FACILITY AGREEMENT dated 1 May 2007 for ASTRAZENECA PLC as Borrower arranged by CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH and HSBC BANK PLC with HSBC BANK PLC acting as Agent $15,000,000,000 FACILITY AGREEMENT

Exhibit (b)                

XXXXXXXX		LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
CHANCE

EXECUTION VERSION

$15,000,000,000

FACILITY AGREEMENT

dated 1 May 2007

for

ASTRAZENECA PLC
as Borrower

arranged by

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH

and

HSBC BANK PLC

with

HSBC BANK PLC
acting as Agent

$15,000,000,000 FACILITY AGREEMENT

CONTENTS

Clause		Page
1. Definitions And Interpretation			1
2. The Facility			11
3. Purpose			11
4. Conditions Of Utilisation			11
5. Utilisation — Loans			14
6. Repayment			15
7. Prepayment And Cancellation			15
8. Interest			19
9. Interest Periods			20
10. Changes To The Calculation Of Interest			20
11. Fees			22
12. Tax Gross Up And Indemnities			23
13. Increased Costs			28
14. Other Indemnities			29
15. Mitigation By The Lenders			30
16. Costs And Expenses			30
17. Representations			32
18. Information Undertakings			34
19. General Undertakings			36
20. Events Of Xxxxxxx			00
00. Changes To The Lenders			42
22. Changes To The Borrower			45
23. Role Of The Agent And The Arranger			46
24. Conduct Of Business By The Finance Parties			51
25. Sharing Among The Finance Parties			51
26. Payment Mechanics			53
27. Set-Off			55
28. Notices			56
29. Calculations And Certificates			57
30. Partial Invalidity			58
31. Remedies And Waivers			58
32. Amendments And Waivers			58

Clause		Page
33. Counterparts			59
34. Governing Law			60
35. Enforcement			60
SCHEDULE 1 The Original Lenders			61
SCHEDULE 2 Conditions Precedent To Initial Utilisation			62
SCHEDULE 3 Utilisation Requests			64
SCHEDULE 4 Mandatory Cost Formulae			65
SCHEDULE 5 Form Of Transfer Certificate			67
SCHEDULE 6 Timetables			69

THIS AGREEMENT is dated 1 May 2007 and made between:

(1)		ASTRAZENECA PLC (the “Borrower”);
(2)		CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED, DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH and HSBC BANK PLC as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners (whether acting individually or together the “Arranger”);
(3)		THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) as lenders (the “Original Lenders”); and
(4)		HSBC BANK PLC as agent of the other Finance Parties (the “Agent”).

IT IS AGREED as follows:

SECTION 1
INTERPRETATION

1.		DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1		Definitions
		In this Agreement:
		“Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Borrower (or any of its Subsidiaries) of the shares of the Target pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
		“Additional Cost Rate” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formulae).
		“Affiliate” means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.
		“Authorisation” means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration.
		“Availability Period” means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the earlier of (i) the date falling 6 Months after the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the date on which the Borrower makes a voluntary prepayment of any Loan.
		“Available Commitment” means a Lender’s Commitment minus:

	(a)		the amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans; and
	(b)		in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the amount of its participation in any Loans that are due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.

“Available Facility” means the aggregate for the time being of each Lender’s Available Commitment.

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“Break Costs” means the amount (if any) by which:

(a) the interest (exclusive of Margin and Mandatory Cost) which a Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of that Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period;

exceeds:

(b) the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the Relevant Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.

“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in London and New York.

“Capital Markets Debt Instruments” means Financial Indebtedness by way of any notes or bonds, whether or not convertible into share capital of any member of the Group issued or to be issued by the Borrower or by any wholly-owned members of the Group (in each case other than to another member of the Group) and guaranteed by the Borrower (but excluding any Commercial Paper) provided that such amounts cannot be double counted for the purposes of this definition and the definition of “Syndicated Loans”.

“Certain Funds Period” means the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the last day of the Availability Period.

“Certain Funds Utilisation” means a Loan made or to be made under the Facility during the Certain Funds Period where such Loan is to be made solely for a purpose described in Sub-clauses (a) and (b) of Clause 3.1 (Purpose).

“Commercial Paper” means any commercial paper issued under any commercial paper programme.

“Commitment” means:

	(a)		in relation to an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading “Commitment” in Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; and
	(b)		in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement,

to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.

“Confidentiality Undertaking” means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the LMA (LMA Form of Confidentiality Undertaking) or in any other form agreed between the Borrower and the Agent.

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“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the aggregate amount of consolidated total assets of the Borrower, after deducting therefrom (a) all liabilities due within one year (other than (x) short term borrowings and (y) long-term debt due within one year) and (b) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents and other like intangibles, as shown on the audited consolidated balance sheet contained in the last annual report to shareholders of the Borrower.

“Default” means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in Clause 20 (Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period or the giving of notice or any combination of either of the foregoing) be an Event of Default.

“Disruption Event” means either or both of:

	(a)		a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or
	(b)		the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing that, or any other Party:

	(i)		from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or
	(ii)		from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,

(and which (in either such case)) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the Party whose operations are disrupted.

“Event of Default” means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 20 (Events of Default).

“Facility” means the term loan facility made available under this Agreement as described in Clause 2 (The Facility).

“Facility Office” means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five Business Days’ written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.

“Fee Letter” means any letter or letters dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the Arranger and the Borrower (or the Agent and the Borrower) setting out any of the fees referred to in Clause 11 (Fees).

“Finance Document” means this Agreement, any Fee Letter and any other document designated as a “Finance Document” by the Agent and the Borrower.

“Finance Party” means the Agent, the Arranger or a Lender.

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“Financial Indebtedness” means any indebtedness for or in respect of:

	(a)		moneys borrowed;
	(b)		any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent;
	(c)		any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;
	(d)		the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease;
	(e)		receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis or on a recourse basis if the right of recourse is limited to recourse for ineligible receivables only);
	(f)		any amount raised under any other transaction with a bank or a financial institution (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) required to be accounted for as borrowing;
	(g)		any derivative transaction entered into with a bank or a financial institution in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value shall be taken into account);
	(h)		any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution;
	(i)		any amount raised by the issue of redeemable shares (but only to the extent such shares are redeemable at the shareholder’s option prior to the Termination Date); and
	(j)		(without double counting) the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j) above,

but excluding any indebtedness owed by one member of the Group to another member of the Group.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles including IFRS.

“Group” means the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the time being.

“Holding Company” means, in relation to a company or corporation, any other company or corporation in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.

“IFRS” means international accounting standards within the meaning of the IAS Regulation 1606/2002 to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.

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“Information Package” means the document in the form approved by the Borrower concerning the Group which, at the Borrower’s request and on its behalf, is to be prepared in relation to this transaction and distributed by the Arranger prior to the Syndication Date in connection with syndication.

“Interest Period” means, in relation to a Loan, each period determined in accordance with Clause 9 (Interest Periods) and, in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause 8.3 (Default interest).

“ITA” means the Income Tax Xxx 0000.

“Lender” means:

	(a)		any Original Lender; and
	(b)		any bank which has become a Party in accordance with Clause 21 (Changes to the Lenders),

which in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“LIBOR” means, in relation to any Loan:

	(a)		the applicable Screen Rate; or
	(b)		(if no Screen Rate is available for dollars for the Interest Period of that Loan) the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the Agent at its request quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the London interbank market,

as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in dollars and for a period comparable to the Interest Period for that Loan.

“LMA” means the Loan Market Association.

“Loan” means a loan made or to be made under the Facility or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.

“Major Default” means with respect to the Borrower only, any circumstances constituting a Default under any of Clause 20.1 (Non-Payment); Clause 20.2 (Other obligations) insofar as it relates to a breach of Clauses 3.1 (Purpose), 19.3 (Negative pledge) (including, for the purposes of this definition only, any Material Subsidiary) or Clause 19.6 (Acquisition Undertakings); Clause 20.3 (Misrepresentation) insofar as it relates to a breach of any Major Representation; Clause 20.5 (Insolvency); Clause 20.6 (Insolvency proceedings); Clause 20.7 (Creditors’ process); Clause 20.8 (Unlawfulness) or Clause 20.9 (Repudiation).

“Major Representations” means a representation or warranty with respect to the Borrower only under any of Clause 17.1 (Status), Clause 17.2 (Binding Obligations), Clause 17.3 (Non-Conflict) in respect of (a) and (b) only and Clause 17.4 (Power and Authority) or Clause 17.11 (Pari Passu Ranking).

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“Majority Lenders” means:

	(a)		if there are no Loans then outstanding, a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 662/3% of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more than 662/3% of the Total Commitments immediately prior to the reduction); or
	(b)		at any other time, a Lender or Lenders whose participations in the Loans then outstanding aggregate more than 662/3% of all the Loans then outstanding.

“Mandatory Cost” means the percentage rate per annum calculated by the Agent in accordance with Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formulae).

^"Margin” means 0.075 per cent. per annum.

“Material Adverse Effect” means an event or circumstance reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Borrower to perform its payment obligations under the Finance Documents.

“Material Subsidiary” means, at any time, AstraZeneca AB or a Subsidiary of the Borrower which has turnover representing 10 per cent. or more of consolidated turnover of the Group calculated on a consolidated basis. Compliance with the condition set out above shall be determined by reference to the latest financial statements of that Subsidiary (consolidated in the case of a Subsidiary which itself has Subsidiaries) and the latest consolidated financial statements of the Group. A report by the auditors of the Borrower that a Subsidiary is or is not a Material Subsidiary shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties.

“Merger Agreement” means the merger agreement dated 22 April 2007 between the Borrower, AstraZeneca Biopharmaceuticals Inc. and the Target.

“Month” means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:

	(a)		(subject to paragraph (c) below) if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day;
	(b)		if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month; and
	(c)		if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that Interest Period is to end.

The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.

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“Net Proceeds” means the proceeds of (i) any Syndicated Loans, (ii) the issue of the Capital Markets Debt Instruments, or (iii) the issue of Commercial Paper, in each case net of:

	(a)		fees, costs and expenses properly incurred by any member of the Group to third parties;
	(b)		any Taxes payable; and
	(c)		any reasonable provision properly made for Taxes or for the purpose of meeting any third party liability,

to the extent connected with the raising or incurrence of such Financial Indebtedness or such issuance.

“Original Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the financial year ended 31 December 2006.

“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Communities that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

“Party” means a party to this Agreement.

“Qualifying Lender” has the meaning given to it in Clause 12 (Tax gross-up and indemnities).

“Quotation Day” means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined two Business Days before the first day of that period unless market practice differs in the Relevant Interbank Market, in which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the Agent in accordance with market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market (and if quotations would normally be given by leading banks in the Relevant Interbank Market on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those days).

“Reference Banks” means the principal London offices of Citibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and HSBC Bank plc or such other banks as may be appointed by the Agent in consultation with the Borrower.

“Relevant Interbank Market” means the London interbank market.

“Repeating Representations” means each of the representations set out in Clauses 17.1 (Status) to 17.4 (Power and Authority) (inclusive) and Clause 17.11 (Pari passu ranking).

“Screen Rate” means the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rate for dollars for the relevant period, displayed on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen. If the agreed page is replaced or service ceases to be available, the Agent may specify another page or service displaying the appropriate rate after consultation with the Borrower and the Lenders.

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“Security” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person.

“Selection Notice” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Part II of Schedule 3 (Requests) given in accordance with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).

“Specified Time” means a time determined in accordance with Schedule 6 (Timetables).

“Subsidiary” means in relation to any company or corporation, a company or corporation:

	(a)		which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the first mentioned company or corporation;
	(b)		more than half the issued share capital of which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly by the first mentioned company or corporation; or
	(c)		which is a Subsidiary of another Subsidiary of the first mentioned company or corporation,

and for this purpose, a company or corporation shall be treated as being controlled by another if that other company or corporation is able to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition of its board of directors or equivalent body.

“Syndicated Loans” means Financial Indebtedness by way of loans or other credit raised by the Borrower or by any wholly-owned member of the Group (in each case other than indebtedness owing to another member of the Group) and guaranteed by the Borrower save for any credit raised under bilateral credit lines (save where such bilateral lines exceed $500,000,000) provided that such amounts cannot be double counted for the purposes of this definition and the definition of “Capital Markets Debt Instruments”.

“Syndication Date” means the day specified by the Arranger as the day on which primary syndication of the Facility is completed.

“Target” means MedImmune, Inc..

“Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).

“Taxes Act” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Xxx 0000.

“Termination Date” means the day falling 364 days from the date of this Agreement.

“Total Commitments” means the aggregate of the Commitments, being $15,000,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.

“Transfer Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 (Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Agent and the Borrower.

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“Transfer Date” means, in relation to a transfer, the later of:

	(a)		the proposed Transfer Date specified in the Transfer Certificate; and
	(b)		the date on which the Agent executes the Transfer Certificate.

“Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by the Borrower under the Finance Documents.

“Utilisation” means a utilisation of the Facility.

“Utilisation Date” means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on which the relevant Loan is to be made.

“Utilisation Request” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Part I of Schedule 3 (Requests).

“VAT” means value added tax as provided for in the Value Added Tax Xxx 0000 and any other tax of a similar nature.

1.2 Construction

(a) Unless a contrary indication appears any reference in this Agreement to:

	(i)		the “Agent”, the “Arranger”, any “Finance Party”, any “Lender”, the “Borrower” or any “Party” shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees;
	(ii)		“assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
	(iii)		a “Finance Document” or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended, replaced or restated;
	(iv)		“indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent;
	(v)		a “person” includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality);
	(vi)		a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) but if not having the force of law, compliance with which is customary) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
	(vii)		a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted; and

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(viii) a time of day is a reference to London time.

	(b)		Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
	(c)		Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.
	(d)		A Default and an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived.

1.3 Currency Symbols and Definitions

“$” and “dollars” denote the lawful currency of the United States of America.

1.4		Third party rights
		A person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.

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SECTION 2

THE FACILITY

2.		THE FACILITY
2.1		The Facility
		Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the Borrower a dollar term loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Commitments.
2.2		Finance Parties’ rights and obligations

	(a)		The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.
	(b)		The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from the Borrower shall be a separate and independent debt.
	(c)		A Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents.

3.		PURPOSE
3.1		Purpose
		The Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Facility towards financing or refinancing, directly or indirectly:

	(a)		the Acquisition;
	(b)		payments to holders of options pursuant to the Merger Agreement;
	(c)		any costs and expenses in relation to the Acquisition; and
	(d)		any financial indebtedness of Target or any of its Subsidiaries.

3.2		Monitoring
		No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.
4.		CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
4.1		Initial conditions precedent
		The Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request unless the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders promptly upon being so reasonably satisfied.

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4.2		Further conditions precedent
		The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) in relation to a Utilisation (other than one to which Clause 4.4 (Utilisations during the Certain Funds Period) applies) if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:

	(a)		no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; and
	(b)		the Repeating Representations to be made by the Borrower are true in all material respects.

4.3		Maximum number of Loans
		The Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the proposed Utilisation 20 or more Loans would be outstanding.
4.4		Utilisations during the Certain Funds Period

(a) Subject to Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent), during the Certain Funds Period, the Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) in relation to a Certain Funds Utilisation, if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:

	(i)		no Major Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Utilisation; and
	(ii)		all the Major Representations are true.

(b) During the Certain Funds Period (save in circumstances where, pursuant to paragraph (a) above, a Lender is not obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) and subject as provided in Clause 7.1 (Illegality)), none of the Finance Parties shall be entitled to:

	(i)		cancel any of its Commitments to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of a Certain Funds Utilisation;
	(ii)		rescind, terminate or cancel this Agreement or the Facility or exercise any similar right or remedy or make or enforce any claim under the Finance Documents it may have to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of a Certain Funds Utilisation;
	(iii)		refuse to participate in the making of a Certain Funds Utilisation;
	(iv)		exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim in respect of a Utilisation to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of a Certain Funds Utilisation; or
	(v)		cancel, accelerate or cause repayment or prepayment of any amounts owing hereunder or under any other Finance Document to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of a Certain Funds Utilisation,

provided that immediately upon the expiry of the Certain Funds Period all such rights, remedies and entitlements shall be available to the Finance Parties

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notwithstanding that they may not have been used or been available for use during the Certain Funds Period.

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SECTION 3
UTILISATION

5.		UTILISATION — LOANS
5.1		Delivery of a Utilisation Request
		The Borrower may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time.
5.2		Completion of a Utilisation Request

(a) Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:

	(i)		the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;
	(ii)		the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and
	(iii)		the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).

(b) Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request.

5.3 Currency and amount

	(a)		The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be dollars.
	(b)		The amount of the proposed Loan must be an amount which is not more than the Available Facility and which is a minimum of $25,000,000 or if less, the Available Facility.

5.4 Lenders’ participation

	(a)		If the applicable conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender shall make its participation in each Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office.
	(b)		The amount of each Lender’s participation in each Loan will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available Commitment to the Available Facility immediately prior to making the Loan.
	(c)		The Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of each Loan and the amount of its participation in that Loan, in each case by the Specified Time.

5.5 Cancellation of Commitment

(a) The Total Commitments shall be immediately cancelled at the end of the Availability Period.

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SECTION 4
REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION

6.		REPAYMENT
6.1		Repayment of Loans

	(a)		The Borrower shall repay the Loans made to it in full on the Termination Date.
	(b)		The Borrower may not reborrow any part of the Facility which is repaid.

7.		PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
7.1		Illegality
		If, at any time, it is unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for a Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or maintain its participation in any Loan:

	(a)		that Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event;
	(b)		upon the Agent notifying the Borrower, the Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and
	(c)		the Borrower shall repay that Lender’s participation in the Loans made to the Borrower on the last day of the Interest Period for each Loan occurring after the Agent has notified the Borrower or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law).

7.2 Change of control

(a) If any person or group of persons acting in concert gains control of the Borrower:

	(i)		the Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event;
	(ii)		a Lender shall not be obliged to fund a Utilisation;
	(iii)		if a Lender so requires and notifies the Agent within 30 days of the Borrower notifying the Agent of the event, the Agent shall, by not less than 30 days notice to the Borrower, cancel the Commitment of that Lender and declare the participation of that Lender in all outstanding Loans, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents, immediately due and payable, at which time the Commitment of that Lender will be cancelled and all such outstanding amounts will become immediately due and payable.

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(b) For the purpose of paragraph (a) above “control” means:

(i) the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to:

	(A)		cast, or control the casting of, more than one-half of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the Borrower; or
	(B)		appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the directors or other equivalent officers of the Borrower ; or
	(C)		give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of the Borrower which the directors or other equivalent officers of the Borrower are obliged to comply with; or

	(ii)		the holding of more than one-half of the issued share capital of the Borrower (excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits or capital).
	(iii)		For the purpose of paragraph (a) above “acting in concert” means, a group of persons who, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal), actively co-operate, through the acquisition by any of them, either directly or indirectly, of shares in the Borrower, to obtain or consolidate control of the Borrower.

7.3		Voluntary cancellation
		The Borrower may, if it gives the Agent not less than 3 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum amount of $25,000,000) of the Available Facility. Any cancellation under this Clause 7.3 shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably.
7.4		Debt Issuance

(a) The Borrower shall (unless the Majority Lenders otherwise agree) prepay Loans in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of:

	(i)		the issue of any Capital Market Debt Instruments;
	(ii)		any Syndicated Loans; and
	(iii)		any issue of Commercial Paper (other than commercial paper issued to refinance existing issued Commercial Paper) in excess of an aggregate amount of $500,000,000.

(b) The Borrower shall apply any amounts under paragraph (a) above as soon as is practicable (taking into account, without limitation, any then current Interest Periods) but in any event no later than the date falling 10 days after receipt of such amount.

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(c) The Borrower shall notify the Agent promptly (and the Agent, upon receiving such notice, shall notify the Lenders promptly) of any prepayment to be made under this Clause 7.4.

7.5 Voluntary prepayment of Loans

	(a)		The Borrower may, if it gives the Agent not less than 5 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, prepay the whole or any part of any Loan (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces the amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of $25,000,000.
	(b)		A Loan may only be prepaid after the last day of the Availability Period (or, if earlier, the day on which the Available Facility is zero).

7.6 Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender

(a) If:

	(i)		any sum payable to any Lender by the Borrower is required to be increased under paragraph (c) of Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up);
	(ii)		any Lender claims indemnification from the Borrower under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) or Clause 13.1 (Increased costs); or
	(iii)		any Lender notifies the Agent of its Additional Cost Rate under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formulae) or the Agent makes a determination of the Additional Cost Rate of any Lender under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formulae),

the Borrower may, whilst (in the case of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above) the circumstance giving rise to the requirement for indemnification continues or (in the case of paragraph (iii) above) that Additional Cost Rate is greater than zero, give the Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment of that Lender and its intention to procure the repayment of that Lender’s participation in the Loans.

	(b)		On receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.
	(c)		On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Borrower has given notice under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Borrower in that notice), the Borrower shall repay that Lender’s participation in that Loan.

7.7 Restrictions

	(a)		Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment.
	(b)		Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty.

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	(c)		The Borrower may not reborrow any part of the Facility which is prepaid.
	(d)		The Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or cancel all or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.
	(e)		No amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.
	(f)		If the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 7 it shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Borrower or the affected Lender, as appropriate.

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SECTION 5
COSTS OF UTILISATION

8.		INTEREST
8.1		Calculation of interest
		The rate of interest on each Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:

	(a)		Margin;
	(b)		LIBOR; and
	(c)		Mandatory Cost, if any.

8.2		Payment of interest
		On the last day of each Interest Period the Borrower shall pay accrued interest on the Loan to which that Interest Period relates (and, if the Interest Period is longer than six Months, on the dates falling at six Monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period).
8.3		Default interest

	(a)		If the Borrower fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is one per cent higher than the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Agent (acting reasonably). Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 shall be immediately payable by the Borrower on demand by the Agent.
	(b)		If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to that Loan:

	(i)		the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that Loan; and
	(ii)		the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest Period shall be one per cent. higher than the rate which would have applied if the overdue amount had not become due.

(c) Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable.

8.4		Notification of rates of interest
		The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.

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9.		INTEREST PERIODS
9.1		Selection of Interest Periods

	(a)		The Borrower may select an Interest Period for a Loan in the Utilisation Request for that Loan or (if the Loan has already been borrowed) in a Selection Notice.
	(b)		Each Selection Notice for a Loan is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Agent by the Borrower not later than the Specified Time.
	(c)		If the Borrower fails to deliver a Selection Notice to the Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above, the relevant Interest Period will be one Month.
	(d)		Subject to this Clause 9, the Borrower may select an Interest Period of one, two, three or six Months or any other period agreed between the Borrower and the Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders).
	(e)		An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Termination Date.
	(f)		Each Interest Period for a Loan shall start on the Utilisation Date or (if already made) on the last day of its preceding Interest Period.
	(g)		Prior to the Syndication Date, Interest Periods shall be one Month or such other period as the Agent and the Borrower may agree and any Interest Period which would otherwise end during the Month preceding or extend beyond the Syndication Date shall end on the Syndication Date.

9.2		Non-Business Days
		If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
9.3		Consolidation and division of Loans

	(a)		Subject to paragraph (b) below, if two or more Interest Periods end on the same date, those Loans will, unless the Borrower specifies to the contrary in the Selection Notice for the next Interest Period, be consolidated into, and treated as, a single Loan on the last day of the Interest Period.
	(b)		Subject to Clause 4.3 (Maximum number of Loans) and Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount), if the Borrower requests in a Selection Notice that a Loan be divided into two or more Loans, that Loan will, on the last day of its Interest Period, be so divided into the amounts specified in that Selection Notice, being an aggregate amount equal to the amount of the Loan immediately before its division.

10.		CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
10.1		Absence of quotations
		Subject to Clause 10.2 (Market disruption), if LIBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference Banks but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by the Specified

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		Time on the Quotation Day, the applicable LIBOR shall be determined on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks.
10.2		Market disruption

(a) If a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan for any Interest Period, then the rate of interest on each Lender’s share of that Loan for the Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:

	(i)		the Margin;
	(ii)		the rate notified to the Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to that Lender of funding its participation in that Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select; and
	(iii)		the Mandatory Cost, if any, applicable to that Lender’s participation in the Loan.

(b) In this Agreement “Market Disruption Event” means:

	(i)		at or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period the Screen Rate is not available and none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a rate to the Agent to determine LIBOR for dollars and the relevant Interest Period; or
	(ii)		before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, the Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders (whose participations in a Loan exceed 50 per cent. of that Loan) that the cost to it of obtaining matching deposits in the Relevant Interbank Market would be in excess of LIBOR.

10.3 Alternative basis of interest or funding

	(a)		If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Agent or the Borrower so requires, the Agent and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest.
	(b)		Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders and the Borrower, be binding on all Parties.

10.4 Break Costs

	(a)		The Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by the Borrower on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum.
	(b)		Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they accrue.

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11.		FEES
11.1		Commitment fee

	(a)		The Borrower shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each Lender) a fee in dollars computed at the rate of 25.0 per cent. of the Margin per annum on that Lender’s Available Commitment for the Availability Period.
	(b)		The accrued commitment fee is payable on the last day of each successive period of three Months which ends during the Availability Period, on the last day of the Availability Period and, if cancelled in full, on the cancelled amount of the relevant Lender’s Commitment at the time the cancellation is effective.

11.2		Arrangement fee
		The Borrower shall pay to the Arranger an arrangement fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
11.3		Agency fee
		The Borrower shall pay to the Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.

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SECTION 6
ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS

12.		TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
12.1		Definitions

	(a)		In this Agreement:
			“Protected Party” means a Finance Party which is or will be subject to any liability, or required to make any payment, for or on account of Tax in relation to a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or receivable) under a Finance Document.
			“Qualifying Lender” means:

(i) a Lender (other than a Lender within sub-paragraph (ii) below) which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document and is:

(A) a Lender:

	(1)		which is a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of ITA) making an advance under a Finance Document; or
	(2)		in respect of an advance made under a Finance Document by a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of ITA) at the time that that advance was made,

and which is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance; or

(B) a Lender which is:

	(1)		a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;
	(2)		a partnership each member of which is:

	(a)		a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or
	(b)		a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (for the purposes of section 11(2) of the Taxes Act) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of sections 114 and 115 of the Taxes Act; or

(3) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable

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in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (for the purposes of section 11(2) of the Taxes Act) of that company; or

(C) a Treaty Lender; or

(ii) a Lender which is a building society (as defined for the purpose of section 880 of ITA) making an advance under a Finance Document.

“Tax Confirmation” means a confirmation by a Lender that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document is either:

	(i)		a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;
	(ii)		a partnership each member of which is:

	(A)		a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or
	(B)		a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (for the purposes of section 11(2) of the Taxes Act) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of sections 114 and 115 of the Taxes Act; or

(iii) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (for the purposes of section 11(2) of the Taxes Act) of that company.

“Tax Credit” means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.

“Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document.

“Tax Payment” means either the increase in a payment made by the Borrower to a Finance Party under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity).

“Treaty Lender” means a Lender which:

	(i)		is treated as a resident of a Treaty State for the purposes of the Treaty;
	(ii)		does not carry on a business in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment with which that Lender’s participation in the Loan is effectively connected; and

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(iii) is fully eligible for the benefit of full exemption under the Treaty from tax imposed by the United Kingdom on interest payable to it by the Borrower.

“Treaty State” means a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement (a “Treaty”) with the United Kingdom which makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by the United Kingdom on interest.

(b) Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 12 a reference to “determines” or “determined” means a determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the determination.

12.2 Tax gross-up

	(a)		The Borrower shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
	(b)		The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that it must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Borrower.
	(c)		If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by the Borrower, the amount of the payment due from the Borrower shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
	(d)		The Borrower is not required to make an increased payment to a Lender under paragraph (c) above for a Tax Deduction in respect of tax imposed by the United Kingdom from a payment of interest on a Loan, if on the date on which the payment falls due:

	(i)		the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction if it was a Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or Treaty, or any published practice or concession of any relevant taxing authority; or
	(ii)

	(A)		the relevant Lender is a Qualifying Lender solely under sub-paragraph (i)(B) of the definition of Qualifying Lender;
	(B)		an officer of HM Revenue & Customs has given (and not revoked) a direction (a “Direction”) under section 931 of ITA (as that provision has effect on the date on which the relevant Lender became a Party) which relates to that payment and that Lender has received from the Borrower a certified copy of that Direction; and
	(C)		the payment could have been made to the Lender without any Tax Deduction in the absence of that Direction; or

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	(iii)		the relevant Lender is a Qualifying Lender solely under sub-paragraph (i)(B) of the definition of Qualifying Lender and it has not, other than by reason of any change after the date of this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or any published practice or concession of any relevant taxing authority given a Tax Confirmation to the Borrower; or
	(iv)		the relevant Lender is a Treaty Lender and the Borrower is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender without the Tax Deduction had that Lender complied with its obligations under paragraph (g) below.

	(e)		If the Borrower is required to make a Tax Deduction, it shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.
	(f)		Within thirty days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
	(g)		A Treaty Lender and the Borrower shall co-operate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for the Borrower to obtain authorisation to make that payment without a Tax Deduction.

12.3 Tax indemnity

	(a)		The Borrower shall (within three Business Days of demand by the Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which that Protected Party, acting reasonably, determines will be or has been suffered by way of Tax by that Protected Party in respect of a Finance Document.
	(b)		Paragraph (a) above shall not apply:

	(i)		except to the extent the Tax arises by reason of a change after the date of this Agreement in the law of the relevant taxing jurisdiction; or
	(ii)		with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party:

	(A)		under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as resident for any tax purposes;
	(B)		under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party’s Facility Office is; or
	(C)		under the law of a jurisdiction to which the Protected Party’s participation under the Finance Documents is treated as being attributable, to any extent, for tax purposes,

if that Tax is imposed on or by reference to income, profits or gains; or

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(iii) to the extent a loss, liability or cost:

	(A)		is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up); or
	(B)		would have been compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) but was not so compensated solely because one of the exclusions in paragraph (d) of Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) applied.

	(c)		A Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph (a) above shall promptly notify the Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall notify the Borrower.
	(d)		A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from the Borrower under this Clause 12.3, notify the Agent.

12.4		Tax Credit
		If the Borrower makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines that:

	(a)		a Tax Credit is attributable either to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, or to that Tax Payment; and
	(b)		that Finance Party has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit,

the Finance Party shall pay an amount to the Borrower which that Finance Party determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to be made by the Borrower.

12.5		Stamp taxes
		The Borrower shall pay and, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that Finance Party incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document.
12.6		Value added tax

	(a)		All amounts set out, or expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for VAT purposes shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on such supply, and accordingly, subject to paragraph (c) below, if VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document, that Party shall pay to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying the consideration) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT (and such Finance Party shall promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to such Party).
	(b)		If VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the “Supplier”) to any other Finance Party (the “Recipient”) under a Finance Document, and any Party (the “Relevant Party”) is required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for such supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse the Recipient in

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			respect of that consideration), such Party shall also pay to the Supplier (in addition to and at the same time as paying such amount) an amount equal to the amount of such VAT. The Recipient will promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority which it reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply.
	(c)		Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse a Finance Party for any costs or expenses, that Party shall also at the same time pay and indemnify the Finance Party against all VAT incurred by the Finance Party in respect of the costs or expenses to the extent that the Finance Party reasonably determines that neither it nor any other member of any group of which it is a member for VAT purposes is entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of the VAT.

13.		INCREASED COSTS
13.1		Increased costs

	(a)		Subject to Clause 13.3 (Exceptions) the Borrower shall, within three Business Days of a demand by the Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of (i) the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation or (ii) compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement.
	(b)		In this Agreement “Increased Costs” means:

	(i)		a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital;
	(ii)		an additional or increased cost; or
	(iii)		a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,

which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document.

13.2 Increased cost claims

	(a)		A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower.
	(b)		Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs.

13.3 Exceptions

(a) Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is:

(i) Tax or is attributable to Tax;

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	(ii)		compensated for by the payment of the Mandatory Cost; or
	(iii)		not notified to the Borrower within three months of the date it is suffered; or
	(iv)		attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation.

14.		OTHER INDEMNITIES
14.1		Currency indemnity

(a) If any sum due from the Borrower under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of:

	(i)		making or filing a claim or proof against the Borrower;
	(ii)		obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,

the Borrower shall as an independent obligation, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising directly (unless suffered by reason of the gross negligence or wilful default of a Finance Party) out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.

(b) The Borrower waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.

14.2		Other indemnities
		The Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Finance Party directly (unless suffered by reason of the gross negligence or wilful default of a Finance Party) as a result of:

	(a)		the occurrence of any Event of Default;
	(b)		a failure by the Borrower to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of Clause 25 (Sharing among the Finance Parties);
	(c)		funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested by the Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default or negligence by that Finance Party alone);

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	(d)		a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower; or
	(e)		any claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding (or the preparation of any defence with respect thereto) commenced or threatened by any person in relation to any of the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated therein, including without limitation, the Acquisition (whether or not made) or the use of the proceeds of the Facility.

14.3		Indemnity to the Agent
		The Borrower shall promptly indemnify the Agent against any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:

	(a)		investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; or
	(b)		acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised.

15.		MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS
15.1		Mitigation

	(a)		Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 12 (Tax gross-up and indemnities), Clause 13 (Increased costs) or paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formulae) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.
	(b)		Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of the Borrower under the Finance Documents.

15.2 Limitation of liability

	(a)		The Borrower shall indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation).
	(b)		A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might reasonably be expected to be prejudicial to it.

16.		COSTS AND EXPENSES
16.1		Transaction expenses
		The Borrower shall promptly on demand pay the Agent and the Arranger the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably and properly incurred by any of them in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution and syndication of:

(a) this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; and

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(b) any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.

16.2		Amendment costs
		If (a) the Borrower requests an amendment, waiver or consent or (b) an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 26.9 (Change of currency), the Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand, reimburse the Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably and properly incurred by the Agent in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement.
16.3		Enforcement costs
		The Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance Party the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by it in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document.

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SECTION 7
REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT

17.		REPRESENTATIONS
		The Borrower makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 17 to each Finance Party on the date of this Agreement or, in relation to the representation and warranty set out in Clause 17.9 (Information Package) on the date of the Information Package.
17.1		Status

	(a)		It is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
	(b)		It has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.

17.2		Binding obligations
		The obligations expressed to be assumed by it in each Finance Document are, subject to any general principles of law or affecting creditors’ rights generally, legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.
17.3		Non-conflict with other obligations
		The entry into and performance by it of the Finance Documents do not and will not conflict with:

	(a)		any law or regulation applicable to it;
	(b)		its constitutional documents; or
	(c)		any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets, where such conflict would have a Material Adverse Effect.

17.4		Power and authority
		It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
17.5		Validity and admissibility in evidence
		All Authorisations required:

	(a)		to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and
	(b)		to make the Finance Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation,

have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect.

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17.6		Governing law and enforcement
		The choice of English law as the governing law of the Finance Documents will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
17.7		No filing or stamp taxes
		Under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation it is not necessary that the Finance Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents.
17.8		No default

	(a)		No Default or Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of any Utilisation.
	(b)		No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or any of its Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries’) assets are subject which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

17.9 Information Package

	(a)		The Information Package is true and accurate in all material respects as at its date.
	(b)		Nothing has occurred or been omitted from the Information Package and no information has been given or withheld that results in the information contained in the Information Package being untrue or misleading in any material respect as at its date.

17.10 Financial statements

	(a)		Its Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP.
	(b)		Its Original Financial Statements fairly represent the consolidated financial condition and operations of the Group during the relevant financial year.
	(c)		There has been no material adverse change in its business or the consolidated financial condition of the Group since the date of the Original Financial Statements

17.11		Pari passu ranking
		Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.
17.12		No proceedings pending or threatened
		No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before any court, arbitral body or agency which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect have (to the best of its knowledge and belief) been started or threatened against it or any of its Subsidiaries.

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17.13		Repetition
		The Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by the Borrower (by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing) on the date of each Utilisation Request and the first day of each Interest Period.
18.		INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
		The undertakings in this Clause 18 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
18.1		Financial statements
		The Borrower shall supply to the Agent in sufficient copies for all the Lenders:

	(a)		as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 150 days after the end of each of its financial years, its audited consolidated financial statements for that financial year; and
	(b)		as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of the first half of each of its financial years, its consolidated financial statements for that financial half year.

18.2 Requirements as to financial statements

	(a)		Each set of financial statements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Clause 18.1 (Financial statements) gives a true and fair view of the Borrower as fairly representing its financial condition as at the date at which those financial statements were drawn up.
	(b)		The Borrower shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 18.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP.

18.3		Information: miscellaneous
		The Borrower shall supply to the Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders, if the Agent so requests):

	(a)		all documents dispatched by the Borrower to its shareholders (or any class of them) or its creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched; and
	(b)		promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, business and operations of any member of the Group as any Finance Party (through the Agent) may reasonably request.

18.4 Notification of default

	(a)		The Borrower shall notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.
	(b)		Promptly upon a request by the Agent, the Borrower shall confirm to the Agent that no Default is continuing (or if a Default is continuing, specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).

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18.5 Use of websites

(a) The Borrower may satisfy its obligation under this Agreement to deliver any information in relation to those Lenders ( the “Website Lenders”) who accept this method of communication by posting this information onto an electronic website designated by the Borrower and the Agent (the “Designated Website”) if:

	(i)		the Agent expressly agrees (after consultation with each of the Lenders) that it will accept communication of the information by this method;
	(ii)		both the Borrower and the Agent are aware of the address of and any relevant password specifications for the Designated Website; and
	(iii)		the information is in a format previously agreed between the Borrower and the Agent.

If any Lender (a “Paper Form Lender”) does not agree to the delivery of information electronically then the Agent shall notify the Borrower accordingly and the Borrower shall supply the information to the Agent (in sufficient copies for each Paper Form Lender) in paper form. In any event the Borrower shall supply the Agent with at least one copy in paper form of any information required to be provided by it.

	(b)		The Agent shall supply each Website Lender with the address of and any relevant password specifications for the Designated Website following designation of that website by the Borrower and the Agent.
	(c)		The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence notify the Agent if:

	(i)		the Designated Website cannot be accessed due to technical failure;
	(ii)		the password specifications for the Designated Website change;
	(iii)		any new information which is required to be provided under this Agreement is posted onto the Designated Website;
	(iv)		any existing information which has been provided under this Agreement and posted onto the Designated Website is amended; or
	(v)		the Borrower becomes aware that the Designated Website or any information posted onto the Designated Website is or has been infected by any electronic virus or similar software.

If the Borrower notifies the Agent under paragraph (c)(i) or paragraph (c)(v) above, all information to be provided by the Borrower under this Agreement after the date of that notice shall be supplied in paper form unless and until the Agent and each Website Lender is satisfied that the circumstances giving rise to the notification are no longer continuing.

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(d) Any Website Lender may request, through the Agent, one paper copy of any information required to be provided under this Agreement which is posted onto the Designated Website. The Borrower shall comply with any such request within ten Business Days.

18.6 “Know your customer” checks

(a) If:

	(i)		the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;
	(ii)		any change in the status of the Borrower after the date of this Agreement; or
	(iii)		a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,

obliges the Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Lender) to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Borrower shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Agent, such Lender or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.

(b) Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself) in order for the Agent to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.

19.		GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
		The undertakings in this Clause 19 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

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19.1		Authorisations
		The Borrower shall promptly:

	(a)		obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and
	(b)		on request, supply certified copies to the Agent of,

any Authorisation required under any law or regulation of its jurisdiction of incorporation to enable it to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation of any Finance Document.

19.2		Compliance with laws
		The Borrower shall comply in all respects with all laws to which it may be subject, if failure so to comply would have a Material Adverse Affect.
19.3		Negative pledge

	(a)		The Borrower shall not (and shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets.
	(b)		Paragraph (a) above does not apply to:

	(i)		any Security provided by any member of the Group in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances or otherwise in the ordinary course of its treasury activities;
	(ii)		any lien arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of business;
	(iii)		any Security over or affecting any asset acquired by a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement if:

	(A)		the Security was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group;
	(B)		the principal amount secured has not been increased in contemplation of, or since the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group; and
	(C)		the Security is removed or discharged within six months of the date of acquisition of such asset;

(iv) any Security over or affecting any asset of any company which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement, where the Security is created prior to the date on which that company becomes a member of the Group, if:

(A) the Security was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that company;

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	(B)		the principal amount secured has not increased in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that company; and
	(C)		the Security is removed or discharged within six months of that company becoming a member of the Group; and

(v) any Security securing indebtedness the principal amount of which (when aggregated with the principal amount of any other indebtedness which has the benefit of Security given by any member of the Group other than any permitted under paragraphs (i) to (v) above) does not exceed 15 per cent. of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Group (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies).

19.4		Change of business
		The Borrower shall ensure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the core business of the Group from that carried on at the date of this Agreement.
19.5		Insurance
		The Borrower shall maintain insurances on and in relation to its business and assets with reputable underwriters or insurance companies against those risks and to the extent as is usual for companies carrying on the same or substantially similar business which may include an element of self-insurance (or insurance through a captive insurer).
19.6		Acquisition Undertakings
		The Borrower shall:

	(a)		comply in all material respects with all applicable laws and regulations relevant in the context of the Acquisition;
	(b)		keep the Agent informed of any material developments or material changes to the terms or conditions of the Merger Agreement; and
	(c)		promptly supply to the Agent:

	(i)		copies of all material notices or announcements received or issued by it in relation to the Acquisition;
	(ii)		any other information regarding the progress of the Acquisition as the Agent may reasonably request,

except to the extent that it is prohibited from doing so by the terms of a confidentiality undertaking or by any applicable law or regulation.

20.		EVENTS OF DEFAULT
		Each of the events or circumstances set out in this Clause 20 is an Event of Default (save as for Clause 20.10 (Acceleration).

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20.1		Non-payment
		The Borrower does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Finance Document at the place and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable unless:

(a) its failure to pay is caused by:

	(i)		administrative or technical error; or
	(ii)		a Disruption Event; and

(b) payment is made within 3 Business Days of its due date.

20.2 Other obligations

	(a)		The Borrower does not comply in all material respects with any provision of the Finance Documents (other than those referred to in Clause 20.1 (Non-payment).
	(b)		No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within 20 Business Days of the Agent giving notice to the Borrower or the Borrower becoming aware of the failure to comply.

20.3		Misrepresentation
		Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by the Borrower in the Finance Documents is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made, provided that no Event of Default will occur under this Clause 20.3 (Misrepresentation) if the failure to comply is capable of being remedied and is remedied within 20 Business Days of the Agent giving notice to the Borrower or the Borrower becoming aware of the failure to comply.
20.4		Cross Acceleration

	(a)		Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period.
	(b)		Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).
	(c)		Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any member of the Group as a result of an event of default (however described).
	(d)		No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 20.4 if the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness falling within paragraphs (a) to (c) above is less than $200,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies).

20.5 Insolvency

(a) The Borrower or Material Subsidiary is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due, suspends making payments on any of its debts or, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations

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			with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness.
	(b)		A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary.

20.6		Insolvency proceedings
		Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to:

	(a)		the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary other than a solvent liquidation or reorganisation of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary;
	(b)		a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties;
	(c)		the appointment of a liquidator (other than in respect of a solvent liquidation of a Material Subsidiary), receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of the Borrower or a Material Subsidiary or any of their assets; or
	(d)		enforcement of any Security over any assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, having an aggregate value of $50,000,000.

or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.

20.7		Creditors’ process
		Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affects any asset or assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary having an aggregate value of $50,000,000 by reason of creditor action and is not discharged within 21 days.
20.8		Unlawfulness
		It is or becomes unlawful for the Borrower to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents.
20.9		Repudiation
		The Borrower repudiates a Finance Document or evidences in writing an intention to repudiate a Finance Document.
20.10		Acceleration
		On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default and whilst it is continuing the Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower:

(a) cancel the Total Commitments, at which time they shall immediately be cancelled;

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	(b)		declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, at which time they shall become immediately due and payable; and/or
	(c)		declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, at which time they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the instructions of the Majority Lenders.

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SECTION 8
CHANGES TO PARTIES

21.		CHANGES TO THE LENDERS
21.1		Assignments and transfers by the Lenders
		Subject to this Clause 21, a Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may:

	(a)		assign any of its rights; or
	(b)		transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations,
	to another bank (the “New Lender”).

21.2 Conditions of assignment or transfer

	(a)		The consent of the Borrower is required for an assignment or transfer by an Existing Lender, unless the assignment or transfer is to another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Event of Default is continuing.
	(b)		The consent of the Borrower to an assignment or transfer must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Borrower will be deemed to have given its consent ten Business Days after the Existing Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly refused by the Borrower within that time.
	(c)		The consent of the Borrower to an assignment or transfer must not be withheld solely because the assignment or transfer may result in an increase to the Mandatory Cost.
	(d)		Each assignment or transfer of any Lender’s participation shall be in a minimum amount of $25,000,000 unless the assignment or transfer is of the whole amount of that Lender’s participation under this Agreement.
	(e)		An assignment will only be effective on:

	(i)		receipt by the Agent of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) that the New Lender will assume the same obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if it was an Original Lender; and
	(ii)		performance by the Agent of all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to such assignment to a New Lender, the completion of which the Agent shall promptly notify to the Existing Lender and the New Lender.

	(f)		A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 21.5 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with.
	(g)		If:

(i) a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and

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(ii) as a result of circumstances existing or changes proposed at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, the Borrower would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 12 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased costs),

then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment under those Clauses to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred.

21.3		Assignment or transfer fee
		The New Lender shall, on the date upon which an assignment or transfer takes effect, pay to the Agent (for its own account) a fee of $2,500.

21.4 Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders

(a) Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:

	(i)		the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents;
	(ii)		the financial condition of the Borrower;
	(iii)		the performance and observance by the Borrower of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or
	(iv)		the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document,

and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.

(b) Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:

	(i)		has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of the Borrower and its related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and
	(ii)		will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Borrower and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

(c) Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:

(i) accept a re-transfer from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 21; or

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(ii) support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by the Borrower of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise.

21.5 Procedure for transfer

	(a)		Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 21.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer Certificate.
	(b)		The Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender.
	(c)		On the Transfer Date:

	(i)		to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents the Borrower and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”);
	(ii)		the Borrower and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as the Borrower and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of the Borrower and the Existing Lender;
	(iii)		the Agent, the Arranger, the New Lender and the other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Agent, the Arranger and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and
	(iv)		the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”.

21.6		Copy of Transfer Certificate to Borrower
		The Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer Certificate, send to the Borrower a copy of that Transfer Certificate.

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21.7		Disclosure of information
		Any Lender may disclose to any of its Affiliates and any other person:

	(a)		to (or through) whom that Lender assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement;
	(b)		with (or through) whom that Lender enters into (or may potentially enter into) any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to, this Agreement or the Borrower; or
	(c)		to whom, and to the extent that, information is required to be disclosed by any applicable law or regulation,

any information about the Borrower, the Group and the Finance Documents as that Lender shall consider appropriate if, in relation to paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the person to whom the information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking.

21.8		Sub-Participation
		An Existing Lender may:

	(a)		on and after the Syndication Date, grant funded or unfunded sub-participations to any person of any of its rights or obligations where such Existing Lender retains absolute discretion with regard to the exercise of voting rights under this Agreement; or
	(b)		on and after an Event of Default which is continuing, grant funded or unfunded sub-participations to any person of any of its rights and obligations where such Existing Lender no longer retains absolute discretion with regard to the exercise of voting rights under this Agreement,

but may not otherwise grant any such sub-participations.

22.		CHANGES TO THE BORROWER
		The Borrower may not assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents.

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SECTION 9
THE FINANCE PARTIES

23. ROLE OF THE AGENT AND THE ARRANGER

23.1 Appointment of the Agent

	(a)		Each other Finance Party appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents.
	(b)		Each other Finance Party authorises the Agent to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent under or in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions.

23.2 Duties of the Agent

	(a)		The Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Agent for that Party by any other Party.
	(b)		Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party.
	(c)		If the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties.
	(d)		If the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than the Agent or the Arranger) under this Agreement it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties.
	(e)		The Agent’s duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature.

23.3		Role of the Arranger
		Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, the Arranger has no obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance Document.

23.4 No fiduciary duties

	(a)		Nothing in this Agreement constitutes the Agent or the Arranger as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person.
	(b)		Neither the Agent nor the Arranger shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.

23.5 Business with the Group

     The Agent and the Arranger may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the Group.

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23.6 Rights and discretions of the Agent

(a) The Agent may rely on:

	(i)		any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; and
	(ii)		any statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee of any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify.

(b) The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders) that:

	(i)		no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 20.1 (Non-payment)); and
	(ii)		any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Majority Lenders has not been exercised.

	(c)		The Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts.
	(d)		The Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel and agents.
	(e)		The Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as Agent under this Agreement.
	(f)		Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Agent nor the Arranger is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.

23.7 Majority Lenders’ instructions

	(a)		Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, the Agent shall (i) exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Majority Lenders (or, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent) and (ii) not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from taking any action) in accordance with an instruction of the Majority Lenders.
	(b)		Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions given by the Majority Lenders will be binding on all the Finance Parties.
	(c)		The Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) until it has received such security as it may require for any cost, loss or liability (together with any associated VAT) which it may incur in complying with the instructions.

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	(d)		In the absence of instructions from the Majority Lenders, (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) the Agent may act (or refrain from taking action) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders.
	(e)		The Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first obtaining that Lender’s consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document.

23.8		Responsibility for documentation
		Neither the Agent nor the Arranger is responsible for:

	(a)		the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) provided by the Agent, the Arranger, the Borrower or any other person given in or in connection with any Finance Document, the Information Package or the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents; or
	(b)		the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of or in connection with any Finance Document.

23.9 Exclusion of liability

	(a)		Without limiting paragraph (b) below (and without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (e) of Clause 26.10 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.), the Agent will not be liable (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) to any Finance Party for any action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
	(b)		No Party (other than the Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of the Agent may rely on this Clause.
	(c)		The Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by the Agent if the Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Agent for that purpose.
	(d)		Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent or the Arranger to carry out any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any person on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to the Agent and the Arranger that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Agent or the Arranger.

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23.10		Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent
		Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the Agent, within three Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) incurred by the Agent (otherwise than by reason of the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct) (or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to Clause 26.10 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.) notwithstanding the Agent’s negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) in acting as Agent under the Finance Documents (unless the Agent has been reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to a Finance Document).

23.11 Resignation of the Agent

	(a)		The Agent may following consultation with the Borrower resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through an office in the United Kingdom as successor by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Borrower.
	(b)		Alternatively the Agent may following consultation with the Borrower resign by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Borrower, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with the Borrower) may appoint a successor Agent.
	(c)		If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above within 30 days after notice of resignation was given, the Agent (after consultation with the Borrower) may appoint a successor Agent (acting through an office in the United Kingdom).
	(d)		The retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent under the Finance Documents.
	(e)		The Agent’s resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor.
	(f)		Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain entitled to the benefit of this Clause 23. Its successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party.
	(g)		After consultation with the Borrower, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above. In this event, the Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above.

23.12 Confidentiality

(a) In acting as agent for the Finance Parties, the Agent shall be regarded as acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or departments.

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(b) If information is received by another division or department of the Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it.

23.13 Relationship with the Lenders

	(a)		The Agent may treat each Lender as a Lender, entitled to payments under this Agreement and acting through its Facility Office unless it has received not less than five Business Days prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
	(b)		Each Lender shall supply the Agent with any information required by the Agent in order to calculate the Mandatory Cost in accordance with Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formulae).

23.14		Credit appraisal by the Lenders
		Without affecting the responsibility of the Borrower for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms to the Agent and the Arranger that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not limited to:

	(a)		the financial condition, status and nature of each member of the Group;
	(b)		the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;
	(c)		whether that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and
	(d)		the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the Information Package and any other information provided by the Agent, any Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.

23.15		Reference Banks
		If a Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Lender, the Lender of which it is an Affiliate) ceases to be a Lender, the Agent shall (in consultation with the Borrower) appoint another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to replace that Reference Bank.

23.16		Agent’s Management Time
		Any amount payable to the Agent under Clause 14.3 (Indemnity to the Agent), Clause 16 (Costs and expenses) and Clause 23.10 (Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent) shall include the cost of utilising the Agent’s management time or other resources and will be

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calculated on the basis of such reasonable daily or hourly rates as the Agent may notify to the Borrower and the Lenders, and is in addition to any fee paid or payable to the Agent under Clause 11 (Fees).

23.17		Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent
		If any Party owes an amount to the Agent under the Finance Documents the Agent may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that amount from any payment to that Party which the Agent would otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount owed. For the purposes of the Finance Documents that Party shall be regarded as having received any amount so deducted.

24.		CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES
		No provision of this Agreement will:

	(a)		interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;
	(b)		oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or
	(c)		oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.

25.		SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
25.1		Payments to Finance Parties
		If a Finance Party (a “Recovering Finance Party”) receives or recovers any amount from the Borrower other than in accordance with Clause 26 (Payment mechanics) and applies that amount to a payment due under the Finance Documents then:

	(a)		the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days, notify details of the receipt or recovery, to the Agent;
	(b)		the Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt or recovery been received or made by the Agent and distributed in accordance with Clause 26 (Payment mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and
	(c)		the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days of demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the “Sharing Payment”) equal to such receipt or recovery less any amount which the Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause 26.5 (Partial payments).

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25.2		Redistribution of payments
		The Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the Borrower and distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than the Recovering Finance Party) in accordance with Clause 26.5 (Partial payments).
25.3		Recovering Finance Party’s rights

	(a)		On a distribution by the Agent under Clause 25.2 (Redistribution of payments), the Recovering Finance Party will be subrogated to the rights of the Finance Parties which have shared in the redistribution.
	(b)		If and to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party is not able to rely on its rights under paragraph (a) above, the Borrower shall be liable to the Recovering Finance Party for a debt equal to the Sharing Payment which is immediately due and payable.

25.4		Reversal of redistribution
		If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Finance Party becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance Party, then:

	(a)		each Finance Party which has received a share of the relevant Sharing Payment pursuant to Clause 25.2 (Redistribution of payments) shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to the Agent for account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to pay); and
	(b)		that Recovering Finance Party’s rights of subrogation in respect of any reimbursement shall be cancelled and the Borrower will be liable to the reimbursing Finance Party for the amount so reimbursed.

25.5 Exceptions

	(a)		This Clause 25 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and enforceable claim against the Borrower.
	(b)		A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings, if:

	(i)		it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings; and
	(ii)		that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable having received notice and did not take separate legal or arbitration proceedings.

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SECTION 10
ADMINISTRATION

26. PAYMENT MECHANICS

26.1 Payments to the Agent

	(a)		On each date on which the Borrower or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, the Borrower or Lender shall make the same available to the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.
	(b)		Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency with such bank as the Agent specifies.

26.2 Distributions by the Agent

Each payment received by the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party shall, subject to Clause 26.3 (Distributions to the Borrower), Clause 26.4 (Clawback) and Clause 23.17 (Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent) be made available by the Agent as soon as practicable after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with this Agreement (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility Office), to such account as that Party may notify to the Agent by not less than five Business Days’ notice with a bank in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency.

26.3		Distributions to the Borrower
		The Agent may (with the consent of the Borrower or in accordance with Clause 27 (Set-off)) apply any amount received by it for the Borrower in or towards payment (on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from the Borrower under the Finance Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount of any currency to be so applied.

26.4 Clawback

	(a)		Where a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum.
	(b)		If the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost of funds.

26.5 Partial payments

(a) If the Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by the Borrower under the Finance Documents, the Agent

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shall apply that payment towards the obligations of the Borrower under the Finance Documents in the following order:

	(i)		first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Agent and the Arranger under the Finance Documents;
	(ii)		secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;
	(iii)		thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; and
	(iv)		fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.

	(b)		The Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the order set out in paragraphs (a)(ii) to (iv) above.
	(c)		Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by the Borrower.

26.6		No set-off by the Borrower
		All payments to be made by the Borrower under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.
26.7		Business Days

	(a)		Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
	(b)		During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.

26.8 Currency of account

	(a)		Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, dollars is the currency of account and payment for any sum from the Borrower under any Finance Document.
	(b)		Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
	(c)		Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than dollars shall be paid in that other currency.

26.9 Change of currency

(a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then:

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			translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Agent (after consultation with the Borrower); and
	(ii)		any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Agent (acting reasonably).

(b) If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Borrower) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.

26.10		Disruption to Payment Systems etc.
		If either the Agent determines (in its discretion) that a Disruption Event has occurred or the Agent is notified by the Borrower that a Disruption Event has occurred:

	(a)		the Agent may, and shall if requested to do so by the Borrower, consult with the Borrower with a view to agreeing with the Borrower such changes to the operation or administration of the Facility as the Agent may deem necessary in the circumstances;
	(b)		the Agent shall not be obliged to consult with the Borrower in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) if, in its reasonable opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no obligation to agree to such changes;
	(c)		the Agent may consult with the Finance Parties in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) but shall not be obliged to do so if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;
	(d)		any such changes agreed upon by the Agent and the Borrower shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be binding upon the Parties as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 32 (Amendments and Waivers);
	(e)		the Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever (including, without limitation for negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with this Clause 26.10; and
	(f)		the Agent shall notify the Finance Parties of all changes agreed pursuant to paragraph (d) above.

27.		SET-OFF
		A Finance Party may set off any matured obligation due from the Borrower under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any

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		matured obligation owed by that Finance Party to the Borrower, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.
28.		NOTICES
28.1		Communications in writing
		Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax or letter.
28.2		Addresses
		The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is:

	(a)		in the case of the Borrower, that identified with its name below;
	(b)		in the case of each Lender, that notified in writing to the Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party; and
	(c)		in the case of the Agent, that identified with its name below,

or any substitute address or fax number or department or officer as the Party may notify to the Agent (or the Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a change is made by the Agent) by not less than five Business Days’ notice.

28.3 Delivery

(a) Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:

	(i)		if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
	(ii)		if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address,

and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 28.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.

	(b)		Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with the Agent’s signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Agent shall specify for this purpose).
	(c)		All notices from or to the Borrower shall be sent through the Agent.

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28.4		Notification of address and fax number
		Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or fax number pursuant to Clause 28.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number, the Agent shall notify the other Parties.
28.5		Electronic communication

(a) Any communication to be made between the Agent and a Lender under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means, if the Agent and the relevant Lender:

	(i)		agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication;
	(ii)		notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and
	(iii)		notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them.

(b) Any electronic communication made between the Agent and a Lender will be effective only when actually received in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Lender to the Agent only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Agent shall specify for this purpose.

28.6 English language

	(a)		Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English.
	(b)		All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be:

	(i)		in English; or
	(ii)		if not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.

29.		CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
29.1		Accounts
		In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a Finance Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.

29.2 Certificates and Determinations

(a) Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error, prima facie evidence of the matters to which it relates.

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(b) Certificates granted on behalf of the Borrower shall be given without personal liability on part of the officer signing them.

29.3		Day count convention
		Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days or, in any case where the practice in the Relevant Interbank Market differs, in accordance with that market practice.
30.		PARTIAL INVALIDITY
		If, at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
31.		REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
		No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party, any right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

32. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

32.1 Required consents

	(a)		Subject to Clause 32.2 (Exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Borrower and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.
	(b)		The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause.

32.2 Exceptions

(a) An amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates to:

	(i)		the definition of “Majority Lenders” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);
	(ii)		an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents;
	(iii)		a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable;
	(iv)		an increase in or an extension of any Commitment;
	(v)		a change to the Borrower;
	(vi)		any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders;

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(vii) Clause 2.2 (Finance Parties’ rights and obligations), Clause 21 (Changes to the Lenders) or this Clause 32;

shall not be made without the prior consent of all the Lenders.

(b) An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent or the Arranger may not be effected without the consent of the Agent or the Arranger as the case may be.

33.		COUNTERPARTS
		Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Finance Document.

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SECTION 11
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT

34.		GOVERNING LAW
		This Agreement is governed by English law.
35.		ENFORCEMENT
35.1		Jurisdiction

	(a)		The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement) (a “Dispute”).
	(b)		The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.
	(c)		This Clause 35.1 is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only. As a result, no Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

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SCHEDULE 1

The Original Lenders

Name of Original Lender		Commitment
Citibank, N.A.		$	5,000,000,000
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch		$	5,000,000,000
HSBC Bank plc		$	5,000,000,000

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SCHEDULE 2

Conditions Precedent to Initial Utilisation

1. The Borrower

	(a)		A copy of the constitutional documents of the Borrower.
	(b)		A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Borrower:

	(i)		resolving to approve the incurrence of debt to finance the Acquisition and the terms of such debt financing as summarised in the Commitment Letter and the term sheet appended thereto, and resolving to authorise a specified person or persons on behalf of the Borrower to execute the same; and
	(ii)		resolving to authorise a specified person or persons on behalf of the Borrower to take any and all actions, to execute and deliver any and all documents, agreements and instruments and to take any and all steps deemed by such authorised person to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purpose and intent of, inter alia, the resolutions referred to in (i) above and ratifying all actions taken by a specified person or persons in furtherance thereof.

	(c)		A specimen of the signature of each person authorised to sign and actually signing any Finance Documents.
	(d)		A certificate of the Borrower (signed by an authorised signatory) confirming that borrowing the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing limit binding on the Borrower to be exceeded.
	(e)		A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Borrower certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.

2. Legal opinions

A legal opinion of Xxxxxxxx Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Arranger and the Agent in England, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this Agreement.

3. Other documents and evidence

	(a)		The Original Financial Statements.
	(b)		Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the first Utilisation Date.

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(c) The executed Merger Agreement and confirmation from the Borrower that all conditions to the consummation of the Merger Agreement and the Offer (as therein defined) have been satisfied or waived by it.

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SCHEDULE 3

Utilisation Requests

From: AstraZeneca PLC

To: HSBC Bank plc

Dated:

Dear Sirs

AstraZeneca PLC – $15,000,000,000 Facility Agreement
dated 1 May 2007 (the “Agreement”)

1. We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this Utilisation Request.

2. We wish to borrow a Loan on the following terms:

Proposed Utilisation Date:		[   ] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)
Currency of Loan:		$ [   ]
Amount:		[   ] or, if less, the Available Facility
Interest Period:		[   ]

3.		We confirm that if applicable each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.
4.		The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to [account].
5.		This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.

Yours faithfully

authorised signatory for

AstraZeneca PLC

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SCHEDULE 4

Mandatory Cost Formulae

1.		The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the Financial Services Authority (or any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) or (b) the requirements of the European Central Bank.
2.		On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the “Additional Cost Rate”) for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders’ Additional Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum.
3.		The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Agent. This percentage will be certified by that Lender in its notice to the Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that Lender’s participation in all Loans made from that Facility Office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from that Facility Office.
4.		The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Agent as follows:

		Ex 0.01
		300		per cent. per annum.

     Where:

E is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules and is calculated by the Agent as being the average of the most recent rates of charge supplied by the Reference Banks to the Agent pursuant to paragraph 7 below and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000.

5. For the purposes of this Schedule:

	(a)		“Fees Rules” means the rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits;
	(b)		“Fee Tariffs” means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount rate); and
	(c)		“Tariff Base” has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules.

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6.		If requested by the Agent, each Reference Bank shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Agent, the rate of charge payable by that Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by that Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to that Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of that Reference Bank.
7.		Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Agent for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender:

	(a)		the jurisdiction of its Facility Office; and
	(b)		any other information that the Agent may reasonably require for such purpose.

		Each Lender shall promptly notify the Agent of any change to the information provided by it pursuant to this paragraph.
8.		The Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination results in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender or Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct in all respects.
9.		The Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender and each Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above.
10.		Any determination by the Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties.
11.		The Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Borrower and the Lenders, determine and notify to all Parties any amendments which are required to be made to this Schedule in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties.

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SCHEDULE 5

Form of Transfer Certificate

To: HSBC Bank plc as Agent

From: [The Existing Lender] (the “Existing Lender”) and [The New Lender] (the “New Lender”)

Dated:

AstraZeneca PLC – $15,000,000,000 Facility Agreement
dated 1 May 2007 (the “Agreement”)

1.		We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Transfer Certificate.
2.		We refer to Clause 21.5 (Procedure for transfer):

	(a)		The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by novation all or part of the Existing Lender’s Commitment, rights and obligations referred to in the Schedule in accordance with Clause 21.5 (Procedure for transfer).
	(b)		The proposed Transfer Date is [    ].
	(c)		The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 28.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule.

3.		The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender’s obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 21.4 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders).
4.		[The New Lender confirms that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document is either:

	(a)		a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes; or
	(b)		a partnership each member of which is:

	(i)		a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or
	(ii)		a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (for the purposes of section 11(2) of the Taxes Act) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of sections 114 and 115 of the Taxes Act; or

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(c) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (for the purposes of section 11(2) of the Taxes Act) of that company.] ¹

[4/5].		This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Transfer Certificate.
[5/6].		This Transfer Certificate is governed by English law.

THE SCHEDULE

Commitment/rights and obligations to be transferred

[insert relevant details]

[Facility Office address, fax number and attention details for notices and account details for
payments,]

[Existing Lender]		[New Lender]
By:		By:
This Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Agent and the Transfer Date is confirmed as [     ].
[Agent]
By:

¹ Include if New Lender comes within paragraph (i)(B) of the definition of Qualifying Lender in Clause 1.1 (Definitions).

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SCHEDULE 6

Timetables

		Loans in Dollars
Delivery of a duly completed Utilisation Request (Clause 5.1		U-2
(Delivery of a Utilisation Request) or a Selection Notice (Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods))		8.30am
Agent notifies the Lenders of the Loan in accordance with Clause 5.4		U-2
(Lenders’ participation)		10.00am
LIBOR is fixed		Quotation Day as of 11.00am

“U” = date of utilisation or, if applicable, in the case of a Loan that has already been borrowed, the first day of the relevant Interest Period for that Loan

“U — X” = Business Days prior to date of utilisation

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SIGNATURES

THE BORROWER
ASTRAZENECA PLC
By:		/s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Address:		00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
		Xxxxxx X0X 0XX
THE ARRANGER
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED
By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Address:		Citigroup Centre,
		00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Xxxxxx X00 0XX
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH
By:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
		/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Address:		Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx,
		0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX
HSBC BANK PLC
By:		/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
Address:		0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Xxxxxx X00 0XX

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THE AGENT
HSBC BANK PLC
By:		/s/ Xxxxx Stent
Address:		0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Xxxxxx X00 0XX
Fax: x00 0(00) 0000 0000
THE ORIGINAL LENDERS
CITIBANK, N.A.			.
By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Address:		Citigroup Centre,
		00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Xxxxxx X00 0XX
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH
By:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
		/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Address:		Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx,
		0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX
HSBC BANK PLC
By:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
Address:		0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Xxxxxx X00 0XX

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