EXECUTION COPY
Dated 6 September, 2004
among
SOCIETE DES MINES DE LOULO S.A.
as the Borrower
RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED
and
RANDGOLD RESOURCES (SOMILO) LIMITED
as the Subordinated Creditors,
and
N M ROTHSCHILD & SONS LIMITED
as the Security Trustee
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DEED OF SUBORDINATION AND PLEDGE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CLAUSE PAGE
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1. DEFINED TERMS AND INTERPRETATION................................... 1
2. STANDSTILL......................................................... 4
3. SUBORDINATION AND PERMITTED PAYMENTS............................... 4
4. COVENANT TO PAY.................................................... 5
5. ASSIGNMENT BY WAY OF SECURITY AND PLEDGE........................... 6
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SUBORDINATED CREDITORS AND
THE BORROWER....................................................... 8
7. COVENANTS OF THE SUBORDINATED CREDITORS............................ 9
8. EXPENSES........................................................... 9
9. PROTECTION OF SUBORDINATION AND SECURITY........................... 9
10. STATUS OF THE BORROWER............................................. 11
11. SUBROGATION........................................................ 11
12. FURTHER ASSURANCES; POWER OF ATTORNEY.............................. 11
13. ENFORCEMENT AND POWERS OF THE SECURITY TRUSTEE..................... 12
14. STATUS, POWERS, REMOVAL AND REMUNERATION OF RECEIVER............... 14
15. APPLICATION OF MONEYS.............................................. 16
16. PROTECTION OF THIRD PARTIES........................................ 17
17. PROTECTION OF LENDER PARTIES AND RECEIVER.......................... 18
18. COSTS AND EXPENSES................................................. 18
19. OTHER SECURITY, CUMULATIVE POWERS AND AVOIDANCE OF PAYMENTS........ 19
20. DELEGATION......................................................... 20
21. REDEMPTION OF PRIOR CHARGES........................................ 20
22. NOTICES............................................................ 20
23. WAIVERS, ETC....................................................... 20
24. SEVERABILITY....................................................... 21
25. ASSIGNMENT......................................................... 21
26. COUNTERPARTS....................................................... 21
27. PERPETUITY PERIOD.................................................. 21
28. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF IMMUNITY...... 21
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THIS DEED is made on 6 September, 2004, between:
(1) SOCIETE DES MINES DE LOULO S.A., a company (societe anonyme) organised and
existing under the laws of the Republic of Mali (the "BORROWER");
(2) RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED and RANDGOLD RESOURCES (SOMILO) LIMITED, each a
company organised and existing under the laws of Jersey (each a
"SUBORDINATED CREDITOR" and collectively, the "SUBORDINATED CREDITORS");
and
(3) N M ROTHSCHILD & SONS LIMITED, in its capacity as the Facility Agent and
the Security Trustee for the Lender Parties (the "FACILITY AGENT" or the
"SECURITY TRUSTEE", which expressions shall respectively include any person
for the time being appointed as agent or trustee or as an additional agent
or trustee for the purpose of, and in accordance with, this Deed).
NOW THIS DEED WITNESSES as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 DEFINED TERMS
In this Deed, unless the context otherwise requires, the following
expressions have the following meanings:
"ASSIGNED AGREEMENTS" means, in respect of each Subordinated Creditor, all
instruments and all other agreements (whether in writing or otherwise),
including the Subordinated Finance Documents, to which it is a party and
evidencing or otherwise relating to the Subordinated Liabilities owed to it
and all other liabilities from time to time owing to such Subordinated
Creditor by the Borrower.
"BORROWER" is defined in the preamble.
"CHARGED PROPERTY" means all the assets, property, goodwill and undertaking
of the Borrower from time to time charged or assigned to the Security
Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Deed.
"CREDITORS" means the Senior Creditors and the Subordinated Creditors.
"DEED" means this Deed of Subordination and Pledge as the same may be
modified, amended or supplemented from time to time.
"DEFAULT RATE" means the rate of interest provided for in Clause 3.2 of the
Loan Agreement.
"FACILITY AGENT" is defined in the preamble.
"FINANCE DOCUMENTS" means the Senior Finance Documents and the Subordinated
Finance Documents.
"LIABILITIES" means all Obligations now or hereafter due, owing or incurred
to the Lender Parties (or any of them) in whatsoever manner in any currency
or currencies
whether present or future, actual or contingent, whether incurred solely or
jointly with any other person and whether as principal or surety in each
case under the Senior Finance Documents (or any of them) together with all
interest accruing thereon and all costs, charges and expenses incurred in
connection therewith.
"LOAN AGREEMENT" means the Project Term Loan Facility Agreement, dated 6
September, 2004, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time
between (1) the Borrower, (2) Randgold Resources Limited and Randgold
Resources (Somilo) Limited, as the Guarantors, (3) various banks and other
financial institutions party thereto, as the Lenders, (4) N M Rothschild &
Sons Limited and Societe Generale as the Mandated Lead Arrangers, (5) Absa
Bank Limited (acting through its Absa Corporate and Merchant Bank Division)
and Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG as the Lead Arrangers, and (6) N M
Rothschild & Sons Limited, as the Facility Agent.
"PROMISSORY NOTES" means all promissory notes and other instruments of the
Borrower at any time and from time to time acquired or received by each
Subordinated Creditor, all substitutes therefor or additions thereto, and
any interest, products, proceeds or other property at any time and from
time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or
in exchange for any or all of the foregoing.
"RECEIVER" means any one or more administrative receivers, receivers and
managers, administrators, liquidators or other insolvency officers
appointed in any jurisdiction or (if the Security Trustee so specifies in
the relevant appointment) any such officers appointed by the Security
Trustee pursuant to this Deed in respect of the Borrower or any
Subordinated Creditor or over all or any of the security, charges and
pledges constituted by this Deed.
"RIGHTS OF SET OFF" means from time to time, in relation to a Creditor,
every right (whether conferred by law or otherwise) which that Creditor or
any one or more of its subsidiaries has to combine or net credit balances
and debit balances, directly or indirectly, being balances which belong to
the Borrower, or are owing by the Borrower to, or are deposits by the
Borrower with, that Creditor or any one or more of its subsidiaries.
"SECURITY TRUSTEE" is defined in the preamble.
"SENIOR CREDITORS" means each of the Lender Parties.
"SENIOR DEFAULT" means the occurrence of a Default.
"SENIOR DISCHARGE DATE" means the date on which all the Senior Liabilities
have been irrevocably and fully discharged (including any contingent
liability outstanding under any Production Related Risk Management
Agreement) and any commitment to advance monies on the part of any of the
Senior Creditors under the Loan Agreement has been cancelled or terminated.
"SENIOR FINANCE DOCUMENTS" means the Loan Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and all other agreements from time to time evidencing,
constituting or securing the Senior Liabilities and, in each such case, as
the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance
with the terms thereof.
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"SENIOR LIABILITIES" means all Liabilities due, owing or incurred to the
Senior Creditors under the Senior Finance Documents and all costs, charges
and expenses incurred by the Senior Creditors and any receiver or other
insolvency officer appointed by any of them in connection therewith.
"SUBORDINATED CREDITORS" is defined in the preamble.
"SUBORDINATED DEFAULT" means an event of default (howsoever denominated)
under any of the Subordinated Finance Documents.
"SUBORDINATED FINANCE DOCUMENTS" means the following:-
(a) the Shareholders Loan Agreement, dated 1 August, 2004 among Societe
des Mines de Loulo, S.A. as borrower thereunder and Randgold Resources
(Somilo) Limited as lender thereunder;
(b) the Shareholders Loan Agreement, dated 1 August, 2004 among Randgold
Resources (Somilo) Limited as borrower thereunder and Randgold
Resources Limited as lender thereunder;
(c) all Promissory Notes; and
(d) any other instrument or arrangement evidencing the terms on which any
of the Subordinated Creditors has provided funding or financial
support to the Borrower or subject to which any Subordinated Creditor
is owed any fee, royalty, settlement sum or other amount by the
Borrower (including the settlement of any dispute relating thereto),
and, in each case, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof and with the
terms of this Deed (including Clause 7(c)).
"SUBORDINATED LIABILITIES" means all liabilities, obligations and payments
due, owing or incurred by the Borrower to each Subordinated Creditor under
the terms of the Subordinated Finance Documents to which it is party or
otherwise however arising, including in respect of any loan, capital
contribution, fee, royalty, settlement sum or other amount payable or
repayable to any Subordinated Creditor.
"SUBORDINATED OBLIGATIONS" means, in respect of each Subordinated Creditor,
such Subordinated Creditor's Obligations, and if any reference herein to
"Subordinated Obligations" does not relate to any particular Subordinated
Creditor, then such reference to "Subordinated Obligations" shall be a
reference to each Subordinated Creditor's Obligations.
1.2 INTERPRETATION
In this Deed:
(a) capitalised terms used but not defined in this Deed (including the
preamble and recitals hereto) have the same meanings as in the Loan
Agreement; and
(b) this Deed is a Loan Document intended by the parties hereto to take
effect as a deed and shall be interpreted and construed in accordance
with the terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement (including Clauses
1.2 to Section 1.5
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thereof which are hereby incorporated into this Deed with all
necessary consequential changes).
2. STANDSTILL
Until the Senior Discharge Date, each Subordinated Creditor hereby jointly
and severally covenants with the Security Trustee that it will not (unless
the Senior Creditors otherwise give their prior consent in writing):
(a) declare a Subordinated Default or otherwise accelerate all or any part
of the Subordinated Liabilities due to it or (subject to Clause 3
(Subordination and Permitted Payments)) demand repayment of all or any
part of the Subordinated Liabilities due or owing to it; or
(b) take any action to enforce any of the Subordinated Finance Documents
to which it is party or to recover the Subordinated Liabilities due or
owing to it or exercise any Rights of Set Off in relation thereto; or
(c) exercise any rights, pursue any remedy or take any legal proceeding in
any jurisdiction in respect of any breach of covenant,
misrepresentation or non-observance or default in respect of the terms
or conditions of any Subordinated Finance Document to which it is a
party; or
(d) petition for (or take any other step or action which may lead to) the
liquidation, administration, dissolution, winding-up or appointment of
an insolvency officer in respect of the Borrower in any jurisdiction
or any of its assets or instigate any other insolvency proceeding in
relation thereto; provided, however, that (subject to the other
provisions of this Deed (including Clause 3(c)), each Subordinated
Creditor shall be entitled to take any action necessary to preserve
its claims in respect of the Subordinated Liabilities owing to it in
any such liquidation, administration, dissolution, winding up or
appointment.
3. SUBORDINATION AND PERMITTED PAYMENTS
Each of the Subordinated Creditors (in respect of the Subordinated
Liabilities owing to it) and the Borrower (in respect of the Subordinated
Liabilities owed by it) hereby covenants with the Security Trustee and
agree and declare that until the Senior Discharge Date:
(a) RANKING: for all purposes, the Senior Liabilities will rank ahead of
the Subordinated Liabilities and the Subordinated Liabilities will be
subordinated in right of payment and security to the Senior
Liabilities, and such priorities shall be applicable regardless of the
time of creation of any of the Senior Liabilities or Subordinated
Liabilities;
(b) RESTRICTION ON PAYMENTS: the Borrower will not, directly or
indirectly, make any payment (whether in respect of principal,
interest or otherwise) on account of the Subordinated Liabilities owed
by it (whether in cash or in kind, by way of outright payment,
dividend, distribution, fee, royalty, loan or otherwise) nor will any
of the Subordinated Creditors be entitled to demand or receive any
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such payment other than in respect of those payments permitted to be
made pursuant to the first proviso to Clause 10.24 of the Loan
Agreement, which shall, subject to compliance with the terms of the
Loan Agreement, be permitted to be made by the Borrower, and received
by the relevant Subordinated Creditor, under the terms of this Deed
when the terms and conditions of such proviso so permit;
(c) BREACH OF RESTRICTIONS: in the event of payment being made to a
Subordinated Creditor (or to any other person on its behalf) in breach
of clause (b), such Subordinated Creditor undertakes forthwith to pay
to the Security Trustee an amount equal to any sums or benefits which
have been so received from the Borrower or, as the case may be, the
liquidator or other insolvency officer of the Borrower or from any
other person and any such amounts so paid to the Security Trustee
shall be applied in such manner as may be required pursuant to the
Loan Agreement or as the Security Trustee, acting on the instructions
of the Required Lenders, otherwise thinks fit in or towards discharge
of the Senior Liabilities and prior to such application may be held by
the Security Trustee in such manner, and for such period, as it thinks
fit without the Security Trustee having any obligation to pay interest
thereon;
(d) HOLD ON TRUST: all payments or benefits received by any Subordinated
Creditor in breach of clause (b) will be held by such Subordinated
Creditor on trust for the Senior Creditors pending the relevant amount
being paid to the Security Trustee as required by clause (c); and
(e) RIGHTS OF SET-OFF: if a Subordinated Creditor receives the benefit of
a Right of Set-off or counterclaim and, as a result, any of the
Subordinated Liabilities due to it are reduced at a time when such
Subordinated Creditor would not (by virtue of this Deed or any other
Loan Document) be entitled to receive payment in respect of the
Subordinated Liabilities, that Subordinated Creditor will forthwith
pay to the Security Trustee a sum equal to the amount by which those
Subordinated Liabilities have been so reduced (for application or
holding by the Security Trustee in accordance with clause (c)) and
pending such payment will hold such sums on trust for the Senior
Creditors.
4. COVENANT TO PAY
Each of the Subordinated Creditors covenants with the Security Trustee that
it will pay the Liabilities of such Subordinated Creditor as and when the
same fall due for payment.
5. ASSIGNMENT BY WAY OF SECURITY AND PLEDGE
5.1 ASSIGNMENT
As further continuing security each Subordinated Creditor assigns by way of
security for the payment of its Obligations under this Deed and of all
other Liabilities with full title guarantee (to the fullest extent capable
of assignment) in favour of the Security Trustee on trust for the Lender
Parties all its rights, title and interest in and benefits under the
Assigned Agreements to which it is a party. The foregoing assignment shall
include:
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(a) all claims for damages or other remedies in respect of any breach of
any Assigned Agreement;
(b) all moneys whatsoever which are now or may at any time hereafter be or
become due or owing to such Subordinated Creditor under or arising out
of the Assigned Agreements to which it is a party or in connection
with the rights of such Subordinated Creditor evidenced thereby; and
(c) all rights and remedies for enforcing the Assigned Agreements to which
it is a party in the name of such Subordinated Creditor or otherwise
and all present and future right, title, benefit and interest in all
guarantees, insurances, indemnities, mortgages, charges and other
security of whatsoever nature (including all rights and remedies of
enforcement) now or hereafter held by such Subordinated Creditor in
respect of all or any of the foregoing and all moneys from time to
time becoming due or owing thereunder or in connection therewith.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, as long as no Senior Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Subordinated Creditor party to such Assigned
Agreement may, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deed, the Loan
Agreement (including Clause 10.24 thereof) and the other Loan Documents,
receive and retain the proceeds of any such claims or any such moneys and
may exercise all such rights and remedies and receive and retain the
proceeds of their exercise.
5.2 PLEDGE
As further continuing security each Subordinated Creditor hereby pledges by
way of security for the repayment of the Obligations and the obligations of
the Subordinated Creditors pursuant to this Deed with full title guarantee
(to the fullest extent capable of assignment) in favour of the Security
Trustee on trust for the Lender Parties the Promissory Notes.
5.3 TRUST
The parties hereto agree that the Security Trustee shall hold the security
constituted by this Deed and all covenants, undertakings, charges,
representations, and other rights and securities given, constituted, or
created under or pursuant to this Deed on trust for all the Lender Parties
on and subject to the terms of this Deed, and the Lender Parties
acknowledge such declaration.
5.4 CONTINUING NATURE
The security constituted by this Deed is to be a continuing security to the
Security Trustee on trust for the Lender Parties notwithstanding any
intermediate payment or settlement of account or other matter or thing
whatsoever and in particular the intermediate satisfaction by (a) the
Borrower or any other person of the whole or any part of the Senior
Liabilities or (b) any Subordinated Creditor or any other person of the
whole or any part of such Subordinated Obligations.
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5.5 ADDITIONAL SECURITY
The security constituted by this Deed is to be in addition and without
prejudice to any other security which the Security Trustee or any other
Lender Party may now or hereafter hold for the Senior Liabilities or any
part thereof or for any Subordinated Obligations or any part thereof, and
this security may be enforced against any Subordinated Creditor without
first having recourse to any other rights of the Security Trustee or any
other Lender Party.
5.6 NO DUTY TO ENFORCE
Each of the Subordinated Creditors and the Borrower agrees that the
Security Trustee shall not be bound to enforce any guarantee or security or
proceed to take any other steps against any other person before enforcing
this Deed.
5.7 NO LIABILITY
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary:
(a) each Subordinated Creditor and the Borrower shall remain liable under
the Assigned Agreements to which it is a party to the extent set forth
therein to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the
same extent as if this Deed had not been executed;
(b) the exercise by the Security Trustee of any of its rights hereunder
shall not release any Subordinated Creditor from any of their duties
or obligations under any Assigned Agreements to which it is a party;
and
(c) neither the Security Trustee nor any other Lender Party shall have any
obligation or liability under any of the Assigned Agreements by reason
of this Deed nor shall the Security Trustee nor any other Lender Party
be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any
Subordinated Creditor thereunder or to take any action to collect or
enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.
5.8 NOT JEOPARDISE SECURITY
None of the Subordinated Creditors will do or cause or permit to be done
anything which, in any way, is reasonably likely to depreciate, jeopardise
or otherwise prejudice the value to the Security Trustee of the security
constituted by this Deed.
5.9 FORMAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Borrower hereby acknowledges the terms of this Clause 5.
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SUBORDINATED CREDITORS AND THE
BORROWER
In order to induce the Security Trustee to enter into this Deed and, in the
case of the Lenders, to make and continue Loans under the Loan Agreement,
each Subordinated Creditor and the Borrower represents and warrants unto
each Lender Party as set forth in this Article. The representations and
warranties set forth in this Article shall be
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made upon the delivery of each Borrowing Request and each Continuation
Notice, and shall be deemed to have been made on each Borrowing Date (both
immediately before and immediately after the application of the proceeds of
the relevant Loans), the Mechanical Completion Date, the Economic
Completion Date, the Group Members Undertakings Release Date, the RRL
Guarantee Release Date and on any date on which any person grants further
security to any Lender Party pursuant to Clause 10.15 of the Loan
Agreement;
(a) No Subordinated Creditor, nor the Borrower, nor any of their
respective properties or revenues enjoys any right of immunity from
suit, set-off, attachment, execution, or judgment in respect of its
obligations under this Deed;
(b) The payment obligations of each Subordinated Creditor and of the
Borrower under this Deed rank at least pari passu in right of payment
with all of such Subordinated Creditor's or the Borrower's (as the
case may be) other unsecured indebtedness, other than any such
indebtedness which is preferred by mandatory provisions of applicable
law;
(c) The assignments constituted by this Deed create a valid first ranking
assignment of the Assigned Agreements in favour of the Security
Trustee;
(d) The pledges constituted by this Deed create a valid first ranking
pledge of the Promissory Notes in favour of the Security Trustee;
(e) No Subordinated Creditor has taken or received any lien, indemnity or
guarantee of any kind whatsoever from the Borrower in respect of the
Subordinated Liabilities;
(f) The memorandum and articles of association or other constitutional
documents of each Subordinated Creditor and of the Borrower
incorporate provisions which respectively ensure, and all necessary
corporate, shareholder and other action has been taken to ensure,
that:
(i) it is authorised to sign or execute under seal or as a deed (as
appropriate) and deliver this Deed and perform the transactions
contemplated hereby and to create the security in the terms
contained in this Deed; and
(ii) this Deed is admissible in evidence in England, Jersey and Mali;
(g) Neither the execution and delivery of this Deed by each Subordinated
Creditor, nor by the Borrower, nor the performance of any of their
respective obligations hereunder do or will:
(i) conflict with their respective memorandum or articles of
association or other constitutional documents; or
(ii) cause any borrowing, negative pledge or other limitation on any
Subordinated Creditor or the Borrower or the powers of the
directors
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or other officers of any Subordinated Creditor or the Borrower to
be exceeded.
(h) No Subordinated Creditor nor the Borrower is unable to pay its debts
within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ or within
the meaning of any equivalent legislation in Jersey or Mali.
7. COVENANTS OF THE SUBORDINATED CREDITORS
Each Subordinated Creditor covenants with the Security Trustee that, until
the Senior Discharge Date, it will not, without the prior written consent
of the Security Trustee (acting on the instructions of the Senior
Creditors):
(a) assign, mortgage, charge, encumber, dispose of or otherwise deal with
the Subordinated Liabilities owed to it or any part thereof;
(b) take or receive any lien, indemnity or guarantee of any kind
whatsoever from the Borrower or any other person in respect of the
Subordinated Liabilities; or
(c) amend any provision of the Subordinated Finance Documents to which it
is a party.
8. EXPENSES
The Subordinated Creditors will, on demand and on a joint and several
basis, pay the Security Trustee all charges and expenses incurred by each
Senior Creditor in connection with the enforcement or preservation of the
rights of the Senior Creditors under this Deed.
9. PROTECTION OF SUBORDINATION AND SECURITY
9.1 CONTINUING SUBORDINATION
The subordination provisions in this Deed constitute a continuing
subordination and benefit the ultimate balance of the Senior Liabilities
and the Subordinated Obligations regardless of any intermediate payment or
discharge of the Senior Liabilities or Subordinated Obligations (as the
case may be) in whole or in part.
9.2 WAIVER OF DEFENCE
The obligations of each Subordinated Creditor and the Borrower under this
Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or circumstance which (save
for this provision) may operate so as to release or otherwise exonerate the
Borrower or such Subordinated Creditor from their respective obligations
hereunder or otherwise affect such subordination provisions including:
(a) any time, indulgence or waiver granted to or composition made with the
Borrower, any Subordinated Creditor or any other person;
(b) any variation of any Senior Finance Document;
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(c) the taking, variation, compromise, renewal or release of or failure to
enforce any rights, remedies or security against or granted by the
Borrower, any Subordinated Creditor or any other person;
(d) any legal limitation, disability, incapacity or other circumstance
relating to the Borrower, any Subordinated Creditor or any other
person or any variation of the terms of this Deed or any other
document (including the Senior Finance Documents); or
(e) any fluctuation in or partial repayment or pre-payment of the Senior
Liabilities or the Subordinated Obligations.
9.3 COVENANT
The Borrower and each Subordinated Creditor each hereby jointly and
severally covenants with the Security Trustee that it will not at any time
do or fail to do anything which is reasonably likely to jeopardise or
render ineffective the subordination or security effected by this Deed.
9.4 AVOIDANCE OF SETTLEMENT
Any settlement or discharge under this Deed between the Borrower or any
Subordinated Creditor, on the one hand, and the Security Trustee on the
other hand, shall be conditional upon no security or payment to any Lender
Party by any person in connection with the Senior Liabilities or
Subordinated Obligations (as the case may be) being avoided or set-aside or
ordered to be refunded or reduced by virtue of any provision or enactment
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, administration or liquidation for the
time being in force, and if such condition is not satisfied (but without
limiting the other rights of the Security Trustee hereunder or under
applicable law) such settlement or discharge shall be of no effect and the
subordination and other arrangements created by this Deed shall remain
and/or shall be reinstated in full force and effect as if such settlement
or discharge had not occurred and the Security Trustee shall, on behalf of
the Senior Creditors (and to the extent that any Subordinated Creditors
shall have recovered any amount in respect of the Subordinated Liabilities
following such settlement or discharge which would not otherwise have been
permitted to be recovered prior to the discharge of the Senior Liabilities
pursuant to this Deed had this Deed then been in full force and effect), be
entitled to recover from such Subordinated Creditors on demand the value of
the security or payment so avoided, set-aside, refunded or reduced.
10. STATUS OF THE BORROWER
10.1 ROLE
The Borrower is a party to this Deed in order to acknowledge the rights and
obligations set out herein and in order to undertake with the Security
Trustee to comply with its obligations hereunder.
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10.2 NO RIGHTS
The Borrower will not have any rights under this Deed and none of the
covenants contained herein on the part of any other party are given (or
shall be deemed to be given) to or for the benefit of the Borrower.
11. SUBROGATION
Subject to the irrevocable and unconditional payment in full of all Senior
Liabilities, the Subordinated Creditors shall, to the extent set forth in
the immediately succeeding sentence, be subrogated to the rights of the
Senior Creditors to receive distribution of assets of the Borrower, or
payments by or on behalf of the Borrower, made in respect of the Senior
Liabilities until the Subordinated Liabilities and Subordinated Obligations
shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no payments over
(including any payments or distributions to the Senior Creditors of any
cash, property or securities to which any Subordinated Creditors would
otherwise be entitled except for the provisions of this Deed) to the Senior
Creditors by any Subordinated Creditor pursuant to the provisions hereof,
shall, as among the Borrower, its creditors (other than the Senior
Creditors) and such Subordinated Creditor, be deemed to be a payment or
distribution by the Borrower on account of the Senior Liabilities.
12. FURTHER ASSURANCES; POWER OF ATTORNEY
12.1 FURTHER ASSURANCES
The Borrower and each Subordinated Creditor will, from time to time:
(a) promptly notify the Security Trustee of the issuance of any Promissory
Note or other instrument evidencing any of the Subordinated
Liabilities due by the Borrower to such Subordinated Creditor;
(b) cause any and all Subordinated Liabilities to be evidenced by a
negotiable promissory note (in a form, and endorsed in a form,
acceptable to the Security Trustee) and (together with any such
documentation as may reasonably be requested by the Security Trustee
to be delivered in connection with the creation and perfection of any
lien) delivered to and deposited with the Security Trustee for
purposes of pledging pursuant to this Deed;
(c) in the case of each Subordinated Creditor, ▇▇▇▇ its books and records,
so as to indicate clearly that the Subordinated Liabilities owed to it
are subordinated, and the Promissory Notes in its favour are pledged,
in accordance with the terms of this Deed, and will cause to be
clearly inserted in any Promissory Note or other instrument which at
any time evidences any of the Subordinated Liabilities owed to it a
statement to the effect that the payment thereof is subordinated in
accordance with the terms of this Deed;
(d) to take such further acts, enter into such other instruments and
documents and otherwise perform such action as may be necessary or
advisable or as the Security Trustee may otherwise request to more
fully give effect to the subordination and security created or
intended to be created hereunder and any other provision of this Deed;
and
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(e) in the case of each Subordinated Creditor, at their own expense
promptly execute such deeds, assurances, agreements, instruments and
otherwise do such acts and things as the Security Trustee may require
for perfecting and protecting the security and subordination created
(or intended to be created) by this Deed or facilitating the
realisation thereof or otherwise for enforcing the same or exercising
any of the Security Trustee's rights hereunder.
12.2 POWER OF ATTORNEY
The Borrower and each Subordinated Creditor hereby irrevocably and by way
of security appoints the Security Trustee and every Receiver of the
security constituted by this Deed or any part thereof appointed hereunder
and any person nominated for the purpose by the Security Trustee or any
Receiver (in writing under hand signed by an officer of the Security
Trustee or any Receiver) severally as its attorney (with full power of
substitution and delegation) in its name and on its behalf and as its act
and deed to execute, seal and deliver (using the company seal where
appropriate) and otherwise perfect and do any deed, assurance, agreement,
instrument, act or thing which it ought to execute and do under the terms
of this Deed or any other Loan Document or which may be reasonably required
in the exercise of any rights or powers conferred on the Security Trustee
or any Receiver hereunder or otherwise for any of the purposes of this
Deed, the Borrower and each Subordinated Creditor hereby covenants with the
Security Trustee to ratify and confirm all acts or things made, done or
executed by such attorney as aforesaid. The power of attorney hereby
granted is as regards the Security Trustee and its delegates (and as the
Borrower and each Subordinated Creditor hereby acknowledges) granted
irrevocably and for value as part of the security constituted by this Deed
to secure proprietary interests in and the performance of obligations owed
to the respective donees within the meaning of the Power of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇.
13. ENFORCEMENT AND POWERS OF THE SECURITY TRUSTEE
13.1 CONSOLIDATION
The restriction on the consolidation of mortgages imposed by Section 93 of
the Law of Property Act 1925 shall not apply to this Deed or to any
security given to the Security Trustee pursuant to this Deed.
13.2 EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS
Section 103 of the Law of Property ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ shall not apply to the
security, charges and pledges created by this Deed which shall immediately
become enforceable and the power of sale and other powers conferred by
Section 101 of such Act (as varied or extended by this security) shall be
immediately exercisable at any time after an Event of Default has occurred.
13.3 STATUTORY POWERS
The powers conferred on mortgagees or receivers or administrative receivers
by the Law of Property ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and the Insolvency ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ (as the case
may be) shall apply to the security constituted by this Deed except insofar
as they are expressly or
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impliedly excluded and where there is ambiguity or conflict between the
powers contained in such Acts and those contained in this Deed, then this
Deed shall prevail.
13.4 POWER OF SALE
The statutory power of sale exercisable by the Security Trustee under this
Deed is hereby extended so as to authorise the Security Trustee to sever
any fixtures from the property to which they are attached and sell them
separately from such property.
13.5 APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER
At any time after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
has not been waived or if so requested by the Borrower or any Subordinated
Creditor, the Security Trustee may by writing under hand signed by any
officer or manager of the Security Trustee appoint any person (or persons)
to be a Receiver of all or any part of the security, charges and pledges
constituted by this Deed.
13.6 LEASING AND SURRENDERS
The statutory powers of leasing and accepting surrenders conferred upon the
Security Trustee by the Law of Property ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ shall be extended so as to
authorise the Security Trustee to lease, make agreements for leases at a
premium or otherwise, accept surrenders of leases and grant options or vary
or reduce any sum payable under any leases or tenancy agreements as the
Security Trustee thinks fit without the need to comply with any of the
provisions of Sections 99 and 100 of such Act.
13.7 POWER OF MORTGAGEES
All or any of the powers conferred upon mortgagees by the Law of Property
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ as hereby varied or extended and all or any of the rights and
powers conferred by this Deed on a Receiver (whether expressly or
impliedly) may be exercised by the Security Trustee without further notice
to the Borrower at any time after this security shall have become
enforceable and the Security Trustee may exercise such rights and powers
irrespective of whether the Security Trustee has taken possession or has
appointed a Receiver of the security, charges and pledges constituted by
this Deed.
14. STATUS, POWERS, REMOVAL AND REMUNERATION OF RECEIVER
14.1 RECEIVER AS AGENT OF BORROWER
Any Receiver appointed hereunder shall be the agent of the Borrower or
Subordinated Creditor and the Borrower or Subordinated Creditor shall be
solely responsible for his acts or defaults and for his remuneration and
liable on any contracts or engagements made or entered into by him and in
no circumstances whatsoever shall the Security Trustee or any Lender Party
be in any way responsible for any misconduct, negligence or default of the
Receiver.
14.2 POWERS OF RECEIVER
Any Receiver appointed hereunder shall have power in addition to the powers
conferred by the Law of Property ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and Schedule 1 of the Insolvency
Act
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1986 (which are hereby incorporated into this Deed) and notwithstanding the
liquidation of the Borrower:
(a) to take possession of, collect and get in all or any part of the
security, charges and pledges constituted by this Deed and for that
purpose to take any proceedings in the name of the Borrower or any
Subordinated Creditor or otherwise as he thinks fit;
(b) generally to manage the security, charges and pledges constituted by
this Deed and to manage or carry on, reconstruct, amalgamate,
diversify or concur in carrying on the business or any part thereof of
the Borrower or any Subordinated Creditor as he may think fit;
(c) to make any arrangement or compromise or enter into or cancel any
contracts which he shall think expedient in the interests of the
Security Trustee and the Lender Parties;
(d) for the purpose of exercising any of the powers, authorities and
discretions conferred on him by this Deed and/or defraying any costs
or expenses which may be incurred by him in the exercise thereof or
for any other purpose to raise or borrow money or incur any other
liability on such terms whether secured or unsecured as he may think
fit and whether to rank for payment in priority to this security or
not;
(e) without restriction to sell, let or lease, or concur in selling,
letting or leasing, and to vary the terms of, determine, surrender or
accept surrenders of, leases or tenancies of, or grant options and
licences over or otherwise dispose of or deal with, all or any part of
the security, charges and pledges constituted by this Deed without
being responsible for loss or damage, and so that any such sale, lease
or disposition may be made for cash payable by instalments, loan stock
or other debt obligations or for shares or securities of another
company or other valuable consideration, and the Receiver may form and
promote, or concur in forming and promoting, a company or companies to
purchase, lease, licence or otherwise acquire interests in all or any
of the security, charges and pledges constituted by this Deed or
otherwise, arrange for such companies to trade or cease to trade and
to purchase, lease, license or otherwise acquire all or any of the
security, charges and pledges constituted by this Deed on such terms
and conditions whether or not including payment by instalments secured
or unsecured as he may think fit;
(f) to make and effect all repairs, renewals and improvements to the
security, charges and pledges constituted by this Deed or any part of
it as he may think fit and maintain, renew, take out or increase
insurances;
(g) to exercise all voting and other rights attaching to any stocks,
shares and other securities owned by the Borrower or any Subordinated
Creditor and comprised in the security, charges and pledges
constituted by this Deed in such manner as he may think fit;
(h) to redeem any prior encumbrance and settle and pass the accounts of
the person entitled to the prior encumbrance so that any accounts so
settled and
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passed shall (subject to any manifest error) be conclusive and binding
on the Borrower or any Subordinated Creditor and the money so paid
shall be deemed to be an expense properly incurred by the Receiver;
(i) to appoint and discharge employees, officers, managers, agents,
professionals and others for any of the purposes hereof or to guard or
protect the security, charges and pledges constituted by this Deed
upon such terms as to remuneration or otherwise as he may think fit
and to dismiss the same or discharge any persons appointed by the
Borrower or any Subordinated Creditor;
(j) to settle, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claims,
accounts, disputes, questions and demands with or by any person or
body who is or claims to be a creditor of the Borrower or any
Subordinated Creditor or relating in any way to the security, charges
and pledges constituted by this Deed or any part thereof;
(k) to bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and discontinue all such actions
and proceedings or submit to arbitration in the name of the Borrower
or any Subordinated Creditor in relation to the security, charges and
pledges constituted by this Deed or any part thereof as he shall think
fit;
(l) to sever and sell plant, machinery or other fixtures sold separately
from the property to which they may be annexed;
(m) to implement or continue the development of (and obtain all consents
required in connection therewith) and/or complete any buildings or
structures on, any real property comprised in the security, charges
and pledges constituted by this Deed and do all acts and things
incidental thereto;
(n) to purchase or acquire any land and purchase, acquire or grant any
interest in or right over land;
(o) to make calls conditionally or unconditionally on the members of the
Borrower or any Subordinated Creditor in respect of uncalled capital;
and
(p) to do all such other acts and things (including signing and executing
all documents and deeds) as may be considered by the Receiver to be
incidental or conducive to any of the matters or powers aforesaid or
otherwise incidental or conducive to the preservation, improvement or
realisation of the security, charges and pledges constituted by this
Deed and to use the name of the Borrower or any Subordinated Creditor
for all the purposes aforesaid.
14.3 REMOVAL
The Security Trustee may by written notice remove from time to time any
Receiver appointed by it (subject to the provisions of Section 45 of the
Insolvency ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ in the case of an administrative receivership) and,
whenever it may deem appropriate, appoint a new Receiver in the place of
any Receiver whose appointment has terminated, for whatever reason.
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14.4 REMUNERATION
The Security Trustee may from time to time fix the remuneration of any
Receiver appointed by it.
14.5 MULTIPLE RECEIVERS
If at any time there is more than one Receiver of all or any part of the
security, charges and pledges constituted by this Deed, each Receiver may
exercise individually all of the powers conferred on a Receiver under this
Deed and to the exclusion of the other Receiver or Receivers (unless the
document appointing such Receiver states otherwise).
15. APPLICATION OF MONEYS
15.1 ORDER OF APPLICATION
All moneys received by the Security Trustee or any Receiver appointed
hereunder shall be applied by it or him in the following order:
(a) in payment of the costs, charges and expenses incurred, and payments
made, by the Security Trustee and/or any Receiver (including the
payment of preferential debts);
(b) in payment of remuneration to the Receiver at such rates as may be
agreed between him and the Security Trustee at or any time after his
appointment;
(c) in or towards satisfaction of the Liabilities (in such order as the
Security Trustee shall require on behalf of the Lender Parties or as
may be set forth in the Loan Agreement); and
(d) the surplus (if any) shall be paid to the Borrower or any Subordinated
Creditor or other persons lawfully entitled to it.
15.2 INSURANCE PROCEEDS
All moneys received by virtue of any insurance maintained or effected in
respect of the security, charges and pledges constituted by this Deed shall
be applied as set forth in the Loan Agreement (including Clause 10.14
thereof).
15.3 EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS
Sections 109(6) and (8) of the Law of Property ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ shall not apply to
a Receiver appointed under this Deed.
15.4 SUSPENSE ACCOUNT
The Security Trustee and any Receiver may place and keep (for such time as
it or he shall think prudent) any money received, recovered or realised
pursuant to this Deed in or at a separate suspense account for so long and
in such manner as the Security Trustee may from time to time determine (to
the credit of either the Borrower or a Subordinated Creditor or the
Security Trustee as the Security Trustee shall think fit)
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and the Receiver may retain the same for such period as he and the Security
Trustee consider expedient without having any obligation to apply the same
or any part thereof in or towards discharge of the Liabilities.
16. PROTECTION OF THIRD PARTIES
16.1 NO DUTY TO ENQUIRE
No purchaser from, or other person dealing with, the Security Trustee
and/or any Receiver shall be obliged or concerned to enquire whether the
right of the Security Trustee or any Receiver to exercise any of the powers
conferred by this Deed has arisen or become exercisable, or whether any of
the Liabilities remains outstanding or be concerned with notice to the
contrary, or whether any event has happened to authorise the Receiver to
act or as to the propriety or validity of the exercise or purported
exercise of any such power and the title of such a purchaser and the
position of such a person shall not be impeachable by reference to any of
those matters.
16.2 RECEIPT ON ABSOLUTE DISCHARGE
The receipt of the Security Trustee or any Receiver shall be an absolute
and a conclusive discharge to a purchaser and shall relieve him of any
obligation to see to the application of any moneys paid to or by the
direction of the Security Trustee or any Receiver.
16.3 PURCHASER
In Clauses 16.1 (No duty to enquire) and 16.2 (Receipt on absolute
discharge) the term "PURCHASER" includes any person acquiring, for money or
money's worth, any lease of, or lien over, or any other interest or right
whatsoever in relation to, the Charged Property.
17. PROTECTION OF LENDER PARTIES AND RECEIVER
17.1 NO LIABILITY FOR EXERCISE OF POWERS
By way of supplement to the Trustee ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, neither the Security Trustee,
any Lender Party nor any Receiver shall be liable in respect of all or any
part of the security, charges and pledges constituted by this Deed or for
any loss or damage which arises out of the exercise or the attempted or
purported exercise of, or the failure to exercise any of, their respective
powers, unless such loss or damage is caused by its or his gross negligence
or wilful default.
17.2 POSSESSION OF CHARGED PROPERTY
Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 17.1 (No liability for
exercise of powers), entry into possession of the security, charges and
pledges constituted by this Deed shall not render the Security Trustee, the
Lender Parties or the Receiver liable to account as mortgagee in possession
and if and whenever the Security Trustee enters into possession of the
security, charges and pledges constituted by this Deed, it shall be
entitled at any time at its discretion to go out of such possession.
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18. COSTS AND EXPENSES
18.1 INDEMNITY
Otherwise than by reason of the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of
the Security Trustee, each Lender Party or any Receiver, as the case may
be, the Borrower and each Subordinated Creditor will fully indemnify each
of the Security Trustee, each Lender Party and any Receiver appointed
hereunder on demand from and against any expense (including legal fees on a
full indemnity basis), loss, damage or liability which any of them may
incur in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution,
modification, amendment, release and/or enforcement or attempted
enforcement of, or preservation of the rights under, this Deed or in
relation to any of the security, charges and pledges constituted by this
Deed, including any present or future stamp or other taxes or duties and
any penalties or interest with respect thereto which may be imposed by any
competent jurisdiction in connection with the execution or enforcement of
this Deed or in consequence of any payment being made pursuant to this Deed
(whether made by the Borrower or any third person) being impeached or
declared void for any reason whatsoever.
18.2 DEFAULT INTEREST
The amounts payable under Clause 18.1 (Indemnity) above shall carry default
interest at the Default Rate as well after as before judgment, from the
dates on which they were paid, incurred or charged by the Security Trustee,
the relevant Lender Party or the Receiver (as the case may be) and shall
form part of the Liabilities and accordingly be secured on the Subordinated
Creditor under the charges contained in this Deed. All such default
interest shall be compounded at such intervals as the Security Trustee may
select from time to time.
19. OTHER SECURITY, CUMULATIVE POWERS AND AVOIDANCE OF PAYMENTS
19.1 SECURITY NON-EXCLUSIVE
This security is in addition to, and shall neither be merged in, nor in any
way exclude or prejudice or be affected by any other lien, right of
recourse or other right whatsoever, present or future, (or the invalidity
thereof) which the Security Trustee or any Lender Party may now or at any
time hereafter hold or have (or would apart from this security hold or
have) from the Borrower or any Subordinated Creditor or any other person in
respect of the Liabilities.
19.2 POWERS CUMULATIVE, ETC.
The powers which this Deed confers on the Security Trustee and any Receiver
appointed hereunder are cumulative, without prejudice to their respective
powers under the general law, and may be exercised as often as the Security
Trustee or the Receiver thinks appropriate. The Security Trustee or the
Receiver may, in connection with the exercise of their powers, join or
concur with any person in any transaction, scheme or arrangement
whatsoever. The Borrower and each Subordinated Creditor acknowledges that
the respective powers of the Security Trustee and the Receiver will
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in no circumstances whatsoever be suspended, waived or otherwise prejudiced
by anything other than an express waiver or variation in writing.
19.3 AMOUNTS DEEMED NOT PAID
If the Security Trustee reasonably considers that any amount paid by the
Borrower or any Subordinated Creditor in respect of the Liabilities is
capable of being avoided or set aside on the liquidation or administration
of the Borrower or any Subordinated Creditor or otherwise, then for the
purposes of this Deed (other than any provision requiring the payment of
interest at the Default Rate) such amount shall not be considered to have
been paid.
19.4 SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE
Any settlement or discharge between the Borrower or any Subordinated
Creditor and the Security Trustee shall be conditional upon no security or
payment to the Security Trustee by the Borrower or any Subordinated
Creditor or any other person being avoided or set-aside or ordered to be
refunded or reduced by virtue of any provision or enactment relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation for the time being in force and if
such condition is not satisfied (but without limiting the other rights of
the Security Trustee hereunder or under applicable law), such settlement or
discharge shall be of no effect and the security created by this Deed shall
remain and/or shall be reinstated in full force and effect as if such
settlement or discharge had not occurred and the Security Trustee shall, on
behalf of the Lender Parties, be entitled to recover from the Borrower and
each Subordinated Creditor on demand the value (to the extent of the value
of the outstanding Liabilities at the time of such demand) of the security
or payment so avoided, set-aside, refunded or reduced.
20. DELEGATION
By way of supplement to the Trustee ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, the Security Trustee or any
Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other manner all or
any of the powers, authorities and discretions which are for the time being
exercisable by it or him under this Deed to any person or persons as it or
he shall think fit. Any such delegation may be made upon such terms and
conditions (including the power to subdelegate) as the Security Trustee or
such Receiver may think fit. Neither the Security Trustee nor the Receiver
will, in the absence of their own gross negligence or wilful default, be
liable or responsible to the Borrower or any Subordinated Creditor or any
other person for any losses, liabilities or expenses arising from any act,
default, omission or misconduct on the part of any such delegate.
21. REDEMPTION OF PRIOR CHARGES
The Security Trustee may at any time following the security constituted by
this Deed becoming enforceable redeem any and all prior liens on or
relating to the security, charges and pledges constituted by this Deed or
any part thereof or procure the transfer of such liens to itself and may
settle and pass the accounts of the person or persons entitled to the prior
liens. The Security Trustee shall use its best efforts to give prior notice
to the Borrower or Subordinated Creditor of any such action but failure to
give such notice shall not invalidate or otherwise prejudice such action.
Any account so settled and passed shall be conclusive and binding on the
Borrower
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and each Subordinated Creditor. The Borrower and each Subordinated Creditor
will on demand pay to the Security Trustee all principal monies, interest,
costs, charges, losses, liabilities and expenses of and incidental to any
such redemption or transfer.
22. NOTICES
All notices and other communications provided to any party hereto in
connection with this Deed shall be in writing and the provisions of Clause
14.2 of the Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Deed with all
necessary consequential changes.
23. WAIVERS, ETC.
23.1 NO WAIVER
No failure or delay by the Security Trustee in exercising any right, power
or privilege under this Deed shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude
any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
power or privilege.
23.2 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE
The rights and remedies of the Security Trustee provided in this Deed are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
23.3 WAIVERS LIMITED
A waiver given or consent granted by the Security Trustee under this Deed
will be effective only if given in writing and expressly in relation to
this Deed and then only in the instance and for the purpose for which it is
given.
24. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Deed is or becomes invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect under any law in any jurisdiction, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not
be affected or impaired in any way.
25. ASSIGNMENT
The Security Trustee may at any time assign or otherwise transfer all or
any part of its rights under this Deed in accordance with and subject to
the terms of the Loan Agreement. Neither the Borrower nor any Subordinated
Creditor may at any time assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights
or obligations under this Deed.
26. COUNTERPARTS
This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.
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27. PERPETUITY PERIOD
For purposes of the Perpetuities and Accumulations ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ the duration
period of any trust established pursuant to this Deed shall be eighty (80)
years from the date of this Deed.
28. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF IMMUNITY
28.1 GOVERNING LAW
This Deed and all matters and disputes relating hereto shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, English law.
28.2 JURISDICTION
Each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees for the benefit of the
Security Trustee that the courts of England shall have non-exclusive
jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action or proceeding, and to
settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with this Deed
and, for such purposes, irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of such courts.
28.3 WAIVER
The Borrower and each Subordinated Creditor irrevocably waives any
objection which it might now or hereafter have to the courts referred to in
Clause 28.2 (Jurisdiction) being nominated as the forum to hear and
determine any suit, action or proceeding, and to settle any disputes, which
may arise out of or in connection with this Deed and agrees not to claim
that any such court is not a convenient or appropriate forum.
28.4 PROCESS AGENT
(a) The Borrower and each Subordinated Creditor agrees that the process by
which any suit, action or proceeding is begun may be served on it by
being delivered in connection with any suit, action or proceeding in
England, to it at:
c/o Fleetside Legal Representative Services Limited
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.
If for any reason such process agent ceases to act as such or ceases
to have an address in England, the Borrower and each Subordinated
Creditor shall each promptly appoint another such agent and notify the
Security Trustee of such appointment and the new agent's name and
address.
28.5 NON-EXCLUSIVE
The submission to the jurisdiction of the courts referred to in Clause 28.2
(Jurisdiction) shall not (and shall not be construed so as to) limit the
right of the Security Trustee or the Senior Creditors or any of them to
take proceedings against
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the Borrower or any Subordinated Creditor in any other court of competent
jurisdiction nor shall the taking of proceedings in any one or more
jurisdictions preclude the taking of proceedings in any other jurisdiction,
whether concurrently or not.
28.6 WAIVER OF IMMUNITY
To the extent that the Borrower or any of the Subordinated Creditors may be
entitled in any jurisdiction to claim for itself or its assets immunity
from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process whatsoever, it
hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such
immunity to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS whereof this Deed has been duly executed and delivered as a deed as
of the day and year first before written.
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THE BORROWER
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THE SUBORDINATED CREDITORS
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THE SECURITY TRUSTEE
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deed per pro N M ROTHSCHILD & ) Signature
SONS LIMITED, as Security Trustee )
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/s/ D. Street
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