Exhibit 2(b)(i)
DATED 13 NOVEMBER 2003
MITCHELLS & BUTLERS RETAIL LIMITED
as Initial Borrower
MITCHELLS & BUTLERS RETAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED
as Securitisation Group Parent
MITCHELLS & BUTLERS FINANCE PLC
as Issuer
MITCHELLS & BUTLERS LEISURE RETAIL LIMITED
as Cash Manager
HSBC TRUSTEE (C.I.) LIMITED
as Borrower Security Trustee
ISSUER/BORROWER FACILITY AGREEMENT
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THIS AGREEMENT is made
on 13 November 2003 |
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BETWEEN |
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(1) |
MITCHELLS & BUTLERS RETAIL LIMITED,
a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England
and Wales with registered number 00024542 and having its registered office
at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxx X0 0XX as the initial borrower
under this Agreement (the “Initial Borrower”); |
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MITCHELLS & BUTLERS RETAIL HOLDINGS
LIMITED, a private limited liability company incorporated under
the laws of England and Wales with registered number 04887979 and having
its registered office at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
X0 0XX as the holding company of the Initial Borrower and the Issuer
(the “Securitisation Group Parent” and, together
with the Initial Borrower and, where the context requires, any Additional
Borrowers, the “Obligors”); |
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MITCHELLS & BUTLERS FINANCE plc,
a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales
with registered number 04778667 and having its registered office at 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxx X0 0XX as the lender under this
Agreement (the “Issuer”); |
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MITCHELLS & BUTLERS LEISURE RETAIL
LIMITED, a private limited company incorporated under the laws
of England and Wales with registered number 01001181 and having its
registered office at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxx X0
0XX as cash manager to the Obligors and the Issuer (the “Cash
Manager”, which expression includes, where the context admits,
all persons for the time being acting as the Cash Manager or Cash Managers
under the Account Bank and Cash Management Agreement); and |
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HSBC TRUSTEE (C.I.) LIMITED, a limited
liability company incorporated in Jersey and having its registered office
at XX Xxx 00, 0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0 0XX as security
trustee for the Borrower Secured Creditors (the “Borrower Security
Trustee”, which expression includes, where the context admits,
all persons for the time being acting as the Borrower Security Trustee
or Borrower Security Trustees under the Borrower Security Documents). |
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IT IS AGREED as follows: |
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1. |
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
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1.1 |
Definitions, Construction and Interpretation |
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Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement
or the context otherwise requires, words and expressions used in this
Agreement have the meanings and constructions ascribed to them in Schedule
1 (Master Definitions Schedule) of a master framework agreement
(the “Master Framework Agreement”) dated 13 November
2003 and made between, inter alios, the Issuer and the Borrower
Security Trustee, as the same may be amended, varied or supplemented
from time to time. |
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1.2 |
Value Added Tax |
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Paragraph 21 (Value
Added Tax) of the Issuer Common Terms apply to this Agreement,
where applicable, and shall be binding on the parties to this Agreement
as if set out in full in this Agreement. If a provision of this Agreement
relating to VAT is inconsistent with the provisions of Paragraph 21
(Value Added Tax) of the Issuer Common Terms, the provisions
of Paragraph 21 (Value Added Tax) of the Issuer Common Terms
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2. |
THE TERM FACILITIES |
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2.1 |
Initial Term
Facilities |
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On and subject to
the terms of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees to grant to the Initial
Borrower on the Closing Date: |
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2.1.1 |
a secured term loan facility in an aggregate
initial principal amount of £200,000,000 (the “Initial
Term A1 Facility”); |
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a secured term loan facility in an aggregate
initial principal amount of £550,000,000 (the “Initial
Term A2 Facility”); |
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a secured term loan facility in an aggregate
initial principal amount of £250,000,000 (the “Initial
Term A3 Facility”); |
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2.1.4 |
a secured term loan facility in an aggregate
initial principal amount of £350,000,000 (the “Initial
Term B1 Facility”); |
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a secured term loan facility in an aggregate
initial principal amount of £350,000,000 (the “Initial
Term B2 Facility”); and |
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a secured term loan facility in an aggregate
initial principal amount of £200,000,000 (the “Initial
Term C Facility”). |
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2.2 |
Further Term
Facilities |
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On and subject to
the terms of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees to grant to any Borrower(s): |
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2.2.1 |
a Further Term A1 Facility in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate proceeds of each issue of Further
Class A1 Notes which is used to fund any Further Term A1 Advance; |
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a Further Term A2 Facility in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate proceeds of each issue of Further
Class A2 Notes which is used to fund any Further Term A2 Advance; |
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a Further Term A3 Facility in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate proceeds of each issue of Further
Class A3 Notes (after such proceeds have been exchanged into a sterling
amount pursuant to any Currency Swap Agreement) which is used to fund
any Further Term A3 Advance; |
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2.2.4 |
a Further Term B1 Facility in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate proceeds of each issue of Further
Class B1 Notes which is used to fund any Further Term B1 Advance; |
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a Further Term B2 Facility in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate proceeds of each issue of Further
Class B2 Notes which is used to fund any Further Term B2 Advance; and |
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a Further Term C Facility in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate proceeds of each issue of Further
Class C Notes which is used to fund any Further Term C Advance. |
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2.3 |
New Term Facilities |
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On and subject to
the terms of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees to grant to any Borrower
a New Term Facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
proceeds of any issue of New Notes which is used to fund any New Term
Advance and in tranches corresponding to the principal amount of each
tranche of New Notes. |
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2.4 |
Request for
an Additional Term Facility |
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A Borrower may at
any time, by written notice to the Issuer (with a copy thereof to the
Borrower Security Trustee, the Rating Agencies and Moody's) request an
Additional Term Facility provided that the following conditions are satisfied
or waived on the date of such request: |
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2.4.1 |
the aggregate principal amount of the relevant
Additional Term Facility requested for drawdown on a particular Drawdown
Date is for a minimum aggregate principal amount of £5,000,000; |
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2.4.2 |
for so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor,
the consent of Ambac is obtained in relation to an Additional Term Facility
where the Additional Notes to which that Additional Term Facility corresponds
rank senior to or pari passu with the Wrapped Notes; |
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Moody's confirms to the Issuer that the
public rating of the Class A Notes then outstanding will not be adversely
affected by the proposed issue of the Additional Notes to which that
Additional Term Facility corresponds; and |
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2.4.4 |
in the event that the Additional Term Facility
is requested by an Additional Borrower, an opinion is delivered to the
Borrower Security Trustee and the Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Borrower Security Trustee, the Trustee, the Rating Agencies and
Moody's confirming that such Additional Borrower is permitted under the
law at that time in force in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which
it is resident for Tax purposes to make payments of interest on that
Additional Term Facility without withholding or deduction for or on account
of any Tax, |
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and, if a request
for an Additional Term Facility is so made, the relevant Borrower shall
provide the Issuer, the Borrower Security Trustee, the Rating Agencies
and Moody's with such information as each or any of them may request
to enable them to satisfy themselves that (a) the conditions set out
in Clauses 2.4.1 to 2.4.4 (inclusive) (Request |
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for an Additional Term Facility) have
been or will be met by the date of such request and (b) the Additional
Conditions Precedent have been or will be met by the relevant Drawdown
Date. |
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2.5 |
Granting of an Additional Term Facility |
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Within 10 Business Days of receipt of a written
request
from any Borrower(s) pursuant to Clause 2.4 (Request for an Additional Term
Facility), the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee shall notify such
Borrower(s) as to whether they are satisfied that the requirements of Clause
2.4 (Request for an Additional Term Facility) have been or will be satisfied
or waived. If the conditions set out in Clause 2.4 (Request for an Additional
Term Facility) are satisfied or waived as at the relevant dates set out therein,
the Issuer will make available to the relevant Borrower(s) the Additional Term
Facility as soon as practicable thereafter. |
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2.6 |
Term Facilities and Payment of Initial
and Ongoing Facility Fees |
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Without prejudice to the obligations of the
Issuer to grant the Term Facilities pursuant to this Clause 2 (The
Term Facilities), where at any time the Initial Borrower is also
required to pay an amount by way of Initial Facility Fee or a Borrower
is required to pay an amount by way of Ongoing Facility Fee pursuant
to Clauses 11.1.1 (Initial Facility Fee) or 11.1.2 (Ongoing
Facility Fee) respectively, the respective obligations to advance
and pay shall be set-off against each other so that their respective
payment obligations are satisfied by the payment of the balance |
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3. |
PURPOSE AND APPLICATION |
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3.1 |
Purpose and Application of the Initial
Term Facilities |
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The Initial Term Facilities may be used by
the Initial Borrower for such purposes as it may determine and, accordingly,
the Initial Borrower may apply all Initial Term Advances to make such
payments as it determines, including making payments to any other Obligor
or an Excluded Group Entity. |
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3.2 |
Purpose and Application of the Additional
Term Facilities |
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The Additional Term Facilities may be used
by the relevant Borrower for such purposes as it may determine, including
for the same purposes as specified for the Initial Term Facilities in
Clause 3.1 (Purpose and Application of the Initial Term Facilities). |
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3.3 |
No Obligation to Monitor |
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Without affecting the obligations of the
Borrowers under this Clause 3, neither the Issuer, the Borrower Security
Trustee nor any of the other Borrower Secured Creditors are bound to
monitor or verify the application of any Term Advance made available
to any Borrowers under this Agreement. |
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4. |
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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4.1 |
Initial Conditions Precedent |
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The availability for utilisation of an Initial
Term Facility and the obligation of the Issuer to the Initial Borrower
to make an Initial Term Advance available under Clause 7.3(Advance
of a Term Advance) is subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
precedent that, on the Closing Date: |
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4.1.1 |
the Initial Borrower has delivered a duly
completed Notice of Drawdown; |
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4.1.2 |
the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee
(acting on the instructions of Ambac (so long as Ambac is the Controlling
Creditor)) have received or are satisfied that on the Closing Date they
will receive all of the information, documents and other matters set
out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Initial Conditions Precedent) in
form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer and the Borrower Security
Trustee (acting on the instructions of Ambac (for so long as Ambac is
the Controlling Creditor)) (or to the extent not so received, satisfied
or waived by the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee (acting on
the instructions of Ambac (so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor))
and the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee (acting on the instructions
of Ambac (so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor) have notified
the Initial Borrower of the same (which notification shall be given promptly
following such receipt, satisfaction or waiver); and |
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4.1.3 |
the Notes have been issued by the Issuer
and the Cash Manager (on behalf of the Issuer) has confirmed to the Borrower
Security Trustee that the subscription proceeds thereof have been received
by or on behalf of the Issuer. |
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4.2 |
Additional Conditions Precedent |
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The availability for utilisation
of an Additional Term Facility and the obligation of the Issuer to any
Borrower to make an Additional Term Advance available under Clause 7.3
(Advance of a Term Advance) is subject to satisfaction or waiver
of the conditions precedent that, on the relevant Drawdown Date: |
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4.2.1 |
the relevant Borrower has delivered a duly
completed Notice of Drawdown; |
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4.2.2 |
the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee
(acting on the instructions of Ambac (so long as Ambac is the Controlling
Creditor)) have received, or are satisfied that on the Drawdown Date
they will receive, all of the information, documents and other matters
set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Additional Conditions Precedent)
in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer and the Borrower Security
Trustee (acting on the instructions of Ambac (so long as Ambac is the
Controlling Creditor) (or to the extent not so received, satisfied or
waived by the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee (acting on the
instructions of Ambac (so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor))
and the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee (acting on the instructions
of Ambac (so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor)) have notified
the relevant Borrower of the same (which notification shall be given
promptly following such receipt, satisfaction or waiver); |
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the Cash Manager (on behalf of the Issuer)
has confirmed to the Borrower Security Trustee and the Issuer in writing
that the Issuer has available to it on the relevant Drawdown Date sufficient
proceeds from an issue of Additional Notes to permit the Issuer to make
the relevant Additional Term Advance; |
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the Repeating Representations are, in the
light of the facts and circumstances subsisting at the relevant Drawdown
Date, true and correct; |
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4.2.5 |
no Loan Event of Default or Potential Loan
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (and has not been waived)
or would result from the making of the Additional Term Advance; and |
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if the Additional Term Advance is to be funded
by an issue of Further Notes or New Notes, the conditions set out in
Condition 19 (Further and New Note Issues) for the issuance of
Further Notes (in the case of a Further Term Facility) and New Notes
(in the case of a New Term Facility) have been satisfied or waived and
the Issuer will issue Further Notes or New Notes on or prior to the relevant
Drawdown Date. |
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5. |
APPOINTMENT OF INITIAL BORROWER
AS AGENT |
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5.1 |
Appointment of the Initial Borrower |
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The Securitisation Group Parent
hereby appoints and each Additional Borrower will appoint the Initial
Borrower as its agent for the purposes of: |
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5.1.1 |
entering into any document, notice or agreement
to be executed and delivered; |
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5.1.2 |
giving and/or receiving instructions or notices
required to be given and/or received by it under or in any of the Borrower
Transaction Documents; |
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5.1.3 |
negotiating and/or agreeing any amendments
and consents of whatever nature required to be negotiated, agreed and/or
executed; and |
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5.1.4 |
taking all such other action as the Initial
Borrower may consider to be necessary or desirable, |
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in connection with, under or incidental to
any of the Borrower Transaction Documents. |
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5.2 |
Acceptance by the Initial
Borrower |
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The Initial Borrower hereby accepts
its appointment as agent of the Securitisation Group Parent and, upon
the appointment of the Initial Borrower by any Additional Borrower, each
Additional Borrower in accordance with the provisions of Clause 5.1 (Appointment
of the Initial Borrower). |
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5.3 |
Joint and Several Obligations |
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Notwithstanding Clauses 5.1 (Appointment
of the Initial Borrower) and 5.2 (Acceptance by the Initial
Borrower) or any other provision of this Agreement, the obligations
and liabilities of each Borrower, or as the case may be, each Obligor
under this Agreement shall be joint and several and every liability,
duty, covenant, undertaking, confirmation, acknowledgement and agreement
contained in this Agreement shall be construed accordingly. |
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6. |
ADDITIONAL BORROWER |
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6.1 |
Accession of Additional Borrowers |
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A Borrower may request that an
Eligible Borrower becomes an Additional Borrower and the Issuer and the
Borrower Security Trustee shall agree to such request provided that: |
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6.1.1 |
the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee
have received all the Additional Borrower Conditions Precedent in form
and substance satisfactory to the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee
(or, to the extent not so received, such Additional Borrower Conditions
Precedent have been waived by the Issuer and Borrower Security Trustee);
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the relevant Borrower has certified that
no Loan Event of Default or Potential Loan Event of Default is continuing
(and has not been waived) or would occur as a result of such Eligible
Borrower becoming an Additional Borrower. |
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DRAWDOWN |
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7.1 |
Drawdown of Term Facilities |
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7.1.1 |
Drawdown of Initial Term Facilities |
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If the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee
have received a duly completed Notice of Drawdown by not later than 11:00
am on the Closing Date (or such later time and/or date as the Issuer
(or the Cash Manager on behalf of the Issuer) may agree), the Initial
Borrower may borrow an Initial Term Advance. |
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7.1.2 |
Drawdown of Additional Term Facilities |
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If the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee
have received a duly completed Notice of Drawdown by not later than 12:00
noon on the third Business Day before the proposed Drawdown Date (or
such later time and/or lesser period as the Issuer (or the Cash Manager
on behalf of the Issuer) may agree), a Borrower may borrow an Additional
Term Advance. |
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7.2 |
Single Drawing of Term Facilities |
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Unless otherwise agreed to in
writing by the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee, each Term Facility
will only be available for drawing in one amount by the Initial Borrower
on the Closing Date (in the case of an Initial Term Facility) or by each
of the relevant Borrowers on the proposed Drawdown Date (in the case
of an Additional Term Facility), subject to satisfaction or waiver of
the Initial Conditions Precedent (in the case of an Initial Term Facility)
or the Additional Conditions Precedent (in the case of an Additional
Term Facility). |
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7.3 |
Advance of a Term Advance |
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On and subject to the terms of
this Agreement, the Issuer shall make available to: |
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7.3.1 |
the Initial Borrower, the Initial Term Advances
on the Closing Date; and |
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7.3.2 |
each relevant Borrower, the Additional Term
Advances on the relevant Drawdown Date. |
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7.4 |
Completion of Notices of Drawdown |
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A Notice of Drawdown will not
be regarded as having been duly completed unless: |
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7.4.1 |
the Drawdown Date is a Business Day; |
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7.4.2 |
the Term Advance is specified as an Initial
Term Advance, a Further Term Advance or, as the case may be, a New Term
Advance; and |
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7.4.3 |
the payment instructions comply
with Clause 20 (Currency of Account and Payment Mechanics). |
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INTEREST |
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8.1 |
Loan Interest Periods |
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Interest will accrue on each
Term Advance during each successive Loan Interest Period applicable to
that Term Advance. |
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8.2 |
Rates of Interest |
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The rate of interest payable
during the relevant Loan Interest Period shall be as follows: |
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8.2.1 |
in respect of the outstanding
Initial Term A1 Advance: |
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up to (but excluding) the Step-Up
Date, Sterling LIBOR plus a margin of 0.46 per cent. per annum; and |
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from (and including) the Step-Up
Date, Sterling LIBOR plus a margin of 0.91 per cent. per annum; |
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in respect of the outstanding
Initial Term A2 Advance, 5.584 per cent. per annum; |
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in respect of the outstanding
Initial Term A3 Advance: |
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up to (but excluding) the Step-Up
Date, Sterling LIBOR plus a margin of 0.46per cent. per annum;
and |
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from (and including) the Step-Up
Date, Sterling LIBOR plus a margin of 0.91 per cent. per annum; |
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in respect of the outstanding
Initial Term B1 Advance, 5.975 per cent. per annum; |
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8.2.5 |
in respect of the outstanding
Initial Term B2 Advance, 6.023 per cent. per annum; |
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8.2.6 |
in respect of the outstanding
Initial Term C Advance, 6.479 per cent. per annum; and |
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8.2.7 |
in respect of any outstanding
Additional Term Advance, the sum of: |
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the rate of interest (including any margin)
payable by the Issuer on the relevant issue of the Additional Notes made
or to be made by the Issuer to fund such Additional Term Advance; or |
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if the Issuer entered into a Note Swap Agreement
in relation to some or all such Additional Notes, the rate of interest
(including any margin) calculated on the basis that matches the basis
on which payments are to be made by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty
under such Note Swap Agreement; and |
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0.01 per cent. per annum. |
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8.3 |
Calculation of Interest |
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Interest accrues from day to
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8.3.1 |
in the case of the Initial Term Advances,
on the basis that matches the interest calculation basis in respect of
the corresponding class of Notes as set out in Condition 6 (Interest)
or, in the case of the Initial Term A1 Advance and the Initial Term A3
Advance, on the basis that matches the basis on which payments are due
under the Interest Rate Swap Agreement; and |
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8.3.2 |
in the case of any Additional Term Advance,
on the basis that matches the interest calculation basis in respect of
the corresponding class of Additional Notes issued by the Issuer to fund
such Additional Term Advance or, if the Issuer entered into a Note Swap
Agreement in relation to some or all of such Additional Notes, on the
basis that matches the basis on which payments are to be made by the
Issuer to the Swap Counterparty under such Note Swap Agreement. |
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8.4 |
Payment of Interest |
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The relevant Borrower shall pay
interest in arrear at the rate set out in Clause 8.2 (Rates of Interest)
on the Aggregate Principal Debt Outstanding of: |
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8.4.1 |
each Initial Term Advance and any Further
Term Advance on each Loan Payment Date; and |
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8.4.2 |
any New Term Advance on each date which corresponds
to an interest payment date in respect of the New Notes issued to fund
any such New Term Advance. |
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8.5 |
Loan Step-Up Amounts |
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If, on any Loan Payment Date,
a Borrower has insufficient funds to pay the Loan Step-Up Amounts (if
applicable), the liability of such Borrower to pay any unpaid Loan Step-Up
Amount will be deferred until the next Loan Payment Date. |
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8.6 |
Additional Interest |
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In the event that, on any Loan
Payment Date, there is a Loan Interest Shortfall or a Loan Principal
Shortfall, interest shall accrue on such Loan Interest Shortfall or such
Loan Principal Shortfall at the same rate of interest as that payable
in respect of the relevant Term Advance in accordance with Clause 8.3
(Calculation of Interest) and shall be payable together with such
accrued interest on any succeeding Loan Payment Date. |
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8.7 |
Set Off |
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The Initial Borrower and the
Issuer acknowledge that the obligations of the Initial Borrower to pay
the floating rates of interest on the Initial Term A1 Advance and the
Initial Term A3 Advance, respectively, will be set off against the Issuer's
obligations to make floating rate payments when due and payable under
the Issuer/Borrower Swap Agreement and will not be subject to the Borrower
Pre-Enforcement Covenant or either of the Borrower Priority of Payments.
Notwithstanding this Clause 8.7, to the extent that there is any amount
payable in respect of the floating rates of interest on the Initial Term
A1 Advance or the Initial Term A3 Advance following set off pursuant
to this Clause 8.7 and such amount is not paid, such non-payment will,
for the avoidance of doubt, constitute a Loan Event of Default after
the lapse of any relevant grace period. |
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9. |
REPAYMENT AND GUARANTEES |
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9.1 |
Scheduled Repayments of
Initial Term Advances |
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On and subject to the terms of this Agreement
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the Initial Term A1 Advance in the amounts
specified in column 1against the Loan Payment Dates specified
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the Initial Term A2 Advance in the amounts
specified in column 2 against the Loan Payment Dates specified
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the Initial Term A3 Advance in the amounts
specified in column 3 against the Loan Payment Dates specified
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the Initial Term B1 Advance in the amounts
specified in column 4 against the Loan Payment Dates specified in rows
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the Initial Term B2 Advance in the amounts
specified in column 5 against the Loan Payment Dates specified in rows
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the Initial Term C Advance in the amounts
specified in column 6 against the Loan Payment Dates specified in rows
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as set out in each column of
the Repayment Schedule set out in Schedule 8 (Repayment Schedule).
Subject to this Clause 9.1, the Initial Borrower shall repay each Initial
Term Advance in full on the relevant Final Maturity Date, together with
all accrued interest and any other outstanding amounts unless repaid
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Scheduled Repayments of
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of this Agreement and the Borrower Security Documents, the relevant
Borrower shall make scheduled repayments in respect of any Additional
Term Advances in the amounts and on the dates which correspond to the
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Variations to Repayment
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In the event of any prepayment
or repayment of the Term Advances by the Borrowers other than
pursuant to Clauses 9.1 (Scheduled Repayments of Initial Term Advances)
or 9.2 (Scheduled Repayments of Additional Term Advances) as
permitted by and in accordance with this Agreement, the Issuer agrees
that it will, at least 2 Business Days prior to such prepayment or repayment
and in consultation with the relevant Borrowers, vary the Repayment
Schedule and any repayment schedule for the Additional Term Advances
accordingly and produce or procure the production of a substitute repayment
schedule in place of the Repayment Schedule or, as the case may be,
any replacement schedule for the Additional Term Advances approved by
the Borrower Security Trustee and Ambac (for so long as Ambac is the
Controlling Creditor) and deliver the same to the Borrowers, the Borrower
Security Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and Ambac (for so long as Ambac
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No Reborrowing of Initial
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be entitled to reborrow the Initial Term Advances and the Borrowers shall
not be entitled to reborrow any Further Term Advances prepaid or repaid
and the Initial Borrower shall not repay all or any part of the Initial
Term Advances and the Borrowers shall not repay all or any part of any
Further Term Advances other than at the times and in the manner expressly
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Subject to Clause 4.2 (Additional
Conditions Precedent) and the other terms of this Agreement, the
repayment of any New Term Advance that is agreed by the Borrowers with
the Issuer, the Borrower Security Trustee and Ambac (for so long as
Ambac is the Controlling Creditor) as being available for redrawing
may be redrawn, provided that the Rating Agencies confirm that the
Ratings Test will continue to be satisfied or otherwise indicate no
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Guarantees |
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Unless otherwise agreed by the
Borrower Security Trustee (such consent to be given pursuant to Clause
31 (Modification, Consents and Waivers) of the Borrower Deed of
Charge) and Ambac (for so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor),
the Initial Borrower and, upon its accession, each Additional Borrower,
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guarantee for the benefit of the Issuer
and the Borrower Security Trustee each and every obligation of each of
the other Borrowers (including on account of repayments of principal
and payments of interest and payments of the Ongoing Facility Fee by
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acknowledge that where a Borrower makes
a payment under such a Guarantee in respect of the obligations of any
other Borrower, that payment will create an unsecured and subordinated
debt obligation owed by that Borrower to such other Borrower. |
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PREPAYMENT AND
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10.1 |
Voluntary Prepayment
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Subject to Clause
10.2 (Application of Prepayment Funds as a Result of Voluntary Prepayment
of Initial Term Advances), the Initial Borrower may prepay, on giving
not less than 10 days' and not more than 35 days' prior written notice
to the Issuer (with a copy to the Cash Manager) and the Borrower Security
Trustee any Initial Term Advance, in whole or in part, on a Loan Payment
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in respect of the Initial Term A2 Advance,
the Initial Term B1 Advance, the Initial Term B2 Advance or the Initial
Term C Advance, pays the amount required to prepay any specified principal
amount thereof, calculated as an amount equal to the amount required
by the Issuer to prepay the Notes of the corresponding class at their
Principal Amount Outstanding, together with any premia or penalty payable
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in Whole or Part upon Prepayment under the Issuer/Borrower Facility
Agreement) and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Principal
Amount Outstanding of the relevant class of Notes up to (but excluding)
the date of prepayment and any other amounts due and payable under
this Agreement, including any amounts owing in respect of the Ongoing
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in respect of the Initial Term
A1 Advance or the Initial Term A3 Advance, pays the amount required to
prepay any
specified principal amount thereof, calculated as an amount equal to
the amount required by the Issuer to prepay the Notes of the corresponding
class at their Principal Amount Outstanding, together with any premia
or penalty payable under Condition 7(c) (Early Mandatory Redemption
in Whole or Part upon Prepayment under the Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement),
adjusted by adding (in the case of Hedging Amounts required to be paid
by the Issuer to any Swap Counterparty) or subtracting (in the case of
Hedging Amounts required to be paid by any Swap Counterparty to the Issuer)
any Hedging Amounts and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Principal
Amount Outstanding of the relevant class of Notes up to (but excluding)
the date of prepayment and any other amounts due and payable under this
Agreement, including any amounts owing in respect of the Ongoing Facility
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in the case of both Clauses 10.1.1 and 10.1.2,
provides the Borrower Security Trustee with a certificate in writing
which is addressed to the Borrower Security Trustee certifying that,
immediately prior to the date on which it gives such notice of prepayment,
that: |
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it or one or more of the other Borrowers,
as the case may be, has or will have the necessary funds available to: |
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make such prepayment on the relevant Loan
Payment Date; and |
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satisfy all other amounts payable by it
under this Agreement to enable the Issuer to pay, on the Note Payment
Date falling on the relevant Loan Payment Date on which the relevant
Initial Term Advance is to be prepaid, all other amounts which are required
to be paid in priority to or pari passu with the class of Notes
being redeemed; and |
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no Loan Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing (and has not been waived) or would
occur as a result of such prepayment. |
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10.2 |
Application
of Prepayment Funds as a Result of Voluntary Prepayment of Initial
Term Advances |
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Subject to Clause 17.7.4 (Application
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where the Restricted
Payment Condition is satisfied as at the most recent Financial Quarter
Date, the Initial Borrower may make prepayments of any tranche of the
Initial Term Advances pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Voluntary Prepayment
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where the Restricted
Payment Condition is not satisfied as at the most recent Financial Quarter
Date, the Initial Borrower shall, at its discretion, make prepayments
pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Voluntary
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pro rata, in prepayment
towards satisfaction of the Initial Term A Advances, the Initial Term
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in the following order: |
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first, pro rata and pari
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second, pro rata and pari
passu in or towards satisfaction of the Initial Term B Advances;
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third, in or towards satisfaction
of the Initial Term C Advance, |
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allocating any amount to be applied
in prepayment of any tranche of the Initial Term Advance under Clause
10.2.1(a) and 10.2.1(b) towards the tranches of such Initial Term Advances
as the Initial Borrower determines. |
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The Initial Borrower shall, at
its discretion, make prepayments of any tranche of the Initial Term Advances
pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Voluntary Prepayment of Initial Term Advances)
in the order it determines, provided such prepayment is made solely from
cash received for that purpose from an Excluded Group Entity, whether
by way of a subscription of fully paid-up equity or a fully subordinated
loan on terms permitted by the Borrower Security Documents. |
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10.3 |
Prepayment due to Change of
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10.3.1 |
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one or more of the Borrowers
is obliged to pay an increased amount to the Issuer under this Agreement
(including in respect of any payments required to be made by any of the
Borrowers under the Guarantees) as a result of such Borrower(s) being
required by virtue of a change in Tax law to make a withholding or deduction
for or on account of Tax from that payment pursuant to Clause 12.1 (Gross-Up);
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the Issuer claims an amount by
way of Ongoing Facility Fee pursuant to Clause 11.1.2 (Ongoing Facility
Fee) from any Borrower in respect of increases in Issuer Costs where
such claim arises as a result of the introduction of, or any change in
or in the interpretation, administration and/or application of, any law
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then, without prejudice to the
obligations of the relevant Borrower(s) under this Agreement but subject
to the relevant Borrower(s) (in the case of paragraph (a) above) or the
Issuer in consultation with the Initial Borrower and the Borrower Security
Trustee (in the case of paragraph (b) above) taking reasonable steps
to mitigate such event in accordance with Clause 13 (Mitigation),
and provided that the circumstances giving rise to the requirement or
claim for an amount are continuing, the Initial Borrower may, on giving
not less than 10 days' and not more than 35 days' prior written notice
to the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee of its intention to prepay,
prepay all (but not some only) of the outstanding Initial Term Advances
in a principal amount equal to the outstanding Initial Term Advances
(adjusted by adding (in the case of Hedging Amounts required to be paid
by the Issuer to any Swap Counterparty) or subtracting (in the case of
Hedging Amounts required to be paid by any Swap Counterparty to the Issuer)
any Hedging Amounts payable in respect of the Initial Term A1 Advance
and the Initial Term A3 Advance) together with all accrued and unpaid
interest in relation to such outstanding Initial Term Advances up to
(but excluding) the date of prepayment and any other amounts owing in
respect of this Agreement, including any outstanding Additional Term
Advances and any amounts in respect of the Ongoing Facility Fee. |
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If the Issuer claims an amount
by way of Ongoing Facility Fee from the Borrowers pursuant to Clause
11.1.2 (Ongoing Facility Fee) in respect of an increase in Issuer
Costs where such claim arises because the Issuer is obliged to withhold
or deduct (and is therefore required to gross-up such payment) any amount
for or on account of Tax from any payment under any of the Note Swap
Agreements, the Initial Borrower will only be entitled to prepay all
(but not only some) of the outstanding Initial Term A1 Advance and the
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10.4 |
Voluntary Prepayment of Initial
Term Advances on Deduction or Withholding by the Issuer |
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If the Issuer is entitled to
redeem the Notes in accordance with Condition 7(d) (Redemption, Purchase
and Cancellation – Substitution/Redemption in Whole for Taxation
and Other Reasons), then, subject to the Issuer (in consultation
with the Initial Borrower and the Borrower Security Trustee) taking reasonable
steps to mitigate such event in accordance with Condition 7(d) (Redemption,
Purchase and Cancellation – Substitution/Redemption in Whole for
Taxation and Other Reasons), the Initial Borrowermay, on giving
not less than 10 days' and not more than 35 days' prior written notice
to the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee of its intention to prepay,
prepay all (but not some only) of the outstanding Initial Term Advances
in a principal amount equal to the outstanding Initial Term Advances
(adjusted by adding (in the case of Hedging Amounts required to be paid
by the Issuer to any Swap Counterparty) or subtracting (in the case of
Hedging Amounts required to be paid by any Swap Counterparty to the Issuer)
any Hedging Amounts payable in respect of the Initial Term Advance and
the Initial Term A3 Advance) together with all accrued and unpaid interest
in relation to such outstanding Initial Term Advances up to (but excluding)
the date of prepayment and any other amounts owing in respect of this
Agreement, including any outstanding Additional Term Advances and any
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If the Issuer's entitlement to
redeem the Notes arises because the Issuer is obliged to withhold or
deduct any amount for or on account of Tax from any payment under any
of the Note Swap Agreements (and is therefore required to gross-up such
payment), the Initial Borrower will only be entitled to prepay all (but
not some only) of the outstanding Initial Term A1 Advance and the Initial
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10.5 |
Prepayment due to Illegality |
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the Borrower Security Trustee that it is or will become unlawful in any
applicable jurisdiction for: |
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10.5.1 |
the Issuer to perform any of
its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to make, fund or
allow to remain outstanding the Initial Term Advances; or |
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10.5.2 |
the Initial Borrower to perform
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then (in the case of Clause 10.5.1)
subject to the Issuer (in consultation with the Initial Borrower and
the Borrower Security Trustee) taking reasonable steps to mitigate such
event in accordance with Condition 7(d) (Redemption, Purchase and
Cancellation – Substitution/Redemption in Whole for Taxation and
Other Reasons) and (in the case of Clause 10.5.2) without prejudice
to such obligations of the Initial Borrower under this Agreement, the
Initial Borrower may, (in the case of Clause 10.5.1) on the Loan Payment
Date occurring after the date on which the Issuer has notified the Initial
Borrower (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Issuer in any notice
delivered to the Initial Borrower, being no later than the last day of
any applicable grace period permitted by law) or (in the case of Clause
10.5.2) on the Loan Payment Date occurring after the date on which the
Initial Borrower has become aware of such unlawfulness (but no later
than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law), prepay
all (but not some only) Initial Term Advances (adjusted by adding (in
the case of Hedging Amounts required to be paid by the Issuer to any
Swap Counterparty) or subtracting (in the case of Hedging Amounts required
to be paid by any Swap Counterparty to the Issuer) any Hedging Amounts
payable in respect of the Initial Term A1 Advance and the Initial Term
A3 Advance) together with all accrued and unpaid interest in relation
to such outstanding Initial Term Advances up to (but excluding) the date
of prepayment and any other amounts owing in respect of this Agreement,
including any outstanding Additional Term Advances and any amounts owing
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10.6 |
Deemed Prepayment Upon Purchase
of Notes by the Initial Borrower |
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10.6.1 |
The Initial Borrower may, at
any time while it is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation
tax, purchase Notes of any class provided that the following conditions
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no Loan Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing (and has not been waived) or would occur as
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if the Restricted Payment Condition
is not satisfied as at the most recent Financial Quarter Date, the Initial
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Class C Notes so long as there are no Class
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If the Initial Borrower has purchased
a Note, it shall forthwith following such purchase, notify the Issuer and
the Trustee of such purchase and surrender such Note to the Issuer for
cancellation in accordance with Condition 7(i) (Redemption, Purchase
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Upon surrender of such Note, the
Note will be cancelled in accordance with Condition 7(i) (Redemption,
Purchase and Cancellation – Purchase by the Borrowers and Cancellation)
and, upon such cancellation, an amount of the relevant Initial Term Advance
equal to the Principal Amount Outstanding of such Note plus an amount of
interest on the relevant Initial Term Advance equal to the aggregate of
any accrued and unpaid interest on the Principal Amount Outstanding of
such Note will be treated as having been prepaid in accordance with Clause
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In the case of any purchase and
cancellation of the Class A1 Notes and the Class A3 Notes in respect of
which the Issuer has entered into any Note Swap Agreement(s), subject to
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the Initial Borrower shall pay
to the Issuer an amount equal to any Hedging Amounts that fall to be paid
by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty as a result of any full or partial
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the Issuer shall pay to the Initial
Borrower an amount equal to any Hedging Amounts that the Issuer receives
from any Swap Counterparty as a result of any full or partial termination
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prepayment of the relevant Initial Term Advance treated as having been
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10.7 |
Prepayment of Additional Term
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10.7.1 |
Prepayment of Additional
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If the Initial Borrower prepays
all (but not some only) of the outstanding Initial Term Advances pursuant
to Clauses 10.3 (Prepayment due to Change of Law), 10.4 (Voluntary
Prepayment of Initial Term Advances on Deduction or Withholding by the
Issuer) or 10.5 (Prepayment due to Illegality), each
other Borrower is required to prepay all (but not some only) of the outstanding
Additional Term Advances granted to it (adjusted by adding (in the case
of Hedging Amounts required to be paid by the Issuer to any Swap Counterparty)
or subtracting (in the case of Hedging Amounts required to be paid by any
Swap Counterparty to the Issuer) any Hedging Amounts payable in respect
of any Term Advance corresponding to any Additional Notes in respect of
which the Issuer has entered into a Swap Agreement) together with all accrued
and unpaid interest in relation to such outstanding Additional Term Advances
up to (but excluding) the date of prepayment by the Initial Borrower and
any other amounts owing by it in respect of this Agreement, including any
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Prepayment of Further Term
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prepay any Further Term Advances on substantially
the same terms as those on which the Initial Term Advances may be prepaid
in accordance with this Clause 10 and Clauses 17.7.4 (Application
of Proceeds of Disposal of a Mortgaged Property) and 17.7.5 (Tax
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purchase any Further Notes on substantially
the same terms as those on which the Initial Borrower may purchase any
Notes pursuant to Clause 10.6 (Deemed Prepayment Upon Purchase of
Notes by the Initial Borrower) and in the order set out in Clause
10.6 (Deemed Prepayment Upon Purchase of Notes by the Initial Borrower)
or (if the Notes are to be purchased from amounts standing to the credit
of the Disposal Proceeds Account) in the order set out in Clause 17.7.4(d)(iii)(B)(1);
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Prepayment of New Term
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prepay any New Term Advances on substantially
the same terms as those on which the New Term Advances may be prepaid
in accordance with this Clause 10 and Clauses 17.7.4 (Application
of Proceeds of Disposal of a Mortgaged Property) and 17.7.5 (Tax
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purchase any New Notes on substantially the
same terms as those on which the Initial Borrower may purchase any Notes
pursuant to Clause 10.6 (Deemed Prepayment Upon Purchase of Notes
by the Initial Borrower) and in the order set out in Clause 10.6
(Deemed Prepayment Upon Purchase of Notes by the Initial Borrower)
or (if the Notes are to be purchased from amounts standing to the credit
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save as otherwise agreed to in
writing by such Borrowers and the Borrower Security Trustee, in order
to reflect the prepayment terms of the New Notes issued to fund any such
New Term Advance on or prior to the time of issue of such New Notes and
any of the provisions of this Clause 10 and Clauses 17.7.5 (Application
of Proceeds of Disposal of a Mortgaged Property) and 17.7.6 (Tax
on Permitted Disposals) shall be amended if and to the extent necessary
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subject to Clause 14.2 (Conditions
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specify the date or dates upon
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be delivered to the recipients
specified in this Clause 10 no later than close of business on a Business
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specify whether the Restricted
Payment Condition is satisfied or not on such date and which Term Advances
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specify the amount of such prepayment;
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subject to the Issuer having
issued the required notice under Condition 7(c) (Early Mandatory Redemption
in Whole or in Part upon Prepayment under the Issuer/Borrower Facility
Agreement) or, as the case may be, Condition 7(d) (Substitution/Redemption
in Whole or Taxation and Other Reasons), oblige the relevant Borrowerto
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FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES |
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11.1 |
Facility Fees |
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Initial Facility Fee |
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In consideration of the Issuer
making the Initial Term Facilities available, the Initial Borrower shall
pay to the Issuer on the Closing Date a fee (the "Initial Facility
Fee") in an amount equal to all fees, costs and expenses properly
and reasonably incurred by the Issuer on or before the Closing Date in
connection with the issue of the Notes, the granting of the Initial Term
Advances and the negotiation, preparation and execution of each Transaction
Document. |
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Ongoing Facility Fee |
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The Borrowers will be required
to pay to the Issuer a further fee for the provision by the Issuer of
the Term Facilities (the "Ongoing Facility Fee") in
an amount equal to the following: |
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the aggregate of all amounts due and payable
by the Issuer: |
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on a Note Payment Date pursuant to paragraphs
(a)(i) and (ii), (b)(i) and (ii), (c)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), (d),
(e), (f)(i), (g)(i) and (l)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the Issuer Pre-Enforcement
Priority of Payments (but only, in relation to amounts due and payable
by the Issuer pursuant to paragraph (e) of the Issuer Pre-Enforcement
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to the extent that the amount payable by
the Issuer on that Note Payment Date pursuant to that paragraph exceeds
the amounts payable by the Borrowers to the Issuer on that Note Payment
Date pursuant to paragraphs (h), (j)(iii) and (k)(ii) of the Borrower
Post-Enforcement (Pre-Acceleration) Priority of Payments or paragraphs
(g), (h)(iii) and (i)(ii) of the Borrower Post-Enforcement (Post-Acceleration)
Priority of Payments or prior to the delivery by the Borrower Security
Trustee of a Loan Enforcement Notice to any Borrower, corresponding amounts
otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement and the Borrower Pre-Enforcement
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on any date pursuant to paragraphs (a)(i)
and (ii), (b)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), (c), (d), (e)(i), (f)(i) and
(k)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the Issuer Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments
(but only, in relation to amounts due and payable by the Issuer pursuant
to paragraph (d) of the Issuer Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments,
to the extent that the amount payable by the Issuer pursuant to that
paragraph on that date exceeds the amounts payable by the Borrowers to
the Issuer on that date pursuant to paragraphs (h), (j)(iii) and (k)(ii)
of the Borrower Post-Enforcement (Pre-Acceleration) Priority of Payments
or paragraphs (g), (h)(iii) and (i)(ii) of the Borrower Post-Enforcement
(Post-Acceleration) Priority of Payments) or prior to the delivery by
the Borrower Security Trustee of a Loan Enforcement Notice to any Borrower,
corresponding amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement and
the Borrower Pre-Enforcement Covenant; and |
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the aggregate of all amounts due and payable
by the Issuer on any date (including a Note Payment Date) pursuant to
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(any such amounts, "Issuer
Costs"), such payment by way of Ongoing Facility Fee to be
made on the date on which any such Issuer Costs are payable by the
Issuer in accordance with the Issuer Pre-Enforcement Priority of Payments
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Each Borrower will
pay such fees in an allocation as they may determine between them or,
failing such determination, such proportion of each payment by way of
Ongoing Facility Fee as that part of the aggregate principal amount of
the Term Advances advanced to it and outstanding on the date on which
the Ongoing Facility Fee is to be paid bears to the aggregate principal
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The Obligors shall,
in accordance with the Borrower Pre-Enforcement Covenant and the Borrower
Priority of Payments, jointly and severally indemnify the Issuer and
the other Borrower Secured Creditors (including in the case of the Borrower
Security Trustee any person appointed by it to whom any trust, power,
authority or discretion may be delegated by it in the exercise of its
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Security Documents) against all Liabilities
incurred by the Issuer and/or the Borrower Security Trustee (other than
by reason of gross negligence, wilful default or fraud by the Issuer,
the Borrower Security Trustee or the Borrower Secured Creditors) in or
in connection with the preservation and/or enforcement of any of the
rights of the Issuer and the other Borrower Secured Creditors under this
Agreement or any of the Borrower Transaction Documents (including any
costs and expenses which the Borrower Security Trustee may properly incur
relating to any investigation as to whether or not a Loan Event of Default
has occurred or is likely to occur or any steps necessary or desirable
in connection with any proposal for remedying or otherwise resolving
a Loan Event of Default or Potential Loan Event of Default or any matter
or thing required to be done or omitted in any way in connection with
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The Obligors shall, jointly and severally,
pay all stamp, registration and other documentary taxes or duties (including
interest and penalties thereon or in connection therewith) to which this
Agreement, or any of the other Borrower Transaction Documents (to the
extent not paid under the terms thereof) or any judgment or decree given
in connection therewith is, or at any time may become subject and shall,
subject to the Borrower Pre-Enforcement Covenant and the Borrower Priority
of Payments, indemnify each of the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee
against any claim, demand, action, liability, damage, cost, loss or expense
(including, without limitation, legal fees) which the Issuer suffers
or incurs or the Borrower Security Trustee may properly suffer or incur
as a result of or in relation to any failure to pay or delay in paying
any such stamp, registration or documentary taxes or duties. |
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Amendment Costs |
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If an Obligor requests any amendment, waiver
or consent then the Obligors shall, subject to the Borrower Pre-Enforcement
Covenant and the Borrower Priority of Payments, reimburse the Issuer
and the Borrower Security Trustee for all costs and expenses (including
legal fees) properly incurred by the Issuer and/or the Borrower Security
Trustee in responding to or complying with such request. |
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TAXES |
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Gross-Up |
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All payments made by any of the Borrowers
to the Issuer under this Agreement (including any payments required to
be made by any of the Borrowers under the Guarantees) shall be made free
and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for or on account
of, any Tax unless such withholding or deduction is required by law.
If any such withholding or deduction is so required (such withholding
or deduction, a "Tax Deduction"), the amount of the
payment due from the relevant Borrower to the Issuer will be increased
to the extent necessary to ensure that, after that Tax Deduction has
been made, the amount received by the Issuer is equal to the amount that
it would have received had the relevant Borrower not been required to
make such
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Tax Receipts |
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All Tax Deductions made by any Borrower from
any amounts paid or payable to the Issuer under this Agreement as permitted
by Clause 12.1 (Gross-Up) shall be paid by the relevant Borrower
to the relevant Tax Authority within the time allowed for such payment
under applicable law and that Borrower shall, within 30 days after such
payment has been made to the appropriate Tax Authority, deliver to the
Issuer a Form R185 or an equivalent certificate or voucher in compliance
with the provisions of section 352 of the Income and Corporation
Taxes Xxx 0000, if applicable, and, if not applicable, such other evidence
satisfactory to the Issuer that such payment has been duly remitted to
that Tax Authority. |
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12.3 |
Tax Credits |
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a Borrower is required to make a Tax Deduction
in respect of any sums paid to the Issuer under this Agreement in respect
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the Issuer obtains a Tax Credit which is
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and to the extent that the Issuer can do
so without adverse consequences for the Issuer, the Issuer shall pay
to the relevant Borrower such amount as the Issuer reasonably determines
will leave the Issuer (after that payment) in no better or worse position
than it would have been if the relevant Tax Deduction had not been required
and no Tax Payment had been required to be made. |
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Notification of Tax Deduction |
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A Borrower, promptly
upon becoming aware that it must make a Tax Deduction from any amount
payable under this Agreement, shall notify the Issuer and the Borrower
Security Trustee accordingly. |
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MITIGATION |
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If circumstances
arise which would, or would upon the giving of notice, result in: |
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13.1.1 |
an increased amount becoming
payable by any one or more of the Borrowers pursuant to Clause 12.1
(Gross-Up); |
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the Issuer claiming an amount
by way of Ongoing Facility Fee pursuant to Clause 11.1.2 (Ongoing
Facility Fee) in respect of increases in Issuer Costs from any one
or more of the Borrowers where such claim arises as a result of the introduction
of, or any change in or in the interpretation, administration and/or
application of, any law or regulation (including any law or regulation
relating to Tax or a change in the currency of the United Kingdom) after
the date of this Agreement; or |
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any prepayment, payment or cancellation
under Clause 10.5 (Prepayment due to Illegality), |
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(in the case of Clause 13.1.1) shall: |
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promptly upon becoming aware
of the circumstances, notify the Issuer, the other Borrowers and the
Borrower Security Trustee; and |
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take such reasonable steps as may be open
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(in the case of Clauses 13.1.2 and 13.1.3),
promptly upon becoming aware of the circumstances, notify the Borrowers
and the Borrower Security Trustee; and |
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in consultation with the Borrowers and the
Borrower Security Trustee (but subject to any restriction to which it may
be subject under the Transaction Documents), take such reasonable steps
as may be open to it to mitigate or remove such circumstances, including,
but subject to Clause 22.1 (Transfers and Novations), the transfer
of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents to another
lender acceptable to the Borrowers and the Borrower Security Trustee, |
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provided that this Clause 13
shall not limit, qualify or in any way affect the obligations of any Borrower
under any Borrower Transaction Document or require any Borrower or the Issuer
to take any action which in its opinion, may be in any way prejudicial to
its financial condition, business or operations. |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Each Borrower makes the Representations
and the Securitisation Group Parent makes the representations, warranties
and agreements specified in Clause 14.2 (Representations and Warranties
of the Securitisation Group Parent), in each caseto the Issuer
and the Borrower Security Trustee and each Obligor acknowledges that the
Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee have entered into this Agreement
in reliance on the Representations and the representations, warranties and
agreements in Clause 14.2 (Representations and Warranties of the Securitisation
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Representations and Warranties of the
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The Securitisation Group Parent
represents, warrants to and agrees with the Issuer and the Borrower Security
Trustee in the terms of each of the representations and warranties to be
given by each Borrower pursuant to Clauses 14.3 (Status and Ownership),
14.4 (Powers and Authority), 14.5 (No Obligation or Conflict),
14.9 (No Default), 14.16 (Solvency and Winding-Up), 14.17
(Consents and Approvals), 14.18 (Security Interest), 14.23
(Financial Assistance) and 14.29 (Legal Validity) as if the
same were set out in full in this Clause 14.2 and all references to “it”,
“the Borrower” or “the Borrowers” were to the Securitisation
Group Parent. |
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Status and Ownership |
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It is a corporation duly incorporated, validly
existing and registered under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
incorporated, resident for the purposes of Tax in the United Kingdom, capable
of being sued in its own right and not subject to any immunity from any
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each of the Issuer and the Borrowers is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Securitisation Group Parent; and |
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each Excluded Group Entity Property Owner
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Powers and Authority |
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It has the power to own its property and
assets and carry on its business and operations as they are being conducted;
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it has the power to enter into and perform
and has taken all necessary action to authorise the entry into, performance
and delivery by it of, the Borrower Transaction Documents to which it is
a party and the transactions contemplated by the Borrower Transaction Documents. |
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No Obligation or Conflict |
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The execution by it of each of
the Borrower Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the exercise
by it of its rights and the performance of its obligations thereunder, including
borrowing pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, granting any security
or giving guarantees contemplated by the Borrower Transaction Documents
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save as disclosed in any Legal Opinions and
the Title Overview Reports, result in the existence of, or imposition on
a Chargor to create, any Encumbrance (other than any Permitted Encumbrance)
in favour of any person (other than the Borrower Secured Trustee) over all
or any of its present or future revenues, assets or undertakings; |
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conflict with any agreement, mortgage, security,
standard security, charge, floating charge, assignment, assignation, bond
or other instrument to which it is a party or which is binding upon it or
any of its assets in a way which would reasonably be likely to result in
a Material Adverse Effect; |
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conflict with its constitutional documents
(including exceeding any limit on its powers set out therein); or |
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conflict with any existing applicable laws,
rules, regulation or official or judicial order or decree binding on it
in all jurisdictions where it carries on business. |
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no member of the MAB Group has received any
written notification addressed to it from any Competition Authority that
any agreement, arrangement, concerted practice or conduct in which a member
of the MAB Group is or has been involved in the last three years (including
any tie arrangements in any tenancy agreement) is in breach of any applicable
Competition Law, where the consequences of such breach have an adverse effect
on the Securitisation Group where the matters the subject of such notification
either (a) are outstanding in whole or in part or (b) to the extent they
have not been formally withdrawn, settled or otherwise brought to a close
by such Competition Authority, have not been dealt with to the satisfaction
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14.6.2 |
since the Demerger and, so far as it is aware,
prior to the Demerger, no judgment or decree has been made against a Borrower
in proceedings successfully challenging the validity of any agreement, arrangement,
concerted practice or conduct in which such Borrower is or has been involved
and which has an adverse effect on the Securitisation Group (including any
tie arrangements in any tenancy agreement) under applicable Competition
Law and no settlement in respect of any such proceedings has been agreed
to by such Borrower; |
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except in relation to any Environmental Claim
(as to which Clause 14.15.3 below shall apply), no other litigation, arbitration,
administrative proceedings or governmental or regulatory investigations
(other than those governmental and/or regulatory investigation which occur
as part of the ordinary course of trading), proceedings or disputes have
been commenced or, so far as it is aware, threatened in writing against
any member of the MAB Group or its respective assets, revenues or undertakings
which would, if adversely determined, be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. |
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To the extent that any agreement,
arrangement or concerted practice or conduct in which a member of the MAB
Group is or has been involved (including any tie arrangements in any tenancy
agreement) relates to any business disposed of prior to or as a result of
the Demerger, none of the same is the subject of any actual, potential or
contingent claim (including under any indemnity) on the Securitisation Group
under or in respect of the Demerger Agreements. |
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14.8 |
Financial Indebtedness and Encumbrances |
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It has not incurred any Financial Indebtedness
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it has no Encumbrances (other than Permitted
Encumbrances) existing over all or any of its present or future revenues,
undertakings or assets. |
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No Loan Event of Default or
Potential Loan Event of Default exists or has occurred which has not
been remedied
or waived or otherwise ceased to be continuing. |
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Financial Information |
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The audited financial statements for the
Initial Borrower for the year ended 28 September 2002 and the 28 weeks ended
12 April 2003 (in conjunction with the notes thereto appearing in the Offering
Circular and together with the audit report from the Reporting Accountants),
give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Initial Borrower
as of the date at which they were prepared and of its profit as of such
date and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act; |
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the capitalisation and indebtedness statement
of the Initial Borrower as at 30 August 2003 has been correctly extracted
from the unaudited accounting records of the Initial Borrower and is as
set out in the capitalisation and indebtedness statement of the Initial
Borrower in the Offering Circular under the column entitled “At
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14.10.3 |
the most recently delivered audited financial
statements of each Borrower (in conjunction with the notes thereto and together
with the report of the Reporting Accountants) give a true and fair view
of the state of affairs of that Borrower as of the date at which they were
prepared and of its profit as of such date and have been properly prepared
in accordance with the Companies Act; |
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the Reporting Accountants who report upon
any financial information contained in the Preliminary Offering Circular,
the Offering Circular and the other financial information provided pursuant
to this Agreement are appropriately qualified and independent of the Securitisation
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except in relation to the Investor Reports
(as to which Clause 14.11 (Investor Reports) below shall apply),
any other financial information provided pursuant to Clause 15 (Financial
Information) (including the most recently delivered audited annual financial
statements required to be delivered pursuant to Clause 15.1.1(a) and the
most recently delivered unaudited semi-annual financial statements required
to be delivered pursuant to Clause 15.1.2(a)) is, as at the date given or
stated to be given (including the date of any amendment, variation or supplement),
accurate in all material respects, save that any information provided on
the basis of management accounting information shall be capable of amendment
up to the date of delivery of the next report to be provided pursuant to
Clause 15.5.1 (Quarterly Financial Information). |
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Investor Reports |
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The calculations
of the financial covenants and ratios required for the production of the
Investor Reports were, as at the date given or stated to be given, undertaken
accurately. |
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No stamp, registration,
other documentary tax or duty or similar tax (which shall not, for the avoidance
of doubt, include any applicable registration fees) is payable in relation
to any Borrower Transaction Document. |
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14.13 |
No Undisclosed
Liabilities |
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As at the date as
of which the most recent audited financial statements of the Borrowers were
prepared, there were no material liabilities (contingent or otherwise) which
were not disclosed thereby (or in the notes thereto) or reserved against
therein in accordance with UK GAAP or generally accepted accounting principles
applied in such other relevant jurisdiction or applicable law nor were there
at that date any unrealised anticipated losses of any Borrowers arising
from commitments entered into by it which were not so reserved or disclosed
against, in each case, for which non-disclosure or failure to reserve against
would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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No Material Adverse Change |
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Since the date as of which the
most recent audited financial statements of the Borrowers were prepared,
there has been no change in their financial condition, business, assets
or prospects which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect. |
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Environmental
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(a) all Environmental Laws in all material
respects (in the context of the Securitisation Estate as a whole); (b)
there are no circumstances known to it that are likely to prevent or
interfere with such compliance in the future where such non-compliance
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c)
there are no circumstances known to it that are likely to give rise,
as at the Closing Date, to any liability under Environmental Law which
liability would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
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the terms of all Environmental Permits necessary
for the ownership and operation of its facilities and businesses as presently
owned and operated save where in any such case non-compliance with or
the lack of any such Environmental Permits would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; and |
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there is no Environmental Claim pending
or, so far as it is aware, threatened against it and, so far as it is
aware, there are no circumstances which are reasonably likely to form
the basis of any Environmental Claim against it which in any such case
would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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Solvency and
Winding-up |
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It is not insolvent or unable to pay its
debts (within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act); |
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it will not become unable to do so in consequence
of the execution by it of this Agreement or any of the other Borrower
Transaction Documents and the performance by it of the transactions envisaged
hereby and thereby (by reference to the facts and circumstances then
subsisting); and |
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it has not taken any action nor, so far
as it is aware, have any steps been taken (including, the filing of documents
with the court or the service of a notice of intention to appoint an
administrator) or legal proceedings been commenced or, so far as it is
aware, threatened in writing against it for winding-up, dissolution or
reorganisation (other than a solvent reorganisation agreed to in advance
by the Borrower Security Trustee), the enforcement of any Encumbrance
over any part or all of its assets or for the appointment of a receiver,
administrative receiver or administrator, trustee or similar officer
of it or any part of its assets or revenues, save that there shall be
no breach of this Clause 14.16.3 to the extent that proceeding is being
contested in good faith and any such action, step or proceeding is withdrawn
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Consents and Approvals |
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Except in relation to Environmental
Permits (as to which Clause 14.15 (Environmental Laws) above shall
apply) and Intellectual Property Rights and Intellectual Property Licences
and Approvals (as to which Clause 14.21 (Intellectual Property Rights)
below shall apply), all governmental and other consents, approvals, licences
(including "on" liquor licences in respect of each of the Mortgaged
Properties in the Securitisation Estate) and registrations which are
necessary for its Permitted Business and necessary filings, payments
of duties or taxes, notarisations required and other approvals and authorisations
necessary to own its property and assets and for the conduct of its business: |
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have been or will be obtained or applied
for (as appropriate); |
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14.17.2 |
are in full force and effect and, so far
as it is aware, have not been revoked or otherwise terminated; and |
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14.17.3 |
have been complied with in accordance with
their terms and conditions in all respects, |
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in each case, which if not obtained
or complied with or if revoked or terminated, would be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect, save in respect of (a) due registration
of the Borrower Deed of Charge and the Initial Standard Securities under
Section 395 (and, where applicable, Section 398) of the Companies Act
and (b) due registration or recording of the Initial Standard Securities
in the Registers of Scotland. |
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Security Interest |
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14.18.1 |
Subject to applicable Legal Opinions and
due registration of the Borrower Deed of Charge and the Initial Standard
Securities under Section 395 (and, where applicable, Section 398) of
the Companies Act and, if applicable, registration of the Mortgaged Properties
at H.M. Land Registry and the registration or recording of the Initial
Standard Securities in the Registers of Scotland, each Borrower Security
Document accurately evidences a Security Interest which has been validly
created and is not liable to avoidance or reduction on liquidation or
administration and there is no mortgage, standard security, assignment,
assignation, security, floating charge, lien, pledge, option, right to
acquire or other charge or equity on or over the assets of the Chargors
other than the Permitted Encumbrances which would rank in priority to
or pari passu with the security for its obligations under the
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the creation of the Borrower Security by
each Borrower over its undertaking and assets in accordance with the
terms of the relevant Borrower Security Documents will not render that
Borrower liable to offer or extend the benefit of such Borrower Security
to any person other than the Borrower Security Trustee as security trustee
on behalf of the Borrower Secured Creditors secured pursuant to the Borrower
Security Documents. |
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Claims Pari Passu |
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The claims of the Borrower Secured
Creditors against it under any of the Borrower Transaction Documents
to which it is a party will rank at least pari passu with the
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of all its other unsecured creditors,
save for those claims that are preferred solely by any bankruptcy, insolvency,
liquidation or other similar laws of general application. |
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14.20 |
No Material Defaults |
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So far as it is aware, it is not
in breach of or, in default under (except where such breach or default is
the subject of a waiver and/or remedy within any applicable grace period),
any agreement or arrangement to which it is a party or which is binding
on it or any of its assets to an extent or in a manner which would, in each
case, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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14.21 |
Intellectual Property Rights |
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It has all Intellectual Property
Rights and Intellectual Property Licences and Approvals reasonably necessary
to conduct its Permitted Business, save to the extent that the absence or
qualification of such rights, licences and/or approvals would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. |
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14.22 |
Insurances |
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14.22.1 |
The list of the Insurance Policies in the
Borrower Deed of Charge is true and accurate in all respects as at the Closing
Date, save to the extent that any inaccuracy would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
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14.22.2 |
each Insurance Policy is in full force and
effect, all premiums thereon have been paid in full and there are no outstanding
claims which are individually or in the aggregate material made by any Borrower
under any such Insurance Policies which are not expected by any such Borrower
to be paid out by the relevant insurer; |
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14.22.3 |
there has been no breach of any term of any
Insurance Policy listed in the Borrower Deed of Charge which, so far as
it is aware, would entitle the relevant insurer to avoid such Insurance
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14.22.4 |
all Insurance Policies are maintained with
a Regulated Insurer. |
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14.23 |
Financial Assistance |
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Subject to filings to be made
with the Registrar of Companies, all the requisite formalities (if any)
required to be completed pursuant to sections 155 to 158 (inclusive) of
the Companies Act to enable a Borrower to provide any financial assistance
constituted pursuant to the Borrower Transaction Documents have been duly
completed. |
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14.24 |
Services Agreement |
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Each Services Agreement to which
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14.25 |
Certificates of Title |
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14.25.1 |
There is no security, deed, document, notice,
inhibition, diligence or other matter capable of affecting any Mortgaged
Property or the Borrowers' interests therein which is not disclosed in the
relevant Certificate of Title, which would be reasonably expected to have
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14.25.2 |
all documentation and other information in
relation to the Mortgaged Properties supplied by the relevant Borrower in
connection with the preparation of the Certificates of Title and the preparation
of the Title Overview Reports (as the same may have been amended, varied
or supplemented by the relevant Borrower prior to the date of the Certificates
of Title or, as the case may be, the Title Overview Reports) were, as at
the date at which they were stated to be given, true and accurate in all
material respects; |
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14.25.3 |
no facts or information have been omitted
which render the contents of any Certificate of Title untrue, inaccurate
or misleading in such a manner as would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and |
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14.25.4 |
since the date of each Certificate of Title,
there has been no change to the information provided which would render
a Certificate of Title untrue, inaccurate or misleading in such a manner
as would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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14.26 |
Title to Assets |
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Save
as disclosed in the Title Overview Reports or in respect of the Specific
Mortgaged Properties (in relation to which the Initial Borrower or an Excluded
Group Entity Property Owner is the absolute legal owner only) or the Split
Title Mortgaged Properties (in relation to which the Initial Borrower is
the absolute beneficial owner only), the Initial Borrower or (as applicable)
an Excluded Group Entity Property Owner is the absolute legal owner and
the Initial Borrower is the absolute beneficial owner or (in respect of
Scottish Mortgaged Properties) the Initial Borrower or an Excluded Group
Entity Property Owner is the heritable proprietor (subject to any necessary
registrations or recordings at H.M. Land Registry or the Registers of Scotland)
of the Mortgaged Properties and are entitled to use all such Mortgaged Properties
reasonably necessary to carry on their respective businesses as presently
conducted and have a good or, in respect of the Scottish Mortgaged Properties,
valid and marketable title in their own name to their interests in all of
such Mortgaged Properties. |
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14.27 |
Property Covenants |
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Save
as disclosed in the Title Overview Reports, there are no material exceptions,
reservations, easements, servitudes, burdens, rights, privileges, covenants,
restrictions, or Encumbrances (including any arising under statute or any
statutory power) or any breaches of town and country planning legislation
(and any orders, regulations, consents or permissions made or granted under
any of the same) or resolutions or proposals for the compulsory acquisition
of any of the Mortgaged Properties or any means of access to or egress therefrom,
which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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14.28 |
Information to Valuers |
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14.28.1 |
All factual information provided by, or on
behalf of, the Initial Borrower to the Valuers for the purposes of the Valuation
Report (as the same may have been amended, varied or supplemented by the
Initial Borrower prior to the date of the Valuation Report) is true and
accurate in all material respects on the date of such Valuation Report;
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14.28.2 |
no information has been omitted which
if disclosed may reasonably be expected to materially and adversely
affect the decision of the Issuer considering whether or not to provide
finance to the Initial Borrower. |
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14.29 |
Legal Validity |
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14.29.1 |
Save as set out in the relevant Legal
Opinions, each Borrower Transaction Document constitutes, or when executed
in accordance with its terms will constitute, its legal, valid and binding
obligations enforceable in accordance with its terms; |
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14.29.2 |
the Borrower Transaction Documents have
been or will be entered into by it in good faith for its benefit; and |
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14.29.3 |
other than registration of charges pursuant
to Section 395 (and, where applicable, Section 398) of the Companies
Act and, if applicable, under the Land Registration Xxx 0000, the Land
Registers (Scotland) Xxx 0000 or the Land Registration (Scotland) Xxx
0000, it is not necessary that any Borrower Transaction Documents be
filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority; and |
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14.29.4 |
it has fulfilled and performed all acts,
conditions and things in order to make this Agreement and all and any
of the Borrower Transaction Documents admissible in evidence in England
and Wales. |
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14.30 |
Timing of Repetition |
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The Representations are made
on the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date in relation to
the Initial Term Advances and the Repeating Representations shall be
repeated by each Borrower thereafter, on: |
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14.30.1 |
the date on which a Notice of Drawdown
is delivered by a Borrower in respect of an Additional Term Advance
pursuant to Clause 7.1.2 (Drawdown of Additional Term Facilities); |
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14.30.2 |
the Drawdown Date in relation to any
Additional Term Advances; |
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14.30.3 |
each Loan Payment Date; and |
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14.30.4 |
each loan payment date corresponding
to each interest payment date in respect of any New Notes, |
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reference to the facts and circumstances then subsisting. |
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15. |
FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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15.1 |
Financial Statements and
Reports |
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to Clause 15.7 (Information to Rating Agencies and Moody's),
the Initial Borrower (on behalf of itself and each other Borrower) will
(subject to, for so long as the Securitisation Group Parent is a subsidiary
of MAB, any extension of time granted to MAB, by the UK Listing Authority
for the announcement of MAB's preliminary results) provide the following
financial information to the Issuer, the Borrower Security Trustee,
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the Trustee, Ambac (for so
long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor), the Rating Agencies, Moody's,
the Irish Paying Agent, the Principal Paying Agent and, upon written
request (via the Paying Agents) any Noteholder: |
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15.1.1 |
Year-End Financial
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available, but in any event, within 120 days after the end of the fourth
Financial Quarter of each of its Financial Years: |
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the audited annual financial statements
of each Borrower and the related Reporting Accountants' reports for
the Financial Year; and |
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a reconciliation of the revenue and operating
profit as shown in the audited financial statements produced in Clause
15.1.1(a) above to revenue, operating expenses and EBITDA relating to
that Financial Year as set out in the most recent Final Investor Report;
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15.1.2 |
Semi-Annual Financial
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as soon as the same become
available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of the second
Financial Quarter of its Semi-Annual Period: |
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the unaudited semi-annual financial statements
of each Borrower for the Semi-Annual Period; and |
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a reconciliation of the revenue and operating
profit as shown in the unaudited semi-annual financial statements produced
in Clause 15.1.2(a) above to revenue, operating expenses and EBITDA
relating to that Semi-Annual Period as set out in the Interim Investor
Report, |
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except, in each case, so long
as the Securitisation Group Parent is a subsidiary of MAB, to the extent
that disclosure of such financial information would at any time breach
any law, regulation, stock exchange requirement or rules of any applicable
regulatory body to which any member of the MAB Group is subject. |
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15.2 |
Reporting Accountants'
Report |
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Each Borrower shall ensure
that it delivers with the financial statements, reports and/or other
financial information delivered in respect of each Financial Year pursuant
to Clause 15.1.1 (Year-End Financial Information), the Reporting
Accountants' Report, to the relevant Borrower, the Issuer, the Borrower
Security Trustee, the Trustee, Ambac (for so long as Ambac is the Controlling
Creditor), the Rating Agencies, Moody's, the Irish Paying Agent, the
Principal Paying Agent and, upon written request (via the Paying Agents)
any Noteholder. |
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15.3 |
Financial Information
Compliance Certificates |
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The Initial Borrower (on behalf
of itself and each other Borrower and, in respect of paragraphs 3 and
4 of the Financial Information Compliance Certificate, on behalf of
itself and each other Chargor) shall ensure that each set of financial
statements, reports and/or other financial information delivered to
each of the recipients in respect of each Financial Year pursuant to
Clause 15.1.1 (Year-End Financial Information) and each Semi-Annual
Period pursuant to Clause 15.1.2 (Semi-Annual Financial Information)
is (except, so long as the Securitisation Group Parent is a subsidiary
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that disclosure of such financial
information would at that time breach any law, regulation, stock exchange
requirement or rules of any applicable regulatory body to which any
member of the MAB Group is subject) accompanied by a Financial Information
Compliance Certificate signed by two Authorised Signatories on behalf
of the Initial Borrower. |
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15.4 |
Investor Reports |
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The Initial Borrower (on behalf
of itself and each other Borrower and, in respect of the details of
information required to be produced under the headings entitled "Assets"
and "Defaults" of the relevant Investor Report, on
behalf of itself and each other Chargor) shall prepare and deliver to
the Issuer, the Borrower Security Trustee, the Trustee, Ambac (for so
long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor), the Rating Agencies, Moody's,
the Irish Paying Agent, the Principal Paying Agent and, upon written
request (via the Paying Agents), any Noteholder: |
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15.4.1 |
Final Investor Report |
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the Final Investor Report as soon as the
same becomes available, but in any event, on each Final Investor Reporting
Date; and |
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15.4.2 |
Interim Investor Report |
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the Interim Investor Report as soon as
the same becomes available, but in any event, on each Interim Investor
Reporting Date, |
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except, in each case, so long
as the Securitisation Group Parent is a subsidiary of MAB, to the extent
that disclosure of such financial information would at that time breach
any law, regulation, stock exchange requirement or rules of any applicable
regulatory body to which any member of the MAB Group is subject. |
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15.5 |
Financial Information
to the Rating Agencies, Moody's and Ambac |
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Subject to Clause 15.7 (Information
to Rating Agencies and Moody's), the Initial Borrower (on behalf
of itself and each other Borrower) will: |
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15.5.1 |
Quarterly Financial Information |
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Within 45 days of each Financial Quarter
Date, provide to the Rating Agencies, Moody's and Ambac (for so long
as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor) the information set out in the
Investor Report delivered to each of the recipients specified in Clause
15.4.2 (Interim Investor Report) prepared by reference to the
related Financial Quarter, except, so long as the Securitisation Group
Parent is a subsidiary of MAB, to the extent that disclosure of such
financial information would at any time breach any law, regulation,
stock exchange requirement or rules of any applicable regulatory body
to which any member of the MAB Group is subject; |
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15.5.2 |
Remaining Disposal Headroom Percentage |
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notify the Rating Agencies and Moody's
of any reduction and/or resetting of the Remaining Disposal Headroom
Percentage; and |
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15.5.3 |
Substitution of Consent
Leasehold Mortgaged Properties and Split Title Mortgaged Properties |
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as soon as reasonably practicable
after any Permitted Acquisition which is part of a substitution of a
Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Property or Consent Leasehold Mortgaged
Properties or, as the case may be, a Split Title Mortgaged Property
or Split Title Mortgaged Properties pursuant to Clause 17.9.9, provide
to the Rating Agencies and Moody's information on the operating expenditure
and overheads attributable to each Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Property
or, as the case may be, each Split Title Mortgaged Property disposed
of and each Mortgaged Property acquired. |
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15.6 |
Other Financial Information |
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Each Borrower shall from time
to time on the written request of the Issuer, the Borrower Security
Trustee, Ambac (for so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor), the
Rating Agencies and/or Xxxxx'x, furnish the same with copies of such
information about the business operations, performance, prospects and
the financial condition of any Borrower and any report or other notice,
statement, circular, document issued or given or, which pursuant to
any law, statute, rule or regulation then in force or pursuant to any
contract to which it is a party should be issued or given to any shareholder
of MAB forthwith upon issue or distribution of the same and any information
(financial or otherwise) which has been circulated to the shareholders
of MAB, in each case, as the same may reasonably require. |
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15.7 |
Information to Rating
Agencies and Xxxxx'x |
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If any extension of time is
granted to MAB by the UK Listing Authority for the announcement of MAB's
preliminary results for so long as the Securitisation Group Parent is
a subsidiary of MAB, the Borrowers shall ensure that they will deliver
to the Rating Agencies and Xxxxx'x all of the financial statements,
reports, certificates and other financial information required to be
provided by them pursuant to this Clause 15, provided that no audited
financial information shall be required to be delivered and the equivalent
unaudited financial information shall be provided in satisfaction of
this Clause 15.7. |
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15.8 |
Accounting Principles |
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15.8.1 |
The Borrowers shall ensure
that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to this Clause
15 is prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles. |
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15.8.2 |
In the event that Accounting
Principles undergo any change, the Borrowers will: |
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notify the Borrower Security Trustee
as soon as reasonably practicable after the date upon which they become
aware that, as a result of the change to the Accounting Principles,
any calculation or determination under or relating to the subject matter
of the covenants set out in this Clause 15 and Clause 16 (Financial
Covenants) would in the future differ materially from the calculation
or determination which would have resulted from the application of the
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use their reasonable
endeavours to agree with the Borrower Security Trustee such changes to
such calculation or determination which will ensure, as far as practicable,
that the effect of the use of such revised calculation or determination
in any report to be provided pursuant to this Clause 15 and Clause 16
(Financial Covenants) is as closely equivalent to the effect of
the calculation or determination prior to such change provided that,
in the event that any Borrower has failed to agree any such change at
a time when any calculation or determination is to be made, that Borrower
will continue to calculate or determine the relevant matter as if such
change had not been implemented. |
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16. |
FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
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16.1 |
Net Worth Covenant |
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The Borrowers covenant
to and agree with the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee that they
will maintain as at the end of each Financial Year, an aggregate Net
Worth equal to or greater than £300,000,000 (the “Net Worth
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16.2 |
Debt Service
Covenant |
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The Borrowers covenant
to and agree with the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee that the
Free Cashflow DSCR of the Borrowers shall not, on any Financial Quarter
Date, in respect of the most recent Relevant Period or the most recent
Relevant Year be less than 1.10:1 (the “FCF DSCR ”or
the “Debt Service Covenant ”). |
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16.3 |
Restricted Payment
Condition |
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16.3.1 |
Satisfaction
of Restricted Payment Condition |
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Each Obligor covenants
and agrees with the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee that it
shall not make any Restricted Payment unless: |
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all amounts which
have fallen due and become payable under the Working Capital Facility
Agreement prior to the making of that Restricted Payment have been made; |
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the Restricted Payment Condition was satisfied
in the Relevant Period and the Relevant Year, in each case, ending on
the most recent Financial Quarter Date; |
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and either: |
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the Restricted Payment Maximum would not
be less than zero following the making of any such Restricted Payment;
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the Restricted Payment is to be made out
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it has complied with all of its obligations
under Schedule 10 (Tax on Permitted Disposals and Permitted Acquisitions)
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Criteria for Restricted
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For the purposes of this Agreement (including Clause 16.3.1 (Satisfaction of Restricted Payment Condition)), the Restricted Payment Condition will be satisfied if, at the date the proposed Restricted Payment (or other action which is subject to the Restricted Payment Condition) is to be made or undertaken |
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no Loan Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing (and has not been waived) or would
occur as a result of the making of such Restricted Payment or such other
action; and |
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in relation to the immediately preceding Relevant
Period and immediately preceding Relevant Year: |
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EBITDA
to Debt Service calculated for such Relevant Period and Relevant Year was,
in each case, at least 1.7:1; and |
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the
FCF DSCR calculated for such Relevant Period and Relevant Year was, in
each case, at least 1.3:1. |
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16.3.3 |
Subsequent Satisfaction
of Restricted Payment Condition |
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If the Restricted Payment Condition
was not satisfied as at any Financial Quarter Date, but is subsequently
satisfied on any following Financial Quarter Date, an Obligor may make
a Restricted Payment in the following Financial Quarter but only to the
extent the Further Restricted Payment Maximum would not be less than zero
following the making of such Restricted Payment until the Restricted Payment
Condition has been satisfied on six consecutive Financial Quarter Dates. |
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OTHER COVENANTS OF THE OBLIGORS |
17.1 |
Duration of Covenants |
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Unless otherwise stated, the covenants in
Clauses 15 (Financial Information), 16 (Financial Covenants)
and 17 (Other Covenants of the Obligors) are given by the
Borrowers jointly and severally or, where applicable, the Obligors jointly
and severally, in either case, in favour of the Issuer and the Borrower
Security Trustee and shall remain in full force and effect from the date
of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under this
Agreement or any obligation of the Obligors under this Agreement is in
force. |
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Covenant Compliance Certificate |
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The Initial Borrower (on behalf of itself
and each other Chargor) shall, together with delivery by it of the financial
statements, reports and/or other financial information, delivered in
respect of each Financial Year pursuant to Clause 15.1.1 (Year-End
Financial Information) or otherwise at the written request of the
Borrower Security Trustee and/or Ambac (for so long as Ambac is the Controlling
Creditor), deliver to the Issuer, the Borrower Security Trustee and Ambac
(for so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor) a Covenant Compliance
Certificate signed by two Authorised Signatories on behalf of the Initial
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17.2.1 |
the compliance with all covenants of the Obligors contained in this Agreement, including Clauses 15 (Financial Information) (including in respect of the Investor Reports), 16 (Financial Covenants) and 17 (Other Covenants of the Obligors) and Clause 20 (Covenants of the Excluded Group Entity Property Owners) of the Borrower Deed of Charge; and |
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17.2.2 |
the compliance with all covenants of the Chargors contained in the Borrower Deed of Charge, including Clause 20 (Covenants of the Excluded Group Entity Property Owners) of the Borrower Deed of Charge. |
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17.3 |
General Positive Covenants of the Borrowers |
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17.3.1 |
Maintenance of Legal Validity |
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comply in all material respects with all applicable laws; |
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comply with the terms of, renew as soon as reasonably practicable from time to time, and do all that is reasonably necessary (taking into account the benefit and expense) to maintain in full force and effect in all material respects authorisations, approvals, licences, consents and exemptions required under or by any applicable law or regulation to own its property and assets where the failure to do so would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
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comply with any other contracts to which it is a party, any non-compliance with which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and |
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perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Borrower Transaction Documents and ensure the validity and enforceability of this Agreement and the other Borrower Transaction Documents; |
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17.3.2 |
Maintenance of Arrangements |
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use reasonable endeavours to obtain and maintain appropriate arrangements to enable it to carry on the Permitted Business; |
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17.3.3 |
Notification of Material Adverse Change |
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notify the Borrower Security Trustee of any change in the financial condition, assets or prospects of the Borrowers which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
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17.3.4 |
Conduct of Business |
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ensure that it has the right to conduct its business as it is conducted from time to time and does conduct its business in all material respects in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations and does all things reasonably necessary to obtain, preserve and keep in full force and effect all rights necessary for the conduct of its business where the failure to do so would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
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17.3.5 |
Notification of Loan Event of Default
etc. |
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promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence
of any Loan Event of Default, Potential Loan Event of Default or FA Appointment
Event, give written notice to the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee
thereof; and |
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where the Issuer or the Borrower Security
Trustee reasonably considers that a Loan Event of Default may have occurred
and upon receipt of a written request to that effect from the Issuer
or the Borrower Security Trustee, confirm to the Issuer and the Borrower
Security Trustee that, save as previously notified to the Issuer and
the Borrower Security Trustee or as notified in such confirmation, no
Loan Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; |
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17.3.6 |
Insurance |
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(a) |
maintain valid insurance cover for each Mortgaged
Property in an amount that is commercially reasonable and prudent provided
always that the insurance covers those risks usually covered by a reasonably
prudent owner of a portfolio of property of the same nature as the relevant
property and/or buildings in a comparable location and maintained with
a Regulated Insurer; |
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maintain such other valid insurances in respect
of such risks as are usually covered by a reasonably prudent owner and
operator of businesses similar to the Permitted Business (including Insurance
Policies relating to group employer's liability and public and products
liability) with a Regulated Insurer; |
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if it makes a claim under any property damage
Insurance Policy relating to a Mortgaged Property, provided that the
Insurance Proceeds of such claim exceed £1,500,000 (as adjusted on an
annual basis, in respect of each calendar year following the Closing
Date, according to the percentage change in the RPI as calculated as
at the first day of such calendar year) in any Financial Year, in the
case of any Mortgaged Property, upon receipt of the same, deposit the
entire Insurance Proceeds (net of any Tax due in respect of such proceeds)
into the Disposal Proceeds Account and apply the same either to repair
or reinstate the damaged property or as if they arose as a result of
a disposal of such Mortgaged Property (and such Insurance Proceeds shall
be treated as Net Sales Proceeds
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apply Insurance Proceeds received by it pursuant
to a claim on any third party and other insurances (net of any Tax due
in respect of such proceeds) in or towards the relevant insured liability
and deposit proceeds received from a claim on any business interruption
insurance into an Obligor Operating Account; and |
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use its reasonable endeavours to procure,
in respect of each Insurance Policy, that the interests of the Borrower
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ensure that it will keep in a
good state of maintenance, repair and preservation (fair wear and tear
excepted) all buildings, structures, fixtures, fittings, plant, machinery
and equipment belonging to or required by it for the operation of its
business and will renew and replace such items where failure to do so
would have a Material Adverse Effect; |
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17.3.8 |
Environmental Law and Environmental
Permits |
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(a) comply with all Environmental
Law in all material respects (in the context of the Securitisation Estate
as a whole) and (b) obtain, and comply with the terms of, all Environmental
Permits necessary for the operation of its facilities and businesses,
and take all reasonable steps to comply with known future changes to
its obligations under the same as and when it becomes legally obliged
to do so, in each case, where non-compliance or failure to do so would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
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17.3.9 |
Environmental Claims |
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as soon as reasonably practicable,
upon becoming aware of the same, notify the Issuer and the Borrower Security
Trustee (with a copy to the Rating Agencies and Xxxxx'x) of: |
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any Environmental Claim which
would reasonably be expected to be determined against it and which, if
so determined, would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; |
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any Environmental Claim relating
to Environmental Contamination where such Environmental Contamination
if adversely determined would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and |
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any circumstance that: |
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will prevent compliance with Environmental
Law in the future where any non-compliance would be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; or |
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will give rise to any actual liability under
current Environmental Law where that liability would be reasonably expected
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Title to Assets |
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(a) |
subject to matters specifically
referred to in the Title Overview Reports, any Permitted Encumbrances
and any Permitted Disposals, remain the sole legal and beneficial owner
(except in the case of the Specific Mortgaged Properties (in relation
to which the Initial Borrower or an Excluded Group Entity Property Owner
is the absolute legal owner only)) or (if applicable) beneficial owner
of its interest in all of the Mortgaged Properties in which it holds
an interest, subject to any Permitted Estate Management Transactions,
free from any material covenants, undertakings, restrictions, easements,
servitudes, burdens, leases or other third party rights which, in any
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subject to any Permitted Encumbrance
and any Permitted Disposal in relation to the Other Assets, remain the
absolute legal and beneficial owner or beneficial owner of all its Other
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comply with and perform all restrictive
and other covenants, undertakings, stipulations and obligations now or
at any time affecting any Mortgaged Properties insofar as the same are
subsisting and are capable of being enforced and where any non-compliance
or non-performance would have a Material Adverse Effect; and |
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enforce all restrictive or other
covenants, burdens, stipulations and obligations benefiting any Mortgaged
Property and not waive, release or vary (or agree so to do) the obligations
of any other party thereto, in each case, where any non-enforcement,
waiver, release, variation or agreement so to do would have a Material
Adverse Effect; |
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17.3.11 |
Seizure of Assets |
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notify the Borrower Security
Trustee immediately if all or any of its issued shares or the whole or
any material part of its revenues or assets (including the whole or any
material part of any Mortgaged Property) are seized, expropriated or
compulsorily acquired or purchased, or the applicable local authority
makes an order for the compulsory purchase of the same; |
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17.3.12 |
Change of Control |
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notify the Borrower Security
Trustee if any of the issued share capital in the Securitisation Group
Parent ceases to be held directly or indirectly by MAB; |
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17.3.13 |
Going Concern |
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maintain its business and undertake
all acts and things as may be reasonably required to ensure that its
business is operated and continues to be operated as a going concern; |
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17.3.14 |
Terms of Contracts |
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use all reasonable endeavours
to ensure that any contracts entered into after the date of the Closing
Date are, made on arms' length terms and: |
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do not contain: |
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any restriction on charging or assigning
its right, title, interest and benefit to those contracts to the Borrower
Security Trustee; or |
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any provision permitting the counterparty
to terminate, or which results in the automatic termination of, the relevant
agreement, in either case upon the appointment of a Receiver or administrator
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where such contracts do not comply
with paragraph (a) above, use reasonable endeavours to obtain the consent
of the relevant party where required, or, where such contract is entered
into in replacement of an existing or expired contract, procure that
such new contract does not contain terms in respect of termination on
the appointment of a Receiver or administrator in respect of such Borrower
that are more onerous than the terms of the prior contract; |
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17.3.15 |
Obligor Account Mandates |
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unless otherwise provided in
the Account Bank and Cash Management Agreement, not make any change to
the mandates of the Obligor Accounts (except for any change of Authorised
Signatory and/or the scope of such Authorised Signatory’s authority
in respect of any Obligor Account); |
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17.3.16 |
Leases |
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in relation to any Lease or Agreement
for Lease under which it derives its estate or interest in a Mortgaged
Property: |
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where it is the lessee, observe
and perform in all material respects all covenants, undertakings, stipulations
and obligations on the lessee under any such Lease where failure to do
so would, in each case, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; |
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where it is the lessor, use all
reasonable endeavours to enforce in all material respects all covenants,
undertakings, stipulations and obligations on the part of the lessee
under any such Lease (including any Supported Agreement to Trade) where
failure to do so would, in each case, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect; |
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not: |
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waive or vary in any material respect or
release any obligation under, or term of; or |
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exercise any option or power to break, determine
or extend, |
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in each case, any such Lease,
where such action would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; |
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not do or knowingly permit anything
under any such Lease whereby the same may be forfeited or irritated where
such action or omission would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; |
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not agree any change in the rent
payable under any such Lease (except in the course of a scheduled rent
review carried out in accordance with the terms of such Lease) where
such change would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and |
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in relation to any Lease or Agreement
for Lease under which a Borrower holds any Real Property, forthwith notify
the Borrower Security Trustee of any matter or event under or by reason
of which the same has or may become subject to determination or to the
exercise or purported exercise of any right of re-entry or forfeiture
or irritancy by the lessor and, if so required by the Borrower Security
Trustee, apply for relief against forfeiture as directed by the Borrower
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Litigation |
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advise the Borrower Security
Trustee forthwith upon becoming aware of the same of the details of: |
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each litigation, arbitration, administrative
proceeding or governmental or regulatory investigation, proceeding or
dispute pending or threatened in writing against any Borrower; and |
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to its knowledge, the occurrence of any circumstances
likely to give rise to any such litigation, arbitration, administrative
proceeding or governmental or regulatory investigation, proceeding or
dispute, |
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which, in each case, would, if
so adversely determined, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; |
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17.3.18 |
Access |
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upon reasonable prior written
notice being given to the relevant Borrower give the Issuer and the Borrower
Security Trustee access to records in respect of the Mortgaged Properties
and to the Mortgaged Properties; |
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17.3.19 |
Valuations |
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arrange for a valuation of each
Mortgaged Property at the written request of the Borrower Security Trustee,
provided that such request may only be made: |
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following the occurrence of a Potential Loan
Event of Default; or |
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if the Borrower Security Trustee has reasonable
grounds to believe that a Potential Loan Event of Default has occurred, |
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and, in each case, the cost of
each such valuation shall be borne by the Borrowers. |
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17.3.20 |
Claims Pari Passu |
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ensure that at all times the
claims of the Borrower Secured Creditors against any Chargor under any
of the Borrower Transaction Documents rank at least pari passu with
the claims of all of its other unsecured creditors, save for those claims
which are preferred solely by the operation of any bankruptcy, insolvency
or liquidation law or other similar law of general application; |
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17.3.21 |
Notices |
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promptly upon becoming aware
of the same, promptly give full particulars to the Borrower Security
Trustee of any notice, order, directive, designation, resolution or proposal
which has application to a Mortgaged Property by any planning authority
or other public body or authority and which would be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
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17.3.22 |
Obligor Accounts |
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save for the proceeds from any
Term Advance or as otherwise provided in this Agreement and the other
Borrower Transaction Documents, take all reasonable steps to ensure that
each sum received by it or any other Obligor is paid into one of the
Obligor Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Borrower Transaction
Documents; |
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17.3.23 |
Ratings Test Confirmation
to Xxxxx'x |
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notify Xxxxx'x of such Borrower's
requirement to confirm satisfaction of the Ratings Test on or as soon
as reasonably practicable after the date such confirmation is sought; |
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17.3.24 |
Supported Agreements to
Trade |
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create any Supported Agreement
to Trade or Rack Rent Lease in relation to any Mortgaged Property on
arms' length terms and subject to an open market rent applicable to the
nature of the transaction; |
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17.3.25 |
EBITDA Contribution of
Mortgaged Properties with On Licences |
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ensure that at least 80 per cent.
of the EBITDA of the Securitisation Estate in the current Financial Year
derives from Mortgaged Properties which have full justices on licences
(or the equivalent in Scotland or prescribed by any new licencing regulation
in England and Wales or Scotland); |
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17.3.26 |
Consent Leasehold Mortgaged
Properties |
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obtain or use its best endeavours
(at its own cost) to procure receipt of the consent of the relevant landlord(s)
of each Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Property to the creation of a Security
Interest in favour of the Borrower Security Trustee in accordance with
the terms of the Borrower Security Documents by no later than 30 April
2004; |
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17.3.27 |
Split Title Mortgaged Properties |
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use its best endeavours (at its
own cost) to procure that the legal title to the Split Title Mortgaged
Properties held by the Third Party Legal Owners is transferred to a Property
Owner by no later than 30 April 2004; and |
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17.3.28 |
Liquidity Facility |
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procure that the Issuer shall,
for such time as there are any Notes outstanding, have available to it
either: |
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a committed liquidity facility
from a bank which has ratings assigned to its unsecured, unsubordinated
and unguaranteed short term debt obligations of at least equal to the
Minimum Short-Term Ratings in a maximum available amount of not less
than the Liquidity Facility Amount (or such lower amount at which the
Ratings Test would remain satisfied) and if at any time: |
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the unsecured, unsubordinated and unguaranteed
short term debt obligations of the Liquidity Facility Provider are rated
less than the Minimum Short-Term Ratings; or |
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any Liquidity Facility Provider defaults
in the performance of its obligations under the Liquidity Facility Agreement
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procure that a replacement liquidity
facility is entered into by the Issuer with a Replacement Lender within
30 days of the occurrence of the event set out in paragraphs (a) or (b),
provided that no Borrower shall be under any such obligation if the Ratings
Test would remain satisfied as a result of the Issuer not having entered
into a replacement liquidity facility; or |
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funds standing to the credit
of the Liquidity Facility Reserve Account following a Liquidity Standby
Drawing available for payment of interest and/or principal in accordance
with the Liquidity Facility Agreement. |
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17.4 |
Positive Covenants of the
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and the Borrower Security Trustee, the Initial Borrower shall (on behalf
of itself and each other Borrower): |
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17.4.1 |
Meetings |
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in the event that a Meeting is
requested pursuant to Condition 13 (Meetings of Noteholders),
if requested, send one or more representatives to that Meeting, provided
that it shall not be required to send any representatives to more than
two Meetings per calendar year; and |
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17.4.2 |
Dormant Companies |
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procure that each Excluded Group
Entity Property Owner (other than Mitchells & Butlers Leisure Entertainment
Limited) shall remain dormant within the meaning of Section 249AA of
the Companies Act. |
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17.5 |
General Negative Covenants
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17.5.1 |
Negative Pledge |
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save for Permitted Encumbrances,
create (or agree to create) or suffer or permit to subsist any Encumbrance
over all or any of its present or future revenues or assets or undertaking
(including uncalled capital); |
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17.5.2 |
Financial Indebtedness |
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save for Permitted Financial
Indebtedness, incur, create or permit to subsist or have outstanding
any Financial Indebtedness; |
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17.5.3 |
Permitted Business |
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conduct any business other than
the Permitted Business, permit any change of business other than a Permitted
Business and the provision to Excluded Group Entities of ancillary services
to any businesses carried on by such Excluded Group Entities on an arms'
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Permitted Subsidiaries
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save for Permitted Subsidiaries
and Permitted Joint Ventures, have any subsidiary undertakings or interests
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17.5.5 |
Accounting Policies |
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change its accounting policies,
with the intention that such change will result in compliance with the
Debt Service Covenant or the satisfaction of the Restricted Payment Condition,
where such compliance or satisfaction would not otherwise have occurred
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17.6 |
Covenants of the Securitisation
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and the Borrower Security Trustee, the Securitisation Group Parent covenants
that it shall not: |
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17.6.1 |
No Business |
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trade, carry on any business,
engage in any activities or enter into any documents other than: |
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the preparation, negotiation
and execution of the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Offering Circular
and the Borrower Transaction Documents to which it is a party; |
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those contemplated by the Preliminary
Offering Circular, the Offering Circular and the Borrower Transaction
Documents to which it is a party (including making a Restricted Payment
in accordance with Clause 16.3 (Restricted Payment Condition)); |
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the issuance and repayment of
the Loan Note; |
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entry into the Share Capital
Facility Agreement; |
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entry into the Securitisation
Group Parent Facility Agreement; |
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receiving payment for its issued
share capital; and |
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matters which are incidental
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17.6.2 |
No disposal of Assets |
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except as contemplated by the
Borrower Transaction Documents, sell, convey, transfer, lease, assign
or otherwise dispose of or agree or attempt to purport to sell, convey,
transfer, assign, lease or otherwise dispose of or use, invest or otherwise
deal with any of its properties, assets or undertaking or grant any option
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No Encumbrances |
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create (or agree to create) or
suffer or permit to subsist any Encumbrance over all or any of its present
or future revenues or assets or undertaking (including uncalled capital)
other than created by the Borrower Security Documents or arising by operation
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Financial Indebtedness |
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incur, create or permit to subsist
or have outstanding any Financial Indebtedness other than (a) the Loan
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17.6.5 |
No Guarantees |
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except as contemplated by the
Borrower Transaction Documents, make any loans, grant any credit or give
any guarantee or indemnity to or for the benefit of any person or otherwise
voluntarily assume any liability, whether actual or contingent, in respect
of any obligation of any other person; |
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17.6.6 |
No Merger |
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consolidate or merge with any
other person; |
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17.6.7 |
No Employees |
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have any employees or premises
or, save for Permitted Subsidiaries, the Initial Borrower and the Issuer,
have any subsidiary undertaking or become a director of any company; |
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17.6.8 |
Obligor Accounts |
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have an interest in any bank
account unless such account or interest is charged to the Borrower Security
Trustee on terms acceptable to the Borrower Security Trustee; |
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17.6.9 |
Memorandum and Articles
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take any step to amend, supplement
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17.6.10 |
Borrower Security |
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permit the validity or effectiveness
of its obligations or rights under the Borrower Security Documents or
of the Borrower Security granted by it to be impaired or to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged. |
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17.7 |
Covenants and Other Provisions
regarding Disposal of Mortgaged Properties |
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17.7.1 |
Covenants regarding Disposal
of Mortgaged Properties and Incidental Mortgaged Properties |
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A Borrower shall not dispose
of a Mortgaged Property (either alone or together with any Incidental
Mortgaged Property) unless the Borrower Security Trustee executes a deed
of release or discharge in respect of such Mortgaged Property and such
Incidental Mortgaged Property from the Borrower Security. |
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17.7.2 |
Conditions to Disposal
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The Borrower Security Trustee
will execute a deed of release or discharge in respect of a proposed
disposal of a Mortgaged Property and, subject to Clause 17.8 (Covenant
relating to Disposals of Other Assets and Incidental Mortgaged Property),
any related Incidental Mortgaged Property by a Borrower (and, in the
case of an Intra-Group Disposal, the substitution or corresponding acquisition
by a Borrower) if the relevant Borrower delivers a duly executed Mortgaged
Property Disposal Certificate not less than 5 Business Days (or such
shorter period as the Borrower Security Trustee may agree) prior to the
date on which the Borrower proposes to dispose of such Mortgaged Property
and any related Incidental Mortgaged Property, certifying
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the proposed disposal is a Minor
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the proposed disposal is an Intra-Group
Disposal provided that if that proposed disposal would result in an asset
accruing to the transferor or transferee Borrower, immediately following
the disposal, the asset or assets is or are made part of the Borrower
Security and the future enforcement of the Borrower Security would not
be impaired or prejudiced by such Intra-Group Disposal (as supported
by the Borrower to which the asset has accrued procuring the delivery,
prior to the transfer, to the Borrower Security Trustee of a legal opinion
that a valid fixed and floating security (including that such fixed and
floating security, where applicable, would permit the appointment of
an administrative receiver in respect of that Borrower and that the floating
charge is not granted at an undervalue for the purposes of Section 245
of the Insolvency Act) has been granted by it); |
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the Disposal EBITDA Percentage
of the proposed disposal (when aggregated with the Disposal EBITDA Percentage
referable to the other Mortgaged Properties disposed of during the current
Financial Year under this Clause 17.7.2(c)) is less than the Remaining
Disposal Headroom Percentage and is less than 10 per cent.; |
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the relevant Net Sale Proceeds
will result in the application of at least the Allocated Debt Amount
(together with any premia payable in connection with the redemption of
the Notes to be redeemed and any Hedging Amounts payable in connection
with the Initial Term A1 Advance and the Initial Term A3 Advance corresponding
to the relevant Mortgaged Property) referable to that disposal in repayment
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the proposed disposal is a disposal
of a Mortgaged Property by order of any Competition Authority or required
by law or any regulation having the force of law or any governmental
agency in accordance with whose orders and/or rulings such Borrower is
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the proposed disposal is a disposal
of the bare legal title relating to a Mortgaged Property in respect of
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the transfer of the related beneficial
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the related beneficial title comprises all or part of a Specific Mortgaged Property; |
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the proposed disposal is a disposal of all or part of a Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Property in accordance with Clause 17.7.3 (Covenants regarding Disposal of Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Properties and Split Title Mortgaged Properties); |
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the proposed disposal is a disposal of all or part of a Split Title Mortgaged Property in accordance with Clause 17.7.3 (Covenants regarding Disposal of Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Properties and Split Title Mortgaged Properties); or |
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and, the relevant Borrower certifies in the Mortgaged Property Disposal Certificate that the relevant Borrower has complied with its obligations (if any) under Schedule 10 (Tax on Permitted Disposals and Permitted Acquisitions) in relation to such disposal of the Mortgaged Property (and, in the case of a proposed Intra-Group Disposal, the corresponding acquisition) and, if applicable, the relevant Borrower provides to the Borrower Security Trustee the information set out in paragraphs 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 of Schedule 10 (Tax on Permitted Disposals and Permitted Acquisitions) at the same time it delivers the Mortgaged Property Disposal Certificate. |
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Covenants regarding Disposal of Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Properties and Split Title Mortgaged Properties |
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dispose of that Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Property or, as the case may be, that Split Title Mortgaged Property in accordance with the terms of this Clause 17.7 and make a corresponding Permitted Acquisition in accordance with Clause 17.9 (Covenants and Other Provisions relating to the Acquisition and Substitution of Permitted Businesses and Real Property); or |
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dispose of that Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Property or, as the case may be, that Split Title Mortgaged Property in accordance with the terms of this Clause 17.7 and prepay or repay an amount of the Initial Term Advances in accordance with and in the order set out in Clause 17.7.4(d)(iii)(C). |
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Application of Proceeds of Disposal of a Mortgaged Property |
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it will forthwith, upon receipt, deposit the Sale Proceeds into the Disposal Proceeds Account; |
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it may, subject to Clause 17.7.4(d) below, only withdraw from the Disposal Proceeds Account any amounts standing to the credit of the Disposal Proceeds Account representing Net Sales Proceeds relating to the disposal of a Specific Mortgaged Property for deposit into an Obligor Account in accordance with the Account Bank and Cash Management Agreement if the Initial Borrower first certifies in writing to the Borrower Security Trustee that, to the extent it has any actual or contingent liability to the purchaser of such Specific Mortgaged Property (whether under any representation, warranty, indemnity or otherwise in relation to such disposal), it has deposited or will (simultaneously with such disposal) deposit an amount sufficient to satisfy any such liability in
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it may, subject to Clause 17.7.4(d) below, only withdraw amounts standing to the credit of the Disposal Proceeds Account representing Excess Net Sales Proceeds for deposit into an Obligor Account in accordance with the Account Bank and Cash Management Agreement if the Restricted Payment Condition is satisfied in accordance with Clause 16.3.2 (Criteria for Restricted Payment Condition) and if the Ratings Test is satisfied upon such withdrawal; and |
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it may withdraw amounts standing to the credit of the Disposal Proceeds Account only with the prior written consent of the Borrower Security Trustee and such written consent will not be withheld if the Initial Borrower certifies to the Borrower Security Trustee that: |
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it has complied with its obligations under this Agreement in relation to the proposed withdrawal; |
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there is no Loan Event of Default subsisting which has not been waived at the date of withdrawal; and |
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the amounts to be withdrawn are either Excess Net Sales Proceeds in accordance with Clause 17.7.4(c) or Net Sale Proceeds relating to the disposal of a Specific Mortgaged Property in accordance with Clause 17.7.4(b); |
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the amounts (other than those amounts representing
Net Sale Proceeds relating to the disposal of a Consent Leasehold Mortgaged
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in making a prepayment of: |
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an amount (taking into account all prepayments to date) up to but not greater than an aggregate of 30 per cent. of the Initial Term Advances either: |
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pro rata in prepayment towards the satisfaction of the Initial Term A Advances, the Initial Term B Advances and the Initial Term C Advance; or |
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first, pro rata and pari passu in or towards satisfaction of the Initial Term A Advances; |
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second, pro rata and pari passu in or towards satisfaction of the Initial Term B Advances; and |
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third, in or towards satisfaction of the Initial Term C Advance, |
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allocating any amount to be applied in prepayment of any tranche of the Initial Term Advances under paragraph (x)(a) or (x)(b) above towards the tranches of such Initial Term Advances as the Initial Borrower determines; and |
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an amount (taking into account all prepayments to date) in excess of an aggregate of 30 per cent. of the Initial Term Advance either: |
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pro rata in prepayment towards the satisfaction of the Initial Term A Advances, the Initial Term B Advances and the Initial Term C Advance, provided that the Restricted Payment Condition was satisfied at the most recent Financial Quarter Date; or |
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the Ratings Test is satisfied; |
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the amount which will be applied in prepayment of the Initial Term A Advances is no less than would have been the case had the prepayment been made in accordance with paragraph (y)(a) above; and |
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the amount which will be applied in prepayment of the Initial Term C Advance is no greater than would have been the case had the prepayment been made in accordance with paragraph (y)(a) above; |
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in or towards purchasing Notes in accordance with Clauses 10.6 (Deemed Prepayment Upon Purchase of Notes by the Initial Borrower) and in the order set out in Clause 10.6 (Deemed Prepayment Upon Purchase of Notes by the Initial Borrower) or (if the Notes are to be purchased from amounts standing to the credit of the Disposal Proceeds Account) in the order set out in Clause 17.7.4(d)(iii)(B)(1), and for a purchase price no greater than the relevant Redemption Amount of such Notes under Condition 7(c) (Redemption, Purchase and Cancellation – Early Mandatory Redemption in Whole or Part upon Prepayment under the Issuer Borrower Facility Agreement) together with all accrued and unpaid interest on the Principal Amount Outstanding of such
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subject to satisfaction of the Capital Enhancement Condition, in or towards the funding or refinancing of Capital Enhancement Expenditure; |
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subject to the Business Acquisition Condition, in or towards acquiring or substituting a Permitted Business or the refinancing of funding for the acquisition or substitution of a Permitted Business; |
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in or towards the acquisition of Eligible Investments permitted by the Borrower Transaction Documents; |
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in or towards the making of a payment to a Tax Authority to satisfy any liability to Tax in respect of any Permitted Disposal; |
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in or towards the repair, reinstatement or replacement of any damaged property which is the subject of a claim under any property damage Insurance Policy, provided that such monies standing to the credit of the Disposal Proceeds Account represent Insurance Proceeds referable to that damaged property; and/or |
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for any other purposes approved by Ambac (for so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor) and the Borrower Security Trustee (such consent of the Borrower Security Trustee to be given pursuant to Clause 31 (Modifications, Waiver and Consents) of the Borrower Deed of Charge); or |
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the amounts to be withdrawn represent Net Sale Proceeds relating to the disposal of a Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Property or a Split Title Mortgaged Property which will be applied in: |
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making a prepayment of an amount of the Initial Term Advances equal to (x) the EBITDA referable to that Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Property or, as the case may be, that Split Title Mortgaged Property; divided by (y) the EBITDA referable to the Mortgaged Properties comprised in the Securitisation Estate immediately prior to the date of such disposal in the following order: |
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first, pro rata and pari passu in or towards satisfaction of the Initial Term A Advances; |
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second, pro rata and pari passu in or towards satisfaction of the Initial Term B Advances; and |
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third, in or towards satisfaction of the Initial Term C Advance; or |
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Any monies standing to the credit of the Disposal Proceeds Account (other than any such monies which may be required to discharge any liability to Tax in respect of any Permitted Disposal) which have not been applied in the manner prescribed by Clauses 17.7.4(d)(iii)(B)(1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7) or (8), in each case, for 24 months or more shall, unless a Loan Event of Default is subsisting which has not been waived, be withdrawn and applied in making prepayments of the Initial Term Advances in the relevant order set out in Clause 17.7.4(d)(iii)(B)(1) above or, if such amounts represent Insurance Proceeds as described in Clause 17.7.4(d)(iii)(B)(7) above, in or towards the purpose set out in that paragraph to the
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17.7.5 |
Tax on Permitted Disposals |
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The Initial Borrower covenants
and agrees with the Borrower Security Trustee that, in respect of a Mortgaged
Property, it may only withdraw amounts standing to the credit of the Disposal
Proceeds Account representing Tax to be applied in or towards any of the
purposes set out in Clauses 17.7.4(d)(iii)(B)(3), (4), (5), (6) or (8) and
any such withdrawal will only be permitted if it complies with the provisions
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17.8 |
Covenant relating to Disposals of Other
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in the case of Clause 17.8.2(c) below, acquire) and the Borrower Security
Trustee will execute a deed of release or discharge in respect of a proposed
disposal of: |
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17.8.1 |
any Incidental Mortgaged Property not to
be disposed of together, or in connection, with a Mortgaged Property; or
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any Other Asset that is: |
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a trading asset which is expressed to be
subject to a floating charge and not a fixed charge under the Borrower Security
Documents and it is disposed of for fair market value; |
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cash or Eligible Investments permitted by
the Borrower Transaction Documents; |
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an asset disposed of by a Borrower to another
Borrower on arms' length terms; |
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an asset disposed of in exchange for, or
an asset the proceeds of disposal of which are used to acquire another asset
comparable or superior as to type, value and quality; |
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specific assets that are not used or required
for use in the Permitted Business; and/or |
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other assets if the value of the aggregate
net consideration received by the Borrowers in respect of disposals of assets
other than Mortgaged Properties would not exceed £5 million in that
Financial Year, |
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provided that in relation to
any such disposal (and, in the case of Clause 17.8.2(c), the corresponding
acquisition), the Borrower making the disposal has complied with its obligations
(if any) under Schedule 10 (Tax on Permitted Disposals and Permitted
Acquisitions) in relation to that disposal and, in the case of Clause
17.8.2(d) above, in relation to any asset to be acquired using the proceeds
of that disposal) and, in the case of Clause 17.8.2(c) above, the Borrower
that is acquiring the asset has complied with its obligations under Clause
17.9 (Covenants and Other Provisions relating to the Acquisition and
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17.9 |
Covenants and Other Provisions relating
to the Acquisition and Substitution of Permitted Businesses and Real Property |
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A Borrower may make a Permitted
Acquisition with the consent of the Borrower Security Trustee. The Borrower
Security Trustee will give written consent to the Permitted Acquisition
if: |
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the relevant Borrower certifies to the Borrower
Security Trustee that no Loan Event of Default is subsisting (which has
not been waived) at the time or would arise as a result of the Permitted
Acquisition; |
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the relevant Borrower certifies to the Borrower
Security Trustee that the Permitted Acquisition is funded in whole or in
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the proceeds of Additional Term Advances; |
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funds certified by the relevant Borrower
as Excess Cash and, where the Restricted Payment Condition is not satisfied,
subject to satisfaction of the Profitability Condition; |
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amounts standing to the credit of the Disposal
Proceeds Account subject to satisfaction of the Profitability Condition;
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subscription funds received from an Excluded
Group Entity or a third party for a sufficient amount of new equity share
capital in a Borrower; and/or |
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a deposit of funds fully subordinated in
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the relevant Borrower certifies to the Borrower
Security Trustee that the Permitted Acquisition is made between a willing
buyer and a willing seller in an open market arms' length transaction; |
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security, in a form equivalent to the security
given by the relevant Borrower under the Borrower Security Documents, is
provided over all the assets, shares and undertakings so acquired to the
satisfaction of the Borrower Security Trustee; |
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the relevant Borrower certifies to the Borrower
Security Trustee that the assets, shares and undertakings so acquired are
to be employed as a Permitted Business and all material licences, consents
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the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee,
prior to the making of the Permitted Acquisition by the relevant Borrower,
received all of the information, documents and other matters set out in
Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Additional Conditions Precedent) in relation
to all Real Property so acquired in form and substance satisfactory to the
Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee (or to the extent not so received,
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the relevant Borrower certifies to the Borrower
Security Trustee that it has complied with its obligations (if any) under
Schedule 10 (Tax on Permitted Disposals and Permitted Acquisitions)
(including, where the consent of the Borrower Security Trustee is given
subject to conditions, that it has complied with such conditions) in relation
to the disposal transaction of such Permitted Acquisition where the Permitted
Acquisition is part of the substitution of a Mortgaged Property; |
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in respect of a Permitted Acquisition which
is part of the substitution of a Mortgaged Property (other than a Consent
Leasehold Mortgage Property and a Split Title Mortgaged Property) only,
the related disposal transaction is a Permitted Disposal and all of the
other conditions specified in Clause 17.7 (Covenants and Other Provisions
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in respect of a Permitted Acquisition which
is part of the substitution of a Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Property or
Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Properties or, as the case may be, a Split Title
Mortgaged Property or Split Title Mortgaged Properties only, the relevant
Borrower certifies to the Borrower Security Trustee that: |
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the aggregate EBITDA referable to that Consent
Leasehold Mortgaged Property or those Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Properties,
or, as the case may be, that Split Title Mortgaged Property or those Split
Title Mortgaged Properties being disposed is at least equal to the aggregate
EBITDA of the Mortgaged Property proposed to be the subject of the Permitted
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the remaining maturity of that Consent Leasehold
Mortgaged Property or, as the case may be, that Split Title Mortgaged Property
or, the weighted average remaining maturity of those Consent Leasehold Mortgaged
Properties or, as the case may be, those Split Title Mortgaged Properties
being disposed is at least equal to the Mortgaged Property proposed to be
the subject of the Permitted Acquisition, provided that any Mortgaged Property
in respect of which a Borrower has a freehold or heritable property interest
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where the Permitted Acquisition is in relation
to a Short Leasehold Tenancy, the making of such Permitted Acquisition will
not result in the aggregate number of Short Leasehold Tenancies comprised
in the Securitisation Estate exceeding the higher of 400 of such Short Leasehold
Tenancies or 20 per cent. of all Mortgaged Properties (by number) comprised
in the Securitisation Estate unless, in either case and at the time thereof,
the Ratings Test is satisfied and the consent of Ambac (for so long as Ambac
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17.10 |
Covenants and Other Provisions relating
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17.10.1 |
Minimum Expenditure |
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Subject to Clause 17.10.2 (CapEx
Reserve Amount), the Borrowers will incur or reserve, in each Financial
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CapEx Reserve Amount |
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Borrowers incur less than the Required Maintenance Amount, the Borrowers
shall deposit into the Maintenance Reserve Account an amount equal to the
CapEx Reserve Amount. |
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Application of Amounts in Maintenance
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A Borrower may withdraw any amount
which has been deposited in the Maintenance Reserve Account only with the
prior written consent of the Borrower Security Trustee and such written
consent will not be withheld if the relevant Borrower certifies to the Borrower
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such amount is to be applied in any subsequent
Financial Year provided that any Required Maintenance Amounts which should
have first been incurred in the previous Financial Year have been discharged;
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such Borrower incurs any amount of the Required
Maintenance Amount using funds from an account other than the Maintenance
Reserve Account, in which case such amount shall be debited from the Maintenance
Reserve Account and credited to an Obligor Operating Account specified by
such Borrower upon providing to the Cash Manager satisfactory evidence that
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PERMITTED ESTATE MANAGEMENT TRANSACTIONS |
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of the Borrower Security Trustee enter into any of the following transactions
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any Franchise Agreement and any Lease granted
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any Supported Agreement to Trade; |
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any Rack Rent Lease (other than a Sale and
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subject to Clause 17.7 (Covenants and
Other Provisions regarding Disposal of Mortgaged Properties) and other
than a Sale and Lease Back Financing Arrangement, any property management
transactions conducted in the ordinary course (including any licence to
assign, licence to underlet, licence for alterations, party wall agreement,
deed of covenant, deed of grant, release of restrictive covenant, renewal
on the same or different terms of a Lease of Ancillary LH Property existing
at the date of this Agreement or grant of a new Lease of Ancillary LH Property
which is let at the date of this Agreement, right of light agreement and
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18.1.5 |
any planning and highway agreement (including
any agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Xxx 0000,
Section 33 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Xxx 0000,
Section 111 of the Local Government Xxx 0000, Sections 38, 184 and 278 of
the Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000 and Sections 98 and 104 of the Water Industry Act
1981 or equivalent legislation applicable in Scotland, including under The
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any deed or document varying or granting
a licence or consent pursuant to any of the transactions described in Clauses
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Each of the following events
is a Loan Event of Default (whether or not caused by any reason whatsoever
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A failure to pay by a Chargor
of any amount (including any amount of principal or interest (including
any failure by the Initial Borrower to make payments of the floating rates
of interest on the Initial Term A1 Advance or the Initial Term A3 Advance
pursuant to Clauses 8.4 (Payment of Interest) and 8.7 (Set Off)
due from it under any Borrower Transaction Document at the place at, and
in the currency in, which it is expressed to be payable (other than the
Services Agreements and the Subscription Agreement) unless payment is made
within two Business Days of its due date. |
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Debt Service Covenant and Net Worth
Covenant |
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Covenant or the Net Worth Covenant where (i) no remedial action has been
taken in accordance with the terms set out in Clause 19.3 (Breach of
Debt Service Covenant or Net Worth Covenant) or (ii) to the extent such
remedial action has been taken, it has not been taken within the prescribed
time limit or remedied in the manner set out, in each case, under Clause
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Restricted Payment Condition |
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A breach of the Restricted Payment
Condition, provided that in any case where such breach is capable of remedy,
such breach is not remedied within a period of 20 days following receipt
of a notification by an Obligor of a breach from the Borrower Security Trustee
or (if earlier) the date on which the relevant Obligor becomes aware of
that default. |
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19.1.4 |
Breach of Negative Covenants and Securitisation
Group Parent Covenants |
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set out under Clauses 17.5.1 (Negative Pledge), 17.5.2 (Financial
Indebtedness) and 17.5.3 (Permitted Business) or any of the covenants
set out under Clause 17.6 (Covenants of the Securitisation Group Parent)
above, provided that in any case where such breach is capable of remedy,
such breach is not remedied within a period of 30 days following receipt
of a notification by the relevant Obligor of a breach from the Borrower
Security Trustee or (if earlier) the date on which the relevant Obligor
becomes aware of that default. |
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19.1.5 |
Breach of Covenant regarding
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set out in Clause 17.9.10, provided that where such breach is capable of
remedy, such breach is not remedied within a period of 60 Business Days
following receipt of a notification of breach by such Borrower from the
Borrower Security Trustee or (if earlier) the date on which the relevant
Borrower becomes aware of that breach. |
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19.1.6 |
Financial Information |
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A Borrower fails to perform or
comply with its covenant to provide financial information in accordance
with Clause 15 (Financial Information), provided that in any case
where such breach is capable of remedy, such breach is not remedied within
a period of 60 days following receipt of a notification of breach by such
Borrower from the Borrower Security Trustee or (if earlier) the date on
which the relevant Borrower becomes aware of that default. |
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19.1.7 |
Licences |
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The termination of some or all
of the Licences (or any part thereof) where such termination would reasonably
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Intra Group Supply Agreement |
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The termination in whole or in
part of the Intra Group Supply Agreement in circumstances in which the arrangements
(or absence of arrangements) in place immediately following such termination
for the continued supply of the products which are the subject of the Intra
Group Supply Agreement or, as the case may be, relevant part thereof would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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Management Services Agreement |
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The termination in whole or in
part of the Management Services Agreement in circumstances in which the
arrangements (or absence of arrangements) in place immediately following
such termination for the continued supply of such of the central management
and administration services as are affected by that termination would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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Insolvency and Rescheduling |
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is insolvent for the purposes
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admits its inability to pay
its debts as they fall due; or |
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19.1.11 |
Winding-Up |
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A Chargor or, in relation to administration,
its directors take corporate action or other steps are taken or legal proceedings
are commenced against such Chargor, for its winding-up, dissolution, administration
or re-organisation (whether by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement
or otherwise, other than a solvent reorganisation) or for the appointment
of a liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver or similar
officer of it or a material part of its revenue and assets, provided that
it will not be a Loan Event of Default to the extent that any petition or
proceeding is being contested in good faith and any such action, step or
proceeding is withdrawn or discharged within 30 days of its commencement. |
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19.1.12 |
Execution or Distress |
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Any execution, distress or diligence
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the whole or any part of the property, undertaking
or assets (other than the cash assets) of a Chargor (disregarding for this
purpose any execution, distress or diligence relating to such property,
undertaking or assets (other than the cash assets) with an aggregate value
not in excess of £25,000,000); or |
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the whole or any part of the cash assets
of a Chargor (disregarding for this purpose any execution, distress or diligence
relating to such cash assets with an aggregate value not in excess of £10,000,000), |
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and, in each case, where such
execution, distress or diligence is not being contested in good faith. |
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19.1.13 |
Analogous Events |
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Any event occurs or proceedings
are taken with respect to a Chargor in any jurisdiction to which it is subject
or in which it has assets which has an effect similar to or equivalent to
any one of the events mentioned in Clauses 19.1.10 (Insolvency and Rescheduling),
19.1.11 (Winding-Up) and 19.1.12 (Execution or Distress)
above. |
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19.1.14 |
Cessation of Business |
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A Chargor ceases or suspends or
threatens to cease or suspend all or a material part of its operations or
business for a period of more than 30 days, other than pursuant to a solvent
reorganisation or a Permitted Disposal. |
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19.1.15 |
Misrepresentation |
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Any representation, warranty or
statement made or repeated by a Chargor in any of the Borrower Transaction
Documents to which it is a party or in any document delivered by it to the
Issuer or the Borrower Security Trustee pursuant thereto or in connection
therewith, is or proves to have been incorrect (in the case of a representation
or warranty) or misleading (in the case of a statement) in any respect when
made or repeated when it would or would reasonably be expected, in the case
of certain only of those representations, warranties or statements, to have
a Material Adverse Effect, provided that in any case where such breach is
capable of remedy, such breach is not remedied within a period of 30 Business
Days of receipt of a notification by such Chargor of a breach from the Borrower
Security Trustee or (if earlier) the date on which the relevant Chargor
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19.1.16 |
Illegality |
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It is or becomes unlawful for
a Chargor to perform or comply with any or all of its obligations under
any of the Borrower Transaction Documents (other than the Borrowers in respect
of their material obligations under this Agreement) or to own its assets
or carry on its business or any of the obligations of the Chargors under
the Borrower Transaction Documents are not or cease to be legal, valid and
binding in any respect where, in each case, the effect of such unlawfulness
would or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
unless the circumstances giving rise to such illegality are capable of remedy
and are remedied within a period of 30 Business Days following notice of
such illegality to such Chargor or any of the obligations of such Chargor
under any Borrower Transaction Document to which it is a party are not or
cease to be legal, valid and binding. |
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19.1.17 |
Obligations under Tax Deed
of Covenant |
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Any party to the Tax Deed of Covenant
(other than the Borrower Security Trustee, the Trustee and the Issuer) fails
duly to perform or comply with any of its covenants or breaches any of its
representations or warranties in the Tax Deed of Covenant where such failure
or breach would or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect provided that, in any case where such breach is capable of remedy,
such breach is not remedied within a period of 30 Business Days following
receipt of a notification of failure or breach by such party from the Borrower
Security Trustee or (if earlier) the date on which the relevant Obligor
or Excluded Group Entity becomes aware of that failure or breach. |
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19.1.18 |
Cross Acceleration |
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A Chargor fails to pay when due (or within
any applicable grace period) its Financial Indebtedness other than Financial
Indebtedness arising under a Borrower Transaction Document or any Financial
Indebtedness fully subordinated in accordance with the terms set out in
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any Financial Indebtedness of a Chargor is
declared (by reason of an event of default howsoever described) to be, or
otherwise becomes, due and payable prior to its specified maturity and is
not paid by such Chargor |
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where, in both or either of paragraphs
(a) or (b), such Financial Indebtedness accounts in aggregate at any one
time to more than £10,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies).
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Repudiation |
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A Chargor or any of the Services
Companies repudiates or disaffirms the validity of any Borrower Transaction
Document or any Borrower Transaction Document (save for the Services Agreements)
is not or ceases to be in full force or effect. |
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19.1.20 |
Material Adverse Effect |
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The audit report from the Reporting Accountants
which prepared the audited financial statements of the Borrowers delivered
by them to the Borrower Security Trustee evidences the occurrence of an
event, matter or thing that has a Material Adverse Effect (for the purpose
of this Clause 19.1.19 disapplying paragraphs (a)(ii) and (b) of the definition
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19.1.21 |
Litigation |
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The commencement of any litigation, arbitration,
administrative proceedings or governmental or regulatory investigations,
proceedings or disputes against a Chargor or its respective assets, revenues
or undertakings which, in any such case, would or would be likely to be
adversely determined against it and which would, if so adversely determined,
be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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19.1.22 |
Ownership of Borrowers |
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The beneficial interest in any of the issued
share capital of any of the Borrowers ceases to be held directly or indirectly
by the Securitisation Group Parent or another Obligor, except if such issued
share capital has been disposed of by way of a Permitted Disposal. |
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19.1.23 |
Breach of Covenants |
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Other than in respect of a breach of any covenant
or undertaking as otherwise set out in this Clause 19.1, a Chargor breaches
any covenant or undertaking under any Borrower Transaction Document where
such breach would or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, provided that in any case where such breach is capable of remedy,
such breach is not remedied within a period of 60 Business Days following
receipt of a notification of breach by such Chargor from the Borrower Security
Trustee or (if earlier) the date on which the relevant Chargor becomes aware
of that breach. |
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19.2 |
Insolvency Events |
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The occurrence of any of the events
described in Clauses 19.1.10 (Insolvency and Rescheduling), 19.1.11
(Winding-Up), 19.1.12 (Execution or Distress) and 19.1.13
(Analogous Events) (to the extent to which the analogous events referred
to therein are analogous to Clauses 19.1.11 (Winding-Up) and 19.1.12
(Execution or Distress)) shall automatically constitute a Loan Event
of Default and any outstanding Term Advances will become immediately due
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19.3 |
Breach of Debt Service Covenant
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financial statements of the Borrowers required to be delivered under the
terms of this Agreement reports a breach of the Debt Service Covenant or
the Net Worth Covenant or a breach of the Debt Service Covenant or Net Worth
Covenant occurs, the Borrower shall have 45 days from the date on which
any Borrowers become aware of such breach in which to remedy it: |
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through the subscription by any Excluded
Group Entity or a third party for a sufficient amount of new, fully paid-up
equity share capital in one or more Borrowers which, if the relevant amount
subscribed for and deposited in an interest bearing account would have been
sufficient (i) in the case of the Debt Service Covenant, to generate quarterly
interest which if available as earnings to the Borrowers throughout the
Relevant Period or, as the case may be, Relevant Year, would have meant
that no such breach would have occurred and (ii) in the case of the Net
Worth Covenant, such that no breach would have occurred; |
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through the deposit of funds in an interest
bearing account on a fully subordinated basis in accordance with the terms
of the Borrower Security Documents which, if the relevant amount deposited
would have been sufficient (i) in the case of the Debt Service Covenant,
to generate quarterly interest which if available as earnings to the Borrowers
throughout the Relevant Period or, as the case may be, Relevant Year, would
have meant that no such breach would have occurred and (ii) in the case
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by way of prepayment of the Term Advances
in accordance with Clauses 10.1 (Voluntary Prepayment of Initial Term
Advances) or, as the case may be, 10.7 (Prepayment of Additional
Term Advances and Purchase of Additional Notes) such that (excluding
Debt Service in respect of the debt having been repaid) no breach would
have occurred, save that the Borrowers shall make such prepayments of the
relevant Initial Term Advances (i) first, pro rata and pari
passu in or towards satisfaction of the Initial Term A Advances, (ii)
second, pro rata and pari passu in or towards satisfaction
of the Initial Term B Advances and (iii) third, in or towards satisfaction
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by way of purchase of Notes in accordance
with Clause 10.6 (Deemed Prepayment Upon Purchase of Notes by the Initial
Borrower), such that (excluding Debt Service in respect of the debt
having been repaid) no breach would have occurred, save that a Borrower
will only be entitled to purchase (i) Class B Notes so long as there are
no Class A Notes outstanding and (ii) Class C Notes so long as there are
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provided that, any such equity
may be redeemed and/or such subordinated debt may be repaid or prepaid (and
the terms of such subordinated debt may be amended to enable its prepayment
or repayment) in advance of the stated term upon the Borrowers satisfying
the Borrower Security Trustee that the Debt Service Covenant or, as the
case may be, the Net Worth Covenant would be met without the additional
equity or subordinated debt in place for a period of two consecutive Financial
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19.4 |
Breach of Covenants relating
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required to be delivered by the Initial Borrower (on behalf of itself and
each other Chargor) pursuant to Clause 17.2 (Covenant Compliance Certificate)
shows a breach, or a breach has occurred, in either case, of any of the
covenants set out in Clauses 17.7 (Covenants and Other Provisions regarding
Disposal of Mortgaged Properties) or 17.9 (Covenants and Other Provisions
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the Acquisition
and Substitution of Permitted Businesses and Real Property), the
relevant Chargor in relation to which the breach relates is required,
unless Ambac (for so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor) agrees
otherwise, to register mortgages over all of the Mortgaged Properties
in England and Wales at H.M. Land Registry and (as applicable) register
or record the Standard Securities over the Scottish Mortgaged Properties
at the Registers of Scotland, in each case, to the extent not already
done so. |
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Events) and 19.3 (Breach of Debt Service Covenant or Net Worth
Covenant), upon and at any time after the occurrence of a Loan
Event of Default (whilst such Loan Event of Default is continuing),
the Borrower Security Trustee (acting on the instructions of the Controlling
Creditor) shall: |
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19.5.1 |
by written notice to the Borrowers: |
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declare all or any part of the outstanding
Term Advances to be immediately due and payable (whereupon the same shall
become so payable together with accrued interest thereon and any other
sums then owed by the Borrowers under this Agreement and any other Borrower
Transaction Document); |
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declare all or any part of the Term Advances
to be immediately due and payable on demand of the Borrower Security
Trustee; |
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declare that any commitment of the Issuer
to make any Additional Term Advances shall be cancelled, whereupon the
same shall be cancelled and the Term Facilities shall be reduced to zero; |
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19.5.2 |
deliver a Loan Enforcement Notice;
and/or |
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19.5.3 |
without prejudice to the provisions
of any Borrower Security Document which permits the Borrower Security
Trustee to enforce the Borrower Security in any other circumstances,
in the case of the Borrower Security Trustee exercising its rights under
this Clause 19.5, exercise all rights and remedies available to it under
the Borrower Security Documents (including, to the extent not already
done so, requiring the Property Owners to register mortgages over the
Mortgaged Properties in England and Wales at H.M. Land Registry and (as
applicable) record or register the Standard Securities over the Mortgaged
Properties in Scotland at the Registers of Scotland. |
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If any Investor Report or other
financial statements of the Borrowers required to be delivered under
the terms of this Agreement reports the occurrence of a FA Appointment
Event or a FA Appointment Event occurs, the Borrowers shall (at their
own expense) promptly appoint a Financial Adviser, to prepare a report
within 45 days of its appointment on behalf of the Borrower Security
Trustee: |
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to outline the financial status of the Borrowers;
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to undertake a detailed management and performance
review of the Borrowers, to detail the circumstances surrounding such
FA Appointment Event and to consider what steps might reasonably be taken
in order to remedy such FA Appointment Event and, in light of its considerations,
to recommend the taking of any such steps as it shall consider appropriate. |
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19.6.2 |
The Issuer and the Borrower
Security Trustee acknowledge that the Borrowers are not required to follow
any recommendations or take any remedial action suggested or proposed
by the Financial Adviser. Notwithstanding the acknowledgement in this
Clause 19.6.2, in the event that a decision is made by the Borrowers
not to follow any such recommendations or take any such remedial action
concerning acquisitions or substitutions of Permitted Businesses or disposals
of Mortgaged Properties, Incidental Mortgaged Properties or Other Assets,
the Borrowers shall provide a detailed explanation to the Issuer, the
Borrower Security Trustee and Ambac (for so long as Ambac is the Controlling
Creditor) of why they consider it is not in their best interests to do
so. |
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On the occurrence of the FA
Appointment Event, each Property Owner will, if requested in writing
by Ambac (for so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor) and to the
extent not already done so, register mortgages over all of the Mortgaged
Properties in England and Wales at H.M. Land Registry and (as applicable)
register or record the Standard Securities over the Mortgaged Properties
in Scotland at the Registers of Scotland. |
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CURRENCY OF ACCOUNT AND PAYMENT
MECHANICS |
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20.1 |
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and payment for each and every sum at any time due from an Obligor hereunder,
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each payment in respect of costs
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20.1.2 |
each payment pursuant to Clause 11
(Fees, Costs and Expenses) or Clause 12 (Taxes) shall
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Change of Currency |
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If more than one currency or
currency unit are at the same time recognised by the Bank of England
as the lawful currency of the United Kingdom, then: |
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any reference in the Borrower Transaction
Documents to and any obligations arising under the Borrower Transaction
Documents in sterling shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency
or currency unit of the United Kingdom designated by the Issuer and the
Borrower Security Trustee after consultation with the Borrowers, and
in making this designation the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee
shall endeavour to put the Transaction Parties in the same position,
so far as possible, as they would have been in prior to the introduction
of any additional currency or currency unit as the lawful currency of
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any translation from one currency or currency
unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised
by the Bank of England for the conversion of that currency or currency
unit into the other, rounded up or down in accordance with any applicable
regulation or, in the absence of any applicable regulation, by agreement
with the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee. |
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If a change in the currency
of the United Kingdom occurs, this Agreement will be amended to the extent
the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee specify to be necessary
to reflect the change in currency and to put the Transaction Parties
in the same position, so far as possible, that they would have been in
if no change in currency had occurred. |
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On each date on which this Agreement
requires an amount to be paid by an Obligor to the Issuer, such Obligor
shall make the same available to the Issuer and payable into the Issuer
Transaction Account for value on the due date at such time and in such
funds as the Issuer (or the Cash Manager on its behalf) shall specify
from time to time, provided that any amount to be applied by a Borrower
in prepayment of the Aggregate Principal Debt Outstanding must be received
by the Issuer by no later than 10:00 a.m. for value on the day on which
it proposes to prepay such amounts. |
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On each date on which this Agreement
requires an amount to be paid by the Issuer, the Issuer shall make the
same available to the Obligors in such funds and to such account as the
Initial Borrower (or the Cash Manager on its behalf) shall specify from
time to time. |
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A payment will be deemed to
have been made by the Issuer on the date on which it is required to be
made under this Agreement if the Issuer has, on or before that date,
taken steps to make that payment in accordance with the regulations or
operating procedures of the clearing system used by the Issuer in order
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impracticable (by reason of any action of any governmental authority
or any change in law or any similar event) for any or all of the Obligors
to make any payments in the manner specified in Clause 20.3 (Payments
to the Issuer), then the relevant Obligor(s) may agree with the Issuer
(or the Cash Manager on its behalf) alternative arrangements for such
payments to be made, provided that, in the absence of any such agreement,
the relevant Obligor(s) shall be obliged to make all payments due to
the Issuer in the manner specified herein. |
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No Set-off |
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Subject to Clause 2.6 (Term
Facilities and Payment of Initial and Ongoing Facility Fees) and
Clause 8.7 (Set Off), all payments required to be made by an
Obligor under this Agreement shall be calculated without reference
to any set-off or counterclaim and shall be made free and clear of
and without any deduction for or on account of any set-off or counterclaim. |
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Business Days |
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Any payment which is due to
be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day unless such succeeding Business Day falls in
the next succeeding calendar month, in which case, the immediately preceding
Business Day. |
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During any extension of the
due date for payment of any principal under this Agreement and in respect
of any rates of interest calculated on a floating rate basis only (if
any), interest is payable on the principal at the rate payable on the
original due date. |
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21. |
CALCULATIONS AND EVIDENCE |
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21.1 |
Accounts |
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21.2 |
Certificates and Determinations |
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Any certification or determination
by the Issuer of a rate or amount under this Agreement is, in the absence
of manifest or demonstrable error, conclusive evidence of the matters
to which it relates. |
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22. |
ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS |
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Transfers and Novations |
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Except in relation to the Issuer's
right of substitution in accordance with Condition 7(d) (Substitution/Redemption
in Whole for Taxation and Other Reasons), neither the Issuer nor
any Obligor may transfer or novate the whole or any part of its obligations
under this Agreement or any of the other Borrower Transaction Documents
without the prior written consent of the Borrower Security Trustee and,
in the case of the Issuer, the Obligors unless such transfer or novation
were necessary for the Issuer to comply with its obligations under Clause
13 (Mitigation) and provided that, in the case of both the Issuer
and any Obligor, the Rating Agencies confirm that the Ratings Test will
continue to be satisfied or otherwise indicate no objection to such transfer
or novation. |
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Assignments |
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Neither the Issuer nor any Obligor
may assign or transfer any of its rights under this Agreement or any
of the other Borrower Transaction Documents without the prior written
consent of the Borrower Security Trustee, save that: |
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each Obligor may, without such consent,
assign its rights under the Borrower Transaction Documents to which it
is a party to the Borrower Security Trustee in accordance with the terms
of the Borrower Security Documents; and |
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the Issuer may, without such consent, assign
its rights under the Issuer Transaction Documents to the Trustee in accordance
with the terms of the Issuer Security Documents. |
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23. |
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS |
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Remedies and Waivers Cumulative |
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The rights of the Issuer, the
Borrower Security Trustee and the Obligors, respectively, under the Borrower
Transaction Documents: |
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may be exercised as often as
necessary; |
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are cumulative and not exclusive
of its rights under the general law; and |
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may be waived only in writing
and specifically. |
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Delay in exercising or non-exercise
of any such right is not a waiver of that right. |
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24. |
SEVERABILITY |
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If a provision of this Agreement
is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction,
that shall not affect: |
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24.1.1 |
the legality, validity or enforceability
in that jurisdiction of any other provision of the Agreement; or |
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the legality, validity or enforceability
in other jurisdictions of any other provision of the Agreement. |
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25. |
COUNTERPARTS |
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This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the
signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement. |
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26. |
THE BORROWER SECURITY TRUSTEE
AND CASH MANAGER |
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26.1.1 |
The Borrower Security Trustee
has agreed to become a party to this Agreement for the purpose of taking
the benefit of certain provisions, including, Clauses 2 (The Term
Facilities), 4 (Conditions Precedent), 8 (Interest),
9 (Repayment and Guarantees), 11 (Fees, Costs and Expenses),
14 (Representations and Warranties), 15 (Financial Information),
16 (Financial Covenants), 17 (Other Covenants of the
Obligors) and Schedules 1 (Conditions Precedent) and 9 (Form
of Borrower Accession Deed) for the better preservation and
enforcement of its rights under the Borrower Security Documents. |
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The Cash Manager has agreed
to become a party to this Agreement for the purpose of taking the benefit
of Clauses 9 (Repayment and Guarantees), 15 (Financial Information),
16 (Financial Covenants), 17 (Other Covenants of Obligors)
and Schedules 2 (Notice of Drawdown), 3 (Form of Covenant Compliance
Certificate), 4 (Form of Reporting Accountants' Report), 5
(Form of Financial Information Compliance Certificate), 6 (Form
of Mortgaged Property Disposal Certificate), 7 (Form of Investor
Reports) and 8 (Repayment Schedule) and for the better preservation
and enforcement of its rights under the Account Bank and Cash Management
Agreement. |
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neither the Borrower Security Trustee nor
the Cash Manager shall have responsibility for any of the sole obligations
of the Issuer or any other party and, in particular, the Borrower Security
Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the Obligors (including
the financial information produced by the Borrowers from time to time
or their compliance with any of the covenants set out therein) and instead
shall be entitled to rely on a certification from the relevant Borrowers
in respect of compliance therewith; |
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the rights, obligations and/or discretions
of the Borrower Security Trustee under this Agreement will be subject
to the same protections, immunities and indemnities (mutatis mutandis)
as are conferred upon the Borrower Security Trustee and contained in
the Borrower Security Documents, including, where it is required to give
its consent under this Agreement, it shall be given in accordance with
the Borrower Security Documents; and |
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the rights and obligations of the Cash Manager
under this Agreement are governed by the Account Bank and Cash Management
Agreement. |
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The parties (other than the Borrower
Security Trustee and the Cash Manager) shall, after the delivery of a
Loan Enforcement Notice, be entitled to assume that any act, matter or
thing (including the exercise of any discretion) exercised or undertaken
after the date of such delivery by the Cash Manager on behalf of the
Borrower Security Trustee under the Account Bank and Cash Management
Agreement has been duly authorised by the Borrower Security Trustee. |
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27. |
NOTICES |
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27.1 |
Giving of Notices |
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All notices or other communications
under or in connection with this Agreement shall be given in writing
and, unless otherwise stated may be by letter or facsimile. Any such
notice will be deemed to be given as follows: |
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27.1.1 |
if by letter, when delivered
personally or on actual receipt; and |
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27.1.2 |
if by facsimile, when received
in legible form. |
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However, a notice given in accordance
with the above but not received on a Business Day or received after business
hours in the place of receipt will only be deemed to be given on the
next working day in that place. |
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Addresses for Notices |
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The address and facsimile number
of each Transaction Party for all notices under or in connection with
this Agreement are as follows: |
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Obligors |
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To any of the Obligors, to them
at: |
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Fitch: |
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Attention: |
Performance Analytics Department – Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx |
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Head of Structured Finance |
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THIRD PARTY RIGHTS |
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28.1.1 |
Subject to Clause 28.1.2, this Agreement
confers no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000
to enforce any term of this Agreement, but this does not affect any right
or remedy of a third party which exists or is available aside from the
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000. |
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Where, in this Agreement, the consent or
approval of Ambac is stated to be required, or information or notification
is required to be provided to it, Ambac shall have direct third party
rights against the party expressed to be under any obligation to seek
such consent or approval or to provide such information or notification. |
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GOVERNING LAW |
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This Agreement and all matters
arising from or connected with it is governed by, and shall be construed
in accordance with, English law. |
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AS WITNESS the hands of
the duly authorised representatives of the parties hereto the day and
year first before written. |
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SCHEDULE 1
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Part 1
Initial Conditions Precedent
1. |
Corporate Documents, Closing
Certificates, Other Documents and Actions |
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In relation to each Chargor: |
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copies of the constitutional documents (including
the Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum and Articles of Association)
of each Chargor; |
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1.1.2 |
copies of all authorisations and board resolutions
of its board of directors: |
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approving the terms of, and the transactions
contemplated by, the Borrower Transaction Documents to which it is a
party and authorising the execution, delivery and performance of the
Borrower Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the terms and
conditions thereof; |
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authorising a specified person or persons
to execute the Borrower Transaction Documents to which it is a party
on its behalf; and |
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authorising a specified person or persons,
on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all other documents and notices
to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the
Borrower Transaction Documents to which it is a party, |
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in each case, accompanied by
a certificate of an Authorised Signatory of the Chargor (including (i)
an incumbency certificate attaching a list of the names, titles and specimen
signatures of the persons authorised to sign the Borrower Transaction
Documents, all documents and notices to be delivered thereto or in connection
therewith and to take any other action on its behalf in relation to the
Borrower Transaction Documents and (ii) confirmation that all copy documents
are true, correct, complete, up to date and in full force and effect);
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a solvency certificate from each
Chargor signed by two directors of that Chargor; |
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an approval by all the shareholders
of each Chargor of the guarantees to be provided pursuant to the Borrower
Transaction Documents (including the Guarantees); |
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1.3 |
a certificate addressed to the
Managers and the Issuer and signed by each Chargor dated the Closing
Date to the effect that: |
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there has been no material adverse
change or any development likely to involve an adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise) or general affairs of any Chargor
which would be likely to prejudice materially the placement, distribution
or sale of the Notes or dealing in the Notes in the secondary market; |
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1.3.2 |
the representations and warranties made by
it in the Subscription Agreement and which are expressed to be repeated
by it on the Closing Date are true and accurate on the Closing Date;
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they are in compliance with their respective
undertakings under the Subscription Agreement; |
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searches in respect of each Chargor
at each of the Companies Registry and High Court in Judgment and Petitions
Section revealing no evidence of the presentation of any petition for
the winding up or administration of each such Chargor as of the Closing
Date; |
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a certificate dated the Closing
Date certifying that the Chargors are not in breach of any of the Borrower
Transaction Documents; and |
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1.6 |
copies of all resolutions, declarations
and other documents required to ensure compliance by any member of the
MAB Group with Sections 151 to 158 of the Companies Act to enable it
to give financial assistance in connection with the internal reorganisation
of the MAB Group, including the auditors' report from the Reporting Accountants
reporting on matters required by Section 156(4) of the Companies Act
in relation to it. |
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2. |
Financial Information and
Accountants' Reports, Opinions and Letters |
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Delivery of the following (in
the case of paragraphs 2.1 to 2.5 (inclusive), in the form set out in
the Offering Circular): |
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2.1 |
the capitalisation and indebtedness
statement of the Issuer (including the accountants' report of the Reporting
Accountants thereon); |
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the capitalisation and indebtedness
statement of the Initial Borrower; |
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the audited financial statements
for the Initial Borrower for the year ended 28 September 2002 and the
28 weeks ended 12 April 2003 (including the audit report of the Reporting
Accountants thereon); |
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the audited financial statements
for Ambac for the year ended 31 December 2002 (including the audit report
of KPMG Audit plc); |
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2.5 |
the unaudited interim financial
statements for Ambac for the six months to 30 June 2003; |
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2.6 |
signing comfort letter dated
the date of the Subscription Agreement and closing bring down letter
dated the Closing Date from the Reporting Accountants in respect of the
Offering Circular; |
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2.7 |
consent letter from the Reporting
Accountants in respect of the inclusion in the Offering Circular of the
information in paragraph 2.1 to 2.3 (inclusive); |
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consent letter from Ambac in
respect of the inclusion in the Offering Circular of information in paragraph
2.4; |
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consent letter from the Valuer
in respect of the inclusion in the Offering Circular of the Valuation
Report; |
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2.10 |
consent letter from the Chargors’ English
property solicitors in respect of the inclusion in the Offering Circular
of references to the English Title Overview Report; |
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consent letter from Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx &
XxXxxxxx in respect of the inclusion in the Offering Circular of references
to the Scottish Title Overview Report; |
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the Model Audit Comfort Letter; |
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the Model Audit Report; |
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2.14 |
the Data Extraction Report; and |
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2.15 |
the Accounting Opinion. |
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Each of the following reports
addressed to, inter alios, the Managers, the Borrower Security Trustee
and the Trustee: |
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the Title Overview Reports; |
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the Valuation Report; and |
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the Property Information Schedule; |
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3.1.4 |
the Supplemental Letters; and |
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the Certificates of Title, |
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each in form and substance satisfactory
to the addressees of such reports. |
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4.1 |
All title documents and deeds relating to
each Mortgaged Property necessary or ancillary to evidence title to the
Mortgaged Properties and authorisations to H.M. Land Registry and the Registers
of Scotland and an undertaking to deliver any of the same to the Borrower
Security Trustee (to the extent the same are at H.M. Land Registry or the
Registers of Scotland) or appropriate undertakings in a form satisfactory
to the Borrower Security Trustee that the same are held to the order of
the Borrower Security Trustee. |
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Cheques for Registers of Scotland fees in
connection with registering or recording the Initial Standard Securities
and all duly completed Registers of Scotland application forms in respect
of the Initial Standard Securities. |
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An undertaking from each of the Chargors’
Scottish solicitors to use reasonable endeavours within the time limits
imposed by the Registers of Scotland to satisfy any requisitions raised
by the Registers of Scotland in connection with the applications referred
to in paragraph 4.2 above. |
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In respect of the Consent Leasehold Mortgaged
Properties where the relevant landlords’ consent has been obtained,
appropriate undertakings from the Chargors’ English property solicitors
and Chargors’ Scottish solicitors in a form satisfactory to the Borrower
Security Trustee that the same are held to the order of the Borrower Security
Trustee. |
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4.5 |
Each relevant Chargor to: |
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provide a certificate, in respect of the
Mortgaged Properties known as Sidewalk 53, Burnley and Club 53, Burnley
(22993/140716), O’Neills Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX0 (25682), Crown & Anchor,
Xxxxxx XX0 (38458) and Warwick Castle, Paddington (93483), that the granting
of any charge evidenced by the Borrower Transaction Documents, in respect
of each such property, does not contravene its memorandum and articles of
association; and |
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undertake in respect of the Mortgaged Properties
known as Romford Harvester (181510) and The Lot, Richmond (178519): |
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to provide the Chargors’ English property
solicitors with such information as is available to the relevant Chargor
to show that the Restrictions on the registration of a charge on the relevant
HMLR titles are no longer required; and |
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to instruct the Chargors’ English property
solicitors to apply to HMLR for the removal of such Restrictions from the
registers of title to these Mortgaged Properties; and |
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undertake in respect of the Mortgaged Property
known as Xxxxxxx Farm Inn (165468): |
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to provide the Chargors’ English property
solicitors with such information as is available to the relevant Chargor
to show that the Restriction on registration of a charge on the HMLR title
to this property is no longer required; |
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to instruct the Chargors’ English property
solicitors to approach the person entitled to the benefit of such Restriction
and to endeavour to obtain that person’s consent to the removal of
the Restriction from the register of the title to that Mortgaged Property;
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subject to receiving the consent of the person
referred to in paragraph 4.5.3(b), to instruct the Chargors’ English
property solicitors to apply to HMLR for the removal of such Restriction
from the relevant HMLR registers of title. |
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Chargors’ English property solicitors
to provide: |
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confirmation that, in its opinion, the certificate
referred to in paragraph 4.5.1 is in the form required by the Restriction
relating to registration of a charge registered against the title to each
of these Mortgaged Properties at HMLR on the date of such opinion; |
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in respect of the Mortgaged Property known
as the Oystercatcher, Climping (169234): |
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a draft deed of covenant for execution by
the Borrower Security Trustee; and |
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confirmation that, in the Chargors’
English solicitors’ opinion, the deed of covenant referred to in paragraph
4.6.2(a) above is in the form required by the transfer referred to in the
Restriction relating to registration of a charge against the title to this
Mortgaged Property at HMLR on the date of such opinion; |
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in respect of the Mortgaged Properties known
as Derby Arms, Epsom (10030), Chaddlewood, Plymouth (149845), Xxxx Carvery,
Xxxxxxx (160164), Badger, Ponteland (165158), Xxxxxxxx Lakes Harvester,
Stoke (169935), Birmingham Bowl (171670), Duck Inn, Aston, Clinton (183369): |
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confirmation that, in the Chargors’
English property solicitors’ opinion, on a strict interpretation of
the wording of the Restriction, in relation to the registration of a charge,
registered at HMLR against the title to these Mortgaged Properties, such
Restriction does appear to trigger such Restriction, but on the evidence
of the underlying document, this does not appear to have been the intention
of the parties as the relevant provision in the document does not itself
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where available to the Chargors’ English
property solicitors on the Closing Date, a certified copy of the relevant
deed containing the restrictions against registration of charge, registered
against each of the titles referred to in paragraph 4.6.3(a) above; |
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in respect of the Mortgaged Property known
as Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0 (25240), its undertaking to: |
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immediately following the Closing Date, give
notice of the charges contained in the Borrower Transaction Documents to
those parties entitled to such notice pursuant to the restrictions against
charging registered against the title to this Mortgaged Property at HMLR
on the Closing Date; and |
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immediately following delivery of each of
such notice, provide the Borrower Security Trustee with: |
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its certificate that the requisite notice
has been served in accordance with the restrictions against charging registered
against the title to this Mortgaged Property at HMLR; and |
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confirmation that, in the Chargors’
English property solicitors’ opinion, the notice and certificate referred
to in paragraphs 4.6.4(a) and 4.6.4(b)(i) satisfies the restrictions against
charging registered against the title to this Mortgaged Property at HMLR. |
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Execution of Transaction Documents and
Delivery of Other Documents |
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On or before the Closing Date,
each of the following documents executed and delivered by the relevant Transaction
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5.2 |
the Financial Guarantee; |
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the Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement; |
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the Financial Guarantee Fee Letter; |
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the Agency Agreement; |
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the Issuer Deed of Charge; |
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the Note Swap Agreements; |
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the Liquidity Facility Agreement; |
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the Disclosure Letter; |
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the Borrower Deed of Charge; |
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the Initial Standard Securities; |
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5.14 |
the Account Bank and Cash Management Agreement; |
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the Working Capital Facility Agreement; |
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5.16 |
the Issuer/Borrower Swap Agreement; |
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the Pension Deeds of Covenant; |
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5.18 |
the Tax Deed of Covenant; |
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the Security Over Shares Deeds; |
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the MAB Declaration of Trust; |
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the Intra Group Supply Agreement; |
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5.22 |
the Management Services Agreement; |
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5.24 |
the Trade Xxxx Assignment Agreements; |
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5.25 |
the Subscription Agreement; |
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the Indemnification Agreement; |
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5.27 |
the Master Framework Agreement; and |
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5.28 |
a letter of obligation from the Initial Borrower’s
Scottish solicitors in relation to the Initial Standard Securities in a
form acceptable to the Borrower Security Trustee. |
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Each of the following legal opinions: |
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the Transaction Opinion; |
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the Incorporation and Reorganisation Opinion; |
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6.1.4 |
the Financial Assistance Opinion; |
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the Ambac Opinion; and |
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the Scottish Transaction Opinion, |
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in each case, in form and substance
satisfactory to the addressees of such legal opinions. |
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7.1.1 |
Delivery of share certificates and signed
but undated stock transfer forms in relation to the ordinary shares of each
Chargor which are subject to a first fixed charge pursuant to the Borrower
Deed of Charge. |
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7.1.2 |
Delivery of a notice of prepayment and termination
by MAB to the agent under the MAB Loan Agreement specifying notice of prepayment
in full of the MAB Loan and termination of the facility granted thereunder
on or prior to the Closing Date. |
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7.1.3 |
Delivery of all required deeds of release
and effective discharges (if any) of all Security Interests affecting all
assets of the Security Group that are to be charged other than the Charged
Property including a Form 403 in respect of the assets of the Initial Borrower
secured in favour of The Law Debenture Pension Trust Corporation plc. |
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Delivery of all third party consents (if
any) necessary for the creation of the Security Interests pursuant to the
Borrower Security Documents (save in respect of those Consent Leasehold
Mortgaged Properties where the relevant landlord(s)’ consent to the
creation of a Security Interest in favour of the Borrower Security Trustee
pursuant to the Borrower Security Documents has not been obtained by the
Closing Date). |
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Part 2
Additional Conditions Precedent
1. |
Corporate and Other Documents |
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1.1.1 |
In relation to each Borrower: |
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copies of the constitutional documents (including
the Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum and Articles of Association)
of each Borrower; |
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(b) |
copies of all authorisations and board resolutions
of the board of directors of each Borrower: |
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(i) |
approving the terms of, and the transactions
contemplated by, the documents to be entered into in connection with
the Additional Documents to which it is a party and authorising the execution,
delivery and performance of such Additional Documents and the terms and
conditions thereof; |
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(ii) |
authorising a specified person or persons
to execute the Additional Documents to which it is a party on its behalf;
and |
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(iii) |
authorising a specified person or persons,
on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all other documents and notices
to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the
Additional Documents to which it is a party, |
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in each case, accompanied
by a certificate of an Authorised Signatory of the Borrower (including
(A) an incumbency
certificate attaching a list of the names, titles and specimen signatures
of the persons authorised to sign the Additional Documents, all documents
and notices to be delivered thereto or in connection therewith and to
take any other action on its behalf in relation to the Additional Documents
and (B) confirmation that all copy documents are true, correct, complete,
up to date and in full force and effect); and |
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a solvency certificate from each Borrower
signed by two directors of that Borrower. |
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1.1.2 |
If required for the purposes of approving
any loan, security or other arrangement which constitutes or might constitute
financial assistance, as the term "financial assistance" is
defined in section 152 of the Companies Act, a copy of a resolution,
signed by all the holders of the issued or allotted shares in the Borrowers,
approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Additional
Documents. |
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1.1.3 |
If required for the purposes of approving
any loan, security or other arrangement which constitutes or might constitute
financial assistance, as the term "financial assistance" is
defined in section 152 of the Companies Act, a copy of a resolution of
the board of directors of each corporate shareholder in the Borrowers: |
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(a) |
approving the terms of the resolution referred
to in paragraph 1.1.3 above for that shareholder; and |
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authorising a specified person or persons to
sign the resolution on its behalf. |
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1.1.4 |
If required, a copy of all resolutions, written
decisions, declarations, certificates of incorporation on re-registration
and other documents required to ensure compliance with sections 151-158
of the Companies Act including a copy of any statutory report from the
Reporting Accountant of each Borrower required under section 156(a) of
the Companies Act. |
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2. |
Reports |
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Where an Additional Term Facility is being
made by the Issuer to a Borrower in connection with the acquisition of
a new Real Property, assets, shares and/or undertakings acquired under
a Permitted Acquisition, each of the following with respect to the Real
Property, assets, shares and/or undertakings acquired under a Permitted
Acquisition to be acquired as part of the acquisition: |
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2.1.1 |
a valuation report in respect of any new Real
Property, assets and/or shares acquired under a Permitted Acquisition;
and |
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2.1.2 |
in respect of the sample of Real Properties
agreed with, inter alios, the Rating Agencies, Xxxxx'x, the Borrower
Security Trustee and any financial guarantor, a certificate of title in
similar form to the Certificates of Title, subject to and in accordance
with applicable law, |
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in each case addressed to, inter alios,
the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory
to the addressees. |
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3. |
Additional Documents |
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3.1.1 |
Each of the following documents executed and
delivered by the relevant Transaction Parties and any other parties thereto: |
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a supplemental trust deed in respect of the
applicable Additional Notes; |
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(b) |
execution of any such additional documents
as are required by the Borrower Security Trustee to enable the Borrower
Security Trustee to be granted security over any new Real Property or Permitted
Business, other assets and/or shares acquired under a Permitted Acquisition
on terms satisfactory to the Borrower Security Trustee, including a supplemental
deed to the Borrower Deed of Charge and/or a Standard Security; and |
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a deed in or substantially in the form set
out in Schedule 6 (Obligor Accession Deed) to the Tax Deed of Covenant. |
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3.1.2 |
The subscription agreement relating to the
issue of the applicable Additional Notes being declared unconditional
and the issue proceeds being available to the Issuer to advance to the
relevant Borrower(s) in the manner contemplated in this Agreement by
way of an Additional Term Facility. |
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4. |
Legal Opinions |
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Where the Additional Term Facility is being
made to fund the acquisition of any new Real Property, assets and/or
shares acquired under a Permitted Acquisition, legal opinions in such
form and substance as are required by the Issuer, the Borrower Security
Trustee and the Rating Agencies at the time of the issue of the related
Additional Notes. |
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5. |
Miscellaneous |
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5.1.1 |
In the event that an Additional Term Facility
is being made to fund the acquisition of any new Real Property or new
Permitted Business, assets and/or shares acquired under a Permitted Acquisition,
receipt of all deeds and documents which the Borrower Security Trustee
considers necessary or ancillary to evidence title to such new Real Property
or Permitted Acquisition, other assets and/or shares or undertakings
in a form satisfactory to the Borrower Security Trustee, that the same
are held to the order of the Borrower Security Trustee. |
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5.1.2 |
The results of H.M. Land Registry searches
in favour of the Borrower Security Trustee on the appropriate forms against
all of the registered titles comprised in each new Real Property (other
than any Scottish Heritable Property) acquired under a Permitted Acquisition
showing no adverse entries and giving not less than 10 Business Days'
priority beyond the relevant Drawdown Date. |
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5.1.3 |
The results of Registers of Scotland searches
on the appropriate forms (Land Register of Scotland search reports or
Register of Sasine searches) against all of the titles comprising each
new Scottish Heritable Property, acquired under a Permitted Acquisition
and searches in the Register of Inhibitions and Adjudications against
each relevant Chargor and Issuer, in each case showing no adverse entries. |
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5.1.4 |
Cheques for Registers of Scotland fees in
connection with registering or recording any Additional Standard Security
over any Scottish Heritable Property acquired under a Permitted Acquisition
and all duly completed Registers of Scotland application forms relating
thereto; |
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5.1.5 |
An undertaking from the relevant Chargor's
solicitors to use reasonable endeavours to satisfy any requisitions raised
by H.M. Land Registry and Registers of Scotland in connection with the
applications referred to in paragraphs 5.1.2 and 5.1.4 above within any
time limits imposed by such registers. |
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5.1.6 |
Draft forms 395 in relation to any supplemental
deed to the Borrower Deed of Charge and/or the Issuer Deed of Charge
(including each Scottish Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge). |
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5.1.7 |
Draft forms 395 and 398 in relation to any
Additional Standard Security granted in relation to a Permitted Acquisition. |
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5.1.8 |
A letter of obligation from the relevant
Chargor's Scottish solicitors in relation to any Additional Standard
Security granted in relation to a Permitted Acquisition in a form acceptable
to the Borrower Security Trustee. |
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5.1.9 |
In relation to an Additional Term Facility
made to fund an acquisition of shares under a Permitted Acquisition,
delivery of share certificates and signed but undated stock transfer
forms in relation to such shares which are to be subject to a first fixed
equitable charge pursuant to the Borrower Deed of Charge. |
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5.1.10 |
Delivery of all third party consents necessary
for the creation of the Security Interests pursuant to supplemental deed
to the Borrower Deed of Charge or the relevant Additional Standard Security. |
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5.1.11 |
A copy of any other authorisation or other
document, report, opinion or assurance which the Borrower Security Trustee
considers necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and
performance of, and the transactions contemplated by the Additional Documents,
or for the validity and enforceability of any Additional Document of
which the Obligor has been given sufficient notice to enable it to be
obtained prior to the relevant Drawdown Date. |
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Where an Additional Term Facility is being
made in connection with the acquisition of a new Scottish Heritable Property,
a Scottish Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge. |
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Part 3
Additional Borrower Conditions Precedent
1. |
Corporate Documents |
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1.1.1 |
In relation to each Additional Borrower: |
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copies of the constitutional documents (including
the Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum and Articles of Association)
of each Additional Borrower; |
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(b) |
copies of all authorisations and board resolutions
of the board of directors of each Additional Borrower: |
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(i) |
approving the terms of, and the transactions
contemplated by, the Borrower Accession Deed to which it is a party and
authorising the execution, delivery and performance of such Borrower
Accession Deed and the terms and conditions thereof; |
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(ii) |
authorising a specified person or persons
to execute the Borrower Accession Deed to which it is a party on its
behalf; and |
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(iii) |
authorising a specified person or persons,
on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all other documents and notices
to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the
Borrower Accession Deed to which it is a party, |
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in each case, accompanied by a certificate
of an Authorised Signatory of each Additional Borrower (including (i)
an incumbency certificate attaching a list of the names, titles and specimen
signatures of the persons authorised to sign the Borrower Accession Deed,
all documents and notices to be delivered thereto or in connection therewith
and to take any other action on its behalf in relation to the Borrower
Transaction Documents and (ii) confirmation that all copy documents are
true, correct, complete, up to date and in full force and effect); and |
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(c) |
a solvency certificate from each Additional
Borrower signed by two directors of that Additional Borrower. |
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1.1.2 |
If required for the purposes
of approving any loan, security or other arrangement which connstitutes
or might constitute financial assistance, as the term “financial
assistance” is defined in section 152 of the Companies Act, a copy
of any statutory report from the Reporting Accountant of each Additional
Borrower under section 156(a) of the Companies Act and a copy of a resolution,
signed by all the holders of the issued or allotted shares in the Additional
Borrower, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by,
the documents referred to in paragraph 1.1.1 above. |
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1.1.3 |
If required for the purposes of approving
any loan, security or other arrangement which constitutes or might constitute
financial assistance, as the term "financial assistance" is
defined in section 152 of the Companies Act, a copy of a resolution of
the board of directors of each corporate shareholder in the Additional
Borrower: |
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approving the terms of the resolution referred
to in paragraph 1.1.1(b) above; and |
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authorising a specified person or persons
to sign the resolution on its behalf. |
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2. |
Other Documents |
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Each of the following documents
executed and delivered by the relevant Transaction Parties thereto: |
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2.1.1 |
the Borrower Accession Deed; |
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2.1.2 |
a Chargor Security Accession
Deed (and, where applicable, an Additional Standard Security) in respect
of the additional security to be provided by the Additional Borrower; |
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2.1.3 |
a Tax Obligor Accession Deed; |
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2.1.4 |
to the extent required, accession
deeds to each of the Pension Deeds of Covenant; |
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2.1.5 |
an accession agreement to the
Account Bank and Cash Management Agreement; |
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2.1.6 |
to the extent required, an accession
agreement to each of the Services Agreements; |
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2.1.7 |
to the extent required, a WC
Obligor Accession Deed; and |
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2.1.8 |
any such additional documents as are required
by the Borrower Security Trustee to enable the Borrower Security Trustee
to be granted security on terms satisfactory to it, |
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in each case, duly executed as
a deed by the Additional Borrower. |
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3. |
Financial Information and
Obligor Reporting Accountant's Letters and Reports |
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The most recent Audited Financial
Statements of the Additional Borrower. |
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4. |
Legal Opinions |
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In the case of any Additional
Borrower incorporated in the United Kingdom, a legal opinion from an
English or (as applicable) Scottish law firm acceptable to the Borrower
Security Trustee addressed to the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee
in form and substance satisfactory to the addressees of such legal opinions. |
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5. |
Miscellaneous |
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5.1.1 |
In respect of any Real Property, assets
and/or shares held by each Additional Borrower, receipt of all deeds
and documents necessary or ancilliary to evidence title to such new Real
Property, assets and/or shares or undertakings in a form satisfactory
to the Borrower Security Trustee that the same are held to the order
of the Borrower Security Trustee. |
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5.1.2 |
Draft forms 395 in relation to any supplemental
deed to the Borrower Deed of Charge and/or the Issuer Deed of Charge
(including each Scottish Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge). |
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5.1.3 |
Delivery of share certificates and signed
but undated stock transfer forms in relation to the ordinary shares of
the Additional Borrower which are to be subject to a first fixed equitable
charge pursuant to the supplemental deed to the Borrower Deed of Charge. |
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5.1.4 |
A copy of any other authorisation or other
document, certificate of title, valuers' report, director's certificate,
opinion and/or other supporting or ancillary documentation or assurance
which the Borrower Security Trustee considers to be necessary or desirable
in connection with the entry into and performance of, and the transactions
contemplated by, any of the documents referred to in paragraph 2 above,
any of the documents to be entered into by an Additional Borrower or
Chargor in connection with an Additional Term Advance, or for the validity
and enforceability of such documents of which the Additional Borrower
and/or other Chargor has been given sufficient notice to enable it to
be obtained prior to the relevant date of accession of the Additional
Borrower. |
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5.1.5 |
Cheques for Registers of Scotland fees in
connection with registering or recording any Additional Standard Security
over any Scottish Heritable Property to be secured by the Additional
Borrower and all duly completed Registers of Scotland application forms
relating thereto. |
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5.1.6 |
The results of H.M. Land Registry searches
in favour of the Borrower Security Trustee on the appropriate forms against
all of the registered titles comprised in any new Real Property (other
than any Scottish Heritable Property) acquired under a Permitted Acquisition
showing no adverse entries and giving not less than 10 Business Days'
priority beyond the relevant Drawdown Date. |
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5.1.7 |
The results of Registers of Scotland searches
on the appropriate forms (Land Register of Scotland search reports or
Register of Sasine searches) against all of the titles comprising each
new Scottish Heritable Property, acquired under a Permitted Acquisition
and searches in the Register of Inhibitions and Adjudications against
each Additional Borrower, in each case showing no adverse entries. |
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5.1.8 |
An undertaking from the relevant Additional
Borrower's solicitors to use reasonable endeavours to satisfy any requisitions
raised by H.M. Land Registry and Registers of Scotland in connection
with the applications referred to in paragraph 5.1.5 above within the
time limits imposed by such Registries. |
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5.1.9 |
Draft forms 395 and 398 in relation to any
Additional Standard Security granted by an Additional Borrower. |
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5.1.10 |
A letter of obligation from the relevant
Additional Borrower's Scottish solicitors in relation to any Additional
Standard Security granted by an Additional Borrower in a form acceptable
to the Borrower Security Trustee. |
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5.1.11 |
Where an Additional Borrower is granting
an Additional Standard Security or Additional Standard Securities, a
Scottish Supplemental Issuer Deed of Charge. |
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Ratings Test |
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The Rating Agencies confirm in
writing to the Borrower Security Trustee that the Ratings Test will be
satisfied after the accession of any Additional Borrower to the Issuer/Borrower
Facility Agreement. |
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SCHEDULE 2 |
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NOTICE OF DRAWDOWN |
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From: |
[insert name of relevant
Borrower] |
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To: |
Mitchells & Butlers Finance
plc |
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(as Issuer) |
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HSBC Trustee (C.I.) Limited |
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(as Borrower Security Trustee) |
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cc: |
Mitchells & Butlers Leisure
Retail Limited |
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(as Cash Manager) |
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Dated: |
[Insert date] |
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Dear Sirs, |
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We refer to a facility agreement (the "Issuer/Borrower
Facility Agreement") dated 13 November 2003 and made between, inter
alios, the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee. |
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2. |
Terms defined in Schedule 1 (Master Definitions
Schedule) of a master framework agreement (the "Master
Framework Agreement") dated 13 November 2003 and made between, inter
alios, the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee shall bear
the same meaning herein. |
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This notice is irrevocable. |
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We hereby give you notice that, pursuant
to the Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement, on [date of proposed Term
Advance], we wish to borrow [an Initial Term Advance]/[a Further
Term Advance]/[a New Term Advance]* in the amount of £[ ]
upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained therein. |
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We confirm that, at the date hereof, the
Repeating Representations are true and correct and will be true and correct
immediately after the Term Advance is made; |
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We confirm that no Loan Event of Default
or Potential Loan Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (and
has not been waived) or would result from the making of the Term Advance. |
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* Strike out as appropriate |
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7. |
The proceeds of this drawdown should be credited
to [insert account details]. |
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Authorised Signatory |
for and on behalf of |
[insert name of relevant Borrowers] |
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SCHEDULE 3
FORM OF COVENANT COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATE
To: |
Mitchells & Butlers Finance
plc |
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(as Issuer) |
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HSBC Trustee (C.I.) Limited |
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(as Borrower Security Trustee) |
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Ambac Assurance UK Limited |
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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XX0X 0XX |
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(as Controlling Creditor) |
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Date: |
[Insert date] |
Dear Sirs,
We refer to a facility agreement
(the “Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement”) dated 13 November
2003 and made between, inter alios, the Initial Borrower, the Issuer
and the Borrower Security Trustee.
Terms defined in Schedule 1 (Master Definitions Schedule) of a master framework agreement (the “Master Framework Agreement”) dated 13 November 2003 and made between, inter alios, the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee shall bear the same meaning herein.
We confirm (without any personal liability) on behalf of the Initial Borrower (on its behalf and where applicable, on behalf of each other Chargor) that, for the Financial Year just ended:
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the covenants set out in the Issuer/Borrower
Facility Agreement including those specified in Clauses 15 (Financial
Information) (including in respect of the Investor Report), 16 (Financial
Covenants) and 17 (Other Covenants of the Obligors);
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the covenants set out in the Borrower Deed
of Charge including those specified in Clause 20 (Covenants of the
Excluded Group Entity Property Owners), |
have, in all cases, been complied with.
Signed: |
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Director |
Director |
of Mitchells & Butlers
Retail Limited |
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SCHEDULE 4
FORM OF REPORTING ACCOUNTANTS’ REPORT
The Directors
[name of relevant Borrower]
[address]
HSBC Trustee (C.I.) Limited
XX Xxx 00
0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx XX0 0XX
(as Borrower Security Trustee and Trustee)
Mitchells & Butlers Finance plc
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx X0 0XX
(as Issuer)
Ambac Assurance UK Limited
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
00 Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX
(as Controlling Creditor)
Standard and Poor’s Ratings
Services,
a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. and Fitch
Ratings Ltd
(as Rating Agencies)
Xxxxx’x Investors Service Limited
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx XX0XX 0XX
HSBC Global Investor Services (Ireland) Limited
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
00-00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx 0
Xxxxxxx
(as Irish Paying Agent)
HSBC Bank plc
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX
(as Principal Paying Agent)
Dear Sirs
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Compliance with Financial Covenants
This report is produced in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated [date] (the terms of which bear the same meaning as defined in Schedule 1 (Master Definitions Schedule) of a master framework agreement (the “Master Framework Agreement”) dated 13 November 2003 and made between, inter alios, the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee.
The directors of the Initial Borrower, Mitchells & Butlers Retail Holdings Limited [and any Additional Borrowers] are responsible for ensuring that the Initial Borrower [and any Additional Borrowers] complies with the terms of the secured facility agreement (the “Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement”) dated 13 November 2003 and made between, inter alios, the Initial Borrower and the Borrower Security Trustee and in particular the financial covenants specified in Clause 16 (Financial Covenants) of the Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement. It is also their responsibility to extract relevant financial information from the Initial Borrower’s accounting records, to make the calculations specified in Clause
16 (Financial Covenants), and to provide relevant financial information to the Borrower Security Trustee.
For the purpose of preparing our report we have been provided by the directors of the Initial Borrower with a schedule (the “Schedule”) prepared in accordance with Clause 15.2 (Reporting Accountants’ Report) of the Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement, which shows for the Initial Borrower for the Financial Year ended [Insert year end date] (the “Relevant Financial Year”), in accordance with Clause 15.2 (Reporting Accountants’ Report) of the Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement, the following financial information:
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compliance of audited financial statements
with UK GAAP; |
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statements or, as the case may be, calculations
of revenue, operating expenses, Operating Profit, EBITDA, Net Worth,
Free Cash Flow, FCF DSCR, the ratio of EBITDA to Debt Service, the Restricted
Payment Maximum and, if applicable, the Further Restricted Payment Maximum; |
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the Maintenance Expenditure, Maintenance
Capex Amounts and any amounts required to be deposited into the Maintenance
Reserve Account in the Relevant Financial Year; |
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the amounts standing to the credit of the
Obligor Accounts (including the Disposal Proceeds Account and the Maintenance
Reserve Account); |
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the amounts available for drawing and the
amounts already drawn by the Borrowers under the Working Capital Facility
and the Issuer under the Liquidity Facility; and |
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summary details of acquisitions and substitutions
of Permitted Businesses and disposal of Mortgaged Properties. |
(This Schedule, for which the directors are solely responsible, is attached in the Appendix.)
In our opinion, the amounts shown in the Schedule [have/have not] been correctly extracted from the accounting records of the Initial Borrower as at [the year end date] and have been correctly calculated in accordance with Clause 15.2 (Reporting Accountants’ Report) of the Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement [with the following exceptions: [list exceptions]].
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The procedures we will use to perform this engagement will not constitute an examination made in accordance with any generally accepted auditing standards. Consequently, our work has been substantially less in scope than an audit and we do not express an audit opinion on any of the information contained in the report.
This letter is addressed to you in connection with the financial covenants in the Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement as set out in our engagement letter dated [ ]. Because others may use it for different purposes this letter should not be quoted, referred to or shown to any other parties without our prior consent in writing. Ernst & Young LLP assumes no responsibility whatsoever in respect of or arising out of or in connection with the contents of this letter to parties other than yourselves. If other parties choose to rely in any way on the contents of this letter they do so entirely at their own risk.
Yours faithfully.
[Reporting Accountants]
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SCHEDULE 5
FINANCIAL INFORMATION COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATE
To: |
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as Borrower Security Trustee |
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Ambac Assurance UK Limited |
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Standard & Poor’s Rating
Services, a division of the McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. and Fitch Ratings
Limited |
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as Rating Agencies |
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Xxxxx’x Investors Service Limited |
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Date: |
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Dear Sirs,
We refer to a facility agreement (the “Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement”) dated 13 November 2003 and made between, inter alios, the Initial Borrower and the Borrower Security Trustee.
Terms defined in Schedule 1 (Master Definitions Schedule) of a master framework agreement (the “Master Framework Agreement”) dated 13 November 2003 and made between, inter alios, the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee shall bear the same meaning herein.
We confirm on behalf of the Initial Borrower (on behalf of itself and each other Borrower and, in respect of paragraphs 3 and 4 below, on behalf of itself and each other Chargor) (without any personal liability) that:
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the amount of all outstanding Financial
Indebtedness of the Borrowers as at the end of the relevant [Financial
Year/Semi-Annual Period]* was £[ ]; |
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that all Financial Indebtedness referred
to in paragraph 1 above is Permitted Financial Indebtedness; |
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as at the date hereof, there has been [no]
[a] waiver of any covenant given by the Chargors [and a description
thereof and the action taken or proposed to be taken to remedy it are
set out below]; and |
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as at the date hereof,
[no] [a] Loan Event of Default or Potential Loan Event of Default has occurred
[and, if it has occurred, a description thereof and the action taken
or proposed to be taken to remedy it are set out below]. |
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Signed: …………………………………. |
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Director |
Director |
of Mitchells & Butlers Retail
Limited |
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SCHEDULE 6
FORM OF MORTGAGED PROPERTY DISPOSAL
CERTIFICATE
To: |
HSBC Trustee (C.I.) Limited |
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as Borrower Security Trustee |
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Date: |
[Insert date] |
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Dear Sirs, |
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We refer to a facility agreement
(the
“Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement”) dated 13 November
2003 and made between, inter alios, the Initial Borrower and the Borrower
Security Trustee.
Terms defined in Schedule 1 (Master
Definitions Schedule) of a master framework agreement (the “Master
Framework Agreement”) dated 13 November 2003 and made between, inter
alios, the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee shall bear the same
meaning herein.
We confirm (and certify in the case of paragraph 2) on behalf of [name] (without any personal liability) that:
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we propose to dispose [and acquire] the Mortgaged
Property of [insert details of Mortgaged Property] [and the related
Incidental Mortgaged Property]; and |
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the conditions in Clause 17.7 (Covenants
and Other Provisions relating to Disposals of Mortgaged Properties)
are satisfied; |
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we confirm that no Loan Event of Default
or Potential Loan Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (and has
not been waived) or would result from the proposed disposal [and acquisition]
of the Mortgaged Property; |
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we have complied with all our obligations
under Schedule 10 (Tax on Permitted Disposals and Permitted Acquisitions)
in respect of such disposal; |
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the disposal referred to in paragraph 1 above
is a Permitted Disposal [and the acquisition referred to in paragraph 1
above is a Permitted Acquisition]; and |
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the disposal referred to in paragraph 1
above [will not give rise to a Material CGT Liability]/[will give rise
to a Material
CGT Liability of £[ ]]*. |
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Signed: |
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Director |
Director |
of [name of relevant Borrower] |
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SCHEDULE 7
FORM OF INVESTOR REPORTS
Part 1
Final Investor Report
For the Final Period ending [insert
appropriate Financial Quarter Date]
To: |
HSBC Trustee (C.I.) Limited |
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as Borrower Security Trustee
and Trustee |
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Ambac Assurance UK Limited |
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Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division
of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., |
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and Fitch Ratings Limited |
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as Rating Agencies |
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Xxxxx'x Investors Service Limited |
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HSBC Global Investor Services (Ireland) Limited |
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as Irish Paying Agent |
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HSBC Bank plc |
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as Principal Paying Agent |
Terms defined in Schedule 1 (Master
Definitions Schedule ) of a master framework agreement (the "Master
Framework Agreement") dated 13 November 2003 and made between, inter
alios, the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee, shall bear the same
meaning herein.
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Information |
Details of Required
Information |
Answers |
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Debt |
As at the Financial Quarter Date: |
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Aggregate Principal Debt Outstanding |
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Aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding in
respect of each tranche of each Term Advance |
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Scheduled repayments made in respect of each
tranche of each Term Advance during the related Final Period |
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Prepayments made in respect of each tranche
of each Term Advance during the related Final Period |
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Aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding of
the Notes |
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Aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding of
each class of Notes |
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Scheduled repayments made in respect of each
class of Notes during the related Final Period |
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Scheduled prepayments made in respect of each
class of Notes during the related Final Period |
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Specific Details |
As at the Financial
Quarter Date in respect of the Financial Quarter, the Relevant Period and
the Relevant Year: |
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Revenue |
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Operating Expenses |
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Operating Profit |
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EBITDA |
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Debt Service |
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Coverages |
As at the previous
Financial Year end: |
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Net Worth |
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For the Relevant
Period and the Relevant Year: |
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Free Cashflow |
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FCF DSCR |
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Ratio of EBITDA to Debt Service |
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As at the Financial
Quarter Date: |
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Restricted Payment Maximum |
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Further Restricted Payment Maximum (if any) |
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Restricted Payments made during the related
Final Period |
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Covenants |
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Whether or not the Debt Service Covenant
has, when tested at the end of each Financial Quarter Date, been observed |
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Whether or not the Restricted Payment Condition
has, when tested at the relevant Financial Quarter Date been satisfied |
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Expenditure |
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Cumulative Maintenance Expenditure for the
Financial Year to date compared to the Required Maintenance Amount |
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Summary details of Capital Enhancement Expenditure
during the Financial Quarter |
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Balances |
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Amount standing to the credit of each of the
following at the Financial Quarter Date: |
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the Obligor Accounts |
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Amounts available for drawing and amounts
already drawn by the Borrowers under the Working Capital Facility and the
Issuer under the Liquidity Facility as at the relevant Financial Quarter
Date |
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Assets |
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Summary details of all acquisitions and substitutions
of Permitted Businesses and disposals of Mortgaged Properties on or prior
to the Financial Quarter Date (including the aggregate disposal and the
aggregate acquisition price) |
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Total number of Mortgaged Properties and
Other Assets on the Financial Quarter Dates on which the Final Period commences
and ends and a reconciliation of the same |
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Defaults |
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Whether or not any Loan Event of Default
or Potential Loan Event of Default (which, in either case, has not been
previously notified to the Borrower Security Trustee) has occurred |
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A description of any Loan Event of Default
or Potential Loan Event of Default which has occurred (which, in either
case, has not been previously notified to the Borrower Security Trustee)
and the action taken or proposed to be taken to remedy it |
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Part 2
Interim Investor Report
For the Semi-Annual Period ending [insert appropriate Financial Quarter Date]
To: |
HSBC Trustee (C.I.)
Limited |
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as Borrower Security Trustee and Trustee |
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Ambac Assurance UK Limited |
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Standard & Poor's Rating
Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. and Fitch Ratings
Limited
as Rating Agencies |
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Xxxxx'x Investors Service Limited |
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HSBC Global Investor Services
(Ireland) Limited |
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as Irish Paying Agent |
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HSBC Bank plc |
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as Principal Paying Agent |
Terms defined in Schedule 1 (Master Definitions Schedule)
of a master framework agreement (the "Master Framework Agreement")
dated 13 November 2003 and made between, inter alios, the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee shall bear the same meaning herein.
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Information |
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Details of Required Information |
Answers |
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As at the Financial Quarter Date: |
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Debt |
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Aggregate Principal Debt Outstanding |
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Aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding in
respect of each tranche of each Term Advance |
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Scheduled repayments made in respect of each
tranche of each Term Advance during the related Semi-Annual Period |
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Prepayments made in respect of each tranche
of each Term Advance during the related Semi-Annual Period |
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Aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding of
the Notes |
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Aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding
of each class of Notes |
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Scheduled repayments made in respect of each
class of Notes during the related Semi-Annual Period |
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Scheduled prepayments made in respect of
each class of Notes during the related Semi-Annual Period |
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Specific Details |
As at the Financial Quarter
Date in respect of the Financial Quarter, the Relevant Period and the
Relevant Year: |
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Revenue
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Operating Expenses
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Operating Profit |
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EBITDA |
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Debt Service |
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Coverages |
As at the previous Financial
Year end: |
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Net Worth |
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For the Relevant Period and the
Relevant Year: |
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Free Cashflow |
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FCF DSCR |
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Ratio of EBITDA to Debt Service |
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As at the Financial Quarter date: |
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Restricted Payment Maximum |
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Further Restricted Payment |
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Maximum (if any) |
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And: |
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Restricted Payments made during the related
Semi-Annual Period |
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Covenants |
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Whether or not the Debt Service Covenant
has, when tested at the end of each Financial Quarter Date, been observed |
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Whether or not the Restricted Payment Condition
has, when tested at the relevant Financial Quarter Date been satisfied |
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Expenditure |
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Cumulative Maintenance Expenditure for the
Financial Year to date compared to the Required Maintenance Amount |
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Summary details of Capital Enhancement Expenditure
during the Financial Quarter |
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Balances |
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Amount standing to the credit of each of
the following at the Financial Quarter Date: the Obligor Accounts; |
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Amounts available for drawing and amounts
already drawn by the Borrowers under the Working Capital Facility and
the Issuer under the Liquidity Facility as at the relevant Financial
Quarter Date |
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Assets |
• |
Summary details of all acquisitions and
substitutions of Permitted Businesses and disposals of Mortgaged Properties
on or prior to the Financial Quarter Date (including the aggregate disposal
and the aggregate acquisition price) |
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Total number of Mortgaged Properties
and Other Assets on the Financial Quarter Dates on which the Semi-Annual
Period commences and ends and a reconciliation of the same |
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Defaults |
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Whether or not any Loan Event of Default
or Potential Loan Event of Default (which, in either case, has not been
previously notified to the Borrower Security Trustee) has occurred |
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A description of any Loan Event of Default
or Potential Loan Event of Default which has occurred (which, in either
case, has not been previously notified to the Borrower Security Trustee)
and the action taken or proposed to be taken to remedy it |
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SCHEDULE
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REPAYMENT
SCHEDULE |
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Loan Payment Date |
Initial Term
A1 Advance |
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Initial Term
A2 Advance |
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Initial Term
A3 Advance |
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Initial Term
B1 Advance |
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Initial Term
B2 Advance |
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Initial Term
C Advance |
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falling in |
(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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15 Dec 03 |
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3.78 |
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2.66 |
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15 Mar 04 |
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10.34 |
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15 Jun 04 |
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10.45 |
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15 Sep 04 |
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10.56 |
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7.63 |
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15 Dec 04 |
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10.67 |
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7.79 |
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15 Mar 05 |
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10.78 |
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7.96 |
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15 Jun 05 |
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10.90 |
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8.12 |
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15 Sep 05 |
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11.01 |
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8.29 |
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15 Dec 05 |
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11.13 |
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8.47 |
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15 Mar 06 |
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11.24 |
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8.64 |
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15 Jun 06 |
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11.36 |
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8.82 |
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15 Sep 06 |
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11.48 |
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9.01 |
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15 Dec 06 |
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11.60 |
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15 Mar 07 |
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11.72 |
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9.38 |
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15 Jun 07 |
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11.85 |
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9.57 |
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15 Sep 07 |
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11.97 |
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9.77 |
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15 Dec 07 |
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12.10 |
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9.97 |
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15 Mar 08 |
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12.22 |
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10.17 |
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15 Jun 08 |
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12.35 |
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10.37 |
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15 Sep 08 |
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12.48 |
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10.58 |
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15 Dec 08 |
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12.61 |
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10.80 |
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15 Mar 09 |
— |
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12.75 |
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11.01 |
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15 Jun 09 |
— |
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12.88 |
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11.23 |
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15 Sep 09 |
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13.01 |
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11.46 |
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15 Dec 09 |
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13.15 |
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11.69 |
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A1 Advance |
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Initial Term
A2 Advance |
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Initial Term
A3 Advance |
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Initial Term
B1 Advance |
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Initial Term
B2 Advance |
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Initial
Term
C Advance |
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falling in |
(£) (per £1,000) |
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15 Mar 10 |
— |
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13.29 |
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11.92 |
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15 Jun 10 |
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13.43 |
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12.15 |
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15 Sep 10 |
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13.57 |
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12.39 |
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15 Dec 10 |
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13.71 |
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12.64 |
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15 Mar 11 |
9.36 |
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6.19 |
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9.36 |
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12.89 |
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15 Jun 11 |
9.46 |
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6.26 |
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9.46 |
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13.14 |
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15 Sep 11 |
9.56 |
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6.33 |
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9.56 |
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13.40 |
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15 Dec 11 |
9.66 |
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6.39 |
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9.66 |
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13.67 |
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15 Mar 12 |
9.76 |
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6.46 |
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9.76 |
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13.93 |
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15 Jun 12 |
9.87 |
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6.53 |
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9.87 |
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14.21 |
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15 Sep 12 |
9.97 |
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6.60 |
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9.97 |
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14.49 |
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15 Dec 12 |
10.07 |
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6.66 |
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10.07 |
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14.77 |
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15 Mar 13 |
10.18 |
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6.73 |
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10.18 |
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15.06 |
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15 Jun 13 |
10.29 |
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6.81 |
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10.29 |
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15.35 |
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15 Sep 13 |
10.39 |
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6.88 |
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10.39 |
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15.65 |
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15 Dec 13 |
10.50 |
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6.95 |
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10.50 |
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15.95 |
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15 Mar 14 |
10.61 |
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7.02 |
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10.61 |
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16.26 |
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15 Jun 14 |
10.73 |
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7.10 |
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10.73 |
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16.57 |
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— |
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15 Sep 14 |
10.84 |
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7.17 |
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10.84 |
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16.89 |
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— |
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15 Dec 14 |
10.95 |
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7.25 |
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10.95 |
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17.21 |
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— |
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— |
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15 Mar 15 |
11.07 |
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7.32 |
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11.07 |
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17.54 |
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15 Jun 15 |
11.18 |
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7.40 |
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11.18 |
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17.87 |
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— |
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— |
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15 Sep 15 |
11.30 |
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7.48 |
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11.30 |
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18.21 |
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— |
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15 Dec 15 |
11.42 |
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7.55 |
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11.42 |
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10.98 |
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7.58 |
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15 Mar 16 |
11.54 |
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7.63 |
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11.54 |
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11.10 |
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7.82 |
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15 Jun 16 |
11.66 |
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7.71 |
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11.66 |
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11.21 |
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8.06 |
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15 Sep 16 |
11.78 |
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7.80 |
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11.78 |
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11.33 |
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8.31 |
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Loan Payment
Date |
Initial Term
A1 Advance |
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Initial Term
A2 Advance |
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Initial Term
A3 Advance |
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Initial Term
B1 Advance |
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Initial Term
B2 Advance |
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Initial
Term
C Advance |
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falling in |
(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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15 Dec 16 |
11.91 |
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7.88 |
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11.91 |
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11.45 |
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8.56 |
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15 Mar 17 |
12.03 |
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7.96 |
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12.03 |
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11.57 |
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8.82 |
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— |
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15 Jun 17 |
12.16 |
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8.04 |
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12.16 |
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11.69 |
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9.08 |
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15 Sep 17 |
12.29 |
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8.13 |
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12.29 |
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11.82 |
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9.35 |
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— |
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15 Dec 17 |
12.41 |
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8.21 |
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12.41 |
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11.94 |
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9.62 |
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— |
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15 Mar 18 |
12.54 |
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8.30 |
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12.54 |
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12.07 |
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9.90 |
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— |
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15 Jun 18 |
12.68 |
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8.39 |
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12.68 |
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12.19 |
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10.19 |
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— |
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15 Sep 18 |
12.81 |
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8.47 |
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12.81 |
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12.32 |
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10.48 |
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— |
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15 Dec 18 |
12.94 |
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8.56 |
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12.94 |
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12.45 |
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10.77 |
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— |
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15 Mar 19 |
13.08 |
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8.65 |
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13.08 |
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12.58 |
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11.07 |
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— |
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15 Jun 19 |
13.22 |
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8.74 |
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13.22 |
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12.71 |
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11.38 |
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— |
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15 Sep 19 |
13.36 |
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8.84 |
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13.36 |
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12.85 |
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11.69 |
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— |
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15 Dec 19 |
13.50 |
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8.93 |
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13.50 |
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12.98 |
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12.01 |
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— |
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15 Mar 20 |
13.64 |
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9.02 |
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13.64 |
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13.12 |
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12.34 |
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— |
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15 Jun 20 |
13.78 |
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9.12 |
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13.78 |
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13.25 |
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7.91 |
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— |
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15 Sep 20 |
13.93 |
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9.21 |
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13.93 |
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13.39 |
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8.18 |
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— |
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15 Dec 20 |
14.07 |
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9.31 |
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14.07 |
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13.53 |
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8.45 |
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— |
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15 Mar 21 |
14.22 |
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9.41 |
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14.22 |
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13.68 |
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8.73 |
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— |
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15 Jun 21 |
14.37 |
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9.51 |
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14.37 |
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13.82 |
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9.02 |
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— |
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15 Sep 21 |
14.52 |
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9.61 |
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14.52 |
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13.97 |
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9.31 |
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— |
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15 Dec 21 |
14.67 |
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9.71 |
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14.67 |
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14.11 |
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9.61 |
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— |
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15 Mar 22 |
14.83 |
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9.81 |
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14.83 |
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14.26 |
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9.92 |
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— |
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15 Jun 22 |
14.98 |
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9.91 |
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14.98 |
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14.41 |
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10.23 |
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— |
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15 Sep 22 |
15.14 |
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10.02 |
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15.14 |
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14.56 |
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10.54 |
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— |
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15 Dec 22 |
15.30 |
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10.12 |
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15.30 |
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14.71 |
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10.87 |
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— |
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15 Mar 23 |
15.46 |
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10.23 |
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15.46 |
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14.87 |
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11.20 |
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— |
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15 Jun 23 |
15.62 |
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10.34 |
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15.62 |
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15.02 |
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11.53 |
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Loan Payment
Date |
Initial Term
A1 Advance |
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Initial Term
A2 Advance |
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Initial Term
A3 Advance |
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Initial Term
B1 Advance |
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Initial Term
B2 Advance |
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Initial
Term
C Advance |
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falling in |
(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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(£) (per £1,000) |
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15 Sep 23 |
15.79 |
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10.44 |
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15.79 |
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15.18 |
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11.87 |
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15 Dec 23 |
15.95 |
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10.55 |
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15.95 |
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15.34 |
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12.22 |
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— |
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15 Mar 24 |
16.12 |
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10.66 |
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16.12 |
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— |
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28.08 |
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— |
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15 Jun 24 |
16.29 |
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10.78 |
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16.29 |
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— |
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28.61 |
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— |
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15 Sep 24 |
16.46 |
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10.89 |
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16.46 |
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— |
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29.15 |
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— |
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15 Dec 24 |
16.63 |
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11.00 |
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16.63 |
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— |
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29.70 |
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— |
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15 Mar 25 |
16.81 |
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11.12 |
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16.81 |
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— |
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30.26 |
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— |
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15 Jun 25 |
16.98 |
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11.24 |
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16.98 |
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— |
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30.83 |
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— |
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15 Sep 25 |
17.16 |
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11.35 |
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17.16 |
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— |
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31.40 |
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— |
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15 Dec 25 |
17.34 |
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11.47 |
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17.34 |
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— |
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31.99 |
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— |
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15 Mar 26 |
17.52 |
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11.59 |
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17.52 |
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— |
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32.59 |
|
— |
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15 Jun 26 |
17.71 |
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11.72 |
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17.71 |
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— |
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33.19 |
|
— |
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15 Sep 26 |
17.89 |
|
11.84 |
|
17.89 |
|
— |
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33.81 |
|
— |
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15 Dec 26 |
18.08 |
|
11.96 |
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18.08 |
|
— |
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34.44 |
|
— |
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15 Mar 27 |
18.27 |
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12.09 |
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18.27 |
|
— |
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35.07 |
|
— |
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15 Jun 27 |
18.46 |
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12.22 |
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18.46 |
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— |
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35.72 |
|
— |
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15 Sep 27 |
18.66 |
|
12.34 |
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18.66 |
|
— |
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36.38 |
|
— |
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15 Dec 27 |
18.85 |
|
12.47 |
|
18.85 |
|
— |
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37.05 |
|
— |
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15 Mar 28 |
19.05 |
|
12.60 |
|
19.05 |
|
— |
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37.73 |
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15 Jun 28 |
19.25 |
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12.74 |
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19.25 |
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38.42 |
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15 Sep 28 |
19.45 |
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12.87 |
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19.45 |
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39.12 |
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15 Dec 28 |
19.66 |
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13.01 |
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19.66 |
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39.84 |
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15 Mar 29 |
— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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151.82 |
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15 Jun 29 |
— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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154.36 |
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15 Sep 29 |
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156.93 |
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15 Dec 29 |
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159.55 |
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15 Mar 30 |
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162.21 |
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15 Jun 30 |
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164.91 |
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15 Sep 30 |
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Loan Payment
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Initial Term
A1 Advance |
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A2 Advance |
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A3 Advance |
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SCHEDULE 9
FORM OF BORROWER ACCESSION DEED
To: |
Mitchells & Butlers Finance plc |
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From |
[Eligible Borrower] |
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Dated: |
[Insert date] |
Dear Sirs,
We refer to a facility (the "Issuer/Borrower
Facility Agreement") dated 13 November 2003 and made between, inter
alios, the Issuer and the Borrower Security Trustee.
1. |
Terms defined in
Schedule 1 (Master Definitions Schedule) of a master framework agreement
(the "Master Framework Agreement") dated 13 November 2003
and made between, inter alios, the Issuer and the Borrower Security
Trustee shall bear the same meaning herein. |
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2. |
[Eligible
Borrower]: |
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2.1.1 |
assumes all the rights and benefits contained
in the Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement and undertakes, upon it becoming
a Borrower, to perform all the obligations expressed to be undertaken under
the Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement by a Borrower (including, the covenants
set out in Clauses 15 (Financial Information), 16 (Financial Covenants)and
17 (Other Covenants of the Obligors); |
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2.1.2 |
agrees that it shall be bound by the Issuer/Borrower
Facility Agreement (including the Guarantees) in all respects as if it had
been an original party thereto as at the date of the Issuer/Borrower Facility
Agreement; and |
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2.1.3 |
appoints the Initial Borrower as agent for
the purposes set out in Clause 5 (Appointment of Initial Borrower as
Agent) of the Issuer/Borrower Facility Agreement. |
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3. |
[Eligible
Borrower] confirms that the Repeating Representations are true and correct
in respect of [Eligible Borrower], with reference to the facts and
circumstances then subsisting. |
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[Eligible
Borrower][represents and warrants]/[undertakes] that, pursuant to: |
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4.1.1 |
the Tax Deed of Covenant and the Tax Obligor
Accession Deed; |
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4.1.2 |
the Borrower Deed
of Charge, a Chargor Security Accession Deed and (if applicable) an Additional
Standard Security, to the extent required; |
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the Working Capital
Facility Agreement, to the extent required, a WC Obligor Accession Deed
has been/will be executed in accordance with Clause 6 (Additional
Borrowers) of the Working Capital Facility Agreement; and |
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Facility Agreement: |
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to the extent required,
supplemental deeds to the Pension Deeds of Covenant; |
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a supplemental
agreement to the Account Bank and Cash Management Agreement; and |
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to the extent required,
a supplemental agreement to each of the Services Agreements; |
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have been/will
be executed in form and substance satisfactory to the Borrower Security
Trustee in connection with its accession as a Borrower. |
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5. |
[Eligible
Borrower] confirms that no Loan Event of Default or Potential Loan Event
of Default is continuing (and is unwaived) or would occur as a result of
[Eligible Borrower] becoming an Additional Borrower. |
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[Eligible
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[Process
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The
[Eligible Borrower] agrees that the documents which start any Proceedings
and any other documents required to be served in relation to those Proceedings
may be served on it by being delivered to [
] at [] or, if different, its registered office for the time being or at
any address of [Eligible Borrower] in Great Britain at which process
may be served on it in accordance with Part XXIII of the Companies Act.
If such person is not or ceases to be effectively appointed to accept service
of process on behalf of [Eligible Borrower], [Eligible Borrower]
shall, immediately appoint a further person in England to accept service
of process on its behalf, failing such appointment within 14 days, the Borrower
Security Trustee shall be entitled to appoint such a person by a written
notice addressed and delivered to [Eligible Borrower]. Nothing in
this paragraph 7 shall affect the right of the Borrower Security Trustee
to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. This paragraph 7
applies to Proceedings in England and to Proceedings elsewhere.] |
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This
Deed shall be governed by English law. |
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In witness
whereof, this Deed has been executed as a deed by each of the parties hereto
as a deed on the day and year first above written. |
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Executed as a deed on behalf of |
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is only required if the relevant Borrower is incorporated outside the UK. |
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SCHEDULE 10
TAX ON PERMITTED DISPOSALS AND
PERMITTED ACQUISITIONS
1. |
Permitted
Disposals/Acquisitions – Certification |
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Permitted
Disposals to a Third Party |
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If a
Borrower proposes to make a Permitted Disposal to a Third Party other than
a Minor Disposal and such Permitted Disposal would give rise to a Material
CGT Liability it shall certify in the Mortgaged Property Disposal Certificate
(in accordance with Clause 17.7 (Covenants and Other Provisions regarding
Disposal of Mortgaged Properties)) to the Borrower Security Trustee
the estimated Tax Amount in respect of such Permitted Disposal. |
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1.2 |
Permitted
Disposals to a MAB Group Company |
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If a
Borrower proposes to make a Permitted Disposal to a MAB Group Company and
that Permitted Disposal would give rise to a Material Contingent CGT Liability
and/or Material Contingent Stamp Duty Liability it shall certify to the
Borrower Security Trustee that the arrangements described in Clause 13 (Permitted
Acquisitions/ Disposals) of the Tax Deed have been complied with in
relation to that Borrower and/or the relevant MAB Group Company. |
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1.3 |
Permitted
Acquisition from a MAB Group Company |
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If a
Borrower proposes to make an acquisition of a Permitted Business or any
other Permitted Acquisition from a MAB Group Company it shall certify to
the Borrower Security Trustee: |
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1.3.1 |
the
amount of the Acquisition CGT Liability and any Acquisition Stamp Duty Liability;
and |
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1.3.2 |
(if
applicable) that the arrangements described in Clause 13 (Permitted Acquisitions/
Disposals) of the Tax Deed have been complied with in relation to that
Borrower and/or the relevant MAB Group Company. |
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Permitted
Acquisition from another Borrower |
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If a
Borrower proposes to make an acquisition of a Permitted Business or any
other Permitted Acquisition from another Borrower it shall certify to the
Borrower Security Trustee: |
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1.4.1 |
the
amount of the Acquisition CGT Liability and any Acquisition Stamp Duty Liability;
and |
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(if
applicable) that the arrangements described in Clause 13 (Permitted Acqusitions/Disposals)
of the Tax Deed have been complied with in relation to either or both Borrowers. |
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Value
Added Tax on disposals |
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2.1 |
Each
Borrower covenants to the Borrower Security Trustee that it will not dispose
of all or any part of a Mortgaged Property (together with the Incidental
Mortgaged Property related thereto) where such disposal would give rise
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supply
or taxable supplies for the purposes of VAT unless the terms of the contract
in respect of the proposed disposal require that the person that is to acquire
the Mortgaged Property (and Incidental Mortgaged Property (if any)) would
be required to pay an amount equal to that VAT to the Borrower that is making
the disposal. |
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3. |
Net
sale proceeds – Tax Amount |
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3.1 |
Third
Party Disposals |
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In relation
to a Permitted Disposal to a Third Party, the Tax Amount shall be the aggregate
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the Disposal CGT Liability; |
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the Disposal Balancing Charge; and |
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the Disposal VAT Liability. |
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Where
the proposed Permitted Disposal to a Third Party involves a disposal of
more than one Mortgaged Property in a single transaction, then for the purposes
of determining the amount of the Disposal CGT Liability comprised in the
Tax Amount with respect to that Permitted Disposal, to the extent that an
allowable loss (computed in accordance with section 16 TCGA) would accrue
to the Borrower on the disposal of one or more of the Mortgaged Properties
that are the subject of such Permitted Disposal, the aggregate of such allowable
loss or losses may be set-off (to the extent permitted by law) against the
aggregate of chargeable gains that would accrue on the disposal of the other
Mortgaged Properties that are the subject of the proposed Permitted Disposal
(thereby reducing the relevant Disposal CGT Liability provided that
where the aggregate chargeable gain that would accrue on such Permitted
Disposal (disregarding any set-off for any such allowable loss or losses)
would exceed £1 million, such set-off shall only be permitted if the
Borrower has certified to the Borrower Security Trustee that, with reference
to the amount of allowable expenditure in respect of each relevant Mortgaged
Property (computed in accordance with section 38 TCGA), it believes that
the aggregate amount of such losses (as computed by it) that would accrue
on such Permitted Disposal are allowable losses for the purposes of section
16 TCGA and will be available to reduce the potential liability to Tax that
would (but for such losses) arise in respect of such chargeable gains. |
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Where
on a Permitted Disposal to a Third Party of more than one Mortgaged Property
as part of a single transaction the Tax Amount has been determined by reference
to paragraph 3.1.2 above and a loss (or losses) taken into account in determining
such Tax Amount does not prove to be available to reduce the aggregate Disposal
CGT Liability on such Permitted Disposal, if the amount of such loss (or
the aggregate amount of such losses) is greater than £1 million, the
Borrower undertakes to the Borrower Security Trustee that it will use Excess
Cash to pay into the Disposal Proceeds Account an amount equal to such non-allowable
loss (or losses). |
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3.2 |
Intra-Group Disposals |
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In relation to a Permitted Disposal
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3.2.1 |
the Disposal CGT Liability provided
that, for the avoidance of doubt, where the acquiring Borrower is a member
of the of the same group of companies for the purposes of Chapter 1 Part
VI of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Xxx 0000 as the Securitisation
Group company, the Disposal CGT Liability shall be zero; |
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3.2.2 |
the Disposal Balancing Charge; |
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3.2.3 |
the Stamp Duty Liability; and |
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3.2.4 |
the Disposal VAT Liability. |
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3.3 |
MAB Group Disposals |
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In relation to a Permitted Disposal
to a MAB Group Company, the Tax Amount shall be the aggregate of: |
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3.3.1 |
the Disposal Balancing Charge;
and |
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the Disposal VAT Liability. |
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4. |
Operation of Tax Ledger |
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4.1 |
The Cash Manager will operate
a tax ledger (a "Tax Ledger") in respect of amounts
placed in the Disposal Proceeds Account, which amounts initially represent
the Tax Amount in relation to a Permitted Disposal as determined in accordance
with this Schedule (the balance of the Tax Ledger from time to time being
referred to as an amount in the Disposal Proceed Account representing
Tax). |
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4.2 |
On the deposit of Sale Proceeds
from a Permitted Disposal into the Disposal Proceeds Account, the Cash
Manager shall keep a record of the Tax Amount in respect of such Permitted
Disposal (and whether such Tax Amount represents a Disposal CGT Liability,
a Stamp Duty Liability or a Disposal VAT Liability) and shall credit
the Tax Ledger with an amount equal to the Tax Amount. |
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4.3 |
The Cash Manager shall debit
the Tax Ledger in respect of any amount representing Tax, which is withdrawn
from the Disposal Proceeds Account in accordance with paragraphs 5 to
7 below. |
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5. |
Release of Amounts representing
Tax from the Disposals Proceeds Account |
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5.1 |
Each Borrower covenants and agrees
with the Borrower Security Trustee that in respect of any disposal of
a Mortgaged Property amounts standing to the credit of the Disposal Proceeds
Account representing Tax arising on a Permitted Disposal may be withdrawn
only with the prior written consent of the Borrower Security Trustee
and such written consent will not be withheld if the Borrower certifies
to the Borrower Security Trustee that it has complied with its obligations
under this Agreement in relation to the proposed withdrawal that there
is no Loan Event of Default subsisting which has not been waived at the
date of withdrawal and that the monies standing to the credit of the
Disposal Proceeds Account representing Tax will be applied: |
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subject to paragraph 6, in or
towards the making of a payment to a Tax Authority to satisfy any liability
to Tax in respect of a Permitted Disposal; |
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subject to satisfaction of the
Capital Enhancement Condition and the Reinvestment Tax Condition, together
with Net Sale Proceeds standing to the credit of the Disposals Proceeds
Account, in or towards the funding of Capital Enhancement Expenditure; |
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subject to the Businesses Acquisition
Condition and the Reinvestment Tax Condition, together with Net Sale
Proceeds standing to the credit of the Disposals Proceeds Account, in
or towards acquiring a Permitted Business; |
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5.1.4 |
in or towards the acquisition
of Eligible Investments permitted by the Borrower Transaction Documents;
or |
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5.1.5 |
subject to and in accordance
with paragraph 7 of this Schedule 10 and Clause 17.7.4 (Application
of Proceeds of Disposal of a Mortgaged Property) of this Agreement,
to or to the order of the Borrower entitled thereto. |
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5.2 |
For the purposes of this paragraph
5, the Reinvestment Tax Condition will be satisfied if and to the extent
that: |
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5.2.1 |
the amount representing Tax is
in respect of a chargeable gain lthat arose on the disposal of an asset
which was within the classes of asset listed in section 155 TCGA; and |
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the relevant Borrower certifies
to the Borrower Security Trustee that the Capital Enhancement Expenditure
or the Permitted Acquisition Expenditure (as the case may be), is Qualifying
Rollover Expenditure or Qualifying Holdover Expenditure; and |
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the relevant Borrower undertakes
to the Borrower Security Trustee that it will submit a claim for rollover
relief under sections 152 or 153 TCGA or, if applicable, holdover relief
under sections 152 or 153 TCGA (as applied by section 154 TCGA) in respect
of the relevant Permitted Disposal and the Qualifying Rollover Expenditure
or Qualifying Holdover Expenditure (as applicable) in accordance with
the relevant statutory provisions, |
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provided that no release shall
be permitted by this paragraph 5 in respect of Qualifying Holdover Relief
unless the Holdover Condition is met. |
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Where either: |
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5.3.1 |
a Borrower fails to make a such
a claim for rollover relief or holdover relief pursuant to its obligations
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the conditions set out in paragraphs
5.2.1 and/or 5.2.2 are not met (so no such claim can be validly made
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and the relevant Disposal CGT
Liability is a Material CGT Liability, then the Borrower undertakes to
the Borrower Security Trustee that it will use Excess Cash to pay into
the Disposal Proceeds Account an amount equal to the amount released
pursuant to paragraphs 5.1.2 or 5.1.3. |
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5.4 |
Where, in accordance with and
subject to the provisions of paragraph 7, monies standing to the credit
of the Disposal Proceeds Account representing Tax are applied to or to
the order of the Borrower entitled thereto, the application of such monies
shall be regarded for the purposes of this Agreement as having been applied
for purposes approved by Ambac (for so long as Ambac is the Controlling
Creditor) and the Borrower Security Trustee. |
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6. |
Payment to Tax Authority |
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6.1 |
Subject to the provisions of
this paragraph 6, the Borrower Security Trustee will provide written
consent to the release of amounts representing Tax from the Disposals
Proceeds Account to make a payment to a Tax Authority to discharge the
whole or any part of any liability to Tax arising in respect of a Permitted
Disposal. |
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6.2 |
Each Borrower shall notify the
Cash Manager of the dates on which Tax is payable by it to a Tax Authority
and, where the Borrower Security Trustee has consented to the release
of amounts from the Disposals Proceeds Account to discharge a liability
to Tax, the Cash Manager shall be authorised to: |
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6.2.1 |
withdraw amounts representing
Tax arising on a Permitted Disposal from the Disposals Proceeds Account
10 Business Days prior to the due date for payment of such Tax; and |
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6.2.2 |
pay to the relevant Tax Authority
on behalf of the relevant Borrower (or, in relation to a liability to
VAT, where applicable, the representative member of the VAT group of
which the relevant Borrower is a member) the whole or such part of such
amount as is required to discharge the liability to Tax in respect of
which such payment to the Tax Authority is being made. |
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6.3 |
The Cash Manager undertakes to
the Borrower Security Trustee that, if any sum is released to it pursuant
to this paragraph 6, it will make the required payment to the relevant
Tax Authority. |
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6.4 |
Where an amount credited to the
Disposals Proceeds Account represents a Disposal VAT Liability, the Cash
Manager is authorised to withdraw from the Disposal Proceeds Account
an amount representing the full amount of such Disposal VAT Liability
for payment to the relevant Tax Authority for the relevant VAT accounting
period of the relevant Borrower (or, where applicable, the VAT group
of which such Borrower is a member) in accordance with this paragraph
6 notwithstanding that the actual amount to be paid by that Borrower
(or, where applicable, the representative member of the VAT group of
which such Borrower is a member) to such Tax Authority may be a lesser
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Where an amount standing to the
credit of the Disposals Proceeds Account represents a Stamp Duty Liability
(including, in relation to an Intra-Group Disposal, any liability to
Tax of that transferee Borrower in respect of such Stamp Duty Liability),
the Cash Manager is authorised to withdraw from the Disposals Proceeds
Account an amount equal to such Stamp Duty Liability: |
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6.5.1 |
to pay the relevant amount of
stamp duty or stamp duty land tax to the relevant Tax Authority; or |
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6.5.2 |
where the acquisition of the
asset qualifies for: |
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exemption from stamp
duty under section 42 Finance Xxx 0000 or section 151 Finance Xxx 0000,
following adjudication of the relevant transfer as exempt; or |
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exemption from stamp duty land
tax under paragraph 1, Schedule 7 Finance Xxx 0000, following delivery
to the Inland Revenue of a land transaction return in respect of such
acquisition in which a claim for such exemption is made, |
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to the order of the relevant
Borrower. |
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6.6 |
The Borrower Security Trustee
will only authorise payment to or on behalf of a Borrower under this
paragraph 6 to the extent that amounts attributable to the relevant Tax
Liability have been credited to the Disposals Proceeds Account by the
relevant Borrower as evidenced by the records maintained by the Cash
Manager. |
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7. |
Other Releases |
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7.1 |
Subject to the provisions of
the Borrower Transaction Documents, paragraphs 7.2 and 7.3 and 8 below
and there being no obligation pursuant to paragraph 9 to provide the
Borrower Security Trustee with a Tax Report, the following are the circumstances
in which a release in respect of a Tax Amount from the Disposal Proceeds
Account will be regarded as being applied for a purpose approved by Ambac
(for so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor) and the Borrower Security
Trustee in accordance with paragraph 5.1.5: |
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7.1.1 |
Available Tax Reliefs |
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the relevant Borrower certifies
to the Borrower Security Trustee that there are Available Tax Reliefs
and such Available Tax Reliefs can be used to reduce or extinguish the
Disposal CGT Liability that would, absent such Available Tax Reliefs,
arise on a Permitted Disposal, then such amount as represents the amount
by which the Disposal CGT Liability arising on the Permitted Disposal
is reduced by virtue of the Available Tax Reliefs shall be regarded for
the purposes of this Agreement as Excess Net Sale Proceeds and (subject
to Clause 17.7.4 (Application of Proceeds of Disposal of a Mortgaged
Property) the Borrower Security Trustee shall authorise the Cash
Manager to, and the Cash Manager shall, pay such amount from the Disposal
Proceeds
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Tax Otherwise Discharged |
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the whole or any part of a Disposal
CGT Liability has been paid (the "Discharged Amount")
out of Excess Cash (including for these purposes any Excess Net Sale
Proceeds released to the relevant Borrower) or Third Party Funds, then
such amount as is equal to the Discharged Amount shall be regarded for
the purposes of this Agreement as Excess Net Sale Proceeds and (subject
to Clause 17.7.4 (Application of Proceeds of Disposal of a Mortgaged
Property)) the Cash Manager shall be authorised to, and the Cash
Manager shall, following written confirmation from the relevant Borrower
of the payment of the Discharged Amount to the relevant Tax Authority,
pay such amount from the Disposal Proceeds Account to the Borrower;
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Qualifying (Extended) Rollover
Expenditure |
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the amount representing Tax in
the Disposal Proceeds Account is in respect of a chargeable gain that
arose on the disposal of an asset which was within the classes of asset
listed in section 155 TCGA; and |
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the Borrower that made the Permitted
Disposal has incurred capital expenditure (otherwise than in the circumstances
mentioned in paragraph 5.2 above) which is Qualifying (Extended) Rollover
Expenditure; and |
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the relevant Borrower undertakes
to the Borrower Security Trustee that it will submit a claim for rollover
relief under sections 152 or 153 TCGA in respect of the relevant Permitted
Disposal and the relevant capital expenditure in accordance with the
relevant statutory provisions, |
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then such amount
as represents the amount by which the Disposal CGT Liability arising
on the Permitted Disposal is intended to be reduced by virtue of the
relevant claim(s) for rollover relief shall be regarded for the purposes
of this Agreement as Excess Net Sale Proceeds and (subject to Clause
17.7.4 (Application of Proceeds of Disposal of a Mortgaged Property))
the Cash Manager shall be authorised, following written confirmation
from the relevant Borrower such capital expenditure has been incurred
and that the undertaking has been given, to pay such amount from the
Disposal Proceeds Account to the relevant Borrower; or |
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7.1.4 |
Qualifying
Rollover Expenditure |
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(a) |
the amount representing Tax in
the Disposal Proceeds Account is in respect of a chargeable gain that
arose on the disposal of an asset which was within the classes of asset
listed in section 155 TCGA; and |
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(b) |
the Borrower that made the Permitted
Disposal intends to incur capital expenditure which (i) will be Qualifying
Rollover Expenditure and (ii) is assumed to be incurred by such Borrower
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the relevant Borrower undertakes
to the Borrower Security Trustee that: |
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it will make a declaration in its return
in accordance with the provisions of section 153A TCGA (provisional application
of section 152 and 153 TCGA) in respect of the relevant Permitted Disposal
and such capital expenditure; and |
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it will replace such provisional claim referred
to in this paragraph as soon as reasonably practicable (in accordance
with the usual practice of that Borrower in relation to management of
its Tax affairs) with a claim for rollover relief under sections 152
or 153 TCGA in respect of the relevant Permitted Disposal and such expenditure
(when such expenditure has been incurred), in each case in accordance
with the relevant statutory provisions, |
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then such amount as represents
the amount by which the Disposal CGT Liability arising on the Permitted
Disposal is intended to be reduced by virtue of the relevant claims or
provisional claims for rollover relief shall be regarded for the purposes
of this Agreement as Excess Net Sale Proceeds and (subject to Clause
17.7.4 (Application of Proceeds of Disposal of a Mortgaged Property))
the Cash Manager shall be authorised, following written confirmation
from the relevant Borrower of its intention to incur capital expenditure
and that the undertaking has been given, to pay such amount from the
Disposal Proceeds Account to the relevant Borrower; or |
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Group Rollover Relief |
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(a) |
the amount representing Tax in
the Disposal Proceeds Account is in respect of a chargeable gain that
arose on the disposal of an asset which was within the classes of asset
listed in section 155 TCGA; and |
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(b) |
a MAB Group Company (not being
the Borrower) has incurred capital expenditure which is Qualifying (Extended)
Rollover Expenditure; and |
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(c) |
the relevant Borrower has certified
to the Borrower Security Trustee that it and the relevant MAB Group Company
have submitted a joint claim for rollover relief under sections 152 or
153 TCGA (by virtue of the provisions of section 175 TCGA) in respect
of the relevant Permitted Disposal and the relevant capital expenditure
in accordance with the relevant statutory provisions, |
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then in such circumstances such
amount as represents the amount by which the Disposal CGT Liability arising
on the Permitted Disposal is intended to be reduced by virtue of the
relevant claim(s) for rollover relief shall be regarded for the purposes
of this Agreement as Excess Net Sale Proceeds and (subject to Clause
17.7.4 (Application of Proceeds of Disposal of a Mortgaged Property))
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the Cash Manager shall be authorised,
following written confirmation from the relevant Borrower such capital
expenditure has been incurred and that the joint claim referred to in
paragraph 7.1.5(c) above has been filed with the Inland Revenue, to pay
such amount from the Disposal Proceeds Account to the relevant Borrower;
or |
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Holdover Relief |
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(a) |
the amount representing Tax in
the Disposal Proceeds Account is in respect of a chargeable gain that
arose on the disposal of an asset which was within the classes of asset
listed in section 155 TCGA; and |
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the Borrower has incurred capital
expenditure (otherwise than in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph
5.2 above) which is Qualifying Holdover Expenditure; and |
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the relevant Borrower undertakes
to the Borrower Security Trustee that it will submit a claim for holdover
relief under section 152 or 153 TCGA (as applied by section 154 TCGA)
in accordance with the relevant statutory provisions, |
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then such amount as represents
the amount by which the Disposal CGT Liability arising on the Permitted
Disposal is reduced by virtue of the relevant claim(s) for holdover relief
shall be regarded for the purposes of this Agreement as Excess Net Sale
Proceeds and (subject to Clause 17.7.4 (Application of Proceeds of
Disposal of a Mortgaged Property)) the Cash Manager shall be authorised,
following written confirmation from the relevant Borrower such capital
expenditure has been incurred and that the undertaking has been given,
to pay such amount from the Disposal Proceeds Account to the relevant
Borrower, provided that no release shall be permitted by this paragraph
7.1.6 in respect of Qualifying Holdover Relief unless the Holdover Condition
is met; or |
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(x) |
the amount representing Tax
in the Disposal Proceeds Account is in respect of a chargeable gain;
and |
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(b) |
the relevant Borrower has certified
to the Borrower Security Trustee that it has entered into a joint election,
by notice in writing to the Inland Revenue, with a MAB Group Company
(not being another Borrower) pursuant to the provisions of section 171A
TCGA as a result of which the relevant Mortgaged Property is deemed to
have been transferred to that MAB Group Company prior to the Permitted
Disposal in accordance with the relevant statutory provisions, |
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and in such circumstances such
amount as represents the amount by which the Disposal CGT Liability arising
on the Permitted Disposal is reduced by virtue of the relevant election(s)
shall be regarded for the purposes of this Agreement as Excess Net Sale
Proceeds and (subject to clause 17.7.4 (Application of Proceeds of Disposal
of a Mortgaged Property)) the Cash Manager shall be authorised, following
written confirmation from the relevant Borrower that such joint election
has been made, to pay such amount from the Disposal Proceeds Account to
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provided that,
in each case, the Borrower Security Trustee will only authorise payment
to a Borrower to the extent of amounts attributable to the relevant liability
to Tax have been credited to the Disposals Proceeds Account by the relevant
Borrower as evidenced by the records maintained by the Cash Manager. |
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7.2 |
No release of a Tax
Amount from the Disposal Proceeds Account under this paragraph 7 shall be
permitted by the Borrower Security Trustee at any time when Tax Reports
are required to be provided to the Borrower Security Trustee or at any time
when a Borrower is in breach of its obligations under paragraph 8 to pay
amounts into the Disposal Proceeds Accounts out of Excess Funds. |
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7.3 |
No release of a Tax
Amount from the Disposals Proceeds Account shall be permitted under paragraph
7.1.4 (Qualifying Rollover Expenditure) at any time after there has been
an Incorrect Release where such Incorrect Release related to a Material
Released Amount. |
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8. |
Released Amounts |
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8.1 |
Where, in respect
of a Released Amount: |
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8.1.1 |
Available Tax Reliefs certified
by the Borrower as being available pursuant to paragraph 7.1.1 prove not
to be so available to reduce or extinguish the relevant Disposal CGT Liability;
or |
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8.1.2 |
a payment to the relevant Tax
Authority of a Discharged Amount has not been made or has only partly been
made; or |
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8.1.3 |
a Borrower (and/or the MAB Group
Company, in the case of a claim referred to in paragraph 7.1.5(c)) fails
to make a rollover relief claim or holdover relief claim (as the case may
be) pursuant to its obligations under paragraphs 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5 or
7.1.6; or |
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8.1.4 |
a provisional claim made under
section 153A TCGA is withdrawn (without being superceded by a valid claim
under section 152 or 153 TCGA); or |
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8.1.5 |
the applicable statutory conditions
are not met with respect to any such claim (and therefore no such claim
can be validly made); or |
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8.1.6 |
the applicable statutory conditions
are not met with respect to the joint election made pursuant to section
171A TCGA referred to in paragraph 7.1.7(b) (and therefore no such election
can be validly made) or such election is subsequently withdrawn or revoked
or it otherwise ceases to have effect, |
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and the Released Amount is a Material
Released Amount, then the Borrower undertakes to the Borrower Security Trustee
that it will use Excess Cash to pay into the Disposal Proceeds Account an
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8.2 |
Where the Released Amount relates
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8.2.1 |
a release made pursuant to paragraph 7.1.6
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8.2.2 |
the Holdover Condition was not met at the
time of that release, |
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the Borrower undertakes to the Borrower Security
Trustee that it will use Excess Cash to pay into the Disposal Proceeds
Account an amount equal to the Released Amount. |
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8.3 |
Where the Borrower is required
to utilise Excess Cash pursuant to paragraphs 5.3, 8.1 or 8.2, there
shall be an Incorrect Release. |
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8.4 |
References in this paragraph 8 and in paragraph
5.3 to the use of Excess Cash to pay into the Disposal Proceeds Account
shall be deemed to include the retention of amounts which constitute
Excess Net Sale Proceeds in the Disposal Proceeds Account in respect
of such Released Amounts where such Excess Net Sale Proceeds would otherwise
have been eligible for withdrawal. |
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9.1 |
Where there has been a Incorrect
Release, then the Borrower shall require that the auditors to that Borrower
or a firm of third party accountants satisfactory to the Borrower Security
Trustee provide to the Borrower Security Trustee a report (the "Tax
Report") setting out the amount of Qualifying Rollover Expenditure
and/or Qualifying Holdover Expenditure stated to be incurred by the Borrower
in connection with any release under paragraphs 5.1.2 or 5.1.3 in the
period of the Tax Report and the amount of such expenditure actually
incurred by the Borrower in such period. Such Tax Report shall be provided
to the Borrower Security Trustee at three monthly intervals at the end
of each of January, April, July and October for a period of 3 years following
the Incorrect Release and commencing with the first corporation tax instalment
month end following the Incorrect Release. |
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9.2 |
At the end of such three year
period, if the Borrower Security Trustee (acting on the instructions
of Ambac (for so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor)) is satisfied
that the Borrower has been in compliance with its obligations under this
Schedule 10 in respect of any release of Tax made in such period and
certification has been provided by the Borrower to the Borrower Security
Trustee that there are no disputes in existence with the Inland Revenue
in relation to any rollover or holdover claim made in respect of a disposal
of a Mortgaged Property, then the Borrower shall no longer be required
to procure such Tax Reports and subject to having complied with its obligations
under paragraphs 8.1 and 8.2 shall be permitted to withdraw amounts pursuant
to and
in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 7. |
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9.3 |
If at the end of the three year period,
the Borrower Security Trustee (acting on the instructions of Ambac (for
so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor)) is not satisfied the Borrower
has complied with its obligations under Schedule 10, then the Borrower
shall continue to be required to procure such Tax Reports for a further
period of one year and for each additional year until the Borrower Security
Trustee (acting on the instructions of Ambac (for so long as Ambac is
the Controlling Creditor)) is satisfied that the Borrower has complied
with its obligations and certification has been provided by the Borrower
to the Borrower Security Trustee that there are no disputes in existence
with the Inland Revenue in relation to any rollover or holdover claim
made in
respect of a disposal of a Mortgaged Property. |
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9.4 |
Notwithstanding any Incorrect Release or
the Borrower being required to provide Tax Reports under the provisions
of this paragraph 9, the Borrower shall not be prevented from withdrawing
amounts under paragraph 5 in accordance with its terms. |
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9.5 |
Where, in an accounting period of a Borrower,
an amount representing Tax has been released from the Disposals Proceeds
Account in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 5 or 7 above,
the Borrower Security Trustee (acting on the instructions of Ambac (for
so long as Ambac is the Controlling Creditor)) may by written notice
require that the auditors to that Borrower or a firm of third party accountants
satisfactory to the Borrower Security Trustee certify that, where a release
is made subject to the making of a claim or election in respect of a
relief from Tax, the relevant claim or election (as the case may be)
has been taken account by the Borrower in the company tax return filed
by that Borrower with the Inland Revenue with respect to that accounting
period at any time after the filing date for such company tax return
(as defined for the purposes of Schedule 18 Finance Act 1998) and, where
it is a requirement for the relief to be available that the relevant
claim or election is made in that tax return or in the accounting period
to which such tax return relates, that such claim or election was made
in such company tax return or such period as the case may be. |
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Certification |
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10.1 |
Subject to the provisions of
paragraphs 10.2 and 10.3, references in this Schedule to the Borrower
certifying, undertaking or providing written confirmation (as the case
may be) in respect of a matter referred to in this Schedule shall mean
certification or undertaking given, or written confirmation provided,
by the Finance Director of the relevant Borrower. |
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10.2 |
Where certification is required
pursuant to paragraph 1 then such certificate shall be made in the Mortgaged
Property Disposal Certificate (in accordance with Clause 17.7 (Covenants
and Other Provisions regarding Disposal of Mortgaged Properties)
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10.3 |
The Borrower Security Trustee
may at any time request in writing that a certificate signed by two directors
of the relevant Borrower be given to it confirming any of the matters
referred to in paragraphs 5.2, 6 and 7.1, provided that where the amount
to be released is a Material Released Amount then such certification
shall be a condition of any release to be made pursuant to paragraph
7.1 above. |
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10.4 |
Without prejudice to the generality
of paragraph 10.3 above, where the certificate referred to in paragraph
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10.4.1 |
the whole or any part of a Disposal CGT
Liability having been paid in full pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
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10.4.2 |
a claim for rollover relief pursuant to the
provisions of paragraph 7.1.3, then the relevant Borrower shall certify
that it has incurred capital expenditure and that such expenditure is Qualifying
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10.4.3 |
a claim for rollover relief pursuant to the
provisions of paragraph 7.1.4, then the relevant Borrower shall certify
it intends to incur capital expenditure which will qualify as Qualifying
Rollover Expenditure, by reference to that Borrower's future capital expenditure
plans; |
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10.4.4 |
a claim for group rollover relief pursuant
to the provisions of paragraph 7.1.5, then the relevant Borrower shall certify
that capital expenditure capital expenditure has been incurred and that
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10.4.5 |
a claim from holdover relief pursuant to
the provisions of paragraph 7.1.6, then the relevant Borrower will certify
that it has incurred capital expenditure and such expenditure is Qualifying
Holdover Expenditure. |
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10.5 |
Where certification, undertaking
or written confirmation is required by the Borrower in order for a release
of any Tax Amount from the Disposals Proceeds Account, release shall only
be made once the appropriate certification, undertaking or written confirmation
(as the case may be) has been provided to the Borrower Security Trustee. |
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10.6 |
The Borrower Security Trustee
(acting on the instructions of Ambac (for so long as Ambac is the Controlling
Creditor)) may require that any certificate given by the directors of any
Borrower pursuant to the provisions of the Schedule 10 be (at the cost and
expense of such Borrower) verified by auditors, lawyers or other independent
experts in each case satisfactory to the Borrower Security Trustee. |
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SPECIFIC MORTGAGED PROPERTIES,
CONSENT LEASEHOLD MORTGAGED PROPERTIES AND
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Specific Mortgaged Properties |
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Property Description |
Company to be
transferred to |
Legal Owner
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171719 |
Bristol Bowl |
R2 |
Gala |
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191035 |
Stechford – Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
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Xxxxxxx |
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Crown Liquor Salon – Xxxxxxx |
X0 |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Limited |
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141518 |
Xxxxxxx, Blacon |
PC |
Unique Pub Properties |
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181609 |
Xxxxxxxxxxx Restaurant, London |
R2 |
MBRL |
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170542 |
All Xxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxx |
X0 |
XXXX |
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191299 |
Bar Zero, Liverpool |
R2 |
MBRL |
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191280 |
Bar 00, Xxxxxxxxx |
X0 |
XXXX |
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163244 |
All Bar One, Fulham, Broadway |
R2 |
MBRL |
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164097 |
Academy, Thurrock |
PC |
MBRL |
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165514 |
Hemmingways, Solihull |
PC |
MBRL |
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168653 |
Xxxxxxx Castle Meadow, Norwich |
PC |
MBRL |
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190632 |
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx |
X0 |
XXXX |
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187895 |
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx |
X0 |
XXXX |
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193550 |
Marble Arch |
R2 |
MBRL |
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159905 |
Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
XX |
XXXX |
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
PC |
MBRL |
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Xxx Xxxxxx |
PC |
MBRL |
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Bun
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Property Description |
Company to be
transferred to |
Legal Owner
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160636 |
Need the Dough |
PC |
MBRL |
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171042 |
All Bar One, Hampstead |
PC |
MBRL |
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43605 |
The Pelican |
R2 |
MBRL |
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123781 |
Exeter, 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
XX |
XXXX |
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000000 |
Leicester, Beaumont Leys – Astill |
PC |
MBRL |
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141640 |
Xxxxxxxxx X00, Xxxx X Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
XX |
XXXX |
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000000 |
All Bar One, Wandsworth |
PC |
MBRL |
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171980 |
Xxxx 0, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx |
PC |
MBRL |
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|
177156 |
The Brasserie Xxxxxx |
R2 |
MBRL |
|
|
|
|
141127 |
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx |
XX |
XXXX |
|
|
|
|
000000 |
Xxxx 00, 0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx |
PC |
MBRL |
|
|
|
|
195472 |
West Bromwich |
PC |
MBRL |
|
|
|
|
139807 |
Birmingham, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx |
XX |
XXXX |
|
|
|
|
000000 |
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx |
PC |
MBRL |
|
|
|
|
139793 |
Xxxxxx Road/Lichfield Road, Coleshill |
PC |
MBRL |
|
|
|
|
186554 |
Newport, Celtic Springs |
R2 |
MBRL |
|
|
|
|
190764 |
All Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00 Xxxxxxxxx |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
000000 |
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
122580 |
Land at Corringham, Pompidoure |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
130753 |
Chapel Street, Forsbrook |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
133754 |
Lower Xxxxxxxxxxx Farm |
PC |
[ ] |
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Bun
Number |
Property Description |
Company to be
transferred to |
Legal Owner
(where known) |
|
|
|
|
142891 |
Xxxxxxxxx, Woodfield Terrace |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
000000 |
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
159506 |
Hathersage, Bamford r/o Bamford Arms |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
141070 |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Ex-Black Bull |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
121142 |
Xxxxxx XX0 – 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
000000 |
Xxxxxxxxxx |
XX |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
176460 |
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
190934 |
Oldbury, adjoining Royal Oak |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
141755 |
Sale, Greatrix Lane |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
194859 |
Swadlincote, Coppice Side |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
194867 |
Tamworth |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
122254 |
Westcliff – 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
125393 |
Rochdale, Castleton |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
141143 |
Rochdale, Bamford |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
000000 |
(xxxx xxxxxxxx) Xxxxxx Arms, Hapsford |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
000000 |
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00 Xxxxxxx |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
140856 |
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
60364 |
Packhorse, Bradford |
PC |
[ ] |
|
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Number |
Property Description |
Company to be
transferred to |
Legal Owner
(where known) |
|
|
|
|
161918 |
Burton – Stapenhill Road |
PC |
[ ] |
|
|
|
|
000000 |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx |
X0 |
Under contract to purchase |
|
|
|
|
191930 |
Thanet, Eurokent Business Park |
R2 |
Under contract to purchase |
|
|
|
|
181013 |
Royal Barge, Kingston-upon Thames |
R2 |
Under contract to purchase |
|
|
|
|
183644 |
La Bamba |
R2 |
Under contract to purchase |
|
|
|
|
163406 |
All Bar One, Hanover Street |
R2 |
Under contract to purchase |
|
|
|
|
171999 |
Xxxx & Buster, Solihull |
R2 |
Mitchells & Butlers Leisure
Entertainment Limited |
|
|
|
|
172006 |
Xxxx & Buster, Bristol |
R2 |
Mitchells & Butlers Leisure
Entertainment Limited |
|
|
|
|
172812 |
00/00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx |
PC |
Mitchells & Butlers Leisure
Entertainment Limited |
|
|
|
|
191400 |
Phoenix Bar, Bristol |
R2 |
MBRL |
|
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Consent Leasehold Mortgaged Properties
Bun No |
|
Property |
84506 |
|
Traveller's Rest Xxxxxxxxx Caerphilly – Car Park Extension |
|
|
|
174831 |
|
Browns Brighton – Lease 4 (44 Middle Street) |
|
|
|
180149 |
|
Flares, Sheffield |
|
|
|
164895 |
|
O'Neills, Watford |
|
|
|
63215 |
|
The Orange Tree Public House, Totteridge |
|
|
|
183733 |
|
Goose in the City, Wolverhampton (basement ground floor, 00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx) |
|
|
|
148385 |
|
All Bar One, Xxxxxxxx |
|
|
|
000000 |
|
Browns, Leeds |
|
|
|
172790 |
|
Newham Bowl |
|
|
|
142697 |
|
Xxxxxxx, Ealing (formerly known as 28 and 30 Broadway) |
|
|
|
170887 |
|
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
|
|
|
167908 |
|
Xxxxxxx, Bridge Street, Guildford |
|
|
|
174149 |
|
All Bar One Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
|
|
|
000000 |
|
O'Neill's Xxxxxx Bridge |
|
|
|
180106 |
|
The Mermaid Public House, 15 The Broadwalk, Port Solent, North Harbour, Portsmouth |
|
|
|
178659 |
|
O'Neills, Shaftesbury Avenue |
|
|
|
169315 |
|
All Bar One Kingsway |
|
|
|
65056 |
|
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Canonbury |
|
|
|
168858 |
|
All Bar One, Charter House |
|
|
|
191361 |
|
Piccadilly, Manchester |
|
|
|
181560 |
|
Three Locks, Bletchley |
|
|
|
178802 |
|
Forgery & Firkin, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx |
|
|
|
191418 |
|
Pumphouse, London EC3 |
|
|
|
191370 |
|
Last Bid Woodstock St W1 – 23 Woodstock |
|
|
|
191388 |
|
Light Bar, Wolverhampton (lease 2/1/97) |
|
|
|
170348 |
|
All Bar One King Street Manchester |
|
|
|
171760 |
|
Hollywood Bowl Basildon |
|
|
|
180980 |
|
Rb's Xxxxxxx |
|
|
|
00000 |
|
X'Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
|
|
|
176435 |
|
Xxxxxxx, South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh |
|
|
|
183113 |
|
Xxxxxxx, Glasgow |
|
|
|
179620 |
|
The Xxxxx Inn, South Queensferry |
|
|
|
191469 |
|
Huggy Bears, Glasgow |
|
|
|
160482 |
|
O'Neills, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow |
|
|
|
179191 |
|
O'Neills, Merchant Square, Glasgow |
|
|
|
179914 |
|
The Steamie, Greenock |
|
|
|
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|
Property |
179191 |
|
O'Neills, Merchant Square,
Glasgow |
|
|
|
179914 |
|
The Steamie, Greenock |
|
|
|
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Part 3
Split Title Mortgaged Properties
Bun Number |
|
Property |
30180 |
|
Suttonfields Hull |
|
|
|
43265 |
|
Sports Academy (formerly The Xxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxx), Xxxxxx XX0 |
|
|
|
00000 |
|
Belle Vue Blackpool |
|
|
|
149110 |
|
Land at the back of Flares, Broad Street, Birmingham |
|
|
|
178675 |
|
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx |
|
|
|
000000 |
|
Goose on Gloucester Green, Oxford (part) |
|
|
|
179795 |
|
The Kenilworth Edinburgh |
|
|
|
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EXECUTION PAGE
Initial Borrower
MITCHELLS & BUTLERS RETAIL
LIMITED
By: XXXXX XXXXXX
…………………………………………..
Securitisation Group Parent
MITCHELLS & BUTLERS RETAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED
By: XXXXX XXXXXX
…………………………………………..
Issuer
MITCHELLS & BUTLERS FINANCE PLC
By: XXXXX XXXXXX
…………………………………………..
Cash Manager
MITCHELLS & BUTLERS LEISURE RETAIL LIMITED
By: XXXX XXXXXXXXXXX
…………………………………………..
Borrower Security Trustee
HSBC TRUSTEE (C.I.) LIMITED
By: XXXXX FORT
…………………………………………..
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