AGREEMENT FOR OFFERING STATE/TERRITORY DEBT SECURITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE OF STATE AND TERRITORY BORROWING, BY AND AMONG THE COMMONWEALTH, QUEENSLAND TREASURY CORPORATION, THE TREASURER ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT...
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AGREEMENT
FOR OFFERING STATE/TERRITORY
DEBT SECURITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE
AUSTRALIAN
GOVERNMENT
GUARANTEE OF STATE AND TERRITORY BORROWING, BY AND
AMONG
THE
COMMONWEALTH, QUEENSLAND TREASURY CORPORATION, THE TREASURER ON
BEHALF
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEENSLAND AND THE DEALERS NAMED THEREIN
Dated
11 December 2009
EXECUTION
VERSION
CONNECTION
WITH THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE OF
STATE
AND TERRITORY BORROWING
Date:
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This
Agreement is dated 11 December 2009
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Parties:
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The
Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Department of the
Treasury
(the
“Commonwealth”)
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Queensland
Treasury Corporation
(the
“Issuing
Entity”)
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The
Treasurer on behalf of the Government of Queensland
(the
“State”)
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UBS
Limited;
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.;
Citigroup
Global Markets Limited;
Deutsche
Bank AG, London Branch;
Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc.;
Australia
and New Zealand Banking Group Limited;
Commonwealth
Bank of Australia;
X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc.;
X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Limited;
Macquarie
Bank Limited London Branch;
Macquarie
Capital (USA) Inc.;
National
Australia Bank Limited;
Nomura
International plc;
Nomura Securities International, Inc.;
Royal
Bank of Canada Europe Limited;
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc;
The
Toronto-Dominion Bank; and
Westpac
Banking Corporation
(the
“Dealers”)
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Recitals
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A.
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The
Issuing Entity and the State filed a registration statement on Schedule B
(File No. 333-147600) (the “State/Territory Registration
Statement”), including a base prospectus, dated 7 December 2009
(the “State/Territory
Base Prospectus”), with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”), under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
relating to the offer and sale from time to time of certain debt
securities issued by the Issuing Entity and unconditionally guaranteed by
the State.
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B.
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Under
an Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement, dated on or about 11
December 2009, by and among the Issuing Entity, the State and the Dealers
(the “Distribution
Agreement”), the Issuing Entity and the State have agreed, from
time to time, to sell to the Dealers and the Dealers have agreed, from
time to time, to buy Global A$ Bonds (falling within the definition of
‘transferable securities’ as so defined in Article 4 of Directive
2004/39/EC) issued or to be issued by the Issuing Entity in respect of
borrowing of the State and guaranteed by the State (collectively, the
“Global A$ Bonds”), to be issued
under an Amended and Restated Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated on or about
11 December 2009, as further amended, restated or supplemented from time
to time by and among the Issuing Entity, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch,
as Fiscal Agent and London Paying, Transfer and Authenticating Agent,
Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., as Luxembourg Paying and Transfer Agent,
and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as New York Paying, Transfer and
Authenticating Agent (the “Fiscal Agency
Agreement”) by way of:
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i.
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offers
of Global A$ Bonds registered under the Securities Act;
and
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ii.
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offers
of Global A$ Bonds to the public and/or by admission of the Global A$
Bonds to trading on a regulated market situated or operating within a
Member State within the meaning of Article 2 of Directive 2003/71/EC (the
“Prospectus
Directive”), pursuant to a base prospectus dated on or about 11
December 2009, consisting of the State/Territory Prospectus (as defined in
Section 1(b) of this Agreement), which version of the State/Territory
Prospectus, for the avoidance of doubt, will not be accompanied by or
attach the Commonwealth Prospectus or any Commonwealth Pricing Supplement
(as defined in Section 1(a) of this Agreement), a copy of each of which
the Issuing Entity has delivered to the Commonwealth, and as further
supplemented from time to time (such document, including any supplement
to, and any updated or supplemented prospectus or any replacement of the
prospectus provided to the Dealers in accordance with the Distribution
Agreement, the “Luxembourg Prospectus”);
and/or
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iii.
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offers
of Global A$ Bonds on a basis exempt from the requirement to publish a
prospectus under the
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Prospectus
Directive.
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C.
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In
order to support the capacity of Australian State and Territory
governments to access credit markets, the Government of the Commonwealth
has implemented the Australian Government Guarantee of State and Territory
Borrowing (the “State
Guarantee Scheme”) and has executed a Deed of Guarantee dated 24
July 2009 (the “Deed of
Guarantee”) and adopted the Australian Government Guarantee of
State and Territory Borrowing Scheme Rules (the “Scheme Rules”) to give
effect to the Commonwealth guarantee.
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D.
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The
State intends to apply for Eligibility Certificates (as defined in the
Scheme Rules) evidencing that the liabilities of the State in respect of
certain series of Global A$ Bonds are guaranteed under the State Guarantee
Scheme. The Commonwealth guarantee of the liabilities of the
State in respect of such series of Global A$ Bonds (such series, the
“State/Territory Debt
Securities”) is referred to herein as the “Guarantee”. The
liabilities that are the subject of an Eligibility Certificate are
referred to herein as “Guaranteed
Liabilities”. For the avoidance of doubt, the State has
applied for Eligibility Certificates for the following existing series of
Global A$ Bonds:
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i.
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6.0%
Global A$ Bonds due 14 June 2011 (ISIN US748305BC27);
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ii.
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6.0%
Global A$ Bonds due 14 August 2013 (ISIN US748305BD00);
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iii.
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6.0%
Global A$ Bonds due 14 October 2015 (ISIN US748305BE82);
and
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iv.
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6.0%
Global A$ Bonds due 14 September 2017 (ISIN
US748305BG31),
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and
intends to apply for an Eligibility Certificate for any new series of
eligible Global A$ Bonds as the State may determine in its discretion,
subject to the Scheme Rules.
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E.
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The
Commonwealth has filed a registration statement on Schedule B (File No.
333-163307), covering issuances from time to time of the Guarantee of the
liabilities of a relevant State or Territory in respect of specific debt
securities issued by a relevant issuing entity in respect of State or
Territory government borrowing (the “Commonwealth Registration
Statement”), including a base prospectus, dated on or about 11
December 2009 (the
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“Commonwealth Base
Prospectus”), with the SEC under the Securities
Act.
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F.
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The
“Effective Time”
means any date as of which any part of the Commonwealth Registration
Statement became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the
Securities Act.
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G.
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“Business day” refers to
any day on which the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and
Retrieval system, or any successor system, accepts SEC
filings.
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H.
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To
facilitate the offering of the State/Territory Debt Securities under the
Distribution Agreement, the parties to this Agreement make the
representations, warranties and agreements set forth in this
Agreement.
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TERMS:
1.
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Commonwealth
Prospectus, Commonwealth Pricing Supplement, Commonwealth Disclosure,
State/Territory Prospectus and State/Territory Pricing
Supplement
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(a) The
Commonwealth will:
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(i) | (x) on the date of this Agreement provide the Issuing Entity and the State with a form of final prospectus, consisting of a prospectus supplement and the Commonwealth Base Prospectus (a “Commonwealth Prospectus”) that complies with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, relating to the offer and sale of the Guarantee of the liabilities of the State in respect of the existing series of State/Territory Debt Securities specifically identified in Recital D; | |||
(y) within two business days after the issuance by the Commonwealth of an Eligibility Certificate evidencing that the liabilities of the State in respect of one or more new series of State/Territory Debt Securities not specifically identified in Recital D are guaranteed under the State Guarantee Scheme, provide to the Issuing Entity and the State a Commonwealth Prospectus that complies with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, relating to the offer and sale of the Guarantee of the liabilities of the State in respect of such new series of State/Territory Debt Securities; and |
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(z) if the Commonwealth is given at least two business days' prior notice of the filing of a State/Territory Pricing Supplement (as defined in Section 1(b) of this Agreement), on the date of each such State/Territory Pricing Supplement including the applicable final terms of an issue of State/Territory Debt Securities by the Issuing Entity, provide the Issuing Entity and the State with a form of pricing supplement (each, a “Commonwealth Pricing Supplement”) that complies with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, relating to the offer and sale of the Guarantee of the liabilities of the State in respect of such issue of State/Territory Debt Securities; and | ||||
(ii) within the time periods prescribed by the rules and regulations of the SEC under the Securities Act, file with the SEC each such Commonwealth Prospectus and Commonwealth Pricing Supplement. | ||||
(b) The
Issuing Entity and the State will file with the SEC within the time
periods prescribed by the rules and regulations of the SEC under the
Securities Act:
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(i) to the extent not previously filed in relation to such series of State/Territory Debt Securities, a final prospectus, consisting of a prospectus supplement and the State/Territory Base Prospectus (a “State/Territory Prospectus”), relating to the offer and sale of one or more series of State/Territory Debt Securities; and | ||||
(ii) a State/Territory pricing supplement that includes the applicable final terms of an issue of State/Territory Debt Securities and incorporates by reference the State/Territory Prospectus, relating to the offer and sale of an issue of the State/Territory Debt Securities (each, a “State/Territory Pricing Supplement”), | ||||
in
each case, in the form delivered or to be delivered to prospective
purchasers and purchasers of the State/Territory Debt Securities and
complying with the requirements of the Securities Act.
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(c) Subject
to the other terms of this Agreement, in connection with the offering of
the State/Territory Debt Securities and the liabilities of the State in
respect of such State/Territory Debt Securities, the Commonwealth consents
to:
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(i) the Issuing Entity and the State (or any of their agents, including the Dealers) delivering each Commonwealth Prospectus and Commonwealth Pricing Supplement accompanying or attached to the State/Territory Prospectus or the relevant State/Territory Pricing Supplement, as applicable, to prospective purchasers and purchasers of the State/Territory Debt Securities and |
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the liabilities of the State in respect of such State/Territory Debt Securities; and | |||
(ii) the statements set forth under the caption “Description of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing” (such statements, as supplemented, amended or updated from time to time, the “Commonwealth Disclosure”) in the form provided by the Commonwealth to the Issuing Entity and the State on or about the date of this Offering Agreement by being (i) directly included in, or attached as an annex to, the Luxembourg Prospectus or (ii) incorporated by reference in the Luxembourg Prospectus, by being (A) directly included in, or attached as an annex to, a supplementary Luxembourg Prospectus submitted, published and made generally available in accordance with article 13 of the law of 10 July 2005 implementing directive 2003/71/EC on prospectuses for securities (the “Luxembourg Prospectus Law”) or (B) (I) filed with the Commission de surveillance du secteur financier and published on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at xxx.xxxxxx.xx for the purpose of incorporation by reference in the Luxembourg Prospectus, and (II) incorporated by reference in the Luxembourg Prospectus submitted, approved, published and made generally available; provided that (x) the following notice accompany (on a covering page) the Commonwealth Disclosure filed with the Commission de surveillance du secteur financier and published on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at xxx.xxxxxx.xx: “IMPORTANT NOTICE: The following Description of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing is being filed with the Commission de surveillance du secteur financier and published on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at xxx.xxxxxx.xx solely for the purpose of incorporation by reference in a Prospectus of Queensland Treasury Corporation, to be dated on or about 11 December 2009. Any reproduction, attachment, annexure or incorporation by reference of the following Description of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing or any use of any information contained in the following Description of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing for any other purpose or by any person other than Queensland Treasury Corporation is prohibited.” and (y) a notice to the effect of the notice prescribed under clause (x) above be included in the section of the Luxembourg Prospectus identifying the documents incorporated by reference therein. | |||
in
each case, subject to the conditions set out in Section 1 of this
Agreement.
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(d) Any
statements regarding the Commonwealth, the State Guarantee Scheme or the
Guarantee made in connection with any offering of State/Territory Debt
Securities by the Issuing Entity, the State, the Dealers, or any person
acting on behalf of any of them
must:
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(i) be made in circumstances in which it is clear to a reasonable reader that the statements are being made by and are the responsibility of such person and are not being made by and are not the responsibility of the Commonwealth; and | |||
(ii) not be inconsistent with the statements in any Commonwealth Prospectus (including the annual reports and amendments and/or supplements thereto and other documents incorporated by reference therein) or the Commonwealth Disclosure. | |||
For
the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph (d) does not apply to (x) the
delivery to prospective purchasers and purchasers of the State/Territory
Debt Securities of a Commonwealth Prospectus or Commonwealth Pricing
Supplement (whether accompanying or by attachment to the State/Territory
Prospectus or the relevant State/Territory Pricing Supplement, as
applicable) or (y) the inclusion or the incorporation by reference of the
Commonwealth Disclosure in, or the attachment of the Commonwealth
Disclosure as an annex to, the Luxembourg Prospectus, in each case in
accordance with this Agreement.
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(e) From
time to time, the Commonwealth may update (i) the Commonwealth Prospectus
(including by way of the filing with the SEC of amendments to one or more
annual reports that are incorporated by reference in the Commonwealth
Registration Statement) and (ii) the Commonwealth Disclosure and provide
such updated Commonwealth Disclosure to the Issuing Entity and the State
for use in the Luxembourg Prospectus. The date the updated
Commonwealth Prospectus (other than any Commonwealth Pricing Supplement or
any other amendment or supplement providing for the identification of an
issue of State/Territory Debt Securities subject to the Guarantee) is
filed with the SEC and the Commonwealth Disclosure is provided to the
Issuing Entity and the State for use in the Luxembourg Prospectus (which
shall be the same date) is referred to as an “Update
Date”. Any State/Territory Prospectus and/or
State/Territory Pricing Supplement used to offer State/Territory Debt
Securities after the most recent Update Date must deliver or attach the
Commonwealth Prospectus, as amended or supplemented on such Update
Date. Any Luxembourg Prospectus used to offer State/Territory
Debt Securities or in connection with an application for the
State/Territory Securities to be admitted to trading on a regulated market
after the most recent Update Date must include the Commonwealth Disclosure
provided on such Update Date. The Commonwealth confirms that
the Commonwealth Disclosure provided on such Update Date can be (i)
directly included in, or attached as an annex to, the Luxembourg
Prospectus or (ii) incorporated by reference in the Luxembourg Prospectus,
by being (A) directly included in, or attached as an annex to a
supplementary Luxembourg Prospectus submitted, published and made
generally available in accordance with article 13 of the Luxembourg
Prospectus Law or (B) (I) filed with the Commission de surveillance du
secteur financier and published on the website of the Luxembourg
Stock Exchange at xxx.xxxxxx.xx for the
purpose of incorporation by reference in a supplementary Luxembourg
Prospectus and (II) incorporated by reference in a supplementary
Luxembourg Prospectus submitted, published and made generally available in
accordance with article 13 of the Luxembourg Prospectus Law; provided that
(x) the following notice accompany (on a covering page) the updated
Commonwealth Disclosure filed with the Commission de surveillance du
secteur financier and published on the website of the Luxembourg
Stock Exchange at xxx.xxxxxx.xx: “IMPORTANT
NOTICE: The following Description of the Commonwealth and the
Commonwealth Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing is being filed
with the Commission de
surveillance du secteur financier and published on the website of
the Luxembourg Stock
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Exchange
at xxx.xxxxxx.xx
solely for the purpose of incorporation by reference in a Supplementary
Prospectus of Queensland Treasury Corporation, to be dated on or about
[Update Date]. Any reproduction, attachment, annexure or
incorporation by reference of the following Description of the
Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Guarantee or any use of any information
contained in the following Description of the Commonwealth and the
Commonwealth Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing for any other
purpose or by any person other than Queensland Treasury Corporation is
prohibited.” and (y) a notice to the effect of the notice prescribed under
clause (x) above be included in the section of the supplementary
Luxembourg Prospectus identifying the documents incorporated by reference
therein.
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(f) If
during any period when a prospectus relating to the Guarantee is required
to be delivered to permit the continuance of the sale of or a dealing in
the State/Territory Debt Securities:
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(i) the SEC issues an order suspending the effectiveness of the Commonwealth Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Commonwealth Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or initiates or threatens any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act or the Commonwealth receives any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Guarantee for offer and sale in any jurisdiction by any competent regulatory authority or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose by any competent regulatory authority; | |||
(ii) there occurs any event as a result of which the Secretary to the Treasury believes that (A) any Commonwealth Prospectus as then supplemented or amended includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time that such Commonwealth Prospectus as then supplemented or amended is delivered to a purchaser of the State/Territory Debt Securities (whether by delivery with or attachment to the State/Territory Prospectus and/or any State/Territory Pricing Supplement) or (B) the Commonwealth Disclosure, as then updated, amended or supplemented, does not contain all information which, according to the particular nature of the Commonwealth and the Guarantee as it applies to the liabilities of the State in respect of the State/Territory Debt Securities, is necessary to enable investors to make an informed assessment of the assets and liabilities, financial position, profit and losses and prospects of the Commonwealth and of the rights attaching to the Guarantee as it applies to the liabilities of the State in respect of the State/Territory Debt Securities; or | |||
(iii) it becomes necessary to amend or supplement any Commonwealth Prospectus or the Commonwealth Registration Statement in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act, the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, | |||
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the
Commonwealth will notify the Issuing Entity of the occurrence of an event
described in Sections 1(f)(i), (ii) or (iii) of this Agreement, and the
Issuing Entity will promptly forward such notice received from the
Commonwealth to the State and the Dealers; provided
that:
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(r) in
connection with the release of the Commonwealth Budget, the Commonwealth
will provide notice pursuant to this Section 1(f) to the Issuing Entity
approximately five business days prior to the release of the Commonwealth
Budget, and the Issuing Entity will promptly forward such notice received
from the Commonwealth to the State and the Dealers;
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(s) the Commonwealth shall be deemed to have delivered
such a notice upon the release of the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal
Outlook (“MYEFO”)
and the Final Budget Outcome in each year; provided, further, that the
Commonwealth will endeavor to provide notice pursuant to this Section 1(f)
to the Issuing Entity in advance of the release of the MYEFO or the Final
Budget Outcome, as applicable (but, for the avoidance of doubt, the
Commonwealth will be under no obligation to provide any such notice in
advance of the release of the MYEFO or the Final Budget Outcome, as
applicable) and, to the extent any such notice is provided by the
Commonwealth, the Issuing Entity will promptly forward such notice
received from the Commonwealth to the State and the Dealers;
and
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(t) to
the extent the advance notice contemplated by Section 1(f)(s) of this
Agreement has not been given, following the release of the MYEFO and the
Final Budget Outcome in each year, the Commonwealth will promptly provide
confirmation to the Issuing Entity (1) of the release of the MYEFO or the
Final Budget Outcome, as applicable, and (2) that, upon such release of
the MYEFO or the Final Budget Outcome, as applicable, notice pursuant to
Section 1(f)(s) of this Agreement has been deemed to have been delivered,
and the Issuing Entity will promptly forward such confirmation received
from the Commonwealth to the State and the Dealers; provided, further,
that that nothing contained in this Section 1(f)(t) will affect the time
as of which notice will be deemed to have been delivered pursuant to
Section 1(f)(s) of this Agreement.
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The
State and the Dealers will be taken to have received notice pursuant to
this Section 1(f) (other than deemed notice upon the release of the MYEFO
and the Final Budget Outcome) at the time such notice provided by the
Commonwealth is received by the Issuing Entity. Following
receipt of such notice or upon such deemed notice, each of the Issuing
Entity, the State and the Dealers will not:
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(x) offer
any State/Territory Debt Securities registered under the Securities Act
pursuant to the State/Territory Prospectus and/or any State/Territory
Pricing Supplement, in each case, that would require delivery of a
Commonwealth Prospectus until notified by the Commonwealth that the
Commonwealth Prospectus has been updated (including by way of the filing
with
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the
SEC of amendments to one or more annual reports that are incorporated by
reference in the Commonwealth Registration Statement);
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(y) offer
any State/Territory Debt Securities to the public and/or application for
admission of the State/Territory Debt Securities to trading on a regulated
market in circumstances that would require use of the Luxembourg
Prospectus until notified by the Commonwealth that the Commonwealth
Disclosure has been updated; or
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(z) offer
to purchase or sell State/Territory Debt Securities in circumstances that
would require delivery of any Commonwealth Prospectus (including by
delivery with or attachment of such Commonwealth Prospectus to the
State/Territory Prospectus or the relevant State/Territory Pricing
Supplement, as applicable) or the Luxembourg Prospectus including,
attaching or incorporating by reference the Commonwealth
Disclosure,
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and,
if any such offer of State/Territory Debt Securities registered under the
Securities Act, offer of State/Territory Debt Securities to the public,
application for admission of the State/Territory Debt Securities to
trading on a regulated market and/or offer of State/Territory Debt
Securities on a basis exempt from the requirement to publish a prospectus
under the Prospectus Directive has been commenced at the time of such
notice or deemed notice:
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(A) the
Issuing Entity, the State and the Dealers shall inform each prospective purchaser of the
State/Territory Debt Securities: (x)
of the release of new information, being the Commonwealth Budget, the
MYEFO, the Final Budget Outcome or any other new information (as the case
may be); and (y) that they cannot rely on the Commonwealth Prospectus or
any supplement or amendment thereto or the Commonwealth Disclosure in
making an investment decision with respect to the State/Territory Debt
Securities;
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(B) each of the Issuing Entity and the State
(and any of their agents, including the Dealers) shall immediately cease
to (I) deliver with or attach any Commonwealth Prospectus or any
supplement or amendment thereto to the State/Territory Prospectus or
relevant State/Territory Pricing Supplement, as applicable, and (II)
include or incorporated by reference the Commonwealth Disclosure in, or
attach the Commonwealth Disclosure as an annex to, the Luxembourg
Prospectus; and
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(C) following
the update of the Commonwealth Disclosure in accordance with Section 1(e)
of this Agreement, the Issuing Entity and the State must (A) submit,
publish and make generally available a supplementary Luxembourg Prospectus
in accordance with article 13 of the Luxembourg Prospectus Law containing
the supplemented, amended or updated
Commonwealth
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Disclosure
to be approved by the Commission de surveillance du
secteur financier as competent authority for the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg or (B) (I) file the supplemented, amended or updated
Commonwealth Disclosure to be approved by the Commission de surveillance du
secteur financier as competent authority for the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg with the Commission de surveillance du
secteur financier and publish such Commonwealth Disclosure on the
website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at xxx.xxxxxx.xx for the
purpose of incorporation by reference in a supplementary Prospectus; (II)
include (x) the following notice on a covering page preceding the
supplemented, amended or updated Commonwealth Disclosure filed with the
Commission de
surveillance du secteur financier as competent authority for the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and published on the website of the Luxembourg
Stock Exchange at xxx.xxxxxx.xx: “IMPORTANT
NOTICE: The following Description of the Commonwealth and the
Commonwealth Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing is being filed
with the Commission de
surveillance du secteur financier and published on the website of
the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at xxx.xxxxxx.xx solely
for the purpose of incorporation by reference in a Supplementary
Prospectus of Queensland Treasury Corporation, to be dated on or about
[Update Date]. Any reproduction, attachment, annexure or
incorporation by reference of the following Description of the
Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Guarantee or any use of any information
contained in the following Description of the Commonwealth and the
Commonwealth Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing for any other
purpose or by any person other than Queensland Treasury Corporation is
prohibited.” and (y) a notice to the effect of the notice prescribed under
clause (x) above in the section of the supplementary Luxembourg Prospectus
identifying the documents incorporated by reference therein; and (III)
incorporate the supplemented, amended or updated Commonwealth Disclosure
by reference in a supplementary Prospectus submitted, published and made
generally available in accordance with article 13 of the Luxembourg
Prospectus Law.
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The
Commonwealth agrees that it will update the Commonwealth Prospectus
(including by way of the filing with the SEC of amendments to one or more
annual reports that are incorporated by reference in the Commonwealth
Registration Statement) and the Commonwealth Disclosure following release
of the Commonwealth Budget, MYEFO and the Final Budget Outcome in each
year.
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(g) The
Commonwealth represents and agrees that it has not made or used and,
unless it obtains the prior consent of the Issuing Entity, the State and
the Dealers, it will not make or use any written communication (as defined
in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) relating to the Guarantee that would
constitute a "free writing prospectus" as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act, required to be filed with the SEC under Rule 433 under the
Securities Act.
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(h) It
is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement that the Commission de surveillance du
secteur financier as competent authority for the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg has granted to the Issuing Entity and the State a complete and
unconditional exemption from the requirement for the Luxembourg Prospectus to
comply with Rules 1, 5 and 6 of Annex XVI of Commission Regulation (EC)
No.809/2004 (or a conditional exemption in a form acceptable to the
Commonwealth) and that, at the date of each issue of State/Territory Debt
Securities, such exemption shall not have been withdrawn or varied other than in
a manner acceptable to the Commonwealth.
(i) If
the Commission de surveillance
du secteur financier as competent authority responsible for approving the
Luxembourg Prospectus or any other competent regulator issues any comment
regarding the Commonwealth Disclosure, each of the Issuing Entity and the State
acknowledges and agrees that it is not authorized to, and must not, respond to
such comment or amend the Commonwealth Disclosure without in each case notifying
and obtaining the prior consent of the Commonwealth, in all cases using only
information provided by the Commonwealth and in the form provided by the
Commonwealth.
2.
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Representations
and warranties of the Commonwealth
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The
Commonwealth represents and warrants to the Issuing Entity, the State and each
of the Dealers as of the date of this Agreement and each Update Date (and in
respect of Section 2(f) of this Agreement only, as of each Effective Time;
provided that the Commonwealth makes the representations and warranties
contained in Section 2(f) of this Agreement as of the Effective Time in respect
of a Commonwealth Pricing Supplement dated the date of a corresponding
State/Territory Pricing Supplement only to the Issuing Entity, the State and
those of the Dealers through which the offer and sale of the issue of
State/Territory Debt Securities described in such State/Territory Pricing
Supplement is effected) as follows:
(a) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Commonwealth,
and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Commonwealth, enforceable
against the Commonwealth in accordance with its terms.
(b) The
Deed of Guarantee has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Commonwealth and is a legal, valid and binding instrument of the Commonwealth,
enforceable against the Commonwealth in accordance with its terms.
(c) The
obligations of the Commonwealth under the Guarantee are irrevocable and rank
equally with other unsecured debts and financial obligations of the
Commonwealth.
(d) The
execution of this Agreement and the Deed of Guarantee and the compliance by the
Commonwealth with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and the Deed of
Guarantee do not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any
existing Australian law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any
government, governmental instrumentality or court in Australia.
(e) The
Commonwealth Registration Statement has been declared effective under the
Securities Act, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Commonwealth Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for that
purpose or
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pursuant
to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Commonwealth are pending before
or threatened by the SEC.
(f) At
the Effective Time, the Commonwealth Registration Statement did not contain and
any amendment thereto, as of the date it becomes effective, will not contain any
untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. At the Effective Time, the Commonwealth Registration
Statement did comply and any amendment thereto, as of the date it becomes
effective, will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
Each Commonwealth Prospectus, as of the date of such Commonwealth Prospectus,
did not or will not, and any amendment or supplement to any Commonwealth
Prospectus, as of the date of such amendment or supplement, will not contain any
untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(g) Each
Commonwealth Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto at the time of
filing with the SEC complied or will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of
the SEC thereunder.
(h) The
Commonwealth Disclosure contains all information which, according to the
particular nature of the Commonwealth and the Guarantee, is necessary to enable
investors to make an informed assessment of the assets and liabilities,
financial position, profit and losses and prospects of the Commonwealth and of
the rights attaching to the Guarantee.
(i) The
statements in (i) the section of the Commonwealth Base Prospectus entitled “The
Commonwealth of Australia Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing” and (ii)
the section of the Commonwealth Disclosure entitled “The Commonwealth of
Australia Guarantee of State and Territory Borrowing”, insofar as such
statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the Deed of Guarantee and
the Scheme Rules, fairly summarize such provisions in all material
respects.
(j) The
Commonwealth has not and will not communicate an invitation or inducement to
engage in investment activity within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial
Services and Markets Xxx 0000 (the “FSMA”) in respect of the
Guaranteed Securities.
3.
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Representations,
warranties and agreements of the Issuing
Entity
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The
Issuing Entity represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Commonwealth as
of (i) the date of this Agreement, (ii) each date it offers to sell or solicits
an offer to buy State/Territory Debt Securities and (iii) the date of each issue
of State/Territory Debt Securities as follows:
(a) The
Issuing Entity has been duly organized and validly exists under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation and has full corporate power and authority to
enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
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(b) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuing Entity
and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Issuing Entity, enforceable
against the Issuing Entity in accordance with its terms.
(c) The
State/Territory Debt Securities will have been duly authorized and duly executed
by the Issuing Entity on the date of each issue of State/Territory Debt
Securities and will have been duly authorized by the Issuing Entity on the date
the State/Territory Debt Securities are admitted to trading, and when
authenticated and issued in accordance with the provisions of the Fiscal Agency
Agreement and delivered and paid for as provided in the Distribution Agreement,
will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuing Entity, entitled to
the benefits of the Fiscal Agency Agreement, enforceable against the Issuing
Entity in accordance with their terms, subject, as to the enforcement of
remedies, to applicable bankruptcy (including, without limitation, all laws
relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or
other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of
equity.
(d) The
Issuing Entity will only issue and deliver State/Territory Debt Securities under
(i) the State/Territory Prospectus and a State/Territory Pricing Supplement and
(ii) the Luxembourg Prospectus after the Commonwealth has issued an Eligibility
Certificate relating to the liabilities of the State in respect of those
State/Territory Debt Securities.
(e) In
relation to those State/Territory Debt Securities and the related Guarantee
offered or sold in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), neither the Issuing
Entity, any affiliate of the Issuing Entity, nor any person acting on behalf of
any of them (other than the Dealers, their affiliates, or any person acting on
behalf of any of them, as to whom no representation or warranty is made) will
offer, sell or admit to trading State/Territory Debt Securities other than in
accordance with the provisions of the Prospectus Directive and the applicable
laws and regulations of any jurisdiction within the EEA in which the
State/Territory Debt Securities have been offered or will be offered or have
been or will be admitted to trading.
(f) The
Issuing Entity, any affiliate of the Issuing Entity, or any person acting on
behalf of any of them (other than the Dealers, their affiliates, or any person
acting on behalf of any of them, as to whom no representation or warranty is
made) has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only
communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage
in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) in
connection with the issue or sale of any State/Territory Debt Securities in
circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Issuing
Entity, any affiliate of the Issuing Entity, or any person acting on behalf of
any of them.
(g) The
Issuing Entity, any affiliate of the Issuing Entity or any person acting on
behalf of any of them (other than the Dealers, their affiliates, or any person
acting on behalf of any of them, as to whom no representation, warranty or
agreement is made) shall deal with any matter referred to in article 13 of the
Luxembourg Prospectus Law which arises after the time that the Luxembourg
Prospectus is formally approved by the Commission de surveillance du
secteur financier in accordance with article 13 of the Luxembourg
Prospectus Law and any applicable rules laid down by the Commission de surveillance du
secteur financier.
(h) The
Issuing Entity has, since the date of this Agreement, made no statements in
connection with any offering of the State/Territory Debt Securities regarding
the
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Commonwealth
or the Guarantee that are not authorized or permitted by Section 1 of this
Agreement.
(i) The
Issuing Entity has delivered or will deliver (or has caused or will cause to be
delivered) copies of the Commonwealth Prospectus and the relevant Commonwealth
Pricing Supplement to each Dealer prior to the time when sales of the
State/Territory Debt Securities are first made.
(j) The
State/Territory Registration Statement has been declared effective under the
Securities Act, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
State/Territory Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for that
purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuing
Entity or the State are pending before or threatened by the SEC.
(k) The
Issuing Entity has not made or used and, unless it obtains the prior consent of
the Commonwealth, it will not make or use any written communication (as defined
in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) relating to the Guarantee that would
constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act, required to be filed with the SEC under Rule 433 under the
Securities Act, except that the Issuing Entity (and the State and the Dealers)
may use a preliminary term sheet and a final term sheet describing the terms of
the State/Territory Debt Securities and the liabilities of the State in respect
of the State/Territory Debt Securities and referring to the
Guarantee.
(l) The
Luxembourg Prospectus (excluding the Commonwealth Disclosure), together with
each amendment or supplement thereto, contains all information (other than the
information included in the Commonwealth Disclosure) which, according to the
particular nature of the Issuing Entity, the State, the State/Territory Debt
Securities and the liabilities of the State in respect of the State/Territory
Debt Securities, is necessary to enable investors to make an informed assessment
of the assets and liabilities, financial position, profit and losses and
prospects of the Issuing Entity and the State and of the rights attaching to the
State/Territory Debt Securities and the liabilities of the State in respect of
the State/Territory Debt Securities.
(m) Neither
the Issuing Entity, any affiliate of the Issuing Entity, nor any person acting
on behalf of any of them (other than the Dealers, their affiliates, or any
person acting on behalf of any of them, as to whom no representation or warranty
is made) will offer or sell any State/Territory Debt Securities using the
Commonwealth Disclosure on a basis exempt from the requirement to publish a
prospectus under the Prospectus Directive except where such offer or sale is
made pursuant to the Luxembourg Prospectus containing information regarding the
Issuing Entity and the State that has been previously approved by the Commission de surveillance du
secteur financier.
4.
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Representations,
warranties and agreements of the
State
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The
State represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Commonwealth as of (i)
the date of this Agreement, (ii) each date it offers to sell or solicits an
offer to buy State/Territory Debt Securities and (iii) the date of each issue of
State/Territory Debt Securities as follows:
(a) The
State has full corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement.
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(b) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the State and is a
legal, valid and binding agreement of the State, enforceable against the State
in accordance with its terms.
(c) The
liabilities of the State in respect of the State/Territory Debt Securities will
have been duly authorized and duly executed by the State on the date of each
issue of State/Territory Debt Securities and will have been duly authorized by
the State on the date the State/Territory Debt Securities are admitted to
trading, and when issued and delivered will constitute valid and binding
obligations of the State, enforceable against the State in accordance with their
terms, subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy
(including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers),
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity.
(d) The
State, any affiliate of the State or any person acting on behalf of any of them
(other than the Dealers, their affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of any
of them, as to whom no representation, warranty or agreement is made) shall deal
with any matter referred to in article 13 of the Luxembourg Prospectus Law which
arises after the time that the Luxembourg Prospectus is formally approved by the
Commission de surveillance du
secteur financier in accordance with article 13 of the Luxembourg
Prospectus Law and any applicable rules laid down by the Commission de surveillance du
secteur financier.
(e) The
State has, since the date of this Agreement, made no statements in connection
with any offering of the State/Territory Debt Securities regarding the
Commonwealth or the Guarantee that are not authorized or permitted by Section 1
of this Agreement.
(f) The
State has not made or used and, unless it obtains the prior consent of the
Commonwealth, it will not make or use any written communication (as defined in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act) relating to the Guarantee that would
constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act, required to be filed with the SEC under Rule 433 under the
Securities Act, except that the State (and the Issuing Entity and the Dealers)
may use a preliminary term sheet and a final term sheet describing the terms of
the State/Territory Debt Securities and the liabilities of the State in respect
of the State/Territory Debt Securities and referring to the
Guarantee.
(g) The
Luxembourg Prospectus (excluding the Commonwealth Disclosure), together with
each amendment or supplement thereto, contains all information (other than the
information included in the Commonwealth Disclosure) which, according to the
particular nature of the Issuing Entity, the State, the State/Territory Debt
Securities and the liabilities of the State in respect of the State/Territory
Debt Securities, is necessary to enable investors to make an informed assessment
of the assets and liabilities, financial position, profit and losses and
prospects of the Issuing Entity and the State and of the rights attaching to the
State/Territory Debt Securities and the liabilities of the State in respect of
the State/Territory Debt Securities.
5.
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Representations,
warranties and agreements of the
Dealers
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Each
Dealer severally represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Commonwealth
as of (i) the date of this Agreement, (ii) each date it offers to sell or
solicits an offer to buy
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State/Territory
Debt Securities, and (iii) the date of each issue of State/Territory Debt
Securities as follows:
(a) The
Dealer has been duly organized and validly exists under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation and has full corporate power and authority to
enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Dealer and is
a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Dealer, enforceable against the
Dealer in accordance with its terms.
(c) In
relation to those State/Territory Debt Securities and the related Guarantee
offered or sold in the EEA, neither the Dealer, any affiliate of the Dealer, nor
any person acting on behalf of any of them will offer or sell State/Territory
Debt Securities other than in accordance with the provisions of the Prospectus
Directive and the applicable laws and regulations of any jurisdiction within the
EEA in which the State/Territory Debt Securities have been offered or will be
offered or have been or will be admitted to trading.
(d) The
Dealer, any affiliate of the Dealer, or any person acting on behalf of any of
them has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only
communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage
in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) in
connection with the issue or sale of any State/Territory Debt Securities in
circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Dealer,
any affiliate of the Dealer, or any person acting on behalf of any of them and
would not, if the Dealer, any affiliate of the Dealer, or any person acting on
behalf of any of them was not an authorised person, apply to the Issuing Entity,
the State and/or the Commonwealth].
(e) The
Dealer has made no statements in connection with the offering of the
State/Territory Debt Securities regarding the Commonwealth or the Guarantee that
are not authorized or permitted by Section 1 of this Agreement.
(f) The
Dealer has not made or used and, unless it obtains the prior consent of the
Commonwealth, it will not make or use any written communication (as defined in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act) relating to the Guarantee that would
constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act, required to be filed with the SEC under Rule 433 under the
Securities Act, except that such Dealer may use a preliminary term sheet and a
final term sheet describing the terms of the State/Territory Debt Securities and
referring to the Guarantee.
(g) The
Dealer has delivered or will deliver a copy of the Commonwealth Prospectus and
the relevant Commonwealth Pricing Supplement to each purchaser of
State/Territory Debt Securities prior to the time when sales of the
State/Territory Debt Securities are first made when such delivery is required by
applicable law.
6.
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Opinions,
legal fees, payment of expenses
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(a) On
the date of this Agreement and each Update Date, the Commonwealth shall procure
the delivery to each Dealer by its U.S. counsel of a negative assurance letter
with regard to the content of the Commonwealth Registration Statement and the
Commonwealth Prospectus (as supplemented or amended as of each such Update
Date), and
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covering
such other matters relating to the Commonwealth Registration Statement as are
customarily covered by such a letter.
(b) On
the date of this Agreement, the Commonwealth shall procure the delivery to the
Issuing Entity, the State and each Dealer by its Australian counsel of a
validity opinion regarding the Deed of Guarantee.
(c) Within
14 days of being invoiced by the Commonwealth following an Update Date, the
State shall pay the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of the
Commonwealth’s legal counsel in connection with offerings of State/Territory
Debt Securities and the performance by the Commonwealth of its obligations
hereunder including any amendments to the Commonwealth Registration Statement
(including by way of the filing with the SEC of amendments to one or more annual
reports that are incorporated by reference in the Commonwealth Registration
Statement), any Commonwealth Prospectus or supplements or amendments to a
Commonwealth Prospectus or any updates, supplements or amendments to the
Commonwealth Disclosure that is included in or attached as an annex to the
Luxembourg Prospectus since the previous Update Date or, in the case of the
first invoice hereunder, since the first date on which the Commonwealth
Registration Statement became effective, it being agreed (i) that the costs of
any amendments to the Commonwealth Registration Statement (including by way of
the filing with the SEC of amendments to one or more annual reports that are
incorporated by reference in the Commonwealth Registration Statement) will be
allocated pro rata among each State and Territory that enters into an offering
agreement with the Commonwealth relating to access to the Commonwealth
Registration Statement to the extent such costs are not directly allocable to
the State in connection with offerings of State/Territory Debt Securities
hereunder and (ii) that as part of the costs of updating the Registration
Statement (including by way of the filing with the SEC of amendments to one or
more annual reports that are incorporated by reference in the Commonwealth
Registration Statement) and the Commonwealth Disclosure, the Commonwealth will
allocate pro rata among (A) each State and Territory to which the Commonwealth
makes available a disclosure document regarding the Commonwealth in connection
with the State Guarantee Scheme and (B) each Authorised Deposit-taking
Institution to which the Commonwealth makes available a disclosure document
regarding the Commonwealth in connection with the Australian Government
Guarantee Scheme for Large Deposits and Wholesale Funding, the costs of updating
disclosure regarding the Commonwealth and which are not directly allocable to a
particular State, Territory or Authorised Deposit-taking
Institution
7.
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Application
of counter-indemnity
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The
State agrees that the indemnity provided under the Counter-indemnity deed
delivered or to be delivered by it to the Commonwealth in accordance with the
Scheme Rules in connection with the State/Territory Debt Securities will extend
to, and to the extent that it does not is hereby extended to, any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which the Commonwealth may become subject,
under the Securities Act, the Luxembourg Prospectus Law, any laws and
regulations within the EEA insofar as they apply to an offer of securities
and/or to admission to trading on a regulated market or any other applicable law
and, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:
(a) an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained or
incorporated by reference in the State/Territory Registration Statement (or any
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amendment
thereto or new registration statement relating to the State/Territory Debt
Securities), any State/Territory Prospectus, any State/Territory Pricing
Supplement, any prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any State/Territory
free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), or
any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading;
(b) the
failure or alleged failure of the Luxembourg Prospectus (excluding the
Commonwealth Disclosure) to contain all information (other than the information
included in the Commonwealth Disclosure) which, according to the particular
nature of the Issuing Entity, the State, the State/Territory Debt Securities and
the liabilities of the State in respect of the State/Territory Debt Securities,
is necessary to enable investors to make an informed assessment of the assets
and liabilities, financial position, profit and losses and prospects of the
Issuing Entity and the State and of the rights attaching to the State/Territory
Debt Securities and the liabilities of the State in respect of the
State/Territory Debt Securities; or
(c) any
breach of the representations contained in Sections 3(h), 3(l), 4(e) or 4(g) of
this Agreement,
and
will reimburse the Commonwealth for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by the Commonwealth in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that as long as the
representation in Section 4(e) of this Agreement is accurate, the State shall
not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage
or liability arises out of or is based upon:
(x) an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made in the Commonwealth Registration Statement, any Commonwealth Prospectus,
any free writing prospectus contemplated under Section 1(g) hereof or any
supplement or amendment thereto; or
(y) the
failure or alleged failure of the Commonwealth Disclosure to contain all
information which, according to the particular nature of the Commonwealth and
the Guarantee, is necessary to enable investors to make an informed assessment
of the assets and liabilities, financial position, profit and losses and
prospects of the Commonwealth and of the rights attaching to the
Guarantee.
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8.
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Termination
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This
Agreement may be terminated by the Commonwealth for any reason on 10 days’
written notice to the Issuing Entity, the State and the Dealers; provided that
the Commonwealth will not terminate this Agreement prior to the later of (i) the
Final Issuance Date (as defined in the Scheme Rules) and (ii) the first date on
which no Dealer has an obligation under the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder to deliver any Commonwealth Prospectus;
further provided that following the provision by the Commonwealth of written
notice of the termination of this Agreement, the Commonwealth, the Issuing
Entity and the State shall make commercially reasonable efforts to agree
arrangements for the provision of information with respect to the Commonwealth
appropriate to satisfy applicable filing and other regulatory requirements for
so long as the State/Territory Debt Securities remain
outstanding. Notwithstanding such termination, Sections 6(c) and 7 of
this Agreement shall remain in effect.
9.
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Notices
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All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of
telecommunication.
Notices
to the Commonwealth shall be directed to The Treasury, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
XXX 0000, Xxxxxxxxx; Telephone: + (000) 0000-0000; Facsimile: + (000) 0000-0000;
e-mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx; attention: General Manager, Commonwealth
State Relations Division.
Notices
to the Dealers shall be directed:
(i) in
the case of UBS Limited to: 0 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx;
Telex: 887434 UBSWG; Facsimile: + (00 000) 000-0000; e-mail:
XX-Xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx, XX-XXXXXXXXXXX@xxx.xxx, Xxxxxxx.Xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx;
attention: MTNs and Private Placements; and
(ii) in
the case of any other Dealer, to such Dealer care of UBS Limited at the
foregoing address,
or
to such other address as may be notified by the respective party.
Notices
to the Issuing Entity shall be directed to: Queensland Treasury Corporation,
Minerals and Energy Centre, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxxxxx; Facsimile: + (00-0) 0000-0000; e-mail: xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx;
xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx; xxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx; xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx; attention: Chief
Executive.
Notices
to the State shall be directed to: Treasurer, Executive Building, 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxx; Facsimile: + (00-0)
0000-0000; attention: Under Treasurer.
10.
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Counterparts
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This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more
than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
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11.
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Governing
law
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This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
Australian Capital Territory.
12.
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Entire
Agreement
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To
the extent that this Agreement imposes various obligations on and grants various
rights to the respective parties, this Agreement is intended to constitute the
entire agreement of the parties with respect such matters and supersedes all
prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and
discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties with respect to these
matters.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Commonwealth, the Issuing Entity, the State and the Dealers
have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
Signed
for and on behalf of
represented
by the Department of the Treasury
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by
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Xxx Xxxxx | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | ||
Name
of Signatory
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Signature
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in
the presence of:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Name
of witness
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Signature
of witness
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ISSUING
ENTITY:
QUEENSLAND
TREASURY CORPORATION
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Rochester | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxxx
Rochester
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Title:
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Chief
Executive
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STATE:
THE
TREASURER ON BEHALF OF
THE
GOVERNMENT OF QUEENSLAND
By:
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/s/ The Hon. Xxxx Xxxxx | ||
Name:
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The
Hon. Xxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
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Premier &
Minister for the Arts
Acting Treasurer
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DEALERS:
UBS LIMITED for and on behalf
of each of:
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.,
Citigroup
Global Markets Limited,
Deutsche
Bank AG, London Branch,
Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc.,
Australia
and New Zealand Banking Group Limited,
Commonwealth
Bank of Australia,
X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc.,
X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Limited,
Macquarie
Bank Limited London Branch,
Macquarie
Capital (USA) Inc.,
Nomura
International plc,
Nomura Securities International, Inc.,
Royal
Bank of Canada Europe Limited,
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc,
The
Toronto-Dominion Bank, and
Westpac Banking
Corporation.
by
its Attorneys:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
and
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx ,
and
the Attorneys each declare that they have not
received
any notice of the revocation of any such
Power
of Attorney
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Director |
Title:
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Executive Director |
UBS
LIMITED
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Director |
Title:
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Executive Director |
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UBS LIMITED for and on behalf
of:
National Australia Bank
Limited (ABN 12 004 044 937)
by:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
and
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx ,
its
Attorneys under a Power of Attorney
dated
7 December 2009,
and
the Attorneys each declare that they have not
received
any notice of the revocation of such
Power
of Attorney
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Director |
Title:
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Executive Director |
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