dollar Holding, each Sterling Note shall be held in an
Authorised Sterling Holding and each Euro Note shall be held in an
Authorised Euro Holding.
2. Subject to paragraphs 4, 6 and 11 below, a Current Issuer Note may be
transferred by execution of the relevant form of transfer under the
hand of the transferor or, where the transferor is a corporation, under
its common seal or under the hand of two of its officers duly
authorised in writing. Where the form of transfer is executed by an
attorney or, in the case of a corporation, under seal or under the hand
of two of its officers duly authorised in writing, a copy of the
relevant power of attorney certified by a financial institution in good
standing or a notary public or in such other manner as the Registrar
may require or, as the case may be, copies certified in the manner
aforesaid of the documents authorising such officers to sign and
witness the affixing of the seal must be delivered with the form of
transfer. In this Schedule, "transferor" shall, where the context
permits or requires, include joint transferors and shall be construed
accordingly.
3. The Note Certificate issued in respect of a Current Issuer Note to be
transferred or exchanged must be surrendered for registration, together
with a duly completed and executed form of transfer (including any
certification as to compliance with restrictions on transfer included
in such form of transfer) at the Specified Office of the Registrar or
the Transfer Agent, together with such evidence as the Registrar or (as
the case may be) the Transfer Agent may reasonably require to prove the
title of the transferor and the authority of the persons who have
executed the form of transfer. The signature of the person effecting a
transfer or exchange of a Current Issuer Note shall conform to any list
of duly authorised specimen signatures supplied by the holder of such
Current Issuer Note or be certified by a financial institution in good
standing, notary public or in such other manner as the Registrar or the
Transfer Agent may require.
4. No Noteholder may require the transfer of a Current Issuer Note to be
registered during the period of 15 calendar days ending on a Payment
Date in respect of such Current Issuer Note.
5. No Noteholder which has executed a Form of Proxy in relation to any
Meeting may require the transfer of a Current Issuer Note covered by
such Form of Proxy to be registered until the earlier of the conclusion
of the Meeting and its adjournment for want of quorum.
6. The executors or administrator of a deceased holder of a Current Issuer
Note (not being one of several joint holders) and, in the case of the
death of one or more of several joint holders, the survivor or
survivors of such joint holders, shall be the only
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persons recognised by the Current Issuer as having any title to such
Current Issuer Note.
7. Any person becoming entitled to any Current Issuer Notes in consequence
of the death or bankruptcy of the holder of such Current Issuer Notes
may, upon producing such evidence that he holds the position in respect
of which he proposes to act under this paragraph or of his title as the
Registrar or the Transfer Agent shall require (including legal
opinions), become registered himself as the holder of such Current
Issuer Notes or, subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the
Current Issuer Notes and the relevant Current Issuer Conditions as to
transfer, may transfer such Current Issuer Notes. The Current Issuer,
the Transfer Agent and the Registrar shall be at liberty to retain any
amount payable upon the Current Issuer Notes to which any person is so
entitled until such person shall be registered as aforesaid or shall
duly transfer such Current Issuer Notes.
8. Unless otherwise required by him and agreed by the Current Issuer and
the Registrar, the holder of any Current Issuer Notes shall be entitled
to receive only one Note Certificate in respect of his holding.
9. The joint holders of any Current Issuer Note shall be entitled to one
Note Certificate only in respect of their joint holding which shall,
except where they otherwise direct, be delivered to the joint holder
whose name appears first in the Register in respect of the joint
holding.
10. Where there is more than one transferee (to hold other than as joint
holders), separate forms of transfer (obtainable from the specified
office of the Registrar or the Transfer Agent) must be completed in
respect of each new holding.
11. A holder of Current Issuer Notes may transfer all or part of his
holding provided that both the principal amount of Current Issuer Notes
transferred and the principal amount of the balance transferred are in
an amount equal to an Authorised Denomination. Where a holder of
Current Issuer Notes has transferred part only of his holding comprised
therein, there shall be delivered to him a new Note Certificate in
respect of the balance of such holding.
12. The Current Issuer, the Transfer Agent and the Registrar shall, save in
the case of the issue of replacement Current Issuer Notes pursuant to
the Current Issuer Conditions, make no charge to the holders for the
registration of any holding of Current Issuer Notes or any transfer
thereof or for the issue of any Current Issuer Notes or for the
delivery thereof at the Specified Office of the Transfer Agent or the
Registrar or by uninsured post to the address specified by the holder,
but such registration, transfer, issue or delivery shall be effected
against such indemnity from the holder or the transferee thereof as the
Registrar or the Transfer Agent may require in respect of any tax or
other duty of whatever nature which may be levied or imposed in
connection with such registration, transfer, issue or delivery.
13. Provided a transfer of a Current Issuer Note is duly made in accordance
with all applicable requirements and restrictions upon transfer and the
Note Certificate(s) issued in relation to such Current Issuer Note
transferred are presented to the Transfer Agent and/or the Registrar in
accordance with the Current Issuer Paying Agency and Agent Bank
Agreement and these Regulations and subject to unforeseen
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circumstances beyond the control of the Transfer Agent or the Registrar
arising, the Transfer Agent and the Registrar will, within five
business days of the request for transfer being duly made, deliver at
its Specified Office or despatch to the transferee by uninsured post
(at the request and risk of the transferee) to such address as the
transferee entitled to the Current Issuer Notes in relation to which
such Note Certificate is issued may have specified, a Note Certificate
in respect of which entries have been made in the Register, all
formalities complied with and the name of the transferee completed on
the Note Certificate by or on behalf of the Registrar; and, for the
purposes of this paragraph, "business day" means a day (other than a
Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial banks are open for business
(including dealings in foreign currencies) in the cities in which the
Registrar and the Transfer Agent have their respective Specified
Office.
14. No transfer may be effected unless:
(a) such Current Issuer Note is transferred in a transaction that does
not require registration under the Securities Act and is not in
violation of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940;
(b) such transfer is effected in accordance with the provision of any
restrictions on transfer specified in the legends (if any) set
forth on the face of the Note Certificate issued in relation to
such Current Issuer Note;
(c) the transferee delivers to the Registrar or the Transfer Agent a
form of transfer (including any certification as to compliance
with restrictions on transfer included in such form of transfer)
endorsed on the Note Certificate issued in relation to such
Current Issuer Note; and
(d) if the Current Issuer so requests, the Transfer Agent and the
Registrar receive an opinion of counsel satisfactory to all of
them.
15. Except for in connection with the issue of replacement Note
Certificates pursuant to Clause 6 (Replacement Note Certificates)
hereof, no charge shall be made to the Noteholders in connection with,
inter alia,
(a) the registration of any holding of Current Issuer Notes; or
(b) the transfer of Current Issuer Notes subject to any registration,
transfer, issue or delivery which may be effected against an
indemnity from the Noteholder or transferee as any relevant Paying
Agent or, as the case may be, the Transfer Agent may require in
respect of any tax or other duty levied or imposed in connection
with such registration, transfer, issue or delivery.
16. If Current Issuer Notes are issued upon the transfer, exchange or
replacement of Note Certificates not bearing the Regulation S Legend
(as defined below), the Note Certificates so issued shall not bear the
Regulation S Legend. If Note Certificates are issued upon the transfer,
exchange or replacement of Note Certificates bearing the Regulation S
Legend, the Note Certificates so issued shall bear the Regulation S
Legend. Each Note Certificate issued in exchange therefor shall bear a
legend (the "Regulation S Legend") in substantially the following form:
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"THIS CURRENT ISSUER NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER
THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT") OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND, AS
A MATTER OF U.S. LAW, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER
OF THE CLOSING DATE AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE OFFERING OF THE CURRENT
ISSUER NOTES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES."
17. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, so long as
Current Issuer Notes are represented by a Global Note Certificate which
is held by or on behalf of DTC, transfers, exchanges or replacements of
the Current Issuer Notes represented by such Global Note Certificate
shall only be made in accordance with the legends relating to DTC set
forth thereon.
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EXECUTION PAGE
The Current Issuer
Executed by
GRANITE MORTGAGES 04-1 PLC
as follows: By
Signed for and on its behalf by one of its duly ---------------------------------------------
authorised attorneys/signatories Duly Authorised Attorney/Signatory
Name
---------------------------------------------
The Principal Paying Agent, the Agent Bank,
the Registrar, and the Transfer Agent
Executed by
CITIBANK, N.A.
as follows: By:
Signed for and on its behalf by one of its duly ---------------------------------------------
authorised attorneys/signatories Duly Authorised Attorney/Signatory
Name
---------------------------------------------
The US Paying Agent
Executed by
CITIBANK, N.A.
as follows: By:
Signed for and on its behalf by one of its duly ---------------------------------------------
authorised attorneys/signatories Duly Authorised Attorney/Signatory
Name
---------------------------------------------
The Note Trustee
Executed by
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as follows: By:
Signed for and on its behalf by one of its duly ---------------------------------------------
authorised attorneys/signatories Duly Authorised Attorney/Signatory
Name
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