Draft: 25/02/03 Exhibit 10.2.1
FORM OF SERIES [1/2/4] CLASS [A/B/C] SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
TO THE
MASTER AGREEMENT
dated as of [o]
between
(1) [o] ("PARTY A");
(2) PERMANENT FINANCING (NO. 2) PLC ("PARTY B"); and
(3) STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY (the "SECURITY TRUSTEE", which
expression shall include its successors and assigns and which has agreed
to become a party to this Agreement solely for the purpose of taking the
benefit of Parts 5(b) and (l) and assuming the obligations under the final
paragraph of Part 5(f) of the Schedule to this Agreement).
Part 1. TERMINATION PROVISIONS
(a) "SPECIFIED ENTITY" means in relation to Party A for the purpose of:-
Section 5(a)(v), none
Section 5(a)(vi), none
Section 5(a)(vii), none
Section 5(b)(iv), none
and in relation to Party B for the purpose of:-
Section 5(a)(v), none
Section 5(a)(vi), none
Section 5(a)(vii), none
Section 5(b)(iv), none
(b) "SPECIFIED TRANSACTION" will have the meaning specified in Section 14.
(c) The "CROSS DEFAULT" provisions of Section 5(a)(vi), will not apply to
Party A and will not apply to Party B.
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(d) The "CREDIT EVENT UPON MERGER" provisions of Section 5(b)(iv) will not
apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B.
(e) The "AUTOMATIC EARLY TERMINATION" provision of Section 6(a) will not apply
to Party A and will not apply to Party B.
(f) PAYMENTS ON EARLY TERMINATION. For the purposes of Section 6(e) of this
Agreement:-
(i) Market Quotation will apply.
(ii) The Second Method will apply.
(g) "TERMINATION CURRENCY" means Sterling.
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Part 2. TAX REPRESENTATIONS
(a) PAYER REPRESENTATIONS. For the purpose of Section 3(e) of this Agreement,
Party A and Party B will each make the following representation:
It is not required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of
any relevant governmental revenue authority, of any Relevant Jurisdiction
to make any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax from any
payment (other than interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e) of this
Agreement) to be made by it to the other party under this Agreement. In
making this representation, it may rely on (i) the accuracy of any
representations made by the other party pursuant to Section 3(f) of this
Agreement, (ii) the satisfaction of the agreement contained in Section
4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of this Agreement and the accuracy and effectiveness
of any document provided by the other party pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) or
4(a)(iii) of this Agreement and (iii) the satisfaction of the agreement of
the other party contained in Section 4(d) of this Agreement, provided that
it shall not be a breach of this representation where reliance is placed
on clause (ii) and the other party does not deliver a form or document
under Section 4(a)(iii) by reason of material prejudice to its legal or
commercial position.
(b) PAYEE REPRESENTATIONS. For the purposes of Section 3(f) of the Agreement,
Party A makes the representation specified below (the "ADDITIONAL TAX
REPRESENTATION"):
(i) it is a party to each Transaction solely for the purposes of a trade
(or part of a trade) carried on by it in the United Kingdom through
a branch or agency; or
(ii) it is resident in the United Kingdom or in a jurisdiction with which
the United Kingdom has a double tax treaty which makes provision,
whether for relief or otherwise, in relation to interest.
(c) ADDITIONAL TERMINATION EVENT. The Additional Tax Representation proves to
have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect with respect to
one or more Transactions (each an "AFFECTED TRANSACTION" for the purposes
of this Additional Termination Event) when made or repeated or deemed to
have been made or repeated. The Affected Party shall be Party A only.
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Part 3. AGREEMENT TO DELIVER DOCUMENTS
For the purpose of Sections 4(a)(i) and (ii) of this Agreement, each party
agrees to deliver the following documents, as applicable:
(a) Tax forms, documents or certificates to be delivered are:
PARTY REQUIRED TO FORM/DOCUMENT/ DATE BY WHICH TO BE DELIVERED
DELIVER DOCUMENT CERTIFICATE
None
(b) Other documents to be delivered are:
PARTY REQUIRED COVERED BY
TO DELIVER FORM/DOCUMENT/ DATE BY WHICH SECTION 3(D)
DOCUMENT CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED REPRESENTATION
Party A and Appropriate On signing of Yes
Party B evidence of this Agreement
its signatory's
authority
Party B Certified copy of On signing of Yes
board resolution this Agreement
Party A Legal opinion[(s)] On signing of No
in form and substance this Agreement
satisfactory to Party B
Party B Legal opinion from ▇▇▇▇▇ & On signing of No
Overy this Agreement
[Party A The Credit Support On signing of Yes]1
Document in respect of Party this Agreement
A
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Part 4. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES.
Address for notices or communications to Party A:
Address: [o]
Attention: [o]
Facsimile No.: [o]
Address for notices or communications to Party B:
Address: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ House
Guildhall Yard
London
EC2V 5AE
Attention: The Secretary
Facsimile No.: 020 7566 0975
With a copy to: (i) HBOS Treasury Services plc:
Address: ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
Attention: Head of Capital Markets and Securitisation
Facsimile No.: 020 7574 8784
(ii) the Security Trustee:
Address: ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust
Facsimile No.: 020 7416 2548
(b) PROCESS AGENT. For the purpose of Section 13(c) of this Agreement:
Party A appoints as its Process Agent: [o]2/None
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Party B appoints as its Process Agent: None.
(c) OFFICES. The provisions of Section 10(a) will apply to this Agreement.
(d) MULTIBRANCH PARTY. For the purpose of Section 10(c) of this Agreement:
Party A is not a Multibranch Party.
Party B is not a Multibranch Party.
(e) CALCULATION AGENT. The Calculation Agent is Party A.
(f) CREDIT SUPPORT DOCUMENT. Details of any Credit Support Document:
In respect of Party A: None.
In respect of Party B: None.
(g) CREDIT SUPPORT PROVIDER. Credit Support Provider means in relation to
Party A, none/[o]3.
Credit Support Provider means in relation to Party B, none.
(h) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with English law.
(i) NETTING OF PAYMENTS. Subparagraph (ii) of Section 2(c) of this Agreement
will apply to Transactions entered into under this Agreement unless
otherwise specified in a Confirmation.
(j) "AFFILIATE" will have the meaning specified in Section 14 of this
Agreement.
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Part 5. OTHER PROVISIONS
(a) NO SET-OFF
(i) All payments under this Agreement shall be made without set-off or
counterclaim, except as expressly provided for in Section 6.
(ii) Section 6(e) shall be amended by the deletion of the following sentence:
"The amount, if any, payable in respect of an Early Termination Date and
determined pursuant to this Section will be subject to any Set-off."
(b) SECURITY INTEREST
Notwithstanding Section 7, Party A hereby agrees and consents to the assignment
by way of security by Party B of its interests under this Agreement (without
prejudice to, and after giving effect to, any contractual netting provision
contained in this Agreement) to the Security Trustee (or any successor thereto)
pursuant to and in accordance with the Second Issuer Deed of Charge and
acknowledges notice of such assignment. Each of the parties hereby confirms and
agrees that the Security Trustee shall not be liable for any of the obligations
of Party B hereunder.
(c) DISAPPLICATION OF CERTAIN EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 5(a)(ii), Section 5(a)(iii), Section 5(a)(iv), Section 5(a)(v), Section
5(a)(vii)(2),(5),(6),(7) and (9) and Section 5(a)(viii) will not apply in
respect of Party B.
Section 5(a)(vii)(8) will not apply to Party B to the extent that it applies to
Section 5(a)(vii)(2), (5),(6),(7) and (9).
(d) DISAPPLICATION OF CERTAIN TERMINATION EVENTS
The "Tax Event" and "Tax Event upon Merger" provisions of Section 5(b)(ii) and
5(b)(iii) will not apply to Party A or to Party B.
(e) ADDITIONAL EVENT OF DEFAULT
The following shall constitute an additional Event of Default with respect to
Party B:
"ISSUER NOTE ACCELERATION NOTICE. The Security Trustee serves an Issuer Note
Acceleration Notice, as defined in Condition 9 of the Series [1/2/4] Class
[A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes, on Party B (which shall be the Defaulting Party)."
(f) RATINGS EVENT
(i) In the event that the long-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt
obligations of Party A (or its successor) [or any credit support provider
from time to time in respect of Party A / the Credit Support Provider of
Party A (or its successor)]4 cease to be rated at least as high as ["AA-"]
by Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Companies Inc. ("S&P") and, as a result of such downgrading, the then
current
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4 Option 2 for AIG only
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rating of the Series [1/2/4] Class [A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes is
downgraded or placed under review for possible downgrade by S&P (an "S&P
RATING EVENT"), then Party A will, within 30 days of the occurrence of
such Ratings Event at its own cost either:
(A) put in place an appropriate mark-to-market collateral agreement,
(which may be based on the credit support documentation published by
ISDA, or otherwise, and relates to collateral in the form of cash or
securities or both) in support of Party A's obligations under this
Agreement on terms satisfactory to the Security Trustee (whose
consent shall be given if S&P confirms that the provision of such
collateral would maintain the ratings of the Series [1/2/4] Class
[A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes or restore the rating of the Series
[1/2/4] Class [A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes by S&P to the level it
would have been at immediately prior to such S&P Rating Event)
provided that (x) Party A shall be deemed to have satisfied the
requirements of S&P if the amount of collateral agreed to be
provided in the form of cash and/or securities (the "COLLATERAL
AMOUNT") is determined on a basis which is no more onerous than the
criteria of S&P as at 30th September, 1999 which enables entities
rated lower than a specified level to participate in structured
finance transactions which, through collateralisation are rated at a
higher level (as referred to, in part, in the article entitled New
Interest Rate Currency Swap Criteria Broadens Allowable
Counterparties in the January 1999 issue of S&P's Structured Finance
Publication) (the "S&P CRITERIA") and (y) the Collateral Amount
shall not be required to exceed such amount as would be required (in
accordance with the S&P Criteria) to maintain or restore the rating
of the Series [1/2/4] Class [A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes at or to the
level they would have been at immediately prior to such S&P Rating
Event;
(B) transfer all of its rights and obligations with respect of this
Agreement to a replacement third party satisfactory to the Security
Trustee (whose consent shall be given if S&P confirms that such
transfer would maintain the ratings of the Series [1/2/4] Class
[A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes by S&P at, or restore the rating of the
Series [1/2/4] Class [A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes by S&P to, the
level it would have been at immediately prior to such S&P Rating
Event);
(C) obtain a guarantee of its rights and obligations with respect to
this Agreement from a third party satisfactory to the Security
Trustee (whose consent shall be given if S&P confirms that such
guarantee would maintain the rating of the Series [1/2/4] Class
[A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes at, or restore the rating of the Series
[1/2/4] Class [A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes to, the level it would
have been at immediately prior to such S&P Rating Event); or
(D) take such other action as Party A may agree with S&P as will result
in the rating of the Series [1/2/4] Class [A/B/C] Second Issuer
Notes following the taking of such action being maintained at, or
restored to, the level it would have been at immediately prior to
such S&P Rating Event.
If any of (i)(B), (i)(C) or (i)(D) above are satisfied at any time all
collateral (or the equivalent thereof, as appropriate) transferred by
Party A pursuant to (i)(A) will be transferred to Party A and Party A will
not be required to transfer any additional collateral.
(ii) In the event that:
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(A) the long-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of
Party A (or its successor) [or any credit support provider in
respect of Party A / the Credit Support Provider of Party A (or its
successor)]5, ceases to be rated at least as high as ["A1"] (or its
equivalent) by Moody's; or
(B) [the short-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of
Party A (or its successor) or any credit support provider in respect
of Party A cease to be rated at least as high as ["Prime-1"] (or its
equivalent) by Moody's,]6
(such cessation being an "INITIAL ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ RATING EVENT"), then Party A
will, within 30 days of the occurrence of such Initial ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Rating
Event, at its own cost either:
(1) transfer all of its rights and obligations with respect to this
Agreement to either (x) a replacement third party with the Required
Ratings (as defined below) domiciled in the same legal jurisdiction
as Party A or Party B, or (y) a replacement third party as agreed
with Moody's;
(2) procure another person to become co-obligor in respect of the
obligations of Party A under this Agreement, such co-obligor may be
either (x) a person with the Required Ratings (as defined below)
domiciled in the same legal jurisdiction as Party A or Party B, or
(y) such other person as agreed with Moody's;
(3) take such other action as agreed with Moody's; or[/and
(4) pending compliance with (ii)(1), (ii)(2) or (ii)(3),]7 put in place
a mark-to-market collateral agreement in a form and substance
acceptable to Moody's (which may be based on the credit support
documentation published by ISDA, or otherwise, and relates to
collateral in the form of cash or securities or both) in support of
its obligations under this Agreement which complies with the Moody's
Criteria (as defined below) or such other amount as may be agreed
with Moody's.
If any of (ii)(1), (ii)(2) or (ii)(3) above are satisfied at any time, all
collateral (or the equivalent thereof, as appropriate) transferred by
Party A pursuant to (ii)(4) will be transferred to Party A and Party A
will not be required to transfer any additional collateral.
(iii) In the event that:
(A) the long-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of
Party A (or its successor) [or any credit support provider in
respect of Party A / the Credit Support Provider of Party A (or its
successor)]8 cease to be rated as high as ["A3/Baa2"]9 (or its
equivalent) by Moody's; or
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5 Option 2 for AIG only
6 Delete if Party A is AIG
7 Delete if use "best efforts" in (f)(iii)(1) and (f)(v)(C) below
8 Option 2 for AIG only
9 Use A3 if use "reasonable efforts" and Baa2 if use "best efforts" in
(f)(iii)(1) and (f)(v)(C) below
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(B) [the short-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of
Party A (or its successor) or any credit support provider in respect
of Party A cease to be rated as high as ["Prime-2"] (or its
equivalent) by Moody's,]10
(such cessation being a "SUBSEQUENT ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ RATING EVENT"), then Party A
will:
(1) within 30 days of the occurrence of such Subsequent ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Rating
Event on a [reasonable/best] efforts basis, and at its own cost,
attempt either to:
(aa) transfer all of its rights and obligations with respect to
this Agreement to either (x) a replacement third party with
the Required Ratings (as defined below) domiciled in the same
legal jurisdiction as Party A or Party B, or (y) a replacement
third party as agreed with Moody's;
(bb) procure another person to become co-obligor in respect of the
obligations of Party A under this Agreement, such co-obligor
may be either (x) a person with the Required Ratings (as
defined below) domiciled in the same legal jurisdiction as
Party A or Party B, or (y) such other person as agreed with
Moody's; or
(cc) take such other action agreed with Moody's; and
(2) within 10 days of the occurrence of such Subsequent ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Rating
Event, put in place at its own cost pending compliance with
(iii)(1)(aa), (iii)(1)(bb) or (iii)(1)(cc) above a mark-to-market
collateral agreement in a form and substance acceptable to Moody's
(which may be based on the credit support documentation published by
ISDA, or otherwise, and relates to collateral in the form of cash or
securities or both) in support of its obligations under this
Agreement which complies with the Moody's Criteria (as defined
below) or such other amount as may be agreed with Moody's.
If any of (iii)(1)(aa), (bb) or (cc) are satisfied at any time, all
collateral (or the equivalent thereof, as appropriate) transferred by
Party A pursuant to (iii)(2) will be transferred to Party A and Party A
will not be required to transfer any additional collateral.
For the purposes of (ii) and (iii), "REQUIRED RATINGS" means, in respect of the
relevant entity, [its short-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations
are rated at least as high as "Prime-1" and]11 its long-term, unsecured and
unsubordinated debt obligations are rated at least as high as "A2", or such
other ratings as may be agreed with Moody's from time to time.
"MOODY'S CRITERIA" means that the Collateral Amount shall equal the sum of (a)
the product of A multiplied by the mark-to-market value of the outstanding
Transactions as determined by Party A in good faith on each Local Business Day
and (b) the product of B multiplied by the current aggregate notional amounts of
the outstanding Transactions, where:
(w) "A" means [102%] and "B" means [0%] if the long-term, unsecured and
unsubordinated debt obligations [or the short-term, unsecured and
unsubordinated debt obligations]12 of Party A (or its successor) [or any
credit support provider of Party A /
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10 Delete if Party A is AIG
11 Delete if Party A is AIG
12 Delete if Party A is AIG
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Party A's Credit Support Provider (or its successor)]13, is downgraded
below ["A1"] [or ["Prime-1"]]14 by Moody's;
(x) "A" means [102%] and "B" means [2.0%] if the long-term, unsecured and
unsubordinated debt obligations of Party A (or its successor) [or any
credit support provider of Party A / Party A's Credit Support Provider (or
its successor)]15 is downgraded below ["A2"] by Moody's;
(y) "A" shall be equal to or greater than [102%] [(as determined by
Moody's)]16 and "B" shall be equal to or greater than [3%/5% (as
determined by Moody's)]17 if the long-term unsecured and unsubordinated
debt obligations [or the short term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt
obligations]18 of Party A (or its successor) [or any credit support
provider of Party A / Party A's Credit Support Provider (or its
successor)]19, is downgraded below ["Baa2"] [or ["Prime-2"]]20 by Moody's;
and
(z) "A" means 0% and "B" means 0% in all other cases.
In relation to paragraphs (ii)(4) and (iii)(2) above, Party A will, upon
receipt of reasonable notice from Moody's demonstrate to Moody's the
calculation by Party A of the mark-to-market value of the outstanding
Transactions. In relation to paragraph (iii)(2) above, Party A will, at
its own cost, on receipt of reasonable notice from Moody's (which, for the
avoidance of doubt, will be no less than 30 days) arrange a third party
valuation of the mark-to-market value of the outstanding Transactions.
(iv) In the event that the long-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt
obligations of Party A (or its successor) [or any credit support provider
from time to time in respect of Party A / the Credit Support Provider of
Party A (or its successor)]21 cease to be rated at least as high as F1+
(or its equivalent) by Fitch Ratings Ltd ("Fitch") and as a result of such
downgrading, the then current rating of the Series [1/2/4] Class [A/B/C]
Second Issuer Notes is downgraded or placed under review for possible
downgrade by Fitch (a "Fitch Rating Event") then Party A will, on a
reasonable efforts basis within 30 days of the occurrence of such Fitch
Rating Event, at its own cost, either:
(A) put in place an appropriate mark-to-market collateral agreement,
(which may be based on the credit support documentation published by
ISDA, or otherwise, and relates to collateral in the form of cash or
securities or both to be posted on a weekly basis) in support of
Party A's obligations under this Agreement provided that (x) Party A
shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of Fitch if the
Collateral Amount is determined on a basis which is no more onerous
than the Fitch Criteria (defined below), and (y) the Collateral
Amount shall not be required to exceed such amount as would be
required (in accordance with the Fitch Criteria) to maintain the
rating of the Series [1/2/4] Class [A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes at
the level at which they were immediately prior to such Fitch Rating
Event;
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13 Option 2 for AIG only
14 Delete if Party A is AIG
15 Option 2 for AIG only
16 ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ discretion to be deleted for Aaa issuer swap providers subject to
footnote 17
17 ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ discretion to be deleted for Aaa issuer swap providers, however "B"
shall equal 5%
18 Delete if Party A is AIG
19 Option 2 for AIG only
20 Delete if Party A is AIG
21 Option 2 for AIG only
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(B) transfer all of its rights and obligations with respect of this
Agreement to a replacement third party satisfactory to the Security
Trustee (whose consent shall be given if Fitch confirms that such
transfer would maintain the ratings of the Series [1/2/4] Class
[A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes by Fitch at, or restore the rating of
the Series [1/2/4] Class [A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes by Fitch to,
the level it would have been at immediately prior to such Fitch
Rating Event);
(C) obtain a guarantee of its rights and obligations with respect to
this Agreement from a third party satisfactory to the Security
Trustee (whose consent shall be given if Fitch confirms that such
guarantee would maintain the rating of the Series [1/2/4] Class
[A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes at, or restore the rating of the Series
[1/2/4] Class [A/B/C] Second Issuer Notes to, the level it would
have been at immediately prior to such Fitch Rating Event); or
(D) take such other action as Party A may agree with Fitch as will
result in the rating of the Series [1/2/4] Class [A/B/C] Second
Issuer Notes following the taking of such action being maintained
at, or restored to, the level it would have been at immediately
prior to such Fitch Rating Event.
"FITCH CRITERIA" means that the Collateral Amount shall equal the sum of
(a) the product of A multiplied by the mark-to-market value of the
outstanding Transactions as determined by Party A in good faith on a
weekly basis and (b) the product of B multiplied by the current aggregate
notional amounts of the outstanding Transactions, where "A" means [100]%
and "B" means [o]%.
(v) (A) If Party A does not take any of the measures described in
paragraph (i) above, such failure shall not be or give rise to an
Event of Default but shall constitute an Additional Termination
Event with respect to Party A which shall be deemed to have occurred
on the thirtieth day following the S&P Rating Event with Party A as
the sole Affected Party and all Transactions as Affected
Transactions.
(B) If Party A does not take any of the measures described in (ii)(1),
(2), (3) or (4) above, such failure shall not be or give rise to an
Event of Default but shall constitute an Additional Termination
Event with respect to Party A and shall be deemed to have occurred
on the thirtieth day following the occurrence of such Initial
▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Rating Event with Party A as the sole Affected Party and all
Transactions as Affected Transactions.
(C) If Party A does not take the measures described in (iii)(2) above,
such failure shall give rise to an Event of Default with respect to
Party A and shall be deemed to have occurred on the thirtieth day
following such Subsequent ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Rating Event with Party A as the
Defaulting Party. Further, notwithstanding, Section 5(a)(ii) of this
Agreement, if 10 days after receiving notice of failure to use its
[reasonable/best] efforts either to transfer as described in
(iii)(1)(aa), find a co-obligator as described in (iii)(1)(bb) or
take such other action as described in (iii)(1)(cc), Party A still
has not used [reasonable/best] efforts to take one of the above
courses of action, this shall not constitute an Event of Default but
shall be an Additional Termination Event with Party A as the sole
Affected Party and all Transactions as Affected Transactions.
22 B will be determined according to the maturity of the relevant note. In
relation to the non-bullet notes, B will equal 3.5% (notes mature in over 15
years).
In relation to the bullet notes, the following values will apply:
Value for B
Series 1 Class A 0.75% (notes mature in under 5 years)
Series 2 Class A 0.75% (notes mature in under 5 years)
Series 4 Class A 1.25% (notes mature in over 5 years but under 10 years)
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(D) If Party A does not take the measures described in paragraph (iv)
above, such failure shall not be or give rise to an Event of Default
but shall constitute an Additional Termination Event with respect to
Party A which shall be deemed to have occurred on the thirtieth day
following the Fitch Rating Event with Party A as the sole Affected
Party and all Transactions as Affected Transactions.
(E) In the event that Party B were to designate an Early Termination
Date and there would be a payment due to Party A, Party B may only
designate such an Early Termination Date in respect of an Additional
Termination Event under this Part 5(e) if Party B has found a
replacement counterparty willing to enter into a new transaction on
terms that reflect as closely as reasonably possible the economic,
legal and credit terms of the Terminated Transactions with Party A.
Each of Party B and the Security Trustee shall use their reasonable endeavours
to co-operate with Party A in putting in place such credit support
documentation, including agreeing to such arrangements in such documentation as
may satisfy S&P, ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and / or Fitch, as applicable, with respect to the
operation and management of the collateral and entering into such documents as
may reasonably be requested by Party A in connection with the provision of such
collateral.
(g) TRANSFER POLICY
Section 7 shall not apply to Party A, who shall be required to comply with, and
shall be bound by, the following:
Without prejudice to Section 6(b)(ii) as amended in the Schedule, Party A may
transfer all (but not part only) of its interests and obligations in and under
this Agreement to any of its Affiliates (a "Transferee") upon providing five
Business Days' prior written notice to the Note Trustees, provided that:
(i) the Transferee is rated at least AA- by S&P, Aa3 by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and F1+ by
Fitch, or its performance under the Agreement and related Transactions
will be guaranteed in full by Party A;
(ii) the Ratings Agencies have confirmed that the transfer will not result in
the then current rating of the Series [1/2/4] Class [A/B/C] Second Issuer
Notes being downgraded;
(iii) the Transferee will not, as a result of such transfer, be required on the
next succeeding Scheduled Payment Date to withhold or deduct on account of
any Tax (except in respect of default interest) amounts in excess of that
which Party A would, on the next succeeding Scheduled Payment Date have
been required to so withhold or deduct unless the Transferee would be
required to make additional payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i)(4)
corresponding to such excess;
(iv) a Termination Event or Event of Default does not occur as a result of such
transfer;
(v) no additional amount will be payable by Party B to Party A or the
Transferee on the next succeeding Scheduled Payment Date as a result of
such transfer; and
(vi) the Transferee confirms in writing that it will accept all of the
interests and obligations in and under this Agreement which are to be
transferred to it in accordance with the terms of this provision.
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With respect to (iii) above, each party agrees to make such Payee Tax
Representations and Payer Tax Representations as may reasonably be requested by
the other party in order to reasonably satisfy such other party that such
withholding or deduction will not occur."
Following the transfer, all references to Party A shall be deemed to be
references to the Transferee.
(h) ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATION
Section 3 is amended by the addition at the end thereof of the following
additional representations:
(i) "(g) NO AGENCY. It is entering into this Agreement and each Transaction as
principal and not as agent of any person."
(ii) The following additional representation shall be given by Party A only:
"(h) PARI PASSU. Its obligations under this Agreement rank pari passu with
all of its other unsecured, unsubordinated obligations except those
obligations preferred by operation of law."
(i) RECORDING OF CONVERSATIONS
Each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees to the tape recording of
conversations between the parties to this Agreement whether by one or other or
both of the parties.
(j) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PARTIES
The Agreement is amended by the insertion after Section 14 of an additional
Section 15, reading in its entirety as follows:
"15. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PARTIES
Each party will be deemed to represent to the other party on the date on which
it enters into a Transaction that (absent a written agreement between the
parties that expressly imposes affirmative obligations to the contrary for that
Transaction):
(a) NON RELIANCE. It is acting for its own account, and it has made its own
decisions to enter into that Transaction and as to whether that
Transaction is appropriate or proper for it based upon advice from such
advisers as it has deemed necessary. It is not relying on any
communication (written or oral) of the other party as investment advice or
as a recommendation to enter into that Transaction; it being understood
that information and explanations related to the terms and conditions of a
Transaction shall not be considered investment advice or a recommendation
to enter into that Transaction. It has not received from the other party
any assurance or guarantee as to the expected results of that Transaction.
(b) ASSESSMENT AND UNDERSTANDING. It is capable of assessing the merits of and
understanding (through independent professional advice), and understands
and accepts, the terms, conditions and risks of that Transaction. It is
also capable of assuming, and assumes, the financial and other risks of
that Transaction.
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(c) STATUS OF PARTIES. The other party is not acting as a fiduciary or an
adviser for it in respect of that Transaction."
(k) TAX
The Agreement is amended by deleting Section 2(d) in its entirety and replacing
it with the following:
"(d) Deduction or Withholding for Tax
(i) Requirement to Withhold
All payments under this Agreement will be made without any deduction or
withholding for or on account of any Tax unless such deduction or
withholding is required (including, for the avoidance of doubt, if such
deduction or withholding is required in order for the payer to obtain
relief from Tax) by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any
relevant governmental revenue authority, then in effect. If a party ("X")
is so required to deduct or withhold, then that party (the "DEDUCTING
PARTY"):
(1) will promptly notify the other party ("Y") of such requirement;
(2) will pay to the relevant authorities the full amount required to be
deducted or withheld (including the full amount required to be
deducted or withheld from any Gross Up Amount (as defined below)
paid by the Deducting Party to Y under this Section 2(d)) promptly
upon the earlier of determining that such deduction or withholding
is required or receiving notice that such amount has been assessed
against Y;
(3) will promptly forward to Y an official receipt (or a certified
copy), or other documentation reasonably acceptable to Y, evidencing
such payment to such authorities; and
(4) if X is Party A, X will promptly pay in addition to the payment to
which Party B is otherwise entitled under this Agreement, such
additional amount (the "GROSS UP AMOUNT") as is necessary to ensure
that the net amount actually received by Party B will equal the full
amount which Party B would have received had no such deduction or
withholding been required.
(ii) Liability
If:
(1) X is required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of
any relevant governmental revenue authority, to make any deduction
or withholding for or on account of any Tax; and
(2) X does not so deduct or withhold; and
(3) a liability resulting from such Tax is assessed directly against X,
then, except to the extent that Y has satisfied or then satisfies the
liability resulting from such Tax, (A) where X is Party B, Party A will
promptly pay to Party B the amount of such liability (the "Liability
Amount") (including any related liability for interest and together with
an amount equal to the Tax payable by Party B on receipt of
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such amount but including any related liability for penalties only if
Party A has failed to comply with or perform any agreement contained in
Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d)) and Party B will promptly pay to the
relevant government revenue authority the amount of such liability
(including any related liability for interest and penalties) and (B) where
X is Party A and Party A would have been required to pay a Gross Up Amount
to Party B, Party A will promptly pay to the relevant government revenue
authority the amount of such liability (including any related liability
for interest and penalties).
(iii) Tax Credit etc.
Where Party A pays an amount in accordance with Section 2(d)(i)(4) above,
Party B undertakes as follows:
(1) to the extent that Party B obtains any Tax credit, allowance,
set-off or repayment from the tax authorities of any jurisdiction
relating to any deduction or withholding giving rise to such payment
(a "Tax Credit"), it shall pay to Party A as soon as practical after
receipt of the same so much of the cash benefit (as calculated
below) relating thereto which it has received as will leave Party B
in substantially the same (but in any event no worse) position as
Party B would have been in if no such deduction or withholding had
been required;
(2) the "cash benefit" shall, in the case of a Tax credit, allowance or
set-off, be the additional amount of Tax which would have been
payable by Party B in the jurisdiction referred to in (1) above but
for the obtaining by it of the said Tax credit, allowance or set-off
and, in the case of a repayment, shall be the amount of the
repayment together, in either case, with any related interest or
similar payment obtained by Party B;
(3) it will use all reasonable endeavours to obtain any Tax Credit as
soon as is reasonably practicable provided that it shall be the sole
judge of the amount of such Tax Credit and of the date on which the
same is received and shall not be obliged to disclose to Party A any
information relating to its tax affairs or tax computations save
that Party B shall, upon request by Party A, supply Party A with a
reasonably detailed explanation of its calculation of the amount of
any such Tax Credit and of the date on which the same is received;
and
(4) it will ensure that any Tax Credit obtained is paid directly to
Party A, and not applied in whole or part to pay any other Issuer
Secured Creditor or any other party, both prior to and subsequent to
any enforcement of the security constituted by the Second Issuer
Deed of Charge."
(l) SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT AND LIMITED RECOURSE
(i) Party A agrees with Party B and the Security Trustee to be bound by the
terms of the Second Issuer Deed of Charge and, in particular, confirms
that: (A) no sum shall be payable by or on behalf of Party B to it except
in accordance with the provisions of the Second Issuer Deed of Charge; and
(B) it will not take any steps for the winding up, dissolution or
reorganisation or for the appointment of a receiver, administrator,
administrative receiver, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar
officer of Party B or of any or all of its revenues and assets nor
participate in any ex parte proceedings nor seek to enforce any judgment
against Party B, subject to the provisions of the Second Issuer Deed of
Charge.
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(ii) In relation to all sums due and payable by Party B to Party A, Party A
agrees that it shall have recourse only to Second Issuer Available Funds,
but always subject to the order of priority of payments set out in the
Second Issuer Cash Management Agreement and the Second Issuer Deed of
Charge.
(m) CONDITION PRECEDENT
Section 2(a)(iii) shall be amended by the deletion of the words "a Potential
Event of Default" in respect of obligations of Party A only.
(n) REPRESENTATIONS
Section 3(b) shall be amended by the deletion of the words "or Potential Event
of Default" in respect of the representation given by Party B only.
(o) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS
Words and expressions defined in the Amended and Restated Master Definitions and
Construction Schedule (the "MASTER SCHEDULE") and the Second Issuer Master
Definitions and Construction Schedule (the "ISSUER SCHEDULE") (together the
"MASTER DEFINITIONS SCHEDULE") signed for the purposes of identification on [o]
shall, except so far as the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning in
this Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between the definitions in
this Agreement and in the Master Definitions Schedule the definitions in this
Agreement shall prevail. In the event of any inconsistency between the Master
Schedule and the Issuer Schedule, the Issuer Schedule shall prevail. The rules
of interpretation set out in the Master Definitions Schedule shall apply to this
Agreement.
(p) CHANGE OF ACCOUNT
Section 2(b) of this Agreement is hereby amended by the addition of the
following at the end thereof:
"; provided that such new account shall be in the same tax jurisdiction as the
original account and such new account, in the case of Party B, is held with a
financial institution with a short term unsecured, unsubordinated and
unguaranteed debt obligation rating of at least P-1 (in the case of ▇▇▇▇▇'▇),
A-1+ (in the case of S&P) and F1+ (in the case of Fitch)."
(q) MODIFICATIONS TO CLOSE OUT PROVISIONS
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or an Additional Termination Event
with respect to Party A, Party B will be entitled (but not obliged in the event
that it does not designate an Early Termination Date) to proceed in accordance
with Section 6 of the Agreement subject to the following:
(i) For the purposes of Section 6(d)(i), Party B's obligation with respect to
the extent of information to be provided with its calculations is limited
to information Party B has already received in writing and provided Party
B is able to release this information without breaching the provisions of
any law applicable to, or any contractual restriction binding upon, Party
B.
(ii) The following amendments shall be deemed to be made to the definition of
"Market Quotation":
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(A) the word "firm" shall be added before the word "quotations" in the
second line; and
(B) the words "provided that the documentation relating thereto is
either the same as this Agreement and the existing confirmations
hereto (and the long term unsecured and unsubordinated debt
obligations of the Reference Market-maker is rated not less than
"AA-" by S&P, "A1" by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and "F1+" by Fitch (or, if such
Reference Market-maker is not rated by a Rating Agency, at such
equivalent rating that is acceptable to such Rating Agency) or the
Rating Agencies have confirmed in writing such proposed
documentation will not adversely impact the ratings of the Notes"
shall be added after "agree" in the sixteenth line; and
(C) the last sentence shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
"If, on the last date set for delivery of quotations, exactly two
quotations are provided, the Market Quotation will be either (a) the
lower of the two quotations where there would be a sum payable by
Party A to Party B, or (b) the higher of the two quotations where
there would be a sum payable by Party B to Party A. If only one
quotation is provided on such date, Party B must accept such
quotation as the Market Quotation. If no quotation has been
provided, it will be deemed that the Market Quotation in respect of
the Terminated Transaction cannot be determined."
(iii) For the purpose of the definition of "Market Quotation", and without
limitation of the general rights of Party B under the Agreement:
(A) Party B will undertake to use its reasonable efforts to obtain at
least three firm quotations as soon as reasonably practicable after
the Early Termination Date and in any event within the time period
specified pursuant to Part 5(q)(iii)(C) below;
(B) Party A shall, for the purposes of Section 6(e), be permitted to
obtain on behalf of Party B quotations from Reference Market-makers;
(C) If no quotations have been obtained within 6 Local Business Days
after the occurrence of the Early Termination Date or such longer
period as Party B may specify in writing to Party A, then it will be
deemed that the Market Quotation in respect of the Terminated
Transaction cannot be determined;
(D) Party B will be deemed to have discharged its obligations under Part
5(q)(iii)(A) above if it promptly requests, in writing, Party A
(such request to be made within two Local Business Days after the
occurrence of the Early Termination Date) to obtain on behalf of
Party B quotations from Reference Market-makers and Party A agrees
to act in accordance with such request; and
(E) Party B will not be obliged to consult with Party A as to the day
and time of obtaining any quotations.
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