Number of Normal Units. Xxxx Xxxmal Units Certificate certifies that _______________is the registered Holder of the number of Normal Units set forth above [If the Certificate is a Global Certificate, insert - , as such number may be increased or decreased as set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate annexed hereto]. Each Normal Unit represents (i) either (a) a 1/40, or 2.5%, beneficial ownership interest of the Holder in one 2.53% Senior Note due 2009 (the "Note") of XL Capital Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted limited company (the "Company"), having a principal amount of $1,000, subject to the Pledge of such Note by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, or (b) after a Special Event Redemption, the Treasury Consideration, subject to the Pledge of such Treasury Consideration by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract with the Company. Each Normal Unit will have a stated amount of $25 (the "Stated Amount"). All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement have the meaning set forth therein. Pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the interest in the Note or the Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, constituting part of each Normal Unit evidenced hereby has been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising a part of such Normal Unit to purchase Ordinary Shares of the Company. Prior to the purchase of Ordinary Shares under each Purchase Contract, such Purchase Contracts shall not entitle the Holders of Normal Units Certificates to any of the rights of a holder of Ordinary Shares, including without limitation, the right to vote or receive any dividends or other payments or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of shareholders, or for the election of directors of the Company or for any other matter or any other rights whatsoever as shareholder of the Company. The Pledge Agreement provides that all payments in respect of the Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration received by the Collateral Agent shall be paid by the Collateral Agent by wire transfer in same day funds (i) in the case of (A) any interest payments on Normal Units which include Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, and (B) any payments in respect of the Notes or Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, that have been released from the Pledge pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, to the Purchase Contract Agent to the account designated by the Purchase Contract Agent, no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day such payment is received by the Collateral Agent (PROVIDED that in the event such payment is received by the Collateral Agent on a day that is not a Business Day or after 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, then such payment shall be made no later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day) and (ii) in the case of payments in respect of any Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, to be paid upon settlement of such Holder's obligations to purchase Ordinary Shares under the Purchase Contract, to the Company on the Stock Purchase Date (as defined herein) in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement, in full satisfaction of the respective obligations of the Holders of the Normal Units of which such Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration are a part under the Purchase Contracts forming a part of such Normal Units. Interest payments payable on each Payment Date (as defined below) with respect to Pledged Notes or the Pledged Treasury Consideration included in the Normal Units shall be made quarterly in arrears on such Payment Date, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent from the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to the Person in whose name this Normal Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Normal Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Normal Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on May 15, 2007 (the "Stock Purchase Date"), at a price equal to $25 (the "Purchase Price"), a number of Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share ("Ordinary Shares"), of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate or, if the Company has fixed the Settlement Rate pursuant to Section 5.1(f) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Fixed Settlement Rate, unless on or prior to the Stock Purchase Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event or an Early Settlement or Merger Early Settlement with respect to the Normal Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part, all as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement, as defined and more fully described on the reverse hereof. The Purchase Price for the Ordinary Shares purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be satisfied on the Stock Purchase Date by either (i) the application of payments received with regard to Pledged Treasury Consideration, or (ii) the exercise of the Company's rights as a secured party in connection with the Pledged Notes, as the case may be. The Company shall pay on each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 each year, commencing May 15, 2004 (each a "Payment Date") in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Normal Unit evidenced hereby an amount (the "Contract Adjustment Payments") equal to 3.97% per year of the Stated Amount through but excluding the Stock Purchase Date, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, subject to deferral at the option of the Company as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and more fully described on the reverse hereof (PROVIDED that if on any date on which Contract Adjustment Payments are to be made on the Purchase Contracts is not a Business Day, then payment of the Contract Adjustment Payments payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day, and no interest or payment will be paid in respect of the delay, except that if such next succeeding Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day). Such Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name this Normal Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Normal Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Contract Adjustment Payments and payments on the Treasury Consideration will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, or, if the Units do not remain in book-entry only form, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person's address as it appears on the Normal Units Register or by wire transfer to the account maintained in the United States designated by written notice given ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by such Person. Payments on the Notes will be payable at the Corporate Trust Office or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person's address as it appears on the Normal Units Register or by wire transfer to the account maintained in the United States designated by written notice given ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by such Person. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this Normal Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pledge Agreement or the Purchase Contract Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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Number of Normal Units. Xxxx Xxxmal Normal Units Certificate certifies that _______________is the registered Holder of the number of Normal Units set forth above [If the Certificate is a Global Certificate, insert - , as such number may be increased or decreased as set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate annexed hereto]. Each Normal Unit represents (i) either (a) a 1/40, or 2.5%, beneficial ownership interest of the Holder in one 2.535.25% Senior Note due 2009 2011 (the "Note") of XL Capital Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted limited company (the "Company"), having a principal amount of $1,000, subject to the Pledge of such Note by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, or (b) after a Special Event Redemption, the Treasury Consideration, subject to the Pledge of such Treasury Consideration by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract with the Company. Each Normal Unit will have a stated amount of $25 (the "Stated Amount"). All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement have the meaning set forth therein. Pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the interest in the Note or the Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, constituting part of each Normal Unit evidenced hereby has been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising a part of such Normal Unit to purchase Ordinary Shares of the Company. Prior to the purchase of Ordinary Shares under each Purchase Contract, such Purchase Contracts shall not entitle the Holders of Normal Units Certificates to any of the rights of a holder of Ordinary Shares, including without limitation, the right to vote or receive any dividends or other payments or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of shareholders, or for the election of directors of the Company or for any other matter or any other rights whatsoever as shareholder of the Company. The Pledge Agreement provides that all payments in respect of the Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration received by the Collateral Agent shall be paid by the Collateral Agent by wire transfer in same day funds (i) in the case of (A) any interest payments on Normal Units which include Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, and (B) any payments in respect of the Notes or Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, that have been released from the Pledge pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, to the Purchase Contract Agent to the account designated by the Purchase Contract Agent, no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day such payment is received by the Collateral Agent (PROVIDED that in the event such payment is received by the Collateral Agent on a day that is not a Business Day or after 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, then such payment shall be made no later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day) and (ii) in the case of payments in respect of any Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, to be paid upon settlement of such Holder's obligations to purchase Ordinary Shares under the Purchase Contract, to the Company on the Stock Purchase Date (as defined herein) in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement, in full satisfaction of the respective obligations of the Holders of the Normal Units of which such Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration are a part under the Purchase Contracts forming a part of such Normal Units. Interest payments payable on each Payment Date (as defined below) with respect to Pledged Notes or the Pledged Treasury Consideration included in the Normal Units shall be made quarterly in arrears on such Payment Date, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent from the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to the Person in whose name this Normal Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Normal Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Normal Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on May February 15, 2007 2009 (the "Stock Purchase Date"), at a price equal to $25 (the "Purchase Price"), a number of Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share ("Ordinary Shares"), of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate or, if the Company has fixed the Settlement Rate pursuant to Section 5.1(f) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Fixed Accounting Event Settlement Rate, unless on or prior to the Stock Purchase Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event or an Early Settlement or Merger Early Settlement with respect to the Normal Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part, all as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement, as defined and more fully described on the reverse hereof. The Purchase Price for the Ordinary Shares purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be satisfied on the Stock Purchase Date by either (i) the application of payments received with regard to Pledged Treasury Consideration, or (ii) the exercise of the Company's rights as a secured party in connection with the Pledged Notes, as the case may be. The Company shall pay on each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 each year, commencing May February 15, 2004 2006 (each a "Payment Date") in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Normal Unit evidenced hereby an amount (the "Contract Adjustment Payments") equal to 3.971.75% per year of the Stated Amount through but excluding the Stock Purchase Date, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, subject to deferral at the option of the Company as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and more fully described on the reverse hereof (PROVIDED that if on any date on which Contract Adjustment Payments are to be made on the Purchase Contracts is not a Business Day, then payment of the Contract Adjustment Payments payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day, and no interest or payment will be paid in respect of the delay, except that if such next succeeding Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day). Such Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name this Normal Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Normal Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Contract Adjustment Payments and payments on the Treasury Consideration will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, or, if the Units do not remain in book-entry only form, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person's address as it appears on the Normal Units Register or by wire transfer to the account maintained in the United States designated by written notice given ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by such Person. Payments on the Notes will be payable at the Corporate Trust Office or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person's address as it appears on the Normal Units Register or by wire transfer to the account maintained in the United States designated by written notice given ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by such Person. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this Normal Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pledge Agreement or the Purchase Contract Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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Number of Normal Units. Xxxx Xxxmal This Normal Units Certificate certifies that _______________is the registered Holder of the number of Normal Units set forth above [If the Certificate is a Global Certificate, insert - , as such number may be increased or decreased as set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate annexed hereto]. Each Normal Unit represents (i) either (a) a 1/40, or 2.5%, beneficial ownership interest of the Holder in one 2.532.53 % Senior Note due 2009 (the "Note") of XL Capital Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted limited company (the "Company"), having a principal amount of $1,000, subject to the Pledge of such Note by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, or (b) after if a Special Event RedemptionRedemption related to a Tax Event, the Treasury Consideration, subject to the Pledge of such Treasury Consideration by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract with the Company. Each Normal Unit will have a stated amount of $25 (the "Stated Amount"). All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement have the meaning set forth therein. Pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the interest in the Note or the Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, constituting part of each Normal Unit evidenced hereby has been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising a part of such Normal Unit to purchase Ordinary Shares of the Company. Prior to the purchase of Ordinary Shares under each Purchase Contract, such Purchase Contracts shall not entitle the Holders of Normal Units Certificates to any of the rights of a holder of Ordinary Shares, including without limitation, the right to vote or receive any dividends or other payments or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of shareholders, or for the election of directors of the Company or for any other matter or any other rights whatsoever as shareholder of the Company. The Pledge Agreement provides that all payments in respect of the Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration received by the Collateral Agent shall be paid by the Collateral Agent by wire transfer in same day funds (i) in the case of (A) any interest payments on Normal Units which include Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, and (B) any payments in respect of the Notes or Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, that have been released from the Pledge pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, to the Purchase Contract Agent to the account designated by the Purchase Contract Agent, no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day such payment is received by the Collateral Agent (PROVIDED provided that in the event such payment is received by the Collateral Agent on a day that is not a Business Day or after 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, then such payment shall be made no later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day) and (ii) in the case of payments in respect of any Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, to be paid upon settlement of such Holder's obligations to purchase Ordinary Shares under the Purchase Contract, to the Company on the Stock Purchase Date (as defined herein) in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement, in full satisfaction of the respective obligations of the Holders of the Normal Units of which such Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration are a part under the Purchase Contracts forming a part of such Normal Units. Interest payments payable on each Payment Date (as defined below) with respect to Pledged Notes or the appropriate Pledged Treasury Consideration included in the Normal Units shall be made quarterly in arrears on such Payment Date, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent from the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to the Person in whose name this Normal Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Normal Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Normal Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on May 15, 2007 (the "Stock Purchase Date"), at a price equal to $25 (the "Purchase Price"), a number of Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share ("Ordinary Shares"), of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate or, if the Company has fixed the Settlement Rate pursuant to Section 5.1(f) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Fixed Settlement Rate, unless on or prior to the Stock Purchase Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event or an Early Settlement or Merger Early Settlement with respect to the Normal Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part, all as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement, as defined and more fully described on the reverse hereof. The Purchase Price for the Ordinary Shares purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be satisfied on the Stock Purchase Date by either (i) the application of payments received with regard to Pledged Treasury Consideration, or (ii) the exercise of the Company's rights as a secured party in connection with the Pledged Notes, as the case may be. The Company shall pay on each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 each year, commencing May 15, 2004 (each a "Payment Date") in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Normal Unit evidenced hereby an amount (the "Contract Adjustment Payments") equal to 3.97% per year of the Stated Amount through but excluding the Stock Purchase DateAmount, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, subject to deferral at the option of the Company as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and more fully described on the reverse hereof (PROVIDED provided that if on any date on which Contract Adjustment Payments are to be made on the Purchase Contracts is not a Business Day, then payment of the Contract Adjustment Payments payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day, and no interest or payment will be paid in respect of the delay, except that if such next succeeding Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day). Such Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name this Normal Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Normal Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Contract Adjustment Payments and payments on the Notes or the Treasury Consideration will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in the Borough The City of Manhattan, New York City, or, if the Units do not remain in book-entry only form, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person's address as it appears on the Normal Units Register or by wire transfer to the account maintained in the United States designated by written notice given ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by such Person. Payments on the Notes will be payable at the Corporate Trust Office or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at as such Person's address as it appears on the Normal Units Register or by wire transfer to the account maintained in the United States designated by written notice given ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by such PersonPerson in writing. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this Normal Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pledge Agreement or the Purchase Contract Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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Number of Normal Units. Xxxx Xxxmal This Normal Units Certificate certifies that _______________is the registered Holder of the number of Normal Units set forth above [If the Certificate is a Global Certificate, insert - , as such number may be increased or decreased as set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate annexed hereto]. Each Normal Unit represents (i) either (a) a 1/40, or 2.5%, beneficial ownership interest of the Holder in one 2.536.120% Senior Note initially due 2009 2035 (the "“Note"”) of XL Capital LtdLazard Group Finance LLC, a Cayman Islands exempted Delaware limited company (the "Company")liability company, having a principal amount of $1,000, subject to the Pledge of such Note by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, or (b) after a Special Event Redemption, the Treasury Consideration, subject to the Pledge of such Treasury Consideration by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract with the Lazard Ltd, an exempted Bermuda limited corporation (the “Company”). Each Normal Unit will have a stated amount of $25 (the "“Stated Amount"”). All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement have the meaning set forth therein. Pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the interest in the Note or the Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, constituting part of each Normal Unit evidenced hereby has been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising a part of such Normal Unit to purchase Ordinary Shares Common Stock of the Company. Prior to the purchase of Ordinary Shares Common Stock under each Purchase Contract, such Purchase Contracts shall not entitle the Holders of Normal Units Certificates to any of the rights of a holder of Ordinary SharesCommon Stock, including without limitation, the right to vote or receive any dividends or other payments or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of shareholders, or for the election of directors of the Company or for any other matter or any other rights whatsoever as shareholder of the Company. The Pledge Agreement provides that all payments in respect of the Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration received by the Collateral Agent shall be paid by the Collateral Agent by wire transfer in same day funds (i) in the case of (A) any interest payments on Normal Units which include Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, and (B) any payments in respect of the Notes or Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, that have been released from the Pledge pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, to the Purchase Contract Agent to the account designated by the Purchase Contract Agent, no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day such payment is received by the Collateral Agent (PROVIDED provided that in the event such payment is received by the Collateral Agent on a day that is not a Business Day or after 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, then such payment shall be made no later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day) and (ii) in the case of payments in respect of any Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, to be paid upon settlement of such Holder's ’s obligations to purchase Ordinary Shares Common Stock under the Purchase Contract, to the Company on the Stock Purchase Date (as defined herein) in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement, in full satisfaction of the respective obligations of the Holders of the Normal Units of which such Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration are a part under the Purchase Contracts forming a part of such Normal Units. Interest payments payable on each Payment Date (as defined below) with respect to Pledged Notes or the Pledged Treasury Consideration included in the Normal Units shall be made quarterly in arrears on such Payment Date, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent from the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to the Person in whose name this Normal Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Normal Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Normal Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on May 15, 2007 2008 (the "“Stock Purchase Date"”), at a price equal to $25 (the "“Purchase Price"”), a number of Class A Ordinary SharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Ordinary Shares"“Common Stock”), of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate or, if the Company has fixed the Settlement Rate pursuant to Section 5.1(f) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Fixed Settlement Rate, unless on or prior to the Stock Purchase Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event or an Early Settlement or Merger Early Settlement with respect to the Normal Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part, all as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement, as defined and more fully described on the reverse hereof. The Purchase Price for the Ordinary Shares Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be satisfied on the Stock Purchase Date by either (i) the application of payments received with regard to Pledged Treasury Consideration, or (ii) the exercise of the Company's ’s rights as a secured party in connection with the Pledged Notes, as the case may be. The Company shall pay on each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 each year, commencing May August 15, 2004 2005 (each a "“Payment Date"”) in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Normal Unit evidenced hereby an amount (the "“Contract Adjustment Payments"”) equal to 3.970.505% per year of the Stated Amount through but excluding the Stock Purchase Date, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, subject to deferral at the option of the Company as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and more fully described on the reverse hereof (PROVIDED provided that if on any date on which Contract Adjustment Payments are to be made on the Purchase Contracts is not a Business Day, then payment of the Contract Adjustment Payments payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day, and no interest or payment will be paid in respect of the delay, except that if such next succeeding Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day). Such Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name this Normal Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Normal Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Contract Adjustment Payments and payments on the Treasury Consideration will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, or, if the Units do not remain in book-entry only form, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person's ’s address as it appears on the Normal Units Register or by wire transfer to the account maintained in the United States designated by written notice given ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by such Person. Payments on the Notes will be payable at the Corporate Trust Office or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person's ’s address as it appears on the Normal Units Register or by wire transfer to the account maintained in the United States designated by written notice given ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by such Person. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this Normal Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pledge Agreement or the Purchase Contract Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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Number of Normal Units. Xxxx Xxxmal Units Certificate certifies that _______________is the registered Holder of the number of Normal Units set forth above [If the Certificate is a Global Certificate, insert - , as such number may be increased or decreased as set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate annexed hereto]. Each Normal Unit represents (i) either (a) a 1/40, or 2.5%, beneficial ownership interest of the Holder in one 2.535.25% Senior Note due 2009 2011 (the "Note") of XL Capital Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted limited company (the "Company"), having a principal amount of $1,000, subject to the Pledge of such Note by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, or (b) after a Special Event Redemption, the Treasury Consideration, subject to the Pledge of such Treasury Consideration by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract with the Company. Each Normal Unit will have a stated amount of $25 (the "Stated Amount"). All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement have the meaning set forth therein. Pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the interest in the Note or the Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, constituting part of each Normal Unit evidenced hereby has been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising a part of such Normal Unit to purchase Ordinary Shares of the Company. Prior to the purchase of Ordinary Shares under each Purchase Contract, such Purchase Contracts shall not entitle the Holders of Normal Units Certificates to any of the rights of a holder of Ordinary Shares, including without limitation, the right to vote or receive any dividends or other payments or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of shareholders, or for the election of directors of the Company or for any other matter or any other rights whatsoever as shareholder of the Company. The Pledge Agreement provides that all payments in respect of the Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration received by the Collateral Agent shall be paid by the Collateral Agent by wire transfer in same day funds (i) in the case of (A) any interest payments on Normal Units which include Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, and (B) any payments in respect of the Notes or Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, that have been released from the Pledge pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, to the Purchase Contract Agent to the account designated by the Purchase Contract Agent, no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day such payment is received by the Collateral Agent (PROVIDED that in the event such payment is received by the Collateral Agent on a day that is not a Business Day or after 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, then such payment shall be made no later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day) and (ii) in the case of payments in respect of any Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, to be paid upon settlement of such Holder's obligations to purchase Ordinary Shares under the Purchase Contract, to the Company on the Stock Purchase Date (as defined herein) in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement, in full satisfaction of the respective obligations of the Holders of the Normal Units of which such Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration are a part under the Purchase Contracts forming a part of such Normal Units. Interest payments payable on each Payment Date (as defined below) with respect to Pledged Notes or the Pledged Treasury Consideration included in the Normal Units shall be made quarterly in arrears on such Payment Date, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent from the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to the Person in whose name this Normal Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Normal Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Normal Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on May February 15, 2007 2009 (the "Stock Purchase Date"), at a price equal to $25 (the "Purchase Price"), a number of Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share ("Ordinary Shares"), of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate or, if the Company has fixed the Settlement Rate pursuant to Section 5.1(f) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Fixed Accounting Event Settlement Rate, unless on or prior to the Stock Purchase Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event or an Early Settlement or Merger Early Settlement with respect to the Normal Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part, all as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement, as defined and more fully described on the reverse hereof. The Purchase Price for the Ordinary Shares purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be satisfied on the Stock Purchase Date by either (i) the application of payments received with regard to Pledged Treasury Consideration, or (ii) the exercise of the Company's rights as a secured party in connection with the Pledged Notes, as the case may be. The Company shall pay on each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 each year, commencing May February 15, 2004 2006 (each a "Payment Date") in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Normal Unit evidenced hereby an amount (the "Contract Adjustment Payments") equal to 3.971.75% per year of the Stated Amount through but excluding the Stock Purchase Date, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, subject to deferral at the option of the Company as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and more fully described on the reverse hereof (PROVIDED that if on any date on which Contract Adjustment Payments are to be made on the Purchase Contracts is not a Business Day, then payment of the Contract Adjustment Payments payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day, and no interest or payment will be paid in respect of the delay, except that if such next succeeding Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day). Such Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name this Normal Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Normal Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Contract Adjustment Payments and payments on the Treasury Consideration will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, or, if the Units do not remain in book-entry only form, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person's address as it appears on the Normal Units Register or by wire transfer to the account maintained in the United States designated by written notice given ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by such Person. Payments on the Notes will be payable at the Corporate Trust Office or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person's address as it appears on the Normal Units Register or by wire transfer to the account maintained in the United States designated by written notice given ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by such Person. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this Normal Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pledge Agreement or the Purchase Contract Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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Number of Normal Units. Xxxx Xxxmal This Normal Units Certificate certifies that _______________is the registered Holder of the number of Normal Units set forth above [If the Certificate is a Global Certificate, insert - , as such number may be increased or decreased as set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate annexed hereto]. Each Normal Unit represents (i) either (a) a 1/40, or 2.5%, beneficial ownership interest of the Holder in one 2.53% Senior Note initially due 2009 2035 (the "“Note"”) of XL Capital LtdLazard Group Finance LLC, a Cayman Islands exempted Delaware limited company (the "Company")liability company, having a principal amount of $1,000, subject to the Pledge of such Note by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, or (b) after a Special Event Redemption, the Treasury Consideration, subject to the Pledge of such Treasury Consideration by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract with the Lazard Ltd, a Bermuda corporation (the “Company”). Each Normal Unit will have a stated amount of $25 (the "“Stated Amount"”). All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement have the meaning set forth therein. Pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the interest in the Note or the Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, constituting part of each Normal Unit evidenced hereby has been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising a part of such Normal Unit to purchase Ordinary Shares Common Stock of the Company. Prior to the purchase of Ordinary Shares Common Stock under each Purchase Contract, such Purchase Contracts shall not entitle the Holders of Normal Units Certificates to any of the rights of a holder of Ordinary SharesCommon Stock, including without limitation, the right to vote or receive any dividends or other payments or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of shareholders, or for the election of directors of the Company or for any other matter or any other rights whatsoever as shareholder of the Company. The Pledge Agreement provides that all payments in respect of the Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration received by the Collateral Agent shall be paid by the Collateral Agent by wire transfer in same day funds (i) in the case of (A) any interest payments on Normal Units which include Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, and (B) any payments in respect of the Notes or Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, that have been released from the Pledge pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, to the Purchase Contract Agent to the account designated by the Purchase Contract Agent, no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day such payment is received by the Collateral Agent (PROVIDED provided that in the event such payment is received by the Collateral Agent on a day that is not a Business Day or after 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, then such payment shall be made no later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day) and (ii) in the case of payments in respect of any Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration, as the case may be, to be paid upon settlement of such Holder's ’s obligations to purchase Ordinary Shares Common Stock under the Purchase Contract, to the Company on the Stock Purchase Date (as defined herein) in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement, in full satisfaction of the respective obligations of the Holders of the Normal Units of which such Pledged Notes or Pledged Treasury Consideration are a part under the Purchase Contracts forming a part of such Normal Units. Interest payments payable on each Payment Date (as defined below) with respect to Pledged Notes or the Pledged Treasury Consideration included in the Normal Units shall be made quarterly in arrears on such Payment Date, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent from the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to the Person in whose name this Normal Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Normal Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Normal Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on May 15, 2007 2008 (the "“Stock Purchase Date"”), at a price equal to $25 (the "“Purchase Price"”), a number of Class A Ordinary SharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Ordinary Shares"“Common Stock”), of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate or, if the Company has fixed the Settlement Rate pursuant to Section 5.1(f) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Fixed Settlement Rate, unless on or prior to the Stock Purchase Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event or an Early Settlement or Merger Early Settlement with respect to the Normal Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part, all as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement, as defined and more fully described on the reverse hereof. The Purchase Price for the Ordinary Shares Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be satisfied on the Stock Purchase Date by either (i) the application of payments received with regard to Pledged Treasury Consideration, or (ii) the exercise of the Company's ’s rights as a secured party in connection with the Pledged Notes, as the case may be. The Company shall pay on each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 each year, commencing May 15, 2004 2005 (each a "“Payment Date"”) in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Normal Unit evidenced hereby an amount (the "“Contract Adjustment Payments"”) equal to 3.97% per year of the Stated Amount through but excluding the Stock Purchase Date, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, subject to deferral at the option of the Company as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and more fully described on the reverse hereof (PROVIDED provided that if on any date on which Contract Adjustment Payments are to be made on the Purchase Contracts is not a Business Day, then payment of the Contract Adjustment Payments payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day, and no interest or payment will be paid in respect of the delay, except that if such next succeeding Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day). Such Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name this Normal Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Normal Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Contract Adjustment Payments and payments on the Treasury Consideration will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, or, if the Units do not remain in book-entry only form, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person's ’s address as it appears on the Normal Units Register or by wire transfer to the account maintained in the United States designated by written notice given ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by such Person. Payments on the Notes will be payable at the Corporate Trust Office or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person's ’s address as it appears on the Normal Units Register or by wire transfer to the account maintained in the United States designated by written notice given ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by such Person. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this Normal Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pledge Agreement or the Purchase Contract Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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Samples: Purchase Contract Agreement (Lazard Group Finance LLC)