EXHIBIT 10.8
Dated 19 June 2003
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
as Lender
GRACECHURCH CARD FUNDING (NO.4) PLC
as Issuer
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Note Trustee
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EXPENSES LOAN AGREEMENT
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CONTENTS
CLAUSE PAGE
1. Definitions...............................................................1
2. The Facility..............................................................4
3. Interest..................................................................4
4. Payments..................................................................5
5. Repayment.................................................................5
6. Prepayment................................................................5
7. Representations Of The Issuer.............................................5
8. Enforcement Event.........................................................6
9. Enforcement And Subordination.............................................6
10. Notices...................................................................7
11. Costs And Expenses........................................................8
12. Invalidity................................................................8
13. Assignment................................................................8
14. Remedies And Waivers......................................................8
15. Information And Variation.................................................8
16. Section 349 Bank..........................................................8
17. Note Trustee As Party.....................................................8
18. Counterparts..............................................................9
19. Entire Agreement..........................................................9
20. Governing Law And Jurisdiction............................................9
21. Contract (Rights Of Third Parties) Act....................................9
SCHEDULE 1 MANDATORY COSTS...............................................10
THIS EXPENSES LOAN AGREEMENT is made on 19 June 2003
BETWEEN:
(1) BARCLAYS BANK PLC, a company incorporated in England and Wales having its
registered office at ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ (the "LENDER");
(2) GRACECHURCH CARD FUNDING (NO.4) PLC, a company incorporated in England
and Wales (registered number 4763110) having its registered office at ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ (the "ISSUER"); and
(3) THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation whose London branch
is at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ (the "NOTE TRUSTEE",
which expression shall, whenever the context so admits, include any other
trustee or trustees for the time being pursuant to the Trust Deed
referred to below).
WHEREAS:
(A) The Issuer proposes to issue Notes pursuant to a trust deed dated the
Closing Date between the Issuer and the Note Trustee (the "TRUST DEED").
(B) The Lender is willing to advance funds to the Issuer, to be used with the
net proceeds of the issue of the Notes to subscribe for the MTN and to
meet certain expenses incurred by the Issuer in regard to the issue of
the Notes, all on the terms and subject to the conditions contained
herein.
(C) The Note Trustee is the trustee for the holders of the Notes.
IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:-
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 In this Agreement and in the Recitals hereto, except so far as the
context otherwise requires:-
"ADVANCE" shall have the meaning set out in Clause 2;
"BARCLAYCARD" means Barclays Bank PLC, acting through its business unit
"Barclaycard";
"BARCLAYS CAPITAL" means Barclays Bank PLC, acting through its investment
banking unit, "Barclays Capital";
"BELGIAN PLEDGE" means the pledge granted by the Issuer in favour of the Note
Trustee over the Issuer's rights, title and interest in and to the MTN and
governed by Belgian law;
"BUSINESS DAY" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a public
holiday or a day on which banking institutions in London, England or New York
are authorised or obliged by law or executive order to be closed;
"CLOSING DATE" shall mean the date of this Agreement or such other date as
shall be agreed between all relevant parties for the closing of the issue of
the Notes;
"COMMITMENT" means [*];
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"CONDITIONS" means the terms and conditions applicable to the Notes in the form
or substantially in the form set out in the Seventh Schedule of the Trust Deed
and any reference in these presents to a particular numbered Condition shall be
construed accordingly;
"DEED OF CHARGE" means the deed of charge dated on or about the Closing Date
between, amongst others, the Issuer, the Note Trustee and the Lender;
"ENFORCEMENT NOTICE" means a notice given by the Note Trustee to the Issuer
under Condition 9 of the Notes;
"FACILITY" means the subordinated expenses loan facility the terms and
conditions of which are set out in this Agreement;
"FINAL REPAYMENT DATE" means the earlier of 15 June 2008 and the Interest
Payment Date on which the Issuer makes the final payment of interest, deferred
interest and additional interest (if any) and final repayment of principal in
respect of each class of the Notes;
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" means the 15th day of each calendar month, or, if such
day is not a Business Day, the next following Business Day, PROVIDED that the
first Interest Payment Date shall fall on 15 August 2003;
"INTEREST PERIOD" means each successive period of one month commencing from the
first Interest Payment Date. The first Interest Period shall be the period
from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the first Interest Payment
Date;
"ISSUER BANK AGREEMENT" means the bank agreement of even date to be made
between the Issuer and the Lender regarding the establishment and operation of
the Issuer's Expense Account and the Series 03-2 Issuer Bank Account;
"ISSUER'S EXPENSE ACCOUNT" shall mean the account with Barclays Bank PLC at ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ with account number [*] sort code: 20-19-90;
"LIBOR" shall mean, for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate
for one-month sterling deposits determined by or on behalf of the Lender for
each Interest Period on the following basis:
(i) on the first day of the Interest Period for which the rate will apply (or
if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), the
offered quotation to leading banks in the London Interbank Market for one
month sterling deposits by reference to the display designated as the
British Bankers Association LIBOR Rates as quoted on the Moneyline
Telerate Screen No. 3750 (or (aa) such other page as may replace
Moneyline Telerate Screen No. 3750 on that service for the purposes of
displaying such information or (bb) if that service ceases to display
such information, such page as displays such information on such service
as may replace the Moneyline Telerate Monitor) as at or about 11.00 a.m.
(London time) on that date (the "SCREEN RATE");
(ii) if, on the relevant date, the Screen Rate does not appear on the
Moneyline Telerate Screen page, as aforesaid, the Lender will:
(A) request the principal London office of each of Barclays Bank PLC
and three other major banks as may be selected by the Lender
(together the "REFERENCE
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BANKS") to provide the Lender with its offered quotation to leading
banks in the London Interbank Market for one month sterling
deposits as at approximately 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the
relevant date in question and in an amount that is representative
for a single transaction in that market at that time; and
(B) determine the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards to four decimal
places) of such quotations; and
(iii) if on the relevant date the Screen Rate is unavailable and two or three
only of the Reference Banks provide offered quotations, the rate of
interest for the relevant Interest Period shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of paragraph (ii) on the basis of the
arithmetic mean (rounded upwards to four decimal places) of the offered
quotations of those Reference Banks providing the offered quotations;
(iv) if fewer than two such quotations are provided by the Reference Banks as
requested, the Lender will determine the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards
to four decimal places) of the rates quoted by major banks in London,
selected by the Lender, at approximately 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the
first day of the relevant Interest Period for loans in pounds sterling to
leading banks for a period equal to the relevant Interest Period and in
amount that is representative for a single transaction in that market at
that time,
PROVIDED, that if the Lender is unable to determine the Screen Rate or, as the
case may be, the arithmetic mean in accordance with provisions in relation to
any Interest Period, LIBOR during such Interest Period will be the Screen Rate
or, as the case may be, the arithmetic mean last determined in relation to this
Agreement in respect of a preceding Interest Period;
"LOAN" means the principal amount of the Advance from time to time outstanding
as such amount is reduced from time to time by repayments hereunder;
"MANDATORY COST RATE" means the rate determined in accordance with Schedule 1
(Mandatory Costs);
"MARGIN" means 1.35 per cent. per annum;
"MTN ISSUER" means Barclaycard Funding PLC a public limited company
incorporated in England and Wales whose registered office is at ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇;
"MTN" means the medium term note to be issued by the MTN Issuer on or about the
Closing Date;
"NOTES" means the $900,000,000 Class A Asset-Backed Floating Rate Notes due
2006, $50,000,000 Class B Asset-Backed Floating Rate Notes due 2006, and
$50,000,000 Class C Asset-Backed Floating Rate Notes due 2006 constituted by the
Trust Deed;
"PAYING AGENCY AND AGENT BANK AGREEMENT" means the paying agency and agent bank
agreement dated on or about the Closing Date between the Issuer and The Bank of
New York;
"RELEVANT DOCUMENTS" means the Trust Deed, the Deed of Charge, the Paying
Agency and Agent Bank Agreement, the Depository Agreement, the Belgian Pledge,
the Issuer Bank Agreement and any mandate or other agreement relating to the
Series 03-2 Distribution Account;
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"SERIES 03-2 ISSUER ACCOUNTS" means the sterling bank accounts in the name of
the Issuer to be established in accordance with the provisions of the Issuer
Bank Agreement;
"SWAP AGREEMENTS" means the currency and interest rate swap agreements to be
made between the Issuer and the Swap Counterparty on the Closing Date;
"SWAP COUNTERPARTY" means Barclays Capital;
"TRUST DEED" means the trust deed for the Notes dated on or about the Closing
Date between the Note Trustee and the Issuer.
1.2 Terms defined in the Trust Deed shall, unless otherwise defined herein or
the context otherwise requires, bear the same meanings herein.
1.3 The headings in this Agreement shall not affect its interpretation.
1.4 Words denoting the singular number only shall include the plural number
also and vice versa; words denoting one gender only shall include the
other genders and words denoting persons only shall include firms and
corporations and vice versa.
1.5 Save where the contrary is indicated, any reference in this Agreement to
this Agreement or any other agreement or document shall be construed as a
reference to this Agreement or, as the case may be, such other agreement
or document as the same may have been, or may from time to time be
amended, varied, novated or supplemented.
2. THE FACILITY
Simultaneously with the completion of the issue of the Notes on the
Closing Date, the Lender will advance to the Issuer for the credit of the
Issuer's Expense Account an amount (the "ADVANCE") equal to the lower of
(a) the Commitment and (b) the aggregate of (i) the costs and expenses of
the Issuer arising in respect of the issue of Notes and (ii) the
difference between the purchase price for the MTN and the sterling amount
received by the Issuer on the Closing Date from the Swap Counterparty
under the terms of the Swap Agreements. Any Commitment which remains
undrawn after the Advance has been made shall be cancelled.
3. INTEREST
3.1 The period for which the Advance is outstanding hereunder shall be
divided into periods which shall correspond with the Interest Periods.
3.2 Subject to Clause 8, the Issuer shall pay interest on the Advance, at the
rate per annum which is the aggregate of (i) the Margin, (ii) LIBOR for
the relevant Interest Period and (iii) the Mandatory Cost Rate in respect
thereof. Interest will accrue from day to day and will be calculated on
the basis of actual days elapsed and a year of 365 days (or 366 days if
the relevant Interest Period ends in a leap year) and will be (subject to
Clause 9) payable in arrear on each Interest Payment Date.
3.3 To the extent that the aggregate of the monies available to the Issuer in
the Series 03-2 Distribution Account on any Interest Payment Date is less
than the amount of interest then due to the Lender after taking into
account all other payments to be made therefrom
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on such date in accordance with the Trust Deed in priority to such
interest, payment of the amount of the shortfall ("DEFERRED INTEREST")
will be deferred to the extent of available funds until the earlier of (a)
the Interest Payment Date thereafter on which funds are available to the
Issuer to pay such Deferred Interest and (b) the Final Repayment Date
whereupon any amount which has been deferred and remains unpaid shall
cease to be a debt due from the Issuer and any liability of the Issuer in
respect of such amount shall be extinguished provided for the avoidance of
doubt, the Issuer has made payments of all amounts held by it on the Final
Repayment Date prior to extinguishment of the debt or the liability.
3.4 Any payments made by the Issuer under this Agreement shall be paid after
deduction of withholding for tax where such deduction or withholding is
required by law and there shall be no obligation on the Issuer to pay any
additional amounts in respect of such witholding or deduction
notwithstanding the terms of any other document to which it is a party.
3.5 The Lender shall promptly notify the Issuer of each determination of
LIBOR made pursuant to this Agreement.
3.6 A statement made by the Lender as to any amount of interest payable
pursuant to this Clause shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive.
4. PAYMENTS
All payments required to be made by the Issuer hereunder shall be
calculated without reference to any set-off or counterclaim and shall be
made in sterling in immediately available funds.
5. REPAYMENT
Subject to Clause 8, the Advance shall be repaid in full on the Final
Repayment Date. The obligation of the Issuer to repay the Advance shall
be limited to the amount of funds which are available in the Series 03-2
Distribution Account on the Final Repayment Date to repay the loan in
full (after taking into account all other payments to be made therefrom
on such date in accordance with the Trust Deed in priority to repayment
of the Advance). If such funds are insufficient to repay the Advance in
full, the shortfall shall cease to be a debt due from the Issuer and any
liability in respect of such amount shall be extinguished.
6. PREPAYMENT
The Issuer may not, so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding,
prepay the whole or any part of the Advance without the prior written
consent of the Note Trustee.
7. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ISSUER
The Issuer represents and warrants to the Lender on the date hereof that:
(a) the Issuer is a company duly authorised under the laws of England;
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(b) the Issuer has full power and authority to deliver and perform
this Agreement, and has taken all necessary action to authorise
the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement;
and
(c) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Issuer
and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation,
enforceable in accordance with its terms subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganisation, receivership and other laws relating
to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors' rights
and remedies as the same may be applied in the event of the
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, receivership or
liquidation or a similar event of the Issuer or a moratorium
applicable to the Issuer and to general principles of equity.
8. ENFORCEMENT EVENT
If the Note Trustee serves an Enforcement Notice on the Issuer pursuant
to the Trust Deed it shall forthwith provide a copy thereof to the
Lender, and the Loan, together with all interest thereon, shall, subject
always to Clause 9, become immediately due and repayable.
9. ENFORCEMENT AND SUBORDINATION
9.1 The Lender agrees with the Note Trustee and the Issuer to be bound by the
terms of the Ninth Schedule to the Trust Deed (relating to priority of
payments) and in particular confirms that no sum, whether in respect of
principal or interest or otherwise relating to the Expenses Loan, shall
be due and payable by the Issuer except in accordance with the Deed of
Charge and the Ninth Schedule to the Trust Deed unless and until all sums
thereby required to be paid or provided for in priority thereto have been
paid or will be discharged in full.
9.2 The Lender shall not take any steps for the purpose of receiving any
debts whatsoever owing to it by the Issuer in connection with this
Agreement or enforcing any rights arising out of this Agreement against
the Issuer or procuring the winding-up, administration or liquidation of
the Issuer in respect of any of its liabilities whatsoever.
9.3 The Lender agrees that its rights against the Issuer under this Agreement
are limited to the extent that the Lender will not take any action or
proceedings against the Issuer to recover any amounts due and payable by
the Issuer to the Lender under this Agreement, except to the extent that
the Issuer has sufficient assets to meet the Lender's claim in full
having taken into account all other liabilities both actual and
contingent of the Issuer which rank in priority to its liabilities to the
Lender under this Agreement and so that the Issuer shall not be obliged
to make any payment to the Lender hereunder if and to the extent that the
making of such payment would cause the Issuer to be or become unable to
pay its debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇.
9.4 Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Clause, the Lender
hereby covenants with the Issuer and the Note Trustee that if, whether in
the liquidation of the Issuer or otherwise (and notwithstanding the
provisions of this Clause 9.4), any payment (which shall include any set-
off, combination or withholding) is received by it in respect of the Loan
or any interest thereon other than in accordance with the Trust Deed the
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amount so paid shall be paid over to the Note Trustee forthwith upon
receipt PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this Clause 9.4 shall have effect only to
the extent that it does not constitute or create and is not deemed to
constitute or create any mortgage, charge or other security interest of
any kind PROVIDED, FURTHER, that as between the Note Trustee and the
Issuer or any liquidator thereof such amounts paid under this Clause 9.4
shall be deemed to be paid and as between the Lender and the Issuer or
any liquidator thereof such amounts paid under this Clause 9.4 shall be
deemed not to have been paid.
9.5 The Lender hereby covenants with the Note Trustee and the Issuer that it
will not, except as may apply by operation of law, set off or claim to
set off the Loan or any interest thereon or any part of either thereof
against any liability owed by it to the Issuer.
10. NOTICES
(i) Each communication to be made hereunder shall, unless otherwise
stated, be made in writing but, unless otherwise stated, may be
made by telex, facsimile or letter.
(ii) Any communication, notice or document to be made or delivered by
any one person to another pursuant to this Agreement shall (unless
that other person has by fifteen days' written notice to the other
parties hereto specified another address) be made or delivered to
that other person at the address identified below and shall be
deemed to have been made or delivered when despatched and
confirmation of transmission received by the sending machine (in
the case of any communication made by telefax) or when left at
that address or (as the case may be) ten days after being
deposited in the post, postage prepaid, in an envelope addressed
to it at that address PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each telefax or
telex communication made by one party hereto to another shall be
made to that other person at the telefax or telex number notified
to such party by that other person from time to time:
(a) in the case of the Lender, to its address at ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ for the attention of the Relationship
Director, City Markets Team, fax number ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇;
(b) in the case of the Issuer, to its address appearing at the
beginning of this Agreement, fax number ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇; and
(c) in the case of the Note Trustee, to its address appearing at
the beginning of this Agreement for the attention of
Corporate Trust Administration, fax number ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
or to such other address or for the attention of such other person
as may from time to time be notified by either party to the other
by written notice in accordance with the provisions of this Clause
10.
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11. COSTS AND EXPENSES
The Issuer shall promptly on demand of the Lender and the Note Trustee
pay to the Lender and the Note Trustee the amount of all costs and
expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by any of them in
connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this
Agreement.
12. INVALIDITY
If, at any time, any of the provisions of this Agreement are or become
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any law, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall
not in any way be affected or impaired.
13. ASSIGNMENT
Each of the parties hereto agree that the Lender may not assign its
rights hereunder and that the rights of the Issuer hereunder may be
assigned to the Note Trustee.
14. REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the
Issuer or the Lender, any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or
remedy prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies herein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
15. INFORMATION AND VARIATION
15.1 The Lender shall provide to the Note Trustee such information and
evidence in respect of any dealing between the Issuer and the Lender
under this Agreement or otherwise as the Note Trustee may reasonably
request for the purpose of discharging the duties, trusts, powers,
authorities and discretions vested in the Note Trustee in or under the
Relevant Documents or by operation of law and the Issuer hereby waives
any right or duty of confidentiality which it may have or which may be
owed to it by the Lender in respect of such information and evidence.
15.2 No variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is duly
executed and delivered by (or by some person duly authorised by) each of
the parties.
16. SECTION 349 BANK
The Lender warrants that it is a Bank as defined for the purposes of
Section 349(3)(a) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 and will
be within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects all
amounts regarded as interest for United Kingdom tax purposes received by
it under this Agreement.
17. NOTE TRUSTEE AS PARTY
The Note Trustee is a party hereto solely for taking benefit of various
covenants and other obligations of other parties hereto and shall incur
no liability in connection with this Agreement and/or other transactions
hereby envisaged.
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18. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in any number of copies, and by the
different parties hereto on the same or separate counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties in
respect of the subject matter hereof. Any previous agreement among the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this
Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended
to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto any rights,
remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this
Agreement.
20. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
20.1 This Agreement is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with,
English Law.
20.2 Each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees for the benefit of each
other party that the courts of England shall have 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 Agreement,
and, for such purposes, irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
of such courts.
20.3 Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection which it might now or
hereafter have to the courts of England referred to above being nominated
as the forum to hear and determine any suit, action or proceeding, and to
settle any dispute, which may arise out of or in connection with this
Agreement and agrees not to claim that any such court is not a convenient
or appropriate forum.
20.4 Each party hereto (if it is not incorporated in England) irrevocably
appoints the person specified against its name on the execution pages
hereto below to accept service of any process on its behalf and further
undertakes to the other parties hereto that it will at all times during
the continuance of this Agreement maintain the appointment of some person
in England as its agent for the service of process and irrevocably agrees
that service of any writ, notice or other document for the purposes of
any suit, action or proceeding in the courts of England shall be duly
served upon it if delivered or sent by registered post to the address of
such appointee (or to such other address in England as that party may
notify to the other parties hereto).
21. CONTRACT (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT
A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the
Contract (Rights of Third Parties) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ to enforce any term of this
Agreement but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party
which exists or is available apart from that Act.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have signed and executed this Agreement
the day and year first above written.
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SCHEDULE 1
MANDATORY COSTS
1. The Mandatory Cost Rate is an addition to the interest rate to compensate
the Lender for the cost of compliance with the requirements of:
(i) the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or,
in either case, any other authority which replaces all or any of
its functions); or
(ii) the requirements of the European Central Bank.
2. On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible
thereafter) the Lender shall calculate the Mandatory Cost Rate as a
percentage rate in accordance with the formulae set out below.
3. The Mandatory Cost Rate will be calculated as follows:
(a) in relation to sterling Advances:
AB, C(B . D), E [infinity] 0.01
-------------------------------- per cent. per annum
100 . (A, C)
a) in relation to Advances in any currency other than sterling:
E[infinity]0.01
---------------- per cent. per annum.
300
Where:
A is the percentage of eligible liabilities (assuming these to be in
excess of any stated minimum) which the Lender is from time to
time required to maintain as an interest free cash ratio deposit
with the Bank of England to comply with cash ratio requirements.
B is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Margin and the
Mandatory Cost Rate) payable for the relevant Interest Period on
the Advance.
C is the percentage (if any) of eligible liabilities which the
Lender is required from time to time to maintain as interest
bearing special deposits with the Bank of England.
D is the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to
the Lender on interest bearing special deposits.
E is the rate of charge payable by the Lender to the Financial
Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules (calculated for this
purpose by the Lender as being the average of the fee tariffs
specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1 Deposit
acceptors, ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required
pursuant to the Fees Rules) and expressed in pounds per
{pound-sterling}1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of the Lender.
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For the purposes of this Schedule:
(a) "ELIGIBLE LIABILITIES" and "SPECIAL DEPOSITS" have the meanings
given to them from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of
England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of
England;
(b) "FEES RULES" means the rules on supervision fees contained in the
FSA Supervision Manual or such other law as may be in force from
time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance
of deposits; and
"TARIFF BASE" has the meaning given to it, and will be calculated
in accordance with, the Fees Rules.
In application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in
the formulae as percentages (i.e. 5 per cent. will be included in the
formula as 5 and not as 0.05). A negative result obtained by subtracting
D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting figures shall be rounded
to four decimal places.
4. The Lender may from time to time, after consultation with the Issuer,
determine and notify to all parties any amendments which are required to
be made to any of the formulae set out above in order to comply with any
change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed
by the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European
Central Bank (or, in either case, any other authority which replaces all
or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence
of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all the parties hereto.
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LENDER
SIGNED for and on behalf of )
BARCLAYS BANK PLC )
ISSUER
SIGNED for and on behalf of )
GRACECHURCH CARD FUNDING )
(NO.4) PLC )
NOTE TRUSTEE
SIGNED for and on behalf of )
THE BANK OF NEW YORK )
Acting through its London Branch )
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