EX-4.1 2 d308675dex41.htm FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP UBS AG acting through its Jersey branch USD 2,000,000,000 TIER 2 SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2022 FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT CONTENTS Clause Page Schedule 1 Form of Initial Global Note 21...
Exhibit 4.1
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UBS AG
acting through its Jersey branch
USD 2,000,000,000
TIER 2 SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2022
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CONTENTS
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Clause | Β Β | Β | Β Β | Page | Β | |
1. | Β Β | Interpretation | Β Β | Β | 1 | Β Β |
2. | Β Β | Appointment of the Paying Agents | Β Β | Β | 3 | Β Β |
3. | Β Β | The Notes | Β Β | Β | 3 | Β Β |
4. | Β Β | Exchange and Delivery of Definitive Notes | Β Β | Β | 5 | Β Β |
5. | Β Β | Replacement of Notes and Coupons | Β Β | Β | 6 | Β Β |
6. | Β Β | Payments to the Fiscal Agent | Β Β | Β | 7 | Β Β |
7. | Β Β | Payments to Noteholders | Β Β | Β | 8 | Β Β |
8. | Β Β | Miscellaneous Duties of the Paying Agents | Β Β | Β | 10 | Β Β |
9. | Β Β | Appointment and Duties of the Calculation Agent | Β Β | Β | 12 | Β Β |
10. | Β Β | Fees and Expenses | Β Β | Β | 13 | Β Β |
11. | Β Β | Terms of Appointment | Β Β | Β | 13 | Β Β |
12. | Β Β | Changes in Paying Agents | Β Β | Β | 15 | Β Β |
13. | Β Β | Notices | Β Β | Β | 18 | Β Β |
14. | Β Β | Law and Jurisdiction | Β Β | Β | 19 | Β Β |
15. | Β Β | Rights of Third Parties | Β Β | Β | 20 | Β Β |
16. | Β Β | Modification | Β Β | Β | 20 | Β Β |
17. | Β Β | Counterparts | Β Β | Β | 20 | Β Β |
Schedule 1 Form of Initial Global Note | Β Β | Β | 21 | Β Β | ||
Schedule 2 Form of Final Global Note | Β Β | Β | 26 | Β Β | ||
Schedule 3 Form of Definitive Note and Coupon | Β Β | Β | 31 | Β Β | ||
Schedule 4 Terms and Conditions of the Notes | Β Β | Β | 33 | Β Β | ||
Schedule 5 Specified Offices of the Paying Agents | Β Β | Β | 61 | Β Β |
THIS AGREEMENT is made on 22Β February 2012
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BETWEEN
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(1) | UBS AG, acting through its Jersey branch (the βIssuerβ); and |
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(2) | THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, acting through its London Branch as fiscal agent (the βFiscal Agentβ) and as calculation agent (the βCalculation Agentβ) and any other paying agents appointed from time to time (together with the Fiscal Agent and Calculation Agent, the βPayingΒ Agentsβ). |
WHEREAS
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(A) | The Issuer has authorised the creation and issue of USD 2,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Tier 2 Subordinated Notes due 2022 (the βNotesβ). |
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(B) | The Notes will be in bearer form and in the denominations of USD 200,000 and integral multiples of 1,000 in excess thereof. The Notes will initially be represented by an initial global note (the βInitial Global Noteβ), interests in which will be exchangeable for interests in a final global note (the βFinal Global Noteβ and, together with the Initial Global Note, the βGlobal Notesβ) in the circumstances specified herein. The Final Global Note will in turn be exchangeable for notes in definitive form (βDefinitive Notesβ), with interest coupons (βCouponsβ) attached, only in certain limited circumstances specified in the Conditions (as defined below). |
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(C) | The Issuer and the Paying Agents wish to record certain arrangements which they have made in relation to the Notes. |
IT IS AGREED as follows:
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1. | INTERPRETATION |
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1.1 | Definitions |
In this Agreement the following expressions have the following meanings:
βAggregate Principal Amount Issuedβ has the meaning ascribed to it in the Final Global Note;
βAggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Final Global Noteβ has the meaning ascribed to it in the Final Global Note;
βAggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Noteβ has the meaning ascribed to it in the Initial Global Note;
βAuthorised Personβ means any person who is designated in writing by the Issuer from time to time to give Instructions to the Paying Agents under the terms of this Agreement;
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βCalculation Agentβ means the Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch, pursuant to Clause 9 (Appointment and Duties of the Calculation Agent) and any successor thereto;
βClearstream, Luxembourgβ means Clearstream Banking, sociΓ©tΓ© anonyme, Luxembourg;
βConditionsβ means the Terms and Conditions of the Notes (as scheduled to this Agreement and as modified from time to time in accordance with their terms), and any reference to a numbered βConditionβ is to the correspondingly numbered provision thereof;
βEuroclearβ means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.;
βExchange Dateβ means the first day following the expiry of 40 days after the issue of the Notes;
βFiscal Agentβ and βPaying Agentsβ include any successors thereto appointed from time to time in accordance with Clause 12 (Changes in Paying Agents) and βPaying Agentβ means any one of the Paying Agents;
βInstructionsβ means any written notices, written directions or written instructions received by the Paying Agents in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement from an Authorised Person or from a person reasonably believed by the Paying Agents to be an Authorised Person;
βLocal Banking Dayβ means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in the city in which the Fiscal Agent has its Specified Office;
βLocal Timeβ means the time in the city in which the Fiscal Agent has its Specified Office;
βLossesβ means any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses and judgements (including legal fees and expenses) sustained by either party;
βNoteholdersβ means the Holders of the Notes for the time being;
βSpecified Officeβ means, in relation to any Paying Agent:
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Β | (a) | the office specified against its name in the Schedule 5 (Specified Offices of the Paying Agents); or |
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Β | (b) | such other office as such Paying Agent may specify in accordance with Clause 12.8 (Changes in Specified Offices); |
βUSDβ or βU.S. dollarsβ means the lawful currency for the time being of the United States of America.
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1.2 | Clauses and Schedules |
Any reference in this Agreement to a Clause, sub-clause or a Schedule is, unless otherwise stated, to a clause or sub-clause hereof or a schedule hereto.
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1.3 | Principal and interest |
In this Agreement, any reference to principal includes premium and any reference to principal or interest includes any additional amounts payable in relation thereto under the Conditions.
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1.4 | Terms defined in the Conditions |
Terms and expressions used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Conditions.
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1.5 | Statutes |
Any reference in this Agreement to any legislation (whether primary legislation or regulations or other subsidiary legislation made pursuant to primary legislation) shall be construed as a reference to such statute, provision, statutory instrument, order or regulation as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended or re-enacted.
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1.6 | Headings |
Headings and sub-headings are for ease of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.
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2. | APPOINTMENT OF THE PAYING AGENTS |
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2.1 | Appointment |
The Issuer appoints each Paying Agent as its agent in relation to the Notes for the purposes specified in this Agreement and in the Conditions.
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2.2 | Acceptance of appointment |
Each Paying Agent accepts its appointment as agent of the Issuer in relation to the Notes and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Agreement.
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3. | THE NOTES |
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3.1 | Initial Global Note |
The Initial Global Note shall:
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Β | 3.1.1 | be in substantially the form set out in Schedule 1 (Form of Initial Global Note); and |
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Β | 3.1.2 | be executed manually by or on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated manually by or on behalf of the Fiscal Agent. |
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3.2 | Final Global Note |
The Final Global Note shall:
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Β | 3.2.1 | be in substantially the form set out in Schedule 2 (Form of Final Global Note); and |
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Β | 3.2.2 | be executed manually by or on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated manually by or on behalf of the Fiscal Agent. |
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3.3 | Definitive Notes |
Each Definitive Note shall:
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Β | 3.3.1 | be in substantially the form set out in Schedule 3 (Form of Definitive Note and Coupon) and have attached to it Coupons in substantially the form set out therein; |
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Β | 3.3.2 | be security printed in accordance with all applicable legal and stock exchange requirements; |
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Β | 3.3.3 | have a unique certificate number printed thereon; and |
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Β | 3.3.4 | be executed manually or in facsimile by or on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated manually by or on behalf of the Fiscal Agent. |
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3.4 | Signatures |
Any signature on a Note shall be that of a person who is at the time of the creation and issue of the Notes an authorised signatory of the Issuer entered into the Commercial Registry of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland notwithstanding that such person has for any reason (including death) ceased to be such an authorised signatory at the time at which such Note is delivered.
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3.5 | Availability |
The Issuer shall arrange for the unauthenticated Global Notes to be made available to or to the order of the Fiscal Agent not later than the Issue Date. If the Issuer is required to deliver Definitive Notes pursuant to the terms of the Conditions, the Issuer shall arrange for USD 2,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of unauthenticated Definitive Notes to be made available to or to the order of the Fiscal Agent as soon as practicable and in any event not later than 30 days after the bearer of the Final Global Note has requested its exchange for Definitive Notes in accordance with the Conditions. In the case Definitive Notes are printed, the Issuer shall also arrange for such unauthenticated Definitive Notes and Coupons as are required to enable the Fiscal Agent to perform its obligations under Clause 5 (Replacement of Notes and Coupons) to be made available to or to the order of the Fiscal Agent from time to time.
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3.6 | Duties of Fiscal Agent |
The Fiscal Agent shall hold in safe custody all unauthenticated Initial Global Notes, Final Global Notes, Definitive Notes and Coupons delivered to it in accordance with Clause 3.5 (Availability) and shall ensure that they are authenticated (in the case of Initial Global Notes, Final Global Notes and Definitive Notes) and delivered only in accordance with the terms hereof, of the Conditions and of the Global Notes, as applicable.
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3.7 | Authority to authenticate |
The Fiscal Agent is authorised by the Issuer to authenticate the Initial Global Note and the Final Global Note, any replacement therefore, any Schedule thereto and each Definitive Note by the signature of any of its officers or any other person duly authorised for the purpose by the Fiscal Agent.
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4. | EXCHANGE AND DELIVERY OF DEFINITIVE NOTES |
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4.1 | Delivery of Global Notes |
Subject to receipt by the Fiscal Agent of the Global Notes in accordance with Clause 3.5 (Availability), the Fiscal Agent shall, against presentation to it or to its order of the Global Notes and in accordance with the terms hereof, authenticate and deliver to the relevant bearer the relevant Global Note. Upon such delivery and authentication, the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Note shall be equal to the Aggregate Principal Amount Issued and the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Final Global Note shall be equal to USDΒ 0, and the Fiscal Agent shall procure the signature of each such notation in the relevant Schedules to the Global Notes on its behalf.
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4.2 | Exchange of Initial Global Note and Final Global Note |
On or after the Exchange Date, and against:
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Β | (a) | presentation and (in the case of final exchange) surrender of the Initial Global Note to or to the order of the Fiscal Agent; and |
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Β | (b) | receipt by the Fiscal Agent of a certificate or certificates issued by Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg dated not earlier than the Exchange Date for the purposes of Certification, |
the Fiscal Agent shall procure that there is noted (x)Β in the relevant schedule to the Initial Global Note that the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Note is reduced by the aggregate principal amount of Notes for which certificates have so been received (the βrelevant principal amountβ), and (y)Β in the relevant schedule to the Final Global Note that the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Final Global Note is increased by the relevant principal amount, and the Fiscal Agent shall further procure the signature of each such notation on its behalf. The Fiscal Agent shall cancel or procure the cancellation of the Initial Global Note when and if it has made full exchange thereof for interests in the Final Global Note. The Fiscal Agent shall ensure that the sum of the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Note and the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Final Global Note at no time exceeds the Aggregate Principal Amount Issued.
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4.3 | Delivery of Definitive Notes |
Subject to receipt by the Fiscal Agent of Definitive Notes in accordance with Clause 3.5 (Availability), the Fiscal Agent shall, against presentation or (as the case may be) surrender to it or to its order of the Final Global Note and in accordance with the terms thereof, authenticate and deliver Definitive Notes in the required aggregate principal amount to the bearer of the Final Global Note; provided, however, that each Definitive Note shall at the time of its delivery have attached thereto only such Coupons as shall ensure that neither loss nor gain accrues to the bearer thereof.
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4.4 | Exchange of Final Global Note for Definitive Notes |
On each occasion on which Definitive Notes are delivered in exchange for the Final Global Note, the Fiscal Agent shall procure that there is noted in the schedule to the Final Global Note the aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes so delivered (the βrelevant principal amountβ) and the remaining principal amount of the Final Global Note (which shall be the previous principal amount thereof less the relevant principal amount) and shall procure the signature of such notation on its behalf. The Fiscal Agent shall cancel or procure the cancellation of the Final Global Note when and if it has made full exchange thereof for Definitive Notes.
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5. | REPLACEMENT OF NOTES AND COUPONS |
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5.1 | Delivery of Replacements |
Subject to receipt of sufficient replacement Definitive Notes and Coupons in accordance with Clause 3.5 (Availability), the Fiscal Agent shall, upon and in accordance with the instructions of the Issuer (which instructions may, without limitation, include terms as to the payment of expenses and as to evidence, security and indemnity), authenticate (if necessary) and deliver a Definitive Note or Coupon as a replacement for any Definitive Note or Coupon which has been mutilated or defaced or which is alleged to have been destroyed, stolen or lost; provided, however, that the Fiscal Agent shall not deliver any Definitive Note or Coupon as a replacement for any Definitive Note or Coupon which has been mutilated or defaced otherwise than against surrender of the same and shall not issue any replacement Definitive Note or Coupon until the applicant has furnished the Fiscal Agent with such evidence and indemnity as the Issuer and/or the Fiscal Agent may reasonably require and has paid such costs and expenses as may be incurred in connection with such replacement.
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5.2 | Replacements to be numbered |
Each replacement Definitive Note or Coupon delivered under this Agreement shall bear a unique certificate or (as the case may be) serial number. Under Swiss law, no replacement Notes can be issued for lost or destroyed Notes until the Issuer has completed a special procedure for invalidation (KraftloserklΓ€rung) of such Notes, unless the Issuer has expressly stated otherwise.
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5.3 | Cancellation of mutilated or defaced Notes |
The Fiscal Agent shall cancel each mutilated or defaced Initial Global Note, Final Global Note, Definitive Note surrendered to it in respect of which a replacement has been delivered.
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5.4 | Notification |
The Fiscal Agent shall notify the Issuer and each other Paying Agent of the delivery by it of any replacement Initial Global Note, Final Global Note, Definitive Note or Coupon, specifying the certificate or serial number thereof and the certificate or serial number (if any and if known) of the Initial Global Note, Final Global Note, Definitive Note or Coupon which it replaces and confirming that the Initial Global Note, Final Global Note, Definitive Note or Coupon which it replaces has been cancelled and (if such is the case) destroyed in accordance with Clause 8.8 (Destruction).
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6. | PAYMENTS TO THE FISCAL AGENT |
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6.1 | Issuer to pay Fiscal Agent |
In order to provide for the payment of principal and interest in respect of the Notes as the same becomes due and payable, the Issuer shall pay to the Fiscal Agent, on or before the date which is oneΒ Local Banking Day before the day on which such payment becomes due, an amount equal to the amount of principal and/or (as the case may be) interest falling due in respect of the Notes on such date.
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6.2 | Manner and time of payment |
Each amount payable under ClauseΒ 6.1 (Issuer to pay Fiscal Agent) shall be paid unconditionally by credit transfer in U.S. dollars and in immediately available, freely transferable, cleared funds not later than 10.00Β a.m. (Local Time) on the relevant day to such account with such bank as the Fiscal Agent may from time to time by notice to the Issuer specify for such purpose. The Issuer shall, before 10.00Β a.m. (Local Time) on the second Local Banking Day before the due date of each payment by it under ClauseΒ 6.1 (Issuer to pay Fiscal Agent), confirm to the Fiscal Agent by email or authenticated SWIFT message that it has given instructions for the transfer of the relevant funds to the Fiscal Agent and the name and the account of the bank through which such payment is being made.
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6.3 | Exclusion of liens and interest |
The Fiscal Agent shall be entitled to deal with each amount paid to it under this Clause 6 (Payments to the Fiscal Agent) in the same manner as other amounts paid to it as a banker by its customers; provided, however, that:
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Β | 6.3.2 | it shall not be liable to any person for interest thereon. |
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6.4 | Application by Fiscal Agent |
The Fiscal Agent shall apply each amount paid to it hereunder in accordance with ClauseΒ 7 (Payments to Noteholders) and shall not be obliged to repay any such amount.
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7. | PAYMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS |
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7.1 | Payments by Paying Agents |
Each Paying Agent acting through its Specified Office shall make payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes in accordance with the Conditions; provided, however, that:
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Β | 7.1.1 | if any Definitive Note or Coupon is presented or surrendered for payment to any Paying Agent and such Paying Agent has delivered a replacement therefor or has been notified that the same has been replaced, such Paying Agent shall forthwith notify the Issuer of such presentation or surrender and shall not make payment against the same until it is so instructed by the Issuer and has received the amount to be so paid; |
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Β | 7.1.2 | a Paying Agent shall not be obliged (but shall be entitled) to make payments of principal or interest in respect of the Notes, if: |
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Β | (a) | in the case of the Fiscal Agent, it has not received the full amount of any payment due to it under ClauseΒ 6.1 (Issuer to pay Fiscal Agent); or |
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Β | (b) | in the case of any other Paying Agent, it is not able to establish that the Fiscal Agent has received (whether or not at the due time) the full amount of any payment due to it under ClauseΒ 6.1 (Issuer to pay Fiscal Agent); |
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Β | 7.1.4 | in the case of payment of principal or interest against presentation of the Final Global Note, the relevant Paying Agent shall procure that there is noted in the schedule to the Final Global Note the amount of such payment and, in the case of payment of principal, the remaining principal amount of the Final Global Note (which shall be the previous principal amount thereof less the amount of principal then paid) and shall procure the signature of such notation on its behalf; and |
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Β | 7.1.5 | notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Paying Agent shall be entitled to make a deduction or withholding from any payment which it makes under this Agreement for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or charges if and to the extent so required by applicable law, in which event such Paying Agent shall make such payment after such withholding or deduction has been made and shall account to the relevant authorities for the amount so withheld or deducted. |
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7.2 | Exclusion of liens and commissions |
No Paying Agent shall exercise any lien, right of set-off or similar claim against any person to whom it makes any payment under Clause 7.1 (Payments by Paying Agents) in respect thereof, nor shall any commission or expense be charged by it to any such person in respect thereof.
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7.3 | Reimbursement by Fiscal Agent |
If a Paying Agent other than the Fiscal Agent makes any payment in accordance with Clause 7.1 (Payments by Paying Agents):
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Β | 7.3.1 | it shall notify the Fiscal Agent of the amount so paid by it, the certificate or serial number (if any) of the Definitive Note or Coupon against presentation or surrender of which payment of principal was made, or of the Definitive Note against presentation or surrender of which payment of interest was made, and the number of Coupons by maturity against presentation or surrender of which payment of interest was made; and |
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7.4 | Appropriation by Fiscal Agent |
If the Fiscal Agent makes any payment in accordance with Clause 7.1 (Payments by Paying Agents), it shall be entitled to appropriate for its own account out of the funds received by it under ClauseΒ 6.1 (Issuer to pay Fiscal Agent) an amount equal to the amount so paid by it.
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7.5 | Reimbursement by Issuer |
Subject to sub-clauses 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 (Payments by Paying Agents), if a Paying Agent makes a payment in respect of Notes on or after the due date for such payment under the Conditions at a time at which the Fiscal Agent has not received the full amount of the relevant payment due to it under ClauseΒ 6.1 (Issuer to pay Fiscal Agent) and the Fiscal Agent is not able out of funds received by it under ClauseΒ 6.1 (Issuer to pay Fiscal Agent) to reimburse such Paying Agent therefor (whether by payment under Clause 7.3 (Reimbursement by the Fiscal Agent) or appropriation under Clause 7.4 (Appropriation by the Fiscal Agent), the Issuer shall from time to time on demand pay to the Fiscal Agent for account of such Paying Agent:
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Β | 7.5.1 | the amount so paid out by such Paying Agent and not so reimbursed to it; and |
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Β | 7.5.2 | interest on such amount from the date on which such Paying Agent made such payment until the date of reimbursement of such amount]; |
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provided, however, that any payment made under sub-clause 7.5.1 shall satisfy pro tanto the obligations of the Issuer or under ClauseΒ 6.1 (Issuer to pay Fiscal Agent).
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7.6 | Interest |
Interest shall accrue for the purpose of sub-clause 7.5.2 (Reimbursement by Issuer) (as well after as before judgment) on the basis of a year of 360Β days and the actual number of days elapsed and at the rate per annum which is the aggregate of one perΒ cent. perΒ annum and the rate perΒ annum specified by such Paying Agent as reflecting its cost of funds for the time being in relation to the unpaid amount.
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7.7 | Partial payments |
If at any time and for any reason a Paying Agent makes a partial payment in respect of a Global Note or any Definitive Note or Coupon presented for payment to it, such Paying Agent shall enface thereon a statement indicating the amount and date of such payment.
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8. | MISCELLANEOUS DUTIES OF THE PAYING AGENTS |
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8.1 | Records |
The Fiscal Agent shall:
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Β | 8.1.1 | maintain a record of the Initial Global Note and the Final Global Note and all Definitive Notes and Coupons delivered hereunder and of their redemption, payment, cancellation, mutilation, defacement, alleged destruction, theft, loss or replacement (and, in the case of the Initial Global Note, exchange of interests thereof for interests in the Final Global Note and, in the case of the Final Global Note, exchange thereof for Definitive Notes); provided, however, that no record need be maintained of the serial numbers of Coupons, save for the serial numbers of Coupons for which replacements have been issued under Clause 5 (Replacement of Notes and Coupons) and unmatured Coupons missing at the time of redemption or other cancellation of the relevant Definitive Notes and for any subsequent payments against such Coupons; |
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Β | 8.1.2 | maintain a record of all certifications received by it in accordance with Clause 8.3 (Certifications) or the provisions of the Initial Global Note and all confirmations received by it in accordance with Clause 8.4 (Cancellation); and |
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Β | 8.1.3 | make such records available for inspection at all reasonable times by the Issuer and the other Paying Agents. |
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8.2 | Information from Paying Agents |
The Paying Agents shall make available to the Fiscal Agent such information as is reasonably required for the maintenance of the records referred to in Clause 8.1 (Records).
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8.3 | Certifications |
Each Paying Agent shall promptly copy to the Issuer and, in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Fiscal Agent, the Fiscal Agent any certification received by it in accordance with this Agreement.
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8.4 | Cancellation |
The Issuer may from time to time deliver to the Fiscal Agent Definitive Notes and unmatured Coupons relating thereto for cancellation, whereupon the Fiscal Agent shall cancel such Definitive Notes and Coupons. In addition, the Issuer may from time to time procure the delivery to the Fiscal Agent of the Initial Global Note or the Final Global Note with instructions to cancel a specified aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by it (which instructions shall be accompanied by confirmation from Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg that Notes having such aggregate principal amount may be cancelled), whereupon the Fiscal Agent shall procure that there is noted on the schedule to the Initial Global Note or (as the case may be) the Final Global Note the aggregate principal amount of Notes so cancelled and the new Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Note and the new Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Final Global Note, as the case may be, and shall procure the signature of such notation on its behalf.
If a Write-down Notice has been issued, the Issuer may further instruct the Fiscal Agent to cancel the Global Notes no earlier than 20 days after the Write-down Date, provided that the Fiscal Agent has received any and all interest amounts in respect of the Notes which have become due prior to the Write-down Notice Date. For the sake of clarify, the effectiveness of any Write-down does not depend on the cancellation of the Global Notes.
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8.5 | Definitive Notes and Coupons in issue |
As soon as practicable (and in any event within three months) after each interest payment date in relation to the Notes, after each date on which Notes are cancelled in accordance with Clause 8.4 (Cancellation) and after each date on which the Notes fall due for redemption in accordance with the Conditions, the Fiscal Agent shall notify the Issuer and the other Paying Agents (on the basis of the information available to it) of the number of any Definitive Notes or Coupons against surrender of which payment has been made and of the number of any Definitive Notes or (as the case may be) Coupons which have not yet been surrendered for payment.
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8.6 | Forwarding of communications |
The Fiscal Agent shall promptly forward to the Issuer a copy of any notice or communication addressed to the Issuer by any Noteholder which is received by the Fiscal Agent.
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8.7 | Publication of notices |
The Fiscal Agent shall, upon and in accordance with instructions of the Issuer received at least 10 days before the proposed publication date, arrange at the expense of the Issuer for the publication of any notice which is to be given to the Noteholders
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and shall supply a copy thereof to each other Paying Agent, Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg and any competent authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system by which the Notes have been admitted to listing, trading and/or quotation.
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8.8 | Destruction |
The Fiscal Agent may destroy the Initial Global Note following its cancellation in accordance with Clause 4.2 (Exchange of Initial Global Note and Final Global Note) and the Final Global Note following its cancellation in accordance with Clause 4.4 (Exchange of Final Global Note for Definitive Notes) and the Initial Global Note and the Final Global Note and each Definitive Note or Coupon delivered to or cancelled by it in accordance with sub-clause 7.1.3 (Payments by Paying Agents) or cancelled by it in accordance with Clause 5.3 (Cancellation of mutilated or defaced Notes) or Clause 8.4 (Cancellation), in which case it shall furnish the Issuer with a certificate of destruction specifying the certificate or serial numbers (if any) of the Initial Global Note or (as the case may be) the Final Global Note or Definitive Notes and the number of Coupons so destroyed.
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8.9 | Documents available for inspection |
The Issuer shall provide to each Paying Agent:
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Β | 8.9.1 | conformed copies of this Agreement; and |
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Β | 8.9.2 | such other documents as may from time to time be required by the Irish Stock Exchange to be made available at the Specified Office of the Paying Agent. |
Each of the Paying Agents shall make available for inspection during normal business hours at its Specified Office the documents referred to above and, upon reasonable request, will allow copies of such documents to be taken.
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9. | APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF THE CALCULATION AGENT |
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9.1 | Appointment |
The Issuer appoints the Fiscal Agent at its specified office as Calculation Agent in relation to the Notes for the purposes of calculating the rate of interest from time to time applicable to the Notes.
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9.2 | Acceptance of appointment |
The Fiscal Agent accepts its appointment as Calculation Agent in relation to the Notes and shall perform all matters expressed to be performed by it in, and otherwise comply with, the Conditions and the provisions of this Agreement and, in connection therewith, shall take all such action as may be incidental thereto. In particular, the Calculation Agent shall:
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Β | 9.2.1 | Determinations: obtain such quotes and rates and/or make such determinations, calculations, adjustments, notifications and publications as may be required to be made by it by the Conditions at the times and otherwise in accordance with the Conditions; and |
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Β | 9.2.2 | Records: maintain a record of all quotations obtained by it and of all amounts, rates and other items determined or calculated by it and make such records available for inspection at all reasonable times by the Issuer. |
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10. | FEES AND EXPENSES |
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10.1 | Fees |
The Issuer shall pay to the Fiscal Agent for the account of the Paying Agents such fees as have been agreed between the Issuer and the Fiscal Agent and recorded in a letter dated 20Β January 2012 from the Fiscal Agent to the Issuer in respect of the services of the Paying Agents hereunder (plus any applicable value added tax).
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10.2 | Front-end expenses |
The Issuer shall on demand reimburse the Fiscal Agent for all expenses incurred by it in the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement, and shall on demand reimburse each Paying Agent for all expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and any publication, advertising, communication, courier, postage and other out-of-pocket expenses) properly incurred in connection with its services hereunder (plus any applicable value added tax), other than such costs and expenses as are separately agreed to be reimbursed out of the fees payable under Clause 10.1 (Fees).
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10.3 | Taxes |
The Issuer shall pay all stamp, registration and other taxes and duties (including any interest and penalties thereon or in connection therewith) which are payable upon or in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and the Issuer shall indemnify each Paying Agent on demand against any claim, demand, action, liability, damages, cost, loss or expense (including, without limitation, legal fees and any applicable value added tax) which it incurs as a result or arising out of or in relation to any failure to pay or delay in paying any of the same. All payments by the Issuer under this Clause 10 (Fees and Expenses) or Clause 11.4 (Indemnity in favour of the Paying Agents) shall be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for, any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatsoever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by Jersey and/or Switzerland or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In that event, the Issuer shall pay such additional amounts as will result in the receipt by the relevant Paying Agent of such amounts as would have been received by it if no such withholding or deduction had been required.
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11. | TERMS OF APPOINTMENT |
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11.1 | Rights and powers |
Each Paying Agent may, in connection with its services hereunder:
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Β | 11.1.1 | except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise required by law and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or any other interest therein, any writing thereon or any notice of any previous loss or theft thereof, but subject to sub-clause 7.1.1 (Payments by Paying Agents), treat the bearer of any Initial Global Note, Final Global Note, Definitive Note or Coupon as its absolute owner for all purposes and make payments thereon accordingly; |
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Β | 11.1.2 | assume that the terms of the Initial Global Note, the Final Global Note and each Definitive Note and Coupon as issued are correct; |
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Β | 11.1.3 | refer any question relating to the ownership of the Initial Global Note, the Final Global Note or any Definitive Note or Coupon or the adequacy or sufficiency of any evidence supplied in connection with the replacement of the Initial Global Note, the Final Global Note or any Definitive Note or Coupon to the Issuer for determination by the Issuer and rely upon any determination so made; |
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Β | 11.1.4 | rely upon the terms of any notice, communication or other document believed by it to be genuine; and |
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Β | 11.1.5 | engage the advice or services of any lawyers or other experts whose advice or services it considers necessary and rely upon any advice so obtained (and such Paying Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability as against the Issuer in respect of any action taken, or permitted to be taken, in accordance with such advice and in good faith). |
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11.2 | Extent of duties |
Each Paying Agent shall only be obliged to perform the duties set out herein and such other duties as are necessarily incidental thereto. No Paying Agent shall:
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Β | 11.2.1 | be under any fiduciary duty or other obligation towards or have any relationship of agency or trust for or with any person other than the Issuer; or |
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Β | 11.2.2 | be responsible for or liable in respect of the legality, validity or enforceability of the Initial Global Note, the Final Global Note or any Definitive Note or Coupon or any act or omission of any other person (including, without limitation, any other Paying Agent). |
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11.3 | Freedom to transact |
Each Paying Agent may purchase, hold and dispose of Notes and Coupons and may enter into any transaction (including, without limitation, any depository, trust or agency transaction) with any holders of Notes or Coupons or with any other person in the same manner as if it had not been appointed as the agent of the Issuer in relation to the Notes.
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11.4 | Indemnity in favour of the Paying Agents |
The Issuer shall indemnify each Paying Agent against any claim, demand, action, liability, damages, cost, loss or expense (including, without limitation, legal fees and any applicable value added tax) which it properly incurs or which may be made against it as a result of or in connection with its appointment or the exercise of its powers and duties under this Agreement except such as may result from its own negligence or wilful misconduct, wilful default or bad faith or that of its officers, employees or agents or any of them, but shall have no liability whatsoever for any
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consequential special, indirect or speculative loss or damages (including, but not limited to, loss of profits, whether or not foreseeable) suffered by each Paying Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by and the relationship established by this Agreement, even if such agent has been advised as to the possibility of the same. The indemnity shall survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement and the removal or resignation of the Paying Agents.
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11.5 | Obligations Several |
The obligations of the Paying Agents are several and not joint. The Paying Agents shall act solely as agent(s) of the Issuer and will not assume any obligation towards, or relationship of trust towards owners of the Notes. The Paying Agents are not to assume any obligations other than those stated in this Agreement and shall have no liability whatsoever for any consequential special, indirect or speculative loss or damages (including, but not limited to, loss of profits, whether or not foreseeable) suffered by the Issuer in connection with the transactions contemplated by and the relationship established by this Agreement, even if such agent has been advised as to the possibility of the same.
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11.6 | Monitoring |
The Paying Agents have no responsibility to monitor compliance by any other party with the Conditions or provisions of this Agreement and need take no further steps to ascertain whether any relevant event under the Conditions shall have incurred.
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11.7 | Illegality |
No provision herein shall require any Paying Agent to do anything which may be contrary to applicable law or regulation.
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12. | CHANGES IN PAYING AGENTS |
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12.1 | Resignation |
Any Paying Agent may resign its appointment upon not less than 30 daysβ notice to the Issuer (with a copy, in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Fiscal Agent, to the Fiscal Agent); provided, however, that:
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Β | 12.1.1 | if such resignation would otherwise take effect less than 30 days before or after the maturity date or other date for redemption of the Notes or any interest payment date in relation to the Notes, it shall not take effect until the thirtieth day following such date; and |
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Β | 12.1.2 | in the case of the Fiscal Agent, such resignation shall not take effect until a successor has been duly appointed consistently with Clause 12.4 (Additional and successor agents) or Clause 12.5 (Paying Agents may appoint successors) and notice of such appointment has been given to the Noteholders. |
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12.2 | Revocation |
The Issuer may revoke the appointment of any Paying Agent by not less than 30Β daysβ notice to such Paying Agent (with a copy, in the case of a Paying Agent other than the
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Fiscal Agent, to the Fiscal Agent); provided, however, that, in the case of the Fiscal Agent, such revocation shall not take effect until a successor has been duly appointed consistently with Clause 12.4 (Additional and successor agents) or Clause 12.5 (Paying Agents may appoint successors) and notice of such appointment has been given to the Noteholders.
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12.3 | Automatic termination |
The appointment of any Paying Agent shall terminate forthwith if (a)Β such Paying Agent becomes incapable of acting, (b)Β a secured party takes possession, or a receiver, manager or other similar officer is appointed, of the whole or any part of the undertaking, assets and revenues of such Paying Agent, (c)Β such Paying Agent admits in writing its insolvency or inability to pay its debts as they fall due, (d)Β an administrator or liquidator of such Paying Agent or the whole or any part of the undertaking, assets and revenues of such Paying Agent is appointed (or application for any such appointment is made), (e)Β such Paying Agent takes any action for a readjustment or deferment of any of its obligations or makes a general assignment or an arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors or declares a moratorium in respect of any of its indebtedness, (f)Β an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up of such Paying Agent or (g)Β any event occurs which has an analogous effect to any of the foregoing. If the appointment of the Fiscal Agent is terminated in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Issuer shall forthwith appoint a successor in accordance with Clause 12.4 (Additional and successor agents).
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12.4 | Additional and successor agents |
The Issuer may appoint a successor fiscal agent or calculation agent and additional or successor paying agents and shall forthwith give notice of any such appointment to the continuing Paying Agents and the Noteholders, whereupon the Issuer, the continuing Paying Agents and the additional or successor fiscal agent or calculation agent or paying agent shall acquire and become subject to the same rights and obligations between themselves as if they had entered into an agreement in the form mutatis mutandis of this Agreement.
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12.5 | Paying Agents may appoint successors |
If a Paying Agent gives notice of its resignation in accordance with ClauseΒ 12.1 (Resignation) and by the tenth day before the expiry of such notice a successor has not been duly appointed in accordance with Clause 12.4 (Additional and successor agents), such Paying Agent may itself, following such consultation with the Issuer as is practicable in the circumstances, appoint as its successor any reputable and experienced financial institution and give notice of such appointment to the Issuer, the remaining Paying Agents and the Noteholders, whereupon the Issuer, the remaining Paying Agents and such successor shall acquire and become subject to the same rights and obligations between themselves as if they had entered into an agreement in the form mutatis mutandis of this Agreement.
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12.6 | Release |
Upon any resignation or revocation taking effect under Clause 12.1 (Resignation) or 12.2 (Revocation) or any termination taking effect under Clause 12.3 (Automatic termination), the relevant Paying Agent shall:
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Β | 12.6.1 | be released and discharged from its obligations under this Agreement (save that it shall remain entitled to the benefit of and subject to Clause 10.3 (Taxes), Clause 11 (Terms of Appointment) and Clause 12 (Changes in Paying Agents)); |
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Β | 12.6.2 | in the case of the Fiscal Agent, deliver to the Issuer and to its successor a copy, certified as true and up-to-date by an officer or authorised signatory of the Fiscal Agent, of the records maintained by it in accordance with Clause 8.1 (Records); |
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Β | 12.6.3 | in the case of the Calculation Agent, deliver to the Issuer and to its successor a copy, certified as true and up-to-date by an officer or authorised signatory of the Calculation Agent, of the records maintained by it in accordance with Clause 9.2.2 (Records); and |
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Β | 12.6.4 | forthwith (upon payment to it of any amount due to it in accordance with ClauseΒ 9 (Fees and Expenses) or Clause 11.4 (Indemnity in favour of the Paying Agents) transfer all moneys and papers (including any unissued Notes held by it hereunder and any documents held by it pursuant to Clause 8.9 (Documents available for inspection)) to its successor and, upon appropriate notice, provide reasonable assistance to its successor for the discharge of its duties and responsibilities hereunder. |
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12.7 | Merger |
Any legal entity into which any Paying Agent is merged or converted or any legal entity resulting from any merger or conversion to which such Paying Agent is a party or any legal entity to which any Paying Agent sells all or substantially all of its corporate trust and agency business shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be the successor to such Paying Agent without any further formality, whereupon the Issuer, the other Paying Agents and such successor shall acquire and become subject to the same rights and obligations between themselves as if they had entered into an agreement in the form mutatis mutandis of this Agreement. Notice of any such merger or conversion shall forthwith be given by such successor to the Issuer and the other parties hereto.
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12.8 | Changes in Specified Offices |
If any Paying Agent decides to change its Specified Office (which may only be effected within the same city unless the prior written approval of the Issuer has been obtained), it shall give notice to the Issuer (with a copy to the other Paying Agents) of the address of the new Specified Office stating the date on which such change is to take effect, which date shall be not less than 30Β days after the date of such notice. The Issuer shall at its own expense not less than 14Β days prior to the date on which such change is to take effect (unless the appointment of the relevant Paying Agent is to
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terminate pursuant to any of the foregoing provisions of this Clause 12 (Changes in Paying Agents) on or prior to the date of such change) give notice thereof to the Noteholders.
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13. | NOTICES |
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13.1 | Addresses for notices |
All notices and communications hereunder shall be made in writing (by letter or fax) and shall be sent as follows:
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Β | 13.1.1 | if to the Issuer, to it at: |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx 00 Xxx Xxxxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx XX00XX Channel Islands | ||
Fax: | Β Β | x00(0)0000000 000 |
Attention: | Β Β | Group Treasury |
With a copy to: Β UBS AG Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 00 X000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | ||
Fax: | Β Β | x000 000 0000 |
Attention: | Β Β | Group Treasury |
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Β | 13.1.2 | if to a Paying Agent, to it at the address or fax number specified against its name in Schedule 5 (Specified Offices of the Paying Agents) (or, in the case of a Paying Agent not originally a party hereto, specified by notice to the parties hereto at the time of its appointment) for the attention of the person or department specified therein; |
or, in any case, to such other address or fax number or for the attention of such other person or department as the addressee has by prior notice to the sender specified for the purpose.
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13.2 | Effectiveness |
Every notice or communication sent in accordance with Clause 13.1 (Addresses for notices) shall be effective, if sent by letter or fax, upon receipt by the addressee provided, however, that any such notice or communication which would otherwise take effect after 4.00Β p.m. on any particular day shall not take effect until 10.00Β a.m. on the immediately succeeding business day in the place of the addressee.
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13.3 | Notices to Noteholders |
Any notice required to be given to Noteholders under this Agreement shall be given in accordance with the Conditions.
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13.4 | Notices in English |
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be made in the English language or shall be accompanied by a certified English translation thereof. Any certified English translation delivered hereunder shall be certified a true and accurate translation by a professionally qualified translator or by some other person competent to do so.
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14. | LAW AND JURISDICTION |
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14.1 | Governing law |
This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
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14.2 | English courts |
The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute (a βDisputeβ), arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) or the consequences of its nullity.
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14.3 | Appropriate forum |
The parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any Dispute and, accordingly, that they will not argue to the contrary.
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14.4 | Rights of the Paying Agents to take proceedings outside England |
Clause 14.2 (English courts) is for the benefit of the Paying Agents only. As a result, nothing in this Clause 14 (Law and jurisdiction) prevents the Paying Agents from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute (βProceedingsβ) in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Paying Agents may take concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
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14.5 | Service of process |
The Issuer agrees that the documents which start any Proceedings and any other documents required to be served in relation to those Proceedings may be served on it by being delivered to the Issuer at 0 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX or at any address of the Issuer in Great Britain at which service of process may be served on it in accordance with the Companies Xxx 0000. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the right of any Paying Agent to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. This clause applies to Proceedings in England and to Proceedings elsewhere.
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15. | RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES |
A person who is not a party to this Agreement shall have no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce any term of this Agreement.
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16. | MODIFICATION |
This Agreement may be amended by further agreement among the parties hereto and without the consent of the Noteholders.
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17. | COUNTERPARTS |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original. Any party may enter into this Agreement by signing any such counterpart.
AS WITNESS the hands of the duly authorised representatives of the parties hereto the day and year first before written.
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SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF INITIAL GLOBAL NOTE
NOTICE: THIS NOTE IS ISSUED FOR DEPOSIT WITH THE COMMON DEPOSITARY FOR EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.V. AND CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIΓTΓ ANONYME. ANY PERSON BEING OFFERED THIS NOTE FOR TRANSFER OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEFT OR FRAUD IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE INVOLVED.
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
UBS AG,
acting through its Jersey branch
INITIAL GLOBAL NOTE
Maximum USD 2,000,000,000 Tier 2 Subordinated Notes due 2022
This Initial Global Note is issued by UBS AG, acting through its Jersey branch (the βIssuerβ), in respect of its Tier 2 Subordinated Notes (the βNotesβ) due 2022 issued in the aggregate principal amount of USD 2,000,000,000 (the βAggregate Principal Amount Issuedβ).
This Initial Global Note is issued subject to, and with the benefit of, the provisions of a Fiscal Agency Agreement dated 22Β February 2012 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the βAgency Agreementβ), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch, as Fiscal Agent (the βAgentβ).
The rights of the Agent and of the Holders under this Initial Global Note are subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Notes set out in Schedule 1 (the βConditionsβ). In the event of conflict between the Conditions and this Initial Global Note, the Conditions will prevail. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Conditions.
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1. | Principal Amount |
The Aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes represented by this Initial Global Note from time to time (the βAggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Noteβ) corresponds to the amount certificated by the Agent in Schedule 2 under the heading βRemaining Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Noteβ. Initially the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Note equals the Aggregate Principal Amount Issued.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agency Agreement, on or after the day following the expiry of 40 days after the date of issue of this Initial Global Note the Agent is authorised to reduce the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Note if and to the extent that (i)Β appropriate certificates issued by Euroclear Bank SA/NV (βEuroclearβ) and/or Clearstream Banking, SociΓ©tΓ© Anonyme, Luxembourg (βClearstream, Luxembourgβ and, together with Euroclear, the βIntermediariesβ) are delivered to the Fiscal Agent for the purpose of Certification in accordance with the terms of the Agency Agreement; or (ii)Β cancellations of Notes are made in accordance with the Conditions.
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As soon as (i)Β the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Note is reduced to zero or (ii)Β a Write-down Notice has been given in accordance with Condition 6, this Initial Global Note may be cancelled by the Agent in accordance with terms of the Agency Agreement.
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2. | Promise to Pay |
The Issuer for value received promises, all in accordance with and subject to the Conditions, (i)Β to pay to the bearer upon surrender hereof on 22Β February 2022 or on such earlier date as the same may become payable in accordance therewith the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Note or such other redemption amount as may become payable under the Notes represented by this Initial Global Note; and (ii)Β to pay to the bearer in arrear at the rate or rates and on the dates specified in the Conditions interest on the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global as such interest will become payable under the Notes represented by this Initial Global Note, provided, however, that all claims for payment in respect of Notes represented by the Initial Global Note shall be conditional upon Certification (bedingte Zahlungsverpflichtung).
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3. | Global held by Intermediaries |
This Initial Global Note will be deposited by the Agent with the Common Depositary. Once this Initial Global Note is deposited with the Common Depositary and entered into the accounts of one or more participants of the Intermediaries, the Notes will constitute intermediated securities (Bucheffekten) within the meaning of the Swiss Federal Intermediated Securities Act (Bucheffektengesetz).
Each holder of the Notes represented by this Initial Global Note shall have a quotal co-ownership interest (Miteigentumsanteil) in this Initial Global Note to the extent of his or her claim against the Issuer, provided, however, that, for so long as this Initial Global Note remains deposited with the Common Depositary, the co-ownership interest shall be suspended and the Notes may only be transferred by the entry of the transferred Notes in a securities account of the transferee.
The records of the Intermediaries will determine the number of Notes held through each participant in the relevant Intermediary. For so long as this Initial Global Note remains deposited with the Common Depositary, the holders of the Notes represented by this Initial Global Note will be the persons holding the Notes in a securities account (Effektenkonto) that is in their own name, or, in the case of intermediaries (Verwahrungsstellen), the intermediaries (Verwahrungsstellen) holding such Notes for their own account in a securities account (Effektenkonto) that is in their name.
Neither the Issuer nor any holder of Notes represented by this Initial Global Note will at any time have the right to effect or demand the conversion of this Initial Global Note into, or the delivery of, Notes in uncertificated or definitive form, and no Definitive Notes will be printed at any time for Notes represented by this Initial Global Note.
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4. | Governing Law and Jurisdiction |
This Initial Global Note is governed by Swiss law.
The courts of the city of Zurich (venue being Zurich 1) shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes that may arise out of or in connection with this Initial Global Note.
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5. | Authentication |
This Initial Global Note shall not be valid for any purpose until (i)Β it has been authenticated for and on behalf of the Agent and (ii)Β a copy of the Conditions has been attached hereto.
AS WITNESS the manual signature of a duly authorised officer on behalf of the Issuer,
UBS AG, acting through its Jersey branch
By:
(duly authorised)
By:
(duly authorised)
ISSUED in Jersey as of 22Β February 2012
AUTHENTICATED for and on behalf of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
as Fiscal Agent without recourse, warranty or liability
By:
(duly authorised)
ISIN: XS0747231362
Common Code: 074723136
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SCHEDULE 1
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
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SCHEDULE 2
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
REPRESENTED BY THE INITIAL GLOBAL NOTE
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Date of delivery of certificate, and/or Cancellation of Notes | Β | Aggregate Principal Amount represented by certificates then delivered by or behalf of Holder | Β | Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes then cancelled | Β | Remaining Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Note | Β | Authorised Signature of the Agent |
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SCHEDULE 2
FORM OF FINAL GLOBAL NOTE
NOTICE: THIS NOTE IS ISSUED FOR DEPOSIT WITH THE COMMON DEPOSITARY FOR EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.V. AND CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIΓTΓ ANONYME. ANY PERSON BEING OFFERED THIS NOTE FOR TRANSFER OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEFT OR FRAUD IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE INVOLVED.
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
UBS AG,
acting through its Jersey branch
FINAL GLOBAL NOTE
Maximum USD 2,000,000,000 Tier 2 Subordinated Notes due 2022
This Final Global Note is issued by UBS AG, acting through its Jersey branch (the βIssuerβ), in respect of its Tier 2 Subordinated Notes (the βNotesβ) due 2022 issued in the aggregate principal amount of USD 0 (the βAggregate Principal Amount Issuedβ).
This Final Global Note is issued subject to, and with the benefit of, the provisions of a Fiscal Agency Agreement dated 22Β February 2012 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the βAgency Agreementβ), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch, as Fiscal Agent (the βAgentβ).
The rights of the Agent and of the Holders under this Final Global Note are subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Notes set out in Schedule 1 (the βConditionsβ). In the event of conflict between the Conditions and this Final Global Note, the Conditions will prevail. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Conditions.
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1. | Principal Amount |
The Aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes represented by this Final Global Note from time to time (the βAggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Final Global Noteβ) corresponds to the amount last certificated by the Agent in Schedule 2 under the heading βRemaining Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Final Global Noteβ. Initially the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Final Global Note amounts to USD 0.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agency Agreement, on or after the day following the expiry of 40 days after the date of issue of this Final Global Note the Agent is authorised to increase the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Final Global Note if and to the extent that appropriate certificates issued by Euroclear Bank SA/NV (βEuroclearβ) and/or Clearstream Banking, SociΓ©tΓ© Anonyme, Luxembourg (βClearstream, Luxembourgβ and, together with Euroclear, the βIntermediariesβ) are delivered to the Fiscal Agent for the purpose of Certificate in accordance with the terms of the Agency Agreement. The Agent is authorised to reduce the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Initial Global Note if and to the extent that (i)Β Definitive Notes are delivered in accordance with the Conditions; or (ii)Β cancellations of Notes are made in accordance with the Conditions.
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2. | Promise to Pay |
The Issuer for value received promises, all in accordance with and subject to the Conditions, (i)Β to pay to the bearer upon surrender hereof on 22Β February 2022 or on such earlier date as the same may become payable in accordance with the Conditions the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Final Global Note or such other redemption amount as may become payable under the Notes represented by this Final Global Note; and (ii)Β to pay to the bearer in arrear at the rate or rates and on the dates specified in the Conditions interest on the Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by the Final Global as such interest will become payable under the Notes represented by this Final Global Note.
The bearer of this Final Global Note is entitled to the benefit of the same obligations on the part of the Issuer as if such bearer were the bearer of the Notes represented hereby.
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3. | Global held by Intermediaries |
This Final Global Note will be deposited by the Agent with the Common Depositary. Once this Final Global Note is deposited with the Common Depositary and entered into the accounts of one or more participants of the Intermediaries, the Notes will constitute intermediated securities (Bucheffekten) within the meaning of the Swiss Federal Intermediated Securities Act (Bucheffektengesetz).
Each holder of the Notes represented by this Final Global Note shall have a quotal co-ownership interest (Miteigentumsanteil) in this Final Global Note to the extent of his or her claim against the Issuer, provided, however, that, for so long as this Final Global Note remains deposited with the Common Depositary, the co-ownership interest shall be suspended and the Notes may only be transferred by the entry of the transferred Notes in a securities account of the transferee.
The records of the Intermediaries will determine the number of Notes held through each participant in the relevant Intermediary. For so long as this Final Global Note remains deposited with the Common Depositary, the holders of the Notes represented by this Final Global Note will be the persons holding the Notes in a securities account (Effektenkonto) that is in their own name, or, in the case of intermediaries (Verwahrungsstellen), the intermediaries (Verwahrungsstellen) holding such Notes for their own account in a securities account (Effektenkonto) that is in their name.
Neither the Issuer nor any holder of Notes represented by this Final Global Note will at any time have the right to effect or demand the conversion of this Final Global Note into, or the delivery of, Notes in uncertificated or definitive form.
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4. | Definitive Notes |
No physical delivery of the Notes shall be made unless and until definitive Notes in bearer form (βDefinitive Notesβ) shall have been printed. Definitive Notes may only be printed in accordance with the terms of the Agency Agreement, provided, however, that no Definitive Notes shall be printed after the Issuer has given a Write-down Notice in accordance with the Condition 6.
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The Issuer undertakes to procure that the relevant Definitive Notes will be duly issued and printed in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations, the Conditions, the provisions hereof and the Agency Agreement.
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5. | Governing Law and Jurisdiction |
This Final Global Note is governed by Swiss law.
The courts of the city of Zurich (venue being Zurich 1) shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes that may arise out of or in connection with this Final Global Note.
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6. | Authentication |
This Final Global Note shall not be valid for any purpose until (i)Β it has been authenticated for and on behalf of the Agent and (ii)Β a copy of the Conditions has been attached hereto.
UBS AG, acting through its Jersey branch
By:
(duly authorised)
By:
(duly authorised)
ISSUED in Jersey as of 22Β February 2012
AUTHENTICATED for and on behalf of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
as Fiscal Agent without recourse, warranty or liability
By:
(duly authorised)
ISIN: XS0747231362
Common Code: 074723136
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SCHEDULE 1
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
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SCHEDULE 2
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
REPRESENTED BY THE FINAL GLOBAL NOTE
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SCHEDULE 3
FORM OF DEFINITIVE NOTE AND COUPON
THIS OBLIGATION HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN CONTRAVENTION OF THAT ACT.
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
UBS AG,
acting through its Jersey branch
NOTE OF USD [β]
No. Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Tier 2 Subordinated Notes due 2022 (the βNotesβ)
UBS AG promises to pay to the bearer of this Note upon the presentation and surrender at the specified office for the time being of any of the Paying Agents as defined in the Terms and Conditions of the Notes (i)Β of this Note the amount of USD [β] and (ii)Β upon presentation and surrender of the relevant interest coupon interest on the amount of USD [β], all in accordance with and subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Notes printed on the back hereof.
This Note and the interest coupons relating hereto shall not be valid for any purpose until (i)Β this Notes has been authenticated for and on behalf of The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch, as fiscal agent.
UBS AG, acting through its Jersey branch
By:
(duly authorised)
By:
(duly authorised)
ISSUED in [Place] as of [Closing Date]
AUTHENTICATED for and on behalf of
[LEGAL NAME OF AGENT]
as Fiscal Agent, without recourse, warranty or liability
By:
(duly authorised)
ISIN: [β]
Common Code: [β]
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No. Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
INTEREST COUPON
Front Side
THIS OBLIGATION HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN CONTRAVENTION OF THAT ACT.
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
UBS AG,
acting through its Jersey branch
INTEREST COUPON
Interest due [β]
Tier 2 Subordinated Notes due 2022
ISIN: XS0747231362
Common Code: 074723136
Reverse Side
This coupon is payable solely at the offices outside the United States of America of:
[Paying Agents]
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SCHEDULE 4
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
The terms and conditions of the Tier 2 Subordinated Notes due 2022 issued by UBS AG, acting through its Jersey branch, are as follows:
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1. | DEFINITIONS |
βAdditional Amountsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 8 (Taxation).
βAgency Agreementβ means the Agency Agreement dated as of the Issue Date, among the Issuer, the Fiscal Agent and the other agents from time to time party thereto, as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
βAlignment Eventβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase).
βAmendment Effective Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 11 (Amendments).
βAmendment Noticeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 11 (Amendments).
βAuditorβ means the accounting firm (i)Β appointed by the Board of Directors of UBS AG or the shareholders of UBS AG, as the case may be, to provide, among other things, audit and/or review opinions on UBS AGβs financial statements, and (ii)Β approved by the FINMA in accordance with the Financial Market Supervisory Act (Finanzmarktaufsichtsgesetz) of 22Β June 2007, as amended from time to time.
βBalance Sheet Dateβ means (i)Β with respect to any Ordinary Publication Date, the cut-off date for the measurement of the Relevant Capital Ratio in the Quarterly Financial Accounts published on such Ordinary Publication Date, and (ii)Β with respect to any Extraordinary Publication Date, the cut-off date for the Reviewed Interim Measurement published upon the instruction of the FINMA on such Extraordinary Publication Date.
βBankruptcy Eventβ means any of the following events with respect to UBS AG: (i)Β the adjudication of bankruptcy (KonkurserΓΆffnung) pursuant to article 171, 189 or 191 DEBA, (ii)Β the granting of a provisional or definitive stay of execution (provisorische oder definitive Nachlassstundung) pursuant to article 293 et seq.of the DEBA, (iii)Β the ordering of restructuring proceedings (Sanierungsverfahren) pursuant to article 28 to 32 FBA, (iv)Β the ordering of liquidation proceedings (Liquidation) pursuant to article 33 to 37g FBA and/or (v)Β the ordering of any proceeding referred to in article 8 (Meaning of bankruptcy) of the Interpretation (Jersey) Law, 1954; provided, however, that none of the following shall constitute a Bankruptcy Event: (x)Β mere debt collection proceedings (Betreibungsverfahren) pursuant to article 38 et seq. DEBA, (y)Β proceedings in connection with a freezing order (Arrestverfahren) pursuant to article 271 et seq. DEBA, and/or (z)Β the institution of protective measures (Schutzmassnahmen) pursuant to article 26 FBA, including, in the case of each of clauses (x), (y)Β and (z), any steps taken under or in connection therewith.
βBasel III Implementation Dateβ means 1Β January 2013.
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βBIS Regulationsβ means, at any time, the capital adequacy standards and guidelines promulgated by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, as implemented by the FINMA in Switzerland at such time.
βBIS Risk Weighted Assetsβ means, as of any Balance Sheet Date, the aggregate amount, in Swiss francs, of risk-weighted assets of the Group as of such Balance Sheet Date, as determined by UBS AG pursuant to the BIS Regulations applicable to UBS AG as of such Balance Sheet Date, and as (i)Β disclosed in the Quarterly Financial Accounts published on the relevant Ordinary Publication Date or (ii)Β may be disclosed as a component of the Reviewed Interim Measurement published upon the instruction of the FINMA on the relevant Extraordinary Publication Date, as applicable. For the avoidance doubt, the term βrisk-weighted assetsβ as used in this definition shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the BIS Regulations in effect as of the relevant Balance Sheet Date.
βBIS Tier 1 Capitalβ means, as of any Balance Sheet Date, the aggregate amount, in Swiss francs, of items that constitute tier 1 capital of the Group as of such Balance Sheet Date, less any deductions from tier 1 capital required to be made, in each case, as determined by UBS AG pursuant to the BIS Regulations applicable to UBS AG as of such Balance Sheet Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the term βtier 1 capitalβ as used in this definition shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the BIS Regulations in effect as of the relevant Balance Sheet Date.
βBusiness Dayβ means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business (including dealing in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in Jersey, London, Zurich and New York.
βCalculation Agentβ means The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London branch, in its capacity as calculation agent for the Notes, and includes any successor to The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London branch, in its capacity as Calculation Agent.
βCall Dateβ means 22Β February 2017.
βCertificationβ means the delivery to the Fiscal Agent of an appropriate confirmation issued by Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg as to non-US beneficial ownership of the relevant Notes.
βCET1 Capitalβ means, as of any Balance Sheet Date, the aggregate amount, in Swiss francs, of items that constitute common equity tier 1 capital of the Group as of such Balance Sheet Date, less any deductions from common equity tier 1 capital required to be made, in each case as determined by UBS AG pursuant to the BIS Regulations applicable to UBS AG as of such Balance Sheet Date, and as (i)Β disclosed in the Quarterly Financial Accounts published on the relevant Ordinary Publication Date or (ii)Β may be disclosed as a component of the Reviewed Interim Measurement published upon the instruction of the FINMA on the relevant Extraordinary Publication Date, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, the term βcommon equity tier 1 capitalβ as used in this definition shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the BIS Regulations in effect as of the relevant Balance Sheet Date.
βCET1 Ratioβ means, as of any Balance Sheet Date, the CET1 Capital as of such Balance Sheet Date, divided by the BIS Risk Weighted Assets as of such Balance Sheet Date,
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expressed as a percentage, such ratio (or the components thereof) as determined by UBS AG, and (i)Β as disclosed in the Quarterly Financial Accounts published on the relevant Ordinary Publication Date or (ii)Β constituting (or as disclosed in) the Reviewed Interim Measurement published upon the instruction of the FINMA on the relevant Extraordinary Publication Date, as applicable.
βChange in Progressive Capital Component Requirementβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase).
βClearstream, Luxembourgβ means Clearstream Banking, sociΓ©tΓ© anonyme, Luxembourg.
βCommon Depositaryβ means The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London branch, or any successor bank duly licensed in a member state of the European Union, as appointed by the Intermediaries from time to time;
βContingent Write-downβ means the events described in clauses (i)Β through (iv)Β of clause (d)Β of Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down).
βCore Capitalβ means (i)Β at any time prior to the Basel III Implementation Date, any item that constitutes tier 1 capital of the Group pursuant to the BIS Regulations applicable to UBS AG at such time, excluding any such item that constitutes hybrid tier 1 capital of the Group pursuant to the National Regulations at such time, and (ii)Β at any time on or after the Basel III Implementation Date, any item that constitutes common equity tier 1 capital of the Group pursuant to the BIS Regulations applicable to UBS AG as of such time.
βCore Capital Instrumentβ means, at any time, any security or other instrument issued by any member of the Group that qualifies as Core Capital at such time.
βCore Tier 1 Capitalβ means, as of any Balance Sheet Date, the BIS Tier 1 Capital as of such Balance Sheet Date, less the Hybrid Tier 1 Capital as of such Balance Sheet Date, as determined by UBS AG, and as (i)Β disclosed as βBIS core tier 1 capitalβ in the Quarterly Financial Accounts published on the relevant Ordinary Publication Date or (ii)Β may be disclosed as a component of the Reviewed Interim Measurement published upon the instruction of the FINMA on the relevant Extraordinary Publication Date, as applicable.
βCore Tier 1 Ratioβ means, as of any Balance Sheet Date, the Core Tier 1 Capital as of such Balance Sheet Date, divided by the BIS Risk Weighted Assets as of such Balance Sheet Date, expressed as a percentage, such ratio (or the components thereof) as determined by UBS AG, and (i)Β as disclosed in the Quarterly Financial Accounts published on the relevant Ordinary Publication Date or (ii)Β constituting (or as disclosed in) the Reviewed Interim Measurement published upon the instruction of the FINMA on the relevant Extraordinary Publication Date, as applicable.
βCouponβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 2 (Amount and Denomination; Form and Transfer).
βDEBAβ means the Swiss Federal Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act of 11Β April 1889, as amended from time to time.
βDefinitive Notesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 2 (Amount and Denomination; Form and Transfer).
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βEarly Redemption Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase).
βEarly Redemption Noticeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase).
βEU Savings Tax Directiveβ means the European Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3Β June 2003, on taxation of savings income.
βEuroclearβ means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.
βEvent of Defaultβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 10 (Events of Default).
βExchange Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 2 (Amount and Denomination; Form and Transfer).
βExtraordinary Publication Dateβ means the Business Day on which a Reviewed Interim Measurement is published upon the instruction of the FINMA, after the FINMA has determined that the conditions for issuing a Trigger Event Write-down Notice in accordance with Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down) have been met.
βExtraordinary Trigger Event Notice Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down).
βFBAβ means the Swiss Federal Act on Banks and Savings Institutions of 8Β November 1934, as amended from time to time.
βFinal Global Noteβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 2 (Amount and Denomination; Form and Transfer).
βFINMAβ means the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA or any successor thereof.
βFiscal Agentβ means The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London branch, as fiscal agent for the Notes, and includes any successor to The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London branch, in its capacity as Fiscal Agent appointed in accordance with the terms of the Agency Agreement.
βFormer Residenceβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 15 (Substitution).
βGlobal Noteβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 2 (Amount and Denomination; Form and Transfer).
βGroupβ means, at any time, UBS AG, its consolidated subsidiaries and all other entities that are included in UBS AGβs consolidated adequacy reports prepared pursuant to the capital adequacy laws and regulations to which it is subject at such time.
βHigh-Trigger Amountβ means, as of any Publication Date, the sum of (i)Β the maximum portion of the aggregate principal amount, in Swiss francs, of all High-Trigger Contingent Capital, if any, outstanding on the relevant Balance Sheet Date that could be converted into equity or written down if a High-Trigger Writedown/Conversion Notice were delivered in
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accordance with the terms thereof, and (ii)Β the maximum portion of the aggregate principal amount, in Swiss francs, of all High-Trigger Contingent Capital, if any, issued after the relevant Balance Sheet Date, but prior to such Publication Date, that could be converted into equity or written down if a High-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Notice were delivered in accordance with the terms thereof, in the case of each of clauses (i)Β and (ii), as determined by UBS AG. For purposes of clause (ii)Β of this definition and, in the case of an Extraordinary Publication Date, clause (i)Β of this definition, the aggregate principal amount of any High-Trigger Contingent Capital that is not denominated in Swiss francs shall be converted into Swiss francs at the applicable prevailing exchange rate on the last Business Day preceding the relevant Publication Date, as determined by UBS AG. In the case of an Ordinary Publication Date, for purposes of clause (i)Β of this definition, the aggregate principal amount of any High-Trigger Contingent Capital that is not denominated in Swiss francs shall be converted into Swiss francs at the applicable exchange rate used for such purposes in the relevant Quarterly Financial Accounts.
βHigh-Trigger Contingent Capitalβ means any capital instrument issued by any member of the Group that is required pursuant to its terms to be either converted into equity or fully or partially written down when the Relevant Capital Ratio (or similar measure described in the terms and conditions thereof) falls below a threshold that is higher than the Write-down Threshold (with respect to the relevant High-Trigger Contingent Capital, its βHigh-Trigger Thresholdβ), including, but not limited to, capital instruments that, pursuant to National Regulations, qualify as buffer capital (Eigenmittelpuffer) within the meaning of the TBTF Dispatch.
βHigh-Trigger Thresholdβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term βHigh-Trigger Contingent Capitalβ.
βHigh-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term βHigh-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Noticeβ.
βHigh-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Noticeβ means a notice delivered pursuant to the terms of any High-Trigger Contingent Capital, which notifies the holders thereof that the Relevant Capital Ratio (or similar measure described in the terms and conditions of such High-Trigger Contingent Capital) has fallen below its High-Trigger Threshold and, consequently, such High-Trigger Contingent Capital will be converted into equity or fully or partially written down, as applicable, as of a particular date (such date, the βHigh-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Dateβ).
βHolderβ means, with respect to any Note, (i)Β so long as the Notes are represented by a Global Note deposited with the Common Depositary for the Intermediaries, the person or persons holding such Note in a securities account (Effektenkonto) that is in its or their name, or, in the case of intermediaries (Verwahrungsstellen), the intermediary or intermediaries holding the Notes for its or their own account in a securities account (Effektenkonto) that is in its or their name, and (ii)Β if Definitive Notes are printed, the bearer of the relevant Definitive Note.
βHybrid Tier 1 Capitalβ means, as of any Balance Sheet Date, the aggregate amount, in Swiss francs, of items that constitute hybrid tier 1 capital of the Group as of such Balance Sheet Date, as determined by UBS AG pursuant to the National Regulations applicable to UBS AG as of such Balance Sheet Date, and as (i)Β disclosed as βhybrid tier 1 capitalβ in the Quarterly Financial Accounts published on the relevant Ordinary Publication Date or (ii)Β may be disclosed as a component of the Reviewed Interim Measurement published upon the instruction of the FINMA on the relevant Extraordinary Publication Date, as applicable.
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βInitial Global Noteβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 2 (Amount and Denomination; Form and Transfer).
βInterest Payment Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 4 (Interest).
βInterest Rateβ means (i)Β from (and including) the Issue Date to (and excluding) the Call Date, 7.25Β per cent. per annum, and (ii)Β from (and including) the Call Date, the rate per annum equal to the sum of 6.061Β per cent. and the Mid Market Swap Rate.
βIntermediariesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 2 (Amount and Denomination; Form and Transfer).
βIntermediated Securitiesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 2 (Amount and Denomination; Form and Transfer).
βIssue Dateβ means 22Β February 2012.
βIssuerβ means UBS AG, acting through its Jersey branch.
βIssuing Branch Substitutionβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 15 (Substitution).
βJunior Obligationsβ means (i)Β all unsecured, subordinated, direct or indirect, undated obligations of UBS AG, (ii)Β all other unsecured, subordinated, direct or indirect obligations of UBS AG that are expressed to rank junior to the Issuerβs obligations under the Notes and (iii)Β all classes of share capital of UBS AG.
βMaturity Dateβ means 22Β February 2022.
βMid Market Swap Rateβ means the mid market U.S. dollar swap rate Libor basis having a five-year maturity appearing on Bloomberg page βISDA 01β (or such other page as may replace such page on Bloomberg, or such other page as may be nominated by the person providing or sponsoring the information appearing on such page for purposes of displaying comparable rates) at 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the date falling two Business Days prior to the Call Date, as determined by the Calculation Agent. If such swap rate does not appear on such page (or such other page or service), the Mid Market Swap Rate shall instead be determined by the Calculation Agent on the basis of (i)Β quotations provided by the principal office of each of four major banks in the U.S. dollar swap rate market of the rates at which swaps in U.S. dollars are offered by it at approximately 11.00 a.m. (New York time) on the date falling two Business Days prior to the Call Date to participants in the U.S. dollar swap rate market for a five-year period and (ii)Β the arithmetic mean expressed as a percentage and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 0.001Β per cent. (0.0005 per cent. being rounded upwards) of such quotations.
βMinimum Progressive Capital Component Requirementβ means, at any time, the minimum aggregate amount of capital that is required to be held by UBS AG as Progressive Capital Component pursuant to the National Regulations at such time.
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βNational Regulationsβ means, at any time, (i)Β the Swiss national banking and capital adequacy laws, and (ii)Β the capital adequacy regulations promulgated by the FINMA and the interpretation thereof by any competent Swiss authority, in the case of each of clauses (i)Β and (ii), directly applicable to UBS AG and/or the Group at such time.
βNew Residenceβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 15 (Substitution).
βNotesβ means the USD 2,000,000,000 Tier 2 Subordinated Notes due 2022 issued by the Issuer on the Issue Date.
βOrdinary Publication Dateβ means each Business Day on which Quarterly Financial Accounts are published.
βOrdinary Trigger Event Notice Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down).
βParity Obligationsβ means (i)Β all unsecured, subordinated, direct or indirect, dated obligations of UBS AG and (ii)Β all other unsecured, subordinated, direct or indirect obligations of UBS AG that are expressed to rank pari passu with the Issuerβs obligations under the Notes.
βPaying Agentsβ means the Fiscal Agent and any other paying agent appointed in accordance with the terms of the Agency Agreement.
βPermitted Transactionsβ means:
(i) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of any Core Capital Instruments in connection with (x)Β any employment contract, benefit plan or similar arrangement with, or for the benefit of, any employees, officers, directors or consultants of any member of the Group, (y)Β a dividend reinvestment or shareholder share purchase plan or (z)Β the issuance of any Core Capital Instruments (or securities convertible into, or exercisable for, Core Capital Instruments) as consideration for an acquisition consummated by any member of the Group;
(ii) market-making in Core Capital Instruments as part of the securities business of any member of the Group;
(iii) purchases of fractional interests in any Core Capital Instruments pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of (x)Β such Core Capital Instruments or (y)Β any security convertible into, or exercisable for, Core Capital Instruments;
(iv) redemptions or repurchases of Core Capital Instruments pursuant to any shareholdersβ rights plan; and
(v) other redemptions or repurchases of Core Capital Instruments in an aggregate amount not exceeding CHF 250,000,000 during the one-month period ending on the date immediately preceding the relevant Publication Date.
βProgressive Capital Componentβ means, at any time, any item that, pursuant to National Regulations at such time, qualifies as progressive capital component (progressive Komponente) within the meaning of the TBTF Dispatch at such time.
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βPublic Sectorβ means the government of, or a governmental agency or the central bank in, UBS AGβs country of incorporation.
βPublication Dateβ means an Ordinary Publication Date or an Extraordinary Publication Date, as the case may be.
βQuarterly Financial Accountsβ means the financial statements of the Group (including the notes thereto) in respect of a calendar quarter reporting period, which have been reviewed by the Auditor in accordance with the International Standard on Auditing and are contained in a customary financial report published by UBS AG.
βReduced Minimum Progressive Capital Component Requirementβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase).
βReduction Confirmationβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase).
βRegulatory Eventβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase).
βRelevant Capital Ratioβ means (i)Β prior to the Basel III Implementation Date, the Core Tier 1 Ratio, and (ii)Β on or after the Basel III Implementation Date, the CET1 Ratio.
βRelevant Dateβ means, with respect to any payment, (i)Β the date on which such payment first becomes due under these Terms and Conditions (the βScheduled Due Dateβ), or (ii)Β if the full amount of the moneys payable on the Scheduled Due Date has not been received by the Fiscal Agent on or before the Scheduled Due Date, the date on which notice to the effect that the full amount of the money due on the Scheduled Due Date has been received by the Fiscal Agent is published in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
βRelevant Swiss Issuerβ means, at any time, any bank, or any member of a banking group (including the Group), that is required to hold a minimum aggregate amount of Progressive Capital Component pursuant to the National Regulations at such time.
βRelevant Trigger Capital Ratioβ means (i)Β prior to the Basel III Implementation Date, the Trigger Core Tier 1 Ratio, and (ii)Β on or after the Basel III Implementation Date, the Trigger CET1 Ratio.
βReviewed Interim Measurementβ means an interim measurement of the Relevant Capital Ratio, with respect to which the Auditor has performed procedures in accordance with the International Standard on Related Services (and relevant Swiss standards and practices) applicable to agreed-upon procedures engagements.
βScheduled Due Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such in the definition of the term βRelevant Dateβ.
βSenior Obligationsβ means all obligations of UBS AG that do not constitute either Junior Obligations or Parity Obligations.
βSubstitute Issuerβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 15 (Substitution).
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βSubstitution Documentsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 15 (Substitution).
βSwiss Codeβ means the Swiss Code of Obligations, as amended from time to time.
βSwiss francsβ or βCHFβ means the lawful currency of Switzerland.
βTax Eventβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase).
βTax Jurisdictionβ means Jersey and/or Switzerland.
βTaxesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 8 (Taxation).
βTBTF Dispatchβ means the dispatch on the legislative proposals adopted by the Federal Council on 20Β April 2011, in relation to a proposed amendment to the Swiss Banking Act concerning βtoo big to failβ (βBotschaft zur Γnderung des Bankengesetzes (StΓ€rkung der StabilitΓ€t im Finanzsektor; too big to fail, TBTF)β).
βTier 2 Capitalβ has, at any time, the meaning ascribed to it under the National Regulations at such time.
βTrigger Breach Determination Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down).
βTrigger CET1 Ratioβ means, as of any Publication Date, (i)Β the sum of (x)Β the CET1 Capital as of the relevant Balance Sheet Date and (y)Β the High-Trigger Amount as of such Publication Date, divided by (ii)Β the BIS Risk Weighted Assets as of the relevant Balance Sheet Date, expressed as a percentage.
βTrigger Core Tier 1 Ratioβ means, as of any Publication Date, (i)Β the sum of (x)Β the Core Tier 1 Capital as of the relevant Balance Sheet Date and (y)Β the High-Trigger Amount as of such Publication Date, divided by (ii)Β the BIS Risk Weighted Assets as of the relevant Balance Sheet Date, expressed as a percentage.
βTrigger Eventβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down).
βTrigger Event Notice Dateβ means an Ordinary Trigger Event Notice Date or an Extraordinary Trigger Event Notice Date, as the case may be.
βTrigger Event Write-down Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term βTrigger Event Write-down Noticeβ.
βTrigger Event Write-down Noticeβ means, with respect to any Publication Date, a notice (i)Β stating that (x)Β the Relevant Trigger Capital Ratio as of such Publication Date is less than the Write-down Threshold, and (y)Β a Contingent Write-down will take place and (ii)Β specifying the date on which the Contingent Write-down will take place, which date shall, subject to postponement pursuant to clause (b)(ii) of Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down), be no later than 10 Business Days after the date of such notice (the βTrigger Event Write-down Dateβ).
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βU.S.$β, βUSDβ, βU.S. dollarsβ or βcentβ means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
βViability Eventβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down).
βViability Event Write-down Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 6 (Contingent Writedown).
βViability Event Write-down Noticeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down).
βWrite-down Dateβ means, with respect to any Contingent Write-down, the Viability Event Write-down Date or the Trigger Event Write-down Date, as applicable.
βWrite-down Noticeβ means, with respect to any Contingent Write-down, the relevant Trigger Event Writedown Notice or Viability Event Write-down Notice, as applicable.
βWrite-down Notice Dateβ means, with respect to any Contingent Write-down, the date of the relevant Write-down Notice.
βWrite-down Thresholdβ means five percent.
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2. | AMOUNT AND DENOMINATION; FORM AND TRANSFER |
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Β | (a) | Amount and Denomination |
The initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes will be USD 2,000,000,000. The Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of USD 200,000 each and integral multiples of USD 1,000 in excess thereof.
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Β | (b) | (b) Global Note in Bearer Form |
The Notes and all rights in connection therewith will be documented:
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Β | (i) | with respect to all Notes in respect of which the Fiscal Agent has not or not yet received Certification, in the form of an initial global note (the βInitial Global Noteβ), which shall be in bearer form and deposited on the Issue Date by the Fiscal Agent with the Common Depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg (the βIntermediariesβ) until the earliest of (x)Β redemption of the Notes, (y)Β cancellation of the Initial Global Note following the issuance of a Write-down Notice or (z)Β cancellation of the Initial Global Note following a reduction of the principal amount of Notes represented thereby to zero; and |
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Β | (ii) | with respect to all Notes in respect of which the Fiscal Agent has received Certification, in the form of a final global note (the βFinal Global Noteβ and, together with the Initial Global Note, the βGlobal Notesβ), which shall be in bearer form and deposited on the Issue Date by the Fiscal Agent with the Common Depositary for the Intermediaries until the earliest of (x)Β redemption of the Notes, (y)Β cancellation of the Final Global Note following the issuance of a Write-down Notice, or (z)Β printing of Definitive Notes, |
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provided, however, that all Notes shall be represented by the Initial Global Note until the day following the expiry of 40 days after the date of issue of the Initial Global Note (the βExchange Dateβ), after which date and following Certification in relation to the relevant Notes, such Notes will be represented by the Final Global Note.
Once the Initial Global Note is deposited with the Common Depositary for the Intermediaries and entered into the accounts of one or more participants of the Intermediaries, the Notes will constitute intermediated securities (Bucheffekten) (βIntermediated Securitiesβ) in accordance with the provisions of the Swiss Federal Intermediated Securities Act (Bucheffektengesetz).
Subject to applicable law, each Holder shall have a quotal co-ownership interest (Miteigentumsanteil) in the relevant Global Note to the extent of its claim against the Issuer; provided, however, that, for so long as the relevant Global Note remains deposited with the Common Depositary for the Intermediaries, the co-ownership interest shall be suspended and the Notes may only be transferred by the entry of the transferred Notes in a securities account of the transferee.
The records of the Intermediaries will determine the number of Notes held through each participant in the relevant Intermediary.
Neither the Issuer nor any holder of Notes shall at any time have the right to effect or demand the conversion of any Global Note into, or the delivery of, uncertificated securities (Wertrechte) or definitive Notes (Wertpapiere).
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Β | (c) | Conditional Payment of Principal and Interest on Notes Represented by Initial Global Note |
All claims for payment in respect of Notes represented by the Initial Global Note shall be conditional upon Certification (bedingte Zahlungsverpflichtung). Accordingly, payments of principal, interest or other amounts in respect of Notes represented by the Initial Global Note shall only be due or payable upon Certification having been obtained by the Fiscal Agent in relation to the relevant Notes.
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Β | (d) | Definitive Notes in Bearer Form |
No physical delivery of the Notes shall be made unless and until definitive Notes (Wertpapiere) in bearer form (βDefinitive Notesβ) are printed. In respect of Notes represented by the Final Global Note only, Definitive Notes may be printed, in whole, but not in part, at the request of the bearer of the Final Global Note if:
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Β | (i) | printing of the Definitive Notes is required by Swiss or other applicable laws or regulations in connection with the enforcement of rights of Holders; or |
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Β | (ii) | each of the Intermediaries is closed for business for a continuous period of 14 days (other than by reason of legal holidays) or announces an intention to permanently cease business; or |
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Β | (iii) | any of the Global Notes is no longer deposited with the Common Depositary for the Intermediaries, provided, however, that no Definitive Notes shall be printed if the Issuer has given a Write-down Notice in accordance with Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down). |
Whenever the Final Global Note is to be exchanged for Definitive Notes, the Issuer shall procure the prompt delivery (free of charge to the bearer) of such Definitive Notes, duly authenticated and with interest coupons (βCouponsβ) attached, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Final Global Note to the bearer of the Final Global Note against the surrender of the Final Global Note at the Specified Office of the Fiscal Agent within 30 days of the bearer requesting such exchange. Definitive Notes will be issued in denominations of USD 200,000 and integral multiples of USD 1,000 in excess thereof, up to and including USD 399,000. No Notes in definitive form will be issued with a denomination above USD 399,000.
If the Notes are represented by Definitive Notes, title to the Notes and the Coupons will pass by delivery, and any request for payment of any amount due in respect of any Definitive Notes or Coupons require presentation thereof to the Issuer or a Paying Agent.
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3. | STATUS AND SUBORDINATION |
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Β | (a) | Status |
The Notes constitute direct, unsecured and subordinated obligations of the Issuer and rank pari passu and without any preference among themselves. The rights and claims of the Holders against the Issuer under the Notes are subordinated as described in Condition 3(b).
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Β | (b) | Subordination |
In the event of (i)Β a Bankruptcy Event or (ii)Β an order being made, or an effective resolution being passed, for the liquidation or winding-up of UBS AG (except, in any such case, a solvent liquidation or windingup of UBS AG solely for the purposes of a reorganization, reconstruction or amalgamation of UBS AG or the substitution in place of UBS AG of a successor in business to UBS AG, the terms of which reorganization, reconstruction, amalgamation or substitution (x)Β (except in the case of any such substitution pursuant to Condition 15 (Substitution) have previously been approved by a resolution of the Holders in accordance with Condition 14 (Meetings of Holders) and (y)Β do not provide that the Notes shall become redeemable in accordance with these Terms and Conditions), the rights and claims of the Holders against the Issuer in respect of or arising under (including, without limitation, any damages awarded for breach of any obligation under) the Notes shall, subject to any obligations that are mandatorily preferred by law, rank (A)Β junior to the rights and claims of all holders of Senior Obligations, (B)Β pari passu with the rights and claims of holders of Parity Obligations and (C)Β senior to the rights and claims of holders of Junior Obligations.
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Β | (c) | Claims subject to a Contingent Write-down |
Any claim of any Holder in respect of or arising under the Notes (including, without any limitation, any claim in relation to any unsatisfied payment obligation of the Issuer subject to enforcement by any Holder pursuant to Condition 10 (Events of Default) or in relation to the occurrence of any other Event of Default) shall be subject to, and superseded by, any Contingent Write-down pursuant to Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down), irrespective of whether the relevant Write-down Notice has been given prior to or after the occurrence of an Event of Default or any other event.
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4. | INTEREST |
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Β | (a) | Interest |
Subject to Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down),
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Β | (i) | the Notes shall bear interest on their principal amount at the applicable Interest Rate from and including the Issue Date (A)Β if the Notes are early redeemed pursuant to clause (b), (c), (d)Β or (e)Β of Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase), to and excluding the applicable Early Redemption Date, or (B)Β otherwise, to and excluding the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if (upon due presentation thereof where presentation is required) payment with respect to any Note is improperly withheld or refused on such Early Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, interest shall continue to accrue on the principal amount of such Note (both before and after judgment) at the applicable Interest Rate to (but excluding) the Relevant Date; and |
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Β | (ii) | interest on the Notes will be payable annually in arrear on 22Β February of each year (each, an βInterest Payment Dateβ), commencing on 22Β February 2013. |
Interest on the Notes shall be computed by the Calculation Agent on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
All U.S. dollar amounts resulting from any of the calculations made pursuant to this Condition 4 will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).
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Β | (b) | Determination and Publication of Rates of Interest, Interest Payment Dates and Interest Amounts |
The Calculation Agent shall cause each Interest Rate, Interest Payment Date and interest amount payable on each Interest Payment Date or on the Early Redemption Date, as applicable, and such other information as may be determined by it to be notified to the Holders in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices) as soon as practicable after such determination, but in any event not later than two Business Days after such determination.
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All determinations made by the Calculation Agent for the purposes of this Condition 4 shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and binding on the Issuer and the Holders.
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Β | (c) | Calculation Agent |
So long as any Note is outstanding, the Issuer shall at all times maintain a Calculation Agent. If the Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act as such or if the Calculation Agent fails to (i)Β duly establish the Interest Rate, (ii)Β duly calculate the interest amount payable on any Interest Payment Date or on the Early Redemption Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, or (iii)Β comply with any other requirement in relation to the Notes, the Issuer shall appoint a leading bank or financial institution engaged in the inter-bank market (or, if appropriate, money, swap or over-the-counter index options market) that is experienced in the calculations or determinations to be made by the Calculation Agent to act as such in the Calculation Agentβs place. The Calculation Agent may not resign its duties without a successor having been appointed as aforesaid. Any termination or appointment of the Calculation Agent pursuant to this clause (c)Β shall take effect not more than 45 and not less than 30 daysβ after the Issuer has notified the Holders of such termination or appointment pursuant to Condition 13 (Notices); provided, however, that, in the case of insolvency, such termination or appointment shall take immediate effect.
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5. | REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE |
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Β | (a) | Final Redemption |
Unless previously redeemed or purchased and cancelled and subject to Condition 6 (Contingent Writedown), the Notes shall be redeemed on the Maturity Date at their aggregate principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but excluding) the Maturity Date, if any.
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Β | (b) | Early Redemption at the Option of the Issuer |
Subject to clauses (f)Β and (g)Β of this Condition 5, the Issuer may elect, in its sole discretion, to redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, on the Call Date at their aggregate principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but excluding) the Call Date, if any.
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Β | (c) | Early Redemption due to a Tax Event |
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Β | (i) | Upon the occurrence of a Tax Event at any time after the Issue Date and subject to clauses (f)Β and (g)Β of this Condition 5, the Issuer may elect, in its sole discretion, to redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, on the relevant Early Redemption Date at their aggregate principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but excluding) such Early Redemption Date, if any. |
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Β | (ii) | A βTax Eventβ shall be deemed to have occurred if the Issuer in making any payments on the Notes (A)Β has paid, or will or would on |
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Β | the next payment date be required to pay, Additional Amounts, or (B)Β has paid, or will or would be required to pay, any additional Tax in respect of the Notes, in the case of each of subclauses (A)Β and (B)Β of this clause (ii), under the laws or regulations of a Tax Jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or any authority of or in a Tax Jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof having the power to impose, levy, collect, withhold or assess Taxes, including, without limitation, any treaty to which a Tax Jurisdiction is a party, or any generally published application or interpretation of such laws (including, without limitation, a decision of any court or tribunal, any generally published application or interpretation of such laws by any relevant tax authority or any generally published pronouncement by any relevant tax authority), and the Issuer cannot avoid the foregoing by taking measures reasonably available to it. |
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Β | (d) | Early Redemption due to a Regulatory Event |
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Β | (i) | Upon the occurrence of a Regulatory Event at any time after the Issue Date and subject to clause (f)Β of this Condition 5, the Issuer may elect, in its sole discretion, to redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, on the relevant Early Redemption Date at their aggregate principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but excluding) such Early Redemption Date, if any. |
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Β | (ii) | A βRegulatory Eventβ shall be deemed to have occurred if the FINMA has notified UBS AG in writing that the Notes do not, or will cease to, fully qualify as (A)Β Tier 2 Capital and/or (B)Β Progressive Capital Component; provided, however, that, without prejudice to the Issuerβs right to redeem the Notes pursuant to clause (b), (c)Β or (e)Β of this Condition 5, a Regulatory Event shall not be deemed to have occurred for reasons of partial non-recognition of the Notes as Tier 2 Capital in the five-year period ending on the date immediately preceding the Maturity Date. |
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Β | (e) | Early Redemption upon a Change in Progressive Capital Component Requirement or an Alignment Event |
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Β | (i) | Upon the occurrence of a Change in Progressive Capital Component Requirement or an Alignment Event and subject to clauses (f)Β and (g)Β of this Condition 5, the Issuer may, within 60 days after the date on which such Change in Progressive Capital Component Requirement or Alignment Event, as the case may be, occurred, elect, in its sole discretion, to redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, on the relevant Early Redemption Date at 101Β per cent. of their aggregate principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but excluding) such Early Redemption Date, if any; provided, however, that, in the case of an Alignment Event, the Issuer may not exercise its early redemption right under this clause (e)Β if it has given the Holders an Amendment Notice pursuant to Condition 11 (Amendments). |
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Β | (ii) | A βChange in Progressive Capital Component Requirementβ shall be deemed to have occurred if (A)Β at any time on or after the Issue Date, the Minimum Progressive Capital Component Requirement in effect at such time is reduced as a direct consequence of a change in the National Regulations (the Minimum Progressive Capital Component Requirement as so reduced, the βReduced Minimum Progressive Capital Component Requirementβ), (B)Β UBS AG has received written confirmation from the FINMA that the Minimum Progressive Capital Component Requirement has been so reduced (such confirmation, a βReduction Confirmationβ), and (C)Β as a direct consequence of such reduction, the aggregate amount of capital held by the Group as of the first Balance Sheet Date immediately following receipt of the relevant Reduction Confirmation that qualifies as Progressive Capital Component as of such Balance Sheet Date exceeds the relevant Reduced Minimum Progressive Capital Component Requirement. |
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Β | (iii) | An βAlignment Eventβ shall be deemed to have occurred if, as the result of any change in the National Regulations at any time after the Issue Date, any Relevant Swiss Issuer would be permitted to issue, or has issued, a capital instrument that (A)Β qualifies as Tier 2 Capital and Progressive Capital Component, and (B)Β has terms and conditions that (x)Β include a write-down feature, and (y)Β contain one or more provisions that are, in the reasonable opinion of the Issuer, different in any material respect from those in these Terms and Conditions, which provisions, if they had been included in these Terms and Conditions, would have prevented the Notes from qualifying as Tier 2 Capital and Progressive Capital Component immediately prior to such change in the National Regulations. |
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Β | (f) | Early Redemption Notice |
If the Issuer elects to redeem the Notes pursuant to clause (b), (c), (d)Β or (e)Β of this Condition 5, the Issuer shall give the Holders not less than 30 and not more than 60 daysβ prior notice in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices) (an βEarly Redemption Noticeβ), which notice shall be irrevocable and specify the date on which the Issuer shall redeem the Notes pursuant to such clause of this Condition 5 (such specified date, the βEarly Redemption Dateβ).
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Β | (g) | Conditions for Early Redemption |
The Issuer may only redeem the Notes pursuant to clause (b), (c)Β or (e)Β of this Condition 5 on the relevant Early Redemption Date if (i)Β the FINMA has approved such redemption in writing on or prior to such Early Redemption Date and (ii)Β no Viability Event has occurred prior to such Early Redemption Date.
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Β | (h) | Purchases |
The Issuer or any other member or the Group or any of its affiliates may at any time purchase Notes at any price in the open market or otherwise, provided
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that (i)Β such purchase complies with any limits or conditions to which any member of the Group is subject under applicable banking laws and regulations at the time of such purchase, (ii)Β the FINMA has approved such purchase in writing on or prior to the date of such purchase and (iii)Β no Viability Event has occurred prior to the date of such purchase. Any Notes so purchased may, at the option of the Issuer, be held, reissued, resold or surrendered to the Fiscal Agent for cancellation.
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Β | (i) | Cancellation |
All Notes redeemed in accordance with this Condition 5 shall be cancelled and may not be reissued or resold. All Notes purchased and surrendered to the Fiscal Agent for cancellation pursuant to clause (h)Β above shall be immediately cancelled upon surrender and may not be reissued or resold.
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Β | (j) | Early Redemption of Other Instruments |
For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that, if, upon the occurrence of a Tax Event, Regulatory Event, Change in Progressive Capital Component Requirement or Alignment Event, the Issuer elects not to early redeem the Notes pursuant to this Condition 5, nothing in this Condition 5 shall prohibit the Issuer from redeeming any other instruments issued by any member of the Group pursuant to the terms thereof.
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6. | CONTINGENT WRITE-DOWN |
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Β | (a) | Trigger Event |
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Β | (i) | Upon the occurrence of a Trigger Event, a Contingent Write-down shall occur on the Trigger Event Write-down Date in accordance with clause (d)Β of this Condition 6. |
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Β | (ii) | A βTrigger Eventβ shall be deemed to have occurred if the Issuer gives the Holders a Trigger Event Write-down Notice in accordance with clause (b)Β of this Condition 6. |
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Β | (b) | Trigger Event Write-down Notice |
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Β | (i) | If, with respect to any Publication Date, |
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Β | (A) | the Relevant Trigger Capital Ratio as of such Publication Date is less than the Write-down Threshold; and(B) UBS AG has not (x)Β paid, or proposed to pay, any distribution in cash or in kind (other than in the form of Core Capital Instruments) on any Core Capital Instruments or (y)Β repurchased, redeemed or retired for any consideration any Core Capital Instruments, in the case of each of subclauses (x)Β and (y)Β of this clause |
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Β | (B) | (B), during the one-month period ended on the date immediately preceding such Publication Date, except pursuant to the conversion of a security into, or the exchange of a security for, any Core Capital Instruments, or as a Permitted Transaction, |
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the Issuer shall, subject to clauses (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) of this Condition 6, give a Trigger Event Writedown Notice to the Holders (x)Β if such Publication Date is an Ordinary Publication Date, within five Business Days of such Publication Date (such fifth Business Day, the βTrigger Breach Determination Dateβ, and the date of such notice, the βOrdinary Trigger Event Notice Dateβ), and (y)Β if such Publication Date is an Extraordinary Publication Date, on such Publication Date (the βExtraordinary Trigger Event Notice Dateβ), in each case in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices).
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Β | (ii) | If the Issuer is required to give a Trigger Event Write-down Notice pursuant to clause (b)(i) of this Condition 6, and on the relevant Publication Date any High-Trigger Contingent Capital is outstanding with respect to which either (x)Β no High-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Notice has been given prior to the Trigger Event Notice Date or (y)Β a High-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Notice has been given prior to the Trigger Event Notice Date, but the Trigger Write-down Date is scheduled to occur prior to the relevant High-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Date, |
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Β | (A) | in the case of clause (x)Β above, the Issuer shall postpone giving such Trigger Event Write-down Notice until the date on which a High-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Notice has been given with respect to all such outstanding High-Trigger Contingent Capital and such date shall be deemed to be the Trigger Event Notice Date, and |
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Β | (B) | in the case of clauses (x)Β and (y)Β above, if the Trigger Write-down Date is scheduled to occur prior to the High-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Date (or, in the case of more than one High-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Date, the latest High-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Date), the Trigger Write-down Date shall be postponed to the High-Trigger Writedown/Conversion Date (or the latest High-Trigger Write-down/Conversion Date, as applicable) and such postponement shall be specified in such Trigger Event Write-down Notice. |
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Β | (iii) | If (A)Β the Issuer is required to give a Trigger Event Write-down Notice pursuant to clause (b)(i) of this Condition 6 in relation to an Ordinary Publication Date, and (B)Β prior to the earlier of the Ordinary Trigger Event Notice Date and the Trigger Breach Determination Date, the FINMA, upon the request of UBS AG, has agreed in writing that a Contingent Write-down is not required as a result of actions taken by the Group or circumstances or events, in each case, that have had, or imminently will have, the effect of restoring the Relevant Capital Ratio as of the Balance Sheet Date relating to the relevant Ordinary Publication Date, after giving pro forma effect to such actions, circumstances or events, to a level above the Write-down Threshold |
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Β | that the FINMA and UBS XX xxxx, in their sole discretion, to be adequate at such time, the Issuer (x)Β shall not give such Trigger Event Write-down Notice pursuant to clause (b)(i) of this Condition 6 in relation to the relevant Ordinary Publication Date, and (y)Β shall give notice to the Holders on or prior to the Trigger Breach Determination Date in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices), which notice shall state that no Contingent Write-down shall occur in relation to the relevant Ordinary Publication Date. |
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Β | (c) | Viability Event |
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Β | (i) | Upon the occurrence of a Viability Event, (A)Β the Issuer shall give notice to the Holders in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices) within three days of the date on which such Viability Event occurred, which notice shall (x)Β state that a Viability Event has occurred and a Contingent Write-down will take place and (y)Β specify the date on which the Contingent Write-down will take place, which date shall be no later than 10 Business Days after the date of such notice (such specified date, the βViability Event Write-down Dateβ, and such notice, a βViability Event Writedown Noticeβ), and (B)Β a Contingent Write-down shall occur on the Viability Event Write-down Date in accordance with clause (d)Β of this Condition 6. |
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Β | (ii) | A βViability Eventβ shall be deemed to have occurred if: |
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Β | (A) | the FINMA has notified UBS AG in writing that it has determined a write-down of the Notes, together with the conversion or write down, as applicable, of holdersβ claims in respect of any other capital instruments issued by any member of the Group that, pursuant to their terms or by operation of law, are capable of being converted into equity or written down at that time, is, because customary measures to improve UBS AGβs capital adequacy are at the time inadequate or unfeasible, an essential requirement to prevent UBS AG from becoming insolvent, bankrupt, unable to pay a material part of its debts as they fall due or unable to carry on its business; or |
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Β | (B) | because customary measures to improve UBS AGβs capital adequacy being at the time inadequate or unfeasible, UBS AG has received an irrevocable commitment of direct or indirect extraordinary support from the Public Sector (beyond customary transactions and arrangements in the ordinary course) that has, or imminently will have, the effect of improving UBS AGβs capital adequacy and without which, in the determination of (and as notified in writing by) the FINMA, UBS AG would have become insolvent, bankrupt, unable to pay a material part of its debts as they fall due or unable to carry on its business. |
For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that, a Viability Event may occur irrespective of whether or not a Trigger Event has occurred or whether any of the conditions to the issuance of a Trigger Event Write-down Notice have been met.
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Β | (d) | Contingent Write-down |
If the Issuer has given a Write-down Notice in accordance with this Condition 6, on the relevant Writedown Date,
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Β | (i) | the full principal amount of each Note shall automatically be written down to zero, the Notes shall be cancelled and all references to the principal amount of the Notes in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed accordingly; |
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Β | (ii) | the Holders shall be automatically deemed to irrevocably waive their right to receive, and no longer have any rights against the Issuer with respect to, repayment of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes written down pursuant to clause (i)Β above (bedingter Forderungsverzicht); |
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Β | (iii) | the Issuer shall pay (A)Β any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes and (B)Β any Additional Amounts, in the case of each of subclauses (A)Β and (B)Β of this clause (iii), if and only to the extent that such interest or Additional Amount, as applicable, became due and payable to the Holders prior to the relevant Write-down Notice Date; and |
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Β | (iv) | except as described in clause (iii)Β above, all rights of any Holder for payment of any amounts under or in respect of the Notes (including, without limitation, any amounts arising as a result of, or due and payable upon the occurrence of, an Event of Default) shall become null and void, irrespective of whether such amounts have become due and payable prior to the relevant Write-down Notice Date or the Write-down Date. |
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Β | (e) | Determination of Relevant Capital Ratio and Relevant Trigger Capital Ratio |
With respect to any Publication Date, (i)Β the Relevant Capital Ratio as of the relevant Balance Sheet Date, (ii)Β the Relevant Trigger Capital Ratio as of such Publication Date and (iii)Β the components of both of the foregoing, in each case, as published on such Publication Date, shall be final for purposes of this Condition 6, and any revisions, restatements or adjustments to any of the calculations described in subclauses (i)Β through (iii)Β of this clause (e)Β subsequently published shall have no effect for purposes of this Condition 6.
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7. | PAYMENTS |
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Β | (a) | All payments required to be made under the Notes shall be made available in good time in freely disposable U.S. dollars, which will be placed at the free disposal of the Fiscal Agent on behalf of the Holders. If the scheduled due date for any payment under the Notes does not fall on a Business Day, the Issuer undertakes to effect payment for value on the Business Day immediately following such scheduled due date, and the Holders shall not be |
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entitled to any additional sum in relation to such payment. All payments required to be made under the Notes (including any Additional Amounts) shall be made to the Holders in U.S. dollars without collection costs (in the case of Definitive Notes, if any, subject to paragraph (c)Β below, at the specified offices of the Paying Agents upon their surrender), without any restrictions and whatever the circumstances may be, irrespective of nationality, domicile or residence of the relevant Holder and without certification, affidavit or the fulfilment of any other formality.
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Β | (b) | The receipt by the Fiscal Agent of the due and punctual payment of funds in U.S. dollars shall release the Issuer from its obligations under the Notes to the extent of such payment. |
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Β | (c) | Any and all payments under the Notes shall be made outside the United States of America and its possessions. |
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Β | (d) | The Issuer reserves the right to terminate the appointment of the Fiscal Agent or any other Paying Agent and to appoint additional or other Paying Agents. So long as any Note is outstanding, the Issuer shall at all times maintain (i)Β a Fiscal Agent that is a participant of the Intermediaries; and (ii)Β a Paying Agent in an EU member state that will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced to conform to, such Directive. Any such variation, termination or appointment shall only take effect not more than 45 and not less than 30 daysβ after the Issuer has notified the Holders of such variation, termination or appointment pursuant to Condition 13 (Notices); provided, however, that, in the case of insolvency, such variation, termination or appointment shall take immediate effect. |
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8. | TAXATION |
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Β | (a) | All payments to be made by or on behalf of the Issuer pursuant to these Terms and Conditions shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or other government charges of any nature (βTaxesβ) imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of any Tax Jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or any authority of or in a Tax Jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof having the power to impose, levy, collect, withhold or assess Taxes, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. |
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Β | (b) | In the event that any payment to be made by or on behalf of the Issuer pursuant to these Terms and Conditions is subject to any withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any Taxes by requirement of law, the Issuer shall pay such additional amounts as will result in the Holders receiving the amounts that they would have received pursuant to these Terms and Conditions if no such withholding or deduction had been required (βAdditional Amountsβ). |
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Β | (c) | The Issuer shall not be required to pay any Additional Amounts pursuant to clause (b)Β of this Condition 8 in relation to any Note |
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Β | (i) | if the relevant Holder is liable for such Taxes on such Note as a result of having some connection with the relevant Tax Jurisdiction other than its mere ownership or possession of such Note or the receipt of principal or interest in respect thereof; or |
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Β | (ii) | where such withholding or deduction is required to be made pursuant to the EU Savings Tax Directive, or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, the EU Savings Tax Directive; or |
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Β | (iii) | if the relevant Holder would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting such Note to, or arranging to receive payment through, another Paying Agent in a Member State of the European Union; or |
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Β | (iv) | more than 30 days after the Relevant Date, except to the extent that the relevant Holder would have been entitled to receive the Additional Amounts if it had presented such Note for payment on the last day of such 30-day period; or |
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Β | (v) | with respect to any Tax collected pursuant to the provisions of, or an agreement with any Tax Jurisdiction relating to, Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (commonly referred to as βFATCAβ); or |
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Β | (vi) | where such withholding or deduction is required to be made pursuant to laws enacted by Switzerland providing for the taxation of payments according to principles similar to those set forth in (A)Β the EU Savings Tax Directive or (B)Β the draft legislation proposed by the Swiss Federal Council on 24Β August 2011, including, without limitation, the requirement that a person other than the Issuer (such as any paying agent) withhold or deduct tax. |
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Β | (d) | Any reference in these Terms and Conditions to amounts payable by the Issuer pursuant to these Terms and Conditions includes (i)Β any Additional Amount payable pursuant to this Condition 8 and (ii)Β any sum payable pursuant to an obligation taken in addition to or in substitution for the obligation in this Condition 8. |
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9. | STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS |
In accordance with Swiss law, (i)Β claims for interest payments under the Notes shall become time-barred after the five-year period and (ii)Β claims for the repayment or redemption of Notes shall become time-barred after the ten-year period, in each case, commencing on the date on which such payments, repayment or redemption became due and payable.
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10. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Β | (a) | If any of the following events shall occur, such occurrence shall constitute an βEvent of Defaultβ: |
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Β | (i) | the Issuer shall fail to pay the principal amount of any Note when and as the same shall become due and payable under these Terms and Conditions, whether at the due date pursuant to clause (a)Β of Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase) or at a date fixed for early redemption pursuant to clause (b), (c), (d)Β or (e)Β of Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days; or |
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Β | (ii) | the Issuer shall fail to pay any interest on the Notes when and as the same shall become due and payable under these Terms and Conditions, whether at the due date pursuant to Condition 4 (Interest) or at a date fixed for early redemption pursuant to clause (b), (c), (d)Β or (e)Β of Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days; or |
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Β | (iii) | the Issuer shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition, or agreement contained in these Terms and Conditions and such failure either (A)Β is incapable of remedy or (B)Β shall continue unremedied for a period of 60 days after written notice thereof from any Holder to the Issuer; or |
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Β | (iv) | a Bankruptcy Event. |
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Β | (b) | Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to any failure of the Issuer to meet any payment obligation under these Terms and Conditions and subject to Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down), (i)Β such payment obligation (and such payment obligation only) shall be immediately deemed a due and payable (fΓ€llige) payment obligation of the Issuer, and (ii)Β if (A)Β the relevant Holder has formally requested payment of such payment obligation, (B)Β such payment obligation has not been fulfilled within the statutory period under Swiss law commencing after the date of such formal request and (C)Β a writ of payment (Zahlungsbefehl) has been issued with respect to such payment obligation pursuant to Swiss insolvency laws, the relevant Holder may institute proceedings against the Issuer in Switzerland (but not elsewhere) to enforce its rights with respect to such payment obligation under Swiss insolvency laws. |
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Β | (c) | If an insolvency proceeding with respect to the Issuer is instituted in Switzerland in accordance with clause (b)Β of this Condition 10, the Issuer shall not (i)Β after having received the writ of payment (Zahlungsbefehl) relating to the relevant payment obligation, argue or plead that such payment obligation is not due and payable by the Issuer, or (ii)Β prior to the declaration of bankruptcy (or similar proceeding under Swiss insolvency laws), make any payment to the relevant Holder under or in connection with the Notes. |
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Β | (d) | In the case of any Event of Default arising under clause (a)(iii) above and subject to Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down), any Holder may seek specific performance or damages with respect to such Event of Default pursuant to the Swiss Code if so entitled thereunder. |
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Β | (e) | In the case of any Event of Default arising under clause (a)(iv) above and subject to Condition 6 (Contingent Write-down), any Holder may, by written |
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Β | notice to the Fiscal Agent at its specified office, declare the principal amount of any of its Notes, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind. |
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Β | (f) | No remedy against the Issuer other than those described in this Condition 10 shall be available to the Holders in connection with the Issuerβs obligations under these Terms and Conditions, whether for the recovery of amounts owing under these Terms and Conditions or in respect of any breach by the Issuer of any of its other obligations under these Terms and Conditions or otherwise. In particular, no Holder may declare (i)Β the principal amount of any Notes due and payable prior to the Maturity Date, or (ii)Β any interest on any Notes due and payable prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, except, in the case of each of subclauses (i)Β and (ii)Β of this clause (f), pursuant to clause (e)Β of this Condition 10. |
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11. | AMENDMENTS |
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Β | (a) | If an Alignment Event has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders, amend these Terms and Conditions in order to align them (to the extent possible) with the terms of any outstanding capital instruments that (x)Β have been issued by any member of the Group, (y)Β qualify as Tier 2 Capital and Progressive Capital Component and (z)Β have terms and conditions that (A)Β include a write-down feature, and (B)Β contain one or more provisions that are, in the reasonable opinion of the Issuer, different in any material respect from those in these Terms and Conditions, which provisions, if they had been included in these Terms and Conditions, would have prevented the Notes from qualifying as Progressive Capital Component immediately prior to the change in the National Regulations related to such Alignment Event, provided that |
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Β | (i) | such amendment, in the reasonable opinion of the Issuer, does not materially adversely affect the rights and claims of the Holders under the Notes; |
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Β | (ii) | the Issuer has given the Holders not less than 30 daysβ notice of such amendment in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices), which notice (the βAmendment Noticeβ) shall (A)Β be irrevocable and (B)Β state the date on which such amendment shall be effective (the βAmendment Effective Dateβ); |
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Β | (iii) | the FINMA has approved such amendment in writing; |
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Β | (iv) | no Viability Event has occurred prior to the applicable Amendment Effective Date; and |
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Β | (v) | prior to the date of the applicable Amendment Notice, the Issuer has not delivered an Early Redemption Notice, pursuant to which it has notified the Holders that it is exercising its right of early redemption under clause (e)Β of Condition 5 (Redemption and Purchase) as the result of the occurrence of the Alignment Event. |
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Β | (b) | In addition to its rights under clause (a)Β of this Condition 11, the Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders, make any amendment to these Terms and Conditions that it considers to be (i)Β necessary or desirable to give effect to the provisions of clause (a)Β of Condition 15 (Substitution) (including, without limitation, (x)Β if the Substitute Issuer is organised and/or resident for tax purposes in a jurisdiction other than Switzerland and/or Jersey, any amendments to any references to the jurisdictions of βSwitzerlandβ and/or βJerseyβ contained herein, including, without limitation, amendments to the definition of the term βBankruptcy Eventβ, the definition of the term βBusiness Dayβ, the governing law of the subordination provisions set forth in Condition 3 (Status and Subordination) and the provisions of Condition 10 (Events of Default)), and (y)Β any amendments to reflect UBS AGβs guarantee described in clause (a)(vi) of Condition 15 (Substitution)), or (ii)Β formal, minor or technical in nature or (iii)Β necessary to correct a manifest error. |
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Β | (c) | The parties to the Agency Agreement may agree without the consent of the Holders to any amendment thereto that is (i)Β in the reasonable opinion of such parties, not materially prejudicial to the interests of the Holders, (ii)Β formal, minor or technical in nature, or (iii)Β necessary to correct a manifest error. |
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Β | (d) | The Issuer shall notify the Holders of any amendments made pursuant to clause (b)Β or (c)Β of this Condition 11 in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices), which notice shall state the date on which such amendment shall be effective. |
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Β | (e) | Any amendment made pursuant to this Condition 11 shall be binding on the Holders in accordance with its terms. |
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12. | REPLACEMENT |
If Definitive Notes have been printed, any Definitive Note that is lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed may be replaced, subject to applicable laws and regulations, at the specified office of the Fiscal Agent upon payment by the claimant of the fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Fiscal Agent and the Issuer in connection therewith and on such terms as to evidence, security and indemnity (which may provide, among other things, that if the Definitive Note allegedly or actually lost, stolen or destroyed is subsequently presented for payment there shall be paid to the Issuer on demand the amount payable by the Issuer in respect of such Definitive Note subsequently presented) as the Issuer may require. Mutilated or defaced Definitive Notes must be surrendered before replacements will be issued.
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13. | NOTICES |
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Β | (a) | So long as the Notes are represented by the Global Notes, which are deposited with the Common Depositary for the Intermediaries, notices to Holders shall be given by communication through the Fiscal Agent to the Intermediaries for forwarding to the Holders, and any notice so given shall be deemed to be validly given on the date of delivery to the relevant Intermediary. |
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Β | (b) | If Definitive Notes have been printed, notices to Holders (including any holders of Coupons) shall be valid if published in a leading English language |
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Β | daily newspaper published in London (which is expected to be the Financial Times) or, if such publication is not practicable, in a leading English language daily newspaper having general circulation in Europe. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of first publication. |
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14. | MEETINGS OF HOLDERS |
The provisions on bondholder meetings set forth in article 1157 et seq. of the Swiss Code shall apply in relation to meetings of Holders, irrespective of any substitution of the Issuer or Issuing Branch Substitution pursuant to Condition 15 (Substitution).
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15. | SUBSTITUTION |
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Β | (a) | The Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders, substitute any entity (whether or not such entity is organised under the laws of Switzerland) (such substitute entity, the βSubstitute Issuerβ) for itself as principal debtor under the Notes upon giving no more than 30 and no less than 10 daysβ notice to the Holders in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices), provided that: |
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Β | (i) | at least 95Β per cent. of the Substitute Issuerβs capital and voting rights are held, directly or indirectly, by UBS AG; |
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Β | (ii) | the Issuer is not in default in respect of any amount payable under the Notes at the time of such substitution; |
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Β | (iii) | the Issuer and the Substitute Issuer have entered into such documents (the βSubstitution Documentsβ) as are necessary to give effect to such substitution and pursuant to which the Substitute Issuer has undertaken in favour of each Holder to be bound by these Terms and Conditions as the principal debtor under the Notes in place of the Issuer; |
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Β | (iv) | if the Substitute Issuer is resident for tax purposes in a jurisdiction (the βNew Residenceβ) other than that in which the Issuer prior to such substitution was resident for tax purposes (the βFormer Residenceβ), the Substitution Documents contain an undertaking and/or such other provisions as may be necessary to ensure that each Holder has the benefit of an undertaking in terms corresponding to the provisions of Condition 8 (Taxation), with the substitution of references to the Former Residence with References to the New Residence; |
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Β | (v) | the Issuer and the Substitute Issuer have obtained all necessary governmental approvals and consents for such substitution and for the performance by the Substitute Issuer of its obligations under the Substitution Documents; |
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Β | (vi) | UBS AG has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed to the Holders, on a subordinated basis, the due and punctual payment of all amounts due and payable by the Substitute Issuer under, or in respect of, the Notes pursuant to article 111 of the Swiss Code; and |
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Β | (vii) | if applicable, the Substitute Issuer has appointed a process agent as its agent in Switzerland to receive service of process on its behalf in relation to any legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with the Notes and the Agency Agreement. |
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Β | (b) | Upon any substitution pursuant to clause (a)Β of this Condition 15, the Substitute Issuer shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under the Notes with the same effect as if the Substitute Issuer had been named as Issuer in these Terms and Conditions, and the Issuer shall be released from its obligations under the Notes. |
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Β | (c) | Prior to any substitution pursuant to clause (a)Β of this Condition 15, UBS AG may, without the consent of the Holders, upon giving no more than 30 and no less than 10 daysβ notice to the Holders in accordance with Condition 13 (Notices), at any time after 23Β March 2012, (i)Β cease to make payments of principal, interest and any other amounts due under the Notes and fulfil any of its other obligations and exercise any of its other rights and powers in respect of, or arising under, the Notes through its Jersey branch and (ii)Β commence making such payments, fulfilling such other obligations and exercising such powers and rights through its head offices in Basel and Zurich (an βIssuing Branch Substitutionβ), provided that, as of the time of giving the relevant notice, (A)Β the Issuer is not in default in respect of any amount payable under the Notes and (B)Β the Issuer would not be required to pay any Additional Amounts under these Terms and Conditions after giving effect to such Issuing Branch Substitution that it would not have been required to pay if such Issuing Branch Substitution were not to occur. Upon an Issuing Branch Substitution pursuant to this clause (c), references to the βIssuerβ in these Terms and Conditions, each Global Note and the Agency Agreement shall be construed accordingly, and references to βJerseyβ in these Terms and Conditions shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to βSwitzerlandβ. |
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16. | FURTHER ISSUES |
The Issuer may from time to time without the consent of the Holders issue further notes and, provided that such notes have the same terms and conditions as the Notes in all respects (or in all respects except for the issue date and/or first date on which interest is paid), such further notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Notes. If the Issuer issues any such further notes pursuant to this Condition 16, references in these Terms and Conditions to βNotesβ shall include such further notes, unless the context otherwise requires.
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17. | CURRENCY INDEMNITY |
Any amount received or recovered by any Holder in a currency other than U.S. dollars (whether as a result of, or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the insolvency, windingup or dissolution of UBS AG or otherwise) under the Notes shall only constitute a discharge of the Issuer to the extent of the amount in U.S. dollars that such Holder is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in such other currency on the date of such receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to purchase U.S. dollars with such amount on such date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so). If the amount of U.S. dollars such Holder is able to purchase is less than the amount owed by the Issuer to such Holder
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under the Notes, the Issuer shall indemnify such Holder against any loss sustained by it as a result. In addition, the Issuer shall indemnify such Holder for the costs of making such purchase. For purposes of this Condition 17, it is sufficient for the relevant Holder to demonstrate that it would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase been made. The indemnities under this Condition 17 shall (i)Β constitute a separate and independent obligation from the Issuerβs other obligations hereunder, (ii)Β give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, (iii)Β apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any Holder and (iv)Β continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any amount due under the Notes or any other judgment or order.
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18. | NO SET-OFF BY HOLDERS |
Subject to applicable law, no Holder may exercise, claim or plead any right of set-off, compensation or retention with respect to any amount owed to it by the Issuer in respect of, or arising in connection with, the Notes.
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19. | NO CONVERSION |
Notwithstanding the powers of the FINMA under articles 25 et seq. FBA of Switzerland, the Notes will under no circumstances be converted into equity of UBS AG, and will only absorb losses pursuant to these Terms and Conditions.
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20. | GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION |
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Β | (a) | The Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Switzerland. |
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Β | (b) | The courts of the city of Zurich (venue being Zurich 1) shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes that may arise out of or in connection with the Notes. |
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SCHEDULE 5
SPECIFIED OFFICES OF THE PAYING AGENTS
The Fiscal Agent and Calculation Agent:
The Bank of New York Mellon London Branch
One Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X00 0XX
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Attention: | Β Β | Corporate Trust Administration |
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SIGNATURES
The Issuer
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UBS AG, acting through its Jersey Branch | Β | |||||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | Β | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | Β | |
Β | Executive Director | Β | Associate Director | Β |
The Fiscal Agent
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxx |
Β | Vice President |
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