EXHIBIT 4
CONFORMED COPY
DATED 16TH MAY, 2003
INTERNATIONAL LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION
U.S.$5,000,000,000
EURO MEDIUM TERM NOTE PROGRAMME
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SUPPLEMENTAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
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▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇
London
SUPPLEMENTAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
IN RESPECT OF A
U.S.$5,000,000,000
EURO MEDIUM TERM NOTE PROGRAMME
THIS AGREEMENT is made on 16th May, 2003 BETWEEN:
(1) INTERNATIONAL LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION (the "ISSUER");
(2) CITIBANK, N.A. (the "AGENT", which expression shall include any successor
agent appointed in accordance with clause 21 of Original Agency Agreement
(as defined herein)); and
(3) DEXIA BANQUE INTERNATIONALE A LUXEMBOURG, SOCIETE ANONYME of ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇
▇'▇▇▇▇, ▇-▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ with the Agent, the "PAYING AGENTS"
and each a "PAYING AGENT", which expression shall include any additional
or successor paying agent appointed in accordance with clause 21 of
Original Agency Agreement).
WHEREAS:
(A) The parties hereto entered into an Agency Agreement (the "ORIGINAL AGENCY
AGREEMENT") dated 15th May, 2002 in respect of a U.S.$4,000,000,000 Euro
Medium Term Note Programme (the "PROGRAMME").
(B) The Issuer has entered into an Amended and Restated Programme Agreement
dated 16th May, 2003 between the Issuer and the Dealers named therein.
(C) The parties hereto have agreed to make certain modifications to the
Original Agency Agreement including an increase in the size of the
Programme to U.S.$5,000,000,000.
(D) This Agreement is supplemental to and should be read in conjunction with,
the Original Agency Agreement. Any Notes issued under the Programme on or
after the date hereof shall be issued pursuant to the Original Agency
Agreement as supplemented by this Agreement.
IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Terms and expressions defined in the Programme Agreement or the Notes or
used in the applicable Pricing Supplement shall have the same meanings in
this Agreement, except where the context requires otherwise or unless
otherwise stated.
2. INCREASE IN AGGREGATE NOMINAL AMOUNT OF THE PROGRAMME
All references, save for that in recital (D), in the Original Agency
Agreement to "U.S.$4,000,000,000" shall be deemed to be references to
"U.S.$5,000,000,000".
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3. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
The Terms and Conditions of the Notes set out in Schedule 2 of the
Original Agency Agreement shall be deleted and replaced by the Terms and
Conditions of the Notes set out in the Schedule attached hereto.
4. AMENDMENT
This Agreement supplements and should be read in conjunction with the
Original Agency Agreement. Each of the amendments contemplated by this
Agreement shall take effect from the date hereof. Save for the amendments
to the Original Agency Agreement confirmed by this Agreement, all terms
and conditions of the Original Agency Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect. The Original Agency Agreement and this Agreement shall
henceforth be read and construed together as one agreement. Any Notes
issued under the Programme on or after the date hereof shall be issued
pursuant to the Original Agency Agreement as supplemented by this
Agreement. This does not affect any Notes issued under the Programme prior
to the date of this Agreement.
5. GOVERNING LAW AND SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION
Clause 29 of the Original Agency Agreement shall apply to this Agreement
as if expressly incorporated herein.
6. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, all of which,
taken together, shall constitute one and the same Agreement and any party
may enter into this Agreement by executing a counterpart.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
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SCHEDULE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
The following are the Terms and Conditions of the Notes which will be
incorporated by reference into each Global Note (as defined below) and each
definitive Note, in the latter case only if permitted by the relevant stock
exchange or other relevant authority (if any) and agreed by the Issuer and the
relevant Dealer at the time of issue but, if not so permitted and agreed, such
definitive Note will have endorsed thereon or attached thereto such Terms and
Conditions. The applicable Pricing Supplement in relation to any Tranche of
Notes may specify other terms and conditions which shall, to the extent so
specified or to the extent inconsistent with the following Terms and Conditions,
replace or modify the following Terms and Conditions for the purpose of such
Notes. The applicable Pricing Supplement (or the relevant provisions thereof)
will be endorsed upon, or attached to, each Global Note and definitive Note.
Reference should be made to "Form of the Notes" for a description of the content
of Pricing Supplements which will specify which of such terms are to apply in
relation to the relevant Notes.
This Note is one of a Series (as defined below) of Notes issued by
International Lease Finance Corporation (the "ISSUER") pursuant to the Agency
Agreement (as defined below).
References herein to the "NOTES" shall be references to the Notes of this
Series and shall mean:
(i) in relation to any Notes represented by a global Note (a "GLOBAL
NOTE"), units of the lowest Specified Denomination in the Specified
Currency;
(ii) any Global Note; and
(iii) any definitive Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note.
The Notes, the Receipts (as defined below) and the Coupons (as defined
below) have the benefit of an amended and restated Agency Agreement (such Agency
Agreement as amended and/or supplemented and/or restated from time to time, the
"AGENCY AGREEMENT") dated 15 May, 2002 and made between the Issuer, Citibank,
N.A. as issuing and principal paying agent and agent bank (the "AGENT", which
expression shall include any successor agent) and the other paying agents named
therein (together with the Agent, the "PAYING AGENTS", which expression shall
include any additional or successor paying agents).
Interest bearing definitive Notes (unless otherwise indicated in the
applicable Pricing Supplement) have interest coupons ("COUPONS") and, if
indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, talons for further Coupons
("TALONS") attached on issue. Any reference herein to Coupons or coupons shall,
unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to include a reference to
Talons or talons. Definitive Notes repayable in instalments have receipts
("RECEIPTS") for the payment of the instalments of principal (other than the
final instalment) attached on issue. Global Notes do not have Receipts, Coupons
or Talons attached on issue.
The Pricing Supplement for this Note (or the relevant provisions thereof)
is attached to or endorsed on this Note and supplements these Terms and
Conditions and may specify other terms and conditions which shall, to the extent
so specified or to the extent inconsistent with these Terms and Conditions,
replace or modify these Terms and Conditions for the purposes of this Note.
References to the "APPLICABLE PRICING SUPPLEMENT" are to the Pricing Supplement
(or the relevant provisions thereof) attached to or endorsed on this Note.
Any reference to "NOTEHOLDERS" or "HOLDERS" in relation to any Notes shall
mean the holders of the Notes and shall, in relation to any Notes represented by
a global Note, be construed as provided below. Any reference herein to
"RECEIPTHOLDERS" shall mean the holders of the Receipts and any reference herein
to "COUPONHOLDERS" shall mean the holders of the Coupons and shall, unless the
context otherwise requires, include the holders of the Talons.
As used herein, "TRANCHE" means Notes which are identical in all respects
(including as to listing) and "SERIES" means a Tranche of Notes together with
any further Tranche or Tranches of Notes which are (i) expressed to be
consolidated and form a single series and (ii) identical in all respects
(including as to listing) except for their respective Issue Dates, Interest
Commencement Dates and/or Issue Prices.
Copies of the Agency Agreement and the applicable Pricing Supplement are
available for inspection during normal business hours at the specified office of
each of the Paying Agents. Copies of the applicable Pricing Supplement are
obtainable free of charge during normal business hours at the specified office
of each of the Paying Agents save that, if this Note is an unlisted Note of any
Series, the applicable Pricing Supplement will only be available for inspection
by a Noteholder holding one or more unlisted Notes of that Series and such
Noteholder must produce evidence satisfactory to the relevant Paying Agent as to
its holding of such Notes and identity. The Noteholders, the Receiptholders and
the Couponholders are deemed to have notice of, and are entitled to the benefit
of, all the provisions of the Agency Agreement and the applicable Pricing
Supplement
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which are applicable to them. The statements in these Terms and Conditions
include summaries of, and are subject to, the detailed provisions of the Agency
Agreement.
Words and expressions defined in the Agency Agreement or used in the
applicable Pricing Supplement shall have the same meanings where used in these
Terms and Conditions unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise
stated and provided that, in the event of inconsistency between the Agency
Agreement and the applicable Pricing Supplement, the applicable Pricing
Supplement will prevail.
1 FORM, DENOMINATION AND TITLE
The Notes are in bearer form and, in the case of definitive Notes, serially
numbered, in the Specified Currency and the Specified Denomination(s). Notes of
one Specified Denomination may not be exchanged for Notes of another Specified
Denomination.
This Note may be a Fixed Rate Note, a Floating Rate Note, a Zero Coupon
Note, an Index Linked Interest Note or a combination of any of the foregoing,
depending upon the Interest Basis shown in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
This Note may be an Index Linked Redemption Note, an Instalment Note, a
Dual Currency Note, a Partly Paid Note or a combination of any of the foregoing,
depending on the Redemption/Payment Basis shown in the applicable Pricing
Supplement.
Definitive Notes are issued with Coupons attached, unless they are Zero
Coupon Notes in which case references to Coupons and Couponholders in these
Terms and Conditions are not applicable.
Subject as set out below, title to the Notes, Receipts and Coupons will
pass by delivery. The Issuer and the Paying Agents will (except as otherwise
required by law) deem and treat the bearer of any Note, Receipt or Coupon as the
absolute owner thereof (whether or not overdue and notwithstanding any notice of
ownership or writing thereon or notice of any previous loss or theft thereof)
for all purposes but, in the case of any Global Note, without prejudice to the
provisions set out in the next succeeding paragraph.
For so long as any of the Notes is represented by a Global Note held on
behalf of Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. as operator of the Euroclear System
("EUROCLEAR") and/or Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme ("CLEARSTREAM,
LUXEMBOURG"), each person (other than Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg) who
is for the time being shown in the records of Euroclear or of Clearstream,
Luxembourg as the holder of a particular nominal amount of such Notes (in which
regard any certificate or other document issued by Euroclear or Clearstream,
Luxembourg as to the nominal amount of such Notes standing to the account of any
person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes save in the case of
manifest error) shall be treated by the Issuer and the Paying Agents as the
holder of such nominal amount of such Notes for all purposes other than (except
as provided in the relevant Global Note) with respect to the payment of
principal or interest on such nominal amount of such Notes, for which purpose
the bearer of the relevant Global Note shall be treated by the Issuer and any
Paying Agent as the holder of such nominal amount of such Notes, all in
accordance with and subject to the terms of the relevant Global Note and the
expressions "NOTEHOLDER" and "HOLDER OF NOTES" and related expressions shall be
construed accordingly.
Notes which are represented by a Global Note will be transferable only in
accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg, as the case may be. References to Euroclear and/or Clearstream,
Luxembourg shall, whenever the context so permits, be deemed to include a
reference to any additional or alternative clearing system specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement.
2 STATUS OF THE NOTES
The Notes and any relative Receipts and Coupons are direct, unconditional,
unsubordinated and, subject to the provisions of Condition 3, unsecured
obligations of the Issuer and rank pari passu among themselves and (save for
certain obligations required to be preferred by law) equally with all other
(save as aforesaid) unsecured obligations (other than subordinated obligations,
if any) of the Issuer, from time to time outstanding.
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3 COVENANTS
(a) DEFINITIONS
As used in these Terms and Conditions:
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Issuer or
any committee of that board duly authorised to act hereunder.
"Non-Restricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary which shall be
designated by the Board of Directors as a Non-Restricted Subsidiary, and
(ii) any other Subsidiary of which the majority of the Voting Stock is
owned directly or indirectly by one or more Non-Restricted Subsidiaries, if
such other Subsidiary is a corporation, or in which a Non-Restricted
Subsidiary is a general partner, if such other Subsidiary is a limited
partnership.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President, a Vice President or the principal financial or
accounting officer, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Issuer, and delivered to the
Agent.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Issuer.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, limited liability company,
unincorporated organisation or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary other than a Non-Restricted
Subsidiary.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
trust more than 50 per cent. of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer or by one or more other
Subsidiaries, or by the Issuer and one or more other Subsidiaries.
"Voting Stock" means stock or other interests evidencing ownership in a
corporation, partnership or trust which ordinarily has voting power for the
election of directors, or other persons performing equivalent functions,
whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such
voting power by reason of any contingency.
(b) CONSOLIDATION
The Issuer shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, and the Issuer shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or
merge into the Issuer or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to the Issuer, unless:
(1) in case the Issuer shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and
assets of the Issuer substantially as an entirety shall be a
corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organised and validly
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Colombia and shall expressly assume, by an
instrument, executed and delivered to the Agent, in form satisfactory to
an independent financial institution of international repute selected by
the Issuer (which may be the Agent), such satisfaction to be recorded in
writing (a "FINANCIAL INSTITUTION'S CERTIFICATE"), the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and interest on all the Notes and the
performance of every covenant in the Notes on the part of the Issuer to
be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction no Event of
Default (as defined in Condition 9), and no event which, after notice or
lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have
happened and be continuing;
(3) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such
conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Issuer would
become subject to a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other
encumbrance which would not be permitted by these Terms and Conditions,
the Issuer or such successor Person shall take such steps as shall be
necessary effectively to secure the Notes equally and ratably with (or,
at the option of the Issuer, prior to) all indebtedness secured thereby;
and
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(4) the Issuer has delivered to the Agent an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if an instrument is required in
connection with such transaction, such instrument comply with this
Condition and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to such transaction have been complied with.
The Issuer shall promptly give notice in accordance with Condition 13 to
the Noteholders of any consolidation or merger pursuant to this Condition 3(b)
and such notice shall state that copies of the Financial Institution's
Certificate (if required) as referred to in (1) above, and the Officers'
Certificate referred to in (4) above are available for inspection (and copies
may be obtained) at the specified office of the Agent during normal business
hours.
Upon any consolidation by the Issuer with or merger by the Issuer into any
other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets
of the Issuer substantially as an entirety in accordance with Condition 3(b),
the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is
merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to,
and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer
under the Notes with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named
as the Issuer herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the
predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the
Notes.
(c) NEGATIVE PLEDGE
(i) The Issuer will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
issue, assume or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money secured by a
mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance of any nature (mortgages, pledges,
liens and other encumbrances being hereinafter called "MORTGAGE" or "MORTGAGES")
upon any property of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, or upon any shares
of stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, without in any such case effectively
providing, concurrently with the issuance, assumption or guarantee of any such
indebtedness for borrowed money, that the Notes (together with, if the Issuer
shall so determine, any other indebtedness of the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary ranking equally with the Notes then existing or thereafter created)
shall be secured equally and ratably with such indebtedness for borrowed money;
provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:
(1) mortgages existing on 1 November, 2000;
(2) mortgages to secure the payment of all or part of the purchase price
of such property (other than property acquired for lease to a Person
other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) upon the acquisition
of such property by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or to secure
any indebtedness for borrowed money incurred or guaranteed by the Issuer
or a Restricted Subsidiary prior to, at the time of, or within 60 days
after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction or
commencement of full operation of such property, which indebtedness for
borrowed money is incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing
all or any part of the purchase price thereof or construction thereof or
improvements thereon; provided, however, that in the case of any such
acquisition, construction or improvement, the mortgage shall not apply
to any property theretofore owned by the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary, other than, in the case of any such construction or
improvement, any theretofore unimproved real property on which the
property so constructed, or the improvement, is located;
(3) mortgages on the property of a Restricted Subsidiary on the date it
became a Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) mortgages securing indebtedness for borrowed money of a Restricted
Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(5) mortgages on property of a corporation existing at the time such
corporation is merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a purchase, lease or other
acquisition of the properties of a corporation or firm as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(6) any replacement or successive replacement in whole or in part of any
mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) to (5), inclusive;
provided, however, that the principal amount of the indebtedness for
borrowed money secured by the mortgage shall not be increased and the
principal repayment schedule and maturity of such indebtedness shall not
be extended and (i) such replacement shall be limited to all or a part
of the property which secured the mortgage so replaced (plus
improvements and construction on such property), or (ii) if the property
which secured the mortgage so replaced has been destroyed, condemned or
damaged and pursuant to the terms of the mortgage
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other property has been substituted therefor, then such replacement
shall be limited to all or part of such substituted property; or
(7) liens created by or resulting from any litigation or other proceeding
which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings,
including liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Issuer or
any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary is in good faith prosecuting an appeal or
proceedings for review; or liens incurred by the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of obtaining a stay or discharge
in the course of any litigation or other proceeding to which the Issuer
or such Restricted Subsidiary is a party; or
(8) liens for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or levies not
yet due or delinquent, or which can thereafter be paid without penalty,
or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
landlord's liens on property held under lease; and any other liens or
charges incidental to the conduct of the business of the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary or the ownership of the property and assets of any
of them which were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of
money or the obtaining of advances or credit and which do not, in the
opinion of the Issuer, materially impair the use of such property in the
operation of the business of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary or
the value of such property for the purposes of such business.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Condition 3(c), the
Issuer and any one or more Restricted Subsidiaries may issue, assume or
guarantee indebtedness for borrowed money secured by mortgages which would
otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions in an aggregate amount which,
together with all the other outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money of the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by mortgages which is not listed
in clauses (1) through (8) of subsection (i) of this Condition 3(c), does not at
the time exceed 12 1/2 per cent. of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as
determined by reference to the audited consolidated financial statements of the
Issuer as of the end of the fiscal year preceding the date of determination.
(iii) For the purposes of this Condition 3(c) only, "CONSOLIDATED NET
TANGIBLE ASSETS" means the total amount of assets (less depreciation and
valuation reserves and other reserves and items deductible from the gross book
value of specific asset amounts under generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States) which under generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States would be included on a balance sheet of the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, after deducting therefrom (i) all liability items
except indebtedness (whether incurred, assumed or guaranteed) for borrowed money
maturing by its terms more than one year from the date of creation thereof or
which is extendible or renewable at the sole option of the obligor in such
manner that it may become payable more than one year from the date of creation
thereof, shareholders' equity and reserves for deferred income taxes, (ii) all
goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and
expense and other like intangibles, which in each case would be so included on
such balance sheet, and (iii) amounts invested in, or equity in the net assets
of, Non-Restricted Subsidiaries.
(d) RESTRICTIONS ON THE PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS
No dividend whatever shall be paid or declared nor shall any distributions
be made on any capital stock of the Issuer (except in shares of, or warrants or
rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, capital stock of the Issuer), nor
shall any payment be made by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to acquire
or retire shares of such stock, at a time when an Event of Default as defined in
clauses (1) or (2) of Condition 9 has occurred and is continuing.
(e) RESTRICTIONS ON PERMITTING RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES TO BECOME NON-RESTRICTED
SUBSIDIARIES AND NON-RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES TO BECOME RESTRICTED
SUBSIDIARIES
(i) The Issuer will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to be designated
as or otherwise to become a Non-Restricted Subsidiary unless immediately after
such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Non-Restricted Subsidiary, it will not own,
directly or indirectly, any capital stock or indebtedness of any Restricted
Subsidiary.
(ii) The Issuer will not permit any Non-Restricted Subsidiary to be
designated as or otherwise to become a Restricted Subsidiary unless:
(1) such Non-Restricted Subsidiary is not a Subsidiary substantially all
of the physical properties of which are located, or substantially all of
the business of which is carried on, outside the United States of
America, its territories and possessions and Puerto Rico; and
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(2) immediately thereafter such Subsidiary has outstanding no mortgages
in respect of any of its assets except as would have been permitted by
Condition 3(c) had such mortgages been incurred immediately thereafter.
(iii) Promptly after the adoption of any resolution by the Board of
Directors designating a Restricted Subsidiary as a Non-Restricted Subsidiary or
a Non-Restricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, a copy thereof certified
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer shall be filed with the
Agent, together with an Officers' Certificate stating that the provisions of
this Condition 3(e) have been complied with in connection with such designation.
Noteholders shall be entitled at any time during normal business hours to obtain
a list from the specified office of the Agent of Restricted Subsidiaries and
Non-Restricted Subsidiaries and copies of (i) any certificate filed by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and (ii) any Officers' Certificate
delivered, in each case, pursuant to this paragraph (iii).
(f) RESTRICTION ON INVESTMENTS IN NON-RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES
The Issuer will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make
any investment in, or transfer any assets to, a Non-Restricted Subsidiary if
immediately thereafter the Issuer would be in breach of or in default in the
performance of any covenant of the Issuer contained in these Terms and
Conditions.
4 INTEREST
(a) INTEREST ON FIXED RATE NOTES
Each Fixed Rate Note bears interest on its outstanding nominal amount (or,
if it is a Partly Paid Note, the amount paid up) from (and including) the
Interest Commencement Date at the rate(s) per annum equal to the Rate(s) of
Interest. Interest will be payable in arrear on the Interest Payment Date(s) in
each year and on the Maturity Date if that does not fall on an Interest Payment
Date.
Except as provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the amount of
interest payable on each Interest Payment Date in respect of the Fixed Interest
Period ending on (but excluding) such date will amount to the Fixed Coupon
Amount. Payments of interest on any Interest Payment Date will, if so specified
in the applicable Pricing Supplement, amount to the Broken Amount so specified.
As used in these Terms and Conditions, "FIXED INTEREST PERIOD" means the
period from (and including) an Interest Payment Date (or the Interest
Commencement Date) to (but excluding) the next (or first) Interest Payment Date.
If interest is required to be calculated for a period other than a Fixed
Interest Period, such interest shall be calculated by applying the Rate of
Interest to each Specified Denomination, multiplying such sum by the applicable
Day Count Fraction, and rounding the resultant figure to the nearest sub-unit of
the relevant Specified Currency, half of any such sub-unit being rounded upwards
or otherwise in accordance with applicable market convention.
In these Terms and Conditions,
"DAY COUNT FRACTION" means, in respect of the calculation of an amount of
interest in accordance with this Condition 4(a):
(i) if "Actual/Actual (ISMA)" is specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement:
(a) in the case of Notes where the number of days in the relevant
period from (and including) the most recent Interest Payment
Date (or, if none, the Interest Commencement Date) to (but
excluding) the relevant payment date (the "ACCRUAL PERIOD") is
equal to or shorter than the Determination Period during which
the Accrual Period ends, the number of days in such Accrual
Period divided by the product of (1) the number of days in such
Determination Period and (2) the number of Determination Dates
(as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement) that would
occur in one calendar year; or
(b) in the case of Notes where the Accrual Period is longer than
the Determination Period during which the Accrual Period ends,
the sum of:
(1) the number of days in such Accrual Period falling in the
Determination Period in which the Accrual Period begins
divided by the product of (x) the number of days in such
Determination Period and (y) the number of Determination
Dates that would occur in one calendar year; and
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(2) the number of days in such Accrual Period falling in the
next Determination Period divided by the product of (x)
the number of days in such Determination Period and (y)
the number of Determination Dates that would occur in one
calendar year; and
(ii) if "30/360" is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
the number of days in the period from (and including) the most
recent Interest Payment Date (or, if none, the Interest
Commencement Date) to (but excluding) the relevant payment date
(such number of days being calculated on the basis of a year of 360
days with 12 30-day months) divided by 360.
In these Terms and Conditions:
"DETERMINATION PERIOD" means the period from (and including) a
Determination Date to (but excluding) the next Determination Date
(including, where either the Interest Commencement Date or the final
Interest Payment Date is not a Determination Date, the period commencing
on the first Determination Date prior to, and ending on the first
Determination Date falling after, such date);
"SUB-UNIT" means, with respect to any currency other than euro, the
lowest amount of such currency that is available as legal tender in the
country of such currency and, with respect to euro, means one cent.
(b) INTEREST ON FLOATING RATE NOTES AND INDEX LINKED INTEREST NOTES
(i) Interest Payment Dates
Each Floating Rate Note and Index Linked Interest Note bears interest on
its outstanding nominal amount (or, if it is a Partly Paid Note, the amount paid
up) from (and including) the Interest Commencement Date and such interest will
be payable in arrear on either:
(A) the Specified Interest Payment Date(s) (each an "INTEREST PAYMENT
DATE") in each year specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; or
(B) if no Specified Interest Payment Date(s) is/are specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, each date (each an "INTEREST PAYMENT
DATE") which falls the number of months or other period specified as the
Specified Period in the applicable Pricing Supplement after the
preceding Interest Payment Date or, in the case of the first Interest
Payment Date, after the Interest Commencement Date.
Such interest will be payable in respect of each Interest Period (which
expression shall, in these Terms and Conditions, mean the period from (and
including) an Interest Payment Date (or the Interest Commencement Date) to (but
excluding) the next (or first) Interest Payment Date).
If a Business Day Convention is specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement and (x) if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month in which an Interest Payment Date should occur or (y) if any Interest
Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day, then, if
the Business Day Convention specified is:
(1) in any case where Specified Periods are specified in accordance with
Condition 4(b)(i)(B) above, the Floating Rate Convention, such Interest
Payment Date (i) in the case of (x) above, shall be the last day that is
a Business Day in the relevant month and the provisions of (B) below
shall apply mutatis mutandis or (ii) in the case of (y) above, shall be
postponed to the next day which is a Business Day unless it would
thereby fall into the next calendar month, in which event (A) such
Interest Payment Date shall be brought forward to the immediately
preceding Business Day and (B) each subsequent Interest Payment Date
shall be the last Business Day in the month which falls the Specified
Period after the preceding applicable Interest Payment Date occurred; or
(2) the Following Business Day Convention, such Interest Payment Date
shall be postponed to the next day which is a Business Day; or
(3) the Modified Following Business Day Convention, such Interest Payment
Date shall be postponed to the next day which is a Business Day unless
it would thereby fall into the next calendar month, in which event such
Interest Payment Date shall be brought forward to the immediately
preceding Business Day; or
(4) the Preceding Business Day Convention, such Interest Payment Date
shall be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day.
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In these Terms and Conditions, "BUSINESS DAY" means a day which is both:
(A) a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle
payments and are open for general business (including dealing in foreign
exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London and any Additional
Business Centre specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; and
(B) either (1) in relation to any sum payable in a Specified Currency
other than euro, a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange
markets settle payments and are open for general business (including
dealing in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in the
principal financial centre of the country of the relevant Specified
Currency (if other than London and any Additional Business Centre and
which, if the Specified Currency is Australian dollars or New Zealand
dollars, shall be Sydney and Auckland, respectively) or (2) in relation
to any sum payable in euro, a day on which the Trans-European Automated
Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System (the "TARGET
SYSTEM") is open.
(ii) Rate of Interest
The Rate of Interest payable from time to time in respect of Floating Rate
Notes and Index Linked Interest Notes will be determined in the manner specified
in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
(A) ISDA Determination for Floating Rate Notes
Where ISDA Determination is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement
as the manner in which the Rate of Interest is to be determined, the Rate of
Interest for each Interest Period will be the relevant ISDA Rate plus or minus
(as indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement) the Margin (if any). For the
purposes of this sub-paragraph (A), "ISDA RATE" for an Interest Period means a
rate equal to the Floating Rate that would be determined by the Agent under an
interest rate swap transaction if the Agent were acting as Calculation Agent for
that swap transaction under the terms of an agreement incorporating the 2000
ISDA Definitions as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc. and as amended and updated as at the Issue Date of the first
Tranche of the Notes (the "ISDA DEFINITIONS") and under which:
(1) the Floating Rate Option is as specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement;
(2) the Designated Maturity is a period specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement; and
(3) the relevant Reset Date is either (i) if the applicable Floating Rate
Option is based on the London inter-bank offered rate ("LIBOR") or on
the Euro-zone inter-bank offered rate ("EURIBOR") for a currency, the
first day of that Interest Period or (ii) in any other case, as
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
For the purposes of this sub-paragraph (A), "FLOATING RATE", "CALCULATION
AGENT", "FLOATING RATE OPTION", "DESIGNATED MATURITY" and "RESET DATE" have the
meanings given to those terms in the ISDA Definitions.
(B) Screen Rate Determination for Floating Rate Notes
Where Screen Rate Determination is specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement as the manner in which the Rate of Interest is to be determined, the
Rate of Interest for each Interest Period will, subject as provided below, be
either:
(1) the offered quotation; or
(2) the arithmetic mean (rounded if necessary to the fifth decimal place,
with 0.000005 being rounded upwards) of the offered quotations,
(expressed as a percentage rate per annum) for the Reference Rate which
appears or appear, as the case may be, on the Relevant Screen Page as at
11.00 a.m. (London time, in the case of LIBOR, or Brussels time, in the
case of EURIBOR) on the Interest Determination Date in question plus or
minus (as indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement) the Margin (if
any), all as determined by the Agent. If five or more of such offered
quotations are available on the Relevant Screen Page, the highest (or,
if there is more than one such highest quotation, one only of such
quotations) and the lowest (or, if there is more than one such lowest
quotation, one only of such quotations) shall be disregarded by the
Agent for the purpose of determining the arithmetic mean (rounded as
provided above) of such offered quotations.
The Agency Agreement contains provisions for determining the Rate of
Interest in the event that the Relevant Screen Page is not available or
if, in the case of (1) above, no such offered quotation appears or, in
the case of (2) above, fewer than three such offered quotations appear,
in each case as at the time specified in the preceding paragraph.
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If the Reference Rate from time to time in respect of Floating Rate
Notes is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as being other
than LIBOR or EURIBOR, the Rate of Interest in respect of such Notes
will be determined as provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
(iii) Minimum Rate of Interest and/or Maximum Rate of Interest
If the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies a Minimum Rate of Interest
for any Interest Period, then, in the event that the Rate of Interest in respect
of such Interest Period determined in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph (ii) above is less than such Minimum Rate of Interest, the Rate of
Interest for such Interest Period shall be such Minimum Rate of Interest.
If the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies a Maximum Rate of Interest
for any Interest Period, then, in the event that the Rate of Interest in respect
of such Interest Period determined in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph (ii) above is greater than such Maximum Rate of Interest, the Rate of
Interest for such Interest Period shall be such Maximum Rate of Interest.
(iv) Determination of Rate of Interest and Calculation of Interest Amounts
The Agent, in the case of Floating Rate Notes, and the Calculation Agent,
in the case of Index Linked Interest Notes, will at or as soon as practicable
after each time at which the Rate of Interest is to be determined, determine the
Rate of Interest for the relevant Interest Period. In the case of Index Linked
Interest Notes, the Calculation Agent will notify the Agent of the Rate of
Interest for the relevant Interest Period as soon as practicable after
calculating the same.
The Agent will calculate the amount of interest (the "INTEREST AMOUNT")
payable on the Floating Rate Notes or Index Linked Interest Notes in respect of
each Specified Denomination for the relevant Interest Period. Each Interest
Amount shall be calculated by applying the Rate of Interest to each Specified
Denomination, multiplying such sum by the applicable Day Count Fraction, and
rounding the resultant figure to the nearest sub-unit of the relevant Specified
Currency, half of any such sub-unit being rounded upwards or otherwise in
accordance with applicable market convention.
"DAY COUNT FRACTION" means, in respect of the calculation of an amount of
interest in accordance with this Condition 4(b):
(i) if "Actual/365" or "Actual/Actual" is specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, the actual number of days in the Interest Period
divided by 365 (or, if any portion of that Interest Period falls in a
leap year, the sum of (A) the actual number of days in that portion of
the Interest Period falling in a leap year divided by 366 and (B) the
actual number of days in that portion of the Interest Period falling in
a non-leap year divided by 365);
(ii) if "Actual/365 (Fixed)" is specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, the actual number of days in the Interest Period divided by
365;
(iii) if "Actual/365 (Sterling)" is specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, the actual number of days in the Interest Period divided by
365 or, in the case of an Interest Payment Date falling in a leap year,
366;
(iv) if "Actual/360" is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
the actual number of days in the Interest Period divided by 360;
(v) if "30/360", "360/360" or "Bond Basis" is specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, the number of days in the Interest Period divided by
360 (the number of days to be calculated on the basis of a year of 360
days with 12 30-day months (unless (a) the last day of the Interest
Period is the 31st day of a month but the first day of the Interest
Period is a day other than the 30th or 31st day of a month, in which
case the month that includes that last day shall not be considered to be
shortened to a 30-day month, or (b) the last day of the Interest Period
is the last day of the month of February, in which case the month of
February shall not be considered to be lengthened to a 30-day month));
and
(vi) if "30E/360" or "Eurobond Basis" is specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, the number of days in the Interest Period divided by
360 (the number of days to be calculated on the basis of a year of 360
days with 12 30-day months, without regard to the date of the first day
or last day of the Interest Period unless, in the case of an Interest
Period ending on the Maturity Date, the Maturity Date is the last day of
the month of February, in which case the month of February shall not be
considered to be lengthened to a 30-day month).
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(v) Notification of Rate of Interest and Interest Amounts
The Agent will cause the Rate of Interest and each Interest Amount for each
Interest Period and the relevant Interest Payment Date to be notified to the
Issuer and any stock exchange or other relevant authority on which the relevant
Floating Rate Notes or Index Linked Interest Notes are for the time being listed
or by which they have been admitted to listing and notice thereof to be given to
the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 13 as soon as possible after their
determination but in no event later than the fourth London Business Day
thereafter. Each Interest Amount and Interest Payment Date so notified may
subsequently be amended (or appropriate alternative arrangements made by way of
adjustment) without prior notice in the event of an extension or shortening of
the Interest Period. Any such amendment will be promptly notified to each stock
exchange or other relevant authority on which the relevant Floating Rate Notes
or Index Linked Interest Notes are for the time being listed or by which they
have been admitted to listing and to the Noteholders in accordance with
Condition 13. For the purposes of this paragraph, the expression "LONDON
BUSINESS DAY" means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks and
foreign exchange markets are open for business in London.
(vi) Certificates to be Final
All certificates, communications, opinions, determinations, calculations,
quotations and decisions given, expressed, made or obtained for the purposes of
the provisions of this Condition 4(b), whether by the Agent or, if applicable,
the Calculation Agent, shall (in the absence of wilful default, bad faith or
manifest error) be binding on the Issuer, the Agent or, if applicable, the
Calculation Agent, the other Paying Agents and all Noteholders, Receiptholders
and Couponholders and (in the absence as aforesaid) no liability to the Issuer,
the Noteholders, the Receiptholders or the Couponholders shall attach to the
Agent or the Calculation Agent (if applicable) in connection with the exercise
or non-exercise by it of its powers, duties and discretions pursuant to such
provisions.
(c) INTEREST ON DUAL CURRENCY NOTES
In the case of Dual Currency Notes, if the rate or amount of interest is to
be determined by reference to an exchange rate, the rate or amount of interest
payable shall be determined in the manner specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement.
(d) INTEREST ON PARTLY PAID NOTES
In the case of Partly Paid Notes (other than Partly Paid Notes which are
Zero Coupon Notes), interest will accrue as aforesaid on the paid-up nominal
amount of such Notes and otherwise as specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement.
(e) ACCRUAL OF INTEREST
Each Note (or in the case of the redemption of part only of a Note, that
part only of such Note) will cease to bear interest (if any) from the date for
its redemption unless, upon due presentation thereof, payment of principal is
improperly withheld or refused. In such event, interest will continue to accrue
until whichever is the earlier of:
(1) the date on which all amounts due in respect of such Note have been
paid; and
(2) five days after the date on which the full amount of the moneys
payable in respect of such Note has been received by the Agent and
notice to that effect has been given to the Noteholders in accordance
with Condition 13.
5 PAYMENTS
(a) METHOD OF PAYMENT
Subject as provided below:
(i) payments in a Specified Currency other than euro will be made by
credit or transfer to an account in the relevant Specified Currency
(which, in the case of a payment in Japanese yen to a non-resident of
Japan, shall be a non-resident account) maintained by the payee with,
or, at the option of the payee, by a cheque in such Specified Currency
drawn on, a bank in the principal financial centre of the country of
such Specified Currency (which, if the Specified Currency is Australian
dollars or New Zealand dollars, shall be Sydney and Auckland,
respectively); and
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(ii) payments in euro will be made by credit or transfer to a euro
account (or any other account to which euro may be credited or
transferred) specified by the payee or, at the option of the payee, by a
euro cheque.
Payments will be subject in all cases to any fiscal or other laws and
regulations applicable thereto in the place of payment, but without prejudice to
the provisions of Condition 7.
(b) PRESENTATION OF DEFINITIVE NOTES, RECEIPTS AND COUPONS
Payments of principal in respect of definitive Notes will (subject as
provided below) be made in the manner provided in paragraph (a) above only
against presentation and surrender (or, in the case of part payment of any sum
due, endorsement) of definitive Notes, and payments of interest in respect of
definitive Notes will (subject as provided below) be made as aforesaid only
against presentation and surrender (or, in the case of part payment of any sum
due, endorsement) of Coupons, in each case at the specified office of any Paying
Agent outside the United States (which expression, as used herein, means the
United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia, its
territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction)).
Payments of instalments of principal (if any) in respect of definitive
Notes, other than the final instalment, will (subject as provided below) be made
in the manner provided in paragraph (a) above against presentation and surrender
(or, in the case of part payment of any sum due, endorsement) of the relevant
Receipt in accordance with the preceding paragraph. Payment of the final
instalment will be made in the manner provided in paragraph (a) above only
against presentation and surrender (or, in the case of part payment of any sum
due, endorsement) of the relevant Note in accordance with the preceding
paragraph. Each Receipt must be presented for payment of the relevant instalment
together with the definitive Note to which it appertains. Receipts presented
without the definitive Note to which they appertain do not constitute valid
obligations of the Issuer. Upon the date on which any definitive Note becomes
due and repayable, unmatured Receipts (if any) relating thereto (whether or not
attached) shall become void and no payment shall be made in respect thereof.
Fixed Rate Notes in definitive form (other than Dual Currency Notes, Index
Linked Notes or Long Maturity Notes (as defined below)) should be presented for
payment together with all unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto (which
expression shall for this purpose include Coupons which are to be issued on
exchange of matured Talons), failing which the amount of any missing unmatured
Coupon (or, in the case of payment not being made in full, the same proportion
of the amount of such missing unmatured Coupon as the sum so paid bears to the
sum due) will be deducted from the sum due for payment. Each amount of principal
so deducted will be paid in the manner mentioned above against surrender of the
relevant missing Coupon at any time before the expiry of 10 years after the
Relevant Date (as defined in Condition 7) in respect of such principal (whether
or not such Coupon would otherwise have become void under Condition 8) or, if
later, five years from the date on which such Coupon would otherwise have become
due, but in no event thereafter.
Upon any Fixed Rate Note in definitive form becoming due and repayable
prior to its Maturity Date, all unmatured Talons (if any) appertaining thereto
will become void and no further Coupons will be issued in respect thereof.
Upon the date on which any Floating Rate Note, Dual Currency Note or Index
Linked Interest Note in definitive form becomes due and repayable, unmatured
Coupons and Talons (if any) relating thereto (whether or not attached) shall
become void and no payment or, as the case may be, exchange for further Coupons
shall be made in respect thereof. A "LONG MATURITY NOTE" is a Fixed Rate Note
(other than a Fixed Rate Note which on issue had a Talon attached) whose nominal
amount on issue is less than the aggregate interest payable thereon provided
that such Note shall cease to be a Long Maturity Note on the Interest Payment
Date on which the aggregate amount of interest remaining to be paid after that
date is less than the nominal amount of such Note.
If the due date for redemption of any definitive Note is not an Interest
Payment Date, interest (if any) accrued in respect of such Note from (and
including) the preceding Interest Payment Date or the Interest Commencement
Date, as the case may be, shall be payable only against surrender of the
relevant definitive Note.
(c) PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF GLOBAL NOTES
Payments of principal and interest (if any) in respect of Notes represented
by any Global Note will (subject as provided below) be made in the manner
specified above in relation to definitive Notes and otherwise in the manner
specified in the relevant Global Note against presentation or surrender, as the
case may be, of such Global Note at the specified office of any Paying Agent
outside the United States. A record of each payment made against presentation or
surrender of any Global Note, distinguishing between any payment of principal
and any
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payment of interest, will be made on such Global Note by the Paying Agent to
which it was presented and such record shall be prima facie evidence that the
payment in question has been made.
(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PAYMENTS
The holder of a Global Note shall be the only person entitled to receive
payments in respect of Notes represented by such Global Note and the Issuer will
be discharged by payment to, or to the order of, the holder of such Global Note
in respect of each amount so paid. Each of the persons shown in the records of
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg as the beneficial holder of a particular
nominal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note must look solely to
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be, for his share of each
payment so made by the Issuer to, or to the order of, the holder of such Global
Note.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Condition, if any amount
of principal and/or interest in respect of Notes is payable in U.S. dollars,
such U.S. dollar payments of principal and/or interest in respect of such Notes
will be made at the specified office of a Paying Agent in the United States only
if:
(i) the Issuer has appointed Paying Agents with specified offices outside
the United States with the reasonable expectation that such Paying
Agents would be able to make payment in U.S. dollars at such
specified offices outside the United States of the full amount of
principal and interest on the Notes in the manner provided above when
due;
(ii) payment of the full amount of such principal and interest at all
such specified offices outside the United States is illegal or
effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar
restrictions on the full payment or receipt of principal and
interest in U.S. dollars; and
(iii) such payment is then permitted under United States law without
involving, in the opinion of the Issuer, adverse tax consequences to
the Issuer.
(e) PAYMENT DAY
If the date for payment of any amount in respect of any Note, Receipt or
Coupon is not a Payment Day, the holder thereof shall not be entitled to payment
until the next following Payment Day in the relevant place and shall not be
entitled to further interest or other payment in respect of such delay. For
these purposes, "PAYMENT DAY" means any day which (subject to Condition 8) is:
(i) a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle
payments and are open for general business (including dealing in
foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in:
(A) the relevant place of presentation;
(B) London;
(C) any Additional Financial Centre specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement; and
(ii) either (1) in relation to any sum payable in a Specified Currency
other than euro, a day on which commercial banks and foreign
exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business
(including dealing in foreign exchange and foreign currency
deposits) in the principal financial centre of the country of the
relevant Specified Currency (if other than the place of
presentation, London and any Additional Financial Centre and which
if the Specified Currency is Australian dollars or New Zealand
dollars shall be Sydney and Auckland, respectively) or (2) in
relation to any sum payable in euro, a day on which the TARGET
System is open.
(f) INTERPRETATION OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
Any reference in these Terms and Conditions to principal in respect of the
Notes shall be deemed to include, as applicable:
(i) any additional amounts which may be payable with respect to principal
under Condition 7;
(ii) the Final Redemption Amount of the Notes;
(iii) the Early Redemption Amount of the Notes;
(iv) the Optional Redemption Amount(s) (if any) of the Notes;
(v) in relation to Notes redeemable in instalments, the Instalment
Amounts;
(vi) in relation to Zero Coupon Notes, the Amortised Face Amount (as
defined in Condition 6(e)); and
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(vii) any premium and any other amounts (other than interest) which may be
payable by the Issuer under or in respect of the Notes.
Any reference in these Terms and Conditions to interest in respect of the
Notes shall be deemed to include, as applicable, any additional amounts which
may be payable with respect to interest under Condition 7.
6 REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE
(a) REDEMPTION AT MATURITY
Unless previously redeemed or purchased and cancelled as specified below,
each Note will be redeemed by the Issuer at its Final Redemption Amount
specified in, or determined in the manner specified in, the applicable Pricing
Supplement in the relevant Specified Currency on the Maturity Date.
(b) REDEMPTION FOR TAX REASONS
If (i) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any
regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States (or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), or any change in
the official application (including a ruling by a court of competent
jurisdiction in the United States) or interpretation of such laws, regulations
or rulings, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or
after the Issue Date of the first Tranche of the Notes, the Issuer becomes or
will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes or
Coupons or Receipts as provided in Condition 7 or (ii) any act is taken by a
taxing authority of the United States on or after the Issue Date of the first
Tranche of the Notes, whether or not such act is taken with respect to the
Issuer or any affiliate, that results in a substantial likelihood that the
Issuer will or may be required to pay such Additional Amounts, then the Issuer
may, at its option, redeem, as a whole, but not in part, the Notes on not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice (ending, in the case of Floating
Rate Notes or Index Linked Interest Notes, on an Interest Payment Date), at
their Early Redemption Amount calculated in accordance with Condition 6(e)),
together with accrued interest (if any) thereon, to but excluding the due date
for redemption; provided that the Issuer determines, in its business judgment,
that the obligation to pay such Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use
of reasonable measures available to it, not including substitution of the
obligor under the Notes or any action that would entail a material cost to the
Issuer.
No redemption pursuant to (ii) above may be made unless the Issuer shall
have received an opinion of independent counsel to the effect that an act taken
by a taxing authority of the United States results in a substantial likelihood
that it will or may be required to pay the Additional Amounts described above
and the Issuer shall have delivered to the Agent a certificate, signed by a duly
authorised officer, stating that based on such opinion the Issuer is entitled to
redeem the Notes pursuant to this provision.
(c) REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE ISSUER (ISSUER CALL)
If Issuer Call is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
Issuer may, having given:
(i) not less than 15 nor more than 30 days' notice to the Noteholders in
accordance with Condition 13; and
(ii) not less than 15 days before the giving of the notice referred to in
(i), notice to the Agent;
(which notices shall be irrevocable and shall specify the date fixed for
redemption), redeem all or some only of the Notes then outstanding on any
Optional Redemption Date and at the Optional Redemption Amount(s) specified
in, or determined in the manner specified in, the applicable Pricing
Supplement together, if appropriate, with interest accrued to (but
excluding) the relevant Optional Redemption Date. Any such redemption must
be of a nominal amount at least equal to the Minimum Redemption Amount or
not greater than the Maximum Redemption Amount. In the case of a partial
redemption of Notes, the Notes to be redeemed ("REDEEMED NOTES") will be
selected individually by lot, in the case of Redeemed Notes represented by
definitive Notes, and in accordance with the rules of Euroclear and/or
Clearstream, Luxembourg, in the case of Redeemed Notes represented by a
Global Note, not more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption
(such date of selection being hereinafter called the "SELECTION DATE"). In
the case of Redeemed Notes represented by definitive Notes, a list of the
serial numbers of such Redeemed Notes will be published in accordance with
Condition 13 not less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for redemption.
The aggregate nominal amount of Redeemed Notes represented by definitive
Notes shall bear the same proportion to the aggregate nominal amount of all
Redeemed Notes as the aggregate nominal amount of definitive Notes
outstanding bears to the aggregate nominal amount of the Notes outstanding,
in each case on the Selection Date, provided that such first mentioned
nominal amount shall, if necessary, be
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rounded downwards to the nearest integral multiple of the Specified
Denomination, and the aggregate nominal amount of Redeemed Notes
represented by a Global Note shall be equal to the balance of the Redeemed
Notes. No exchange of the relevant Global Note will be permitted during the
period from (and including) the Selection Date to (and including) the date
fixed for redemption pursuant to this paragraph (c) and notice to that
effect shall be given by the Issuer to the Noteholders in accordance with
Condition 13 at least five days prior to the Selection Date.
(d) REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE NOTEHOLDERS (INVESTOR PUT)
If Investor Put is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, upon the
holder of any Note giving to the Issuer in accordance with Condition 13 not less
than 15 nor more than 30 days' notice the Issuer will, upon the expiry of such
notice, redeem, subject to, and in accordance with, the terms specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, such Note on the Optional Redemption Date and at
the Optional Redemption Amount together, if appropriate, with interest accrued
to (but excluding) the Optional Redemption Date.
If this Note is in definitive form, to exercise the right to require
redemption of this Note the holder of this Note must deliver such Note at the
specified office of any Paying Agent at any time during normal business hours of
such Paying Agent falling within the notice period, accompanied by a duly
completed and signed notice of exercise in the form (for the time being current)
obtainable from any specified office of any Paying Agent (a "Put Notice") and in
which the holder must specify a bank account (or, if payment is required to be
made by cheque, an address) to which payment is to be made under this Condition.
Any Put Notice given by a holder of any Note pursuant to this paragraph
shall be irrevocable except where prior to the due date of redemption an Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing in which event such holder, at
its option, may elect by notice to the Issuer to withdraw the notice given
pursuant to this paragraph and instead to declare such Note forthwith due and
payable pursuant to Condition 9.
(e) EARLY REDEMPTION AMOUNTS
For the purpose of paragraph (b) above and Condition 9, each Note will be
redeemed at the Early Redemption Amount calculated as follows:
(i) in the case of a Note with a Final Redemption Amount equal to the
Issue Price, at the Final Redemption Amount thereof;
(ii) in the case of a Note (other than a Zero Coupon Note but including
an Instalment Note and a Partly Paid Note) with a Final Redemption
Amount which is or may be less or greater than the Issue Price or
which is payable in a Specified Currency other than that in which
the Notes are denominated, at the amount specified in, or determined
in the manner specified in, the applicable Pricing Supplement or, if
no such amount or manner is so specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, at its nominal amount; or
(iii) in the case of a Zero Coupon Note, at an amount ( the "AMORTISED
FACE AMOUNT") calculated in accordance with the following formula::
Early Redemption Amount = RP X (1 + AY)(y)
where:
"RP" means the Reference Price;
"AY" means the Accrual Yield expressed as a decimal; and
"Y" is a fraction the numerator of which is equal to the number
of days (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of 12 months of 30 days each) from (and
including) the Issue Date of the first Tranche of the Notes
to (but excluding) the date fixed for redemption or (as the
case may be) the date upon which such Note becomes due and
repayable and the denominator of which is 360,
or on such other calculation basis as may be specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement.
(f) INSTALMENTS
Instalment Notes will be redeemed in the Instalment Amounts and on the
Instalment Dates. In the case of early redemption, the Early Redemption Amount
will be determined pursuant to paragraph (e) above.
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(g) PARTLY PAID NOTES
Partly Paid Notes will be redeemed, whether at maturity, early redemption
or otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of this Condition and the
applicable Pricing Supplement.
(h) PURCHASES
The Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer may at any time purchase Notes
(provided that, in the case of definitive Notes, all unmatured Receipts, Coupons
and Talons appertaining thereto are purchased therewith) at any price in the
open market or otherwise. Such Notes may be held, reissued, resold or, at the
option of the Issuer, surrendered to any Paying Agent for cancellation.
(i) CANCELLATION
All Notes which are redeemed will forthwith be cancelled (together with all
unmatured Receipts, Coupons and Talons attached thereto or surrendered therewith
at the time of redemption). All Notes so cancelled and the Notes purchased and
cancelled pursuant to paragraph (h) above (together with all unmatured Receipts,
Coupons and Talons cancelled therewith) shall be forwarded to the Agent and
cannot be reissued or resold.
(j) LATE PAYMENT ON ZERO COUPON NOTES
If the amount payable in respect of any Zero Coupon Note upon redemption of
such Zero Coupon Note pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) above or upon
its becoming due and repayable as provided in Condition 9 is improperly withheld
or refused, the amount due and repayable in respect of such Zero Coupon Note
shall be the amount calculated as provided in paragraph (e)(iii) above as though
the references therein to the date fixed for the redemption or the date upon
which such Zero Coupon Note becomes due and payable were replaced by references
to the date which is the earlier of:
(i) the date on which all amounts due in respect of such Zero Coupon Note
have been paid; and
(ii) five days after the date on which the full amount of the moneys
payable in respect of such Zero Coupon Note has been received by the
Agent and notice to that effect has been given to the Noteholders in
accordance with Condition 13.
7 TAXATION
(a) The Issuer will, subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth
below, pay to the holder of any Note, Receipt or Coupon who is a United States
Alien (as defined below) as additional interest such additional amounts
("ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS") as may be necessary so that every net payment on such
Note, Receipt or Coupon, after deduction or other withholding for or on account
of any present or future tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon or
as a result of such payment by the United States (or any political subdivision
or taxing authority thereof or therein), will not be less than the amount
provided in such Note or in such Receipt or in such Coupon to be then due and
payable. However, the Issuer will not be required to make any payment of
Additional Amounts for or on account of:
(i) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge ("TAX") that would
not have been so imposed but for (1) the existence of any present or
former connection between such holder or beneficial owner (or between
a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or a
person holding a power over, such holder, if such holder is an
estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and the United States or
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein,
including, without limitation, such holder (or such fiduciary,
settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or person holding a power)
being or having been a citizen or resident or treated as a resident
thereof, or being or having been engaged in a trade or business or
present therein, or having or having had a permanent establishment
therein, (2) the presentation by the holder or beneficial owner of
any Note, any Receipt or any Coupon for payment on a date more than
10 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable
or the date on which payment thereof was duly provided for, whichever
occurred later, or (3) such holder's or beneficial owner's present or
former status as a personal holding company, a foreign personal
holding company or a controlled foreign corporation for United States
tax purposes, a private foundation or other foreign tax-exempt
organization (as those terms are used for United States tax purposes)
or a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid United States
Federal income tax;
(ii) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, wealth, personal
property or similar Tax;
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(iii) any Tax that is payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding
from a payment on a Note, Receipt or Coupon;
(iv) any Tax required to be withheld or deducted by any Paying Agent in
respect of any payment on a Note, Receipt or Coupon where such
withholding or deduction could have been avoided by presenting the
relevant Note, Receipt or Coupon to another Paying Agent;
(v) any Tax that would not have been imposed but for a failure to comply
with any applicable certification, information, identification,
documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the
nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States
of the holder or beneficial owner of a Note, Receipt or Coupon if,
without regard to any tax treaties, such compliance is required as a
precondition to relief or exemption from such Tax;
(vi) any Tax imposed on interest received by (1) a person that actually or
constructively holds 10 per cent. or more of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Issuer entitled to vote
or (2) a bank on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan
agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or
business;
(vii) any Tax imposed on any payment on a Note, Receipt or Coupon to a
holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole
beneficial owner of such payment to the extent a beneficiary or
settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such partnership
or the beneficial owner would not have been entitled to the
Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or
beneficial owner been the holder of such Note, Receipt or Coupon;
(viii) any Tax which would not have been imposed but for the fact that such
Note, Receipt or Coupon constitutes a "United States real property
interest" as defined in section 897(c)(1) of the United States
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to the
beneficial owner of such Note, Receipt or Coupon;
(ix) any Tax payable by means of deduction or withholding imposed on a
payment to an individual and required to be made pursuant to any
European Union Directive on the taxation of savings implementing the
conclusions of the ECOFIN council meeting of 26-27 November, 2000 or
any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to
conform to such Directive or law; or
(x) any combination of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
and (ix) above.
(b) Except as otherwise indicated, for purposes of these Terms and
Conditions:
(i) "United States" means the United States of America (including the
States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction;
(ii) "United States person" means:
(i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United
States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organised in or under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof (including the District of Columbia), (iii) an estate the
income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation
regardless of its source, (iv) a trust, the administration of which
is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United
States and all substantial decisions of which are subject to the
control of one or more United States persons, or (v) a trust in
existence on 20 August, 1996, treated as a United States person
prior to such date that was eligible to elect under applicable
Treasury Regulations, and did elect, to be treated as a United
States person; and
(iii) "United States Alien" means any person who is not a United States
person.
If the Issuer shall determine, based upon a written opinion of independent
legal counsel of recognised standing, that any payment made outside the United
States by the Issuer or any Paying Agent of any amount of principal or interest
due with respect to any Note or Coupon would be subject to any certification,
documentation, information or other reporting requirement of any kind under any
present or future United States laws or regulations, the effect of which
requirement would be the disclosure to the Issuer, any Paying Agent or any
governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a beneficial
owner of such Note or Coupon who is a United States Alien (other than a
requirement (a) that would not be applicable to a payment made by the Issuer or
any Paying Agent (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to a custodian,
nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) that can be satisfied by
such custodian, nominee or other agent certifying to the effect that the
beneficial owner is a United States Alien, provided that, in any case referred
to in clauses (a)(ii) or (b),
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payment by the custodian, nominee or other agent to the beneficial owner is not
otherwise subject to any such requirement, or (c) that would not be applicable
to a payment by at least one Paying Agent), the Issuer shall at its option
either (x) redeem all (but not some only) of the outstanding Notes, at their
Early Redemption Amount together with accrued interest (if any) thereon, or (y)
if the conditions of the next succeeding paragraph are satisfied, pay the
Additional Amounts specified in such paragraph. The Issuer shall make such
determination as soon as practicable and publish prompt notice thereof in the
manner specified in Condition 13 (the "DETERMINATION NOTICE"), stating the
effective date of such certification, documentation, information or other
reporting requirement, whether the Issuer will redeem the Notes or pay the
Additional Amounts specified in the next succeeding paragraph, and (if
applicable) the last date by which the redemption of the Notes must take place,
as provided in the next succeeding sentence. If the Notes are to be redeemed
pursuant to this paragraph, such redemption shall take place on such date (which
date, in the case of Floating Rate Notes or Index Linked Interest Notes, shall
be an Interest Payment Date), not later than one year after the publication of
the Determination Notice, as the Issuer shall elect by notice to the Agent at
least 30 days before the date fixed for redemption. Notice of such redemption of
the Notes will be given to the Noteholders by publication in the manner
specified in Condition 13, the publication to be not less than 30 days nor more
than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Issuer shall not so redeem the Notes if the Issuer shall
subsequently determine, not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption, that subsequent payments in respect of the Notes and Coupons would
not be subject to any such certification, documentation, information or other
reporting requirement, in which case the Issuer shall give prompt notice of such
subsequent determination by publication in the manner specified in Condition 13
and any earlier redemption notice shall be revoked and of no further effect.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and so long as the certification,
documentation, information or other reporting requirement referred to in the
preceding paragraph would be fully satisfied by payment of a backup withholding
tax or similar charge, the Issuer may elect, prior to publication of the
Determination Notice, to pay as additional interest such Additional Amounts as
may be necessary so that every net payment made outside the United States
following the effective date of such requirement by the Issuer or any Paying
Agent in respect of any Note or any Coupon of which the beneficial owner is a
United States Alien (but without any requirement that the nationality, residence
or identity, other than status as a United States Alien, of such beneficial
owner be disclosed to the Issuer, any Paying Agent or any governmental
authority), after deducting or withholding for or on account of such backup
withholding tax or similar charge (other than a backup withholding tax or
similar charge that (i) would not be applicable in the circumstances referred to
in the first parenthetical clause of the first sentence of the preceding
paragraph, (ii) is imposed as a result of presentation of such Note or Coupon
for payment more than 10 days after the date on which such payment became due
and payable or on which payment thereof was duly provided for, whichever
occurred later, or (iii) is imposed as a result of the fact that the Issuer or
any Paying Agent has actual knowledge that the beneficial owner of such Note or
Coupon is within the category of persons described above in paragraph (a)(i)(1)
and (a)(i)(2) of this Condition), will not be less than the amount provided for
in such Note or Coupon to be then due and payable. If the Issuer elects to pay
Additional Amounts pursuant to this paragraph, the Issuer shall continue to have
the right to redeem all (but not some only) of the Notes at any time (in the
case of Notes other than Floating Rate Notes and Index Interest Linked Interest
Notes) or on any Interest Payment Date (in the case of Floating Rate Notes or
Index Linked Interest Notes) subject to the provisions of the last two sentences
of the immediately preceding paragraph. If the Issuer elects to pay Additional
Amounts pursuant to this paragraph, and the condition specified in the first
sentence of this paragraph can no longer be satisfied, then the Issuer shall
redeem the Notes pursuant to the provisions of the immediately preceding
paragraph.
8 PRESCRIPTION
The Notes, Receipts and Coupons will become void unless presented for
payment within a period of 10 years (in the case of principal) and five years
(in the case of interest) after the Relevant Date therefor.
As used in these Terms and Conditions, the "RELEVANT DATE" means the date
on which a payment in respect of a Note, Receipt or Coupon first becomes due,
except that, if the full amount of the moneys payable has not been duly received
by the Agent on or prior to such due date, it means the date on which, the full
amount of such moneys having been so received, notice to that effect is duly
given to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 13.
There shall not be included in any Coupon sheet issued on exchange of a
Talon any Coupon the claim for payment in respect of which would be void
pursuant to this Condition or Condition 5(b) or any Talon which would be void
pursuant to Condition 5(b).
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9 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Any one of the following events shall be "EVENTS OF DEFAULT" (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of the principal of any Note when due; or
(2) default in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes
due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days
or more; or
(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant of the
Issuer in any Note, and continuance of such default or breach for a
period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified
mail, to the Issuer by Noteholders holding at least 25 per cent. in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding a
written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there
is issued, or which secures or evidences, any indebtedness for borrowed
money of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary now existing or
hereinafter created, which default shall constitute a failure to pay
principal of such indebtedness in an amount exceeding U.S.$50,000,000
when due and payable (other than as a result of acceleration), after
expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or shall
have resulted in an aggregate principal amount of such indebtedness
exceeding U.S.$50,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable
prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and
payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged or such
acceleration having been rescinded or annulled within a period of 30
days after there has been given by registered or certified mail, to the
Issuer by Noteholders holding at least 25 per cent. in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, a written notice
specifying such default with respect to the other indebtedness and
requiring the Issuer to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or
cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that
such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable United States Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation or other similar law or (B) a
decree or order adjudging the Issuer bankrupt or insolvent, or approving
as properly filed a petition seeking reorganisation, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Issuer under any
applicable United States Federal or State law, or appointing a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Issuer or of any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and
the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other
decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days; or
(6) the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable United States Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganisation or other similar law or of any other case or
proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by
it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer
in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable United States
Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation or other similar
law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or
proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or
consent seeking reorganisation or relief under any applicable United
States Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such
petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official of the Issuer or of any substantial part of its property, or
the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally
as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Issuer in
furtherance of any such action.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then in every such case
each Noteholder may declare the Notes held by such Noteholder to be due and
payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer in accordance with
Condition 13, and upon any such declaration such Notes shall become immediately
due and payable at their Early Redemption Amount together with interest accrued
to the date of redemption.
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10 REPLACEMENT OF NOTES, RECEIPTS, COUPONS AND TALONS
Should any Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon be lost, stolen, mutilated,
defaced or destroyed, it may be replaced at the specified office of the Agent
upon payment by the claimant of such costs and expenses as may be incurred in
connection therewith and on such terms as to evidence and indemnity as the
Issuer may reasonably require. Mutilated or defaced Notes, Receipts, Coupons or
Talons must be surrendered before replacements will be issued.
11 PAYING AGENTS
The names of the initial Paying Agents and their initial specified offices
are set out below.
The Issuer is entitled to vary or terminate the appointment of any Paying
Agent and/or appoint additional or other Paying Agents and/or approve any change
in the specified office through which any Paying Agent acts, provided that:
(i) there will at all times be an Agent;
(ii) so long as the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or admitted to
listing by any other relevant authority, there will at all times be a
Paying Agent with a specified office in such place as may be required by
the rules and regulations of the relevant stock exchange or other
relevant authority; and
(iii) if any European Union Directive on the taxation of savings
implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN council meeting of 26-27
November 2000, or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced
in order to conform to such Directive as introduced, the Issuer will
ensure that it maintains a Paying Agent in an EU Member State that will
not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to any such Directive
or law.
In addition, the Issuer shall forthwith appoint a Paying Agent having a
specified office in
New York City in the circumstances described in Condition
5(d). Any variation, termination, appointment or change shall only take effect
(other than in the case of insolvency, when it shall be of immediate effect)
after not less than 30 nor more than 45 days' prior notice thereof shall have
been given to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 13.
In acting under the Agency Agreement, the Paying Agents act solely as
agents of the Issuer and do not assume any obligation to, or relationship of
agency or trust with, any Noteholders, Receiptholders or Couponholders. The
Agency Agreement contains provisions permitting any entity into which any Paying
Agent is merged or converted or with which it is consolidated or to which it
transfers all or substantially all of its assets to become the successor paying
agent.
12 EXCHANGE OF TALONS
On and after the Interest Payment Date on which the final Coupon comprised
in any Coupon sheet matures, the Talon (if any) forming part of such Coupon
sheet may be surrendered at the specified office of the Agent or any other
Paying Agent in exchange for a further Coupon sheet including (if such further
Coupon sheet does not include Coupons to (and including) the final date for the
payment of interest due in respect of the Note to which it appertains) a further
Talon, subject to the provisions of Condition 8.
13 NOTICES
All notices regarding the Notes will be deemed to be validly given if
published (i) in a leading English language daily newspaper of general
circulation in London and (ii) if and for so long as the Notes are listed on the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange, a daily newspaper of general circulation in
Luxembourg. It is expected that such publication will be made in the Financial
Times in London and the Luxemburger Wort in Luxembourg. The Issuer shall also
ensure that notices are duly published in a manner which complies with the rules
and regulations of any stock exchange or other relevant authority on which the
Notes are for the time being listed or by which they have been admitted to
listing. Any such notice will be deemed to have been given on the date of the
first publication or, where required to be published in more than one newspaper,
on the date of the first publication in all required newspapers.
The following sentence will not apply if not permitted by any relevant
stock exchange (or any other relevant authority). Until such time as any
definitive Notes are issued, there may, so long as any Global Notes representing
the Notes are held in their entirety on behalf of Euroclear and/or Clearstream,
Luxembourg, be substituted for such publication in such newspaper(s) the
delivery of the relevant notice to Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg for
communication by them to the holders of the Notes. Any such notice shall be
deemed to have
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been given to the holders of the Notes on the fourth weekday after the day on
which the said notice was given to Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg.
Notices to be given by any Noteholder to the Issuer shall be in writing and
given by lodging the same, together (in the case of any Note in definitive form)
with the relative Note or Notes, with the Agent. Whilst any of the Notes are
represented by a Global Note, such notice may be given by any holder of a Note
to the Agent through Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may
be, in such manner as the Agent and Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as
the case may be, may approve for this purpose.
14 MEETINGS OF NOTEHOLDERS, MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
The Agency Agreement contains provisions for convening meetings of the
Noteholders to consider any matter affecting their interests, including the
sanctioning by Extraordinary Resolution of a modification of the Notes, the
Receipts, the Coupons or any of the provisions of the Agency Agreement. Such a
meeting may be convened by the Issuer or Noteholders holding not less than 10
per cent. in nominal amount of the Notes for the time being remaining
outstanding. The quorum at any such meeting for passing an Extraordinary
Resolution is one or more persons holding or representing not less than 50 per
cent. in nominal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding, or at any
adjourned meeting one or more persons being or representing Noteholders whatever
the nominal amount of the Notes so held or represented, except that at any
meeting the business of which includes the modification of certain provisions of
the Notes, the Receipts or the Coupons (including modifying the date of maturity
of the Notes or any date for payment of interest thereon, reducing or cancelling
the amount of principal or the rate of interest payable in respect of the Notes
or altering the currency of payment of the Notes, the Receipts or the Coupons),
the quorum shall be one or more persons holding or representing not less than
two-thirds in nominal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding, or at
any adjourned such meeting one or more persons holding or representing not less
than one-third in nominal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding. An
Extraordinary Resolution passed at any meeting of the Noteholders shall be
binding on all the Noteholders, whether or not they are present at the meeting,
and on all Receiptholders and Couponholders.
The Agent and Issuer may agree, without the consent of the Noteholders,
Receiptholders or Couponholders, to:
(i) any modification (except as mentioned above) of the Agency Agreement
which is not prejudicial to the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) any modification of the Notes, the Receipts, the Coupons or the
Agency Agreement which is of a formal, minor or technical nature or is
made to correct a manifest error or to comply with mandatory provisions
of the law.
Any such modification shall be binding on the Noteholders, the
Receiptholders and the Couponholders and any such modification shall be notified
to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 13 as soon as practicable
thereafter.
15 FURTHER ISSUES
The Issuer shall be at liberty from time to time without the consent of the
Noteholders, the Receiptholders or the Couponholders to create and issue further
notes having terms and conditions the same as the Notes or the same in all
respects save for the amount and date of the first payment of interest thereon
and so that the same shall be consolidated and form a single Series with the
outstanding Notes.
16 GOVERNING LAW
The Agency Agreement, the Notes, the Receipts and the Coupons are governed
by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New
York.
17 WAIVER AND REMEDIES
No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Noteholders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the
assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall
not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate
right or remedy.
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To the extent permitted by applicable law, no delay or omission of any
Noteholder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event
of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by these
Terms and Conditions or by law to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Noteholders, as the case
may be.
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SIGNATORIES
THE ISSUER
INTERNATIONAL LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
THE AGENT
CITIBANK, N.A.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
THE OTHER PAYING AGENTS
DEXIA BANQUE INTERNATIONALE a LUXEMBOURG, SOCIETE ANONYME
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ /s/ ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇