Exhibit 99.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED GLOBAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
dated as of March 31, 2004
among
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Issuer,
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
as Domestic Paying Agent and Registrar,
DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON,
as London Paying Agent and London Issuing Agent,
DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A.,
as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Luxembourg Transfer Agent,
and
KREDIETBANK S.A. LUXEMBOURGEOISE,
as Listing Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. Definitions and Interpretation..................................2
SECTION 2. Appointment of Agents...........................................6
SECTION 3. Supply of Notes; Authorized Representatives.....................7
SECTION 4. Issuance Instructions...........................................8
SECTION 5. Issue of Registered Global Notes................................8
SECTION 6. Issue of Temporary Bearer Global Notes.........................10
SECTION 7. Issue of Permanent Bearer Global Notes.........................10
SECTION 8. Issue of Definitive Bearer Notes...............................11
SECTION 9. Issue of Definitive Registered Notes...........................11
SECTION 10. Exchanges......................................................12
SECTION 11. Note Register; Registration, Transfer and Exchange;
Persons Deemed Owners..........................................13
SECTION 12. Terms of Issue.................................................15
SECTION 13. Payments.......................................................16
SECTION 14. Determination and Notifications with respect to Notes..........17
SECTION 15. Notice of any Withholding or Deduction.........................18
SECTION 16. Redemption of Notes............................................18
SECTION 17. Repayment of Notes.............................................20
SECTION 18. Notices to Holders.............................................20
SECTION 19. Cancellation of Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons............21
SECTION 20. Issue of Replacement Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons.......22
SECTION 21. Copies of This Agreement and Each Pricing Supplement
Available for Inspection.......................................24
SECTION 22. Commissions and Expenses.......................................24
SECTION 23. Indemnity......................................................24
SECTION 24. Repayment by the Paying Agents.................................25
SECTION 25. Conditions of Appointment......................................25
SECTION 26. Communication Between the Parties..............................26
SECTION 27. Changes in Agents..............................................26
SECTION 28. Merger and Consolidation.......................................28
SECTION 29. Notifications..................................................28
SECTION 30. Change of Specified Office.....................................28
SECTION 31. Notices........................................................28
SECTION 32. Taxes and Stamp Duties.........................................28
SECTION 33. Currency Indemnity.............................................29
SECTION 34. Amendments.....................................................29
SECTION 35. References to Additional Amounts...............................30
SECTION 36. Descriptive Headings...........................................30
SECTION 37. Governing Law..................................................30
SECTION 38. Counterparts...................................................30
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Exhibits
EXHIBIT A - Form of Registered Global Note
EXHIBIT B - Form of Definitive Registered Note
EXHIBIT C - Form of Temporary Bearer Global Note
EXHIBIT D - Form of Permanent Bearer Global Note
EXHIBIT E - Form of Definitive Bearer Note
EXHIBIT F - Form of Coupon
EXHIBIT G - Form of Talon
EXHIBIT H - Form of Receipt
EXHIBIT I - Form of Amended and Restated Interest Calculation Agency Agreement
EXHIBIT J - Form of Amended and Restated Exchange Rate Agent Agreement
EXHIBIT K - Form of Reverse of Note
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AMENDED AND RESTATED GLOBAL AGENCY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 31, 2004
among:
(i) SUNTRUST BANK, a bank organized under the laws of the State of Georgia
(the "Bank") as issuer;
(ii) Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as registrar (the "Registrar")
and paying agent (the "Domestic Paying Agent"), which expressions shall also
include any successors appointed in accordance with Section 27 of this
Agreement;
(iii) Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, a corporation domiciled in
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, operating in the United Kingdom under branch number
BR000005, acting through its London branch at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ("Deutsche Bank AG London"), acting as London
paying agent (the "London Paying Agent") and London issuing agent (the "London
Issuing Agent"), which expressions shall also include any successors appointed
in accordance with Section 27 of this Agreement;
(iv) Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., (the "Luxembourg Agent"), in its
capacity as transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent") and as Luxembourg paying agent
(the "Luxembourg Paying Agent" and, together with the London Paying Agent and
the Domestic Paying Agent, the "Paying Agents" and each individually, a "Paying
Agent"), which expressions shall include any successors appointed in accordance
with Section 27 of this Agreement; and
(v) Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoise, as listing agent (the "Listing
Agent"), which expressions shall also include any successors appointed in
accordance with Section 27 of this Agreement.
WHEREAS:
A. The Bank has established the Global Bank Note Program described in the
Offering Circular, dated the date hereof (as such document may hereafter be
amended, supplemented or replaced by the Bank, including the material
incorporated therein by reference, the "Offering Circular"), which will be
supplemented by one or more pricing supplements (each a "Supplement") setting
forth additional terms and conditions of Bank Notes, pursuant to which the Bank
may from time to time issue up to US$20,000,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof
in other currencies) aggregate principal amount (whether issued prior to or on
or after the date hereof) at any one time outstanding of its Bank Notes (the
"Notes");
B. In connection with the Global Bank Note Program, the Bank entered into a
Global Agency Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2000 (the "Existing Global
Agency Agreement"), which the Bank wishes to amend and restate pursuant to
Section 34 of the Existing Global Agency Agreement as hereinafter provided;
C. Pursuant to Section 34 of the Existing Global Agency Agreement, the Bank
has determined that the amendment and restatement of the Global Agency Agreement
shall not have a material adverse effect on the Noteholders; and
D. The Offering Circular sets forth the duties and obligations of certain
agents with respect to the Notes.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the mutual
covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, the
parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions and Interpretation.
(a) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Agents" means the collective reference to the Paying Agents, the
Registrar, the London Issuing Agent, the Transfer Agent and the Listing Agent;
"Authorized Representative" has the meaning assigned in Section 3(b) of
this Agreement;
"Bearer Notes" means those Notes which are for the time being in bearer
form;
"Business Day" means, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, a day which is both:
(a) a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial
banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for
general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign
currency deposits) in ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and
London; and
(b) either (i) in relation to Notes denominated in a Specified
Currency other than Euro, a day on which commercial banks and foreign
exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business
(including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits)
in the Principal Financial Center of the country of the relevant
Specified Currency (if other than London or The City of New York) or
(ii) in relation to Notes denominated in Euro, a day (other than a
Saturday or a Sunday) on which the TARGET System or any successor
thereto is open;
"Clearstream, Luxembourg" means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme or any
successor thereto;
"Coupon" means an interest coupon attached on issue to any interest-bearing
Definitive Bearer Note, such coupon being substantially in the form set out in
Exhibit F hereto or in such other form as may be agreed among the parties
hereto, and includes, where applicable, the Talon(s) appertaining thereto;
"Couponholders" means the several persons who are from time to time holders
of Coupons;
"Defaulted Note" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 12(d)
of this Agreement;
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"Definitive Bearer Note" means a definitive Bearer Note substantially in
the form set out in Exhibit E hereto or in such other form as may be agreed by
the parties hereto, in each case issued or to be issued by the Bank pursuant to
this Agreement in exchange for the whole or a part of a Permanent Bearer Global
Note;
"Definitive Notes" means Definitive Bearer Notes and/or, as the context
requires, Definitive Registered Notes;
"Definitive Registered Note" means a definitive Registered Note
substantially in the form set out in Exhibit B or in such other form as may be
agreed by the parties hereto;
"Distribution Agent" means each of the entities appointed as agents from
time to time pursuant to the Distribution Agreement and notice of whose
appointment is given to the Agents;
"Distribution Agreement" means the agreement dated the date hereof among
the Bank and the agents listed on Schedule 1 thereto concerning the sale of
Notes to be issued by the Bank, and includes any amendment or supplement
thereto;
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company in New York, New York;
"DTC Global Note" means a Registered Global Note deposited with a custodian
for, and registered in the name of a nominee of, DTC;
"DTC Letters of Representations" means the letters of representations among
the Bank, the Domestic Paying Agent and DTC;
"Euro" means the currency introduced at the start of the third stage of
European Economic and Monetary Union pursuant to the Treaty establishing the
European Communities, as amended;
"Euroclear" means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear
System or any successor thereto;
"Euroclear/Clearstream, Luxembourg Global Note" means a Registered Global
Note deposited with a common depositary for, and registered in the name of a
nominee of, Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg;
"Global Note" means a Registered Global Note, a Temporary Bearer Global
Note or a Permanent Bearer Global Note;
"London Business Day" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
14(b) of this Agreement;
"Note Register" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11(a) of
this Agreement;
"Noteholders" means the several persons who are for the time being holders
of outstanding Notes (being, in the case of any Bearer Note, the bearer thereof
and, in the case of
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any Registered Note, the registered owner thereof as reflected in the Note
Register), except that for so long as any of the Notes are represented by a
Global Note, each person who is for the time being shown in the records of
Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg as the holder of a particular principal
amount of such Notes (other than Clearstream, Luxembourg if Clearstream,
Luxembourg shall be an account holder of Euroclear and other than Euroclear if
Euroclear shall be an account holder of Clearstream, Luxembourg) (in which
regard any certificate or other document issued by Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg as to the principal amount of such Notes standing to the account of
any person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes except in the case
of manifest error) shall be treated by the Bank and the Agents as a holder of
such principal amount of such Notes for all purposes other than for the payment
of principal, premium (if any) and interest on such Notes, the right to which
shall be vested, as against the Bank and the Agents, solely in the bearer of the
Global Note in accordance with and subject to its terms (and the expressions
"Noteholder," "holder of Notes" and related expressions shall be construed
accordingly);
"Offering Circular" has the meaning assigned in the recitals to this
Agreement;
"Optional Repayment Date" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 17(a) of this Agreement;
"Original Issue Date" means, with respect to any Note, the original date of
issue of such Note, being in the case of any Definitive Note, the date of issue
of the Registered Global Note, Temporary Bearer Global Note or Permanent Bearer
Global Note, as the case may be, which initially represented such Note;
"Outstanding" means, at any particular time, all Notes theretofore issued
other than:
(1) those which have been redeemed in full in accordance with their
terms and with this Agreement;
(2) those with respect to which the redemption date in accordance with
their terms has occurred and the redemption monies therefor (including any
premium and all interest (if any) accrued thereon to the redemption date
and any interest (if any) payable after such date) have been duly paid to
or deposited to the account of a Paying Agent as provided herein (and,
where appropriate, notice has been given to the Noteholders in accordance
with the terms thereof and Section 18) and remain available for payment;
(3) those which have become void in accordance with their terms;
(4) those which have been canceled;
(5) those mutilated or defaced Notes which have been surrendered in
exchange for replacement Notes in accordance with their terms;
(6) (for the purposes only of determining the aggregate principal
amount of Notes outstanding and without prejudice to the status of any Note
for any other purpose) those Notes alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed and with respect to which replacement Notes have been issued in
accordance with their terms; and
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(7) Temporary Bearer Global Notes to the extent that they shall have
been duly exchanged for Permanent Bearer Global Notes or Definitive Bearer
Notes, Permanent Bearer Global Notes to the extent that they shall have
been duly exchanged for Definitive Bearer Notes or Registered Global Notes,
Definitive Bearer Notes to the extent that they shall have been duly
exchanged for Registered Global Notes, and Registered Global Notes to the
extent that they shall have been duly exchanged for Definitive Registered
Notes, in each case pursuant to their respective terms;
"Partly Paid Notes" means Notes the issue price of which is payable in two
or more installments;
"Payment Time" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 13(a) of
this Agreement;
"Permanent Bearer Global Note" means a global Bearer Note substantially in
the form set out in Exhibit D hereto or in such other form as may be agreed by
the parties hereto, in each case comprising Notes issued or to be issued by the
Bank in exchange for the whole, but not the part, of a Temporary Bearer Global
Note;
"Pricing Supplement" means the pricing supplement prepared by the Bank in
relation to a particular Tranche of Notes (substantially in the form of Annex A
to the Offering Circular) as a supplement to the Offering Circular;
"Principal Financial Center" means (i) the capital city of the country
issuing the Specified Currency or (ii) the capital city of the country to which
the Designated LIBOR Currency, if applicable, relates, except, in each case,
that with respect to U.S. dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, euros,
South African rand and Swiss francs, the "Principal Financial Center" shall be
The City of New York, Sydney, Toronto, The City of London (solely in the case of
the Designated LIBOR Currency), Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively.
"Procedures Memorandum" means the Administrative Procedures attached as an
exhibit to the Distribution Agreement;
"Program" means the Global Bank Note Program described in the Offering
Circular;
"Receipt" means a receipt attached on issue to a Definitive Bearer Note
redeemable in installments for the payment of installments of principal, such
receipt being substantially in the form set out in Exhibit H hereto or in such
other form as may be agreed by the parties hereto;
"Registered Global Note" means a global Registered Note substantially in
the form set out in Exhibit A hereto or in such other form as may be agreed by
the parties hereto;
"Registered Note" means a Registered Global Note and/or, as the context
requires, a Definitive Registered Note;
"Series" means all Notes which are denominated in the same currency and
which have the same Stated Maturity Date, interest payment basis and Interest
Payment Dates, if any, (all as indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement)
and the terms of which, except for the Original
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Issue Date and/or the issue price (each as indicated as aforesaid), are
otherwise identical, including whether the Notes are listed, quoted and/or
traded on a particular securities exchange;
"Stock Exchange" means the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock
exchange(s), competent listing authority and/or quotation system on which any
Notes may from time to time be listed, quoted and/or traded and reference in
this Agreement to the "relevant Stock Exchange" shall, in relation to any Notes,
be reference to the Stock Exchange on which such Notes are from time to time, or
will be, listed, quoted and/or traded;
"Talons" means the talons, if any, for further Coupons appertaining to an
interest-bearing Definitive Bearer Note, each such talon being substantially in
the form set out in Exhibit G hereto or in such other form as may be agreed by
the parties hereto;
"TARGET System" means the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross
Settlement Express Transfer System, or any successor thereto;
"Temporary Bearer Global Note" means a global Bearer Note substantially in
the form set out in Exhibit C hereto or in such other form as may be agreed by
the parties hereto;
"Tranche" means all Notes of the same Series with the same Original Issue
Date and the same issue price; and
"US$" and "U.S. Dollars" means the lawful currency for the time being of
the United States.
(b) Terms and expressions defined in the Notes and the Offering Circular
shall have the same meanings in this Agreement, except where the context
requires otherwise.
(c) Any references to Notes shall, unless the context otherwise requires,
include any Temporary Bearer Global Notes, Permanent Bearer Global Notes,
Registered Global Notes, Definitive Bearer Notes and Definitive Registered
Notes.
(d) The Existing Global Agency Agreement shall be amended and restated as
set forth in this Agreement. Any Notes issued on or after the date of this
Agreement shall be issued pursuant to this Agreement. This does not affect any
Notes issued by the Bank prior to the date of this Agreement. Subject to such
amendment and restatement, the Existing Global Agency Agreement shall continue
in full force and effect as to Notes issued prior to the date of this Agreement.
SECTION 2. Appointment of Agents.
(a) Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is hereby appointed as agent of
the Bank, to act as Registrar and Domestic Paying Agent for purposes specified
in this Agreement and all matters incidental thereto, including, inter alia,
completing, authenticating and issuing Notes, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions specified herein and in the Notes.
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(b) Deutsche Bank AG London is hereby appointed as agent of the Bank, to
act as London Paying Agent and London Issuing Agent for the purposes specified
in this Agreement and all matters incidental thereto, including, inter alia,
completing, authenticating and issuing Notes, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions specified herein and in the Notes.
(c) Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. is hereby appointed, as agent of the
Bank, to act as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent for the purposes
specified in this Agreement and all matters incidental thereto, upon the terms
and subject to the conditions specified herein and in the Notes.
(d) Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoise is hereby appointed, as agent for the
Bank, to act as Listing Agent for the purposes specified in this Agreement and
all matters incidental thereto, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
specified herein and in the Notes. The Listing Agent shall make all necessary
filings with the Luxembourg Stock Exchange to maintain the listing of the
applicable Notes on such exchange and carry out such other communications and
acts necessary in connection therewith.
(e) Each of the Agents shall have the powers and authority granted to and
conferred upon them, specifically, in the Notes and hereunder to act on behalf
of the Bank and such further powers and authority to act on behalf of the Bank
as may be mutually agreed upon in writing.
(f) The obligations of the Agents shall be several, but not joint.
(g) Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Interest Calculation Agency
Agreement set forth in Exhibit I hereto and the Amended and Restated Exchange
Rate Agency Agreement set forth in Exhibit J hereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas has been appointed:
(i) Calculation Agent, for the purpose of calculating any variable
interest rates or other bases for determining the payment of interest,
premium or principal with respect to the Notes from time to time pursuant
to the Amended and Restated Interest Calculation Agent Agreement; and
(ii) Exchange Rate Agent, for the purpose of determining exchanges of
currencies of such payments from time to time pursuant to the Amended and
Restated Exchange Rate Agency Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Bank may appoint a different Calculation
Agent for any Series of Notes (which may be the Bank or any affiliate thereof or
a Distribution Agent purchasing such Notes or an affiliate thereof). The
relevant Pricing Supplement will set forth the name of the Calculation Agent, if
any, for such Series.
SECTION 3. Supply of Notes; Authorized Representatives.
(a) The Bank shall from time to time deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Registrar a supply of blank Registered Global Notes and to the London
Issuing Agent a supply of blank Temporary Bearer Global Notes, Permanent Bearer
Global Notes and Registered Global Notes of the Bank as the Bank shall
determine. Each Note shall have been executed by the manual or facsimile
signature of an Authorized Representative (as defined in Section 3(b)) of the
Bank.
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The Registrar or the London Issuing Agent, as the case may be, will acknowledge
receipt of the Notes delivered to it and will hold such blank Notes in
safekeeping in accordance with its customary practice and shall complete,
authenticate and deliver such Notes in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(b) From time to time, the Bank shall provide the Registrar and the London
Issuing Agent with a certificate executed by an officer of the Bank certifying
the incumbency and specimen signatures of those officers of the Bank authorized
to execute Notes on behalf of the Bank by manual or facsimile signature and to
give instructions and notices on behalf of the Bank hereunder (each an
"Authorized Representative" and collectively, the "Authorized Representatives").
Until the Registrar or the London Issuing Agent receives a subsequent
certificate, the Registrar and the London Issuing Agent shall be entitled to
conclusively rely on the last such certificate delivered to them for the
purposes of determining the identities of Authorized Representatives of the
Bank. Any Note bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of persons who are
Authorized Representatives of the Bank on the date such signatures are affixed
shall bind the Bank after the completion, authentication and delivery thereof by
the Registrar or the London Issuing Agent, as the case may be, notwithstanding
that such persons shall have ceased to hold office on the date such Note is so
completed, authenticated and delivered by the Registrar or the London Issuing
Agent, as the case may be.
SECTION 4. Issuance Instructions.
All instructions regarding the completion, authentication and delivery of
Notes shall be given by an Authorized Representative by facsimile transmission
or by other acceptable written means in accordance with the Procedures
Memorandum. In addition, the Distribution Agent who has arranged to purchase or
procure the purchase of Notes from the Bank shall notify the London Issuing
Agent or Registrar, as the case may be, by facsimile transmission or by other
acceptable written means no later than 3:00 p.m. London time in the case of the
London Issuing Agent or, in the case of the Registrar, 3:00 p.m. New York City
time, three Business Days prior to the proposed issue date, that payment by the
Distribution Agent to the Bank of the purchase price of any Note has been or
will be duly made and (if applicable) of details of the securities account to
which payment is to be made.
SECTION 5. Issue of Registered Global Notes.
(a) Upon (x) receipt of instructions from an Authorized Representative in
accordance with Section 4 hereof and the Procedures Memorandum regarding the
completion, authentication and delivery of one or more Registered Global Notes
or (y) the occurrence of any event which pursuant to the terms of a Permanent
Bearer Global Note, Temporary Registered Global Note or Definitive Bearer
Note(s) requires the issuance of a Registered Global Note, the Registrar (in the
case of DTC Global Notes) or the London Issuing Agent (in the case of
Euroclear/Clearstream, Luxembourg Global Notes) shall cause to be withdrawn from
safekeeping the necessary and applicable Registered Global Note(s) and, in
accordance with such written instructions, shall:
(i) complete such Registered Global Note(s);
(ii) attach the relevant Pricing Supplement as supplied by the Bank;
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(iii) register such Registered Global Note(s) in the name of Cede &
Co., or another nominee of DTC, and/or in the name of a nominee of
Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as specified in such
instructions;
(iv) authenticate such Registered Global Note(s); and
(v) (A) deliver, in accordance with the Procedures Memorandum,
such Registered Global Note(s) to a custodian of DTC in
accordance with such instructions against receipt from the
custodian of confirmation that such custodian is holding the
Registered Global Note(s) so delivered in safe custody for the
account of DTC and instruct DTC to credit the Notes represented
by such Registered Global Note(s), unless otherwise agreed in
writing between the Registrar and the Bank, to the Registrar's
participant account at DTC; and/or
(B) deliver, in accordance with the Procedures Memorandum, such
Registered Global Note(s) to the specified common depositary of
Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg in accordance with such
instructions against receipt from the common depositary of
confirmation that such common depositary is holding the
Registered Global Note(s) so delivered in safe custody for the
account of Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg and instruct
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or both of them (as the case
may be) to credit the Notes represented by such Registered Global
Note(s), unless otherwise agreed in writing between the London
Issuing Agent and the Bank, to the London Issuing Agent's
distribution account; and/or
(C) deliver, in accordance with the Procedures Memorandum, such
Registered Global Note(s) to the specified common depositary of
Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg in exchange for such
Permanent Bearer Global Note or Definitive Bearer Note against
receipt from the common depositary of confirmation that such
common depositary is holding the Registered Global Note(s) in
safe custody for the account of Euroclear and/or Clearstream,
Luxembourg in accordance with the terms of the relevant letters
of undertaking among such common depositary and Euroclear and/or
Clearstream, Luxembourg;
provided, that instructions regarding the completion and authentication of such
Note(s) are received by the Registrar in accordance with the Procedures
Memorandum.
(b) The Registrar shall provide DTC, and the London Issuing Agent shall
provide Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg with such notifications,
instructions or other information to be given by the Registrar or the London
Issuing Agent, as the case may be, to DTC, Euroclear and/or Clearstream,
Luxembourg as may be required by this Agreement and the DTC Letters of
Representations.
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SECTION 6. Issue of Temporary Bearer Global Notes.
(a) Upon receipt of instructions from an Authorized Representative in
accordance with Section 4 hereof and the Procedures Memorandum regarding the
completion, authentication and delivery of one or more Temporary Bearer Global
Notes, the London Issuing Agent shall cause to be withdrawn from safekeeping the
necessary and applicable Temporary Bearer Global Note and, in accordance with
such written instructions, shall:
(i) complete such Temporary Bearer Global Notes(s);
(ii) attach the relevant Pricing Supplement as supplied by the Bank;
(iii) authenticate such Temporary Bearer Global Note(s); and
(iv) deliver, in accordance with the Procedures Memorandum, such
Temporary Bearer Global Note(s) to the specified common depositary of
Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg in accordance with such instructions
against receipt from the common depositary of confirmation that such common
depositary is holding the Temporary Bearer Global Note(s) in safe custody
for the account of Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg and instruct
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or both of them (as the case may be)
to credit the Notes represented by such Temporary Bearer Global Note(s),
unless otherwise agreed in writing between the London Issuing Agent and the
Bank, to the London Issuing Agent's distribution account;
provided, that instructions regarding the completion and authentication of such
Note(s) are received by the London Issuing Agent in accordance with the
Procedures Memorandum.
(b) The London Issuing Agent shall provide Euroclear and/or Clearstream,
Luxembourg with such notifications, instructions or other information to be
given by the London Issuing Agent to Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg as
may be required.
SECTION 7. Issue of Permanent Bearer Global Notes.
(a) Upon the occurrence of any event which pursuant to the terms of a
Temporary Bearer Global Note requires the issue of a Permanent Bearer Global
Note, the London Issuing Agent shall cause to be withdrawn from safekeeping the
necessary and applicable Permanent Bearer Global Note and, in accordance with
the terms of the Temporary Bearer Global Note, shall:
(i) complete a Permanent Bearer Global Note in accordance with the
terms of the Temporary Bearer Global Note;
(ii) attach the relevant Pricing Supplement as supplied by the Bank;
(iii) authenticate such Permanent Bearer Global Note; and
(iv) deliver, in accordance with the Procedures Memorandum, such
Permanent Bearer Global Note to the specified common depositary that is
holding the Temporary
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Bearer Global Note for the time being on behalf of Euroclear and/or
Clearstream, Luxembourg in exchange for such Temporary Bearer Global Note
against receipt from the common depositary of confirmation that such common
depositary is holding the Permanent Bearer Global Note in safe custody for
the account of Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg.
(b) The London Issuing Agent shall provide Euroclear and/or Clearstream,
Luxembourg with such notifications, instructions or other information to be
given by the London Issuing Agent to Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg as
may be required.
SECTION 8. Issue of Definitive Bearer Notes.
(a) Upon notice from Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg pursuant to the
terms of a Global Note requiring the issue of one or more Definitive Bearer
Notes in exchange for the Global Note, the London Issuing Agent shall cause to
be withdrawn from safekeeping the necessary and applicable Definitive Bearer
Note(s) and, in accordance with the terms of the Permanent Bearer Global Note,
shall:
(i) complete, if applicable, an equal aggregate principal amount of
Definitive Bearer Notes of authorized denominations and of like tenor and
with identical terms as the Global Note in accordance with the terms of the
Global Note;
(ii) authenticate such Definitive Bearer Note(s); and
(iii) deliver in accordance with the Procedures Memorandum, such
Definitive Bearer Note(s) to or to the order of Euroclear and/or
Clearstream, Luxembourg in exchange for such Global Note.
The London Issuing Agent shall notify the Bank forthwith upon receipt of a
request for the issuance of Definitive Bearer Note(s) in accordance with the
provisions of a Global Note.
(b) The Bank shall deliver to the London Issuing Agent, pursuant to a
request for the issue of Definitive Bearer Notes under the terms of the relevant
Permanent Bearer Global Note, a sufficient number of Definitive Bearer Notes
(with, if applicable, Receipts, Coupons and Talons attached) executed by an
Authorized Representative to enable the London Issuing Agent to comply with its
obligations under this Section 8.
SECTION 9. Issue of Definitive Registered Notes.
(a) Definitive Registered Notes shall be issued only if permitted by
applicable law and (i) in the case of a DTC Global Note, DTC notifies the Bank
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the DTC Global Note
or DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, if so required by applicable law or regulation, and, in
either case, a successor depositary is not appointed by the Bank within 90 days
after receiving such notice or becoming aware that DTC is no longer so
registered, (ii) in the case of any other Registered Global Note, if the
clearing system(s) through which it is cleared and settled is closed for
business for a continuous period of 14 days (other than by reason of holidays,
statutory or otherwise) or announces an intention to cease business permanently
or
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does in fact do so, (iii) the Bank in its discretion elects to issue Definitive
Registered Notes or (iv) after the occurrence of an Event of Default with
respect to any Registered Global Note, the beneficial owners representing a
majority in principal amount of such Registered Global Note advise the relevant
clearing system through its participants to cease acting as depositary for such
Registered Global Note.
(b) Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Section 9(a) which
pursuant to the terms of a Registered Global Note requires the issue of
Definitive Registered Notes in exchange for the Registered Global Note, the
Registrar shall cause to be withdrawn from safekeeping the necessary and
applicable Definitive Registered Note(s) and, in accordance with the terms of
the Registered Global Note, shall:
(i) complete an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive
Registered Note(s) of authorized denominations and of like tenor with
identical terms as the Registered Global Note in accordance with the terms
of the Registered Global Note;
(ii) register such Definitive Registered Notes in the name or names of
such persons as the relevant clearing system shall instruct the Registrar
in writing;
(iii) authenticate such Definitive Registered Notes; and
(iv) deliver such Definitive Registered Notes to the relevant clearing
system or pursuant to such clearing system's written instructions in
exchange for such Registered Global Note.
(c) The Bank shall deliver to the Registrar, upon the occurrence of any
event specified in Section 9(a) which pursuant to the terms of a Registered
Global Note requires the issue of Definitive Registered Notes, a sufficient
number of Definitive Registered Notes executed by an Authorized Representative
to enable the Registrar to comply with its obligations under this Section 9.
SECTION 10. Exchanges.
(a) Upon any exchange of a Temporary Bearer Global Note in whole, but not
in part, for an interest in a Permanent Bearer Global Note or for Definitive
Bearer Notes, as the case may be, the London Issuing Agent shall cancel or
arrange for cancellation such Temporary Bearer Global Note. Upon any exchange of
a Permanent Bearer Global Note for Definitive Bearer Notes, the Permanent Bearer
Global Note shall be endorsed to reflect the reduction of its principal amount
by the aggregate principal amount so exchanged. Until exchanged in full, the
holder of an interest in any Permanent Bearer Global Note shall in all respects
be entitled to the same benefits as the holder of Notes, Receipts, Coupons and
Talons authenticated and delivered hereunder, except as set forth herein or
therein. The London Issuing Agent is hereby authorized on behalf of the Bank (i)
to endorse or to arrange for the endorsement of the relevant Permanent Bearer
Global Notes to reflect the reduction in the principal amount represented
thereby by the amount so exchanged and, if appropriate, to endorse the Permanent
Bearer Global Note to reflect any increase in the principal amount represented
thereby, and in either case, to sign in the relevant space on the relevant
Permanent Bearer Global Note recording such exchange or
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increase and (ii) in the case of a total exchange, to cancel or arrange for the
cancellation of the relevant Permanent Bearer Global Note.
(b) Upon any exchange of a Temporary Bearer Global Note in whole, but not
in part, for an interest in a Registered Global Note, the London Issuing Agent
shall cancel or arrange for cancellation of such Temporary Bearer Global Note.
Upon any exchange of all or a portion of an interest in a Permanent Bearer
Global Note for an interest in a Registered Global Note, the Permanent Bearer
Global Note shall be endorsed to reflect the reduction of its principal amount
by the aggregate principal amount so exchanged. Until exchanged in full, the
holder of an interest in any Permanent Bearer Global Note shall in all respects
be entitled to the same benefits as the holder of Notes, Receipts, Coupons and
Talons authenticated and delivered hereunder, except as set forth herein or
therein. The London Issuing Agent and the Registrar, as the case may be, are
hereby authorized on behalf of the Bank (i) to endorse or to arrange for the
endorsement of the relevant Permanent Bearer Global Note to reflect the
reduction in the principal amount represented thereby by the amount so exchanged
and, if appropriate, to endorse a Registered Global Note to reflect any increase
in the principal amount represented thereby, and in either case, to sign in the
relevant space on the relevant Permanent Bearer Global Note or Registered Global
Note, as the case may be, recording such exchange or increase and (ii) in the
case of a total exchange, to cancel or arrange for the cancellation of the
relevant Permanent Bearer Global Note.
SECTION 11. Note Register; Registration, Transfer and Exchange; Persons Deemed
Owners.
(a) The Registrar, as registrar for the Registered Notes, shall maintain at
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from time to time, the note register (the "Note Register"). The term "Note
Register" shall mean the definitive register in which shall be recorded the
names, addresses and taxpayer identification numbers of the holders of
Registered Notes, the serial and CUSIP numbers (or Common Code/ISIN Numbers, as
the case may be) of the Registered Notes, the Original Issue Dates thereof and
details with respect to the transfer and exchange of Registered Notes.
(b) Upon surrender for the purpose of registration of transfer at the
offices of the Registrar or any Transfer Agent of any Registered Note,
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Registrar or such Transfer Agent, executed by the registered holder, in person
or by such holder's attorney thereunto duly authorized in writing, such
Registered Note shall be transferred upon the Note Register and the Registrar
shall complete, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Notes of authorized
denominations, of an equal aggregate principal amount and of like tenor with
identical terms and provisions; provided, however, that Registered Notes may be
delivered for the purpose of registration of transfer by mail at the risk and
expense of the transferor. Transfers and exchanges of Registered Notes shall be
subject to such restrictions as shall be set forth herein and in the text of the
Notes and such reasonable regulations as may be prescribed by the Bank.
Successive registrations and registrations of transfers as aforesaid may be made
from time to time as desired, and each such registration shall be noted on the
Note Register.
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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 11(b), if
the Notes of any Series are for the time being represented by both a DTC Global
Note and a Euroclear/Clearstream, Luxembourg Global Note and an authorized
representative of DTC presents the DTC Global Note to the Registrar or any
Transfer Agent, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar or such Transfer Agent, executed by DTC or by
DTC's attorney thereunto duly authorized in writing, for the purpose of
registration of transfer of all or any portion of such DTC's interest in such
DTC Global Note to Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg, such DTC Global
Note or the relevant interest therein shall be transferred upon the Note
Register, and the Registrar shall endorse the DTC Global Note to reflect the
reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount so
transferred and the appropriate Euroclear/Clearstream, Luxembourg Global Note
shall be endorsed by the Registrar to reflect the increase of its principal
amount by the aggregate principal amount so transferred. The Registrar is hereby
authorized on behalf of the Bank (i) to endorse or to arrange for the
endorsement of the relevant DTC Global Note to reflect the reduction in the
principal amount represented thereby by the amount so transferred and to endorse
the appropriate Euroclear/Clearstream, Luxembourg Global Note to reflect the
increase in the principal amount represented thereby by the amount so
transferred and, in either case, to sign in the relevant space on the relevant
Note recording such reduction or increase and (ii) in the case of a total
exchange, to cancel or arrange for the cancellation of the DTC Global Note.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 11(b), if
the Notes of any series for the time being represented by both a DTC Global Note
and a Euroclear/Clearstream, Luxembourg Global Note and an authorized
representative of Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg presents the
Euroclear/Clearstream, Luxembourg Global Note to the Registrar or any Transfer
Agent, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Registrar or such Transfer Agent, executed by Euroclear or Clearstream,
Luxembourg, as the case may be, or by Euroclear's or Clearstream, Luxembourg's
attorney thereunto duly authorized in writing, for the purpose of registration
of transfer of all or any portion of Euroclear's or Clearstream, Luxembourg's
interest in such Euroclear/Clearstream, Luxembourg Global Note to DTC, such
Euroclear/Clearstream, Luxembourg Global Note or the relevant interest therein
shall be transferred upon the Note Register, and the Registrar shall endorse the
Euroclear/Clearstream, Luxembourg Global Note to reflect the reduction of its
principal amount by the aggregate principal amount so transferred and the
appropriate DTC Global Note shall be endorsed by the Registrar to reflect the
increase of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount so
transferred. The Registrar is hereby authorized on behalf of the Bank (i) to
endorse or to arrange for the endorsement of the relevant Euroclear/Clearstream,
Luxembourg Global Note to reflect the reduction in the principal amount
represented thereby by the amount so transferred and to endorse the appropriate
DTC Global Note to reflect the increase in the principal amount represented
thereby by the amount so transferred and, in either case, to sign in the
relevant space on the relevant Note recording such reduction or increase and
(ii) in the case of a total exchange, to cancel or arrange the cancellation of
the Euroclear/Clearstream, Luxembourg Global Note.
(e) At the option of the holder of a Registered Note, such Registered Note
may be exchanged for other Registered Notes of any authorized denominations of
an equal aggregate principal amount and of like tenor with identical terms and
provisions, upon surrender of the Registered Note to be exchanged at the offices
of the Registrar or any Transfer Agent.
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Whenever any Registered Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Registrar
shall complete, authenticate and deliver the Registered Notes which the holder
of the Registered Note making the exchange is entitled to receive. Except as
provided in Section 9, owners of beneficial interest in a Registered Global Note
shall not be entitled to have Notes registered in their names, shall not receive
or be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Registered Notes and
shall not be considered the owners or holders thereof under this Agreement.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Registrar nor any Transfer
Agent shall register the transfer or exchange of (i) any Registered Note that
has been called for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Registered Note being redeemed in part, (ii) any Registered Note
during the period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the
mailing of a notice of such redemption and ending at the close of business on
the day of such mailing, or (iii) any Registered Global Note if the Registrar or
Transfer Agents learn that such proposed transfer or exchange would violate any
legend contained on the face of such Registered Global Note.
(g) All Registered Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Registered Notes shall be valid obligations of the Bank, evidencing
the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits as the Registered Notes
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(h) No service charge shall be made to a holder of Registered Notes for any
transfer or exchange of Registered Notes, but the Registrar or the London Paying
Agent, as the case may be, may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
stamp or other tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection therewith.
(i) The Bank and the Agents and any agent of the Bank or the Agents may
treat the holder in whose name a Registered Note is registered as the owner of
such Registered Note for all purposes, whether or not such Registered Note be
overdue, and neither the Bank, the Agents, nor any such agent shall be affected
by notice to the contrary except as required by applicable law.
(j) The Bank and Agents and any agent of the Bank or the Agents may treat
the holder of a Bearer Note as the owner of such Bearer Note for all purposes,
whether or not such Bearer Note be overdue, and neither the Bank, the Agents nor
any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary except as required by
law.
SECTION 12. Terms of Issue.
(a) The Registrar and the London Issuing Agent shall ensure that all Notes
delivered to and held by it under this Agreement are issued only in authorized
denominations and otherwise in accordance with the instructions received by it.
(b) Subject to the procedures set out in the Procedures Memorandum, the
Registrar and the London Issuing Agent shall be entitled to treat a telex or
facsimile communication from a person purporting to be an Authorized
Representative as sufficient instructions and authority of the Bank for the
Registrar and the London Issuing Agent to act in accordance with Section 12(a).
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(c) Unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Bank and the Registrar
or London Issuing Agent, as applicable, each Note credited to the Registrar's or
London Issuing Agent's account with DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg
following the delivery of a Registered Global Note to a custodian of DTC or a
common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg in accordance with
clause (v) of Section 5(a) or the delivery of a Temporary Bearer Global Note to
a common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg in accordance with
clause (iv) of Section 6(a), as the case may be, shall be held to the order of
the Bank. The Registrar or London Issuing Agent, as applicable, shall ensure
that the principal amount of Notes which the relevant purchaser has agreed to
purchase is:
(i) debited from the Registrar's or London Issuing Agent's account;
and
(ii) credited to the account of such purchaser with DTC or Euroclear
or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be;
in each case only upon receipt by the Registrar or London Issuing Agent on
behalf of the Bank of the full purchase price due from the relevant purchaser
with respect to such Notes.
(d) If on the relevant settlement date the purchaser does not pay the full
purchase price due from it with respect to any Note (the "Defaulted Note") and,
as a result, the Defaulted Note remains in the Registrar's or London Issuing
Agent's account with DTC or Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg after such
settlement date, the Registrar or London Issuing Agent shall continue to hold
the Defaulted Note to the order of the Bank. The Registrar or London Issuing
Agent shall notify the Bank forthwith of the failure of the purchaser to pay the
full purchase price due from it with respect to any Defaulted Note and shall
subsequently, unless otherwise instructed by the Bank, cancel or arrange the
cancellation of such Defaulted Note.
(e) In the event of an issue of Notes which is to be listed, quoted and/or
traded on a Stock Exchange, subject to timely receipt of issuance instructions
from the Bank in accordance with the terms of the Procedures Memorandum, the
London Paying Agent shall promptly, and in any event prior to the settlement
date with respect to such issue, send the Pricing Supplement with respect to
such Notes to the relevant listing agent. The Agents shall take such actions as
may be requested from time to time in writing by the Bank or the relevant
listing agent to permit the Notes, if applicable, to be listed, quoted and/or
traded on such Stock Exchange.
(f) The Procedures Memorandum shall not be amended by the Bank without the
prior written approval of the relevant Agent or Agents, as applicable.
SECTION 13. Payments.
(a) The Domestic Paying Agent (in the case of Registered Global Notes
issued through DTC and Definitive Registered Notes) or the London Paying Agent
(in the case of Registered Global Notes issued through Euroclear or Clearstream,
Luxembourg, Temporary Bearer Global Notes, Permanent Bearer Global Notes and
Definitive Bearer Notes) shall advise the Bank not later than five Business Days
prior to the date on which any payment is to be made to the Domestic Paying
Agent or the London Paying Agent, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section
13(a), of the total amount of any principal of premium, if any, and interest due
on Notes on any Interest Payment Date or any maturity date or date of redemption
or repayment and the
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Bank shall (i) before 10:00 a.m. (local time) on the second Business Day prior
to the date on which any payment with respect to any Notes becomes due, confirm
to the Domestic Paying Agent or the London Paying Agent, as the case may be, by
tested telex or facsimile or by other means acceptable to the Bank and
reasonably acceptable to the Domestic Paying Agent or the London Paying Agent,
as the case may be, that it has given instructions for the transfer of the
relevant funds to the Domestic Paying Agent or the London Paying Agent, as the
case may be, and the name and account of the bank through which such payment is
being made and provide details of the person or department in such bank to which
communications to such bank should be addressed and (ii) not later than the
Payment Time (as defined below) on the Business Day on which any payment with
respect to any Notes becomes due, transfer to an account specified by the
Domestic Paying Agent or the London Paying Agent, as the case may be, such
amount in the relevant currency as shall be sufficient for the purposes of such
payment in funds settled through such payment system as the Domestic Paying
Agent or the London Paying Agent, as the case may be, and the Bank may agree. As
used in this subsection (a), the term "Payment Time" means 10:00 a.m. local time
or, in the case of a payment in Euro, Brussels. For the purposes of this Section
13, all payments made to the Domestic Paying Agent or the London Paying Agent
shall be transmitted by the Bank's principal office (or such other office as
designated by the Bank).
(b) Subject to the Domestic Paying Agent or the London Paying Agent, as the
case may be, being satisfied in its sole reasonable discretion that payment will
be duly made as provided in Section 13(a), the relevant Paying Agent may, but
shall not be required to, pay or cause to be paid all amounts due with respect
to the Notes on behalf of the Bank in the manner provided in the Notes. If any
payment provided for in Section 13(a) is made late but otherwise in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement, each Paying Agent shall nevertheless make
payments with respect to the Notes as aforesaid following actual receipt by it
of such payment.
(c) If for any reason the Domestic Paying Agent or the London Paying Agent,
as the case may be, considers in its sole reasonable discretion that the amounts
to be received by the Domestic Paying Agent or the London Paying Agent, as the
case may be, pursuant to Section 13(a) will be, or the amounts actually received
by it pursuant thereto are, insufficient to satisfy all claims with respect to
all payments then falling due with respect to the Notes, the Domestic Paying
Agent or the London Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall then forthwith
notify the Bank of such insufficiency and, until such time as the Domestic
Paying Agent or the London Paying Agent, as the case may be, has received the
full amount of all such payments in available funds, no Paying Agent shall be
obligated to pay any such claims.
SECTION 14. Determination and Notifications with respect to Notes.
(a) The London Paying Agent shall prepare and deliver such monthly reports
as may be required in connection with Outstanding Series of Notes to the Bank of
England, the Ministry of Finance of Japan and, if required, the Swiss National
Bank, and, if agreed between the Bank and the London Paying Agent, shall take
all necessary action to comply with such other reporting requirements of any
competent authority in respect of any relevant currency as it may be directed,
in writing, from time to time with respect to Notes Outstanding hereunder.
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(b) For purposes of monitoring the aggregate principal amount of Notes
Outstanding at any time under the Program, the Exchange Rate Agent shall
determine the U.S. Dollar equivalent of the principal amount of each Series of
Notes denominated in another currency, each Series of Dual Currency Notes, each
Series of Indexed Notes, each Series of Zero Coupon Notes and each Series of
Partly Paid Notes as follows:
(i) the U.S. Dollar equivalent of Notes denominated in a currency
other than U.S. Dollars shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent as
of 2:30 p.m., New York time, on the Original Issue Date for such Notes by
reference to the spot rate for U.S. Dollars against the Specified Currency
provided to the Exchange Rate Agent by the Bank or, if such spot rate is
not so provided on a timely basis, by reference to the Exchange Rate
Agent's middle market spot rate for U.S. Dollars against the Specified
Currency on the London Business Day immediately preceding the date on which
the Exchange Rate Agent receives the Bank's instruction to determine the
amount of Notes Outstanding;
(ii) the U.S. Dollar equivalent of Dual Currency Notes and Indexed
Notes shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the manner
specified in clause (i) above by reference to the original principal amount
of such Notes;
(iii) the principal amount of Zero Coupon Notes and any other Notes
issued at a substantial discount from the principal amount thereof shall be
deemed to be the U.S. Dollar equivalent, determined in the manner specified
in clause (i) above, of the net proceeds received by the Bank for the
relevant issue; and
(iv) the U.S. Dollar equivalent of Partly Paid Notes shall be
determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the manner specified in clause (i)
above by reference to the principal amount thereof regardless of the amount
of money paid up on such Notes.
The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly notify the Bank and the Paying Agents of
each determination made as aforesaid. As used in this Section 14(b), "London
Business Day" means any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which
commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments in London.
SECTION 15. Notice of any Withholding or Deduction.
If the Bank is, with respect to any payments, compelled to withhold or
deduct any amount for or on account of taxes, duties, assessments or
governmental charges as specifically contemplated under the terms of the Notes,
the Bank shall give notice thereof to each Paying Agent and the Registrar, if
applicable, as soon as it becomes aware of the requirement to make such
withholding or deduction and shall give to each Paying Agent and the Registrar,
if applicable, such information as such Paying Agent or the Registrar, as the
case may be, shall require to enable them to comply with such requirement.
SECTION 16. Redemption of Notes.
(a) If any Notes are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity Date in
accordance with their terms, the Bank shall notify the Agents not more than 75
nor less than 45 days prior to the relevant redemption date of the Bank's
election to redeem such Notes in whole or in part in
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increments of US$1,000 or the equivalent thereof in other currencies, or as
otherwise provided in the applicable Note or required by applicable laws and
regulations for currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. Any remaining principal
amount of Notes redeemed in part shall be at least US$100,000, or the equivalent
thereof in other currencies, or as otherwise provided in the applicable Note or
required by the applicable laws and regulations for currencies other than the
U.S. Dollar.
(b) Whenever less than all the Notes at any time outstanding are to be
redeemed, the terms of the Notes to be so redeemed shall be selected by the
Bank. If less than all the Notes with identical terms at any time outstanding
are to be redeemed, the Notes to be so redeemed shall be selected by the
Registrar by lot or in any usual manner approved by it. The Registrar shall
promptly notify the Bank in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in
the case of Notes selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed.
(c) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Note, notice of redemption
shall be given by the Registrar, a Paying Agent or the London Issuing Agent, as
designated in the particular instance by the Bank, at the Bank's expense, not
more than 60 nor less than 30 calendar days prior to the redemption date to each
holder of a Note to be redeemed. Notices in respect of Registered Notes to be
redeemed shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each holder's
address appearing in the Note Register. In the case of Bearer Notes to be
redeemed, the London Issuing Agent shall publish the notice required in
connection with any such redemption, pursuant to Section 18, and shall at the
same time also publish a separate list of serial numbers of any Notes previously
selected and not presented for redemption. All notices of redemption shall
identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN
numbers), the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price, the manner in
which redemption will be effected and, in the case of a partial redemption, the
serial numbers (and principal amounts) of the Notes to be redeemed.
(d) Notice of redemption having been given as described above, the Notes so
to be redeemed shall, on the redemption date, become due and payable at the
redemption price specified in such Notes, and upon payment by the Bank of the
full redemption price specified in such Notes, from and after such redemption
date such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Notes
for redemption in accordance with such notice, the relevant Paying Agent shall
pay or cause to be paid such Notes at the redemption price specified in such
Notes, together with unpaid interest accrued on such Notes at the applicable
rate borne by such Notes to the redemption date.
(e) Any Registered Note or Definitive Bearer Note which is to be redeemed
only in part shall be surrendered to the Registrar or the London Issuing Agent,
respectively, and the Registrar or the London Issuing Agent, as the case may be,
shall complete, authenticate and deliver to a holder of such Note, without
service charge, a new Registered Note or Definitive Bearer Note of any
authorized denomination as requested by such holder, in an aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Note so surrendered.
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SECTION 17. Repayment of Notes.
(a) In order for any Note, in accordance with its terms, to be repaid in
whole or in part at the option of the holder thereof, such Note must be
delivered by the holder thereof, with the form entitled "Option to Elect
Repayment" (set forth in such Note) duly completed, to the Registrar at the
address set forth in such form or at such place or places of which the Bank
shall from time to time notify the holders of the Notes not more than 60 nor
less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the repayment of such Notes (the
"Optional Repayment Date").
(b) Upon surrender of any Note for repayment in accordance with the
provisions set forth above and in such Note, the Note to be repaid shall, on the
Optional Repayment Date, become due and payable, and the relevant Paying Agent
shall pay or cause to be paid such Note on the Optional Repayment Date at a
price, unless otherwise specified in such Note, equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof, together with accrued interest to the Optional Repayment Date.
(c) If less than the entire principal amount of any Note is to be repaid,
the holder thereof shall specify the portion thereof (which shall be in
increments of US$1,000 or the equivalent thereof in other currencies, or as
otherwise provided in the applicable Note or required by the applicable laws and
regulations for currencies other than the U.S. Dollar) which such holder elects
to have repaid and shall surrender such Note to the London Issuing Agent or the
Registrar, as the case may be, and the London Issuing Agent or the Registrar, as
the case may be, shall complete, authenticate and deliver to the holder of such
Note, without service charge, a new Note or Notes in an aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unrepaid portion of the principal of the
Note so surrendered and in such denominations as shall be specified by such
holder which shall be at least US$100,000 or an integral multiple of US$1,000 in
excess thereof (or the equivalent in other currencies), or as otherwise
provided, in the applicable Note or required by the applicable laws and
regulations for currencies other than the U.S. Dollar.
SECTION 18. Notices to Holders.
(a) On behalf of and at the request and expense of the Bank, the Registrar
or, in the case of the Notes issued by the London Issuing Agent, the London
Issuing Agent shall give or cause to be given all notices required to be given
by the Bank in accordance with the Notes.
(b) All notices with respect to Registered Notes shall be mailed by the
Registrar by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the holders thereof at their
addresses appearing in the Note Register.
(c) All notices with respect to Bearer Notes shall be given to the London
Issuing Agent not later than five business days prior to any publication date,
and shall be published by the London Issuing Agent in one leading English
language daily newspaper with circulation in London or, if that is not possible,
one other English language newspaper with general circulation in Europe as the
Bank shall decide and, if directed by the Bank in writing, the London Issuing
Agent shall, in accordance with such direction, also publish notices in a manner
that complies with the rules and regulations of any Stock Exchange on which such
Bearer Notes are then listed,
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quoted and/or traded. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the
date of the first publication.
(d) Notwithstanding any contrary provision contained in this Agreement,
until such time as any Definitive Bearer Notes are issued, the Registrar may, so
long as Temporary Bearer Global Notes or Permanent Bearer Global Notes are held
in their entirety on behalf of Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg or such
other clearing system, substitute for such publication required by Section 18(c)
the delivery of the relevant notice to Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg and
such other clearing system for communication by them to the beneficial owners of
interests in the Temporary Bearer Global Notes and Permanent Bearer Global
Notes; provided, however, that, so long as the rules of any Stock Exchange so
require and if so directed in writing by the Bank, such publication will
nevertheless be made as described in Section 18(c) in respect of Bearer Notes
listed on such Stock Exchange. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been
given to the beneficial owners of interests in the Temporary Bearer Global Notes
and Permanent Bearer Global Notes on the seventh day after the day on which said
notice was given to Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or such other
clearing system.
SECTION 19. Cancellation of Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons.
(a) All Notes which are purchased by or on behalf of the Bank, together (in
the case of Definitive Bearer Notes) with all unmatured Receipts, Coupons or
Talons (if any) attached thereto or surrendered therewith, may, at the election
of the Bank, be canceled by the Bank. Where any Notes, Receipts, Coupons or
Talons are purchased and canceled as aforesaid, the Bank shall make sure that
all relevant details are promptly given to the Paying Agents and that all Notes,
Receipts, Coupons or Talons so canceled are delivered to the Paying Agents. All
Notes which are redeemed, all Receipts or Coupons which are paid and all Talons
which are exchanged shall be canceled by the Paying Agent by which they are
redeemed, paid or exchanged. Each of the Paying Agents shall give to the
Registrar written details of all payments made by it and shall deliver a
certificate of destruction for all canceled Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons
to the Registrar or to any Paying Agent authorized from time to time in writing
by the Registrar to accept delivery of canceled Notes, Receipts, Coupons and
Talons.
(b) A certificate stating:
(i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes which have been redeemed
and the aggregate amount paid in respect thereof;
(ii) the number of Notes canceled, together (in the case of Definitive
Bearer Notes) with details of all unmatured Receipts, Coupons or Talons (if
any) attached thereto or delivered therewith;
(iii) the aggregate amount paid with respect to interest on the Notes;
(iv) the total number by maturity date of Receipts, Coupons and Talons
so canceled; and
(v) (in the case of Definitive Bearer Notes) the serial numbers of
such Notes,
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shall be given to the Bank by the Registrar as soon as reasonably
practicable and in any event within three months after the date of such
repayment or, as the case may be, payment or exchange.
(c) Subject to being duly notified in due time, the Registrar shall give a
certificate to the Bank, within three months of the date of purchase and
cancellation of Notes as aforesaid, stating:
(i) the principal amount of Notes so purchased and canceled;
(ii) the serial numbers of such Notes; and
(iii) the total number by maturity date of the Receipts, Coupons and
Talons (if any) appertaining thereto and surrendered therewith or attached
thereto.
(d) The applicable Paying Agent shall destroy (in accordance with its
customary procedures) all canceled Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons (unless
otherwise previously instructed by the Bank) and, forthwith upon destruction,
furnish the Bank with a certificate of the serial numbers of the Notes and the
number by maturity date of Receipts, Coupons and Talons so destroyed.
(e) Without prejudice to its obligations pursuant to Section 19(b), the
Registrar shall keep a full and complete record of all Notes, Receipts, Coupons
and Talons (other than serial numbers of Coupons, except those which have been
replaced pursuant to Section 20) and of all replacement Notes, Receipts, Coupons
or Talons issued in substitution for mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or
stolen Notes, Receipts, Coupons or Talons. The Registrar shall at all reasonable
times make such record available to the Bank and any person authorized by the
Bank for inspection and for the taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom.
(f) All records and certificates made or given pursuant to this Section 19
and Section 20 shall make a distinction between Notes, Receipts, Coupons and
Talons of each Series and Tranche, as appropriate.
SECTION 20. Issue of Replacement Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons.
(a) The Bank will cause a sufficient quantity of additional forms of Notes,
Receipts, Coupons and Talons to be available, upon request, to the London
Issuing Agent (in the case of Temporary Bearer Global Notes, Permanent Bearer
Global Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons) and to the Registrar (in the case of
Registered Global Notes) at their specified office for the purpose of issuing
replacement Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons as provided below.
(b) The London Issuing Agent or the Registrar will, subject to and in
accordance with the terms of the Notes and the following provisions of this
Section 20, cause to be delivered any replacement Notes, Receipts, Coupons and
Talons which the Bank may determine to issue in place of Notes, Receipts,
Coupons and Talons which have been lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or
destroyed.
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(c) In the case of a mutilated or defaced Note, the London Issuing Agent or
the Registrar shall ensure that (unless otherwise covered by such indemnity as
the Bank may require) any replacement Note will only have attached to it
Receipts, Coupons and Talons corresponding to those (if any) attached to the
mutilated or defaced Note which is presented for replacement.
(d) Neither the London Issuing Agent nor the Registrar shall issue any
replacement Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon unless and until the applicant
therefor shall have:
(i) paid such costs as may be incurred in connection therewith;
(ii) furnished it with such evidence (including evidence as to the
serial number of such Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon) and indemnity (which
may include a bank guarantee) as the Bank and the Registrar or the London
Issuing Agent, as the case may be, may require; and
(iii) in the case of any mutilated or defaced Note, Receipt, Coupon or
Talon, surrendered the same to the Registrar or the London Issuing Agent,
as the case may be.
(e) The Registrar or the London Issuing Agent, as the case may be, shall
cancel any mutilated or defaced Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons with respect
to which replacement Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons have been issued
pursuant to this Section 20 and shall furnish the Bank with a certificate
stating the serial numbers of the Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons so
canceled and, unless otherwise instructed by the Bank in writing, shall destroy
(in accordance with its customary procedures) such canceled Notes, Receipts,
Coupons and Talons and furnish the Bank with a destruction certificate
containing the information specified in Section 19(c).
(f) The Registrar or the London Issuing Agent, as the case may be, shall,
on issuing any replacement Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon, forthwith inform the
Bank and the Paying Agents of the serial number of such replacement Note,
Receipt, Coupon or Talon issued and (if known) of the serial number of the Note,
Receipt, Coupon or Talon in place of which such replacement Note, Receipt,
Coupon or Talon has been issued. Whenever replacement Receipts, Coupons or
Talons are issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 20, the London
Issuing Agent shall also notify the Paying Agents of the maturity dates of the
lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed Receipts, Coupons or Talons and of
the replacement Receipts, Coupons or Talons issued.
(g) The Registrar shall keep a full and complete record of all replacement
Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons issued and shall make such record available
at all reasonable times to the Bank and any persons authorized by the Bank for
inspection and for the taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom.
(h) Whenever any Definitive Bearer Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon for which
a replacement Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon has been issued and with respect to
which the serial number is known is presented to any of the Paying Agents for
payment, the relevant Paying Agent shall immediately send notice thereof to the
Bank and the Registrar.
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SECTION 21. Copies of This Agreement and Each Pricing Supplement Available for
Inspection.
The Paying Agents shall, for as long as any Note remains outstanding, hold
copies of this Agreement, the Offering Circular (as amended or supplemented from
time to time), each Pricing Supplement (except that a Pricing Supplement
relating to unlisted Notes will only be available for inspection by a holder of
such a Note upon production of evidence satisfactory to the relevant Paying
Agent as to the identity of such holder), the Bank's Articles of Incorporation
and By-Laws, as amended or restated, and any documents incorporated by reference
into the Offering Circular available for inspection during normal business
hours. For this purpose, the Bank shall furnish the Paying Agents with
sufficient copies of each of such documents.
SECTION 22. Commissions and Expenses.
The Bank shall pay to the Agents such fees and commissions as the Bank and
each of the Agents may separately agree from time to time in writing with
respect to the services of the Agents hereunder together with any reasonable and
properly documented expenses (including legal fees and expenses, insurance
costs, printing, postage, tax, cable and advertising expenses) incurred by the
Agents in connection with their said services. Nothing in this Agreement shall
obligate the Agents to take any action which would involve any such expenses,
unless and until such Agent shall have received payment in respect thereof. At
the request of the Agents, the parties to this Agreement may, from time to time
during the continuance of this Agreement review the commissions agreed initially
pursuant to this Section 22 with a view to determining whether the parties can
mutually agree upon any changes to such commissions.
SECTION 23. Indemnity.
(a) The Bank shall indemnify each of the Agents (which for purposes of this
Section 23 shall include its officers, directors, employees and agents) against
any direct losses, liabilities, costs, claims, actions, demands or expenses
(including, but not limited to, all reasonable costs, charges and expenses
(including counsel fees and expenses) paid or incurred in disputing or defending
any of the foregoing) which it may incur or which may be made against any of the
Agents as a result of or in connection with its appointment by the Bank or the
exercise of its powers and duties hereunder or the Interest Calculation Agency
Agreement, Exchange Rate Agent Agreement, or pursuant to instructions from the
Bank, except such as may result from its own willful default, gross negligence
or bad faith or that of its officers, directors or employees or the breach by it
of the terms of this Agreement.
(b) The Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted
hereunder except for their own willful default, gross negligence or bad faith or
that of their respective officers, directors or employees or the breach by any
of them of the terms of this Agreement.
(c) The obligations of the Bank under this section shall survive the
payment of the Notes, the resignation or removal of any Agent and the
termination of this Agreement.
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SECTION 24. Repayment by the Paying Agents.
(a) The Paying Agents shall, forthwith on written demand, repay to the Bank
sums equivalent to any amounts paid by the Bank to the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest with respect to any
Registered Notes and remaining unclaimed at the end of two years after the
principal of such Registered Notes shall have become due and payable (whether at
the Stated Maturity Date or otherwise) and monies sufficient therefor shall have
been duly made available for payment, provided that there is not any
outstanding, bona fide and proper claim with respect to such amounts. Upon such
repayment all liability of the Paying Agent with respect to such funds shall
thereupon cease.
(b) Bearer Notes, Receipts and Coupons shall become void unless presented
for payment within a period of two years from the date on which the related
payment of principal or interest shall have become due and payable and monies
sufficient therefor shall have been made available for payment. The Paying
Agents shall, forthwith on written demand, repay to the Bank sums equivalent to
any amounts paid by the Bank to the Paying Agents for the payment of principal
(premium, if any) or interest with respect to any such Bearer Note, Receipt or
Coupon and remaining unclaimed when such Bearer Note, Receipt or Coupon becomes
void and all liability with respect thereto shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 25. Conditions of Appointment.
(a) Each Agent shall be entitled to deal with money paid to it by the Bank
for the purpose of this Agreement in the same manner as other money paid to a
banker by its customers except:
(i) that it shall not exercise any right of set-off, lien or similar
claim in respect thereof;
(ii) as provided in Section 25(b) below; and
(iii) that it shall not be liable to account to the Bank for any
interest thereon except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Bank and
an Agent.
(b) In acting hereunder and in connection with the Notes, the Agents shall
act solely as agents of the Bank and will not thereby assume any obligations
towards or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the owners or
holders of the Notes, Receipts, Coupons or Talons, except that all funds held by
the Paying Agents for payment to the Noteholders shall be held for the benefit
of such holders or owners and applied as set forth herein, but need not be
segregated from other funds except as required by law.
(c) The Agents hereby undertake to the Bank to perform such obligations and
duties, and shall be obligated to perform such duties and only such duties, as
are expressly stated herein, in the Notes, the Procedures Memorandum and any
Supplement specifically set forth, and no implied duties or obligations shall be
read into this Agreement or the Notes or the Procedures Memorandum against any
of the Agents. In no event shall the Agents be liable for special, indirect or
consequential loss or damages of any kind (including, but not limited to, lost
profits).
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(d) The Agents may consult with legal and other professional advisers of
its selection and the opinion of such advisers, rendered in good faith, shall be
full and complete protection with respect to any action taken, omitted or
suffered hereunder in good faith in accordance with the opinion of such
advisers.
(e) Each of the Agents shall be protected and shall incur no liability for
or with respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered in reliance upon any
instruction, request or order from the Bank or any notice, resolution,
direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement, cable, telex, facsimile
or other paper or document which it reasonably believes to be genuine and to
have been delivered, signed or sent by an Authorized Representative.
(f) Any of the Agents and any of their officers, directors and employees
may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, any Notes, Receipts,
Coupons or Talons with the same rights that it or he would have if such Agent(s)
concerned were not appointed hereunder, and may engage or be interested in any
financial or other transaction with the Bank and may act on, or as depositary,
trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of Notes or Coupons or in
connection with any other obligations of the Bank as surely as if such Agent(s)
were not appointed hereunder.
(g) To the extent permitted by law, each of the Agents shall be entitled to
deem and treat the bearer of any Bearer Note as the absolute owner thereof.
SECTION 26. Communication Between the Parties.
A copy of all material notifications and communications relating to the
subject matter of this Agreement between any Noteholders, Receiptholders or
Couponholders and any of the Agents or the Registrar shall be sent to the Bank
by the relevant Agent or the Registrar, as the case may be.
SECTION 27. Changes in Agents.
(a) The Bank agrees that, until no Note is outstanding or until monies for
the payment of all amounts with respect to all outstanding Notes have been made
available to the Paying Agents (whichever is the later):
(i) so long as any Notes are listed, quoted and/or traded on any Stock
Exchange, there will at all times be such paying, issuing, listing and
other agents having a specified office in each location required by the
rules and regulations of the relevant Stock Exchange;
(ii) there will at all times be a Paying Agent, a Registrar, a London
Issuing Agent and Transfer Agent with a specified office in a city in
continental Europe unless, in respect of any Paying Agent, payments are
permitted to be made in the United States and the Bank shall have appointed
a Paying Agent in the United States; and
(iii) in the event that European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any
other Directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting
of 26-27 November 2000 is brought into force, the Bank will ensure that it
maintains a Paying
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Agent in a member state of the European Union that will not be obliged to
withhold or deduct tax pursuant to such Directive.
Any variation, termination, appointment or change shall only take effect (other
than in the case of insolvency, when it shall be of immediate effect) after not
less than 30 nor more than 45 days prior notice thereof shall have been given to
the Noteholders in accordance with Section 18, provided that no such variation,
termination, appointment or change shall take effect (except in the case of
insolvency) within 15 days before or after any Interest Payment Date.
(b) Subject to Section 27(a), the Bank may terminate the appointment of any
Agent at any time and/or appoint one or more further relevant Agents by giving
to the relevant Agent at least 45 days notice in writing to that effect.
(c) Subject to Section 27(a), all or any of the Paying Agents or Transfer
Agents may resign their respective appointments hereunder at any time by giving
the Bank at least 45 days written notice to that effect, except that in the case
of any Paying Agent, upon the European Union Directive 2003/48/EC on the
taxation of savings adopted by the European Union Council of Economic and
Finance Ministers meeting on 26-27 November 2000, or any law implementing or
complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive, becoming
effective, such resignation shall not take effect until the Bank has appointed a
Paying Agent in a member state of the European Union that will not be obliged to
withhold or deduct tax from payment in respect of such Notes pursuant to any
such Directive or law.
(d) The Bank agrees with each Agent that if, by the day falling 10 days
before the expiry of any notice under the above clause, the Bank has not
appointed a replacement agent, then the relevant Agent shall be entitled, on
behalf of the Bank, to appoint in its place any reputable financial institution
of good standing and the Bank shall not unreasonably object to such appointment.
If the relevant Agent is unable to appoint a replacement agent, the relevant
Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
replacement agent.
(e) Prior to its resignation or removal becoming effective, the relevant
Paying Agent, Registrar, London Issuing Agent, Listing Agent or Transfer Agent:
(i) shall, in the case of a Paying Agent, forthwith transfer all
monies held by it hereunder and the records referred to in Sections 11(a),
19(c) and 20(g) to the successor Paying Agent hereunder; and
(ii) shall be entitled to the payment by the Bank of its commissions
and fees for the services theretofore rendered hereunder in accordance with
the terms of Section 22.
(f) Upon its appointment becoming effective, any new Paying Agent, London
Issuing Agent, Registrar, Listing Agent or Transfer Agent shall, without further
act, deed or conveyance, become vested with all the authority, rights, powers,
trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor with like effect
as if originally named as a Paying Agent, London Issuing Agent, Registrar,
Listing Agent or Transfer Agent, respectively, hereunder.
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SECTION 28. Merger and Consolidation.
Any corporation into which any Agent may be merged, or any corporation with
which any Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger or consolidation to which any Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
to which any Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of
the assets of such Agent shall, on the date when such merger, consolidation or
transfer becomes effective and to the extent permitted by any applicable laws,
become the successor Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto, unless
otherwise required by the Bank, and after the said effective date all references
in this Agreement to such Agent shall be deemed to be references to such
corporation. Notice of any such merger, consolidation or transfer shall
forthwith be given to the Bank by the relevant Agent.
SECTION 29. Notifications.
Following receipt of notice of resignation from any Agent and forthwith
upon appointing a successor or other Agent, as the case may be, or on giving
notice to terminate the appointment of any Agent, the Bank shall give or cause
to be given not more than 45 days nor less than 30 days notice thereof to the
Noteholders in accordance with Section 18.
SECTION 30. Change of Specified Office.
If any Agent determines to change its specified office it shall give to the
Bank written notice of such determination giving the address of the new
specified office, which shall be in the same city, and stating the date on which
such change is to take effect, which shall not be less than 45 days thereafter.
The Bank shall within 15 days of receipt of such notice (unless the appointment
of the relevant Agent is to terminate pursuant to Section 27 on or prior to the
date of such change) give or cause to be given not more than 45 days nor less
than 30 days notice thereof to the Noteholders in accordance with Section 18.
SECTION 31. Notices.
Any notice or communication given to any party hereunder shall be
sufficiently given or served if sent by facsimile transmission to the relevant
number specified on the signature page hereof and, if so sent, shall be deemed
to have been delivered upon transmission, provided such transmission is
confirmed when an acknowledgment of receipt is received (in the case of
facsimile transmission).
SECTION 32. Taxes and Stamp Duties.
The Bank agrees to pay any and all stamp and other documentary taxes or
duties (other than any interest or penalties arising as a result of a failure by
any other person to account promptly to the relevant authorities for any such
duties or taxes after such person shall have received from the Bank the full
amount payable in respect thereof) which may be payable in connection with the
execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of this Agreement.
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SECTION 33. Currency Indemnity.
If, under any applicable law and whether pursuant to a judgment being made
or registered against the Bank or for any other reason, any payment under or in
connection with this Agreement is made or is to be satisfied in a currency (the
"other currency") other than that in which the relevant payment is expressed to
be due under this Agreement, the Bank shall arrange to supply the other currency
to the relevant Agent, in accordance with the payment timeframes specified in
Section 13(a) of this Agreement.
SECTION 34. Amendments.
(a) The Notes and any Talons, Receipts and Coupons attached to the
Definitive Bearer Notes and this Agreement may be amended by the Bank (upon
notice to the parties hereto):
(i) for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting
or supplementing any defective provision contained therein or herein;
(ii) to make any further modifications of the terms of this Agreement
necessary or desirable to allow for the issuance of any additional Notes
(which modifications shall not be materially adverse to holders of
outstanding Notes); or
(iii) in any manner which the Bank (and, in the case of this
Agreement, the parties hereto) may deem necessary or desirable and which
shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of the
Notes, Talons, Receipts and Coupons, to all of which each holder of Notes,
Talons, Receipts and Coupons shall, by acceptance thereof, be deemed to
have consented;
provided, however, that no such modification or amendment may, without the
consent of the holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby, (1) change the
Stated Maturity Date with respect to any Note or reduce or cancel the amount
payable at maturity; (2) reduce the amount payable or modify the payment date
for any interest with respect to any Note or vary the method of calculating the
rate of interest with respect to any Note; (3) reduce any minimum interest rate
and/or maximum interest rate with respect to any Note; (4) modify the currency
in which payments under any Note and/or any Coupons appertaining thereto are to
be made; (5) change the obligation of the Bank to pay Additional Amounts with
respect to Notes, Talons, Receipts and Coupons; (6) reduce the percentage in
principal amount of outstanding Notes the consent of the holders of which is
necessary to modify the provisions of the Notes or to waive any future
compliance or past default. Any instrument given by or on behalf of any holder
of a Note in connection with any consent to any such modification, amendment or
waiver shall be irrevocable once given and shall be conclusive and binding on
all subsequent holders of such Note. Any modifications, amendments or waivers to
this Agreement or the provisions of the Notes, Talons, Receipts and Coupons
shall be conclusive and binding on all holders of Notes, Talons, Receipts and
Coupons, whether or not notation of such modifications, amendments or waivers is
made upon the Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons. It will not be necessary for
the consent of the holders of Notes to approve the particular form of any
proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof; provided that the Agents shall have
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no responsibility for preparing any summary or other notice of such substance to
be provided to holders of Notes in connection with any amendment hereto.
SECTION 35. References to Additional Amounts.
All references in this Agreement to principal, premium and interest in
respect of any Note shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to
mean and include all Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect thereof as
set forth in such Note.
SECTION 36. Descriptive Headings.
The descriptive headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not define or limit the provisions hereof.
SECTION 37. Governing Law.
This Agreement is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws
principles thereof, and all applicable federal laws and regulations.
SECTION 38. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but
all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
The Bank
SUNTRUST BANK SunTrust Bank
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and London Issuing Agent
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The Luxembourg Paying Agent
and Transfer Agent
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The Listing Agent
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF REGISTERED GLOBAL NOTE
[UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (55 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇) (THE "DEPOSITARY") TO
SUNTRUST BANK (THE "BANK") OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE
FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS NOTE IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND
ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGED IN
WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, IT MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT
AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.](1)
[SUBORDINATED NOTE: THE OBLIGATION EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE IS AN OBLIGATION OF
SUNTRUST BANK (THE "BANK") AND IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLAIMS OF DEPOSITORS AND
GENERAL CREDITORS OF THE BANK, IS INELIGIBLE AS COLLATERAL FOR A LOAN BY THE
BANK AND IS NOT SECURED. THIS OBLIGATION IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY
THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ("FDIC") OR ANY OTHER INSURER.]
[SENIOR NOTE: THIS NOTE IS A DIRECT, UNCONDITIONAL, UNSECURED AND UNSUBORDINATED
GENERAL OBLIGATION OF SUNTRUST BANK (THE "BANK"). THE OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED BY
THIS NOTE RANK PARI PASSU WITH ALL OTHER UNSECURED AND UNSUBORDINATED
OBLIGATIONS OF THE BANK, EXCEPT OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING ITS DEPOSIT LIABILITIES,
THAT ARE SUBJECT TO ANY PRIORITIES OR PREFERENCES UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. THIS
NOTE DOES NOT EVIDENCE A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION ("FDIC") OR ANY OTHER INSURER.]
THIS NOTE IS ISSUABLE ONLY IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF US$100,000 AND INTEGRAL
MULTIPLES OF US$1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF. EACH OWNER OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN
THIS NOTE IS REQUIRED TO HOLD A BENEFICIAL INTEREST OF US$100,000 PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OR ANY INTEGRAL MULTIPLE OF US$1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF OF THIS NOTE AT
ALL TIMES.
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(1) Delete in the case of all Registered Global Notes other than DTC Global
Notes.
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[DISCOUNT NOTES: THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH "ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 AS AMENDED.
HOLDERS MAY CONTACT [__________] AT [__________] TO RECEIVE INFORMATION WITH
RESPECT TO THE CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.]
No. R- REGISTERED
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CUSIP No.:
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ISIN No.:
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Common Code:
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SUNTRUST BANK
GLOBAL BANK NOTE
(Registered Global Note)
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:
MATURITY DATE: U.S. dollar
FIXED RATE NOTE Other:
FLOATING RATE NOTE
SUNTRUST BANK, a bank organized under the laws of the State of Georgia (the
"Bank"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _______________, or
registered assigns, the principal amount specified above as adjusted in
accordance with Schedule 1 hereto, on the Maturity Date specified above (except
to the extent redeemed or repaid prior to the Maturity Date) and to pay interest
thereon (i) in accordance with the provisions set forth on the reverse hereof
under the caption "Fixed Rate Interest Provisions," if this Note is designated
as a "Fixed Rate Note" above, or (ii) in accordance with the provisions set
forth on the reverse hereof under the caption "Floating Rate Interest
Provisions," if this Note is designated as a "Floating Rate Note" above, in each
case as such provisions may be modified or supplemented by the terms and
provisions set forth in the Pricing Supplement attached hereto (the "Pricing
Supplement"), and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable) to pay interest at the Default Rate per annum specified in
the Pricing Supplement on any overdue principal and premium, if any, and on any
overdue installment or interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to the person in
whose name this Note (or any predecessor Note) is registered at the close of
business on the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a Business Day (as
defined on the reverse hereof)) next preceding the applicable Interest Payment
Date (unless otherwise specified in the Pricing Supplement) (each, a "Regular
Record Date"); provided, however, that interest payable at Maturity (as defined
on the reverse hereof) will be payable to the person to whom principal shall be
payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the holder as of the close of business on such
Regular Record Date, and shall
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instead be payable to the person in whose name this Note (or any predecessor
Note) is registered at the close of business on a special record date for the
payment of such defaulted interest (the "Special Record Date") to be fixed by
the Registrar (as defined below), notice whereof shall be given by the Registrar
to the holder of this Note not less than 15 calendar days prior to such Special
Record Date.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Bank's notes due from 7
days to 30 years or more from date of issue (the "Notes"). The Notes are issued
in accordance with the Amended and Restated Global Agency Agreement, dated as of
March 31, 2004 (the "Global Agency Agreement"), among the Bank and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, as paying agent (the "Domestic Paying Agent") and as
registrar (the "Registrar"), Deutsche Bank AG London, as paying agent (the
"London Paying Agent") and as issuing agent (the "London Issuing Agent") and
Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent") and as
paying agent (the "Luxembourg Paying Agent", together with the Domestic Paying
Agent and the London Paying Agent, the "Paying Agents", and individually, a
"Paying Agent") and Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoise as listing agent (the
"Listing Agent"). The terms Domestic Paying Agent, Registrar, London Paying
Agent, London Issuing Agent, Luxembourg Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Listing
Agent shall include any additional or successor agents appointed in such
capacities by the Bank.
The Bank shall cause to be kept at the office of the Registrar designated
below a register (the register maintained in such office or any other office or
agency of the Registrar, herein referred to as the "Note Register") in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Bank shall
provide for the registration of Notes issued in registered form and of transfers
of such Notes. The Bank has initially appointed Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, acting through its principal office at ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, as "Registrar" for the purpose of registering Notes issued
in registered form and transfers of such Notes. The Bank reserves the right to
rescind such designation at any time, and to transfer such function to another
bank or financial institution.
The transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note Register, upon
surrender of the Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of
the Registrar or any transfer agent maintained for that purpose, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Registrar (or such transfer agent) duly executed by, the holder hereof or
its attorney duly authorized in writing.
Payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, this Note
due at Maturity will be made in immediately available funds upon presentation
and surrender of this Note at the office of a Paying Agent maintained for that
purpose; provided, that this Note is presented to such Paying Agent in time for
such Paying Agent to make such payment in accordance with its normal procedures.
Payments of interest an this Note (other than at Maturity) will be made by wire
transfer to such account as has been appropriately designated to a Paying Agent
by the person entitled to such payments.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the
reverse hereof and in the Pricing Supplement, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. In the event of
any conflict between the provisions contained
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herein or on the reverse hereof and the provisions contained in the Pricing
Supplement attached hereto, the latter shall control. References herein to "this
Note," "hereof," "herein" and comparable terms shall include the Pricing
Supplement attached hereto.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Registrar, by manual signature of an authorized signatory, this Note shall not
be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES
THEREOF, AND ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Note to be duly executed.
SUNTRUST BANK
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred to in the
within-mentioned Global Agency Agreement.
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Registrar
By:
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Name:
Title:
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[ATTACH PRICING SUPPLEMENT]
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[Reverse of Note]
[ATTACH REVERSE OF NOTE IN FORM
OF EXHIBIT K TO THE GLOBAL AGENCY AGREEMENT]
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the within
Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations.
TEN COM - as tenants in common
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - _____________ Custodian _____________
(Cust) (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
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State
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
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PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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(Please print or typewrite name and address,
including postal zip code, of assignee)
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints
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to transfer said Note on the books of the Bank, with full power of substitution
in the premises.
Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
must correspond with the name as written
upon the within Note in every
particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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Signature Guarantee
NOTICE: The signature(s) should be
guaranteed by an eligible guarantor
institution (banks, stockbrokers,
savings and loan associations, and
credit unions with membership in an
approved signature guarantee medallion
program), pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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Schedule 1
SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES
The following increases and decreases in the principal amount of this Note
have been made:
Increase (Decrease)
in Principal Amount
of this Note Due to Principal Notation made
Transfer Among Amount of this Note by or on behalf
Date of Transfer Global Notes After Transfer of the Bank
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF DEFINITIVE REGISTERED NOTE
[SUBORDINATED NOTE: THE OBLIGATION EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE IS AN OBLIGATION OF
SUNTRUST BANK (THE "BANK") AND IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLAIMS OF DEPOSITORS AND
GENERAL CREDITORS OF THE BANK, IS INELIGIBLE AS COLLATERAL FOR A LOAN BY THE
BANK AND IS NOT SECURED. THIS OBLIGATION IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY
THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ("FDIC") OR ANY OTHER INSURER.]
[SENIOR NOTE: THIS NOTE IS A DIRECT, UNCONDITIONAL, UNSECURED AND UNSUBORDINATED
GENERAL OBLIGATION OF SUNTRUST BANK (THE "BANK"). THE OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED BY
THIS NOTE RANK PARI PASSU WITH ALL OTHER UNSECURED AND UNSUBORDINATED
OBLIGATIONS OF THE BANK, EXCEPT OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING ITS DEPOSIT LIABILITIES,
THAT ARE SUBJECT TO ANY PRIORITIES OR PREFERENCES UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. THIS
NOTE DOES NOT EVIDENCE A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION ("FDIC") OR ANY OTHER INSURER.]
THIS NOTE IS ISSUABLE ONLY IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF US$100,000 AND INTEGRAL
MULTIPLES OF US$1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF. EACH OWNER OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN
THIS NOTE IS REQUIRED TO HOLD A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN US$100,000 PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OR ANY INTEGRAL MULTIPLE OF US$1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF OF THIS NOTE AT
ALL TIMES.
[DISCOUNT NOTES: THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH "ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT" FOR PURPOSES
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
HOLDERS MAY CONTACT [___________________________________] AT [_________________]
TO RECEIVE INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT.]
No. R- _____________________ REGISTERED
CUSIP No.: _________________
ISIN No.: __________________
Common Code: _______________
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SUNTRUST BANK
BANK NOTE
(Definitive Registered Note)
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
MATURITY DATE:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:
[_] U.S. dollar
[_] Other:
OPTION TO ELECT PAYMENT IN SPECIFIED CURRENCY (if Specified Currency is other
than the United States dollar):
[_] Yes [_] No
AUTHORIZED DENOMINATIONS:
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
[_] FIXED RATE NOTE INTEREST RATE: ________%
[_] FLOATING RATE NOTE
INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION:
[_] ISDA RATE
MARGIN (PLUS OR MINUS):
DESIGNATED MATURITY:
FLOATING RATE OPTION:
RESET DATE:
[_] REFERENCE RATE DETERMINATION
INDEX MATURITY:
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: ___%
INTEREST RATE BASIS OR BASES:
IF LIBOR:
[_] LIBOR Moneyline Telerate
Page:
[_] LIBOR Reuters
Page:
IF CMT RATE:
Designated CMT
Moneyline Telerate Page:
7051
7052
SPREAD (PLUS OR MINUS)
AND/OR SPREAD MULTIPLIER:
INTEREST RESET PERIOD:
INITIAL INTEREST RESET DATE:
INTEREST RESET DATES:
INTEREST CALCULATION:
[_] Regular Floating Rate Note
[_] Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note
Fixed Rate Commencement Date:
Fixed Interest Rate:
[_] Inverse Floating Rate Note
Fixed Interest Rate:
RECORD DATES (if other than the 15th day prior to each Interest Payment Date):
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: _____%
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: _____%
INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE:
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INITIAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE: _____%
ANNUAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE REDUCTION:
HOLDER'S OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATE(S):
DAY COUNT CONVENTION
[_] 30/360 for the period from and including ___ to but excluding ___.
[_] Actual 360 for the period from and including __ to but excluding ___.
[_] Actual/Actual for the period from and including __ to but excluding __.
Actual/Actual (ISMA) for the period from and including ________ to but excluding
_____.
If Actual/Actual (ISMA) Fixed Rate Day Count Convention:
Interest Commencement Date:
Determination Dates:
[_] Other:
BUSINESS DAY CONVENTION
[_] Floating Rate Convention
[_] Following Business Day Convention
[_] Modified Following Business Day Convention
[_] Preceding Business Day Convention
INDEX CURRENCY:
DEFAULT RATE: ____%
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT:
CALCULATION AGENT (if other than Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas):
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
[_] Yes
[_] No
Total Amount of OID:
Yield to Maturity:
Initial Accrual Period:
Issue Price: ____%
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[INDEXED NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[DUAL CURRENCY NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[INSTALLMENT NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[PARTLY PAID NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[Insert other applicable general provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
REDENOMINATION (Yes/No): [if yes, insert details from Pricing Supplement.]
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SUNTRUST BANK, a bank organized under the laws of the State of Georgia the
"Bank"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ______________________,
or registered assigns, the principal amount specified above on the Maturity Date
specified above (except to the extent redeemed or repaid prior to the Maturity
Date) and to pay interest thereon (i) in accordance with the provisions set
forth on the reverse hereof under the caption "Fixed Rate Interest Provisions,"
if this Note is designated as a "Fixed Rate Note" above, or (ii) in accordance
with the provisions set forth on the reverse hereof under the caption "Floating
Rate Interest Provisions," if this Note is designated as a "Floating Rate Note"
above, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable) to pay interest at the Default Rate per annum, specified above, on
any overdue principal and premium, if any, and on any overdue installment of
interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date specified above will be paid to the person in whose
name this Note (or any predecessor Note) is registered at the close of business
on the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a Business Day (as defined on the
reverse hereof)) next preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date, unless
otherwise specified above (each, a "Regular Record Date"); provided, however,
that interest payable at Maturity (as defined on the reverse hereof) will be
payable to the person to whom principal shall be payable. Any such interest not
so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to
the holder as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and shall
instead be payable to the person in whose name this Note (or any predecessor
Note) is registered at the close of business on a special record date for the
payment of such defaulted interest (the "Special Record Date") to be fixed by
the Registrar (as defined below), notice whereof shall be given by the Registrar
to the holder of this Note not less than 15 calendar days prior to such Special
Record Date.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Bank's notes due from 7
days to 30 years or more from date of issue (the "Notes"). The Notes are issued
and to be issued in accordance with an Amended and Restated Global Agency
Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2004 (the "Global Agency Agreement"), among the
Bank; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent (the "Domestic
Paying Agent") and as registrar (the "Registrar"); Deutsche Bank AG London, as
paying agent (the "London Paying Agent") and as issuing agent (the "London
Issuing Agent"); and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as transfer agent (the
"Transfer Agent") and as paying agent (the "Luxembourg Paying Agent;" together
with the Domestic Paying Agent and the London Paying Agent, the "Paying Agents,"
and individually, a "Paying Agent") and Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoise as
listing agent (the "Listing Agent"). The terms Domestic Paying Agent, Registrar,
London Paying Agent, Luxembourg Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Listing Agent
shall include any additional or successor agents appointed in such capacities by
the Bank.
The Bank shall cause to be kept at the office of the Registrar designated
below a register (the register maintained in such office or any other office or
agency of the Registrar, herein referred to as the "Note Register") in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Bank shall
provide for the registration of Notes issued in registered form and of transfers
of such Notes. The Bank has initially appointed Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, acting through its principal office at ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, as "Registrar" for the purpose of registering Notes issued
in registered form and transfers of such Notes. The Bank reserves the right to
rescind such designation at any time, and to transfer such function to another
bank or financial institution.
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The transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note Register, upon
surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of
the Registrar or any transfer agent maintained for that purpose, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Registrar (or such transfer agent) duly executed by the holder hereof or its
attorney duly authorized in writing.
Payment of principal of and the premium, if any, and interest on, this Note
due at Maturity will be made in immediately available funds upon presentation
and surrender of this Note at the office of a Paying Agent maintained for that
purpose; provided, that this Note is presented to such Paying Agent in time for
such Paying Agent to make such payment in accordance with its normal procedures.
Payments of interest on this Note (other than at Maturity) will be made by check
mailed to the holder of this Note as of the Regular Record Date with respect to
such Interest Payment Date at the address shown in the Note Register specified
below, provided, however, that a holder of US$10,000,000 or more in aggregate
principal amount (or the equivalent thereof in other currencies) of Notes
(whether identical or different terms and provisions) shall be entitled to
receive payments of interest, other than interest due at Maturity, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate written wire transfer
instructions have been received by a Paying Agent not less than 16 days prior to
the applicable Interest Payment Date.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth
on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Registrar in the case this Note is issued through DTC or the London Issuing
Agent in the case this Note is issued only through Euroclear and/or Clearstream,
Luxembourg, by manual signature of an authorized signatory, this Note shall not
be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES
THEREOF, AND ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Note to be duly executed.
SUNTRUST BANK
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Global Agency
Agreement.
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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Registrar
By:
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Name:
Title:
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[ATTACH PRICING SUPPLEMENT]
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[Reverse of Note]
[ATTACH REVERSE OF NOTE IN FORM
OF EXHIBIT K TO THE GLOBAL AGENCY AGREEMENT]
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
the within Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations.
TEN COM - as tenants in common
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - _____________ Custodian _____________
(Cust) (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
_________________________________
State
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
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PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
---------------------------------
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(Please print or typewrite name and address,
including postal zip code, of assignee)
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints
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to transfer said Note on the books of the Bank, with full power of substitution
in the premises.
Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
must correspond with the name as written
upon the within Note in every
particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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Signature Guarantee
NOTICE: The signature(s) should be
guaranteed by an eligible guarantor
institution (banks, stockbrokers,
savings and loan associations, and
credit unions with membership in an
approved signature guarantee medallion
program), pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF TEMPORARY BEARER GLOBAL NOTE
[SUBORDINATED NOTE: THE OBLIGATION EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE IS AN OBLIGATION OF
SUNTRUST BANK (THE "BANK")AND IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLAIMS OF DEPOSITORS AND
GENERAL CREDITORS OF THE BANK, IS INELIGIBLE AS COLLATERAL FOR A LOAN BY THE
BANK AND IS NOT SECURED. THIS OBLIGATION IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY
THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ("FDIC") OR ANY OTHER INSURER.]
[SENIOR NOTE: THIS NOTE IS A DIRECT, UNCONDITIONAL, UNSECURED AND UNSUBORDINATED
GENERAL OBLIGATION OF SUNTRUST BANK (THE "BANK"). THE OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED BY
THIS NOTE RANK PARI PASSU WITH ALL OTHER UNSECURED AND UNSUBORDINATED
OBLIGATIONS OF THE BANK EXCEPT OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING ITS DEPOSIT LIABILITIES,
THAT ARE SUBJECT TO ANY PRIORITIES OR PREFERENCES UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. THIS
NOTE DOES NOT EVIDENCE A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION ("FDIC") OR ANY OTHER INSURER.]
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO
LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.*
BY ACCEPTING THIS OBLIGATION, THE HOLDER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT
A UNITED STATES PERSON (OTHER THAN AN EXEMPT RECIPIENT DESCRIBED IN SECTION
6049(b)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER) AND THAT
IT IS NOT ACTING FOR OR ON BEHALF OF A UNITED STATES PERSON (OTHER THAN AN
EXEMPT RECIPIENT DESCRIBED IN SECTION 6049(b)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER).**
THIS NOTE IS A TEMPORARY BEARER GLOBAL NOTE. INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY BEARER
GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD TO A U.S. PERSON PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION
OF THE RESTRICTED PERIOD (SET FORTH HEREIN) EXCEPT IN CERTAIN LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.
No. B- ___________________ BEARER
ISIN No.: ________________
Common Code: _____________
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* For Notes with a maturity at issuance of greater than 183 days.
** For Notes with a maturity at issuance of 183 days or less. Said Notes must
be in minimum denominations of U.S.$500,000 (or if in a foreign currency,
the spot rate equivalent on the issue date).
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SUNTRUST BANK
GLOBAL BANK NOTE
(Temporary Bearer Global Note)
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
MATURITY DATE:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:
[_] U.S. dollar
[_] Other:
OPTION TO ELECT PAYMENT IN SPECIFIED CURRENCY
(if Specified Currency is other than the United States dollar):
[_] Yes [_] No
AUTHORIZED DENOMINATIONS:
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
[_] FIXED RATE NOTE INTEREST RATE: ____%
[_] FLOATING RATE NOTE
INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION:
[_] ISDA RATE
MARGIN (PLUS OR MINUS):
DESIGNATED MATURITY:
FLOATING RATE OPTION:
RESET DATE:
[_] REFERENCE RATE DETERMINATION
INDEX MATURITY:
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: ____%
INTEREST RATE BASIS OR BASES:
IF LIBOR:
[_] LIBOR Moneyline Telerate
Page:
[_] LIBOR Reuters
Page:
IF CMT RATE:
Designated CMT
Moneyline Telerate Page:
7051
7052
SPREAD (PLUS OR MINUS) AND/OR SPREAD MULTIPLIER:
INTEREST RESET PERIOD:
INITIAL INTEREST RESET DATE:
INTEREST RESET DATES:
INTEREST CALCULATION:
[_] Regular Floating Rate Note
[_] Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note
Fixed Rate Commencement Date:
Fixed Interest Rate:
[_] Inverse Floating Rate Note
Fixed Interest Rate:
RECORD DATES (if other than the 15th day prior to each Interest Payment Date):
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: ____%
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: ____%
INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE:
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INITIAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE: ____%
ANNUAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE REDUCTION:
HOLDER'S OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATE(S):
DAY COUNT CONVENTION
[_] 30/360 for the period from and including ___ to but excluding ___.
[_] Actual 360 for the period from and including __ to but excluding ___.
[_] Actual/Actual for the period from and including __ to but excluding __.
Actual/Actual (ISMA) for the period from and including ____ to but excluding
_____.
If Actual/Actual (ISMA) Fixed Rate Day Count Convention:
Interest Commencement Date:
Determination Dates:
BUSINESS DAY CONVENTION
[_] Floating Rate Convention
[_] Following Business Day Convention
[_] Modified Following Business Day Convention
[_] Preceding Business Day Convention
INDEX CURRENCY:
DEFAULT RATE: ____%
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT:
CALCULATION AGENT (if other than Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas):
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
[_] Yes
[_] No
Total Amount of OID:
Yield to Maturity:
Initial Accrual Period:
Issue Price: ____%
[_] Other:
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[INDEXED NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[DUAL CURRENCY NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[INSTALLMENT NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[PARTLY PAID NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[Insert other applicable general provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
REDENOMINATION (Yes/No): [if yes, insert details from Pricing Supplement.]
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SunTrust Bank, a bank organized under the laws of the State of Georgia (the
"Bank"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the bearer hereof the
principal amount specified above, as adjusted in accordance with Schedules 2 and
3, on the Maturity Date (except to the extent redeemed or repaid prior to the
Maturity Date) specified above and to pay interest thereon (i) in accordance
with the provisions set forth on the reverse hereof under the caption "Fixed
Rate Interest Provisions," if this Note is designated as a "Fixed Rate Note"
above, or (ii) in accordance with the provisions set forth on the reverse hereof
under the caption "Floating Rate Interest Provisions," if this Note is
designated as a "Floating Rate Note" above, and (to the extent that the payment
of such interest shall be legally enforceable) to pay interest at the Default
Rate per annum, specified above, on any overdue principal and premium, if any,
and on any overdue installment of interest.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Bank's notes due from 7
days to 30 years or more from date of issue (the "Notes"). The Notes are issued
and to be issued in accordance with an Amended and Restated Global Agency
Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2004 (the "Global Agency Agreement"), among the
Bank; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent ("the Domestic
Paying Agent") and as registrar (the "Registrar"); Deutsche Bank AG London, as
paying agent (the "London Paying Agent"); and as issuing agent (the "London
Issuing Agent"); Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., as transfer agent (the "Transfer
Agent") and as paying agent (the "Luxembourg Paying Agent;" together with the
Domestic Paying Agent and the London Paying Agent, the "Paying Agents;"
individually, a "Paying Agent"); and Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoise as listing
agent (the "Listing Agent"). The terms Domestic Paying Agent, Registrar, London
Paying Agent, London Issuing Agent, Luxembourg Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and
Listing Agent shall include any additional or successor agents appointed in such
capacities by the Bank.
This Note is to be held by a common depositary for Euroclear Bank
S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System ("Euroclear"), and Clearstream
Banking, societe anonyme ("Clearstream, Luxembourg") on behalf of account
holders which have beneficial interests in this Note credited to their
respective securities accounts with Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg from
time to time.
Prior to the Exchange Date (as defined below), all payments (if any) on
this Note will only be made to the bearer hereof to the extent that there is
presented to the London Paying Agent by Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg a
certificate, substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1 hereto, to the
effect that it has received from or with respect to a person owning beneficially
a particular principal amount of this Note (as shown by its records) a
certificate from such person in or substantially in the form of Certificate "A"
as set out in Schedule 1 hereto. After the Exchange Date the holder of this Note
will not be entitled to receive any payment of interest hereon.
Subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, on or after the date which
is 40 days after the Original Issue Date specified above (the "Exchange Date"),
this Note may be exchanged, in whole but not in part (free of charge), for a
permanent global Note in bearer form (a "Permanent Bearer Global Note")
containing, except with respect to rights of exchange, identical terms and
provisions. From and after the date on which definitive Notes in bearer form
("Definitive Notes") shall have been issued in exchange for beneficial interests
in a Permanent
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Bearer Global Note, this Note may be exchanged, in whole but not in part (free
of charge), only for Definitive Notes. Any such exchanges will be made upon
presentation of this Note by the bearer hereof at the offices of the London
Paying Agent (or at such other place outside the United States of America, its
territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of
Columbia (the "United States") as the London Paying Agent may agree) and
subject, in the case of an exchange for Definitive Notes, to at least 60 days
written notice expiring at least 30 days after the Exchange Date being given to
the London Paying Agent by Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg.
The Permanent Bearer Global Note or the Definitive Notes, as the case may
be, shall be so issued and delivered in exchange for this Note only if there
shall have been presented to the London Issuing Agent by Euroclear or
Clearstream, Luxembourg a certificate, substantially in the form set out in
Schedule 1 hereto, to the effect that it has received from or with respect to a
person owning beneficially a particular principal amount of this Note (as shown
by its records) a certificate from such person in or substantially in the form
of Certificate "A" as set out in Schedule 1 hereto.
On an exchange of the whole of this Note, this Note shall be surrendered to
the London Paying Agent.
Unless otherwise provided herein, the principal of, and premium, if any,
and interest on, this Note are payable in the Specified Currency indicated above
(or, if such Specified Currency is not at the time of such payment legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts, in such other coin or currency of
the country which issued such Specified Currency as at the time of such payment
is legal tender for the payment of debts).
Subject to any fiscal or other laws and regulations applicable thereto in
the place of payment, payments on this Note will be made by transfer to an
account in the Specified Currency (which, in the case of a payment in yen to a
non-resident of Japan, shall be a non-resident account) maintained by the payee
with, or by a check in the Specified Currency drawn on, a bank (which, in the
case of a payment in yen to a non-resident of Japan, shall be an authorized
foreign exchange bank) in the Principal Financial Center of the country of the
Specified Currency (which, in the case of the euro, shall be deemed for this
purpose to be the capital city of any country whose currency has been replaced
by the euro or any other location designated in the applicable Pricing
Supplement); provided, however, that a check may not be delivered to an address
in, and an amount may not be transferred to an account at a bank in, the United
States of America or its possessions by any office or agency of the Bank or any
Paying Agent.
Payments of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on this Note
will be made in the manner specified above against presentation or surrender, as
the case may be, of this Note at the office of the London Paying Agent
maintained for that purpose, subject to the requirements as to certification
provided herein. On any payment of an installment or interest being made,
details of such payment shall be entered by or on behalf of the Bank in Schedule
3 hereto and the relevant space in Schedule 3 hereto recording any such payment
shall be signed by or on behalf of the Bank.
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The bearer of this Note shall be the only person entitled to receive
payments with respect hereto, and the Bank will be discharged by payment to, or
to the order of, the bearer of this Note with respect to each amount so paid.
Each person in the records of Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg as the
beneficial owner of a particular principal amount of this Note (an "Owner") must
look solely to Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be, for
its share of each payment so made by the Bank to, or to the order of, the bearer
of this Note. No person other than the bearer hereof shall have any claim
against the Bank with respect to payments due hereon.
On any redemption or repayment and cancellation of all or any portion of
this Note, details of such redemption or repayment and cancellation shall be
entered by or on behalf of the Bank in Schedule 2 hereto and the relevant space
in Schedule 2 hereto recording any such redemption or repayment and cancellation
shall be signed by or on behalf of the Bank. Upon any such redemption or
repayment and cancellation, the aggregate principal amount of this Note shall be
reduced by the principal amount so redeemed or repaid and cancelled.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, payments with
respect to this Note will only be made at the specified office of a Paying Agent
in the United States if:
(i) the Bank has appointed Paying Agents with specified offices outside the
United States with the reasonable expectation that such Paying Agents would be
able to make payment at such specified offices outside the United States of the
full amount due with respect to this Note in the manner provided above when due;
(ii) payment of the full amount due with respect to this Note at such
specified offices outside the United States is illegal or effectively precluded
by exchange controls or other similar restrictions; and
(iii) such payment is then permitted under United States law without
involving, in the opinion of the Bank, adverse tax consequences to the Bank.
If this Note is a Fixed Rate Note and the date for payment of any amount
with respect to this Note or any coupon appertaining hereto is not a Payment
Business Day in a place of presentation, the bearer of this Note or any such
coupon shall not be entitled to payment until the next succeeding Payment
Business Day in the relevant place and shall not be entitled to further interest
or other payment with respect to such delay. For these purposes, unless
otherwise specified above "Payment Business Day" means any Business Day which is
also a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle
payments in the relevant place of presentation.
If this Note is a Floating Rate Note and any interest payment date for this
Note (other than an interest payment date at maturity) would otherwise fall on a
day that is not a Payment Business Day, then, if the business day convention
specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the
applicable Pricing Supplement) is:
(a) the "Floating Rate Convention," such interest payment date shall be
postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Payment Business Day unless it
would thereby fall into the next succeeding calendar month, in which event (1)
such interest payment date shall be brought
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forward to the next preceding Payment Business Day and (2) each subsequent
interest payment date shall be the last Payment Business Day in the month which
falls the number of months or other period specified as the interest payment
period on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the applicable
Pricing Supplement) after the preceding applicable interest payment date
occurred; or
(b) the "Following Business Day Convention," such interest payment date
shall be postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Payment Business Day;
or
(c) the "Modified Following Business Day Convention," such interest payment
date shall be postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Payment Business
Day unless it would thereby fall into the next succeeding calendar month, in
which event such interest payment date shall be brought forward to the next
preceding Payment Business Day; or
(d) the "Preceding Business Day Convention," such interest payment date
shall be brought forward to the next preceding Payment Business Day.
If this Note is a Floating Rate Note and this Note matures on a day that is
not a Payment Business Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest will be made on the next succeeding Payment Business Day, and no
interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after the maturity
date of this Note.
Any action by the bearer of this Note shall bind all future bearers of this
Note and of any Note issued in exchange or substitution hereof or in place
hereof, in respect of anything done or permitted by the Bank or by the Paying
Agents in pursuance of such action.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
London Issuing Agent, by manual signature of an authorized signatory, this Note
shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES
THEREOF, AND ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Note to be duly executed.
SUNTRUST BANK
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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LONDON ISSUING AGENT'S
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Global Agency
Agreement.
DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON,
as London Issuing Agent
By:
-------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
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[ATTACH PRICING SUPPLEMENT]
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[Reverse of Note]
[ATTACH REVERSE OF NOTE IN FORM
OF EXHIBIT K TO THE GLOBAL AGENCY AGREEMENT]
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Schedule 1
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE PRESENTED BY
EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM, LUXEMBOURG
SUNTRUST BANK
(the "Bank")
[Title of Notes]
(the "Securities")
This is to certify that, based solely on certifications we have received in
writing, by telex or by electronic transmission from member organizations
appearing in our records as persons owning beneficially a portion of the
principal amount set forth below (our "Member Organizations"), as of the date
hereof, [______] principal amount of above-captioned Securities (i) is owned by
persons that are not citizens or residents of the United States, partnerships,
corporations or other entities created or organized under the laws of the United
States, an estate the income of which is subject to United States Federal income
taxation regardless of its source or a trust if a court within the United States
is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and
one or more United States persons (as defined below) have the authority to
control all substantial decisions of the trust ("United States persons"), (ii)
is owned by United States persons that (a) are foreign branches of United States
financial institutions (as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulation Section
1.165-12(c)(1)(iv)) ("financial institutions") purchasing for their own account
or resale, or (b) acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United
States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United
States financial institutions on the date hereof and in either case (a) or (b),
each such United States financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or
through its agent, that we may advise the Bank or the Bank's agent that it will
comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, or (iii) is
owned by United States or foreign financial institutions for purposes of resale
during the restricted period (as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulation Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and to the further effect that United States or foreign
financial institutions described in clause (iii) (whether or not also described
in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Securities
for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a
person within the United States or its possessions.
As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We further certify (i) that we are not making available herewith for
exchange (or, if relevant, exercise of any rights or collection of any interest)
any portion of the temporary global Security excepted in such certifications and
(ii) that as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any
of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such
Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith
for
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exchange (or, if relevant, exercise of any rights or collection of any interest)
are no longer true and cannot be relied upon at the date hereof.
We will retain all certificates received from Member Organizations for the
period specified in U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(3)(i).
We understand that this certification is required in connection with
certain tax laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative and legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certification is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certification to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated: _____________, ____(1).
Yours faithfully,
[EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.V.,
AS OPERATOR OF THE
EUROCLEAR SYSTEM]
or
[CLEARSTREAM BANKING,
SOCIETE ANONYME]
By:
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Name:
Title:
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(1) This certificate is not to be dated earlier than five days prior to the
Exchange Date or relevant payment date, as applicable.
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CERTIFICATE "A"
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE PRESENTED TO
EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM, LUXEMBOURG
SUNTRUST BANK
(the "Bank")
[Title of Notes]
(the "Securities")
This is to certify that as of the date hereof and except as set forth
below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (1)(i) are
owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States,
partnerships, corporations or other entities created or organized under the laws
of the United States, an estate the income of which is subject to United States
Federal income taxation regardless of its source or a trust if a court within
the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the
administration of the trust and one or more United States persons (as defined
below) have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust
("United States person(s)"), (ii) are owned by United States person(s) that (a)
are foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in U.S.
Treasury Regulation Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(iv)) ("financial institutions")
purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) acquired the Securities
through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold
the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date
hereof and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial
institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may
advise the Bank or the Bank's agent that it will comply with the requirements of
Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder, or (iii) are owned by United States or
foreign financial institutions for purposes of resale during the restricted
period (as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)),
and in addition if the owner of the Securities is a United States or foreign
financial institution described in clause (iii) (whether or not also described
in clause (i) or (ii)) this is further to certify that such financial
institution has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or
indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or
its possessions and (2) are not held by or on behalf of U.S. persons (as defined
in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).
As used herein, "United States," mean the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We undertake to advise you promptly by telex on or prior to the date on
which you intend to submit your certification relating to the Securities held by
you for our account in accordance with your documented procedures if any
applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of
any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of
such date.
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This certification excepts and does not relate, to [____] of such interest
in the above Securities with respect to which we are not able to certify and as
to which we understand exchange and delivery for definitive Securities or an
interest in a global Security (or, if relevant, exercise of any right or
collection of any interest) cannot be made until we do so certify.
We understand that this certification is required in connection with
certain tax laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative and legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certification is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certification to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated: ______________, ___(2)
Yours faithfully,
[Name of Person Making Certification]
[By:]
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[Name:]
[Title:]
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(2) This certificate is not to be dated earlier than fifteen days prior to the
Exchange Date or relevant payment date, as applicable.
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Schedule 2
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES FOR NOTES REPRESENTED
BY A PERMANENT BEARER GLOBAL NOTE OR FOR DEFINITIVE BEARER NOTES,
OR REDEMPTIONS OR REPAYMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
The following exchanges, redemptions, or repayments and cancellations of
this Note have been made:
Principal amount
Principal amount of this Note
Date of exchange, of this Note following such
redemption, or exchanged, redeemed exchange, redemption Notation made
repayment and or repaid and or repayment and by or on behalf
cancellation cancelled cancellation of the Bank
----------------- ------------------- -------------------- ---------------
----------------- ------------------- -------------------- ---------------
----------------- ------------------- -------------------- ---------------
----------------- ------------------- -------------------- ---------------
----------------- ------------------- -------------------- ---------------
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Schedule 3
PART I
INTEREST PAYMENTS
Confirmation of
payment
Total Amount of Amount of by or on behalf of
Date of Payment Installment Payable Installment Paid the Bank
--------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------
--------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------
--------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------
--------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------
[duplicate until the appropriate number of Interest Payment Dates for this Note
is reached]
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PART II
INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS
Confirmation of
payment
Total Amount of Amount of by or on behalf of
Date of Payment Installment Payable Installment Paid the Bank
--------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------
--------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------
--------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------
--------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------
[duplicate until the appropriate number of installment payment dates for this
Note is reached]
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF PERMANENT BEARER GLOBAL NOTE
[SUBORDINATED NOTE: THE OBLIGATION EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE IS AN OBLIGATION OF
SUNTRUST BANK (THE "BANK") AND IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLAIMS OF DEPOSITORS AND
GENERAL CREDITORS OF THE BANK, IS INELIGIBLE AS COLLATERAL FOR A LOAN BY THE
BANK AND IS NOT SECURED. THIS OBLIGATION IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY
THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ("FDIC") OR ANY OTHER INSURER.]
[SENIOR NOTE: THIS NOTE IS A DIRECT, UNCONDITIONAL, UNSECURED AND UNSUBORDINATED
GENERAL OBLIGATION OF SUNTRUST BANK (THE "BANK"). THE OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED BY
THIS NOTE RANK PARI PASSU WITH ALL OTHER UNSECURED AND UNSUBORDINATED
OBLIGATIONS OF THE BANK EXCEPT OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING ITS DEPOSIT LIABILITIES,
THAT ARE SUBJECT TO ANY PRIORITIES OR PREFERENCES UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. THIS
NOTE DOES NOT EVIDENCE A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION ("FDIC") OR ANY OTHER INSURER.]
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO
LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.*
BY ACCEPTING THIS OBLIGATION, THE HOLDER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT
A UNITED STATES PERSON (OTHER THAN AN EXEMPT RECIPIENT DESCRIBED IN SECTION
6049(b)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER) AND THAT
IT IS NOT ACTING FOR OR ON BEHALF OF A UNITED STATES PERSON (OTHER THAN AN
EXEMPT RECIPIENT DESCRIBED IN SECTION 6049(b)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER).**
[DISCOUNT NOTES: THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH "ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT" FOR PURPOSES
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
HOLDERS MAY CONTACT [________________________] AT [_________________] TO RECEIVE
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.]
No. B- ________________ BEARER
ISIN No.: _____________
Common Code: __________
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* For Notes with a maturity at issuance of greater than 183 days.
** For Notes with a maturity at issuance of 183 days or less. Said Notes must
be in minimum denominations of U.S.$500,000 (or if in a foreign currency,
the spot rate equivalent on the issue date).
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SUNTRUST BANK
GLOBAL BANK NOTE
(Permanent Bearer Global Note)
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
MATURITY DATE:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:
[_] U.S. dollar
[_] Other:
OPTION TO ELECT PAYMENT IN SPECIFIED CURRENCY
(if Specified Currency is other than the United States dollar):
Yes [_] No [_]
AUTHORIZED DENOMINATIONS:
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
[_] FIXED RATE NOTE INTEREST RATE: ______%
[_] FLOATING RATE NOTE
INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION:
[_] ISDA RATE
MARGIN (PLUS OR MINUS):
DESIGNATED MATURITY:
FLOATING RATE OPTION:
RESET DATE:
[_] REFERENCE RATEDETERMINATION
INDEX MATURITY:
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: ___%
INTEREST RATE BASIS OR BASES:
IF LIBOR:
[_] LIBOR Moneyline Telerate
Page:
[_] LIBOR Reuters
Page:
IF CMT RATE:
Designated CMT
Moneyline Telerate Page:
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7052
SPREAD (PLUS OR MINUS) AND/OR SPREAD MULTIPLIER:
INTEREST RESET PERIOD:
INITIAL INTEREST RESET DATE:
INTEREST RESET DATES:
INTEREST CALCULATION:
[_] Regular Floating Rate Note
[_] Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note
Fixed Rate Commencement Date:
Fixed Interest Rate:
[_] Inverse Floating Rate Note
Fixed Interest Rate:
RECORD DATES (if other than the 15th day prior to each Interest Payment Date):
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: _____%
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: _____%
INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE:
INITIAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE: _____%
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ANNUAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE REDUCTION:
HOLDER'S OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATE(S):
DAY COUNT CONVENTION
[_] 30/360 for the period from and including ___to but excluding ___.
[_] Actual 360 for the period from and including __ to but excluding ___.
[_] Actual/Actual for the period from and including __ to but excluding __.
Actual/Actual (ISMA) for the period from and including ____ to but excluding
____.
If Actual/Actual (ISMA) Fixed Rate Day Count Convention:
Interest Commencement Date:
Determination Dates:
[_] Other:
BUSINESS DAY CONVENTION
[_] Floating Rate Convention
[_] Following Business Day Convention
[_] Modified Following Business Day Convention
[_] Preceding Business Day Convention
INDEX CURRENCY:
DEFAULT RATE: ____%
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT:
CALCULATION AGENT (if other than Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas):
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
[_] Yes
[_] No
Total Amount of OID:
Yield to Maturity:
Initial Accrual Period:
Issue Price: ____%
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[INDEXED NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[DUAL CURRENCY NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[INSTALLMENT NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[PARTLY PAID NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[Insert other applicable general provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
REDENOMINATION (Yes/No): [if yes, insert details from Pricing Supplement.]
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SunTrust Bank, a bank organized under the laws of the State of Georgia (the
"Bank"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the bearer hereof the
principal amount specified above, as adjusted in accordance with Schedules 1 and
2, on the Maturity Date (except to the extent redeemed or repaid prior to the
Maturity Date) specified above and to pay interest thereon (i) in accordance
with the provisions set forth on the reverse hereof under the caption "Fixed
Rate Interest Provisions," if this Note is designated as a "Fixed Rate Note"
above, or (ii) in accordance with the provisions set forth on the reverse hereof
under the caption "Floating Rate Interest Provisions," if this Note is
designated as a "Floating Rate Note" above, and (to the extent that the payment
of such interest shall be legally enforceable) to pay interest at the Default
Rate per annum specified above on any overdue principal and premium, if any, and
on any overdue installment of interest.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Bank's notes due from 7
days to 30 years or more from date of issue (the "Notes"). The Notes are issued
and to be issued in accordance with an Amended and Restated Global Agency
Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2004 (the "Global Agency Agreement"), among the
Bank; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent (the "Domestic
Paying Agent") and as registrar (the "Registrar"); Deutsche Bank AG London, as
paying agent (the "London Paying Agent") and as issuing agent (the "London
Issuing Agent"); Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as transfer agent (the "Transfer
Agent") and as paying agent (the "Luxembourg Paying Agent;" together with the
Domestic Paying Agent and the London Paying Agent, the "Paying Agents;"
individually, a "Paying Agent"); and Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoise as listing
agent (the "Listing Agent"). The terms Domestic Paying Agent, Registrar, London
Paying Agent, London Issuing Agent, Luxembourg Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and
Listing Agent shall include any additional or successor agents appointed in such
capacities by the Bank.
This Note is to be held by a common depositary for Euroclear Bank
S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System ("Euroclear"), and Clearstream
Banking, societe anonyme ("Clearstream, Luxembourg") on behalf of account
holders which have beneficial interests in this Note credited to their
respective securities accounts with Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg from
time to time.
The interests represented by this Note were originally represented by a
temporary global Note in bearer form (a "Temporary Bearer Global Note")
containing, except with respect to rights of exchange, identical terms and
provisions to this Note.
This Note may be exchanged, in whole only (free of charge), for definitive
Notes in bearer form ("Definitive Notes") containing, except with respect to
rights of exchange, identical terms and provisions to this Note. Subject as
aforesaid and to at least 60 days written notice expiring at least 30 days after
the Exchange Date (as defined in the Temporary Bearer Global Note referred to
above) being given to the London Issuing Agent by Euroclear or Clearstream,
Luxembourg, such exchange will be made upon presentation and surrender of this
Note by the bearer hereof on any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on
which banks are open for business in London at the city office of the London
Issuing Agent. The aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes issued upon an
exchange of this Note will be equal to the aggregate principal amount of this
Note, as adjusted in accordance with Schedules 1 and 2.
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Unless otherwise provided herein, the principal of, and premium, if any,
and interest on this Note are payable in the Specified Currency indicated above
(or, if such Specified Currency is not at the time of such payment legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts, in such other coin or currency of
the country which issued such Specified Currency as at the time of such payment
is legal tender for the payment of debts).
Subject to any fiscal or other laws and regulations applicable thereto in
the place of payment, payments on this Note will be made by transfer to an
account in the Specified Currency (which, in the case of a payment in yen to a
non-resident of Japan, shall be a non-resident account) maintained by the payee
with, or by a check in the Specified Currency drawn on, a bank (which, in the
case of a payment in yen to a non-resident of Japan, shall be an authorized
foreign exchange bank) in the Principal Financial Center of the country of the
Specified Currency (which, in the case of the euro, shall be deemed for this
purpose to be the capital city of any country whose currency has been replaced
by the euro or any other location designated in the applicable Pricing
Supplement); provided, however, that a check may not be delivered to an address
in, and an amount may not be transferred to an account at a bank located in, the
United States by any office or agency of the Bank or any Paying Agent.
Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on this Note will be
made in the manner specified above against presentation or surrender, as the
case may be, of this Note at the office of the London Paying Agent maintained
for that purpose. On any payment of an installment or interest being made,
details of such payment shall be entered by or on behalf of the Bank in Schedule
2 hereto and the relevant space in Schedule 2 hereto recording any such payment
shall be signed by or on behalf of the Bank.
The bearer of this Note shall be the only person entitled to receive
payments with respect hereto, and the Bank will be discharged by payment to, or
to the order of, the bearer of this Note with respect to each amount so paid.
Each person shown in the records of Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg as the
beneficial owner of a particular principal amount of this Note (an "Owner") must
look solely to Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be, for
its share of each payment so made by the Bank to, or to the order of, the bearer
of this Note. No person other than the bearer hereof shall have any claim
against the Bank with respect to payments due hereon.
On any redemption or repayment and cancellation of all or any portion of
this Note, details of such redemption or repayment and cancellation shall be
entered by or on behalf of the Bank in Schedule 1 hereto and the relevant space
in Schedule 1 hereto recording any such redemption or repayment and cancellation
shall be signed by or on behalf of the Bank. Upon any such redemption or
repayment and cancellation, the aggregate principal amount of this Note shall be
reduced by the principal so redeemed or repaid and cancelled.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, payments with
respect to this Note will only be made at the specified office of a Paying Agent
in the United States if:
(i) the Bank has appointed Paying Agents with specified offices
outside the United States with the reasonable expectation that such
Paying Agents would be able to make payment at such specified offices
outside be United States
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of the full amount due with respect to this Note in the manner
provided above when due;
(ii) payment of the full amount due with respect to this Note at
such specified offices outside the United States is illegal or
effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar
restrictions; and
(iii) such payment is then permitted under United States law
without involving, in the opinion of the Bank, adverse tax
consequences to the Bank.
If this Note is a Fixed Rate Note and the date for payment of any amount
with respect to this Note or any coupon appertaining hereto is not a Payment
Business Day in a place of presentation, the bearer of this Note or any such
coupon shall not be entitled to payment until the next succeeding Payment
Business Day in the relevant place and shall not be entitled to further interest
or other payment with respect to such delay. For these purposes, unless
otherwise specified above, "Payment Business Day" means any Business Day which
is also a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle
payments in the relevant place of presentation.
If this Note is a Floating Rate Note and any interest payment date for this
Note (other than an interest payment date at maturity) would otherwise fall on a
day that is not a Payment Business Day, then, if the business day convention
specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the
applicable Pricing Supplement) is:
(a) the "Floating Rate Convention," such interest payment date shall be
postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Payment Business Day unless it
would thereby fall into the next succeeding calendar month, in which event (1)
such interest payment date shall be brought forward to the next preceding
Payment Business Day and (2) each subsequent interest payment date shall be the
last Payment Business Day in the month which falls the number of months or other
period specified as the interest payment period on the face hereof (or, if this
Note is in global form, in the applicable Pricing Supplement) after the
preceding applicable interest payment date occurred; or
(b) the "Following Business Day Convention," such interest payment date
shall be postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Payment Business Day;
or
(c) the "Modified Following Business Day Convention," such interest payment
date shall be postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Payment Business
Day unless it would thereby fall into the next succeeding calendar month, in
which event such interest payment date shall be brought forward to the next
preceding Payment Business Day; or
(d) the "Preceding Business Day Convention," such interest payment date
shall be brought forward to the next preceding Payment Business Day.
If this Note is a Floating Rate Note and this Note matures on a day that is
not a Payment Business Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest will be made on the next succeeding Payment Business Day, and no
interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after the maturity
date of this Note.
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Any action by the bearer of this Note shall bind all future bearers of this
Note, and of any Note issued in exchange or substitution hereof or in place
hereof or in respect of anything done or permitted by the Bank or by the Paying
Agents in pursuance of such action.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
London Issuing Agent by manual signature of an authorized signatory, this Note
shall not be valid or obligatory for any purposes.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES
THEREOF, AND ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Note to be duly executed.
SUNTRUST BANK
By:
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Name:
Time:
Dated:
LONDON ISSUING AGENT'S
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred
to in the within-mentioned Global Agency Agreement.
DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON,
as London Issuing Agent
By:
---------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
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[Reverse of Note]
[ATTACH REVERSE OF NOTE IN FORM
OF EXHIBIT K TO THE GLOBAL AGENCY AGREEMENT]
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Schedule 1
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES AND
REDEMPTIONS OR REPAYMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
The following increases (decreases) of this Note and redemptions or
repayments and cancellations of this Note have been made:
<TABLE>
Increase (Decrease) in
principal amount of
this Note due to Principal amount of this
exchange of Temporary Note following such
Date of exchange, Bearer Global Note or Principal amount of this exchange or redemption
redemption, or repayment exchange for Definitive Note redeemed or repaid or repayment and Notation made by or
and cancellation Bearer Note and cancelled cancellation on behalf of the Bank
------------------------ ----------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ---------------------
------------------------ ----------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ---------------------
------------------------ ----------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ---------------------
------------------------ ----------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ---------------------
------------------------ ----------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ---------------------
------------------------ ----------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ---------------------
</TABLE>
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Schedule 2
PART 1
INTEREST PAYMENTS
Confirmation of
Total Amount of Amount of payment by or on
Date of Payment Interest Payable Interest Paid behalf of the Bank
--------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------------
--------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------------
--------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------------
--------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------------
(Continue numbering until the appropriate number of Interest Payment Dates for
this Note is reached)
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PART II
INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS
Confirmation of
Total Amount of Amount of payment by or on
Date of Payment Installment Payable Installment Paid behalf of the Bank
--------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------
--------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------
--------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------
--------------- ------------------- ---------------- ------------------
(Continue numbering until the appropriate number of installment payment dates
for this Note is reached)
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF DEFINITIVE BEARER NOTE
[SUBORDINATED NOTE: THE OBLIGATION EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE IS AN OBLIGATION OF
SUNTRUST BANK (THE "BANK") AND IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLAIMS OF DEPOSITORS AND
GENERAL CREDITORS OF THE BANK, IS INELIGIBLE AS COLLATERAL FOR A LOAN BY THE
BANK AND IS NOT SECURED. THIS OBLIGATION IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY
THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ("FDIC") OR ANY OTHER INSURER.]
[SENIOR NOTE: THIS NOTE IS A DIRECT, UNCONDITIONAL, UNSECURED AND UNSUBORDINATED
GENERAL OBLIGATION OF SUNTRUST BANK (THE "BANK"). THE OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED BY
THIS NOTE RANK PARI PASSU WITH ALL OTHER UNSECURED AND UNSUBORDINATED
OBLIGATIONS OF THE BANK EXCEPT OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING ITS DEPOSIT LIABILITIES,
THAT ARE SUBJECT TO ANY PRIORITIES OR PREFERENCES UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. THIS
NOTE DOES NOT EVIDENCE A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION ("FDIC") OR ANY OTHER INSURER.]
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO
LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.*
BY ACCEPTING THIS OBLIGATION, THE HOLDER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT
A UNITED STATES PERSON (OTHER THAN AN EXEMPT RECIPIENT DESCRIBED IN SECTION
6049(b)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER) AND THAT
IT IS NOT ACTING FOR OR ON BEHALF OF A UNITED STATES PERSON (OTHER THAN AN
EXEMPT RECIPIENT DESCRIBED IN SECTION 6049(b)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER).**
[DISCOUNT NOTES: THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH "ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT" FOR PURPOSES
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
HOLDERS MAY CONTACT [_______________________________________________] AT
[______________________________] TO RECEIVE INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE
CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.]
No. B- _______ BEARER
ISIN No.: ______
Common Code: _____
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* For Notes with a maturity at issuance of greater than 183 days.
** For Notes with a maturity at issuance of 183 days or less. Said Notes must
be in minimum denominations of U.S.$500,000 (or if in a foreign currency,
the spot rate equivalent on the issue date).
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SUNTRUST BANK
BANK NOTE
(Definitive Bearer Note)
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
MATURITY DATE:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:
[_] U.S. dollar
[_] Other:
OPTION TO ELECT PAYMENT IN SPECIFIED CURRENCY
(if Specified Currency is other than the United States dollar):
[_] Yes [_] No
AUTHORIZED DENOMINATIONS:
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
[_] FIXED RATE NOTE INTEREST RATE: _______%
[_] FLOATING RATE NOTE
INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION:
[_] ISDA RATE
MARGIN (PLUS OR MINUS):
DESIGNATED MATURITY:
FLOATING RATE OPTION:
RESET DATE:
[_] REFERENCE RATE DETERMINATION
INDEX MATURITY:
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: ___%
INTEREST RATE BASIS OR BASES:
IF LIBOR:
[_] LIBOR Moneyline Telerate
Page:
[_] LIBOR Reuters
Page:
IF CMT RATE:
Designated CMT
Moneyline Telerate Page:
7051
7052
SPREAD (PLUS OR MINUS) AND/OR SPREAD MULTIPLIER:
INTEREST RESET PERIOD:
INITIAL INTEREST RESET DATE:
INTEREST RESET DATES:
INTEREST CALCULATION:
[_] Regular Floating Rate Note
[_] Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note
Fixed Rate Commencement Date:
Fixed Interest Rate:
[_] Inverse Floating Rate Note
Fixed Interest Rate:
RECORD DATES (if other than the 15th day prior to each Interest Payment Date):
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: _____%
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: _____%
INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE:
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INITIAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE: _____%
ANNUAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE REDUCTION:
HOLDER'S OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATE(S):
DAY COUNT CONVENTION
[_] 30/360 for the period from and including ___to but excluding ___.
[_] Actual 360 for the period from and including __ to but excluding ___.
[_] Actual/Actual for the period from and including __ to but excluding __.
Actual/Actual (ISMA) for the period from and including ____ to but excluding
____.
If Actual/Actual (ISMA) Fixed Rate Day Count Convention:
Interest Commencement Date:
Determination Dates:
[_] Other:
BUSINESS DAY CONVENTION
[_] Floating Rate Convention
[_] Following Business Day Convention
[_] Modified Following Business Day Convention
[_]Preceding Business Day Convention
INDEX CURRENCY:
DEFAULT RATE: ____%
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT:
CALCULATION AGENT (if other than Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas):
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
[_] Yes
[_] No
Total Amount of OID:
Yield to Maturity:
Initial Accrual Period:
Issue Price: ____%
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[INDEXED NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[DUAL CURRENCY NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[INSTALLMENT NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[PARTLY PAID NOTES: Insert relevant provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
[Insert other applicable general provisions from Pricing Supplement.]
REDENOMINATION (Yes/No): [if yes, insert details from Pricing Supplement.]
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SUNTRUST BANK, a bank organized under the laws of the State of Georgia (the
"Bank"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the bearer hereof, upon
presentation and surrender of this Note, the principal amount specified above on
the Maturity Date (except to the extent redeemed or repaid prior to the Maturity
Date) specified above and to pay interest thereon (i) in accordance with the
provisions set forth on the reverse hereof under the caption "Fixed Rate
Interest Provisions," if this Note is designated as a "Fixed Rate Note" above,
or (ii) in accordance with the provisions set forth on the reverse hereof under
the caption "Floating Rate Interest Provisions," if this Note is designated as a
"Floating Rate Note" above, but only, in the case of interest (other than
Additional Amounts (as defined on the reverse hereof) payable as provided
herein) due on or before Maturity (as defined on the reverse hereof), upon
presentation and surrender of the interest coupons attached hereto as they
severally mature. The Bank shall also (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable) pay interest at the Default Rate per
annum specified above on any overdue principal and premium, if any, and on any
overdue installment of interest. Interest so payable on overdue interest shall
be paid to the bearer of the interest coupon representing such overdue interest.
In the event that the principal of this Note shall become due and payable prior
to the Maturity Date specified above and money therefor shall have been paid or
made available for payment, all unmatured interest coupons (whether or not
attached) shall become void and no payment shall be made in respect thereof.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Bank's notes due from 7
days to 30 years or more from date of issue (the "Notes"). The Notes are issued
and to be issued in accordance with an Amended and Restated Global Agency
Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2004 (the "Global Agency Agreement"), among the
Bank; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent (the "Domestic
Paying Agent") and as registrar (the "Registrar"); Deutsche Bank AG London, as
paying agent (the "London Paying Agent") and as issuing agent (the "London
Issuing Agent"); Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as transfer agent (the "Transfer
Agent") and as paying agent (the "Luxembourg Paying Agent;" together with the
Domestic Paying Agent and the London Paying Agent, the "Paying Agents;"
individually, a "Paying Agent"); and Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoise as listing
agent (the "Listing Agent"). The terms Domestic Paying Agent, Registrar, London
Paying Agent, London Issuing Agent, Luxembourg Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and
Listing Agent shall include any additional or successor agents appointed in such
capacities by the Bank.
Unless otherwise provided herein, the principal of, and premium, if any,
and interest on, this Note are payable in the Specified Currency indicated above
(or, if such Specified Currency is not at the time of such payment legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts, in such other coin or currency of
the country which issued such Specified Currency as at the time of such payment
is legal tender for the payment of debts).
Subject to any fiscal or other laws and regulations applicable thereto in
the place of payment, payments on this Note will be made by transfer to an
account in the Specified Currency (which, in the case of a payment in yen to a
non-resident of Japan, shall be a non-resident account) maintained by the payee
with, or by a check in the Specified Currency drawn on, a bank (which, in the
case of a payment in yen to a non-resident of Japan, shall be an authorized
foreign exchange bank) in the Principal Financial Center of the country of the
Specified Currency (which, in the case of the euro, shall be deemed for this
purpose to be the capital city of any
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country whose currency has been replaced by the euro or any other location
designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement); provided, however, that a
check may not be delivered to an address in, and an amount may not be
transferred to an account at a bank located in, the United States by any office
or agency of the Bank, the Global Agent or any Paying Agent.
Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on this Note will be
made in the manner specified above against presentation or surrender of this
Note or coupons, as the case may be, at the office of the London Paying Agent
maintained for that purpose, or at the office or agency of any other Paying
Agent located outside the United States.
The bearer of this Note shall be the only person entitled to receive
payments with respect hereto, and the Bank will be discharged by payment to, or
to the order of, the bearer of this Note with respect to each amount so paid. No
person other than the bearer hereof shall have any claim against the Bank with
respect to payments due hereon.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, payments with
respect to this Note will only be made at the specified office of a Paying Agent
in the United States if:
(i) the Bank has appointed Paying Agents with specified offices
outside the United States with the reasonable expectation that such
Paying Agents would be able to make payment at such specified offices
outside the United States of the full amount due with respect to this
Note in the manner provided above when due;
(ii) payment of the full amount due with respect to this Note at
such specified offices outside the United States is illegal or
effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar
restrictions; and
(iii) such payment is then permitted under United States law
without involving, in the opinion of the Bank, adverse tax
consequences to the Bank.
If this Note is a Fixed Rate Note and the date for payment of any amount
with respect to this Note or any coupon pertaining hereto is not a Payment
Business Day in the place of presentation, the bearer of this Note or any such
coupon shall not be entitled to payment until the next succeeding Payment
Business Day in the relevant place and shall not be entitled to further interest
or other payment with respect to such delay. For these purposes, unless
otherwise specified herein, "Payment Business Day" means any Business Day which
is also a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle
payments in the relevant place of presentation.
If this Note is a Floating Rate Note and any interest payment date for this
Note (other than an interest payment date at maturity) would otherwise fall on a
day that is not a Payment Business Day, then, if the business day convention
specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the
applicable Pricing Supplement) is:
(a) the "Floating Rate Convention," such interest payment date shall be
postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Payment Business Day unless it
would thereby fall into the next succeeding calendar month, in which event (1)
such interest payment date shall be brought
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forward to the next preceding Payment Business Day and (2) each subsequent
interest payment date shall be the last Payment Business Day in the month which
falls the number of months or other period specified as the interest payment
period on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the applicable
Pricing Supplement) after the preceding applicable interest payment date
occurred; or
(b) the "Following Business Day Convention," such interest payment date
shall be postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Payment Business Day;
or
(c) the "Modified Following Business Day Convention," such interest payment
date shall be postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Payment Business
Day unless it would thereby fall into the next succeeding calendar month, in
which event such interest payment date shall be brought forward to the next
preceding Payment Business Day; or
(d) the "Preceding Business Day Convention," such interest payment date
shall be brought forward to the next preceding Payment Business Day.
If this Note is a Floating Rate Note and this Note matures on a day that is
not a Payment Business Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest will be made on the next succeeding Payment Business Day, and no
interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after the maturity
date of this Note.
Principal, premium, if any, and interest due upon redemption or repayment
of this Note as provided herein shall be paid upon presentation and surrender of
this Note, together with all appurtenant interest coupons, if any, maturing
subsequent to the date of redemption or repayment, as the case may be, to any
Paying Agent located outside the United States. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, if this Note shall be surrendered for redemption or
repayment without all appurtenant interest coupons maturing after the date of
redemption or repayment, as the case may be, this Note shall be paid after
deducting from the amount otherwise payable on such date an amount equal to the
face amount of all missing interest coupons. If, thereafter, the bearer of this
Note shall surrender to any Paying Agent located outside the United States any
such missing interest coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been
made from the redemption or repayment price, such bearer shall be entitled to
receive the amount so deducted.
Title to this Note shall pass by delivery. The Bank may treat the bearer
hereof as the absolute owner of this Note for all purposes (whether or not this
Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or writing
hereof or notice of any previous loss or theft thereof).
Any action by the bearer of this Note shall bind all future bearers of this
Note, and of any Note issued in exchange or substitution hereof or in place
hereof, in respect of anything done or permitted by the Bank or by the Paying
Agents in pursuance of such action.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth
on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by London
Issuing Agent, by manual signature of an authorized signatory, this Note shall
not be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES
THEREOF, AND ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Note to be duly executed.
SUNTRUST BANK
By:
------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Dated:
LONDON ISSUING AGENT'S
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred to in
the within-mentioned Global Agency
Agreement.
DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON,
as London Issuing Agent
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
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[Reverse of Note]
[ATTACH REVERSE OF NOTE IN FORM
OF EXHIBIT K TO THE GLOBAL AGENCY AGREEMENT]
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF COUPON
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO
LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
No. ______
SUNTRUST BANK
[If the Note to which this Coupon relates is a Fixed Rate Note:] This is a
Coupon for _________ due on ___________.
[If the Note to which this Coupon relates is a Floating Rate Note:] This is a
Coupon for the amount due on the Interest Payment Date falling on
___________________.
This Coupon is payable to bearer (subject to the terms and conditions of
the Note to which this Coupon appertains, which shall be binding upon the bearer
of this Coupon whether or not it is for the time being attached to such Note) at
the specified offices of each Paying Agent set out on the reverse hereof (or any
other Paying Agent or specified office duly appointed or nominated and notified
to the holders of Notes of the Series of which the Note to which this Coupon
appertains is a part).
If the Note to which this Coupon appertains shall have become due and
payable before the date this Coupon matures, this Coupon shall become void and
no payment shall be made in respect hereof.
SUNTRUST BANK
By:
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Name:
Title:
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[Reverse of Coupon]
[Names and Addresses of Paying Agents]
and/or such other or further agents and/or specified offices as may from time to
time be duly appointed or nominated and notified to holders of Notes of the
Series of which the Note to which this Coupon appertains is a part.
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF TALON
[On the front:]
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO
LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
SUNTRUST BANK
After all the Coupons numbered ___ through ___ appertaining to the Note and
issued in the Coupon sheet to which this Talon was attached have matured,
further Coupons numbered ___ through ___ [and a further Talon giving entitlement
to further Coupons [and a further Talon]] will be issued at any specified office
of the Paying Agents set out on the reverse hereof (or such one or more of them
and/or such other or further Paying Agents and/or specified offices as shall
have been duly appointed or nominated and notified to the holders of the Notes
of the Series of which the Note to which this Talon appertains is a part) upon
production and surrender of this Talon, subject to the terms and conditions of
such Note, which shall be binding on the holder of this Talon whether or not it
is for the time being attached to such Note.
This Talon is separately negotiable. The Coupons to which this Talon give
entitlement may, in certain circumstances, become void under the terms and
conditions of the Note to which this Talon appertains before the respective
dates on which they mature.
SUNTRUST BANK
By:
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Name:
Title:
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[Reverse of Talon]
[Names and Addresses of Paying Agents]
and/or such other or further agents and/or specified offices as may from time to
time be duly appointed or nominated and notified to holders of Notes of the
Series of which the Note to which this Talon appertains is a part.
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF RECEIPT
[Face of Receipt:]
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO
LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
No. ______
SUNTRUST BANK
Receipt for the sum of [_], being the installment of principal payable in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Note to which this Receipt
appertains (the "Terms and Conditions") on [________].
This Receipt is issued subject to and in accordance with the Terms and
Conditions, which shall be binding upon the holder of this Receipt (whether or
not it is for the time being attached to such Note) and is payable at the
specified office of any of the Paying Agents set out on the reverse hereof
(and/or any other or further Paying Agents and/or specified offices as may from
time to time be duly appointed and notified to the Noteholders).
This Receipt must be presented for payment together with the Note to which
it appertains. SunTrust Bank shall have no obligation in respect of any Receipt
presented without the Note to which it appertains or any unmatured Receipts.
SUNTRUST BANK
By:
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Name:
Title:
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[Reverse of Receipt]
[Names and Addresses of Paying Agents]
and/or such other or further agents and/or specified offices as may from time to
time be duly appointed or nominated and notified to holders of Notes of the
Series of which the Note to which this Receipt appertains is a part.
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EXHIBIT I
[FORM OF]
AMENDED AND RESTATED INTEREST CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT, dated as of
March 31, 2004, between SUNTRUST BANK (the "Bank") and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST
COMPANY AMERICAS, as calculation agent.
WHEREAS:
A. The Bank has established the Global Bank Note Program described in the
Offering Circular, dated March 31, 2004 (as such document may hereafter be
amended or supplemented by the Bank, including the material incorporated therein
by reference, the "Offering Circular"), which will be supplemented by one or
more pricing supplements (each a "Supplement") setting forth additional terms
and conditions of Bank Notes, pursuant to which the Bank may from time to time
issue up to US$20,000,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in other currencies)
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding of its Bank Notes (the
"Notes");
B. In connection with the establishment of the Global Bank Note Program,
the Bank has entered into an Amended and Restated Global Agency Agreement, dated
as of March 31, 2004 (the "Global Agency Agreement"), among the Bank; Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, as Domestic Paying Agent and Registrar; Deutsche
Bank AG London, as London Paying Agent and London Issuing Agent; Deutsche Bank
Luxembourg S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent; and Kredietbank
S.A. Luxembourgeoise as Listing Agent. Capitalized terms not defined herein
shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Global Agency
Agreement;
C. The Notes may be denominated in U.S. dollars or in foreign currencies or
currency units and may bear interest at a fixed rate, a floating rate (including
rates determined by reference to certain other rates or formulas), all as set
forth on the face of the particular Note; and
D. The Notes and any Supplement set forth the duties and obligations of an
agent of the Bank to calculate from time to time any variable interest rates or
other bases for determining the payment of interest, premium or principal with
respect to Notes on which interest is to accrue at a variable or floating rate
("Floating Rate Notes").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the mutual
covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, the
parties agree as follows:
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SECTION 1. Appointment of Calculation Agent.
The Bank hereby appoints Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as
calculation agent (in such capacity, the "Calculation Agent") of the Bank for
the purpose of calculating the interest rates on any Floating Rate Notes to be
issued by the Bank, in the manner and at the times provided in the Global Agency
Agreement, the Floating Rate Notes and any Supplement, and the Calculation Agent
hereby accepts its obligations as set forth in this Agreement upon the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
SECTION 2. Calculation of Interest Rates.
(a) As soon as reasonably practical on or after each interest determination
date for any Floating Rate Note, the Calculation Agent shall exercise due care
to determine the applicable interest rates and notify the Bank and the Paying
Agents of such interest rate. All interest rate determinations made by the
Calculation Agent with respect to the Floating Rate Notes shall, in the absence
of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding upon the Bank and
the holders from time to time of Floating Rate Notes. The Bank will give the
Calculation Agent at least three business days notice of each interest
determination date. The Calculation Agent will, upon the request of the holder
of any Floating Rate Note, provide the interest rate then in effect with respect
to such Floating Rate Note and, if determined, the interest rate with respect to
such Floating Rate Note which will become effective on the next Interest Reset
Date. The Calculation Agent will notify the Bank and any securities exchange on
which the relevant Floating Rate Notes are for the time being listed of such
interest rate, the relevant Interest Payment Date, the amount of interest
payable for a specific denomination and the Interest Period, if applicable, and,
if and so long as any rules of such securities exchange require, will cause the
same to be published as soon as practicable after their determination but in no
event later than the fourth London Business Day thereafter. If any Floating Rate
Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the Calculation Agent will
provide the notification referred to in the previous sentence to the Luxembourg
Stock Exchange prior to the first day of the relevant Interest Period.
(b) The Calculation Agent and the Bank agree to comply with the Procedures
Memorandum. No amendment to the provisions of the Procedures Memorandum relating
to the duties or obligations of the Calculation Agent hereunder may become
effective without the prior written consent of the Calculation Agent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
SECTION 3. New Base Rates.
If the Bank proposes to issue Floating Rate Notes whose interest rate will
be determined on a basis or formula not referred to in the Offering Circular (a
"New Base Rate"), the Bank shall give a description of such New Base Rate to the
Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent shall determine if it is able and
willing to calculate the New Base Rate and upon its agreement in writing to do
so, the Calculation Agent shall calculate interest rates as referred to above
including the New Base Rate. If the Calculation Agent notifies the Bank that it
is not able or willing to calculate the New Base Rate, or that it is only
willing to do so on the basis of an increase of its fees not acceptable to the
Bank, the Calculation Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to such
New Base Rate and the Bank shall appoint a different calculation agent to
determine the New Base Rate.
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SECTION 4. Fees and Expenses.
The Calculation Agent shall be entitled to such compensation for its
services under this Agreement as may be agreed upon with the Bank in writing,
and the Bank shall pay such compensation and shall reimburse the Calculation
Agent for all reasonable expenses (including legal fees and expenses),
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Calculation Agent in
connection with the services rendered by it under this Agreement, except any
expenses, disbursements or advances attributable to its gross negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith.
SECTION 5. Rights and Liabilities of Calculation Agent.
The Calculation Agent shall incur no liability for, or in respect of, any
action taken, omitted to be taken or suffered by it in reliance upon any
Floating Rate Note, certificate, affidavit, instruction, notice, request,
direction, order, statement or other paper, document or communication reasonably
believed by it to be genuine. Any certificate, affidavit, instruction, notice,
request, direction, order, statement or other communication from the Bank made
or given by it and sent, delivered or directed to the Calculation Agent under,
pursuant to or as permitted by any provision of this Agreement shall be
sufficient for purposes of this Agreement if such communication is in writing
and signed by any officer of the Bank. The Calculation Agent may consult with
counsel satisfactory to it and the opinion or advice of such counsel shall
constitute full and complete authorization and protection of the Calculation
Agent with respect to any action taken, omitted to be taken or suffered by it
hereunder in good faith and in accordance with and in reliance upon the opinion
of such counsel. In acting under this Agreement, the Calculation Agent (in its
capacity as such) does not assume any obligation towards, or any relationship of
agency or trust for or with, the holders of the Notes.
SECTION 6. Right of Calculation Agent to Own Floating Rate Note.
The Calculation Agent and its officers, employees and shareholders may
become owners of, or acquire any interests in, Floating Rate Notes, with the
same rights as if the Calculation Agent were not the Calculation Agent, and may
engage in, or have an interest in, any financial or other transaction with the
Bank as if the Calculation Agent were not the Calculation Agent.
SECTION 7. Duties of Calculation Agent.
The Calculation Agent shall be obligated only to perform such duties as are
specifically set forth herein and no other duties or obligations on the part of
the Calculation Agent, in its capacity as such, shall be implied by this
Agreement.
SECTION 8. Termination, Resignation or Removal of Calculation Agent.
The Calculation Agent may at any time terminate this Agreement by giving no
less than 60 days written notice to the Bank unless the Bank consents in writing
to a shorter time. Upon receipt of notice of termination by the Calculation
Agent, the Bank agrees promptly to appoint a successor calculation agent. The
Bank may terminate this Agreement at any time by giving written notice to the
Calculation Agent and specifying the date when the termination shall become
effective; provided, however, that no termination by the Calculation Agent or by
the Bank shall become effective prior to the date of the appointment by the
Bank, as provided in
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Section 9 hereof, of a successor calculation agent and the acceptance of such
appointment by such successor calculation agent. Upon termination by either
party pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Calculation Agent shall be
entitled to the payment of any compensation owed to it by the Bank hereunder and
to the reimbursement of all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Calculation Agent in connection with the services
rendered by it hereunder, as provided by Section 4 hereof, and the provisions of
Section 10 shall remain in effect following such termination.
SECTION 9. Appointment of Successor Calculation Agent.
Any successor calculation agent appointed by the Bank following termination
of this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 hereof shall execute
and deliver to the Calculation Agent and to the Bank an instrument accepting
such appointment, and thereupon such successor calculation agent shall, without
any further act or instrument, become vested with all the rights, immunities,
duties and obligations of the Calculation Agent, with like effect as if
originally named as Calculation Agent hereunder, and the Calculation Agent shall
thereupon be obligated to transfer and deliver, and such successor calculation
agent shall be entitled to receive and accept, copies of any available records
maintained by the Calculation Agent in connection with the performance of its
obligations hereunder.
SECTION 10. Indemnification.
The Bank shall indemnify and hold harmless the Calculation Agent, its
officers, directors, agents and employees from and against all actions, claims,
damages, liabilities, losses and expenses (including legal fees and expenses)
relating to or arising out of actions or omissions in any capacity hereunder or
under the Notes, the Global Agency Agreement, the Offering Circular or any
Supplement, except actions, claims, damages, liabilities, losses and expenses
caused by the gross negligence, or willful misconduct or bad faith of the
Calculation Agent, its officers or employees. This indemnity shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the Global Agency Agreement, the final payment
of the Floating Rate Notes, and the resignation or removal of the Calculation
Agent.
SECTION 11. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Business by Calculation Agent.
Any corporation into which the Calculation Agent may be merged, converted,
or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Calculation Agent may be a party, or any corporation
to which the Calculation Agent may sell or otherwise transfer all or
substantially all of its corporate trust business, shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, become the Calculation Agent under this Agreement
without the execution of any paper or any further act by the parties hereto.
SECTION 12. Notices.
Any notice or other communication given hereunder shall be delivered in
person, sent by letter or telecopy or communicated by telephone (subject, in the
case of communication by telephone, to written confirmation dispatched within 24
hours) to the addresses given below or such other address as the party to
receive such notice may have previously specified:
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To the Bank:
SunTrust Bank
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone number: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile number: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
To the Calculation Agent:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
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Attention: Trust and Securities Services
Telephone number: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile number: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Any notice hereunder given by letter or telecopy shall be deemed to have been
received when it would have been received in the ordinary course of post or
transmission, as the case may be.
SECTION 13. Benefit of Agreement.
Except as provided herein, this Agreement is solely for the benefit of the
parties hereto and their successors and assigns and no other person shall
acquire or have any rights under or by virtue hereof.
SECTION 14. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws
principles thereof, and all applicable federal laws and regulations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
SUNTRUST BANK
By:
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Name:
Title:
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, as the Calculation Agent
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Title:
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EXHIBIT J
[FORM OF]
AMENDED AND RESTATED EXCHANGE RATE AGENT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 31,
2004, between SUNTRUST BANK (the "Bank") and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS.
WHEREAS:
A. The Bank has established the Global Bank Note Program described in the
Offering Circular, dated the date hereof (as such document may hereafter be
amended or supplemented by the Bank, including the material incorporated therein
by reference, the "Offering Circular"), which will be supplemented by one or
more pricing supplements (each a "Supplement") setting forth additional terms
and conditions of Bank Notes, pursuant to which the Bank may from time to time
issue up to US$20,000,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in other currencies)
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding of its Bank Notes (the
"Notes");
B. In connection with the establishment of the Global Bank Note Program,
the Bank has entered into an Amended and Restated Global Agency Agreement, dated
as of the date hereof (the "Global Agency Agreement"), among the Bank; Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, as Domestic Paying Agent and Registrar; Deutsche
Bank AG London, as London Paying Agent and London Issuing Agent; Deutsche Bank
Luxembourg S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent; and Kredietbank
S.A. Luxembourgeoise as Listing Agent. Capitalized terms not defined herein
shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Global Agency
Agreement;
C. The Notes may be denominated in U.S. dollars or in foreign currencies or
currency units ("Specified Foreign Currency") and may bear interest at a fixed
rate, a floating rate or by reference to certain other rates, all as set forth
in the particular Note; and
D. The Notes and any Supplement set forth the duties and obligations of an
agent of the Bank to obtain from time to time exchange rates for Specified
Foreign Currencies in which certain Notes are denominated (each such Note a
"Foreign Currency Note") and, upon request, to execute foreign exchange spot
transactions for such Specified Foreign Currencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the mutual
covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, the
parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Appointment of Exchange Rate Agent.
The Bank hereby appoints Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as its agent
(in such capacity, the "Exchange Rate Agent"), and the Exchange Rate Agent
hereby accepts such appointment, as the Bank's agent for the purposes of
obtaining from time to time exchange rates and executing foreign exchange spot
transactions for Specified Foreign Currencies upon the terms and subject to the
conditions provided hereinafter.
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SECTION 2. Determination of Exchange Rate.
(a) The Exchange Rate Agent shall determine such exchange rates of
currencies as may be required from time to time in accordance with the
requirements set forth in the Global Agency Agreement, the Notes and any
Supplement.
(b) If the Exchange Rate Agent is not quoting rates in the Specified
Foreign Currency, the Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly notify the Bank and the
Paying Agent.
SECTION 3. Fees and Expenses.
The Exchange Rate Agent shall be entitled to such compensation for its
services under this Agreement as shall be agreed upon with the Bank in writing,
and the Bank shall pay such compensation and shall reimburse the Exchange Rate
Agent for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made
by it in connection with the services rendered by it under this Agreement
(including legal fees and expenses) except any expenses, disbursements or
advances attributable to its gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
SECTION 4. Rights and Liabilities of Exchange Rate Agent.
The Exchange Rate Agent shall incur no liability for, or in respect of, any
action taken, omitted to be taken or suffered by it in reliance upon any Note,
certificate, affidavit, instruction, notice, request, direction, order,
statement or other paper, document or communication reasonably believed by it to
be genuine. Any order, certificate, affidavit, instruction, notice, request,
direction, statement or other communication from the Bank made or given by it
and sent, delivered or directed to the Exchange Rate Agent under, pursuant to,
or as permitted by, any provision of this Agreement shall be sufficient for
purposes of this Agreement if such communication is in writing and signed by any
officer or attorney-in-fact of the Bank. The Exchange Rate Agent may consult
with counsel satisfactory to it and the advice of such counsel shall constitute
full and complete authorization and protection of the Exchange Rate Agent with
respect to any action taken, omitted to be taken or suffered by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with and in reliance upon the advice of such
counsel.
SECTION 5. Right of Exchange Rate Agent to Own Notes, etc.
The Exchange Rate Agent may act as an Agent under the Global Agency
Agreement and it, its officers, employees and shareholders, may become owners
of, or acquire any interests in, Notes, with the same rights as if the Exchange
Rate Agent were not the Exchange Rate Agent hereunder. The Exchange Rate Agent
may engage in, or have an interest in, any financial or other transaction with
the Bank or any of its affiliates (including, without limitation, foreign
exchange transactions of any type or nature and in any currency, whether a spot
transaction, forward transaction, option, future, option on a future or
otherwise) as if the Exchange Rate Agent were not the Exchange Rate Agent
hereunder.
SECTION 6. Duties of Exchange Rate Agent.
In acting under this Agreement and in connection with the Notes, the
Exchange Rate Agent shall be obligated only to perform such duties as are
specifically set forth herein and no
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other duties or obligations on the part of the Exchange Rate Agent shall be
implied by this Agreement. In acting under this Agreement, the Exchange Rate
Agent assumes no obligation towards, or any relationship of agency or trust for
or with, the holders of the Notes.
SECTION 7. Termination, Resignation or Removal of Exchange Rate Agent.
The Exchange Rate Agent may at any time terminate this Agreement by giving
no less than 60 days' written notice to the Bank, unless the Bank consents in
writing to a shorter time. Upon receipt of notice of termination by the Exchange
Rate Agent, the Bank agrees promptly to appoint a successor exchange rate agent.
The Bank may terminate this Agreement at any time by giving written notice to
the Exchange Rate Agent and specifying the date when the termination shall
become effective; provided, however, that no termination by the Exchange Rate
Agent or by the Bank shall become effective prior to the date of the appointment
by the Bank, as provided in Section 8 below, of a successor exchange rate agent
and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor exchange rate agent. If
an instrument of acceptance by a successor exchange rate agent shall not have
been delivered to the resigning or terminated Exchange Rate Agent within 60 days
after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Exchange Rate
Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor exchange rate agent. Upon termination by either party pursuant to the
provisions of this Section, the Exchange Rate Agent shall be entitled to the
payment of any compensation owed to it by the Bank hereunder and to the
reimbursement of all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or
made by it in connection with the services rendered by it hereunder. The
provisions of this Section 7 and Section 9 shall remain in effect following such
termination.
SECTION 8. Appointment of Successor Exchange Rate Agent.
Any successor exchange rate agent appointed by the Bank or by a court
following termination of this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of the
foregoing Section 7 shall execute and deliver to the Exchange Rate Agent and to
the Bank an instrument accepting such appointment and thereupon such successor
exchange rate agent shall, without any further act or instrument, become vested
with all the rights, immunities, duties and obligations of the Exchange Rate
Agent, with like effect as if originally named as the Exchange Rate Agent
hereunder, and the Exchange Rate Agent shall thereupon be obligated to transfer
and deliver, and such successor exchange rate agent shall be entitled to receive
and accept, copies of any available records maintained by the Exchange Rate
Agent in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 9. Indemnification.
The Bank shall indemnify and hold harmless the Exchange Rate Agent, its
officers, directors, agents and employees from and against all actions, claims,
damages, liabilities, losses and expenses (including legal fees and expenses)
relating to or arising out of actions or omissions in any capacity hereunder or
under the Notes, the Global Agency Agreement, the Offering Circular or any
Supplement, except actions, claims, damages, liabilities, losses and expenses
caused by the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the Exchange
Rate Agent, its officers or employees. This Section 9 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement
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and the payment in full of all obligations under the Notes, whether by
redemption, repayment or otherwise.
SECTION 10. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Business by Exchange Rate
Agent.
Any corporation into which the Exchange Rate Agent may be merged, converted
or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Exchange Rate Agent may be a party, or any
corporation to which the Exchange Rate Agent may sell or otherwise transfer all
or substantially all of its corporate trust business, shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, become the Exchange Rate Agent under this Agreement
without the execution of any document or any further act by the parties hereto.
SECTION 11. Notices.
Any notice or other communication given hereunder shall be delivered in
person, sent by letter or telecopy or communicated by telephone (subject, in the
case of communication by telephone, to written confirmation dispatched within 24
hours) to the addresses given below or such other address as the party to
receive such notice may have previously specified:
To the Bank:
SunTrust Bank
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone number: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile number: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
To the Exchange Rate Agent:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
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Attention: Trust and Securities Services
Telephone number: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile number: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Any notice hereunder given by letter or telecopy shall be deemed to have been
received when it would have been received in the ordinary course of post or
transmission, as the case may be.
SECTION 12. Benefit of Agreement.
Except as provided herein, this Agreement is solely for the benefit of the
parties hereto and their successors and assigns and no other person shall
acquire or have any rights under or by virtue hereof.
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SECTION 13. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws
principles thereof, and all applicable federal laws and regulations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
SUNTRUST BANK
By:
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Name:
Title:
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, as the Exchange Rate Agent
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE
[Reverse of Note]
Unless otherwise provided herein (or, if this Note is in global form, in
the Pricing Supplement), the Notes are issuable only in denominations of
US$100,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof (or equivalent
denominations in other currencies, subject to any other statutory or regulatory
minimums). This Note, and any Note issued in exchange or substitution herefor or
in place hereof, or upon registration of transfer, exchange or partial
redemption or repayment of this Note, may be issued only in an Authorized
Denomination specified in the Pricing Supplement (or, if this Note is in
definitive form, specified on the face hereof).
Unless otherwise provided herein (or, if this Note is in global form, in
the Pricing Supplement), the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on,
this Note are payable in the Specified Currency indicated on the face hereof
(or, if such Specified Currency is not at the time of such payment legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts, in such other coin or currency of
the country which issued such Specified Currency as at the time of such payment
is legal tender for the payment of debts). If this Note is a DTC Global Note and
the Specified Currency indicated on the face hereof is other than U.S. dollars,
any such amounts paid by the Bank will be converted by Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as Exchange Rate Agent, or such other agent as may be
specified in the Pricing Supplement (or, if this Note is in definitive form,
specified on the face hereof), which for these purposes shall act as currency
exchange agent (the "Exchange Rate Agent"), into U.S. dollars for payment to the
holder of this Note.
If this Note is a DTC Global Note and the Specified Currency indicated on
the face hereof is other than the U.S. dollar, any U.S. dollar amount to be
received by the holder of this Note will be based on the Exchange Rate Agent's
bid quotation as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day on which banks
are open for business in London, New York City and Atlanta, Georgia, preceding
the applicable payment date, for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the Specified
Currency for settlement on such payment date of the aggregate amount of the
Specified Currency payable to all holders of Notes denominated other than in the
U.S. dollar scheduled to receive U.S. dollar payments. If such bid quotation is
not available, the Exchange Rate Agent will obtain a bid quotation from a
leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by the
Exchange Rate Agent for such purchase. If no such bids are available, payment of
the aggregate amount due to the holder of this Note on the payment date will be
made in the Specified Currency, subject to the other provisions of this Note
relating to payment in such Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will
be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments. All
determinations referred to above made by the Exchange Rate Agent shall be at its
sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for
all purposes and binding upon the holder of this Note.
If this Note is a DTC Global Note and the Specified Currency indicated on
the face hereof is other than the U.S. dollar, the holder of this Note may elect
to receive payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note
in the Specified Currency indicated on the face hereof by submitting a written
notice to the Paying Agents prior to 5:00 pm, New York
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City time, on the fifth Business Day following the applicable Record Date in the
case of interest and the tenth calendar day prior to the payment date for the
payment of principal. Such notice, which may be mailed or hand delivered or sent
by cable, telex or facsimile transmission, shall contain (i) the holder's
election to receive all or a portion of such payment in the Specified Currency
on the relevant Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be, and (ii)
wire transfer instructions to an account denominated in the Specified Currency
with respect to any payment to be made in the Specified Currency. Any such
election made with respect to this Note by the holder will remain in effect with
respect to any further payments of principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest on this Note payable to the holder of this Note unless such election is
revoked on or prior to the fifth Business Day following the applicable Record
Date in the case of interest and the tenth calendar day prior to the payment
date for the payment of principal.
If (i) this Note is a DTC Global Note and the holder of this Note shall
have duly made an election to receive all or a portion of a payment of principal
of, and premium, if any, or interest on this Note in the Specified Currency
indicated on the face hereof, or (ii) if this Note is not a DTC Global Note, in
the case of (i) or (ii) in the event the Specified Currency indicated on the
face hereof has been replaced by another currency (a "Replacement Currency"),
any amount due pursuant to this Note may be repaid, at the option of the Bank,
in the Replacement Currency or in U.S. dollars, at a rate of exchange which
takes into account the conversion, at the rate prevailing on the most recent
date on which official conversion rates were quoted or set by the national
government or other authority responsible for issuing the Replacement Currency,
from the Specified Currency to the Replacement Currency and, if necessary, the
conversion of the Replacement Currency into U.S. dollars at the rate prevailing
on the date of such conversion.
If the Specified Currency indicated on the face hereof is other than the
U.S. dollar and (i) this Note is a DTC Global Note and the holder of this Note
shall have duly made an election to receive all or a portion of a payment of
principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on this Note in the Specified
Currency indicated on the face hereof, or (ii) if this Note is not a DTC Global
Note, in the case of (i) or (ii) if such Specified Currency is not available due
to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control
of the Bank, the Bank will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the holder
of this Note by making such payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on this Note in U.S. dollars until, in the sole discretion of the Bank,
the Specified Currency is again available. In such circumstances, the U.S.
dollar amount to be received by the holder of this Note will be made on the
basis of the most recently available bid quotation from a leading foreign
exchange bank in London or New York City selected by the Exchange Rate Agent,
for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the Specified Currency for settlement on
such payment date of the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to
all holders of Notes denominated other than in the U.S. dollar scheduled to
receive U.S. dollar payments. Any payment made under such circumstances in U.S.
dollars, where the payment is required to be made in the Specified Currency,
will not constitute an "Event of Default" with respect to this Note.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas shall initially act as domestic paying
agent (the "Domestic Paying Agent") and the Bank has initially appointed
Deutsche Bank AG London, acting as London paying agent (the "London Paying
Agent") and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as Luxembourg paying agent (the
"Luxembourg Paying Agent" and together with the Domestic Paying Agent and the
London Paying Agent, the "Paying Agents," and each
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individually, a "Paying Agent," and such terms shall include any additional or
successor paying agents appointed pursuant to the Global Agency Agreement (as
defined on the face hereof)) in respect of the Notes. If this Note is in
registered form, this Note may be presented or surrendered for payment, and
notices, designations or requests in respect of payments with respect to this
Note may be served, at the office or agency of any Paying Agent maintained for
that purpose. The Bank may at any time rescind any designation of a Paying
Agent, appoint any additional or successor Paying Agents or approve a change in
the office through which a Paying Agent acts.
Subject to any fiscal or other laws and regulations applicable thereto in
the place of payment, payments on registered Notes to be made in a Specified
Currency other than the U.S. dollar and payments on bearer Notes will be made by
a check in the Specified Currency drawn on or by wire transfer to an account in
the Specified Currency (which, in the case of a payment in yen to a non-resident
of Japan, shall be a non-resident account) maintained by the payee with a bank
(which, in the case of a payment in yen to a non-resident of Japan, shall be an
authorized foreign exchange bank) in the Principal Financial Center of the
country of the Specified Currency (which, in the case of the euro, shall be
deemed for this purpose to be the capital city of any country whose currency has
been replaced by the euro or any other location designated in the applicable
Pricing Supplement), provided, however, that a check may not be delivered to an
address in, and an amount may not be transferred to an account located in, the
United States of America or its possessions by any office or agency of the Bank
or any Paying Agent.
Fixed Rate Interest Provisions
If this Note is designated as a "Fixed Rate Note" on the face hereof, the
Bank will pay interest on each Interest Payment Date specified in the Pricing
Supplement (or, if this Note is in definitive form, specified on the face
hereof) and on the Maturity Date or any Redemption Date (as defined below) or
Holder's Optional Repayment Date (as defined below) (each such Maturity Date,
Redemption Date and Holder's Optional Repayment Date and the date on which the
principal or an installment of principal is due and payable by declaration of
acceleration as provided herein being hereinafter referred to as a "Maturity"
with respect to the principal repayable on such date), commencing on the first
Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified on the
face hereof (or if the Original Issue Date is between a Record Date and the
Interest Payment Date immediately following such Record Date, on the Second
Interest Payment Date following the Original Issue Date), at the Interest Rate
per annum specified in the Pricing Supplement (or, if this Note is in definitive
form, specified on the face hereof), until the principal hereof is paid or duly
made available for payment.
Payments of interest hereon will include interest accrued from and
including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest on this Note
(or any predecessor Note) has been paid or duly provided for (or, unless
otherwise specified in the Pricing Supplement (or, if this Note is in definitive
form, on the face hereof) if no interest has been paid or duly provided for,
from and including the Original Issue Date) to but excluding the relevant
Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be. Unless otherwise
specified in the Pricing Supplement (or, if this Note is in definitive form, on
the face hereof), if the Maturity Date specified on the face hereof falls more
than one year from the Original Issue Date, interest payments for this Note if
it is denominated in U.S. dollars shall be computed and paid on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve
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30-day months. Unless otherwise specified in the Pricing Supplement (or, if this
Note is in definitive form, on the face hereof) if the Maturity Date specified
on the face hereof falls one year or less from the Original Issue Date, interest
payments for this Note if it is denominated in U.S. dollars shall be computed
and paid on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by 360.
Unless otherwise specified in the Pricing Supplement (or, if this Note is in
definitive form, on the face hereof), interest on Fixed Rate Notes denominated
other than in U.S. dollars, shall be computed on the basis of the "Actual/Actual
(ISMA)" Fixed Day Count Convention.
"Actual/Actual (ISMA)" Fixed Day Count Convention means:
(a) in the case of Fixed Rate Notes where the number of days in the
relevant period from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date
(or, if none, from and including the Interest Commencement Date, which
unless otherwise specified in the Pricing Supplement (or, if this Note is
in definitive form, on the face hereof) shall be the Original Issue Date)
to but excluding the relevant payment date (the "Accrual Period") is equal
to or shorter than the Determination Period (as defined below) during which
the Accrual Period ends, the number of days in such Accrual Period divided
by the product of (1) the number of days in such Determination Period and
(2) the number of Determination Periods that would occur in one calendar
year, assuming interest was to be payable in respect of the whole of that
year; or
(b) in the case of Fixed Rate Notes where the Accrual Period is longer
than the Determination Period during which the Accrual Period ends, the sum
of:
(1) the number of days in such Accrual Period falling in the
Determination Period in which the Accrual Period begins divided by the
product of (x) the number of days in such Determination Period and (y)
the number of Determination Periods that would occur in one calendar
year, assuming interest was to be payable in respect of the whole of
that year; and
(2) the number of days in such Accrual Period falling in the next
Determination Period divided by the product of (x) the number of days
in such Determination Period and (y) the number of Determination
Periods that would occur in one calendar year, assuming interest was
to be payable in respect of the whole of that year.
"Determination Period" means the period from and including a Determination
Date to but excluding the next Determination Date (including, where either the
Interest Commencement Date or the final Interest Payment Date is not a
Determination Date, the period commencing on the first Determination Date prior
to, and ending on the first Determination Date falling after, such date).
"Determination Date" means each date specified in the Pricing Supplement
(or, if this Note is in definitive form, on the face hereof) or, if none is
specified, each Interest Payment Date.
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Unless otherwise provided herein, if any Interest Payment Date or the
Maturity of this Note falls on a day which is not a Business Day, the related
payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, this Note shall be
made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made on the date such payments were due, and no interest shall accrue on the
amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or
the Maturity, as the case may be.
Floating Rate Interest Provisions
If this Note is designated as a "Floating Rate Note" on the face hereof,
the Bank will pay interest on each Interest Payment Date specified in the
Pricing Supplement (or, if this Note is in definitive form specified on the face
hereof) and at Maturity, commencing on the first Interest Payment Date next
succeeding the Original Issue Date specified on the face hereof (or, if the
Original Issue Date is between a Record Date and the Interest Payment Date
immediately following such Record Date, on the second Interest Payment Date
following the Original Issue Date), at a rate per annum determined in accordance
with the provisions hereof (and, if this Note is in global form, in accordance
with the Pricing Supplement), until the principal hereof is paid or duly made
available for payment.
Payments of interest hereon will include interest accrued from and
including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest on this Note
(or any predecessor Note) has been paid or duly provided for (or, if no interest
has been paid or duly provided for, from and including the Original Issue Date)
to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may
be (each such period, an "Interest Period").
Unless otherwise specified herein (or, if this Note is in global form, in
the Pricing Supplement), if any Interest Payment Date (or other date which is
subject to adjustment in accordance with a Business Day Convention specified on
the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement))
in respect of this Note (other than an Interest Payment Date at Maturity) would
otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, then, if the Business Day
Convention specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in
the Pricing Supplement) is:
(1) the "Floating Rate Convention," such Interest Payment Date (or other
date) shall be postponed to the next succeeding day which is a
Business Day unless it would thereby fall into the next succeeding
calendar month, in which event (A) such Interest Payment Date (or
other date) shall be brought forward to the next preceding Business
Day and (B) each subsequent Interest Payment Date (or other date)
shall be the last Business Day in the month which falls the number of
months or other period specified as the Interest Payment Period on the
face hereof after the preceding applicable Interest Payment Date (or
other date) occurred; or
(2) the "Following Business Day Convention," such Interest Payment Date
(or other date) shall be postponed to the next succeeding day which is
a Business Day; or
(3) the "Modified Following Business Day Convention," such Interest
Payment Date (or other date) shall be postponed to the next succeeding
day that is a Business Day unless it would thereby fall into the next
succeeding calendar month, in
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which event such Interest Payment Date (or other date) shall be
brought forward to the next preceding Business Day; or
(4) the "Preceding Business Day Convention," such Interest Payment Date
(or other date) shall be brought forward to the next preceding
Business Day.
If the Maturity of this Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the
related payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on, this Note
will be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect
as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on the
amount so payable for the period from and after such Maturity.
If "ISDA Rate" is specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement) in connection with the determination of
the rate of interest on this Note, the rate of interest on this Note for each
Interest Period will be the relevant ISDA Rate (as defined below) plus or minus
the Margin, if any, specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global
form, in the Pricing Supplement). Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof
(or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), "ISDA Rate"
means, with respect to any Interest Period, the rate equal to the Floating Rate
that would be determined by the Calculation Agent or other person specified on
the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement)
pursuant to an interest rate swap transaction if the Calculation Agent or that
other person were acting as calculation agent for that swap transaction in
accordance with the terms of an agreement in the form of the Interest Rate and
Currency Exchange Agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc. (the "ISDA Agreement") and evidenced by a Confirmation (as
defined in the ISDA Agreement) incorporating the 2000 ISDA Definitions (the
"2000 ISDA Definitions") published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc. and under which:
(A) the Floating Rate Option is as specified on the face hereof (or, if
this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement);
(B) the Designated Maturity is the period specified on the face hereof
(or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), and
(C) the relevant Reset Date is either (i) if the applicable Floating Rate
Option is based on the London inter-bank offered rate for a currency
or on the Euro-zone inter-bank offered rate ("EURIBOR") for a
currency, the first day of that Interest Period or (ii) in any other
case, as specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global
form, in the Pricing Supplement).
As used in this paragraph, "Floating Rate," "Calculation Agent," "Floating Rate
Option," "Designated Maturity," and "Reset Date" have the meanings ascribed to
those terms in the 2000 ISDA Definitions.
If "Reference Rate Determination" is specified on the face hereof (or, if
this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement) in connection with the
determination of the rate of interest on this Note, this Note will bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face
hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement)
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until the Initial Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof (or, if this
Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement) and thereafter at a rate per
annum determined as follows:
1. If this Note is designated as a "Regular Floating Rate Note" on the face
hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement) or if no
designation is made for Interest Calculation on the face hereof (or, if this
Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), then, except as described
below (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), this Note
shall bear interest at the rate determined by reference to the applicable
Interest Rate Basis or Bases specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is
in global form, in the Pricing Supplement) (i) plus or minus the applicable
Spread, if any, and/or (ii) multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if
any, specified and applied in the manner described on the face hereof (or, if
this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement). Commencing on the
Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note is payable
shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof (or,
if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement); provided, however,
that the interest rate in effect for the period from and including the Original
Issue Date to but excluding the Initial Interest Reset Date will be the Initial
Interest Rate.
2. If this Note is designated as a "Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note" on the
face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement),
then, except as described below (or, if this Note is in global form, in the
Pricing Supplement), this Note shall bear interest at the rate determined by
reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases specified on the face
hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement) (i) plus
or minus the applicable Spread, if any, and/or (ii) multiplied by the applicable
Spread Multiplier, if any, specified and applied in the manner described on the
face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement).
Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on
this Note is payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date specified on
the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement);
provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period from and
including the Original Issue Date to but excluding the Initial Interest Reset
Date shall be the Initial Interest Rate and (ii) the interest rate in effect for
the period commencing on, and including, the Fixed Rate Commencement Date
specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement) to but excluding the Maturity Date shall be the Fixed Interest Rate,
if such a rate is specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global
form, in the Pricing Supplement), or if no such Fixed Interest Rate is so
specified, the interest rate in effect hereon on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement Date.
3. If this Note is designated as an "Inverse Floating Rate Note" on the
face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement),
then, except as described below (or, if this Note is in global form, in the
Pricing Supplement), this Note shall bear interest equal to the Fixed Interest
Rate indicated on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the
Pricing Supplement) minus the rate determined by reference to the applicable
Interest Rate Basis or Bases specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is
in global form, in the Pricing Supplement) (i) plus or minus the applicable
Spread, if any, and/or (ii) multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if
any, specified and applied in the manner described on the face hereof (or, if
this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement); provided, however,
that, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing
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Supplement), the interest rate hereon will not be less than zero percent.
Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on
this Note is payable shall be reset as of each Interest Rate Reset Date
specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement); provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the period
from and including the Original Issue Date to but excluding the Initial Interest
Reset Date shall be the Initial Interest Rate.
Except as provided above, if "Reference Rate Determination" is specified on
the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement)
in connection with the determination of the rate of interest on this Note, the
interest rate in effect on each day shall be (a) if such day is an Interest
Reset Date, the interest rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date
(as defined below) immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date or (b) if such
day is not an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined as of the
Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the next preceding Interest
Reset Date. Each Interest Rate Basis shall be the rate determined in accordance
with the applicable provision below. If any Interest Reset Date (which term
includes the term Initial Interest Reset Date unless the context otherwise
requires) would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest
Reset Date shall be adjusted in accordance with the Business Day Convention
specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement).
Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement), the "Interest Determination Date" with
respect to the CD Rate, the CMT Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Federal
Funds Rate, the ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Rate, and the Prime Rate will be the second Business
Day preceding each Interest Reset Date; the "Interest Determination Date" with
respect to the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate will be the last working day
of the month immediately preceding each Interest Reset Date on which the Federal
Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (the "FHLB of San Francisco") publishes the
Index (as defined below); the "Interest Determination Date" with respect to
EURIBOR will be the second day on which the TARGET system is open immediately
preceding each Interest Reset Date; the "Interest Determination Date" with
respect to LIBOR shall be the second London Banking Day (as defined below)
preceding each Interest Reset Date; the "Interest Determination Date" with
respect to the Treasury Rate will be the day in the week in which the related
Interest Reset Date falls on which day Treasury Bills (as defined below) are
normally auctioned (Treasury Bills are normally sold at auction on Monday of
each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the auction is
normally held on the following Tuesday, except that such auction may be held on
the preceding Friday); provided, however, that if an auction is held on the
Friday of the week preceding the related Interest Reset Date, the related
Interest Determination Date shall be such preceding Friday. If the interest rate
of this Note is determined with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases as
specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement), the Interest Determination Date pertaining to this Note will be the
latest Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to such Interest
Reset Date on which each Interest Rate Basis is determinable. Each Interest Rate
Basis shall be determined on such date, and the applicable interest rate shall
take effect on the Interest Reset Date.
Determination of CD Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is the CD
Rate, as specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in
the Pricing Supplement), the CD Rate shall be determined as of the applicable
Interest Determination Date (a "CD Rate Interest
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Determination Date") as the rate on such date for negotiable United States
dollar certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified on the face
hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement) as
published in H.15(519) (as defined below) under the heading "CDs (Secondary
Market)". In the event that such rate is not so published prior to 3:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such CD Rate Interest
Determination Date, the CD Rate will be the rate on such CD Rate Interest
Determination Date for certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity
specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement) as published in H.15 Daily Update (as defined below), or another
recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying that rate, under
the heading "CDs (secondary market)". If such rate is published neither in
H.15(519) nor in H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by
3:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the CD Rate for such CD
Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and
will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00
a.m., New York City time, on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date, of three
leading nonbank dealers of negotiable United States dollar certificates of
deposit in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for negotiable
United States dollar certificates of deposit of major United States money market
banks for negotiable certificates of deposit with a remaining maturity closest
to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement) in an amount that is representative for
a single transaction in that market at that time; provided, however, that if the
dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as
mentioned in this sentence, the CD Rate determined on such CD Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the CD Rate in effect on such date.
"H.15(519)" means the weekly statistical release designated as such, or any
successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
"H.15 Daily Update" means the daily update of H.15(519), available through
the world-wide-web site of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇, or any successor site or
publication.
Determination of CMT Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is the
CMT Rate, as specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form,
in the Pricing Supplement), the CMT Rate shall be determined by the Calculation
Agent as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date") in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) If "CMT Moneyline Telerate Page 7051" is specified on the face hereof
(or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), the CMT Rate on
the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the
yield for United States Treasury securities at "constant maturity" having the
Index Maturity specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form,
in the Pricing Supplement) as set forth in H.15(519) under the caption "Treasury
Constant Maturities," as such yield is displayed on Moneyline Telerate, Inc. (or
any successor service) on page 7051 (or any other page as may replace such page
on such service) ("Moneyline Telerate Page 7051") for such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on Moneyline Telerate Page
7051, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a
percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at "constant
maturity" having the Index Maturity and for such CMT Rate Interest Determination
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Date as set forth in H.15(519) under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities".
If such rate does not appear in H.15(519), the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date shall be the rate for the period of the Index
Maturity as may then be published by either the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System or the United States Department of the Treasury that the
Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate which would otherwise
have been published in H.15(519). If the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System or the United States Department of the Treasury does not publish
a yield on United States Treasury securities at "constant maturity" having the
Index Maturity for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date, the CMT Rate on
such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation
Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the
secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on
such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three leading primary United States
government securities dealers in The City of New York (each, a "Reference
Dealer") selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such Reference Dealers and
eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the
highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the
lowest)) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal
to the Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity no more than 1 year shorter
than the Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a
single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If fewer than
five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on
such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be based on the arithmetic mean
of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor lowest of such quotations
shall be eliminated. If fewer than three prices are provided as requested, the
CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean
of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City
time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers
selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such Reference Dealers and
eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the
highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the
lowest)) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater
than the Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity closest to the Index
Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single
transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If fewer than five
but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such
CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be based on the arithmetic mean of
the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such
quotations shall be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three such
prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date shall be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date. If two such United States Treasury securities with
an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity have remaining terms to
maturity equally close to the Index Maturity, the quotes for the Treasury
security with the shorter original term to maturity will be used.
(ii) If "CMT Moneyline Telerate Page 7052" is specified on the face hereof
(or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), the CMT Rate on
the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the
one-week or one-month, as specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement), average yield for United States
Treasury securities at "constant maturity" having the Index Maturity specified
on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement) as set forth in
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H.15(519) opposite the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," as such yield is
displayed on Moneyline Telerate, Inc. (or any successor service) on page 7052
(or any other page as may replace such page on such service ) ("Moneyline
Telerate Page 7052") for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately
preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date falls. If such rate does not appear on Moneyline Telerate
Page 7052, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a
percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified on the face hereof
(or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), average yield
for United States Treasury securities at "constant maturity" having the Index
Maturity and for the week or month, as applicable, preceding such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date as set forth in H.15(519) opposite the caption
"Treasury Constant Maturities". If such rate does not appear in H.15(519), the
CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the one-week or
one-month, as specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form,
in the Pricing Supplement), average yield for United States Treasury securities
at "constant maturity" having the Index Maturity as otherwise announced by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the week or month, as applicable, ended
immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date falls. If the Federal Reserve Bank of New York does
not publish a one-week or one-month, as specified on the face hereof (or, if
this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), average yield on United
States Treasury securities at "constant maturity" having the Index Maturity for
the applicable week or month, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a
yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid
prices at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent
(from five such Reference Dealers and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in
the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the
event of equality, one of the lowest)) for United States Treasury securities
with an original maturity equal to the Index Maturity, a remaining term to
maturity of no more than 1 year shorter than the Index Maturity and in a
principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such
securities in such market at such time. If fewer than five but more than two
such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date shall be based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices
obtained and neither the highest nor lowest of such quotations shall be
eliminated. If fewer than three prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate
on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean
of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City
time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers
selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such Reference Dealers and
eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the
highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the
lowest)) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity longer
than the Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity closest to the Index
Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single
transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If fewer than five
but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such
CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be based on the arithmetic mean of
the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor lowest of such quotations
shall be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three such prices are
provided as requested, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date shall be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest
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Determination Date. If two United States Treasury securities with an original
maturity greater than the Index Maturity have remaining terms to maturity
equally close to the Index Maturity, the quotes for the Treasury security with
the shorter original term to maturity will be used.
Determination of Commercial Paper Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this
Note is the Commercial Paper Rate, as specified on the face hereof (or, if this
Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), the Commercial Paper Rate
shall be determined as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a
"Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date") as the Money Market Yield
(as defined below) on such date of the rate for commercial paper having the
Index Maturity specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form,
in the Pricing Supplement) as published in H.15(519) under the caption
"Commercial Paper-Nonfinancial" or, if not so published by 3:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Money Market Yield of the rate
on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date for commercial paper
having the Index Maturity as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other
recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under
the caption "Commercial Paper-Nonfinancial." If such rate is not yet published
in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00
p.m., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, then the Commercial Paper
Rate on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date will be
calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the Money Market Yield of the
arithmetic mean of the offered rates at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date of three leading
dealers of United States dollar commercial paper in The City of New York
selected by the Calculation Agent for commercial paper having the Index Maturity
placed for industrial issuers whose bond rating is "Aa," or the equivalent, from
a nationally recognized statistical rating organization; provided, however, that
if the dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned
in this sentence, the Commercial Paper Rate determined as of such Commercial
Paper Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Commercial Paper Rate in
effect on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date.
"Money Market Yield" means a yield (expressed as a percentage) calculated
in accordance with the following formula:
D x 360
Money Market Yield = ---------------------------- x 100
360 - (D x M)
where "D" refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on
a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, and "M" refers to the actual
number of days in the applicable Interest Reset Period.
Determination of Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate. If an Interest Rate
Basis for this Note is the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate, as specified on
the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement),
the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (an "Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate
Interest Determination Date"), as the rate equal to the monthly weighted average
cost of funds for the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which
such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date falls, as
set forth under the caption "11th District" on Moneyline Telerate Page 7058 (as
defined below) as of 11:00 a.m., San Francisco
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time, on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.
If such rate does not appear on Moneyline Telerate Page 7058 on the related
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, the Eleventh
District Cost of Funds Rate for such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate
Interest Determination Date shall be the monthly weighted average cost of funds
paid by member institutions of the Eleventh Federal Home Loan Bank District that
was most recently announced (the "Index") by the FHLB of San Francisco as such
cost of funds for the calendar month immediately preceding the date of such
announcement. If the FHLB of San Francisco fails to announce such rate for the
calendar month immediately preceding such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate
Interest Determination Date, then the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate
determined as of such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date shall be the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate in effect
on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.
"Moneyline Telerate Page 7058" means the display designated as page "7058"
on the Moneyline Telerate, Inc. (or such other page as may replace the 7058 page
on that service for the purpose of displaying the monthly weighted average costs
of funds paid by member institutions of the Eleventh Federal Home Loan Bank
District).
Determination of EURIBOR. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
EURIBOR, as specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in
the Pricing Supplement), EURIBOR shall be determined as of the applicable
Interest Determination Date (a "EURIBOR Interest Determination Date"), in
accordance with the following provisions:
(i) With respect to any EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, EURIBOR will
be:
(a) the rate for deposits in euro as sponsored, calculated and
published jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI-The Financial
Market Association, or any company established by the joint sponsors for
purposes of compiling and publishing those rates, having the Index Maturity
specified on the face hereof (or if this Note is in global form, in the
Pricing Supplement), commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, as
that rate appears on Moneyline Telerate, Inc., or any successor service, on
page 248 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service)
("Moneyline Telerate Page 248") as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on the
applicable EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.
(b) if the rate referred to in clause (a) above does not appear on
Moneyline Telerate Page 248, or is not so published by 11:00 a.m., Brussels
time, on the applicable EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, the rate
calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of at least two
quotations obtained by the Calculation Agent after requesting the principal
Euro-zone (as defined hereinafter) offices of four major banks in the
Euro-zone interbank market, in the European interbank market, to provide
the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in euro for
the period of the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof (or if this
Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), commencing on the
applicable Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the Euro-zone interbank
market at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on the applicable
EURIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount not less than
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the equivalent of U.S.$1,000,000 in euro that is representative for a
single transaction in euro in such market at such time.
(c) if fewer than two quotations referred to in clause (b) above are
provided, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be
calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the
rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR
Interest Determination Date by four major banks in the Eurozone for loans
in Euro to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity designated on
the face hereof (or if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement), commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date and in
principal amount not less than the equivalent of U.S.$1,000,000 in euro
that is representative for a single transaction in euro in such market at
such time.
(d) if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting
as mentioned in clause (c) above, EURIBOR determined as of such EURIBOR
Interest Determination Date shall be EURIBOR in effect on such EURIBOR
Interest Determination Date.
"Euro-zone" means the region comprised of Member States that adopt the
single currency in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European
Communities, as amended.
Determination of Federal Funds Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this
Note is the Federal Funds Rate, as specified on the face hereof (or, if this
Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), the Federal Funds Rate shall
be determined as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Federal Funds
Rate Interest Determination Date") as the rate on such date for United States
dollar federal funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal Funds
(Effective)", as such rate is displayed on Moneyline Telerate, Inc. (or any
successor service) on page 120 (or any other page as may replace such page on
such service) ("Moneyline Telerate Page 120"), or, if such rate does not appear
on Moneyline Telerate Page 120 or is not so published by 3:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Calculation Date, the rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15
Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of
displaying such rate, under the caption "Federal Funds (Effective)." If such
rate does not appear on Moneyline Telerate Page 120 or is not yet published in
H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00
p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal
Funds Rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be
calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates
for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds
arranged by three leading brokers of United States dollar federal funds
transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent, prior to
9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination
Date; provided, however, that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation
Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate
determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the
Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination
Date.
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Determination of ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note
is the ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Rate, as specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement), the ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Rate shall be determined
as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Interest
Determination Date") as the rate in the high grade weekly index (the "Weekly
Index") on such date made available by ▇▇▇▇▇ Information Systems ("▇▇▇▇▇") to
the Calculation Agent. The Weekly Index Maturity is, and shall be, based upon
30-day yield evaluations at par of bonds, the interest of which is exempt from
Federal income taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), of not less than five high grade component issuers selected by ▇▇▇▇▇
which shall include, without limitation, issuers of general obligation bonds.
The specific issuers included among the component issuers may be changed from
time to time by ▇▇▇▇▇ in its discretion. The bonds on which the Weekly Index is
based shall not include any bonds on which the interest is subject to a minimum
tax or similar tax under the Code, unless all tax-exempt bonds are subject to
such tax. In the event ▇▇▇▇▇ ceases to make available such Weekly Index, a
successor indexing agent will be selected by the Calculation Agent, such index
to reflect the prevailing rate for bonds rated in the highest short-term rating
category by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. and Standard & Poor's, a division of
the ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc. in respect of issuers most closely resembling
the high grade component issuers selected by ▇▇▇▇▇ for its Weekly Index, the
interest on which is (i) variable on a weekly basis, (ii) exempt from Federal
income taxation under the Code, and (iii) not subject to a minimum tax or
similar tax under the Code, unless all tax-exempt bonds are subject to such tax.
If such successor indexing agent is not available, the rate for any ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Interest Determination Date shall be 67% of the rate determined as if the
Treasury Rate option had been originally selected.
Determination of LIBOR. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is LIBOR,
as specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the
Pricing Supplement), LIBOR shall be determined by the Calculation Agent as of
the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "LIBOR Interest Determination
Date"), in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) if "LIBOR Moneyline Telerate" is specified on the face hereof (or, if
this Note is in global form, the Pricing Supplement) or if neither "LIBOR
Reuters" nor "LIBOR Moneyline Telerate" is specified on the face hereof as the
method for calculating LIBOR, LIBOR will be the rate for deposits in the
Designated LIBOR Currency having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof
(or, if this Note is in global form, the Pricing Supplement), commencing on the
Interest Reset Date immediately following such LIBOR Interest Determination
Date, that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page (as defined hereinafter) as of
11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date; or (b) if
"LIBOR Reuters" is specified on the face hereof, the arithmetic mean of the
offered rates (unless the Designated LIBOR Page by its terms provides only for a
single rate, in which case such single rate shall be used) for deposits in the
Designated LIBOR Currency having the Index Maturity, commencing on such Interest
Reset Date, that appear (or, if only a single rate is required as aforesaid,
appears) on the Designated LIBOR Page (as defined hereinafter) as of 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date. If fewer than two such
offered rates so appear, or if no such rate so appears, as applicable, LIBOR on
such LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall be determined in accordance with
the provisions described in clause (ii) below.
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(ii) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which fewer
than two offered rates appear, or no rate appears, as the case may be, on the
Designated LIBOR Page as specified in clause (i) above, the Calculation Agent
shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks
in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide
the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in the Designated
LIBOR Currency for the period of the Index Maturity, commencing on the Interest
Reset Date immediately following such LIBOR Interest Determination Date , to
prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that
is representative for a single transaction in the Designated LIBOR Currency in
such market at such time. If at least two such quotations are so provided, then
LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean
calculated by the Calculation Agent of such quotations. If fewer than two such
quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date
will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates
quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., in the applicable Principal Financial
Center, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date by three major banks in such
Principal Financial Center (as defined hereafter) selected by the Calculation
Agent for loans in the Designated LIBOR Currency to leading European banks,
having the Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a
single transaction in the Designated LIBOR Currency in such market at such time;
provided, however, that if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are
not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR determined as of such LIBOR
Interest Determination Date shall be LIBOR in effect on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date.
"Designated LIBOR Currency" means the currency specified on the face hereof
(or, if this Note is in global form, the Pricing Supplement) as to which LIBOR
shall be calculated or, if no such currency is specified on the face hereof (or,
if this Note is in global form, the Pricing Supplement), United States dollars.
"Designated LIBOR Page" means (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified on the face
hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), the
display on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or any successor service) on
the page specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in
the Pricing Supplement) (or any other page as may replace such page on such
service) for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks
for the Designated LIBOR Currency, or (b) if "LIBOR Moneyline Telerate" is
specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement) or neither "LIBOR Reuters" nor "LIBOR Moneyline Telerate" is
specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement) as the method for calculating LIBOR, the display on Moneyline
Telerate, Inc. (or any successor service) on the page specified on the face
hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement) (or any
other page as may replace such page on such service) for the purpose of
displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the Designated LIBOR
Currency.
"Principal Financial Center" means (i) the capital city of the country
issuing the Specified Currency or (ii) the capital city of the country to which
the Designated LIBOR Currency, if applicable, relates, except, in each case,
that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian
dollars, euros, South African rand and Swiss francs, the "Principal
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Financial Center" shall be The City of New York, Sydney, Toronto, The City of
London (solely in the case of the Designated LIBOR Currency), Johannesburg and
Zurich, respectively.
"London Banking Day" means any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on
which dealings in deposits in the Index Currency are transacted in the London
interbank market.
Determination of Prime Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is the
Prime Rate, as specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form,
in the Pricing Supplement), the Prime Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date") as the rate on such date as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the
caption "Bank Prime Loan" or, if not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized
electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the
caption "Bank Prime Loan." If such rate is not yet published in H.15(519), H.15
Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate shall be the
arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates of interest
publicly announced by each bank that appears on the Reuters Screen US PRIME 1
Page (as defined hereinafter) as such bank's prime rate or base lending rate as
of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date. If fewer than four such rates so appear on the Reuters Screen US PRIME 1
Page for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, then the Prime Rate shall
be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the prime rates or
base lending rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year
divided by a 360-day year as of the close of business on such Prime Rate
Interest Determination Date by three major banks in The City of New York
selected by the Calculation Agent; provided, however, that if the banks or trust
companies so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in
this sentence, the Prime Rate determined as of such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date.
"Reuters Screen US PRIME 1 Page" means the display on the Reuters Monitor
Money Rates Service (or any successor service) on the "US PRIME 1 Page" (or such
other page as may replace the US PRIME 1 Page on such service) for the purpose
of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks.
Determination of Treasury Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
the Treasury Rate, as specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement), the Treasury Rate shall be determined
as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date") as the rate from the auction held on such Treasury Rate
Interest Determination Date (the "Auction") of direct obligations of the United
States ("Treasury Bills") having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof
under the caption "INVESTMENT RATE" on the display on Moneyline Telerate, Inc.
(or any successor service) on page 56 (or any other page as may replace such
page on such service) ("Moneyline Telerate Page 56") or page 57 (or any other
page as may replace such page on such service) ("Moneyline Telerate Page 57")
or, if not so published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, the Bond Equivalent Yield (as defined hereinafter) of the rate
for such Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other
recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under
the caption "U.S. Government
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Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction High." If such rate is not so published in
H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate on such Treasury
Rate Interest Determination Date shall be Bond Equivalent Yield of the auction
rate of such Treasury Bills as announced by the United States Department of the
Treasury. In the event that such auction rate is not so announced by the United
States Department of the Treasury on such Calculation Date, or if no such
Auction is held, then the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate on such
Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of Treasury Bills having the Index
Maturity as published in H.15(519) under the caption "U.S. Government
Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market" or, if not yet published by 3:00
p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such
Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of such Treasury Bills as published in
H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the
purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption "U.S. Government
Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market." If such rate is not yet published
in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00
p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Treasury
Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by
the Calculation Agent and shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the arithmetic
mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York
City time, on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading
primary United States government securities dealers selected by the Calculation
Agent, for the issue of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the
Index Maturity; provided, however, that if the dealers so selected by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury
Rate determined as of such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the
Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date.
"Bond Equivalent Yield" means a yield (expressed as a percentage)
calculated in accordance with the following formula:
D x N
Bond Equivalent Yield = ------------------------------ X 100
360 - (D x M)
where "D" refers to the applicable per annum rate for Treasury Bills quoted on a
bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, "N" refers to 365 or 366, as the
case may be, and "M" refers to the actual number of days in the applicable
Interest Reset Period.
Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement), accrued interest hereon shall be an
amount calculated by multiplying the face amount hereof by an accrued interest
factor. Such accrued interest factor shall be computed by adding the interest
factor calculated for each day in the period for which accrued interest is being
calculated. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is
in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), the interest factor for each such
day shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months if the Day Count Convention specified on the face hereof (or, if this
Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement) is "30/360" for the period
specified thereunder, or by dividing the applicable per annum interest rate by
360 if the Day Count Convention specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note
is in global form, in the
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Pricing Supplement) is "Actual/360" for the period specified thereunder, or by
dividing the applicable per annum interest rate by the actual number of days in
the year if the Day Count Convention specified on the face hereof (or, if this
Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement) is "Actual/Actual" for the
period specified thereunder. If no Day Count Convention is specified on the face
hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), the
interest factor for each day in the relevant Interest Period shall be computed,
if an Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement) is the CMT Rate, or Treasury Rate or if
the Specified Currency indicated on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement) is Sterling, as if "Actual/Actual" had
been specified thereon and, in all other cases, as if "Actual/360" had been
specified thereon. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof (or, if this
Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), if interest on this Note is
to be calculated with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases as specified
on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement), the interest factor will be calculated in each period in the same
manner as if only one of the applicable Interest Rate Bases applied.
Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement), if "Reference Rate Determination" is
specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement) in connection with the determination of the rate of interest on this
Note, the "Calculation Date," if applicable, pertaining to any Interest
Determination Date will be the earlier of (i) the tenth calendar day after such
Interest Determination Date or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day and (ii) the Business Day immediately preceding the
applicable Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be. All
calculations in respect of determining the interest rate applicable to this Note
(other than any calculations made by the Exchange Rate Agent) shall be made by
the Calculation Agent specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, the Pricing Supplement) or such successor thereto as is duly
appointed by the Bank. The determination of any interest rate by the Calculation
Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes
and binding upon the holder hereof.
All percentages resulting from any calculation on this Note shall be
rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward (e.g.,
9.876545% (or 0.09876545) shall be rounded to 9.87655% (or 0.0987655%) and
9.876544% (or 0.09876544) shall be rounded to 987654% (or 0.0987654)), and all
dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation shall be rounded to
the nearest cent or, if the Specified Currency is other than dollars, to the
nearest unit (with one-half cent or unit being rounded upward).
At the request of the holder hereof, the Calculation Agent shall provide to
the holder hereof the interest rate hereon then in effect and, if determined,
the interest rate which shall become effective for the next Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate hereon shall not be
greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum
Interest Rate, if any, specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement). In addition to any Maximum Interest
Rate applicable hereto pursuant to the above provisions, the interest rate on
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this Note will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York
law, as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.
Redemption at the Option of the Bank
Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement), this Note will not be subject to any
sinking fund. This Note may be redeemed by the Bank either in whole or in part
on and after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, specified on the face hereof
(or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement). If no Initial
Redemption Date is specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global
form, in the Pricing Supplement), this Note may not be redeemed prior to the
Maturity Date except as provided below in the event that any Additional Amounts
(as defined below) are required to be paid by the Bank with respect to this
Note. On and after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, this Note may be
redeemed in increments of US$1,000 (or, if the Specified Currency indicated on
the face hereof is other than the United States dollar, in such Authorized
Denominations specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form,
in the Pricing Supplement)) at the option of the Bank at the applicable
Redemption Price (as defined below) together with unpaid interest accrued hereon
at the applicable rate borne by this Note to the date of redemption (each such
date, a "Redemption Date"), on written notice given by or on behalf of the Bank
not more than 60 nor less than 30 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date
(unless otherwise specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global
form, in the Pricing Supplement)); provided, however, that, in the event of
redemption of this Note in part only, the unredeemed portion thereof shall be an
Authorized Denomination specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement). In the event of redemption of this Note
in part only, a new Note for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in
the name of the holder hereof upon the surrender of this Note, or, where
applicable, an appropriate notation will be made on the schedule attached hereto
for such notations.
The "Redemption Price" shall initially be the Initial Redemption Percentage
specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement) of the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed and shall
decline at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date specified on the face
hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement) by the
Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any, specified on the face hereof
(or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), of the
principal amount to be redeemed until the Redemption Price is 100% of such
principal amount.
Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, if this Note is a
Subordinated Note, to the extent then required under or pursuant to applicable
laws or regulations (including, without limitation, applicable capital
regulations), this Note may not be redeemed at the option of the Bank prior to
the Maturity Date pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs, without the prior
written consent of the Federal Reserve Board and any other bank supervisory
authority having jurisdiction over the Bank and requiring such approval.
Repayment at the Option of the Holder
This Note may be subject to repayment at the option of the holder hereof in
accordance with the terms hereof on any Holder's Optional Repayment Date(s), if
any, specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the
Pricing Supplement). If no Holder's Optional
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Repayment Date is specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global
form, in the Pricing Supplement), this Note will not be repayable at the option
of the holder hereof prior to the Maturity Date. On any Holder's Optional
Repayment Date, this Note will be repayable in whole or in part in increments of
US$1,000 (or, if the Specified Currency indicated on the face hereof is other
than the U.S. dollar, in such Authorized Denominations specified on the face
hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement)) at the
option of the holder hereof at the repayment price equal to 100% of the
principal amount to be repaid, together with accrued and unpaid interest hereon
payable to the date of repayment; provided, however, that, in the event of
repayment of this Note in part only, the unrepaid portion hereof shall be an
Authorized Denomination specified on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in
global form, in the Pricing Supplement). For this Note to be repaid in whole or
in part at the option of the holder hereof on a Holder's Optional Repayment
Date, this Note must be delivered, with the form entitled "Option to Elect
Repayment" attached hereto duly completed, to the Domestic Paying Agent or the
London Paying Agent (as appropriate in accordance with such attached form) at
the address set forth on such form or at such other address which the Bank shall
from time to time notify the holders of the Notes not more than 60 nor less than
30 days prior to such Holder's Optional Repayment Date. In the event of
repayment of this Note in part only, a new Note for the unrepaid portion hereof
shall be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the surrender hereof, or,
where applicable, an appropriate notation will be made on the schedule attached
hereto for such notations. Exercise of such repayment option by the holder
hereof shall be irrevocable.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if this Note is a Subordinated
Note, to the extent then required under or pursuant to applicable laws or
regulations (including, without limitation, applicable capital regulations),
this Note may not be repaid at the option of the holder pursuant to the
preceding paragraph, without the prior written consent of the Federal Reserve
Board and any other bank supervisory authority having jurisdiction over the Bank
and requiring such approval. The Bank agrees to apply to the Federal Reserve
Board and any such other bank supervisory authorities for any such prior written
consent.
Additional Amounts
All payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest with respect
to this Note will be made without withholding or deduction at source for, or on
account of, any present or future taxes, fees, duties, assessments or
governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by the United States
or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such
withholding or deduction is required by (i) the laws (or any regulations or
rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein or (ii) an official position
regarding the application, administration, interpretation or enforcement of any
such laws, regulations or rulings including, without limitation, a holding by a
court of competent jurisdiction or by a taxing authority in the United States or
any political subdivision thereof). If a withholding or deduction at source is
required, the Bank will (subject to certain limitations and exceptions set forth
below) pay to the holder hereof on behalf of an owner of a beneficial interest
herein (an "Owner") who is a United States Alien (as defined below) such
additional amounts ("Additional Amounts") as may be necessary so that every net
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest made to the holder hereof
on behalf of such Owner, after such withholding or deduction, will not be less
than the amount provided for in this Note
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with respect to such Owner's interest; provided, however, that the Bank shall
not be required to make any payment of Additional Amounts for or on account of:
(a) any tax, fee, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which
would not have been imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or
former connection between such Owner (or between a fiduciary, settlor,
beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such
Owner, if such Owner is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and
the United States, including, without limitation, such Owner (or such
fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor) being or
having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been present
or engaged in trade or business therein or having had a permanent
establishment therein, or (ii) the presentation of this Note for payment on
a date more than 15 days after the date on which such payment became due
and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for,
whichever occurs later;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property
or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(c) any tax, fee, duty, assessment or other governmental charge
imposed by reason of such Owner's past or present status as a personal
holding company, foreign personal holding company, passive foreign
investment company or controlled foreign corporation with respect to the
United States or as a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid
United States federal income tax;
(d) any tax, fee, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which
is payable otherwise than by withholding from payments of principal or
interest with respect to this Note;
(e) any tax, fee, duty, assessment or other governmental charge
imposed on interest received by anyone who owns (actually or
constructively) 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock of the Bank;
(f) any tax, fee, duty, assessment or other governmental charge
required to be withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of principal
(and premium, if any) or interest with respect to this Note, if such
payment can be made without such withholding by any other Paying Agent with
respect to this Note in a western European city;
(g) any tax, fee, duty, assessment or other governmental charge which
would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply with
certification, information or other reporting requirements concerning the
nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of
the holder hereof or of such Owner, if such compliance is required by
statute or by regulation of the United States Treasury Department as a
precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other
governmental charge;
(h) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed as a
result of such holder of the Notes or Coupon being a bank receiving
payments on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement
entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(i) any withholding or deduction which is imposed on a payment to an
individual and is required to be made pursuant to European Council
Directive 2003/48/EC or any other Directive implementing the conclusions of
the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26-27 November 2000 on the taxation of
savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in
order to conform to, such Directive; or
(j) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) (h) and
(i);
nor shall Additional Amounts be paid to any holder of this Note on behalf of any
Owner who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole Owner to the
extent a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of
such partnership or Owner would not have been entitled to payment of the
Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or Owner been the sole
Owner of this Note.
As used herein, the term "United States Alien" means any corporation,
individual, fiduciary or partnership that for United States federal income tax
purposes is a foreign corporation, nonresident alien individual, nonresident
alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or foreign partnership one or more
members of which is a foreign corporation, nonresident alien individual or
nonresident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
If this Note is in bearer form and the Bank shall determine, based upon a
written opinion of independent counsel selected by the Bank, that any payment
made outside the United States by the Bank or any of its Paying Agents of the
full amount of the next scheduled payment of either principal (and premium, if
any) or interest due with respect to this Note would, under any present or
future laws or regulations of the United States affecting taxation or otherwise,
be subject to any certification, information or other reporting requirements of
any kind, the effect of which requirements is the disclosure to the Bank, any of
its Paying Agents or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or
identity (as distinguished from status as a United States Alien) of any Owner of
this Note who is a United States Alien (other than such requirements which (i)
would not be applicable to a payment made to a custodian, nominee or other agent
of the Owner, or which can be satisfied by such a custodian, nominee or other
agent certifying to the effect that such Owner is a United States Alien;
provided, however, in each case that payment by such custodian, nominee or agent
to such Owner is not otherwise subject to any requirements referred to in this
sentence, (ii) are applicable only to payment by a custodian, nominee or other
agent of the Owner to or on behalf of such Owner, or (iii) would not be
applicable to a payment made by any other paying agent of the Bank), the Bank
shall redeem this Note as a whole but not in part at a redemption price equal to
the principal amount hereof (or, if this is an Original Issue Discount Note, the
Amortized Face Amount (as defined herein) hereof determined as of the date of
redemption), together, if appropriate, with accrued interest to, but excluding,
the date fixed for redemption, such redemption to take place on such date not
later than one year after notice of such determination has been given as
described herein. If the Bank becomes aware of an event that might give rise to
such certification, information or other reporting requirements, the Bank shall,
as soon as practicable, solicit advice of independent counsel selected by the
Bank to establish whether such certification, information or other reporting
requirements will apply and, if such requirements will, in the written opinion
of such counsel, apply, the Bank shall give prompt notice of such determination
(a "Tax Notice") stating in such notice the effective date of such
certification, information or other reporting requirements and, if applicable,
the date by
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which the redemption shall take place. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Bank
shall not redeem this Note if the Bank, based upon the written opinion of
independent counsel selected by the Bank, shall subsequently determine not less
than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption that subsequent payments
would not be subject to any such requirements, in which case the Bank shall give
prompt notice of such determination and any earlier redemption notice shall
thereby be revoked and of no further effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and so long as the certification
information or other reporting requirements referred to in the preceding
paragraph would be fully satisfied by payment of a withholding tax , backup
withholding tax or similar charge, the Bank may elect prior to giving the Tax
Notice to have the provisions described in this paragraph apply in lieu of the
provisions described in the preceding paragraph, in which case the Tax Notice
shall state the effective date of such certification, information or reporting
requirements and that the Bank has elected to pay Additional Amounts rather than
redeem this Note. In such event, the Bank will also pay as Additional Amounts
such sums as may be necessary so that every net payment made following the
effective date of such certification, information or reporting requirements
outside the United States by the Bank or any of its Paying Agents of principal
(and premium, if any) or interest due with respect to this Note to the bearer
hereof who certifies to the effect that the beneficial owners of this Note are
United States Aliens (provided that such certification shall not have the effect
of communicating to the Bank or any of its Paying Agents or any governmental
authority the nationality, residence or identity of such beneficial owners)
after deduction or withholding for or on account of such withholding, backup
withholding tax or similar charge (other than a withholding tax, backup
withholding tax or similar charge which (i) is imposed as a result of
certification, information or other reporting requirements referred to in the
second parenthetical clause of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph or
(ii) is imposed as a result of the fact that the Bank or any of its Paying
Agents has actual knowledge that the bearer hereof or any beneficial owner of
this Note is not a United States Alien but is within the category of persons,
corporations or other entities described in clause (a)(i) of the third preceding
paragraph, or (iii) is imposed as a result of presentation of this Note for
payment more than 15 days after the date on which such payment becomes due and
payable or on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs
later), will not be less than the amount provided for in this Note to be then
due and payable. In the event the Bank elects to pay such Additional Amounts,
the Bank will have the right, at its sole option, at any time, to redeem this
Note, as a whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal
amount hereof (or, if this is an Original Issue Discount Note, the Amortized
Face Amount hereof determined as of the date of redemption), together, if
appropriate, with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption including
any Additional Amounts required to be paid under this paragraph. If the Bank has
made the determination described in the preceding paragraph with respect to
certification, information or other reporting requirements applicable to
interest only and subsequently makes a determination in the manner and of the
nature referred to in such preceding paragraph with respect to such requirements
applicable to principal, the Bank will redeem this Note in the manner and on the
terms described in the preceding paragraph (except as provided below), unless
the Bank elects to have the provisions of this paragraph apply rather than the
provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph. If in such circumstances this
Note is to be redeemed, the Bank will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts
with respect to interest, if any, accrued to the date of redemption. If the Bank
has made the determination described in the preceding paragraph and subsequently
makes a determination in the manner and of the nature referred to in such
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preceding paragraph that the level of withholding applicable to principal or
interest has been increased, the Bank will redeem this Note in the manner and on
the terms described in the preceding paragraph (except as provided below),
unless the Bank elects to have the provisions of this paragraph apply rather
than the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph. If in such
circumstances this Note is to be redeemed, the Bank will be obligated to pay
Additional Amounts with respect to the original level of withholding on
principal and interest, if any, accrued to the date of redemption.
Whenever in this Note there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of
the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, or in respect of, this
Note, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of
Additional Amounts provided for herein to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect hereof pursuant to
the provisions of this Note and express mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as
including Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express
mention is not made.
Except as specifically provided herein (or, if this Note is in global form,
in the Pricing Supplement) (i) neither the Bank nor any Paying Agent shall be
required to make, any payment with respect to any tax, fee, duty, assessment or
other governmental charge imposed by any government or a political subdivision
or taxing authority thereof or therein; (ii) a Paying Agent on behalf of the
Bank shall have the right, but not the duty, to withhold from any amounts
otherwise payable to a holder of this Note such amount as is necessary for the
payment of any such taxes, fees, duties, assessments or other governmental
charges; and (iii) if such an amount is withheld, the amount payable to the
holder of this Note shall be the amount otherwise payable reduced by the amount
so withheld.
The Bank may redeem this Note in whole but not in part at any time at a
redemption price equal to the principal amount hereof (or, if this is an
Original Issue Discount Note, the Amortized Face Amount hereof determined as of
the date of redemption), together with accrued interest to but excluding the
date fixed for redemption, if the Bank shall determine, based upon a written
opinion of independent counsel selected by the Bank, that as a result of any
change in or amendment to the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated
hereunder) of the United States or of any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any change in application or
official interpretation of any such laws, regulations or rulings, which
amendment or change is effective on or after the Original Issue Date, the Bank
would be required to pay Additional Amounts on the occasion of the next payment
due with respect to such Note.
Notice of intention to redeem this Note, in whole but not in part, pursuant
to the immediately preceding paragraph will be given (i) if this Note is in
registered form, to the registered holder of this Note at least once not less
than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption or
(ii) if this Note is in bearer form, by publication in accordance with
applicable law, provided that no such notice of redemption shall be given
earlier than 90 days prior to the effective date of such change or amendment and
that at the time notice of such redemption is given, such obligation to pay such
Additional Amounts remains in effect and cannot be avoided by the Bank's taking
reasonable measures available to it. From and after any redemption date, if
monies for the redemption of this Note shall have been made available for
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redemption on such redemption date, this Note shall cease to bear interest (and,
if this Note is a definitive bearer Note, any interest coupons appertaining
hereto (whether or not attached) maturing after the redemption date shall become
void and no payment shall be made in respect thereof), and the only right of the
holder of this Note shall be to receive payment of the principal amount hereof
(or, if this is an Original Issue Discount Note, the Amortized Face Amount
hereof) and all unpaid interest accrued to such redemption date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Note is a Subordinated Note, to the
extent then required under or pursuant to applicable laws or regulations
(including, without limitation, applicable capital regulations), this Note may
not be redeemed by the Bank prior to the Maturity Date pursuant to the
provisions set forth in this section entitled "Additional Amounts", without the
prior written consent of the Federal Reserve Board and any other bank
supervisory authority having jurisdiction over the Bank and requiring such
approval.
Events of Default, Acceleration of Maturity
[Senior Notes. In respect of this Senior Note, the occurrence of any of the
following events shall constitute an "Event of Default" with respect to this
Note:
(i) default in the payment of any interest (including any Additional
Amounts) with respect to this Note when due, which continues for 30 days;
(ii) default, in the payment of any principal of, or premium, if any,
on, this Note when due;
(iii) whatever the reason for such and whether it shall be voluntary
or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of
any administrative or governmental agency or body, the entry by a court
having jurisdiction in the premises or of any administrative or
governmental agency or body of:
(a) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Bank in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable United States
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law; or
(b) a decree or order appointing a conservator, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or any other similar
official of the Bank, or of substantially all of the property of the
Bank, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Bank, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or
any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of
60 consecutive days; or
(iv) the commencement by the Bank of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable United States federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or the commencement of any bankruptcy
or insolvency case or proceeding, or the filing by the Bank of a petition
or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable
United States federal or state law, or the consent by the Bank to the
filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
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possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of the Bank or of substantially all of the
property of the Bank, or the making by the Bank of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the taking of corporate action by the Bank in
furtherance of any such action.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the holder of this Note
may declare the principal amount of, and accrued interest and premium, if any,
on, this Note due and payable immediately by written notice to the Bank. Upon
such declaration and notice, such principal amount (and premium, if any) and
accrued interest shall become immediately due and payable. Any Event of Default
with respect to this Note may be waived by the holder thereof.]*
[Subordinated Notes. In respect of this Subordinated Note, the occurrence
of any of the following events (whatever the reason for such and whether it
shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant
to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation
of any administrative or governmental agency or body) shall constitute an "Event
of Default" with respect to this Note:
(i) the Bank shall consent to the appointment of a receiver or other
similar official (other than a conservator) in any liquidation, insolvency
or similar proceeding with respect to the Bank or all or substantially all
of the property of the Bank; or
(ii) a court or other administrative or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for the
appointment of a receiver or other similar official (other than a
conservator) in any liquidation, insolvency or similar proceeding with
respect to the Bank or all or substantially all of the property of the
Bank, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or
unstayed for a period of 60 days.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the registered holder of
this Note (or, if this Note is in bearer form, the bearer of this Note) may
declare the principal amount of, and accrued interest and premium, if any, on,
this Note due and payable immediately by written notice to the Bank. Upon such
declaration and notice, such principal amount (and premium, if any) and accrued
interest shall become immediately due and payable. Any Event of Default with
respect to this Note may be waived by the registered holder of this Note (or, if
this Note is in bearer form, the bearer of this Note.]**
[Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Subordinated Note, to the
extent then required under or pursuant to applicable laws or regulations
(including, without limitation, applicable capital regulations) then in effect,
no repayment pursuant to an acceleration of maturity may be made on this
Subordinated Note without the prior written approval of any bank supervisory
authority having jurisdiction over the Bank and requiring such approval.]
[The indebtedness of the Bank evidenced by this Note, including the
principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Amounts),
shall be, and the registered
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* Insert in the case of a Senior Note.
** Insert in the case of a Subordinated Note.
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holder of this Note (or, if this Note is in bearer form, the bearer of this
Note), by its acceptance hereof, agrees that the indebtedness of the Bank
evidenced by this Note, including the principal (and premium, if any) and
interest (including any Additional Amounts) is, unsecured and subordinate and
junior in right of payment to the Bank's obligations to its depositors, the
Bank's obligations under bankers' acceptances and letters of credit, and the
Bank's obligations to its other creditors, including its obligations to any
Federal Reserve Bank and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC")
and any rights acquired by the FDIC as a result of loans made by the FDIC to the
Bank or the purchase or guarantee of any of its assets by the FDIC pursuant to
the provisions of Section 1823(c), (d) or (e) of Title 12 of the United States
Code (except for obligations that are specifically designated as ranking on a
parity with or junior to the Subordinated Notes), whether now outstanding or
hereafter incurred, in that in case of any insolvency, receivership,
conservatorship, reorganization, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceedings or any liquidation or winding up of or
relating to the Bank, whether voluntary or involuntary, all such obligations
(except for obligations that are specifically designated as ranking on a parity
with or junior to the Subordinated Notes) shall be entitled to be paid in full
before any payment shall be made on account of the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on this Note. In the event of any such proceedings, after
payment in full of all sums owing on such prior obligations, the holder of this
Note, together with the holders of any obligations of the Bank ranking on a
parity with this Note, shall be entitled to be paid from the remaining assets of
the Bank the unpaid principal thereof (and unpaid premium, if any) and interest
before any payment or other distribution, whether in cash, property, or
otherwise, shall be made on account of any capital stock or any obligations of
the Bank ranking junior to this Note. Nothing herein shall impair the obligation
of the Bank, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) and any interest on this Note in accordance with its terms.]***
[This Note and any Subordinated Notes issued subsequently hereto pursuant
to the Offering Circular, will rank pari passu among themselves and pari passu,
in the event of a liquidation or similar proceeding with respect to the Bank,
whether voluntary or involuntary, with all other present or future unsecured
subordinated debt obligations of the Bank, except any unsecured subordinated
debt which may be expressly stated to be subordinated to this Note. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Bank's 7% Junior Subordinated Notes Due March 14, 2032
are and shall be subordinate to this Note.]****
[Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Note, including specifically
those set forth in the paragraphs relating to subordination, Events of Default
and covenants of the Bank, it is expressly understood and agreed that the FDIC
or any other receiver or conservator of the Bank shall have the right in the
performance of his legal duties, and as part of any transaction or plan of
reorganization or liquidation designed to protect or further the continued
existence of the Bank or the rights of any parties or agencies with an interest
in, or claim against, the Bank or its assets, to transfer or direct the transfer
of the obligations represented by this Note to any state bank, national banking
association, or bank holding company selected by such official which shall
expressly assume the obligation of the due and punctual payment of the unpaid
principal (and
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*** Insert in the case of a Subordinated Note.
**** Insert in the case of a Subordinated Note.
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premium, if any) and interest on this Note and the due and punctual performance
of all covenants and conditions contained herein; and that the completion of
such transfer and assumption shall serve to supersede and void any default,
acceleration or subordination which may have occurred, or which may occur due or
related to such transaction, plan, transfer or assumption, pursuant to the
provisions of this Note, and shall serve to return the holder hereof to the same
position, other than for substitution of the obligor, it would have occupied had
no default, acceleration or subordination occurred; except that any interest and
principal (and premium, if any) previously due, other than by reason of
acceleration, and not paid shall, in the absence of a contrary agreement by the
holder of this Note, be deemed to be immediately due and payable as of the date
of such transfer and assumption, together with interest from its original due
date at the rate provided for herein.]*****
This Note contains no limitation on the amount of senior debt, deposits or
other obligations that rank senior to this Note that may be hereafter incurred
or assumed by the Bank.
Miscellaneous
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if this Note is
identified as a Discount Note on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global
form, in the Pricing Supplement), the amount payable to the holder of this Note
in the event of redemption, repayment or acceleration of Maturity will be equal
to (i) the Amortized Face Amount (as defined below) as of the date of such
event, plus (ii) with respect to any redemption of this Note (other than as
provided above in the event that Additional Amounts are required to be paid by
the Bank with respect to this Note), the Initial Redemption Percentage specified
on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement) (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction specified
on the face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing
Supplement), if any) minus 100% multiplied by the Issue Price specified on the
face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), net
of any portion of such Issue Price which has been paid prior to the date of
redemption, or the portion of the Issue Price (or the net amount) proportionate
to the portion of the unpaid principal amount to be redeemed, plus (iii) any
accrued interest to the date of such event the payment of which would constitute
qualified stated interest payments within the meaning of U.S. Treasury
Regulation 1. 1273-1 (c) under the Code. The "Amortized Face Amount" shall mean
an amount equal to (i) the Issue Price plus (ii) the aggregate portions of the
original issue discount (the excess of the amounts considered as part of the
"stated redemption price at maturity" of this Note within the meaning of Section
1273(a)(2) of the Code, whether denominated as principal or interest, over the
Issue Price) which shall theretofore have accrued pursuant to Section 1272 of
the Code (without regard to Section 1272(a)(7) of the Code) from the date of
issue of this Note to the date of determination, minus (iii) any amount
considered as part of the "stated redemption price at maturity" of this Note
which has been paid from the date of issue to the date of determination.
As used herein, "Business Day" means, unless otherwise specified on the
face hereof (or, if this Note is in global form, in the Pricing Supplement), a
day which is both (i) a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which
commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for
general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency
deposits) in The City of New York, Atlanta, Georgia, and London; and (ii) either
(a) if this is a Note denominated in a Specified Currency other than euro, a day
on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are
open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign
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***** Insert in the case of a Subordinated Note.
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currency deposits) in the principal financial center of the country of the
relevant Specified Currency (if other than The City of New York or London) or
(b) if this is a Note denominated in euro, a day (other than a Saturday or a
Sunday) on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express
Transfer (TARGET) System is open. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, the principal financial center of any country, for the
purpose of the foregoing definition, shall be as provided in the 2000 ISDA
definitions. As used herein, "London Business Day" means any day (other than a
Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets
settle payments in London.
Any action by the holder of this Note shall bind all future holders of this
Note, and of any Note issued in exchange or substitution hereof or in place
hereof, in respect of anything done or permitted by the Bank or by the Paying
Agents in pursuance of such action.
In case any Note shall at any time become mutilated, defaced, destroyed,
lost or stolen, and such Note or evidence of the loss, theft or destruction
thereof satisfactory to the Bank and the Registrar or London Issuing Agent, as
the case may be, and such other documents or proof as may be required by the
Bank and the Registrar or London Issuing Agent, as the case may be, shall be
delivered to the Registrar or London Issuing Agent, as the case may be, the
Registrar or London Issuing Agent, as the case may be, shall issue a new Note of
like tenor and principal amount, having a serial number not contemporaneously
outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Note or
in lieu of the Note destroyed, lost or stolen but, in the case of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Note, only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Bank and
the Registrar or London Issuing Agent, as the case may be, that such Note was
destroyed, stolen or lost, and, if required, upon receipt of indemnity
satisfactory to the Bank and the Registrar or London Issuing Agent, as the case
may be. Upon the issuance of any substituted Note, the Bank may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover all expenses and reasonable charges
connected with the preparation and delivery of a new Note. If any Note which has
matured or has been redeemed or repaid or is about to mature or to be redeemed
or repaid shall become mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Bank
may, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of the
same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated or defaced
Note) upon compliance by the holder with the provisions of this paragraph.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on, this Note for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, against any shareholder, employee, agent, officer or director,
as such, past, present or future, of the Bank or of any successor organization,
either directly or through the Bank or any successor organization, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance
hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived
and released.
The Notes are issued in accordance with the Global Agency Agreement. The
Notes, and any receipts or interest coupons appertaining thereto and the Global
Agency Agreement may be
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amended by the Bank (upon notice to the parties thereto), (i) for the purpose of
curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective
provision contained therein, (ii) to make any further modifications of the terms
of the Global Agency Agreement necessary or desirable to allow for the issuance
of any additional Notes (which modifications shall not be materially adverse to
holders of outstanding Notes) or (iii) in any manner which the Bank (and, in the
case of the Global Agency Agreement, the parties thereto) may deem necessary or
desirable and which shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the
holders of the Notes, or any receipts, talons or interest coupons appertaining
thereto, to all of which each holder of Notes, receipts, talons or interest
coupons shall, by acceptance thereof, be deemed to have consented; provided,
however, that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of the
holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby, (1) change the Maturity Date
with respect to any Note or reduce or cancel the amount payable at Maturity; (2)
reduce the amount payable or modify the payment date for any interest with
respect to any Note or vary the method of calculating the rate of interest with
respect to any Note; (3) reduce any Minimum Interest Rate and/or Maximum
Interest Rate with respect to any Note; (4) modify the currency in which
payments under any Note and/or any receipts, coupons or talons appertaining
thereto are to be made; (5) change the obligation of the Bank to pay Additional
Amounts with respect to Notes, receipts, talons or coupons; or (6) reduce the
percentage in principal amount of outstanding Notes the consent of the holders
of which is necessary to modify the provisions of the Notes or to waive any
future compliance or past default. Any instrument given by or on behalf of any
holder of a Note in connection with any consent to any such modification,
amendment or waiver shall be irrevocable once given and shall be conclusive and
binding on all subsequent holders of such Note. Any modifications, amendments or
waivers to this Agreement or the provisions of the Notes, receipts, talons or
coupons shall be conclusive and binding on all holders of Notes, receipts,
talons or coupons, whether or not notation of such modifications, amendments or
waivers is made upon the Notes, receipts, talons or coupons. It will not be
necessary for the consent of the holders of Notes to approve the particular form
of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall
approve the substance thereof.
No provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Bank,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, this Note in the
Specified Currency indicated on the face hereof (or, as provided herein, in the
equivalent in U.S. dollars) at the times, places and rate herein prescribed.
No service charge shall be made to a holder of this Note for any transfer
or exchange of this Note, but the Bank may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
therewith.
If this Note is in registered form, prior to due presentment of this Note
for registration of transfer, the Bank, Domestic Paying Agent, Registrar, London
Paying Agent, Luxembourg Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Listing Agent
(collectively, together with any successors thereto, the "Agents") or any agent
of the Bank or the Agents may treat the holder in whose name this Note is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be
overdue, and neither the Bank, the Agents nor any such agent shall be affected
by notice to the contrary except as required by applicable law.
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All notices to the Bank under this Note shall be in writing and addressed
to the Bank at SunTrust Bank, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇; telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇; and facsimile: (404)
724-3749 or to such other address of the Bank as the Bank may notify the holders
of the Notes.
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Bank to
repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms at a
price equal to 100% of the principal amount hereof to be repaid, together with
accrued and unpaid interest hereon, payable to the date of repayment, to the
undersigned, at ______________.
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(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned.)
For this Note to be repaid, the undersigned must give to the London Paying
Agent, if this Note is in bearer form, at Deutsche Bank AG London, Winchester
House, 1 Great ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ or, if this Note is in
registered form, to the Domestic Paying Agent at Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, 60 Wall Street, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10005, United States of
America, or to the London Paying Agent at its address, as the case may be, or at
such other place or places of which the Bank shall from time to time notify the
holders of the Notes not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days prior to the
date of repayment, this Note (and, if this Note is in definitive bearer form,
all interest coupons appertaining hereto maturing after the repayment date) with
this "Option to Elect Repayment" form duly completed.
If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify the portion hereof (which shall be increments of US$1,000, or equivalent
denominations in other currencies) which the holder elects to have repaid and
specify the denomination or denominations (which shall be an Authorized
Denomination specified on the face of the within Note) of the Notes to be issued
to the holder for the portion of this Note not being repaid (in the absence of
any such specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion not being
repaid):
US$
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Signature
Dated: NOTICE: The signature on this "Option to
Elect Repayment" form must correspond
------------------------------ with the name as written upon the face
of the within Note in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever.
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Signature Guarantee
NOTICE: The signature(s)
should be guaranteed by an
eligible guarantor institution
(banks, stockbrokers, savings
and loan associations, and
credit unions with membership
in an approved signature
guarantee medallion program),
pursuant to Rule 17Ad- 15
under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
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