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EXHIBIT 1
Exhibit 1
VERSION: MAY 2000
GLOBAL MASTER SECURITIES LENDING AGREEMENT
XXXXXXXX CHANCE
CONTENTS
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1.
| | Applicability
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2.
| | Interpretation
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3.
| | Loans Of Securities
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4.
| | Delivery
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5.
| | Collateral
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6.
| | Distributions And Corporate Actions
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7.
| | Rates Applicable To Loaned Securities And Cash Collateral
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8.
| | Redelivery Of Equivalent Securities
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9.
| | Failure To Redeliver
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10.
| | Set-Off Etc
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11.
| | Transfer Taxes
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12.
| | Lender’s Warranties
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13.
| | Borrower’s Xxxxxxxxxx
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| | Events Of Xxxxxxx
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| | Interest On Outstanding Payments
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16.
| | Transactions Entered Into As Agent
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17.
| | Termination Of This Agreement
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18.
| | Single Agreement
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19.
| | Severance
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20.
| | Specific Performance
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21.
| | Notices
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22.
| | Assignment
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23.
| | Non-Waiver
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24.
| | Governing Law And Jurisdiction
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25.
| | Time
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26.
| | Recording
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27.
| | Waiver Of Immunity
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28.
| | Miscellaneous
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Schedule | | | 27 | |
This AGREEMENT is made the th day of
BETWEEN:
CREDIT INDUSTRIEL D’ALSACE XXXXXXXX (Banque CIAL) (“Party B”) a company incorporated under the
laws of France acting through a Designated Office.
and
Cigogne Management S.A. (the “Management Company”), as legal representative acting in the name and
on behalf of Cigogne Fund’s (the “Fund”) Compartments listed in Annex II (each Compartment acting
through the Management Company being “Party B”) a company incorporated under the laws of Grand
Duchy of Luxemburg acting through a Designated Office.
1. | | APPLICABILITY
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1.1 | | From time to time the parties may enter into transactions in which one party
(“Lender”) will transfer to the other (“Borrower”) securities and financial instruments
(“Securities”) against the transfer of Collateral (as defined in paragraph 2) with a
simultaneous agreement by Borrower to transfer to Lender Securities equivalent to
such Securities on a fixed date or on demand against the transfer to Borrower by
Lender of assets equivalent to such Collateral.
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1.2 | | Each such transaction shall be referred to in this Agreement as a “Loan” and shall be
governed by the terms of this Agreement, including the supplemental terms and
conditions contained in the Schedule and any Addenda or Annexes attached hereto,
unless otherwise agreed in writing.
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1.3 | | Either party may perform its obligations under this Agreement either directly or
through a Nominee.
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2. | | INTERPRETATION
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2.1 | | In this Agreement:-
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| “Act of Insolvency” means in relation to either Party
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| (i) | | its making a general assignment for the benefit of, or entering into a
reorganisation, arrangement, or composition with creditors; or
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| (ii) | | its stating in writing that it is unable to pay its debts as they become due; or
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| (iii) | | its seeking, consenting to or acquiescing in the appointment of any trustee,
administrator, receiver or liquidator or analogous officer of it or any material part
of its property; or
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| (iv) | | the presentation or filing of a petition in respect of it (other than by the
other Party to this Agreement in respect of any obligation under this
Agreement) in any court or before any agency alleging or for the bankruptcy, winding-up or insolvency
of such Party (or any analogous proceeding) or seeking any reorganisation,
arrangement, composition, re-adjustment, administration, liquidation, dissolution or
similar relief under any present or future statute, law or regulation, such petition
not having been stayed or dismissed within 30 days of its filing (except in the case
of a petition for winding-up or any analogous proceeding in respect of which no such
30 day period shall apply); or
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| (v) | | the appointment of a receiver, administrator, liquidator or trustee or
analogous officer of such Party over all or any material part of such Party’s
property; or
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| (vi) | | the convening of any meeting of its creditors for the purpose of considering a
voluntary arrangement as referred to in Section 3 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (or any
analogous proceeding);
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| | “Alternative Collateral” means Collateral having a Market Value equal to the Collateral
delivered pursuant to paragraph 5 and provided by way of substitution in accordance with
the provisions of paragraph 5.3;
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| | “Base Currency” means the currency indicated in paragraph 2 of the Schedule;
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| | “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banks and securities
markets are open for business generally in each place stated in paragraph 3 of the Schedule
and, in relation to the delivery or redelivery of any of the following in relation to any
Loan, in the place(s) where the relevant Securities, Equivalent Securities, Collateral or
Equivalent Collateral are to be delivered;
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| | “Cash Collateral” means Collateral that takes the form of a transfer of currency;
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| | “Close of Business” means the time at which the relevant banks, securities exchanges or
depositaries close in the business centre in which payment is to be made or Securities or
Collateral is to be delivered;
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| | “Collateral” means such securities or financial instruments or transfers of currency as are
referred to in the table set out under paragraph 1 of the Schedule as being acceptable or
any combination thereof as agreed between the Parties in relation to any particular Loan
and which are delivered by Borrower to Lender in accordance with this Agreement and shall
include Alternative Collateral;
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| | “Defaulting Party” shall have the meaning given in paragraph 14;
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| | “Designated Office” means the branch or office of a Party which is specified as such in
paragraph 4 of the Schedule or such other branch or office as may be agreed to in writing
by the Parties;
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| | “Equivalent ”or “equivalent to” in relation to any Securities or Collateral provided under
this Agreement means securities, together with cash or other property (in the case of
Collateral) as the case may be, of an identical type, nominal value, description and amount
to particular Securities or Collateral, as the case may be, so provided. If and to the extent that such Securities or Collateral, as the case may be, consists of
securities that are partly paid or have been converted, subdivided, consolidated, made the
subject of a takeover, rights of pre-emption, rights to receive securities or a certificate
which may at a future date be exchanged for securities, the expression shall include such
securities or other assets to which Lender or Borrower as the case may be, is entitled
following the occurrence of the relevant event, and, if appropriate, the giving of the
relevant notice in accordance with paragraph 6.4 and provided that Lender or Borrower, as
the case may be, has paid to the other Party all and any sums due in respect thereof. In
the event that such Securities or Collateral, as the case may be, have been redeemed, are
partly paid, are the subject of a capitalisation issue or are subject to an event similar
to any of the foregoing events described in this paragraph, the expression shall have the
following meanings:-
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| (a) | | in the case of redemption, a sum of money equivalent to the proceeds of the
redemption;
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| (b) | | in the case of a call on partly paid securities, securities equivalent to the
relevant Loaned Securities or Collateral, as the case may be, provided that
Lender shall have paid Borrower, in respect of Loaned Securities, and
Borrower shall have paid to Lender, in respect of Collateral, an amount of
money equal to the sum due in respect of the call;
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| (c) | | in the case of a capitalisation issue, securities equivalent to the relevant
Loaned Securities or Collateral, as the case may be, together with the
securities allotted by way of bonus thereon;
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| (d) | | in the case of any event similar to any of the foregoing events described in
this paragraph, securities equivalent to the Loaned Securities or the relevant
Collateral, as the case may be, together with or replaced by a sum of money
or securities or other property equivalent to that received in respect of such
Loaned Securities or Collateral, as the case may be, resulting from such
event;
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| | “Income” means any interest, dividends or other distributions of any kind whatsoever with
respect to any Securities or Collateral;
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| | “Income Payment Date”, with respect to any Securities or Collateral means the date on which
Income is paid in respect of such Securities or Collateral, or, in the case of registered
Securities or Collateral, the date by reference to which particular registered holders are
identified as being entitled to payment of Income;
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| | “Letter of Credit” means an irrevocable, non-negotiable letter of credit in a form, and
from a bank, acceptable to Lender;
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| | “Loaned Securities” means Securities which are the subject of an outstanding Loan;
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| | “Margin” shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 1 of the Schedule with reference to
the table set out therein;
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| (a) | | in relation to the valuation of Securities, Equivalent Securities, Collateral
or Equivalent Collateral (other than Cash Collateral or a Letter of Credit):
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| (i) | | such price as is equal to the market quotation for the bid
price of such Securities, Equivalent Securities, Collateral and/or Equivalent
Collateral as derived from a reputable pricing information service reasonably
chosen in good faith by Lender; or
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| (ii) | | if unavailable the market value thereof as derived from the
prices or rates bid by a reputable dealer for the relevant instrument
reasonably chosen in good faith by Lender,
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| | | in each case at Close of Business on the previous Business Day or, at the option
of either Party where in its reasonable opinion there has been an exceptional
movement in the price of the asset in question since such time, the latest
available price; plus (in each case)
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| (iii) | | the aggregate amount of Income which has accrued but not
yet been paid in respect of the Securities, Equivalent Securities, Collateral
or Equivalent Collateral concerned to the extent not included in such price,
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| | | (provided that the price of Securities, Equivalent Securities, Collateral or
Equivalent Collateral that are suspended shall (for the purposes of paragraph 5) be
nil unless the Parties otherwise agree and (for all other purposes) shall be the
price of such Securities, Equivalent Securities, Collateral or Equivalent
Collateral, as the case may be, as of Close of Business on the dealing day in the
relevant market last preceding the date of suspension or a commercially reasonable
price agreed between the Parties;
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| (b) | | in relation to a Letter of Credit the face or stated amount of such Letter of
Credit; and
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| (c) | | in relation to Cash Collateral the amount of the currency concerned;
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| | “Nominee” means an agent or a nominee appointed by either Party to accept delivery of, hold
or deliver Securities, Equivalent Securities, Collateral and/or Equivalent Collateral or to
receive or make payments on its behalf;
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| | “Non-Defaulting Party”
shall have the meaning given in paragraph 14;
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| | “Parties” means Lender
and Borrower and “Party” shall be construed accordingly;
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| | “Posted Collateral” has the meaning given in paragraph 5.4;
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| | “Required Collateral Value” shall have the meaning given in
paragraph 5.4;
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| | “Settlement Date” means the date upon which Securities are transferred to Borrower in
accordance with this Agreement.
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2.2 | | Headings
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| | All headings appear for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this
Agreement.
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2.3 | | Market terminology
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| | Notwithstanding the use of expressions such as “borrow”, “lend”, “Collateral”, “Margin”,
“redeliver” etc. which are used to reflect terminology used in the market for transactions
of the kind provided for in this Agreement, title to Securities “borrowed” or “lent” and
“Collateral” provided in accordance with this Agreement shall pass from one Party to
another as provided for in this Agreement, the Party obtaining such title being obliged to
redeliver Equivalent Securities or Equivalent Collateral as the case may be.
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2.4 | | Currency conversions
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| | For the purposes of determining any prices, sums or values (including Market Value,
Required Collateral Value, Relevant Value, Bid Value and Offer Value for the purposes of
paragraphs 5 and 10 of this Agreement) prices, sums or values stated in currencies other
than the Base Currency shall be converted into the Base Currency at the latest available
spot rate of exchange quoted by a bank selected by Lender (or if an Event of Default has
occurred in relation to Lender, by Borrower) in the London interbank market for the
purchase of the Base Currency with the currency concerned on the day on which the
calculation is to be made or, if that day is not a Business Day the spot rate of exchange
quoted at Close of Business on the immediately preceding Business Day.
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2.5 | | The parties confirm that introduction of and/or substitution (in place of an existing
currency) of a new currency as the lawful currency of a country shall not have the
effect of altering, or discharging, or excusing performance under, any term of the
Agreement or any Loan thereunder, nor give a party the right unilaterally to alter or
terminate the Agreement or any Loan thereunder. Securities will for the purposes of
this Agreement be regarded as equivalent to other securities notwithstanding that as a
result of such introduction and/or substitution those securities have been redenominated
into the new currency or the nominal value of the securities has changed in connection
with such redenomination.
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2.6 | | Modifications etc to legislation
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| | Any reference in this Agreement to an act, regulation or other legislation shall include a
reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in
force.
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3. | | LOANS OF SECURITIES
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| | Lender will lend Securities to Borrower, and Borrower will borrow Securities from Lender in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The terms of each Loan shall be
agreed prior to the commencement of the relevant Loan either
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| | orally or in writing (including any agreed form of electronic communication) and confirmed
in such form and on such basis as shall be agreed between the Parties. Any confirmation
produced by a Party shall not supersede or prevail over the prior oral, written or
electronic communication (as the case may be).
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4. | | DELIVERY
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4.1 | | Delivery of Securities on commencement of Loan
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| | Lender shall procure the delivery of Securities to Borrower or deliver such Securities in
accordance with this Agreement and the terms of the relevant Loan. Such Securities shall be
deemed to have been delivered by Lender to Borrower on delivery to Borrower or as it shall
direct of the relevant instruments of transfer, or in the case of Securities held by an
agent or within a clearing or settlement system on the effective instructions to such agent
or the operator of such system which result in such Securities being held by the operator
of the clearing system for the account of the Borrower or as it shall direct, or by such
other means as may be agreed.
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4.2 | | Requirements to effect delivery
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| | The Parties shall execute and deliver all necessary documents and give all necessary
instructions to procure that all right, title and interest in:
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| (a) | | any Securities borrowed pursuant to paragraph 3;
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| (b) | | any Equivalent Securities redelivered pursuant to paragraph 8;
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| (c) | | any Collateral delivered pursuant to paragraph 5;
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| (d) | | any Equivalent Collateral redelivered pursuant to paragraphs 5 or 8;
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Agreement, on delivery or redelivery of the same in accordance with this Agreement with full
title guarantee, free from all liens, charges and encumbrances. In the case of Securities,
Collateral, Equivalent Securities or Equivalent Collateral title to which is registered in a
computer based system which provides for the recording and transfer of title to the same by
way of book entries, delivery and transfer of title shall take place in accordance with the
rules and procedures of such system as in force from time to time. The Party acquiring such
right, title and interest shall have no obligation to return or redeliver any of the assets
so acquired but, in so far as any Securities are borrowed or any Collateral is delivered to
such Party, such Party shall be obliged, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to
redeliver Equivalent Securities or Equivalent Collateral as appropriate.
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4.3 | | Deliveries to be simultaneous unless otherwise agreed
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| | Where under the terms of this Agreement a Party is not obliged to make a delivery unless
simultaneously a delivery is made to it, subject to and without prejudice to its rights
under paragraph 8.6 such Party may from time to time in accordance with market practice
and in recognition of the practical difficulties in arranging
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| | simultaneous delivery of Securities, Collateral and cash transfers waive its right under
this Agreement in respect of simultaneous delivery and/or payment provided that no such
waiver (whether by course of conduct or otherwise) in respect of one transaction shall bind
it in respect of any other transaction.
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4.4 | | Deliveries of Income
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| | In respect of Income being paid in relation to any Loaned Securities or Collateral,
Borrower in the case of Income being paid in respect of Loaned Securities and Lender in the
case of Income being paid in respect of Collateral shall provide to the other Party, as the
case may be, any endorsements or assignments as shall be customary and appropriate to
effect the delivery of money or property equivalent to the type and amount of such Income
to Lender, irrespective of whether Borrower received the same in respect of any Loaned
Securities or to Borrower, irrespective of whether Lender received the same in respect of
any Collateral.
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5. | | COLLATERAL
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5.1 | | Delivery of Collateral on commencement of Loan
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| | Subject to the other provisions of this paragraph 5, Borrower undertakes to deliver to or
deposit with Lender (or in accordance with Lender’s instructions) Collateral simultaneously
with delivery of the Securities to which the Loan relates and in any event no later than
Close of Business on the Settlement Date. In respect of Collateral comprising securities,
such Collateral shall be deemed to have been delivered by Borrower to Lender on delivery to
Lender or as it shall direct of the relevant instruments of transfer, or in the case of such
securities being held by an agent or within a clearing or settlement system, on the
effective instructions to such agent or the operator of such system, which result in such
securities being held by the operator of the clearing system for the account of the Lender
or as it shall direct, or by such other means as may be agreed.
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5.2 | | Deliveries through payment systems generating automatic payments
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| | Unless otherwise agreed between the Parties, where any Securities, Equivalent Securities,
Collateral or Equivalent Collateral (in the form of securities) are transferred through a
book entry transfer or settlement system which automatically generates a payment or
delivery, or obligation to pay or deliver, against the transfer of such securities, then:-
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| (i) | | such automatically generated payment, delivery or obligation shall be treated
as a payment or delivery by the transferee to the transferor, and except to the extent
that it is applied to discharge an obligation of the transferee to effect payment or
delivery, such payment or delivery, or obligation to pay or deliver, shall be deemed
to be a transfer of Collateral or redelivery of Equivalent Collateral, as the case may
be, made by the transferee until such time as the Collateral or Equivalent Collateral
is substituted with other Collateral or Equivalent Collateral if an obligation to
deliver other Collateral or redeliver Equivalent Collateral
existed immediately prior to the transfer of Securities, Equivalent Securities,
Collateral or Equivalent Collateral; and
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| (ii) | | the party receiving such substituted Collateral or Equivalent Collateral, or
if no obligation to deliver other Collateral or redeliver Equivalent Collateral
existed immediately prior to the transfer of Securities, Equivalent Securities,
Collateral or Equivalent Collateral, the party receiving the deemed transfer of
Collateral or redelivery of Equivalent Collateral, as the case may be, shall cause to
be made to the other party for value the same day either, where such transfer is a
payment, an irrevocable payment in the amount of such transfer or, where such transfer
is a delivery, an irrevocable delivery of securities (or other property, as the case
may be) equivalent to such property.
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5.3 | | Substitutions of Collateral
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| | Borrower may from time to time call for the repayment of Cash Collateral or the redelivery
of Collateral equivalent to any Collateral delivered to Lender prior to the date on which
the same would otherwise have been repayable or redeliverable provided that at the time of
such repayment or redelivery Borrower shall have delivered or delivers Alternative
Collateral acceptable to Lender and Borrower is in compliance with paragraph 5.4 or
paragraph 5.5, as applicable.
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5.4 | | Marking to Market of Collateral during the currency of a Loan on aggregated
basis
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| | Unless paragraph 1.3 of the Schedule indicates that paragraph 5.5 shall apply in lieu of
this paragraph 5.4, or unless otherwise agreed between the Parties:-
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| (i) | | the aggregate Market Value of the Collateral delivered to or deposited with
Lender (excluding any Equivalent Collateral repaid or redelivered under Paragraphs
5.4(ii) or 5.5(ii) (as the case may be)) (“Posted Collateral”) in respect of all Loans
outstanding under this Agreement shall equal the aggregate of the Market Value of the
Loaned Securities and the applicable Margin (the “Required Collateral Value”) in
respect of such Loans;
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| (ii) | | if at any time on any Business Day the aggregate Market Value of the Posted
Collateral in respect of all Loans outstanding under this Agreement exceeds the
aggregate of the Required Collateral Values in respect of such Loans, Lender shall (on
demand) repay and/or redeliver, as the case may be, to Borrower such Equivalent
Collateral as will eliminate the excess;
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| (iii) | | if at any time on any Business Day the aggregate Market Value of the Posted
Collateral in respect of all Loans outstanding under this Agreement falls below the
aggregate of Required Collateral Values in respect of all such Loans, Borrower shall
(on demand) provide such further Collateral to Lender as will eliminate the
deficiency.
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5.5 | | Marking to Market of Collateral during the currency of a Loan on a Loan by
Loan basis
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| | If paragraph 1.3 of the Schedule indicates this paragraph 5.5 shall apply in lieu of
paragraph 5.4, the Posted Collateral in respect of any Loan shall bear from day to day and
at any time the same proportion to the Market Value of the Loaned Securities as the Posted
Collateral bore at the commencement of such Loan. Accordingly:
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| (i) | | the Market Value of the Posted Collateral to be delivered or deposited while
the Loan continues shall be equal to the Required Collateral Value;
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| (ii) | | if at any time on any Business Day the Market Value of the Posted Collateral
in respect of any Loan exceeds the Required Collateral Value in respect of such Loan,
Lender shall (on demand) repay and/or redeliver, as the case may be, to Borrower such
Equivalent Collateral as will eliminate the excess; and
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| (iii) | | if at any time on any Business Day the Market Value of the Posted Collateral
falls below the Required Collateral Value, Borrower shall (on demand) provide such
further Collateral to Lender as will eliminate the deficiency.
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5.6 | | Requirements to redeliver excess Collateral
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| | Where paragraph 5.4 applies, unless paragraph 1.4 of the Schedule indicates that this
paragraph 5.6 does not apply, if a Party (the “first Party”) would, but for this paragraph
5.6, be required under paragraph 5.4 to provide further Collateral or redeliver Equivalent
Collateral in circumstances where the other Party (the “second Party”) would, but for this
paragraph 5.6, also be required to or provide Collateral or redeliver Equivalent Collateral
under paragraph 5.4, then the Market Value of the Collateral or Equivalent Collateral
deliverable by the first Party (“X”) shall be set-off against the Market Value of the
Collateral or Equivalent Collateral deliverable by the second Party (“Y”) and the only
obligation of the Parties under paragraph 5.4 shall be, where X exceeds Y, an obligation of
the first Party, or where Y exceeds X, an obligation of the second Party to repay and/or
(as the case may be) redeliver Equivalent Collateral or to deliver further Collateral
having a Market Value equal to the difference between X and Y.
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5.7 | | Where Equivalent Collateral is repaid or redelivered (as the case may be) or further
Collateral is provided by a Party under paragraph 5.6, the Parties shall agree to which
Loan or Loans such repayment, redelivery or further provision is to be attributed and
failing agreement it shall be attributed, as determined by the Party making such
repayment, redelivery or further provision to the earliest outstanding Loan and, in the
case of a repayment or redelivery up to the point at which the Market Value of
Collateral in respect of such Loan equals the Required Collateral Value in respect of
such Loan, and then to the next earliest outstanding Loan up to the similar point and so
on.
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5.8 | | Timing of repayments of excess Collateral or deliveries of further Collateral
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| | Where any Equivalent Collateral falls to be repaid or redelivered (as the case may be) or
further Collateral is to be provided under this paragraph 5, unless otherwise agreed
between the Parties, it shall be delivered on the same Business Day as the relevant
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| | demand. Equivalent Collateral comprising securities shall be deemed to have been delivered
by Lender to Borrower on delivery to Borrower or as it shall direct of the relevant
instruments of transfer, or in the case of such securities being held by an agent or within
a clearing or settlement system on the effective instructions to such agent or the operator
of such system which result in such securities being held by the operator of the clearing
system for the account of the Borrower or as it shall direct or by such other means as may
be agreed.
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5.9 | | Substitutions and extensions of Letters of Credit
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| | Where Collateral is a Letter of Credit, Lender may by notice to Borrower require that
Borrower, on the Business Day following the date of delivery of such notice, substitute
Collateral consisting of cash or other Collateral acceptable to Lender for the Letter of
Credit. Prior to the expiration of any Letter of Credit supporting Borrower’s obligations
hereunder, Borrower shall, no later than 10.30a.m. UK time on the second Business Day prior
to the date such Letter of Credit expires, obtain an extension of the expiration of such
Letter of Credit or replace such Letter of Credit by providing Lender with a substitute
Letter of Credit in an amount at least equal to the amount of the Letter of Credit for
which it is substituted.
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6. | | DISTRIBUTIONS AND CORPORATE ACTIONS
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6.1 | | Manufactured Payments
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| | Where Income is paid in relation to any Loaned Securities or Collateral (other than Cash
Collateral) on or by reference to an Income Payment Date Borrower, in the case of Loaned
Securities, and Lender, in the case of Collateral, shall, on the date of the payment of
such Income, or on such other date as the Parties may from time to time agree, (the
“Relevant Payment Date”) pay and deliver a sum of money or property equivalent to the type
and amount of such Income that, in the case of Loaned Securities, Lender would have been
entitled to receive had such Securities not been loaned to Borrower and had been retained
by Lender on the Income Payment Date, and, in the case of Collateral, Borrower would have
been entitled to receive had such Collateral not been provided to Lender and had been
retained by Borrower on the Income Payment Date unless a different sum is agreed between
the Parties.
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6.2 | | Income in the form of Securities
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| | Where Income, in the form of securities, is paid in relation to any Loaned Securities or
Collateral, such securities shall be added to such Loaned Securities or Collateral (and
shall constitute Loaned Securities or Collateral, as the case may be, and be part of the
relevant Loan) and will not be delivered to Lender, in the case of Loaned Securities, or to
Borrower, in the case of Collateral, until the end of the relevant Loan, provided that the
Lender or Borrower (as the case may be) fulfils their obligations under paragraph 5.4 or 5.5
(as applicable) with respect to the additional Loaned Securities or Collateral, as the case
may be.
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6.3 | | Exercise of voting rights
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| | Where any voting rights fall to be exercised in relation to any Loaned Securities or
Collateral, neither Borrower, in the case of Equivalent Securities, nor Lender, in the case
of Equivalent Collateral, shall have any obligation to arrange for voting rights of that
kind to be exercised in accordance with the instructions of the other Party in relation to
the Securities borrowed by it or transferred to it by way of Collateral, as the case may
be, unless otherwise agreed between the Parties.
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6.4 | | Corporate actions
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| | Where, in respect of any Loaned Securities or any Collateral, any rights relating to
conversion, sub-division, consolidation, pre-emption, rights arising under a takeover
offer, rights to receive securities or a certificate which may at a future date be
exchanged for securities or other rights, including those requiring election by the holder
for the time being of such Securities or Collateral, become exercisable prior to the
redelivery of Equivalent Securities or Equivalent Collateral, then Lender or Borrower, as
the case may be, may, within a reasonable time before the latest time for the exercise of
the right or option give written notice to the other Party that on redelivery of Equivalent
Securities or Equivalent Collateral, as the case may be, it wishes to receive Equivalent
Securities or Equivalent Collateral in such form as will arise if the right is exercised
or, in the case of a right which may be exercised in more than one manner, is exercised as
is specified in such written notice.
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7. | | RATES APPLICABLE TO LOANED SECURITIES AND CASH COLLATERAL
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7.1 | | Rates in respect of Loaned Securities
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| | In respect of each Loan, Borrower shall pay to Lender, in the manner prescribed in
sub-paragraph 7.3, sums calculated by applying such rate as shall be agreed between the
Parties from time to time to the daily Market Value of the Loaned Securities.
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7.2 | | Rates in respect of Cash Collateral
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| | Where Cash Collateral is deposited with Lender in respect of any Loan, Lender shall pay to
Borrower, in the manner prescribed in paragraph 7.3, sums calculated by applying such rates
as shall be agreed between the Parties from time to time to the amount of such Cash
Collateral. Any such payment due to Borrower may be set-off against any payment due to
Lender pursuant to paragraph 7.1.
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7.3 | | Payment of rates
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| | In respect of each Loan, the payments referred to in paragraph 7.1 and 7.2 shall accrue
daily in respect of the period commencing on and inclusive of the Settlement Date and
terminating on and exclusive of the Business Day upon which Equivalent Securities are
redelivered or Cash Collateral is repaid. Unless otherwise agreed, the sums so accruing in
respect of each calendar month shall be paid in arrear by the relevant Party not later than
the Business Day which is one week after the last Business Day of the calendar month to
which such payments relate or such other date as the Parties shall from time to time agree.
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8. | | REDELIVERY OF EQUIVALENT SECURITIES
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8.1 | | Delivery of Equivalent Securities on termination of a Loan
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| | Borrower shall procure the redelivery of Equivalent Securities to Lender or redeliver
Equivalent Securities in accordance with this Agreement and the terms of the relevant Loan
on termination of the Loan. Such Equivalent Securities shall be deemed to have been
delivered by Borrower to Lender on delivery to Lender or as it shall direct of the relevant
instruments of transfer, or in the case of Equivalent Securities held by an agent or within
a clearing or settlement system on the effective instructions to such agent or the operator
of such system which result in such Equivalent Securities being held by the operator of the
clearing system for the account of the Lender or as it shall direct, or by such other means
as may be agreed. For the avoidance of doubt any reference in this Agreement or in any
other agreement or communication between the Parties (howsoever expressed) to an obligation
to redeliver or account for or act in relation to Loaned Securities shall accordingly be
construed as a reference to an obligation to redeliver or account for or act in relation to
Equivalent Securities.
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8.2 | | Lender’s right to terminate a Loan
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| | Subject to paragraph 10 and the terms of the relevant Loan, Lender shall be entitled to
terminate a Loan and to call for the redelivery of all or any Equivalent Securities at any
time by giving notice on any Business Day of not less than the standard settlement time for
such Equivalent Securities on the exchange or in the clearing organisation through which
the Loaned Securities were originally delivered. Borrower shall redeliver such Equivalent
Securities not later than the expiry of such notice in accordance with Lender’s
instructions.
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8.3 | | Borrower’s right to terminate a Loan
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| | Subject to the terms of the relevant Loan, Borrower shall be entitled at any time to
terminate a Loan and to redeliver all and any Equivalent Securities due and outstanding to
Lender in accordance with Lender’s instructions and Lender shall accept such redelivery.
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8.4 | | Redelivery of Equivalent Collateral on termination of a Loan
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| | On the date and time that Equivalent Securities are required to be redelivered by Borrower
on the termination of a Loan, Lender shall simultaneously (subject to paragraph 5.4 if
applicable) repay to Borrower any Cash Collateral or, as the case may be, redeliver
Collateral equivalent to the Collateral provided by Borrower pursuant to paragraph 5 in
respect of such Loan. For the avoidance of doubt any reference in this Agreement or in any
other agreement or communication between the Parties (however expressed) to an obligation to
redeliver or account for or act in relation to Collateral shall accordingly be construed as
a reference to an obligation to redeliver or account for or act in relation to Equivalent
Collateral.
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8.5 | | Redelivery of Letters of Credit
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| | Where a Letter of Credit is provided by way of Collateral, the obligation to redeliver
Equivalent Collateral is satisfied by Lender redelivering for cancellation the Letter of
Credit so provided, or where the Letter of Credit is provided in respect of more than one
Loan, by Lender consenting to a reduction in the value of the Letter of Credit.
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8.6 | | Redelivery obligations to be reciprocal
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| | Neither Party shall be obliged to make delivery (or make a payment as the case may be) to
the other unless it is satisfied that the other Party will make such delivery (or make an
appropriate payment as the case may be) to it. If it is not so satisfied (whether because
an Event of Default has occurred in respect of the other Party or otherwise) it shall
notify the other party and unless that other Party has made arrangements which are
sufficient to assure full delivery (or the appropriate payment as the case may be) to the
notifying Party, the notifying Party shall (provided it is itself in a position, and
willing, to perform its own obligations) be entitled to withhold delivery (or payment, as
the case may be) to the other Party.
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9. | | FAILURE TO REDELIVER
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9.1 | | Borrower’s failure to redeliver Equivalent Securities
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| (i) | | If Borrower does not redeliver Equivalent Securities in accordance with
paragraph 8.1 or 8.2, Lender may elect to continue the Loan (which Loan, for the
avoidance of doubt, shall continue to be taken into account for the purposes of
paragraph 5.4 or 5.5 as applicable) provided that if Lender does not elect to
continue the Loan, Lender may either by written notice to Borrower terminate the
Loan forthwith and the Parties’ delivery and payment obligations in respect
thereof (in which case sub-paragraph (ii) below shall apply) or serve a notice of
an Event of Default in accordance with paragraph 14.
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| (ii) | | Upon service of a notice to
terminate the relevant Loan pursuant to paragraph 9.1(i):-
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| (a) | | there shall be set-off against the Market Value of the
Equivalent Securities concerned such amount of Posted Collateral
chosen by Lender (calculated at its Market Value) as is equal thereto;
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| (b) | | the Parties delivery and payment obligations in relation to
such assets which are set-off shall terminate;
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| (c) | | in the event that the Market Value of the Posted Collateral
set-off is less than the Market Value of the Equivalent Securities
concerned Borrower shall account to Lender for the shortfall; and
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| (d) | | Borrower shall account to Lender for the total costs and
expenses incurred by Lender as a result thereof as set out in paragraphs 9.3 and
9.4 from the time the notice is effective.
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9.2 | | Lender’s failure to Redeliver Equivalent Collateral
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| (i) | | If Lender does not redeliver Equivalent Collateral in accordance with
paragraph 8.4 or 8.5, Borrower may either by written notice to Lender terminate
the Loan forthwith and the Parties’ delivery and payment obligations in respect
thereof (in which case sub-paragraph (ii) below shall apply) or serve a notice of
an Event of Default in accordance with paragraph 14.
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| (ii) | | Upon service of a notice to
terminate the relevant Loan pursuant to paragraph 9.2(i):-
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| (a) | | there shall be set-off against the Market Value of the
Equivalent Collateral concerned the Market Value of the Loaned Securities;
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| (b) | | the Parties delivery and payment obligations in relation to
such assets which are set-off shall terminate;
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| (c) | | in the event that the Market Value of the Loaned Securities
held by Borrower is less than the Market Value of the Equivalent
Collateral concerned Lender shall account to Borrower for the shortfall; and
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| (d) | | Lender shall account to Borrower for the total costs and
expenses incurred by Borrower as a result thereof as set out in paragraphs 9.3 and
9.4 from the time the notice is effective.
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9.3 | | Failure by either Party to redeliver
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| | This provision applies in the event that a Party (the “Transferor”) fails to meet a
redelivery obligation within the standard settlement time for the asset concerned on the
exchange or in the clearing organisation through which the asset equivalent to the asset
concerned was originally delivered or within such other period as may be agreed between the
Parties. In such situation, in addition to the Parties’ rights under the general law and
this Agreement where the other Party (the “Transferee”) incurs interest, overdraft or
similar costs and expenses the Transferor agrees to pay on demand and hold harmless the
Transferee with respect to all such costs and expenses which arise directly from such
failure excluding (i) such costs and expenses which arise from the negligence or wilful
default of the Transferee and (ii) any indirect or consequential losses. It is agreed by
the Parties that any costs reasonably and properly incurred by a Party arising in respect
of the failure of a Party to meet its obligations under a transaction to sell or deliver
securities resulting from the failure of the Transferor to fulfil its redelivery
obligations is to be treated as a direct cost or expense for the purposes of this
paragraph.
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9.4 | | Exercise of buy-in on failure to redeliver
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| | In the event that as a result of the failure of the Transferor to fulfil its redelivery
obligations a “buy-in” is exercised against the Transferee, then the Transferor shall
account to the Transferee for the total costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the
Transferee as a result of such “buy-in”.
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10. | | SET-OFF ETC
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10.1 | | Definitions for paragraph 10
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| | In this paragraph 10:
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| | “Bid Price” in relation to Equivalent Securities or Equivalent Collateral means the best
available bid price on the most appropriate market in a standard size;
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| | “Bid Value” subject to paragraph 10.5 means:-
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| (a) | | in relation to Collateral equivalent to Collateral in the form of a Letter of
Credit zero and in relation to Cash Collateral the amount of the
currency concerned; and
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| (b) | | in relation to Equivalent Securities or Collateral equivalent to all other
types of Collateral the amount which would be received on a sale of such
Equivalent Securities or Equivalent Collateral at the Bid Price at Close of
Business on the relevant Business Day less all costs, fees and expenses that
would be incurred in connection therewith, calculated on the assumption that
the aggregate thereof is the least that could reasonably be expected to be paid
in order to carry out such sale or realisation and adding thereto the amount of
any interest, dividends, distributions or other amounts, in the case
of Equivalent Securities, paid to Borrower and in respect of which equivalent
amounts have not been paid to Lender and in the case of Equivalent
Collateral, paid to Lender and in respect of which equivalent amounts have
not been paid to Borrower, in accordance with paragraph 6.1 prior to such
time in respect of such Equivalent Securities, Equivalent Collateral or the
original Securities or Collateral held, gross of all and any tax deducted or paid
in respect thereof;
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| | “Offer Price” in relation to Equivalent Securities or Equivalent Collateral means the best
available offer price on the most appropriate market in a standard size;
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| | “Offer Value” subject to paragraph 10.5 means:-
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| (a) | | in relation to Collateral equivalent to Collateral in the form of a Letter of
Credit zero and in relation to Cash Collateral the amount of the
currency concerned; and
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| (b) | | in relation to Equivalent Securities or Collateral equivalent to all other
types of Collateral the amount it would cost to buy such Equivalent Securities or
Equivalent Collateral at the Offer Price at Close of Business on the relevant
Business Day together with all costs, fees and expenses that would be incurred
in connection therewith, calculated on the assumption that the aggregate
thereof is the least that could reasonably be expected to be paid in order to
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| | | carry out the transaction and adding thereto the amount of any interest,
dividends, distributions or other amounts, in the case of Equivalent Securities,
paid to Borrower and in respect of which equivalent amounts have not been paid to
Lender and in the case of Equivalent Collateral, paid to Lender and in respect of
which equivalent amounts have not been paid to Borrower, in accordance with
paragraph 6.1 prior to such time in respect of such Equivalent Securities,
Equivalent Collateral or the original Securities or Collateral held, gross of all
and any tax deducted or paid in respect thereof;
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10.2 | | Termination of delivery obligations upon Event of Default
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| | Subject to paragraph 9, if an Event of Default occurs in relation to either Party, the
Parties’ delivery and payment obligations (and any other obligations they have under this
Agreement) shall be accelerated so as to require performance thereof at the time such Event
of Default occurs (the date of which shall be the “Termination Date” for the purposes of
this clause) so that performance of such delivery and payment obligations shall be effected
only in accordance with the following provisions:
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| (i) | | the Relevant Value of the securities which would have been required to be
delivered but for such termination (or payment to be made, as the case may be) by each
Party shall be established in accordance with paragraph 10.3; and
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| (ii) | | on the basis of the Relevant Values so established, an account shall be taken
(as at the Termination Date) of what is due from each Party to the other and (on the
basis that each Party’s claim against the other in respect of delivery of Equivalent
Securities or Equivalent Collateral or any cash payment equals the Relevant Value
thereof) the sums due from one Party shall be set-off against the sums due from the
other and only the balance of the account shall be payable (by the Party having the
claim valued at the lower amount pursuant to the foregoing) and such balance shall be
payable on the Termination Date.
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| | If the Bid Value is greater than the Offer Value, and the Non-Defaulting Party had
delivered to the Defaulting Party a Letter of Credit, the Defaulting Party shall draw on
the Letter of Credit to the extent of the balance due and shall subsequently redeliver for
cancellation the Letter of Credit so provided.
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| | If the Offer Value is greater than the Bid Value, and the Defaulting Party had delivered to
the Non-Defaulting Party a Letter of Credit, the Non-Defaulting Party shall draw on the
Letter of Credit to the extent of the balance due and shall subsequently redeliver for
cancellation the Letter of Credit so provided.
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| | In all other circumstances, where a Letter of Credit has been provided to a Party, such
Party shall redeliver for cancellation the Letter of Credit so provided.
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10.3 | | Determination of delivery values upon Event of Default
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paragraph 10.2 the “Relevant Value” :-
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| (i) | | of any securities to be delivered by the Defaulting Party shall, subject
to paragraph 10.5 below, equal the Offer Value of such securities; and
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| (ii) | | of any securities to be delivered to the Defaulting Party shall, subject
to paragraph 10.5 below, equal the Bid Value of such securities.
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10.4 | | For the purposes of paragraph 10.3, but subject to paragraph 10.5, the Bid Value and
Offer Value of any securities shall be calculated for securities of the relevant
description (as determined by the Non-Defaulting Party) as of the first Business Day
following the Termination Date, or if the relevant Event of Default occurs outside the
normal business hours of such market, on the second Business Day following the
Termination Date (the “Default Valuation Time”);
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10.5 | | Where the Non-Defaulting Party has following the occurrence of an Event of Default
but prior to the close of business on the fifth Business Day following the Termination
Date purchased securities forming part of the same issue and being of an identical type
and description to those to be delivered by the Defaulting Party or sold securities
forming part of the same issue and being of an identical type and description to those
to be delivered by him to the Defaulting Party, the cost of such purchase or the
proceeds of such sale, as the case may be, (taking into account all reasonable costs,
fees and expenses that would be incurred in connection therewith) shall (together with
any amounts owing pursuant to paragraph 6.1) be treated as the Offer Value or Bid
Value, as the case may be, of the amount of securities to be delivered which is
equivalent to the amount of the securities so bought or sold, as the case may be, for the
purposes of this paragraph 10, so that where the amount of securities to be delivered is
more than the amount so bought or sold as the case may be, the Offer Value or Bid
Value as the case may be, of the balance shall be valued in accordance with paragraph
10.4.
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10.6 | | Any reference in this paragraph 10 to securities shall include any asset other than cash
provided by way of Collateral.
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10.7 | | Other costs, expenses and interest payable in consequence of an Event of Default
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| | The Defaulting Party shall be liable to the Non-Defaulting Party for the amount of all
reasonable legal and other professional expenses incurred by the Non-Defaulting Party in
connection with or as a consequence of an Event of Default, together with interest thereon
at the one-month London Inter Bank Offered Rate as quoted on a reputable financial
information service (“LIBOR”) as of 11.00 am, London Time, on the date on which it is to be
determined or, in the case of an expense attributable to a particular transaction and where
the parties have previously agreed a rate of interest for the transaction, that rate of
interest if it is greater than LIBOR. The rate of LIBOR applicable to each month or part
thereof that any sum payable pursuant to this paragraph 10.7 remains outstanding is the rate
of LIBOR determined on the first Business Day of any such period of one month or any part
thereof. Interest will accrue daily on a compound basis and will be calculated according to
the actual number of days elapsed.
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11. | | TRANSFER TAXES
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| | Borrower hereby undertakes promptly to pay and account for any transfer or similar duties
or taxes chargeable in connection with any transaction effected pursuant to or contemplated
by this Agreement, and shall indemnify and keep indemnified Lender against any liability
arising as a result of Borrower’s failure to do so.
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12. | | LENDER’S WARRANTIES
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| | Each Party hereby warrants and undertakes to the other on a continuing basis to the intent
that such warranties shall survive the completion of any transaction contemplated herein
that, where acting as a Lender:
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| (a) | | it is duly authorised and empowered to perform its duties and obligations under
this Agreement;
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| (b) | | it is not restricted under the terms of its constitution or in any other manner
from
lending Securities in accordance with this Agreement or from otherwise
performing its obligations hereunder;
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| (c) | | it is absolutely entitled to pass full legal and beneficial ownership of all
Securities
provided by it hereunder to Borrower free from all liens, charges and
encumbrances; and
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| (d) | | it is acting as principal in respect of this Agreement or, subject to paragraph
16,
as agent and the conditions referred to in paragraph 16.2 will be fulfilled in
respect of any Loan which it makes as agent.
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13. | | BORROWER’S WARRANTIES
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| | Each Party hereby warrants and undertakes to the other on a continuing basis to the intent
that such warranties shall survive the completion of any transaction contemplated herein
that, where acting as a Borrower:
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| (a) | | it has all necessary licenses and approvals, and is duly
authorised and
empowered, to perform its duties and obligations under this Agreement and will
do nothing prejudicial to the continuation of such authorisation, licences or
approvals;
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| (b) | | it is not restricted under the terms of its constitution or in any other manner
from
borrowing Securities in accordance with this Agreement or from otherwise
performing its obligations hereunder;
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| (c) | | it is absolutely entitled to pass full legal and beneficial ownership of all
Collateral
provided by it hereunder to Lender free from all liens, charges
and
encumbrances; and
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| (d) | | it is acting as principal in respect of this Agreement.
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14. | | EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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14.1 | | Each of the following events occurring in relation to either Party (the “Defaulting
Party”, the other Party being the “Non-Defaulting Party”) shall be an Event of
Default for the purpose of paragraph 10 but only (subject to sub-paragraph (v) below)
where the Non-Defaulting Party serves written notice on the Defaulting Party :-
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| (i) | | Borrower or Lender failing to pay or repay Cash Collateral or deliver
Collateral or redeliver Equivalent Collateral or Lender failing to deliver Securities
upon the due date;
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| (ii) | | Lender or Borrower failing to comply with its obligations under paragraph 5;
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| (iii) | |
Lender or Borrower failing to comply with its obligations under paragraph 6.1;
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| (iv) | | Borrower failing to comply with its obligations to deliver Equivalent
Securities in accordance with paragraph 8;
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| (v) | | an Act of Insolvency occurring with respect to Lender or Borrower, an Act of
Insolvency which is the presentation of a petition for winding up or any analogous
proceeding or the appointment of a liquidator or analogous officer of the Defaulting
Party not requiring the Non-Defaulting Party to serve written notice on the Defaulting
Party;
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| (vi) | | any representation or warranty made by Lender or Borrower being incorrect or
untrue in any material respect when made or repeated or deemed to have been made or
repeated;
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| (vii) | | Lender or Borrower admitting to the other that it is unable to, or it intends
not to, perform any of its obligations under this Agreement and/or in respect of any
Loan;
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| (viii) | | Lender (if applicable) or Borrower being declared in default or being suspended or
expelled from membership of or participation in, any securities exchange or
association or suspended or prohibited from dealing in securities by any regulatory
authority;
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| (ix) | | any of the assets of Lender or Borrower or the assets of investors held by or
to the order of Lender or Borrower being transferred or ordered to be transferred to a
trustee (or a person exercising similar functions) by a regulatory authority pursuant
to any securities regulating legislation, or
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| (x) | | Lender or Borrower failing to perform any other of its obligations under this
Agreement and not remedying such failure within 30 days after the Non-Defaulting Party
serves written notice requiring it to remedy such failure.
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14.2 | | Each Party shall notify the other (in writing) if an Event of Default or an event which,
with the passage of time and/or upon the serving of a written notice as referred to
above, would be an Event of Default, occurs in relation to it.
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14.3 | | The provisions of this Agreement constitute a complete statement of the remedies
available to each Party in respect of any Event of Default.
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14.4 | | Subject to paragraph 9.3 and 10.7, neither Party may claim any sum by way of
consequential loss or damage in the event of failure by the other party to perform any
of its obligations under this Agreement.
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15. | | INTEREST ON OUTSTANDING PAYMENTS
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| | In the event of either Party failing to remit sums in accordance with this Agreement such
Party hereby undertakes to pay to the other Party upon demand interest (before as well as
after judgment) on the net balance due and outstanding, for the period commencing on and
inclusive of the original due date for payment to (but excluding) the date of actual
payment, in the same currency as the principal sum and at the rate referred to in paragraph
10.7. Interest will accrue daily on a compound basis and will be calculated according to
the actual number of days elapsed.
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16. | | TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO AS AGENT
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16.1 | | Power for Lender to enter into Loans as agent
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| | Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, Lender may (if so indicated in
paragraph 6 of the Schedule) enter into Loans as agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for
a third person (a “Principal”), whether as custodian or investment manager or otherwise (a
Loan so entered into being referred to in this paragraph as an “Agency Transaction”).
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16.2 | | Conditions for agency loan
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| | A Lender may enter into an Agency Transaction if, but only if:-
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| (i) | | it specifies that Loan as an Agency Transaction at the time when it enters into it;
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| (ii) | | it enters into that Loan on behalf of a single Principal whose identity is
disclosed to Borrower (whether by name or by reference to a code or identifier which
the Parties have agreed will be used to refer to a specified Principal) at the time
when it enters into the Loan or as otherwise agreed between the Parties; and
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| (iii) | | it has at the time when the Loan is entered into actual authority to enter into
the Loan and to perform on behalf of that Principal all of that Principal’s obligations
under the agreement referred to in paragraph 16.4(ii).
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16.3 | | Notification by Lender of certain events affecting the principal
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| | Lender undertakes that, if it enters as agent into an Agency Transaction, forthwith upon
becoming aware :-
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| (i) | | of any event which constitutes an Act of Insolvency with respect to the relevant
Principal; or
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| (ii) | | of any breach of any of the warranties given in paragraph 16.5 or of any event or
circumstance which has the result that any such warranty would be untrue if repeated by
reference to the then current facts;
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it will inform Borrower of that fact and will, if so required by Borrower, furnish it with
such additional information as it may reasonably request.
16.4 | | Status of agency transaction
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| (i) | | Each Agency Transaction shall be a transaction between the relevant Principal
and Borrower and no person other than the relevant Principal and Borrower shall be
a party to or have any rights or obligations under an Agency Transaction. Without
limiting the foregoing, Lender shall not be liable as principal for the
performance of an Agency Transaction, but this is without prejudice to any
liability of Lender under any other provision of this clause; and
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| (ii) | | all the provisions of the Agreement shall apply separately as between Borrower
and each Principal for whom the Agent has entered into an Agency transaction or Agency
Transactions as if each such Principal were a party to a separate agreement with
Borrower in all respects identical with this Agreement other than this paragraph and
as if the Principal were Lender in respect of that agreement;
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PROVIDED THAT
if there occurs in relation to the Agent an Event of Default or an event which would
constitute an Event of Default if Borrower served written notice under any sub-clause
of paragraph 14, Borrower shall be entitled by giving written notice to the Principal
(which notice shall be validly given if given to Lender in accordance with paragraph
21) to declare that by reason of that event an Event of Default is to be treated as
occurring in relation to the Principal. If Borrower gives such a notice then an Event
of Default shall be treated as occurring in relation to the Principal at the time when
the notice is deemed to be given; and
if the Principal is neither incorporated in nor has established a place of business
in Great Britain, the Principal shall for the purposes of the agreement referred to
in paragraph 16.4(ii) be deemed to have appointed as its agent to receive on its
behalf service of process in the courts of England the Agent, or if the Agent is
neither incorporated nor has established a place of business in Great Britain, the
person appointed by the Agent for the purposes of this Agreement, or such other
person as the Principal may from time to time specify in a written notice given to
the other Party.
The foregoing provisions of this paragraph do not affect the operation of the
Agreement as between Borrower and Lender in respect of any transactions into which
Lender may enter on its own account as principal.
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16.5 | | Warranty of authority by Lender acting as agent
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| | Lender warrants to Borrower that it will, on every occasion on which it enters or purports
to enter into a transaction as an Agency Transaction, have been duly authorised to enter
into that Loan and perform the obligations arising under such transaction on behalf of the
person whom it specifies as the Principal in respect of that transaction and to perform on
behalf of that person all the obligations of that person under the agreement referred to in
paragraph 16.4(ii).
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17. | | TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
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| | Each Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving not less than 15
Business Days’ notice in writing to the other Party (which notice shall specify the date of
termination) subject to an obligation to ensure that all Loans which have been entered into
but not discharged at the time such notice is given are duly discharged in accordance with
this Agreement.
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18. | | SINGLE AGREEMENT
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| | Each Party acknowledges that, and has entered into this Agreement and will enter into each
Loan in consideration of and in reliance upon the fact that, all Loans constitute a single
business and contractual relationship and are made in consideration of each other.
Accordingly, each Party agrees:
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| (i) | | to perform all of its obligations in respect of each Loan, and that a default
in the performance of any such obligations shall constitute a default by it in respect
of all Loans; and
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| (ii) | | that payments, deliveries and other transfers made by either of them in respect
of any Loan shall be deemed to have been made in consideration of payments, deliveries
and other transfers in respect of any other Loan.
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19. | | SEVERANCE
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| | If any provision of this Agreement is declared by any judicial or other competent authority
to be void or otherwise unenforceable, that provision shall be severed from the Agreement
and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The
Agreement shall, however, thereafter be amended by the Parties in such reasonable manner so
as to achieve as far as possible, without illegality, the intention of the Parties with
respect to that severed provision.
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20. | | SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
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| | Each Party agrees that in relation to legal proceedings it will not seek specific
performance of the other Party’s obligation to deliver or redeliver Securities, Equivalent
Securities, Collateral or Equivalent Collateral but without prejudice to any other rights it
may have.
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21. | | NOTICES
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21.1 | | Any notice or other communication in respect of this Agreement may be given in any
manner set forth below to the address or number or in accordance with the electronic
messaging system details set out in paragraph 4 of the Schedule and will be deemed
effective as indicated:
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| (i) | | if in writing and delivered in person or by courier, on the date it is delivered;
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| (ii) | | if sent by telex, on the date the recipient’s answerback is received;
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| (iii) | | if sent by facsimile transmission, on the date that transmission is received by
a responsible employee of the recipient in legible form (it being agreed that the
burden of proving receipt will be on the sender and will not be met by a transmission
report generated by the sender’s facsimile machine);
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| (iv) | | if sent by certified or registered mail (airmail, if overseas) or the equivalent
(return receipt requested), on the date that mail is delivered or its delivery is
attempted; or
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| (v) | | if sent by electronic messaging system, on the date that electronic message is
received,
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| | unless the date of that delivery (or attempted delivery) or the receipt, as applicable, is
not a Business Day or that communication is delivered (or attempted) or received, as
applicable, after the Close of Business on a Business Day, in which case that communication
shall be deemed given and effective on the first following day that is a Business Day.
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21.2 | | Either party may by notice to the other change the address, telex or facsimile number
or electronic messaging system details at which notices or other communications are to
be given to it.
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22. | | ASSIGNMENT
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| | Neither Party may charge assign or transfer all or any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior consent of the other Party.
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23. | | NON-WAIVER
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| | No failure or delay by either Party (whether by course of conduct or otherwise) to exercise
any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege as herein provided.
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24. | | GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
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24.1 | | This Agreement is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.
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24.2 | | The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide any suit, action
or
proceedings, and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with
this Agreement (respectively, “Proceedings” and “Disputes”) and, for these purposes,
each party irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of England.
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24.3 | | Each party irrevocably waives any objection which it might at any time have to the
courts of England being nominated as the forum to hear and decide any Proceedings
and to settle any Disputes and agrees not to claim that the courts of England are not a
convenient or appropriate forum.
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24.4 | | Each of Party A and Party B hereby respectively appoints the person identified in
paragraph 5 of the Schedule pertaining to the relevant Party as its agent to receive on
its behalf service of process in the courts of England. If such an agent ceases to be an
agent of Party A or party B, as the case may be, the relevant Party shall promptly
appoint, and notify the other Party of the identity of its new agent in England.
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25. | | TIME
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| | Time shall be of the essence of the Agreement.
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26. | | RECORDING
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| | The Parties agree that each may record all telephone conversations between them.
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27. | | WAIVER OF IMMUNITY
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| | Each Party hereby waives all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise)
from jurisdiction, attachment (both before and after judgement) and execution to which it
might otherwise be entitled in any action or proceeding in the courts of England or of any
other country or jurisdiction relating in any way to this Agreement and agrees that it will
not raise, claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such
action or proceeding.
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28. | | MISCELLANEOUS
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28.1 | | This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties with
respect to its subject matter and supersedes all oral communication and prior writings
with respect thereto.
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28.2 | | The Party (the
“Relevant Party”) who has prepared the text of this Agreement for
execution (as indicated in paragraph 7 of the Schedule) warrants and undertakes to the
other Party that such text conforms exactly to the text of the standard form Global
Master Securities Lending Agreement posted by the International Securities Lenders
Association on its website on 7 May 2000 except as notified by the Relevant Party to
the other Party in writing prior to the execution of this Agreement.
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28.3 | | No amendment in respect of this Agreement will be effective unless in writing
(including a writing evidenced by a facsimile transmission) and executed by each of the
Parties or confirmed by an exchange of telexes or electronic messages on an electronic
messaging system.
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28.4 | | The obligations of the Parties under this Agreement will survive the termination of any
Loan.
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28.5 | | The warranties contained in paragraphs 12, 13, 16 and 28.2 will survive termination of
this Agreement for so long as any obligations of either of the Parties pursuant to this
Agreement remain outstanding.
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28.6 | | Except as provided in this Agreement, the rights, powers, remedies and privileges
provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers,
remedies and privileges provided by law.
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28.7 | | This Agreement (and each amendment in respect of it) may be executed and delivered
in counterparts (including by facsimile transmission), each of which will be deemed an
original.
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28.8 | | A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights
of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce any terms of this Agreement, but this does not
affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that
Act.
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EXECUTED by the PARTIES
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SIGNED
BY
| | | | | | | ) | | | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | | |
DULY AUTHORISED FOR AND | | | | | | | ) | | | | | |
ON BEHALF OF
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Credit Industriel d’Alçace et de Xxxxxxxx
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Signed by
| | | ) | | | | | | | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Home | | |
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)
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Duly authorised for and on
| | | ) | | | | | | | CIGOGNE MANAGEMENT
| | SA |
behalf of
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Signed by
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)
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Duly authorised for and on
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| | SA |
behalf of
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SCHEDULE
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1.
| | Collateral |
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1.1
| | The securities, financial instruments and deposits of currency set out in the table below
with a cross marked next to them are acceptable forms of Collateral under this
Agreement. |
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1.2
| | Unless otherwise agreed between the Parties, the Market Value of the Collateral |
| | delivered pursuant to paragraph 5 by Borrower to Lender under the terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall on each Business Day represent not less than the
Market Value of the Loaned Securities together with the percentage contained in the
row of the table below corresponding to the particular form of Collateral, referred to
in this Agreement as the “Margin”. |
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| | Xxxx “X” if | | |
| | acceptable | | |
| | form of | | Margin |
Security/Financial Instrument/Deposit of Currency | | Collateral | | (%) |
British Government Stock and other stock
registered at the Bank of England which
is transferable through CREST to the
Lender or its Nominee against an Assured
Payment, hereinbefore referred to as
CREST Collateral.
| | X
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British Government Stock and Sterling
Issues by foreign governments
(transferable through the CREST), in the
form of an enfaced transfer deed or a
long term collateral certificate or
overnight collateral chit issued by the
CREST accompanied (in each case) by an
executed unenfaced transfer deed
| | X
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Corporation and Commonwealth Stock in
the form of registered stock or
allotment letters duly renounced
| | X
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UK Government Treasury Bills
| | X
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U.S. Government Treasury Bills
| | X
| | | 5 | |
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Bankers’ Acceptances
| | X
| | | 5 | |
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Sterling Certificates of Deposit
| | X
| | | 5 | |
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Foreign Currency Certificates of Deposit
| | X
| | | 5 | |
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Local Authority Bonds
| | X
| | | 5 | |
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| | | | | | | | | | |
| | Xxxx “X” if | | | | | | |
| | acceptable | | | | | | |
| | form of | | Margin | | | | |
Security/Financial Instrument/Deposit of Currency | | Collateral | | (%) | | | | |
Local Authority Bills
| | X
| | | 5 | | | | | |
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Letters of Credit
| | X
| | | 5 | | | | | |
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Bonds or Equities in registrable form or
allotment letters duly renounced
| | X
| | | 5 | | | | | |
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Bonds or Equities in bearer form
| | X
| | | 5 | | | | | |
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Cash Collateral
| | X
| | | 5 | | | | | |
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1.3
| | Basis of Margin Maintenance: | | |
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| | Paragraph 5.4 (aggregation) shall not apply*
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| | The assumption is that paragraph 5.4 (aggregation) applies unless the box is ticked. | | |
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1.4
| | Paragraph 5.6 (netting of obligations to deliver Collateral and redeliver Equivalent Collateral)
shall not apply*
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| | If paragraph 5.4 applies, the assumption is that paragraph 5.6 (netting) applies unless the box is
ticked. |
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2.
| | Base Currency | | |
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| | The Base Currency applicable to this Agreement shall be |
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| | be EURO currency or any other currency agreed by the Parties in the Confirmation; or |
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| | for the purposes of paragraph 10 of this Agreement, the currency selected by the Non-Defaulting
Party shall be one of the currencies in which payments are required to be made by the
Confirmation or the currency of the place of incorporation of the Defaulting Party as required
by the applicable law.
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3.
| | Places of Business | | |
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| | (See definition of Business Day.) | | |
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4. | | Designated Office and Address for Notices |
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| | (A) | | Designated office of Party A: |
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| | | | Address: CREDIT INDUSTRIEL D’ALSACE XXXXXXXX |
| | | | 00, xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, 00 000 Xxxxxxxxxx (Xxxxxx) |
| | | | Attention: | | |
| | | | trading:
| | Xxxxxxxx HOME (xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx) |
| | | | | | tel: (00) 00 00 00 00 00 fax: (00) 00 00 00 00 00 |
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| | | | back-office:
| | Georges ANDERMARLIERE (xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx) |
| | | | | | tel: (00) 00 00 00 00 00 fax: (00) 00 00 00 00 00
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| | | | | | Xxxxxxxxx XXXXX (fixed income and derivatives)
(xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx)
tel: (00) 00 00 00 00 00 fax: (00)
00 00 00 00 00
Xxxxxx SCHMITTHEISLER (equities and derivatives)
(xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx)
tel: (00) 00 00 00 00 00 fax: (00) 00 00 00 00 00
Swift: CIMCFR2S |
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| | | | Legal & documentation: Xxxxxx Xxxx (xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx) |
| | | | | | Tel : x00 0 00 00 00 00 fax : x00 0 00 00 00 00 |
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| | (B) | | Designated office of Party B: |
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| | | | Address for notices or communications to Party B: |
| | | | Address: CIGOGNE MANAGEMENT SA
X-0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
14, boulevard Royal
R. C. Luxembourg B 101.547 |
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| | | | With copy to : CIGOGNE MANAGEMENT SA
00, xxx xxx Xxxxxxx
X-0000 Xxxxxx |
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| | | | Trading:
| | Xxxxxxxx HOME as Delegated manager |
| | | | | | tel: (00) 00 00 00 00 00 fax: (00) 00 00 00 00 00 |
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| | | | Back-Office:
| | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx (Head of Operation Department) |
| | | | | | (xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxx.xx) |
| | | | | | tel: (000) 00000 0000 |
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| | | | | | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx (Corporate Actions) |
| | | | | | tel: (00) 00 00 00 00 56fax: (00) 00 00 00 00 00 |
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| | | | | | Xxxx Xxxxx (Securities and Settlement) |
| | | | | | (xxxx. xxxxx@xxx.xx) |
| | | | | | tel: (000) 00000 0000 fax: (000) 00000 0000 |
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| | | | | | Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx (Treasury Settlements Services) |
| | | | | | (xxxx-xxxx. xxxxxxx@bdl. lu) |
| | | | | | tel : (000) 00000 0000 fax : (000) 00000 0000 |
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| | | | Legal
| | Xxxxxx Kara |
| | | | & documentation :
| | tel: (00) 00 00 00 00 25fax: (00) 00 00 00 00 00 |
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5. | | (A) | | Agent of Party A for Service of Process
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| | | | Name: CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL, |
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| | | | Address: London Branch, Veritas House, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX as
its agent for service of process |
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| | (B) | | Agent of Party B for Service of Process |
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| | | | Name: CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL, |
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| | | | Address: London Branch, Veritas House, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX as
its agent for service of process |
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6. | | Agency |
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| | • Paragraph 16 may apply to Party A*
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| | • Paragraph 16 may not apply to Party B* | | |
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7. | | Party Preparing this Agreement |
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| | Party A*
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ANNEX
I — Additional Provisions
| 1. | | In Paragraph 2, the definition of “Market Value” shall be amended as follows:
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| (a) | | In line 5 the words “as derived from a reputable pricing
information service reasonably chosen in good faith by the Lender” shall be deleted
and replaced as follows:
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| | | “as derived from a reputable pricing information service agreed to by both
Lender and Borrower;
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| (b) | | In line 7 the words “as derived from the prices or rates bid
by a reputable dealer for the relevant instrument reasonably chosen in good
faith by the Lender” shall be deleted and replaced as follows:
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“as derived from the prices or rates bid by a reputable dealer for the
relevant instrument agreed to by both Lender and Borrower;
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| 2. | | Paragraph 3 shall be amended as follows:
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| | The words “and confirmed in such form and on such basis as shall be agreed between the
Parties. Any confirmation produced by a Party shall not supersede or prevail over the prior
oral, written or electronic communication (as the case may be)” shall be deleted and replaced
by the following:
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| | “ Upon agreeing to a Loan hereunder Borrower or Lender may deliver to the other Party a
confirmation of such Loan in writing or by way of electronic communication (a “confirmation”).
The Confirmation relating to a Loan shall, together with this Agreement, constitute prima
facie evidence of the terms agreed between the Borrower and Lender for that Loan, unless
objection is made with respect to the Confirmation promptly after receipt thereof. This
written Confirmation confirms the telephonic recording of the terms of the Loan. In case of
inconsistency between the Confirmation and the telephonic recording, the telephonic recording
overrides the Confirmation.”
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| 3. | | Paragraph 6.4 shall be amended as follows:
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| | The following wording shall be inserted after the words ‘Equivalent Securities or Equivalent
Collateral,’ on the sixth line, and replace the rest of paragraph 6.4 of the Agreement:
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| | “Then, the Lender or Borrower, as the case may be shall within a reasonable time, give written
notice to the other Party on the existence of a corporate action in respect of any Loaned
Securities or any Collateral, on the existing options proposed and on a deadline for an election.
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| | Following this notification:
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(a) If the Lender contacts the Borrower and communicates his option before the
deadline mentioned in the notice, the Borrower will act in accordance with the Lender’s
instructions.
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(b) If the Lender contacts the Borrower and communicates his option after the
deadline mentioned in the notice, the Borrower will treat the Lender’s instructions on a
best efforts basis. For the avoidance of doubt, in case the Borrower does not manage to
treat the Lender’s instructions on a best efforts basis, the Borrower shall not be liable
for the Lender’s absence of instructions and the consequential election of the default
option under the relevant corporate action for such securities.
(c) If
the Lender does not contact the Borrower, the Borrower shall not be considered as liable for the Lender’s absence of instructions and the consequential election
of the default option under the relevant corporate action for such securities.”
| 4. | | A new Paragraph 9 shall be inserted, and all following paragraphs shall be renumbered accordingly:
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Subject to paragraph 10, all amount in the same currency payable by each party to the other
under any Loan or otherwise under this Agreement on the same date shall be combined into a
single calculation of a net sum payable by one party to the other and the obligation to pay
that sum shall be the only obligation of either party in respect of those amounts. Subject to
paragraph 10, all Securities of the same issue, denomination, currency and series, deliverable
by each party to the other under any Loan or otherwise under this Agreement on the same date
shall be combined into a single calculation of a net quantity of Securities deliverable by one
party to the other and the obligation to deliver the net quantity of Securities shall be the
only obligation of either party in respect of the Securities so deliverable and receivable.
Paragraph 10 shall be amended by inserting the following provision as a new clause 10.8 at the
end thereof:
| 10.8 | | In addition to any rights of set-off a party may have as a matter of law or
otherwise upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Non-Defaulting Party
shall have the right (but not be obliged) to set off any obligation of the
Defaulting Party owing to the Non-Defaulting Party (whether or not arising under
this Agreement, whether or not matured, whether or not contingent and regardless of
the currency, place of payment or booking office of the obligation) against any
obligation of the Non-Defaulting Party owing to the Defaulting Party (whether or
not arising under this Agreement whether or not matured, whether or not contingent
and regardless of the currency, place of payment or booking office of the
obligation). For this purpose any sums not in the Base Currency shall be converted
into the Base Currency in accordance with paragraphs 2.4 and 2.5. If an obligation
is unascertained, the Non-Defaulting Party may in good faith estimate that
obligation and set-off in respect of the estimate, subject to the relevant party
accounting to the other when the obligation is ascertained. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be effective to create a security interest. This paragraph shall be
without prejudice and in addition to any right of set-off, combination of accounts,
lien or other right to which any party is at any time entitled (whether by operation of law, contract
or otherwise).
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| 6. | | Additional Events of Default:
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Paragraph 14 shall be amended as follows :
The following provisions shall be inserted as new subparagraphs in Paragraph 14.1:
(xi) Default under a Specified Transaction : if either party or Promoter who is
Credit Industriel d’Alsace et de Xxxxxxxx (Banque CIAL) (1) defaults under a Specified
Transaction and, after giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace period,
there occurs a liquidation of, an acceleration of obligations under, or an early termination
of, that Specified Transaction, (2) defaults, after giving effect to any applicable notice
requirement or grace period, in making any payment or delivery due on the last payment,
delivery or exchange of, or any payment on early termination of, a Specified Transaction (or
such default continues for at least 3 Business Days if there is no applicable notice
requirement or grace period), or (3) disaffirms, disclaims, repudiates or rejects, in whole
or in part, a Specified Transaction (or such action is taken by any person appointed or
empowered to operate it or act on its behalf); and the Non-Defaulting Party serves written
notice of Default on the Defaulting Party.
“Specified Transaction” means (a) any transaction (including an agreement with
respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into between one party to this
Agreement and the other party to this Agreement (i) which is a rate swap
transaction, swap option, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap,
commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond
option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor
transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap
transaction, currency option, credit protection transaction, credit swap, credit
default swap, credit default option, total return swap, credit spread transaction,
repurchase transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back transaction,
securities lending transaction, or forward purchase or sale of a security or other
financial instrument (including any option with respect to any of these
transactions) or (ii) which is a transaction similar to any transaction referred to
in clause (i) that is currently, or in the future becomes, regularly entered into in
the financial markets (including terms and conditions incorporated by reference in
such agreement) and that is a forward, swap, future, or option on one or more rates,
currencies, commodities, equity securities or other equity instruments, debt
securities or other debt instruments, or economic indices or measures of economic
risk or value, (b) any combination of these transactions and (c) any other
transaction identified as a Specified Transaction in this Agreement or the relevant
confirmation.
(xii) Investment Advisor. Party B shall have failed to maintain Credit
Industriel d’Alsace et de Xxxxxxxx (Banque CIAL) (the “Investment Advisor”) or a
direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Investment Advisor, or a successor
thereto, as Investment Advisor, provided that, this other Investment Advisor
did not obtain the agreement of the CSSF (the Luxemburgish regulating authority of
Party B : “Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier”). For the avoidance of
doubt,
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and for the purpose of this provision, any Investment Advisor Agreement entered into
by Party B and any other entity that has been agreed by the CSSF as Investment
Advisor of Party B, shall not constitute the ground for an Event of Default in the
frame of Paragraph 14.
(xiii) Withdrawal of agreement. Withdrawal of agreement by any regulating authority
of Party B.
| 7. | | Cut-off time : For cash payment due on a certain date, each party will make its
best effort to ensure delivery to occur before 1.30 p.m. London Time.
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| 8. | | Additional Representations :
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| | | Compliance. Party B hereby represents to Pary A that the execution, delivery, and
performance by it of this Agreement and each Confirmation does not conflict with or
violate : any regulation issued by the regulating authority of Party B (the CSSF) ; and
any authorisation or agreement granted to Party B by the regulating authority of Party
B (the CSSF).
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| 9. | | For the avoidance of doubt:
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| | | For the avoidance of doubt, each reference to the Agreement will be construed as a
reference to a separate agreement between Party A and the Management Company on behalf
of each of the Fund’s Compartments listed in Annex II to the Agreement, and no specific
event of default under one Agreement will constitute an event of default with respect
to any other Agreement. Furthermore, the close-out netting provisions incorporated
herein will apply solely to the transactions entered into pursuant to one Agreement,
and there shall be no close-out netting or set-off between transactions entered into
pursuant to different Agreements notwithstanding the fact that such Agreements are
included in a single document.
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ANNEX
11 — Compartments:
Compartments of the Fond Commun de Placement
| 1. | | Cigogne Fund — Merger Arbitrage
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| 2. | | Cigogne Fund — Fixed Income Arbitrage
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| 3. | | Cigogne Fund — Convertible Arbitrage
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| 4. | | Cigogne Fund — MBS/ABS Arbitrage
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| 5. | | Cigogne Fund — Long/Short Arbitrage
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