Egypt HSBC Bank Egypt S A.E. (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) Estonia AS Hansabank Finland Skandinaviska Enskilda Bankken AB, Sweden (operating through its Helsinki branch) France Deutsche Bank AG, Netherlands (operating through its Paris branch) Germany Deutsche Bank AG Ghana Barclays Bank of Ghana Limited Greece National Bank of Greece S.A. Guinea-Bissau via Societe Generale de Banques en Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Hong Kong Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited Hungary UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt. Iceland Kaupthing Bank hf. India Deutsche Bank AG The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Indonesia Deutsche Bank AG Ireland Bank of Ireland Israel Bank Hapoalim B.M. Italy Deutsche Bank S.p.A. Ivory Coast Societe Generale de Banques en Cote d’Ivoire Jamaica Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited Japan Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Jordan HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (as delegate of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) Kazakhstan SB HSBC Bank Kazakhstan JSC (as delegate of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) Kenya Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited Republic of Korea Deutsche Bank AG The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Kuwait HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) Latvia A/s Hansabanka Lebanon HSBC Bank Middle East (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) Lithuania SEB Vilniaus Bankas AB Malaysia Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad Mali via Societe Generale de Banques en Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Malta The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Mauritius The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Mexico Banco Nacional de Mexico S.A. Morocco Attijariwafa bank Namibia Standard Bank Namibia Limited Netherlands Deutsche Bank AG New Zealand The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Niger via Societe Generale de Banques en Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Nigeria IBTC Chartered Bank Plc. Norway Skandinaviska Enskilda Bankken AB, Sweden (operating through its Oslo branch) Oman HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) Pakistan Deutsche Bank AG Palestine HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) Panama HSBC Bank (Panama) S.A. Peru Citibank del Peru, S.A. Philippines Standard Chartered Bank Poland Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. Portugal Banco Comercial Portugues S.A. Puerto Rico Citibank N.A. Qatar HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) Romania ING Bank N.V. Russia ING Bank (Eurasia) ZAO, Moscow Saudi Arabia Saudi British Bank (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) Senegal via Societe Generale de Banques en Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Serbia Unicredit Bank Serbia JSC Singapore DBS Bank Limited United Overseas Bank Limited Slovak Republic Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka, a.s., pobocka zahranicnej banky v SR Slovenia Unicredit Bank Slovenija d.d. South Africa Nedbank Limited Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Spain Deutsche Bank S.A.E. Sri Lanka The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Swaziland Standard Bank Swaziland Limited Sweden Skandinaviska Enskilda Xxxxxx XX Switzerland UBS AG Taiwan - R.O.C. Bank of Taiwan Thailand Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited Togo via Societe Generale de Banques en Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Trinidad & Tobago Republic Bank Limited Tunisia Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie Turkey Citibank, A.S. Uganda Barclays Bank of Uganda Limited Ukraine ING Bank Ukraine United Arab Emirates - Dubai Financial Market HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) United Arab Emirates - Dubai International Financial Center HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (as delegate of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) United Kingdom State Street Bank and Trust Company, United Kingdom branch Uruguay Bank Itau Uruguay S.A. Venezuela Citibank, N.A. Vietnam The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Zambia Barclays Bank of Zambia Plc. Zimbabwe Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe Limited 12/31/07 Argentina Caja de Valores S.A. Australia Austraclear Limited Austria Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (Wertpapiersammelbank Division) Bahrain Clearing, Settlement, and Depository System of the Bahrain Stock Exchange Bangladesh Central Depository Bangladesh Limited Belgium Banque Nationale de Belgique Euroclear Belgium Benin Depositaire Central - Banque de Reglement Bermuda Bermuda Securities Depository Brazil Central de Custodia e de Liquidacao Financeira de Titulos Privados (CETIP) Companhia Brasileira de Liquidacao e Custodia Sistema Especial de Liquidacao e de Custodia (SELIC) Bulgaria Bulgarian National Bank Central Depository AD Burkina Faso Depositaire Central - Banque de Reglement Canada The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited Chile Deposito Central de Valores S.A. People’s Republic of China China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited, Shanghai Branch China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited Shenzhen Branch Colombia Deposito Central de Valores Deposito Centralizado de Valores de Colombia S..A. (DECEVAL) Costa Rica Central de Valores S.A. Croatia Sredisnja depozitarna agencija d.d. Cyprus Central Depository and Central Registry Czech Republic Czech National Bank Stredisko cennych papiru - Ceska republika Denmark Vaerdipapircentralen Dubai International Financial Center Central Securities Depository department of the Dubai International Financial Exchange Egypt Misr for Clearing, Settlement, and Depository S.A.E. Central Bank of Egypt Estonia AS Eesti Vaartpaberikeskus Finland Suomen Arvopaperikeskus Oy France Euroclear France Germany Clearstream Banking AG, Frankfurt Greece Apothetirion Titlon AE Bank of Greece, System for Monitoring Transactions in Securities in Book-Entry Form Guinea-Bissau Depositaire Central - Banque de Reglement Hong Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx Securities Clearing Company Limited Hungary Kozponti Elszamolohaz es Ertektar (Budapest) Zrt. (KELER) Iceland Icelandic Securities Depository Limited India Central Depository Services (India) Limited National Securities Depository Limited Reserve Bank of India Indonesia Bank Indonesia PT Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia Israel Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Clearing House Ltd. (TASE Clearing House) Italy Monte Titoli S.p.A. Ivory Coast Depositaire Central - Banque de Reglement Jamaica Jamaica Central Securities Depository Japan Bank of Japan - Net System Japan Securities Depository Center (JASDEC) Incorporated Jordan Securities Depository Center Kazakhstan Central Securities Depository Kenya Central Depository and Settlement Corporation Limited Central Bank of Kenya Republic of Korea Korea Securities Depository Kuwait Kuwait Clearing Company Latvia Latvian Central Depository Lebanon Banque du Liban Custodian and Clearing Center of Financial Instruments for Lebanon and the Middle East (Midclear) X.X.X. Lithuania Central Securities Depository of Lithuania Malaysia Bank Negara Malaysia Bursa Malaysia Depository Sdn. Bhd. Mali Depositaire Central - Banque de Reglement Malta Central Securities Depository of the Malta Stock Exchange Mauritius Bank of Mauritius Central Depository and Settlement Co. Ltd. Mexico S.D. INDEVAL, S.A. de C.V. Morocco Maroclear Namibia Bank of Namibia Netherlands Euroclear Nederland New Zealand New Zealand Central Securities Depository Limited Niger Depositaire Central - Banque de Reglement Nigeria Central Securities Clearing System Limited Norway Verdipapirsentralen Oman Muscat Depository & Securities Registration Company, SAOC Pakistan Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited State Bank of Pakistan Palestine Clearing, Depository and Settlement, a department of the Palestine Securities Exchange Panama Central Latinoamericana de Valores, S.A. (LatinClear) Peru Caja de Valores y Liquidaciones, Institucion de Compensacion y Liquidacion de Valores S.A Philippines Philippine Depository & Trust Corporation Registry of Scripless Securities (XXXX) of the Bureau of Treasury Poland Rejestr Papierow Wartosciowych Krajowy Depozyt Papierow Wartosciowych S.A. Portugal INTERBOLSA - Sociedade Gestora de Sistemas de Liquidacao e de Sistemas Centralizados de Valores Mobiliarios, S.A. Qatar Central Clearing and Registration (CCR), a department of the Doha Securities Market Romania S.C. Depozitarul Central S.A. National Bank of Romania Russia Vneshtorgbank, Bank for Foreign Trade of the Russian Federation National Depository Center Saudi Arabia Tadawul Central Securities Depository Senegal Depositaire Central - Banque de Reglement Serbia Central Registrar and Central Depository for Securities Singapore The Central Depository (Pte) Limited Monetary Authority of Singapore Slovak Republic Naodna banka slovenska Centralny depozitar cennych papierov SR, a.s. Slovenia KDD - Centralna klirinsko depotna xxxxxx x.x. South Africa Strate Ltd. Spain IBERCLEAR Sri Lanka Central Depository System (Pvt) Limited Sweden Vardepapperscentralen VPC AB Switzerland SegaIntersettle AG (SIS) Taiwan - R.O.C. Taiwan Depository and Clearing Corporation Thailand Thailand Securities Depository Company Limited Togo Depositaire Central - Banque de Reglement Trinidad and Tobago Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Societe Tunisienne Interprofessionelle pour la Compensation et de Depots des Valeurs Mobilieres (STICODEVAM) Turkey Central Bank of Turkey Central Registry Agency Uganda Bank of Uganda Ukraine Mizhregionalny Fondovy Souz National Bank of Ukraine United Arab Emirates Clearing and Depository System, a department of the Dubai Financial Market Dubai International Financial Exchange Ltd. central securities depository United Kingdom Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited Uruguay Banco Central del Uruguay Venezuela Banco Central de Venezuela Caja Venezolana de Valores Vietnam Vietnam Securities Depository Zambia Bank of Zambia XxXX Central Shares Depository Limited TRANSNATIONAL Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. Clearstream Banking, S.A. 12/31/07 OPERATING GUIDELINES
Argentina Caja de Valores S A. Australia Austraclear Limited Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System Austria Öesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (Wertpapiersammelbank Division) Belgium Caisse Interprofessionnelle de Dépôt et de Virement de Titres S.A. Banque Nationale de Belgique Brazil Companhia Brasileira de Liquidaçao e Custodia (CBLC) Bolsa de Valores de Rio de Janeiro All SSB clients presently use CBLC Central de Custodia e de Liquidação Financeira de Titulos Bulgaria Central Depository AD Bulgarian National Bank Canada The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited People’s Republic Shanghai Securities Central Clearing and of China Registration Corporation Shenzhen Securities Central Clearing Co., Ltd. Costa Rica Central de Valores S.A. (CEVAL) Croatia Ministry of Finance National Bank of Croatia Czech Republic Stredisko cenných papírů Czech National Bank Denmark Værdipapircentralen (the Danish Securities Center) Egypt Misr Company for Clearing, Settlement, and Central Depository Estonia Eesti Väärtpaberite Keskdepositoorium Finland The Finnish Central Securities Depository France Société Interprofessionnelle pour la Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières (SICOVAM) Germany Deutsche Börse Clearing AG Greece The Central Securities Depository (Apothetirion Titlon AE) Hong Kong The Central Clearing and Settlement System Central Money Markets Unit Hungary The Central Depository and Clearing House (Budapest) Ltd. (KELER) India The National Securities Depository Limited Indonesia Bank Indonesia Ireland Central Bank of Ireland Securities Settlement Office Israel The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Clearing House Ltd. Bank of Israel Italy Monte Titoli S.p.A. Banca d’Italia Ivory Coast Depositaire Central – Banque de Règlement Jamaica The Jamaican Central Securities Depository Japan Bank of Japan Net System Kenya Central Bank of Kenya Republic of Korea Korea Securities Depository Corporation Latvia The Latvian Central Depository Lebanon The Custodian and Clearing Center of Financial Instruments for Lebanon and the Middle East (MIDCLEAR) X.X.X. The Central Bank of Lebanon Lithuania The Central Securities Depository of Lithuania Malaysia The Malaysian Central Depository Sdn. Bhd. Bank Negara Malaysia, Scripless Securities Trading and Safekeeping System Mauritius The Central Depository & Settlement Co. Ltd. Mexico S.D. INDEVAL, S.A. de C.V. (Instituto para el Depósito de Valores) Morocco Maroclear The Netherlands Nederlands Centraal Instituut voor Giraal Effectenverkeer B.V. (NECIGEF) De Nederlandsche Bank N.V. New Zealand New Zealand Central Securities Depository Limited Norway Verdipapirsentralen (the Norwegian Registry of Securities) Oman Muscat Securities Market Pakistan Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited Peru Caja de Valores y Liquidaciones S.A. (CAVALI) Philippines The Philippines Central Depository, Inc. The Registry of Scripless Securities (XXXX) of the Bureau of the Treasury Poland The National Depository of Securities (Krajowy Depozyt Papierów Wartościowych) Central Treasury Bills Registrar Portugal Central de Valores Mobiliários (Central) Romania National Securities Clearing, Settlement and Depository Co. Bucharest Stock Exchange Registry Division Singapore The Central Depository (Pte) Limited Monetary Authority of Singapore Slovak Republic Stredisko Cenných Papierov National Bank of Slovakia Slovenia Klirinsko Depotna Xxxxxx x.x. South Africa The Central Depository Limited Spain Servicio de Compensación y Liquidación de Valores, S.A. Banco de España, Central de Anotaciones en Cuenta Sri Lanka Central Depository System (Pvt) Limited Sweden Värdepapperscentralen AB (the Swedish Central Securities Depository) Switzerland Schweizerische Effekten - Giro AG Taiwan - R.O.C. The Taiwan Securities Central Depository Co., Ltd. Thailand Thailand Securities Depository Company Limited Tunisia Société Tunisienne Interprofessionelle de Compensation et de Dépôt de Valeurs Mobilières Central Bank of Tunisia Tunisian Treasury Turkey Takas ve Saklama Bankasi A.S. (TAKASBANK) Central Bank of Turkey Ukraine The National Bank of Ukraine United Kingdom The Bank of England, The Central Gilts Office and The Central Moneymarkets Office Uruguay Central Bank of Uruguay Venezuela Central Bank of Venezuela Zambia Lusaka Central Depository Limited Bank of Zambia
W I T N E S S E T H T H A T In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee agree as follows:
MERCURY ADDED CONSUMER PRODUCTS Contractor agrees that it will not sell or distribute fever thermometers containing mercury or any products containing elemental mercury for any purpose under this Contract.
W I T N E S S E T H WHEREAS each Fund is or may be organized with one or more series of shares, each of which shall represent an interest in a separate portfolio of cash, securities and other assets (all such existing and additional series now or hereafter listed on Appendix "A" being hereinafter referred to individually, as a "Portfolio," and collectively, as the "Portfolios"); and
W I T N E S E T H For and in consideration of the mutual understanding and agreements hereinafter set forth, it is therefore agreed between the AGENCY and the BOARD as follows:
BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S A. as swap counterparty (in such capacity, the “Counterparty”); and
Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S A. as facility agent (in this capacity the Facility Agent); and
W I T N E S S E T H In consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties hereto as follows:
Agent Sales Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will issue and agrees to sell Shares from time to time through the Manager, acting as sales agent, and the Manager agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell, as sales agent for the Company, on the following terms:
(i) The Shares are to be sold on a daily basis or otherwise as shall be agreed to by the Company and the Manager on any day that (A) is a Trading Day, (B) the Company has instructed the Manager by telephone (confirmed promptly by electronic mail) to make such sales (“Sales Notice”) and (C) the Company has satisfied its obligations under Section 6 of this Agreement. The Company will designate the maximum amount of the Shares to be sold by the Manager daily (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2(d)) and the minimum price per Share at which such Shares may be sold. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Manager shall use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell on a particular day all of the Shares designated for the sale by the Company on such day. The gross sales price of the Shares sold under this Section 2(b) shall be the market price for the Ordinary Shares sold by the Manager under this Section 2(b) on the Trading Market at the time of sale of such Shares.
(ii) The Company acknowledges and agrees that (A) there can be no assurance that the Manager will be successful in selling the Shares, (B) the Manager will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell the Shares for any reason other than a failure by the Manager to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Shares as required under this Agreement, and (C) the Manager shall be under no obligation to purchase Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise specifically agreed by the Manager and the Company pursuant to a Terms Agreement.
(iii) The Company shall not authorize the issuance and sale of, and the Manager shall not be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell, any Share at a price lower than the minimum price therefor designated from time to time by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), or a duly authorized committee thereof, or such duly authorized officers of the Company, and notified to the Manager in writing. The Company or the Manager may, upon notice to the other party hereto by telephone (confirmed promptly by electronic mail), suspend the offering of the Shares for any reason and at any time; provided, however, that such suspension or termination shall not affect or impair the parties’ respective obligations with respect to the Shares sold hereunder prior to the giving of such notice.
(iv) The Manager may sell Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 under the Act, including without limitation sales made directly on the Trading Market, on any other existing trading market for the Ordinary Shares or to or through a market maker. The Manager may also sell Shares in privately negotiated transactions, provided that the Manager receives the Company’s prior written approval for any sales in privately negotiated transactions and if so provided in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the Prospectus Supplement or a supplement to the Prospectus Supplement or a new Prospectus Supplement disclosing the terms of such privately negotiated transaction.
(v) The compensation to the Manager for sales of the Shares under this Section 2(b) shall be a placement fee of 3.0% of the gross sales price of the Shares sold pursuant to this Section 2(b) (“Broker Fee”). The foregoing rate of compensation shall not apply when the Manager acts as principal, in which case the Company may sell Shares to the Manager as principal at a price agreed upon at the relevant Applicable Time pursuant to a Terms Agreement. The remaining proceeds, after deduction of the Broker Fee and deduction of any transaction fees imposed by any clearing firm, execution broker, or governmental or self-regulatory organization in respect of such sales, shall constitute the net proceeds to the Company for such Shares (the “Net Proceeds”).
(vi) The Manager shall provide written confirmation (which may be by electronic mail) to the Company following the close of trading on the Trading Market each day in which the Shares are sold under this Section 2(b) setting forth the number of the Shares sold on such day, the aggregate gross sales proceeds and the Net Proceeds to the Company, and the compensation payable by the Company to the Manager with respect to such sales.
(vii) Unless otherwise agreed between the Company and the Manager, settlement for sales of the Shares will occur at 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the first (1st) Trading Day (or any such shorter settlement cycle as may be in effect pursuant to Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act from time to time) following the date on which such sales are made (each, a “Settlement Date”). On or before the Trading Day prior to each Settlement Date, the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer the Shares being sold by crediting the Manager’s or its designee’s account (provided that the Manager shall have given the Company written notice of such designee at least one Trading Day prior to the Settlement Date) at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto which Shares in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares in good deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, the Manager will deliver the related Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account designated by the Company. The Company agrees that, if the Company, or its transfer agent (if applicable), defaults in its obligation to deliver duly authorized Shares on a Settlement Date, in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Section 7 hereto, the Company will (i) hold the Manager harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or reasonable, documented expense (including reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company, and (ii) pay to the Manager any commission, discount or other compensation to which the Manager would otherwise have been entitled absent such default.
(viii) At each Applicable Time, Settlement Date, and Representation Date, the Company shall be deemed to have affirmed each representation and warranty contained in this Agreement as if such representation and warranty were made as of such date, modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended as of such date. Any obligation of the Manager to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Shares on behalf of the Company shall be subject to the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the continuing satisfaction of the additional conditions specified in Section 6 of this Agreement.
(ix) If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Ordinary Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution” and the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive the Distribution, the “Record Date”), the Company hereby covenants that, in connection with any sales of Shares pursuant to a Sales Notice on the Record Date, the Company shall issue and deliver such Shares to the Manager on the Record Date and the Record Date shall be the Settlement Date and the Company shall cover any additional costs of the Manager in connection with the delivery of Shares on the Record Date.
