Contract
Exhibit
2.(b).2
Unofficial
Translation
Version for signing – Series
B Bonds
signed
on the 26th of
November, 2009
between:
PARTNER
COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LTD.
of 8 Amal
Street, Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel
Tel:
x000-00-0000000; fax: + 000-00-0000000
(hereinafter
– "the
Company")
of the first
part;
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and:
XXX
XXXX TRUST COMPANY LTD.
of 00-00
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx-Xxxx, Xxxxxx
Telephone:
+ 000-0-0000000
Fax: +
000-0-0000000
(hereinafter
– "the
Trustee")
of the second
part;
Whereas
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the
Company desires to raise capital against the issuance of Series B Bonds of
the Company, which are not convertible into shares of the Company, and
which have been assigned a rating of ilAA-/stable by Standard and Poor’s
Maalot, correct to the date of This Deed, all as specified in and being
subject to the provisions of This Trust Deed (hereinafter: “the
Bonds”);
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and
whereas
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the
Trustee is a company limited in shares, duly incorporated in Israel, whose
object is to engage in trusts;
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and
whereas
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the
Trustee declares that there is no restraint pursuant to the Law (as this
term is defined hereunder) or pursuant to any other law, on its engagement
with the Company pursuant to This Trust Deed, and that it fulfills all
requirements and qualifications prescribed in the Law (as this term is
defined hereunder) for serving as the Trustee pursuant to This Trust
Deed;
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and
whereas
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the
Trustee has no material interest in the Company, and the Company has no
personal interest in the Trustee;
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and
whereas
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the
Company declares that there is no statutory restraint on its engagement
with the Trustee pursuant to This Trust
Deed;
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and
whereas
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the
Company applied to the Trustee, requesting it, subject to the issuance of
the Bonds, to serve as the Trustee for the Holders of the Bonds to be
issued within this framework, and the Trustee agreed to this, all subject
and pursuant to the conditions of This Trust
Deed;
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and
whereas
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the
Trustee agreed to sign This Trust Deed and to act as the Trustee of the
Bondholders;
wherefore,
the parties agree, declare and stipulate as
follows:
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1.
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Recitals,
Interpretation and
Definitions
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1.1
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The
recitals to This Trust Deed and the appendices attached thereto constitute
an integral part thereof.
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1.2
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This
Trust Deed has been divided into clauses and clause headings have been
added solely for the sake of convenience and reference, and they may not
be used for interpretation
purposes.
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1.3
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All
that stated in This Trust Deed in the plural also implies the singular and
vice versa; all that stated in the masculine gender also implies the
feminine and vice versa, and every reference to a person also implies a
corporation, all provided that This Deed does not contain any other
express and/or implied provision and/or provided that the content or
context does not dictate otherwise.
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1.4
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In
any instance of a contradiction between the Trust Deed and documents
attached thereto, the provisions of the Trust Deed shall
prevail.
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1.5
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In
This Trust Deed, the following expressions shall have the meanings
alongside them, unless another intent is implied from the content or
context of the matters:
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“The Company”
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Partner
Communications Company Ltd.
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“This Deed”
or
“the Trust Deed”
–
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This
Trust Deed, including the addenda and appendices attached thereto and
constituting an integral part thereof.
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“The Trustee”
–
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The
Trustee referred to at the head of This Deed and/or any party that shall
serve from time to time as the Trustee of the Bondholders pursuant to This
Deed.
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“The Law”
–
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The
Securities Law, 5728
– 1968, and the regulations instituted by virtue thereof, as they
shall be from time to time.
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“The Register”
–
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The
register of the Bondholders as stated in clause 24 of This
Deed.
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“The TASE”
–
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The
Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd.
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“Principal”
–
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The
par value of the Bonds.
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“Ordinary Resolution”
–
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Resolution
passed during a general meeting of the Bondholders, during which Holders
of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the balance of the par value of
the Bonds in circulation of that series were present, either in person or
by proxy, or during an adjourned meeting, during which any number was
present, and which was passed (whether during the original meeting or
during the adjourned meeting) by a majority of at least fifty-percent
(50%) of all votes of those participating in the vote, excluding
abstentions.
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“Special Resolution”
–
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Resolution
passed during a general meeting of the Bondholders, during which Holders
of at least fifty percent (50%) of the balance of the par value of the
Bonds in circulation of that series were present, either in person or by
proxy, or during an adjourned meeting, during which Holders of at least
ten percent (10%) of the said balance were present, either in person or by
proxy, and which was passed (whether during the original meeting or during
the adjourned meeting) by a majority of at least seventy-five percent
(75%) of all votes of those participating in the vote, excluding
abstentions.
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“The Nominee Company”
–
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The
Nominee Company of Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd.
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“The Bonds”
or
“The Series B Bonds”
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Registered
Series B Bonds, the conditions of which are specified in This Deed,
inclusive of addenda thereto, which shall be issued from time to time, at
the Company’s sole discretion.
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“The Bondholders” and/or
“the Holders”
–
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The
persons whose names are registered at any given time in the Register as
the Bondholders and, in the case of joint Holders – the joint Holder that
is listed first in the Register, or any party having a Bond registered in
its favor with a member of the TASE and that Bond is included among the
Bonds listed in the Register under the name of the Nominee
Company.
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“Trading Day”
–
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Any
day on which transactions are transacted on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange
Ltd.
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“The Consumer Price
Index” or
“Index” –
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The
price index known by the name “the Consumer Price Index,” which includes
fruits and vegetables, and which is published by the Central Bureau of
Statistics [of Israel] and includes that Index, even if published by
another official body or institution, and including any official index
that might replace it, whether or not constructed from the same data as
those on which the existing Index was constructed. If another Index shall
replace it, which shall be published by such body or institution, and that
body or institution has not prescribed the ratio between it and the Index
being replaced, the Central Bureau of Statistics shall prescribe that
ratio. In the event that that ratio shall not be so prescribed, then the
Trustee, in consultation with economic experts to be chosen by the
Trustee, shall prescribe the ratio between the other Index and the Index
being replaced.
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“The Payment Index”
–
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The
Index known on the execution date of any payment on account of the
Principal and/or interest.
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“The Known Index”
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On
any date – the Index last published prior to that date.
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“The TASE Clearing House
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The
clearing house of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd.
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“Arrears Interest”
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As
this term is defined in clause 5.1 of the Conditions Recorded in the
Overleaf.
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“Rating Company”
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A
rating company approved by the Capital Market Commissioner of the Ministry
of Finance .
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2.
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Bond
Issue
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2.1
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The
Company shall issue a series, unrestricted in sum, of registered Series B
Bonds of NIS 1 par value each, bearing interest at the rate of 3.4% per
annum, linked (Principal and interest) to the Consumer Price Index in
respect of the month of October 2009, as published on November 15,
2009.
The
Principal of the Series B Bonds shall be payable in four (4) equal annual
payments, on November 30 of each of the years 2013 through 2016
(inclusively).
The
first payment of the Principal shall be executed on November 30, 2013, and
the last payment of the Principal shall be executed on November 30,
2016.
The
interest on the Bonds shall be paid in biannual payments, on May 31 and on
November 30 of each of the years 2010 through 2016, for the six-month
period ending on the date of each such payment (hereinafter: “Interest
Period”).
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The first
payment of the interest shall be executed on May 31, 2010, and the last payment
on November 30, 2016, together with the payment of the Principal, and against
the return of the Bonds to the Company, all pursuant to the conditions specified
in the attached Bond in the First Addendum to This Deed.
The Bonds
shall be issued to any party that is, on the Bond issue date, “Institutional
Investors,” as this term is defined in the Securities Regulations (Method of
Offering Securities to the Public), 5767 – 2007. Any transfer of
the Bonds is subject to the restrictions on transfers specified in clause 7 of
the Conditions Recorded in the Overleaf.
The Bonds
are being offered in a transaction that does not constitute a public offering in
the United States, as this term is defined in the Securities Act of the United
States of 1933, inclusive of amendments thereto (hereinafter: “the Law in the U.S.”). The
Bonds shall not be submitted for listing with the Securities Exchange Commission
of the United States or other securities authority of any state in the United
States. The Bonds shall not be offerable or sellable pursuant to the Law in the
U.S. by any Holder, unless pursuant to an exemption from the listing
requirements in the United States, or within the scope of a transaction that is
not subject to the listing requirements pursuant to the Law in the U.S., and
pursuant to all operative securities laws in the relevant state in the United
States.
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2.2
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Expansion of the
series
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2.2.1
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The
Company may issue additional Bonds at any time and from time to time,
without needing the consent of the Bondholders and/or the Trustee,
including to a subsidiary of the Company, in conformity with all statutory
provisions, the conditions of which shall be identical to the conditions
of the Series B Bonds, at any price and in any manner that the Company
shall deem fit, provided that This Deed shall also apply to all such
additional Bonds that shall be issued by the Company and, as of the issue
date thereof, they shall be tantamount to the Series B Bonds issued
initially. Notwithstanding that stated anywhere in This Deed, an
additional issuance of Series B Bonds exceeding the volume rated by a
Rating Company within the scope of this series (on the date of This Deed,
the sum is NIS 1,000,000,000 [one billion]), shall be executed subject to
the assigning of an additional rating by a Rating Company, and provided
that such additional issuance of Bonds of the same series shall not
adversely affect the rating of the Bonds issued initially pursuant to This
Deed, as the rating shall be at that time. If required, the Company shall
obtain the approval of the TASE for such expansion. In the event of an
expansion of the Series B Bonds, the Company and the Trustee shall decide
whether the Trustee’s fee should be increased and by what
sum.
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2.2.2
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The
Series B Bonds shall be issued without a discount. If the discount rate
that shall be affixed for the Series B Bonds subsequent to an expansion of
the series of Series B Bonds shall differ from the discount rate of the
Series B Bonds in circulation at that time, then, around the time of the
expansion of the Bond Series, the Company shall apply to the Israel Tax
Authority in relation to the deduction of tax at source from the discount
fees in respect of the Series B Bonds, requesting its approval that a
uniform discount rate shall be affixed to the Series B Bonds, according to
a formula that weights the differing discount rates in that Series, if
any.
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2.2.3
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Should
such approval be received, the Company shall calculate the weighted
discount rate in respect of all of the Series B Bonds, and shall report
the rate of the uniform weighted discount, and shall deduct tax on the
payment dates of the Series B Bonds according to such weighted discount
rate and pursuant to the provisions of the Law. Should such approval not
be received, then, shortly after receiving the Tax Authority’s notice, the
Company shall report its failure to receive such approval, and that the
uniform discount rate shall be the highest discount rate created in
respect of the Series B Bonds. The Company shall deduct tax at source when
paying the Bonds of that Series, according to the discount rate that shall
be so reported.
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2.2.4
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Consequently,
instances are possible whereby the Company shall deduct tax at source in
respect of discount fees at a rate that is higher than the discount fees
affixed for any party that held Series B Bonds prior to the said expansion
of the Series. In such instance, a taxpayer, who held Series B Bonds prior
to the expansion of the Series and up until the payment of the Series B
Bonds, shall be entitled to submit a tax statement to the Tax Authority
and receive a refund of the tax deducted from the discount fees, to the
extent that it is entitled to such refund by
law.
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2.3
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Issuance of additional
securities – the Company may issue, at any time and from time to
time (whether by private offering or by public offering), including to a
Related Corporation of the Company, at its sole discretion, without
needing the consent of the Bondholders or of the Trustee or to issue a
notice to any of them in this regard, bonds of a different class or other
series of bonds or other securities of any type and class whatsoever, with
or without accompanying rights to purchase shares of the Company, with
conditions of interest, linkage, sureties, payment and other conditions to
the extent that the Company shall deem fit, whether they are more
favorable than, equal to or inferior to the conditions of the
Bonds.
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2.4
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Listing of the
securities in the “continuous institutional trading” system” –
subject to the provisions of the TASE regulations, the Company shall list
the Bonds under the name of the Nominee Company of Bank Leumi le-Israel
Ltd. (hereinafter: “the
Nominee Company”) and shall exert its best efforts to list the
Bonds for trading, within 30 days of the issue date, with the TASE
Clearing House, which shall provide clearing services for the Bonds.
Furthermore, within the scope of the trading system that the TASE operates
for institutional investors [Tel-Aviv Continuous Trading – Institutional]
(hereinafter: “TACT
Institutional”), the Company shall assume all costs that shall be
involved in listing on the TACT Institutional system. If the Bonds shall
be listed for TACT Institutional, the following provisions shall
apply:
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2.4.1
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Any
payment that the Company shall pay to the TASE Clearing House and/or to
the Nominee Company in payment of the Principal and/or the interest and/or
additional payments shall be deemed a payment to the
Holders.
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2.4.2
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Any
Bondholder shall be able to exercise its rights as a Bondholder, provided
that the Company and/or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall receive a
confirmation from the Nominee Company specifying the name of the
Bondholder and the inclusive sum in respect of the Bond Principal being
held by the Nominee Company for that
Bondholder.
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2.4.3
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The
Bondholders shall cooperate with the Company, to the extent required, in
order to carry out that stated above, including, and without derogating
from the general purport of that stated above, the return of the original
Bond certificates issued under their names, if issued, to the Company for
the purpose of issuing the Bond certificates under the name of the Nominee
Company.
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2.4.4
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The
Company shall notify the Trustee of the listing of the Bonds on TACT
Institutional and shall act in conformity with all relevant TASE
instructions and directives pertaining to TACT Institutional, including
the ex day, the cum day, and the interest calculation methods. The
provisions of This Trust Deed and the provisions of the Bond conditions
shall be amended, if and to the extent required, in accordance with the
TASE instructions and directives, without requiring the consent of the
Trustee and/or the Bondholders, except in the instance whereby the Trustee
shall be convinced that such amendment materially prejudices the
Bondholders. It is hereby clarified that a reduction of the interest rate
specified in the Bond, a material change in the payment dates of the
Principal and interest, the elimination of any of the causes specified in
clause 7 of This Deed for calling for immediate repayment, or the
elimination of any of the reports pursuant to clause 27 of This Deed – are
all deemed to be amendments that prejudice the rights of the Bondholders
as stated above in this clause 2.4.4, and therefore, shall not be
amendable by the Trustee, unless the consent of the Bondholders is
obtained by way of a Special
Resolution.
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2.4.5
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To
dispel any doubt, it is hereby clarified that, subject to the provisions
of the Law and the TASE regulations, any party that is not one of the
investors specified in clauses 15.A(b)(1) or 15.A(b)(2) of the Law shall
be not permitted to trade the Bonds within the framework of the TACT
Institutional system as stated.
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2.4.6
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Listing
within the scope of the TACT Institutional system is not listing for
trading on the TASE, as this term is defined in clause 2.5
hereunder.
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2.5
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Listing of the Bonds
for trading on the TASE
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2.5.1
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The
Company covenants to exert its best efforts and to take all steps
reasonably required to list the Bonds for trading on the TASE by June 30,
2010, subject to all statutory provisions and the TASE regulations,
including the publication of a prospectus for the purpose of listing the
Bonds for trading on the TASE. To dispel any doubt, it is hereby clarified
that, in the event that the Company shall not list the Bonds for trading
by the said date, for any reason whatsoever, such failure to list shall
not constitute a cause for calling for the immediate repayment of the
Bonds, and the Company shall continue to pay the Interest Increment (as
this term is defined in clause 2.5.3 hereunder), until the Bonds are
listed for trading on the TASE (to the extent that they shall be listed).
Upon the listing of the Bonds for trading on the TASE, the Bonds shall
cease to be traded in TACT
Institutional.
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2.5.2
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In
any instance of the listing of the Bonds for trading on the TASE as stated
above, the provisions of the Trust Deed and the provisions of the Bond
conditions shall be amended, if and to the extent required pursuant to the
instructions and directives of the TASE and/or the Securities Authority,
this without the Company having to obtain any approval from the
Bondholders and/or the Trustee, provided that the Trustee has been
convinced that the amendment required by the TASE and/or the Securities
Authority does not materially prejudice the rights of the Bondholders.
Upon the listing of the Bonds for trading on the TASE, the Bonds shall
cease to be traded in TACT Institutional. It is hereby clarified that a
reduction of the interest rate specified in the Bond (except with respect
to the Interest Increment, as specified hereunder in clause 2.5.3), a
material change in the payment dates of the Principal and interest, the
elimination of any of the causes specified in clause 7 of This Deed for
calling for immediate repayment, or the elimination of any of the reports
pursuant to clause 27 of This Deed – are all deemed to be amendments that
prejudice the rights of the Bondholders as stated above in this clause
2.5.2, and therefore, shall not be amendable by the Trustee, unless the
consent of the Bondholders is obtained by way of a Special
Resolution.
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2.5.3
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As
long as the Bonds shall not be listed for trading solely on the TASE, the
Company shall pay an increment of 0.6% to the annual interest rate payable
in respect of the outstanding balance of the Principal of the Bonds
(hereinafter: “the
Interest Increment”), this up to and including the publication date
of the listing prospectus for the Bonds on the TASE or a shelf offering
report under which the Bonds shall be listed for trading on the TASE
(hereinafter jointly in this clause only: “the Publication Date of the
Prospectus”).
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It is
hereby clarified that, in the instance whereby the Bonds shall be listed for
trading on the TASE during an Interest Period, as this term is defined in clause
4 of the Conditions Recorded in the Overleaf of the Bond Certificate
(hereinafter: “Interest
Period”), the Company shall pay a one-time payment to each Bondholder at
the end of the last Trading Day in TACT Institutional (one Trading Day before
the Bonds stop being traded in TACT Institutional) (hereinafter in this clause
only: “the Record Date”), such
payment being at the height of the Interest Increment in respect of the
outstanding balance of the Principal of the Bonds for the period commencing on
the Bond allotment date, or commencing at the beginning of the Interest Period
in which the Bonds were listed for trading, whichever is later (hereinafter:
“the Beginning of the Interest
Period”), and ending on the Publication Date of the Prospectus or the
shelf offering report, whereby the Interest Increment shall be calculated
according to 365 days in a year and shall be paid according to the number of
days since the Beginning of the Interest Period that preceded the Publication
Date of the Prospectus and until the Publication Date of the Prospectus or the
shelf offering report (inclusively). The Company shall issue a notice to the
TASE at least four Trading Days prior to the Record Date regarding the Record
Date and regarding the interest rate that shall be paid. The Company shall also
publish a notice regarding the payment date of the Interest Increment as
stated.
In the
instance whereby, at any time subsequent to the listing of the Bonds for trading
on the TASE, the Bonds shall be delisted from the TASE (other than as a result
of a merger of the Company [whether done as a contractual merger, pursuant to
the provisions of section 314 of the Companies Law, or whether done through an
arrangement pursuant to section 350 of the Companies Law] and/or as a result of
a debt arrangement of the Company), this clause 2.5.3 shall again be in effect
as of the delisting date of the Bonds, and this, until the Bonds shall be
relisted for trading on the TASE (to the extent that they shall be
relisted).
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2.5.4
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As
long as the Bonds shall not be listed for trading solely on the TASE – in
the event of a decline in the rating of the Bonds for any reason
whatsoever (provided that the rating was lowered by a Rating Company), the
annual interest rate borne by the Bonds shall increase on a one-time basis
at the rate of 0.25% (hereinafter: “the Interest Increment in
Respect of a Decline in Rating”), as of the Rating Company’s notice
date and until the Publication Date of the Listing Prospectus for the
Bonds on the TASE or a shelf offering report under which the Bonds shall
be listed for trading on the TASE. To dispel any doubt, it is hereby
clarified that the Interest Increment in Respect of a Decline in Rating is
a one-time increment due to an event of a decline in rating of the Bonds
as stated, and no additional Interest Increment shall be paid in respect
of further declines in rating, to the extent that there will be any
subsequently. It is further clarified that, upon the listing of the Bonds
for trading on the TASE, this clause 2.5.4 shall automatically
expire.
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2.5.5
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It
is hereby clarified that, pursuant to the directives of the Securities
Authority, if and to the extent that the Company shall list the Bonds for
trading on the TASE, all Bonds issued in the private offering by the
Company to any parties that were, on the date of the private offering,
Institutional Investors, as this term is defined in the Securities
Regulations (Mode of Offering Securities to the Public), 5767 – 2007
(hereinafter: “Mode of
Offering Regulations”) (to differentiate from “classified”
investors listed in the First Addendum to the Law and “private” investors,
pursuant to the provisions of section 15.A(a)(1) of the Law) and that are
deemed institutional investors as stated also on the Publication Date of
the Prospectus or the shelf offering report, as the case may be, shall be
released from the restrictions prescribed in section 15.C of the Law by
way of a listing prospectus that the Company shall publish for the purpose
of listing the Bonds for trading as stated (or by way of a shelf offering
report pursuant to the Law), provided that these Bonds are still being
held by them on that date. Around the time of the Publication Date of the
Prospectus or the shelf offering report of the Company (if any), the
Company shall contact the Bondholders at that time and request that they
furnish information about the rate of their holdings of the Series B Bonds
for the purpose of examining compliance with the TASE listing
requirements, and the Bondholders shall cooperate with the Company to the
extent required for this purpose and shall forward the information as
requested.
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2.5.6
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Notwithstanding
that stated anywhere in This Deed, it is hereby emphasized and clarified
that, if it shall become evident that an investor to whom Series B Bonds
were issued in the private issue is not included, for any reason
whatsoever, in the definition of “Institutional Investor,” as this term is
defined in the Mode of Offering Regulations (whether on the date of the
private offering or on the date of the prospectus or the shelf offering
report), or that the Bonds (in whole or in part) have been transferred by
that same institutional investor to an investor listed in the list of
investors in the First Addendum to the Law, this prior to the listing for
trading on the TASE, then that institutional investor to whom the Bonds
had been issued in the private issue and/or that investor listed in the
First Addendum to the Law as stated, who purchased the Bonds from it
subsequently and prior to the listing on the TASE and/or any other Holder
of the Bonds issued to that investor, shall not have any allegation and/or
claim and/or demand, including but not limited to, a demand for
nonreduction of the interest as stated above in clause 2.5.5 (when, in
such instance, the interest shall be reduced in relation to all Series B
Bonds, whether or not they were released from blocking as stated),
vis-à-vis the Company and/or any party on its behalf, in respect of
nonrelease of the Bonds it is holding from the said blocking
restrictions.
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2.5.7
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Apart
from that specified above in this clause 2, the Bonds shall not be listed
in any other stock exchange or institutional
market.
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3.
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Purchase
of Bonds by the Company and/or by a Related
Corporation
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3.1
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The
Company reserves its right to purchase Bonds at any time and from time to
time at any price that it shall deem fit, and this, without adversely
affecting its obligation to repay the Bonds that shall be held by others
besides the Company. Bonds that shall be purchased by the Company shall be
voided upon the purchase thereof and shall be delisted from TACT
Institutional (and if they shall be listed for trading on the TASE – shall
be delisted from trading), and the Company shall not be allowed to reissue
them. In the event of a purchase of Bonds by the Company as stated, the
Company shall issue notice of this to the Trustee shortly after the
purchase, and shall also issue an Immediate Report in this regard. In the
event that the Bonds shall be purchased as stated by the Company during
trading on the TASE, the Company shall request that the TASE Clearing
House withdraw the certificates.
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3.2
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Any
subsidiary of the Company and/or company under its control and/or the
controlling shareholder of the Company (directly or indirectly) and/or a
company controlled by the controlling shareholder of the Company
(excluding the company in respect whereof that stated above in clause 4.1
above shall apply) (hereinafter: “Related Corporation”)
shall be allowed to purchase and/or to sell Bonds at any time and from
time to time, including by way of an issue by the Company. The Bonds that
shall be so held by a Related Corporation shall be deemed an asset of the
Related Corporation and shall not be delisted from trading on the TASE and
shall be transferable as the rest of the Company’s Bonds (subject to the
provisions of the Trust Deed and the Bond). Regarding the convening of a
Bondholders’ meeting, the provisions of clauses 1 and 5(f) of the Second
Addendum to the Trust Deed shall apply. In the event of a purchase and/or
sale of Bonds by a Related Corporation as stated, the Company shall issue
a notice in this regard to the Trustee shortly after the purchase and/or
sale as stated, and shall also issue an Immediate Report in this regard.
Furthermore, regarding the legal quorum and counting of votes during
general meetings of the Bondholders, that stated in clause 5(f) of the
Second Addendum to This Deed shall also
apply.
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3.3
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That
stated in this clause 3, per se, shall in no way obligate the Company or
the Bondholders to purchase Bonds or to sell the Bonds in their
possession.
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4.
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The
Company’s Covenants
The Company hereby covenants to pay all sums of the
Principal and the interest and the linkage differentials payable pursuant
to the Bond conditions (including Arrears Interest, if and to the extent
that any shall apply), to the extent payable, and to fulfill all other
conditions and obligations imposed on it pursuant to the Bond conditions
and pursuant to This Deed. In any instance whereby the payment date on
account of a sum of Principal and/or interest and/or the linkage
differentials shall fall on a day other than a Business Day, the payment
date shall be deferred until the first subsequent Business Day, without
any additional payment, interest or
linkage.
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5.
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Bonds
Unsecured by Pledges
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5.1
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The
Bonds are not secured by any collateral or
pledge.
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5.2
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To
dispel any doubt, it is hereby clarified that the Trustee is under no
obligation to examine, and the Trustee, in fact, did not examine, the need
for providing collateral to secure the payments to the Bondholders. The
Trustee was not asked to conduct, and the Trustee, in fact, did not
conduct an economic, accounting or legal Due Diligence examination of the
Company’s business or by engaging in This Trust Deed, and by consenting to
serve as the Trustee for the Bondholders, the Trustee is not expressing
its opinion, whether express or implied, as to the Company’s ability to
fulfill its covenants towards the Bondholders. That stated shall in no way
derogate from the Trustee’s obligations pursuant to any law and/or the
Trust Deed, and shall in no way derogate from the Trustee’s obligation (to
the extent that such obligation applies to the Trustee by law) to examine
the impact of changes in the Company as of the issue date and thereafter,
to the extent that they could adversely impact the Company’s ability to
fulfill its covenants to the
Bondholders.
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5.3
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The
Company shall be allowed to sell, lease, pledge, assign, deliver or
transfer in any other manner, its assets, in whole or in part, in any
manner whatsoever, to any third party, without having to obtain any
consent of the Trustee and/or the Bondholders, or having to issue a notice
to any of them in this regard.
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5.4
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Notwithstanding
that stated above in clause 5.3, until the Bonds are listed for trading
solely on the TASE, the Company covenants not to pledge any of its assets
in any pledge in favor of any third party without obtaining the consent of
the Trustee and/or the consent of the Bondholders by way of an Ordinary
Resolution passed during a Bondholders’ meeting.
Notwithstanding
that stated above, it is hereby clarified that this covenant shall not
apply to any of the following actions and
pledges:
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5.4.1
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pre-existing
pledge on the signing date of this
agreement;
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5.4.2
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a
pledge of credit instruments or bills to secure short-term credit, all for
a period not exceeding one year;
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5.4.3
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a
pledge given to a bank or financial institution or such similar body on an
asset to secure the financing of the acquisition of that same asset (PMSI
– purchase money security
interest);
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5.4.4
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an
asset acquired while being pledged;
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5.4.5
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an
offsetting and/or “netting” arrangement during the ordinary course of
business opposite banks or financial
institutions;
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5.4.6
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a
pledge and/or lien created by virtue of the
Law;
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5.4.7
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a
pledge to banks or to financial institutions on proceeds to be received
from a contractual sale of assets, inventory and/or goods and for the
purpose of securing the execution of the agreement, at an inclusive sum
not exceeding at any time USD 100
million;
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5.4.8
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a
pledge to the State of Israel or to any government authority or to any
bank or institution on behalf of any of them in relation to the receipt of
investment grants or any plan for the encouragement of investments, etc.,
in relation to assets that are the object of the investment plan or the
program, provided that the total of all pledges by virtue of this
subclause shall not exceed at any time the sum of USD 300
million;
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5.4.9
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a
pledge of an asset or right, when the value thereof on the date the pledge
was created does not exceed NIS 150
million.
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To dispel
any doubt, it is hereby clarified that the Company’s covenant as stated at the
beginning of the above clause 5.4 is not registerable. It is further clarified
that, upon the listing of the Bonds for trading on the TASE, this clause 5.4
shall automatically expire; however, if at any time subsequent to the listing of
the Bonds for trading on the TASE, the Bonds shall be delisted from trading on
the TASE (other than as a result of a merger of the Company [whether done as a
contractual merger, pursuant to the provisions of section 314 of the Companies
Law, or whether done through an arrangement pursuant to section 350 of the
Companies Law] and/or as a result of a debt arrangement of the Company), this
clause 5.4 shall again be in effect and this, until the Bonds shall be relisted
for trading on the TASE (to the extent that they shall be
relisted).
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6.
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Priority
All
Bonds that can and shall be offered shall have equal priority in relation
to the sums due in respect thereof, pari passu, inter se,
without any precedence or preference of one over the
other.
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7.
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Right
to Call for Immediate
Repayment
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7.1
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Upon
the occurrence of one or more of the instances specified in this clause
hereunder, the provisions of clause 7.2 shall apply, as the case may
be:
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7.1.1
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if
the Company shall not pay any sum that shall be due from it in relation to
the Bonds by 30 days after the payment due
date;
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7.1.2
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if
a permanent and final liquidation order shall be issued in relation to the
Company by the court;
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7.1.3
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if
a temporary liquidation order shall be issued by the court, or if a valid
resolution shall be passed to wind-up the Company (excluding liquidation
for the purposes of merging with another company and provided that the
recipient company has assumed all of the Company’s covenants towards the
Bondholders), and such order or resolution was not rescinded within 45
days after the issuance of the order or the passing of the resolution, as
the case may be, and provided that this could jeopardize the possibility
of paying any sum that shall become due from the Company pursuant to the
Bonds; if an attachment shall be imposed on all or the majority of the
Company’s assets, and the attachment was not removed by 60 days after the
date of the imposition thereof, provided that this could jeopardize the
possibility of paying any sum that shall become due from the Company
pursuant to the Bonds;
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7.1.4
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if
an execution operation shall be performed against all or the majority of
the Company’s assets, and the operation shall not be rescinded within 45
days after the performance thereof, provided that this could jeopardize
the possibility of paying any sum that shall become due from the Company
pursuant to the Bonds;
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7.1.5
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if
a temporary receiver shall be appointed to the Company and/or to all or
the majority of its assets, and the appointment shall not be rescinded
within 45 days, provided that this could jeopardize the possibility of
paying any sum that shall become due from the Company pursuant to the
Bonds;
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7.1.6
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if
the Company shall discontinue, or shall give notice that it intends to
discontinue its payments, or shall discontinue, or shall give notice that
it intends to discontinue the operation of its businesses as they shall be
from time to time, or if there is a substantive concern that the Company
shall discontinue the payment of its payments (including its debts), or
that the Company shall discontinue the operation of its businesses for
reasons of insolvency; if a stay of proceedings has been issued or if the
Company has filed an application to effect an arrangement with the
Company’s creditors pursuant to section 350 of the Companies Law, 5739 – 1999 (other than
for the purpose of a merger with another company and/or restructuring of
the Company);
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7.1.7
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if
the Company shall breach or shall fail to fulfill any material condition
or material covenant included in The Bond or in This Deed, and all if the
Trustee had issued written notice to the Company containing an order to
rectify the breach or to fulfill the condition and the Company failed to
rectify the breach or fulfill the said condition within 30 days after the
notice was issued, and provided that the Bondholders’ rights were
materially prejudiced or are liable to be materially
prejudiced;
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7.1.8
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if
the Bonds shall cease to be rated for a period exceeding 60 consecutive
days, for reasons and/or circumstances that are solely under the control
of the Company;
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7.1.9
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if
the Company shall not publish annual financial statements within 60 days
after the deadline imposed on it by the law applicable to it at that time
(correct to the date of This Deed, pursuant to the provisions of section
E.3 of the Law), provided that this failure materially prejudices the
Bondholders’ rights to repayment of the
Bonds;
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7.1.10
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if
a material event occurred in the Company, or any other event, about which
the Company published a report stating that the event has a material
impact on it and that it materially jeopardizes repayment of the Bonds by
the Company. It is hereby agreed that, upon the occurrence of such an
event, the Holders shall be entitled to at least ten percent (10%) of the
par value of the outstanding balance of the Bond Principal, to themselves
summon a Bondholders’ meeting, and this, without requiring the Trustee’s
determination that the event materially jeopardizes the repayment of the
Bonds as stated.
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7.1.11
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if
another series of bonds of the Company has been called for immediate
repayment (other than at the Company’s initiative), provided that there is
a material concern of prejudice to the Bondholders’
rights;
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7.1.12
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as
long as the Bonds have not been listed for trading on the TASE – if the
Company shall not meet the financial criteria specified in appendix 7.1.12
of This Deed, and by the dates specified in the appendix. The Company’s
accountant shall perform an examination of the Company’s fulfillment of
the financial criteria, and shall deliver a confirmation to the Company of
its fulfillment of the financial criteria by the dates specified in the
appendix. The Company shall forward the accountant’s confirmation to the
Trustee, and the Trustee shall be allowed to rely on this confirmation as
proof that the Company has met the financial criteria as
stated.
To
dispel any doubt, it is hereby clarified that, upon the listing of the
Bonds for trading on the TASE, this clause 7.1.12 shall automatically
expire; however, if, at any time subsequent to the listing of the Bonds
for trading on the TASE, the Bonds shall be delisted from trading on the
TASE (other than as a result of a merger of the Company [whether done as a
contractual merger, pursuant to the provisions of section 314 of the
Companies Law, or whether done through an arrangement pursuant to section
350 of the Companies Law] and/or as a result of a debt arrangement of the
Company), this clause 7.1.12 shall again be in effect until the Bonds
shall be relisted for trading on the TASE (to the extent that they shall
be relisted).
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7.1.13
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as
long as the Bonds have not been listed for trading on the TASE – if the
rating of the Bonds has been lowered to a rating under (BBB) by Maalot or
parallel rating of another Rating Company.
To
dispel any doubt, it is hereby clarified that, upon the listing of the
Bonds for trading on the TASE, this clause 7.1.13 shall automatically
expire; however, if, at any time subsequent to the listing of the Bonds
for trading on the TASE, the Bonds shall be delisted from trading on the
TASE (other than as a result of a merger of the Company [whether done as a
contractual merger, pursuant to the provisions of section 314 of the
Companies Law, or whether done through an arrangement pursuant to section
350 of the Companies Law] and/or as a result of a debt arrangement of the
Company), this clause 7.1.13 shall again be in effect until the Bonds
shall be relisted for trading on the TASE (to the extent that they shall
be relisted).
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7.1.14
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in
any instance whereby a “live business” note shall be recorded in the
Company’s financial statements.
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7.2
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Upon
the occurrence of any of the events specified above in clause 7.1, and
pursuant to the provisions specified therein, inclusive of subclauses
therein:
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7.2.1
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The
Trustee shall be obligated to summon a Bondholders’ meeting, the convening
date thereof being 30 days after the date of the notice summoning the
meeting (or earlier date pursuant to the provisions of clause 7.2.4
hereunder), the agenda of which shall be a resolution regarding the
calling for the immediate repayment of the entire outstanding balance of
the Bonds, due to the occurrence of any of the events specified above in
clause 7.1. The Trustee’s action shall be carried out in such instances
without delay and at the earliest possible reasonable date. The Trustee
shall state in the notice summoning the meeting that, if the Company shall
cause the elimination and/or cessation of the event specified above in
clause 7.1 in respect whereof the meeting had been summoned, this to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee, by the convening date of the
meeting, then the summoning of the Bondholders’ meeting as stated above
shall be cancelled. It is hereby clarified that nothing in that stated
suffices to prevent the Trustee from summoning the Bondholders’ meeting
for an earlier date, provided that the Trustee shall not be able to call
the Bonds for immediate repayment other than subject to the timing
specified in this clause 7.2.
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7.2.2
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In
the instance whereby any of the events specified above in clause 7.1 is
not eliminated or removed by the convening date of the meeting, and a
resolution was passed during the Bondholders’ meeting as stated above in
7.2.1 as a Special Resolution (as this term is defined above in clause
1.5), the Trustee shall be obligated, within a reasonable length of time
and as soon as possible, to call for the immediate repayment of the entire
outstanding balance of the Bonds, provided that the Company had been
issued prior written warning of 15 days of the Trustee’s intention of
doing so, and the event in respect whereof the resolution was passed was
not eliminated or removed within that
period.
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7.2.3
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The
Trustee shall send a copy of the announcement summoning the meeting as
stated to the Company immediately upon the publishing of the notice, and
this shall constitute prior written warning to the Company of the
Trustee’s intention of so acting.
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7.2.4
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The
Trustee may, at its discretion, shorten the counting of the 30 days
specified (above in clause 7.2.1) and/or the 15-day warning specified
(above in clause 7.2.2) in the instance whereby the Trustee shall be of
the opinion that any delay in calling for the payment of the Company’s
debt materially jeopardizes the Bondholders’ rights; however, in any case,
the Trustee shall not do so without first sending prior written notice to
the Company stating the reasons for shortening the timeframe, and provided
that a response from the Company has not been received in this regard to
the Trustee’s satisfaction within two Business Days of the date of such
notice.
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7.2.5
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The
Trustee shall notify the Bondholders of the occurrence of an event
constituting cause for immediate repayment, immediately upon actually
learning of the matter. Such notice shall be published in the Magna network (provided
that the Company is a reporting corporation at that
time).
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8.
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Lawsuits
and Proceedings by the
Trustee
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8.1
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In
addition to any such instruction as its right and as an independent
authority, the Trustee, without issuing further notice, shall implement
all those proceedings, including legal proceedings, as the Trustee shall
deem fit, subject to all statutory provisions, for the purpose of
protecting the rights of the Bondholders.
That stated above shall in no way prejudice and/or
derogate from the Trustee’s right to initiate legal and/or other
proceedings, even if the Bonds were not called for immediate repayment,
all for the protection of the Bondholders and/or for the purpose of
issuing any order regarding the affairs of the trust, subject to all
statutory provisions. Notwithstanding that stated in this clause 8, it is
hereby clarified that a right to call for immediate repayment shall arise
solely in accordance with the provisions of the above clause 7 and not by
virtue of this clause 8.
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8.2
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The
Trustee shall be obligated to act as stated above in clause 8.1 if the
Trustee shall be required to do so by a Special Resolution passed during
the general meeting of the Bondholders, unless the Trustee has deemed
that, under the circumstances, it would be unjust and/or unreasonable to
do so, and applied to the appropriate court for receipt of orders in that
regard at the first reasonable
date.
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8.3
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Prior
to instituting proceedings as stated above, the Trustee may convene a
Bondholders’ meeting so that the Holders shall pass a Special Resolution
regarding which proceedings to implement for the purpose of exercising
their rights pursuant to This Deed. The Trustee shall also be allowed to
reconvene Bondholders’ meetings for the purpose of obtaining instructions
in relation to all matters pertaining to the conducting of such
proceedings. In such instances, the Trustee shall take action without
delay and at the earliest reasonable time. To dispel any doubt, it is
hereby clarified that the Trustee shall not be allowed to delay the
instituting of such proceedings in the instance whereby the delay might
prejudice the Bondholders’ rights.
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8.4
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Subject
to the provisions of this Trust Deed, the Trustee is allowed, but not
obligated, to convene a general meeting of the Bondholders at any time in
order to discuss and/or receive its instructions in relation to any matter
pertaining to This Deed. To dispel any doubt, it is hereby clarified that
the Trustee shall not be allowed to delay the convening of such meeting in
the instance whereby the delay might prejudice the Bondholders’
rights.
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8.5
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Whenever,
pursuant to the conditions of This Deed, the Trustee shall be obligated to
perform any action, including the initiating of proceedings or the filing
of lawsuits at the demand of the Bondholders as stated in this clause, the
Trustee shall be allowed to refrain from instituting any such action until
it receives instructions from the Holders’ meeting and/or instructions
from the court to which the Trustee, at its discretion, had applied for
instructions, in the event that the Trustee believed that such orders were
necessary. To dispel any doubt, it is hereby clarified that the Trustee
shall not be allowed to delay the instituting of actions or proceedings as
stated in the instance whereby the delay might prejudice the Bondholders’
rights.
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8.6
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In
instances as stated above in clauses 8.3 and 8.5, the Trustee shall take
action to convene the meeting without delay, and shall not refrain from
acting (including actions required to protect the Bondholders’ rights) if
such refrainment might substantively jeopardize the Bondholders’
rights.
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9.
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Trusteeship
on the Receipts
All
receipts that the Trustee shall receive in any way whatsoever, including,
but not limited to, as a result of proceedings that it shall implement, if
any, against the Company, shall be held by the Trustee in trust and shall
be used by the Trustee for the following purposes and according to the
following order of priority:
First
– for the clearance of those reasonable expenses, payments, levies and
liabilities incurred by the Trustee, imposed on it, or were caused due to
or as a result of actions during the execution of the trust or in some
other manner in relation to the conditions of This Deed, including its
fee; secondly – in order to pay the Bondholders the Arrears Interest due
to them pursuant to the Bond conditions pari passu and relative
to the total interest in arrears that is due to each of them, without any
preference or right of priority regarding any thereof; thirdly – in order
to pay the Bondholders the sums of the Principal that are due to them
pursuant to the Bonds held by them, pari passu, and this,
whether or not the payment due date of the sums of the Principal has
arrived, relative to the sums due to them, without any preference
regarding a timing priority based on the issue date of the Bonds by the
Company or other manner, and the surplus, if any, the Trustee shall pay to
the Company or its alternates, as the case may be.
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The
payment of the sums by the Trustee to the Bondholders as stated above, out
of the receipts that the Trustee received, is subject to rights of other
creditors of the Company, should there be any, pursuant to the provisions
of the Law.
The
Trustee, after receiving the Bondholders’ approval by way of an Ordinary
Resolution, may instruct the Company in writing to transfer any payment to
the Trustee that the Company owes to the Holders. The Company shall comply
with the Trustee’s notice, and the Company shall be deemed as having
fulfilled its obligation towards the Holders if it transferred the full
sum of the debt to the credit of the account, the details of which were
specified in the Trustee’s notice. The Trustee may offset, subject to all
statutory provisions, any sum that the Company owes and/or that the
Holders owe to the Trustee by virtue of This Trust
Deed.
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10.
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Power
to Delay a Distribution of
Funds
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10.1
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Notwithstanding
that stated above in clause 9, if the monetary sum that shall be received
as a result of the institution of the proceedings stated above, and which
shall be distributable at any time, as stated in that clause, shall be
less than NIS 1,000,000 (one million New Israeli Shekels), the Trustee
shall not be obligated to distribute it, and shall be allowed to invest
the said sum, in whole or in part, in investments permitted pursuant to
This Deed, and to replace these investments from time to time with other
permitted investments as the Trustee shall deem
fit.
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10.2
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As
soon as the aforesaid investments, inclusive of the profits thereof,
coupled with the additional funds that the Trustee shall receive for the
purpose of paying them to the Bondholders, if any, shall reach a total
sufficient to pay at least NIS 1,000,000 (one million New Israeli
Shekels), the Trustee shall pay them to the Bondholders as stated above in
clause 9. In the instance whereby the Trustee shall not have a sum
sufficient to pay at least NIS 1,000,000 (one million New Israeli Shekels)
within a reasonable length of time, the Trustee shall distribute the funds
in its possession to the Bondholders and, in any event, no later than once
every three months. Notwithstanding that stated, the Bondholders shall be
able, by Ordinary Resolution, to obligate the Trustee to pay them the sums
accumulated in its possession even if such sums did not reach NIS
1,000,000 (one million New Israeli
Shekels).
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11.
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Notice
of Distribution and Deposit with the
Trustee
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11.1
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The
Trustee shall notify the Bondholders of the date and place where any of
the payments referred to above in clauses 9 and 10 shall be executed, this
by prior notice of 14 days, which shall be delivered in the manner
prescribed hereunder in clause 22, not less than ten days and not more
than twenty days in advance.
Subsequent to the date specified in the notice, the
Bondholders shall be entitled to interest in respect thereof, according to
the rate prescribed in the Bonds, solely on the balance of the sum of the
Principal (if any) after deducting the sum paid or offered to be paid to
them as stated.
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11.2
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The
money to be distributed as stated above in clause 11.1 shall be deemed
payment on account of the
repayment.
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11.3
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Any
sum due to a Bondholder, which was not actually paid by the date
stipulated for the payment thereof, for a reason not dependent upon the
Company, while the Company had been prepared to pay it, shall cease to
bear interest and linkage differentials as of the date stipulated for the
payment thereof, and the Bondholder shall be entitled solely to those sums
to which it had been entitled on the date stipulated for the payment of
that payment on account of the Principal, the interest and the linkage
differentials.
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11.4
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Within
15 business days of the date stipulated for that payment, the Company
shall deposit the total payment not paid on time, as stated above in
clause 11.3, with the Trustee, and shall send written notice to the
Bondholders of such deposit, according to the addresses in its possession.
The aforesaid deposit shall be deemed clearance of that payment, and, in
the instance of clearance of all that due in respect of the Bonds, shall
also be deemed redemption of that
Bond.
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11.5
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Within
the framework of the trust accounts under the Trustee’s name and payable
to its order, the Trustee shall invest the monies that shall be
transferred to it as stated above in subclause 11.4 in investments
permitted to the Trustee pursuant to This Deed (as stated below in clause
14). If the Trustee has done so, it shall not be obligated to those
entitled in respect of those sums, other than the proceeds obtained from
realizing the investments, after deducting the reasonable expenses
relating to the said investment and the management of the trust accounts,
the reasonable commissions and after deducting the compulsory payments
applicable to the trust account. Out of the monies as stated, the Trustee
shall transfer sums to those Bondholders entitled to them, as soon as
possible after reasonable proof and confirmations of their entitlement to
these sums have been issued to the Trustee, after the Trustee deducts its
reasonable expenses.
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11.6
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The
Trustee shall hold these monies and shall invest them in the said manner
until the end of one year after the final repayment date of the Bonds.
Subsequent to this date, the Trustee shall transfer the sums as stated
above in clause 11.5 to the Company, including profits deriving from the
investment thereof, less its expenses, to the extent that any remained
with the Trustee at that time. The Company shall hold these sums in trust
for the Bondholders entitled to those sums, and, in relation to any matter
pertaining to sums to be transferred to the Company by the Trustee as
stated above, the provisions of the above clause 11.5 shall apply to the
Company, mutatis
mutandis.
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11.7
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The
Company shall acknowledge the holding of the sums and the matter of the
acceptance thereof in trust for the said Bondholders in writing to the
Trustee.
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11.8
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The
Company shall hold these monies in trust for the Bondholders entitled to
those sums for one additional year after the date they were transferred to
the Company by the Trustee, and shall not make any use thereof, and shall
invest them in accordance with the provisions of This Deed. Monies not
demanded from the Company by a Bondholder by the end of two years after
the final repayment date of the Bonds shall be transferred to the Company,
and the Company shall be allowed to use the monies remaining for any
purpose whatsoever.
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12.
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Receipt
from the Bondholders and from the
Trustee
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12.1
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A
receipt from the Trustee for a deposit of the sums of the Principal, the
interest and the linkage differentials with the Trustee for the credit of
the Bondholders shall release the Company by way of absolute release in
relation to any matter pertaining to the actual execution of the payment
of the sums stipulated in the
receipt.
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12.2
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A
receipt from a Bondholder in respect of sums of the Principal, the
interest and the linkage differentials, which were paid to it by the
Trustee in respect of the Bond shall release the Trustee and the Company
by way of absolute release in relation to any matter pertaining to the
actual execution of the payment of the sums stipulated in the
receipt.
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12.3
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Monies
distributed as stated above in clause 11 shall be deemed payment on
account of the repayment of the
Bonds.
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13.
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Presentation
of a Bond to the Trustee and Recording in Relation to a Partial
Payment
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13.1
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The
Trustee shall be allowed to request that Bondholders present the
Certificate of the Bonds to the Trustee in respect whereof the payments
are being paid, at the time of the payment of any interest or partial
payment of a sum of the Principal, the interest and the linkage
differentials pursuant to the provisions of the above clauses 9, 10 and
11, and the Bondholders shall be obligated to present the Bond
Certificates as stated, provided that this in no way obligates the
Bondholders to pay any payment and/or expense and/or imposes
responsibility and/or any liability on the
Bondholders.
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13.2
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The
Trustee shall be allowed to record a remark on the Certificates of the
Bonds concerning the sums paid as stated above, and the payment dates
thereof.
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13.3
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The
Trustee shall be allowed, in any special case, at its discretion, to waive
the presentation of the Certificate of the Bonds, after the Bondholder has
issued a letter of indemnity and/or sufficient surety to the Trustee, to
the Trustee’s satisfaction, in respect of damages that are liable to be
caused due to such remark not being recorded, all as the Trustee shall
deem fit.
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13.4
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Notwithstanding
that stated above, the Trustee shall be allowed, at its discretion, to
keep records in any other manner regarding such partial
payments.
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14.
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Investment
of Monies
All
monies that the Trustee may invest pursuant to This Deed shall be invested
by the Trustee in bank deposits at one of the five major banks in Israel
or in investments in securities of the State of Israel, all being subject
to the conditions of This Trust
Deed.
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15.
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The
Company’s Covenants to the Trustee
The
Company hereby covenants to the Trustee, as long as the Bonds have not yet
been repaid in full, as follows:
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15.1
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to
be diligent about conducting its businesses in an orderly and proper
manner;
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15.2
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to
keep orderly ledgers according to the generally accepted accounting
principles, to retain the ledgers and documents used for them as
supporting documents, and to enable any authorized representative of the
Trustee to peruse any such ledger and/or document that the Trustee shall
ask to peruse, at any reasonable time, which shall be coordinated in
advance with the Company. In this regard, an “authorized representative of
the Trustee” means anyone that the Trustee shall appoint for the purpose
of such perusal, by written notice from the Trustee, which shall be
delivered to the Company prior to such perusal, and which shall also
include the Trustee’s confirmation that such appointed representative is
obligated vis-à-vis the Trustee to safeguard the confidentiality of the
information that shall come to the attention of that appointed
representative during his activities for the Trustee. The Trustee shall
safeguard the confidentiality of any information not within the public
domain, which is contained in a ledger and/or document that the Trustee’s
representative perused as stated. For this purpose, the Trustee and every
representative on its behalf shall sign a letter of confidentiality in the
version attached as appendix 15.2 to This
Trust Deed.
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15.3
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to
notify the Trustee in writing as soon as is reasonably possible, and no
later than two Business Days after learning of any instance whereby an
attachment was imposed on material assets of the Company, in whole or in
part, as well as any instance of a receiver, special administrator and/or
temporary or permanent liquidator being appointed to material assets of
the Company, in whole or in part, as well as to take all reasonable
measures at its own expense as soon as possible to remove such attachment
or cancel the receiver, liquidator or administrator, as the case may
be;
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15.4
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to
notify the Trustee in writing as soon as possible and no later than three
Business Days of the occurrence of any of the events specified above in
clause 7.1 (inclusive of subclauses thereof) or of any substantive
information known by the Company that such event is about to
occur;
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15.5
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to
give the Trustee a copy of any document or of any information that the
Company forwarded to the Bondholders, if any. The Company shall also
forward additional information concerning the Company (including
explanations, documents and calculations concerning the Company, its
business or its assets) to the Trustee or to an authorized representative
of the Trustee, who shall be an attorney or accountant by profession (in
respect whereof the Trustee shall deliver notice of his appointment to the
Company upon appointing him). The Company shall also instruct its
accountant and its legal advisers to do so, according to a reasonable
written request from the Trustee, and this, to the extent that, in the
reasonable opinion of the Trustee, this information is likely to be
critical and required in order to protect the Bondholders’ rights,
provided that the Trustee is acting with bona fides. Any
information not within the public domain, which shall be forwarded to the
Trustee or to an authorized representative of the Trustee as stated, shall
be safeguarded by them in confidentiality, and the Trustee shall make no
use thereof other than for the purpose of fulfilling its role as Trustee
pursuant to This Trust Deed. The Trustee and every authorized
representative of the Trustee as stated shall sign a letter of
confidentiality for this purpose, in the version attached as appendix 15.2
to This Deed, including for the purpose of presentation thereof during
Bondholders’ meetings for the purpose of passing a resolution concerning
their rights. In such instance, the Trustee shall obligate the Bondholders
to safeguard the information furnished to them in confidentiality, by
signing a letter of undertaking to maintain confidentiality, which is
attached as appendix 15.2 to This Deed, unless the information has become
information known to the public, other than due to a breach of the duty of
confidentiality of the Trustee and/or of any of the Bondholders. Documents
and/or information that shall be furnished to the Trustee in accordance
with this clause shall be delivered on the condition that the delivery
thereof does not constitute a violation of “the use of insider
information,” as this term is defined in the Securities Law, 5728 – 1968, and
subject to the undertaking of the Trustee and/or anyone to be appointed on
its behalf as stated to maintain
confidentiality.
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15.6
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to
notify the Trustee by written notice signed by an officeholder of the
Company, within seven Business Days, of the execution of any payment to
the Bondholders, and of the balance of the sums (including the balance of
the par value of the Bonds in circulation) that the Company owes at that
time to the Bondholders subsequent to the execution of the aforesaid
payment;
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15.7
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to
deliver to the Trustee a clearing schedule for the payment of the Bonds
(Principal, interest and linkage differentials) in an “Excel” file, no
later than 30 days after the date of This Trust
Deed;
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15.8
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to
take action, to the extent that the matter is under its control, towards
the continued rating of the Bonds by at least one Rating Company, which
has been approved by the Capital Market Commissioner for the entire
duration of the Bonds;
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15.9
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to
summon the Trustee to its general meetings (whether ordinary general
meetings or extraordinary general meetings of the Company’s shareholders),
without granting the Trustee a voting right during these
meetings;
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15.10
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to
deliver to the Trustee, at its request, documents and/or details and/or
information, as shall be reasonably requested by the Trustee, at its
reasonable discretion, for the purpose of implementing and exercising the
authorities, powers and authorizations of the Trustee and/or its delegates
pursuant to the Trust Deed, subject to the provisions of the above clause
15.5;
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15.11
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to
issue a confirmation to the Trustee on the 31st
of December of each year, and for as long as This Deed is in effect, that,
to the best of the Company’s knowledge, during the period from the date of
the Deed and/or from the date of the previous confirmation delivered to
the Trustee, whichever is later, and until the date of issue of the
confirmation, no material breach of This Deed exists on the part of the
Company, including a material breach of the Bond conditions, unless
otherwise expressly stated therein;
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15.12
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to
deliver the statements and reports to the Trustee that are specified
hereunder in clause 27;
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15.13
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to
execute all of the actions that are reasonably necessary and/or required
pursuant to all statutory provisions for the purpose of validating the
exercise of authorities, powers and authorizations of the Trustee and/or
its delegates pursuant to the provisions of the Trust
Deed.
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16.
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Additional
Covenants
After
and to the extent that the Bonds shall be called for immediate repayment
pursuant to the provisions of the above clause 7, the Company shall
execute, from time to time and at any time so required by the Trustee, all
reasonable actions in order to enable the exercise of all authorities
given to the Trustee, and particularly, the Company shall perform the
following operations, to the extent that they shall be
reasonable:
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16.1
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shall
declare the declarations and/or sign all documents and/or execute and/or
cause the execution of all operations needed or required pursuant to the
Law for the sake of validating the exercise of the authorities, powers and
authorizations of the Trustee and/or its delegates pursuant to This Trust
Deed;
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16.2
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shall
issue all notices, orders and instructions that the Trustee shall deem
beneficial and necessary for the sake of implementing the provisions of
This Deed. For the purposes of this clause – a written notice signed by
the Trustee confirming that an operation that it is requiring within the
scope of its authorities is a reasonable operation, shall constitute
conclusive proof thereof.
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17.
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Reporting
by the Trustee
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17.1
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Should
the Trustee learn of a material breach of the Trust Deed on the part of
the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Bondholders within a reasonable
length of time, and without delay, and subject to the provisions of the
Law, about the breach and about the measures that it took to prevent it or
to fulfill the Company’s covenants, as the case may
be.
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17.2
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The
Trustee shall prepare an annual report on the affairs of the trust by the
end of the second quarter of each calendar year (hereinafter: “the Annual
Report”).
The
Annual Report shall include details on the following
matters:
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17.2.1
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current
details of the course of affairs of the trust during the past
year;
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17.2.2
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a
report of exceptional events relating to the trust that occurred during
the course of the past year.
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17.2.3
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The
Holders may peruse the Annual Report at the Trustee’s offices during
customary working hours, and shall be allowed to receive a copy of the
Report upon request.
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17.3
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The
Trustee shall send a notice to the Bondholders of any exceptional event
that occurred in the Company that is liable to have a material impact on
the Bondholders’ rights, shortly after actually learning of it. This
obligation shall not apply if at issue is an event publicized by the
Company pursuant to the Law.
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18.
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Trustee’s
Fee
The
Company shall pay a fee to the Trustee for its services, in accordance
with that specified in the attached Fee
Appendix.
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19.
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Special
Authorities
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19.1
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Within
the scope of carrying out the affairs of the trust pursuant to This Deed,
the Trustee may commission and act according to the written opinion or
advice of any lawyer, accountant, appraiser, assessor, surveyor, broker or
other expert, whether such opinion or advice was prepared at the request
of the Trustee and/or by the Company, and to act according to its
conclusions, and the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss or damage
that might be caused as a result of any action performed or any failure to
act by the Trustee while relying on such advice or opinion, unless the
Trustee acted with negligence and/or with mala fides and/or
contrary to the provisions of This Deed or contrary to the provisions of
any law. The Trustee shall make available a copy of such opinion or advice
for the perusal of the Bondholders and the Company, at their request. The
Company shall bear all expenses of employing such external consultants by
the Trustee, provided that they shall be reasonable and provided that the
identity of the consultants was approved in advance by the Company. The
Company shall not refuse to give its consent to such consultants that
shall be chosen by the Trustee, except for reasonable
reasons.
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19.2
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Any
such advice or opinion can be given, sent or received by letter, telegram,
facsimile or by any other electronic means for transmitting information,
and the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of actions it performed
while relying on advice or opinions or information transmitted via one of
the modes of transmission referred to above, even though errors occurred
in them or they were not authentic, unless it had been possible to
discover the errors or the inauthenticity by reasonable examination,
provided that the Trustee had not acted with negligence and/or with mala fides. It is
hereby clarified that the documents shall be transmittable, on the one
hand, and the Trustee may rely on them, on the other hand, only in the
instance whereby they are received clearly, and legibly. In any other
instance, the Trustee shall be responsible for demanding the receipt
thereof in a manner enabling the reading and comprehension thereof as
stated satisfactorily.
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19.3
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The
Trustee shall not be obligated to notify any party of the signing of This
Deed and shall not be permitted to interfere in any way whatsoever in the
management of the Company’s businesses or affairs. That stated in this
clause shall in no way restrict the Trustee in operations that it is
required to perform in accordance with This Trust
Deed.
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19.4
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The
Trustee shall use the trust, the powers, the authorizations and
authorities vested in it pursuant to This Deed at its absolute discretion,
and shall not be liable for any damage caused due to an error in judgment
as aforesaid, unless the Trustee had acted with negligence and/or with
mala fides and/or
unreasonably.
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20.
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The
Trustee’s Authority to Employ Delegates
The
Trustee shall be allowed to appoint a delegate/delegates who shall act in
its stead, whether a lawyer or other, in order to perform or participate
in the performance of special operations that must be performed in
relation to the trust and to pay a reasonable remuneration to any such
delegate, and, without derogating from the general purport of that stated
above, the instituting of legal proceedings or representation in merger or
splitting proceedings of the Company. The Company shall be allowed to
object to such appointment for any reasonable reason, including in the
event that the delegate is a competitor, whether directly or indirectly,
with the Company’s businesses. It is hereby clarified that the appointment
of such delegate shall in no way derogate from the Trustee’s liability in
respect of its actions and the actions of its delegates. The Trustee shall
also be allowed to pay the reasonable remuneration of any such delegate at
the Company’s expense, and the Company shall reimburse the Trustee, upon
its demand, for any such expense, provided that, prior to the appointment
of such delegate, the Trustee shall notify the Company in writing about
the appointment, including details of the delegate’s remuneration and the
purpose of his appointment, and the circumstances under which the cost of
the delegate’s remuneration does not exceed the reasonable and customary
limits. To dispel any doubt, the Company shall not reimburse the Trustee
for the remuneration or expenses of a delegate who was present on behalf
of the Trustee during the Bondholders’ meetings and/or shareholders’
meetings and/or who fulfilled the ordinary operations that the Trustee is
required to perform by virtue of This Trust Deed, since the performance of
these operations is included in the fee that the Trustee receives from the
Company pursuant to the provisions of the above clause 18. To dispel any
doubt, in the instance whereby the Bonds were called for immediate
repayment, the operations that the Trustee shall be required to institute
in relation thereto shall not be deemed “ordinary operations that the
Trustee is required to perform by virtue of This Trust Deed” for the
purposes of this clause.
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21.
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Indemnification
to the Trustee
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21.1
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The
Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnification from the Company in
respect of reasonable expenses that it has incurred and/or shall incur in
connection with the operations that it performed or is required to perform
by virtue of its obligation pursuant to the conditions of This Deed,
and/or by law and/or by order of a competent authority and/or any statute
and/or pursuant to a demand from the Bondholders and/or pursuant to the
Company’s demand. In the event that the Company shall not provide such
indemnification within 60 days of the date of the Trustee’s demand, the
Bondholders shall indemnify the Trustee in respect of reasonable expenses
that it has incurred and/or shall incur as stated, in connection with
operations that it performed or is required to perform at the demand of
the Bondholders. Notwithstanding that stated above, it is hereby clarified
and agreed that:
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21.1.1
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The
Trustee shall not be entitled to demand such indemnification in advance,
in relation to a matter that cannot be
postponed.
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21.1.2
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The
Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification in respect of liability for
damages, in the event it shall be adjudged such liability pursuant to a
final judgment or pursuant to a compromise settlement vis-à-vis a third
party, who is not one of the
Bondholders.
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21.2
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The
right to indemnification stated above in clause 21.1 is subject to the
following conditions:
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21.2.1
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The
expenses resulting from liability for damages are
reasonable.
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21.2.2
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The
Trustee had not been negligent, had acted with bona fides and while
exercising reasonable judgment, and this action had been performed within
the scope of the fulfillment of its role, pursuant to the provisions of
the Law and pursuant to This Trust
Deed.
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21.2.3
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Such
right to indemnification shall not apply in respect of reasonable expenses
that were paid to the Trustee pursuant to the above clause
19.
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21.3
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Subject
to the provisions of the above clauses 21.1 and 21.2, without prejudice to
the rights to compensation and to indemnification granted to the Trustee
pursuant to the Law and/or to the obligations of the Company and the
Bondholders pursuant to This Deed, the Trustee, its delegate, manager,
agent or other person appointed by the Trustee in accordance with This
Deed shall be entitled to receive indemnification out of the monies to be
received by the Trustee from the proceedings that it instituted and/or in
any other manner pursuant to This Deed, concerning the reasonable
undertakings that they assumed, concerning reasonable expenses that they
incurred as a result of carrying out the trust, or in connection with such
operations, which, in their opinion, had been reasonably required for the
performance of the aforesaid, and/or in connection with the exercise of
authorities and authorizations vested by virtue of This Deed, as well as
in relation to all kinds of legal proceedings, opinions of lawyers and
other experts, negotiations, controversies, expenses, claims and demands
concerning any issue and/or matter that were done and/or not done in any
manner relating to the matter at hand, and the Trustee shall be able to
delay the monies being held in its possession and to pay out from such
monies the sums required for the payment of the said indemnification. All
of the said sums shall be given preference over the Bondholders’ rights,
subject to all statutory provisions, and provided that the Trustee had not
acted with mala
fides, and provided that it had acted in accordance with the
obligations imposed on it pursuant to any law and pursuant to This
Deed.
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21.4
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Notwithstanding
all that stated above in this clause 21, whenever the Trustee shall deem
it fit, for the purpose of protecting and/or exercising the Bondholders’
rights, and/or whenever the Trustee shall be obligated, pursuant to the
conditions of This Deed and/or by law and/or by order of a competent
authority and/or any statute and/or at the demand of the Company and/or
the Bondholders, to institute legal proceedings or to perform any
operation whatsoever, including but not limited to the institution of
proceedings or the filing of lawsuits at the demand of the Bondholders,
the Trustee shall act to receive indemnification from the Company in
accordance with and subject to the provisions of the above clause 21.1,
and, in the instance whereby the Trustee shall not receive indemnification
from the Company as stated for any reason whatsoever, the Trustee shall
immediate summon a Bondholders’ meeting in order to confirm their
responsibility for covering the expenses involved in proceedings and/or
operations that the Trustee shall institute. It is hereby clarified that
the Trustee shall not be allowed to delay the institution of the legal
proceedings until the convening of the meeting in any instance whereby
such delay might prejudice the Bondholders’ rights. In the instance
whereby the Bondholders shall refuse to assume the expenses involved in
instituting proceedings by the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under no
obligation to institute such proceedings. It is hereby clarified that such
consent by the Bondholders shall in no way release the Company from its
obligations, to the extent that these apply pursuant to This Deed, to
assume and cover all expenses involved in instituting such proceedings.
Furthermore, all monies that shall be received from realization
proceedings shall also be used to reimburse and cover expenses that the
Bondholders undertook to assume as
stated.
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22.
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Notices
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22.1
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Any
notice on behalf of the Company and/or the Trustee to the Bondholders
shall be issued by publishing a report in Magna of the Securities
Authority, and, in the instances specified hereunder, also in two daily
newspapers circulated in Israel in the Hebrew language: (a) an arrangement
or compromise pursuant to section 350 of the Companies Law, 5759 – 1999; (b)
merger. Any notice that shall be so published or sent shall be deemed as
if delivered to the Bondholders on the publication date as stated (in
Magna or in the
press, as the case may be).
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22.2
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The
Trustee may instruct the Company, and the Company shall be obligated, to
immediately report any report to the Bondholders in the Magna network on behalf
of the Trustee, in the version as shall be forwarded in writing by the
Trustee to the Company, provided that the Company shall not have any
objection to or reasonable prevention from publicizing the report in the
version that shall be forwarded by the
Trustee.
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22.3
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In
the instance whereby the Company shall cease to report in conformity with
section E.3 of the Law, any notice on behalf of the Company and/or the
Trustee to the Bondholders shall be issued by dispatch by registered mail
according to the last addresses of the registered Holders of the Bonds as
specified in the Register. Any notice that shall be so sent shall be
deemed as if delivered to the Bondholders three (3) Business Days after
the delivery thereof by registered
mail.
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22.4
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Copies
of notices and invitations that shall be issued by the Company to the
Bondholders shall also be sent by the Company to the Trustee. It is hereby
clarified that such notices and invitations do not include current reports
of the Company to the public. The copies of the notices and invitations
that shall be issued by the Trustee to the Bondholders shall also be sent
by the Trustee to the Company.
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22.5
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Any
notice or demand from the Trustee to the Company or from the Company to
the Trustee may be issued by letter to be sent by registered mail
according to the address specified in the Trust Deeds, or according to any
other address one party shall notify the other in writing, and any such
notice or demand shall be deemed as if received by the addressee of the
notice three Business Days after its dispatch at the post
office.
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23.
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Waiver,
Compromise and/or Amendments to the Conditions of the Bonds and the Trust
Deed
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23.1
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Subject
to the provisions of the Law, the Trustee shall be allowed from time to
time and at any time, if it has been convinced that the matter does not
suffice, in its opinion, to materially prejudice the Bondholders’ rights,
to waive any breach of, or failure to fulfill, any of the Bond conditions
of This Deed by the Company, excluding with respect to dates and payments
pursuant to the Bond conditions (but including a technical change in dates
or in the Record Date for the payment thereof), the repayment conditions
of the Bonds and causes for calling for the immediate repayment of the
Bonds, a reduction of the interest rate stipulated on the Bond, and any
waiver regarding the execution of payments and reports that the Company is
required to issue to the Trustee.
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23.2
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Subject
to the provisions of the Law, and with prior approval by way of a Special
Resolution that shall be passed during a general meeting of the
Bondholders, during which, two or more Holders were present, which hold,
either personally or by proxy, at least fifty percent (50%) of the par
value of the outstanding balance of the Principal of the Bonds, or during
an adjourned meeting, during which two or more Holders were present, which
hold, either personally or by proxy, at least ten percent (10%) of the
said balance, the Trustee shall be allowed, whether before or after the
Principal of the Bonds shall be payable, to reach a compromise with the
Company in relation to any right or claim of the Bondholders or any
thereof, and to agree with the Company to any arrangement of their rights,
including to waive any right or claim of the Trustee and/or of the
Bondholders or any thereof against the
Company.
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23.3
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Subject
to the provisions of the Law, the Company and the Trustee may, whether
before or after the Principal of the Bonds shall be payable, to amend the
Trust Deed and/or the Bond conditions, if one of the following
occurs:
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23.3.1
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If
the Trustee has been convinced that the amendment does not substantively
prejudice the Bondholders’ rights, excluding a change with respect to
dates and payments pursuant to the Bond conditions, the repayment
conditions of the Bonds and causes for calling for the immediate repayment
of the Bonds, a reduction of the interest rate stipulated on the Bond, and
any waiver regarding the execution of payments and reports that the
Company is required to issue to the Trustee, provided that it so notified
the Bondholders in writing, and the Trustee shall be entitled to
reimbursement of expenses from the Company in respect thereof, as stated
above in clause 19.
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23.3.2
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The
proposed amendment has been approved by a Special Resolution passed during
a general meeting of the Bondholders, during which two or more Holders
were present, which hold, either personally or by proxy, at least fifty
percent (50%) of the par value of the outstanding balance of the Principal
of the Bonds, or during an adjourned meeting, during which two or more
Holders were present, which hold, either personally or by proxy, at least
ten percent (10%) of the said
balance.
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23.4
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The
Company shall deliver a notice in writing to the Bondholders about any
such amendment pursuant to clause 23.1, clause 23.2, clause 23.3 above,
without delay, as soon as possible after the execution
thereof.
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23.5
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In
any instance of the Trustee exercising its right pursuant to this clause,
the Trustee shall be allowed to request that the Bondholders deliver the
Bond Certificates to the Trustee or to the Company for the purpose of
recording a remark on them regarding any such compromise, waiver,
amendment or correction, and, at the Trustee’s request, the Company shall
record such remark on the Certificates that shall be delivered to it. In
any instance of the Trustee exercising a right pursuant to this clause,
the Trustee shall give notice of this to the Bondholders in writing
without delay and as soon as
possible.
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24.
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The
Register of Bondholders
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24.1
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The
Company shall keep a Register of the Bondholders and retain it at its
registered office, containing the names of the Bondholders, their
addresses, the number and par value of the Bonds registered under their
names. Any transfer of ownership of the Bonds shall also be recorded in
the Register. The Trustee, as well as all Bondholders, shall be allowed to
peruse the said Register at any reasonable time. The Company may close the
Register from time to time for a period or periods not exceeding an
aggregate of thirty days per year.
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24.2
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The
Company shall not be required to record any notice in the Register of
Bondholders regarding an express, implied or expected trust, or lien or
pledge of any kind whatsoever, or any equitable right, claim or offset or
any other right relating to the Bonds. The Company shall recognize solely
the title of the person under whose name the Bonds were registered, his
legal heirs, the administrators of estate or executors of the Will of the
registered Holder, and any person, who shall be entitled to Bonds due to
the bankruptcy of any registered Holder (and if the Holder is a
corporation – due to the liquidation thereof), shall be allowed to be
registered as the Holders thereof after having given proof that, in the
Company’s opinion, shall suffice to prove their entitlement to be
registered as the Holders thereof.
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25.
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Certificates,
and Splitting of
Certificates
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25.1
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In
respect of the Bonds registered under the name of one Holder, one
certificate shall be issued to it, or, at its request, a number of
certificates shall be issued to it (the certificates referred to in this
clause shall be called hereinafter: “the Certificates”), each
at the minimum quantity of NIS 1,000 (one thousand), par value
(hereinafter: “the
Minimum Quantity”).
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25.2
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Every
Certificate may be split into Certificates so that the total par value of
the Bonds included therein is equal to the total par value of the Bonds
included in the Certificate whose split is being requested, provided that
the par value in respect of each Certificate shall not diminish from the
Minimum Quantity. The split shall be executed according to a split
application signed by the registered Owner of the Bonds being the subject
of the Certificate in the split application, against the delivery of the
Certificate whose split is being requested to the Company at its
registered office. The split shall be executed within 30 days after the
end of the month during which the Certificate was delivered, along with
the split application, to the registered office of the Company. Each of
the new Bond Certificates to be issued following the split shall be at par
value sums in whole New Israeli Shekels. All expenses involved in the
split, including any levies on them, if any, shall apply to the split
applicant.
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26.
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Expiration
of the Office of the Trustee
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26.1
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The
provisions of the Law shall apply to the office of the Trustee and the
expiration thereof, and to the appointment of a new
Trustee.
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26.2
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The
Trustee shall be allowed to resign from its office at any time that it
desires, after having issued written notice to the Company three months in
advance, in which the Trustee shall specify the reasons for its
resignation. The Trustee’s resignation has no validity unless the court
has issued its approval thereof, and as of the date so ruled in the
court’s approval as stated.
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26.3
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In
the instance whereby the Bonds shall be listed for trading on the TASE –
the Securities Authority may apply to the court with a request to
terminate the Trustee’s office, pursuant to section 35.N of the Securities
Law, or any other provision that might replace
it.
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26.4
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The
Trustee shall cease to hold office if it shall become evident that the
Trustee is prevented from continuing to hold office, due to an amendment
to the provisions of the Law or to the applicable law pertaining to the
qualifications for serving as a trustee, including in the instance whereby
such prevention shall arise in connection with the listing of the Bonds
for trading on the TASE. In this context, “prevention” shall also be
deemed a demand by the Securities Authority to terminate the Trustee’s
office. In such instance, a new trustee shall be appointed, to be proposed
by the Company, subject to approval by a Bondholders’ meeting, as stated
hereunder in clause 26.6.
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26.5
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The
Company shall notify the Bondholders of any such event that pertains to
the office of the Trustee.
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26.6
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The
Holders of ten percent (10%) of the par value of the outstanding balance
of the Bond Principal may convene a general meeting of the Bondholders,
and such meeting may resolve, according to the vote of two or more Holders
or their proxies, holding at least fifty percent (50%) of the said
balance, to remove the Trustee from office. In such instance, the
provisions of clause 26.7 hereunder shall
apply.
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26.7
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If
the Trustee’s office has expired, the court may appoint another Trustee,
which shall be a company registered in Israel, the core business of which
is the execution of trusteeships, and which meets the requisite
qualifications pursuant to the Law, and this, for the period, and under
the conditions that the court shall deem fit. The Trustee, whose office
has expired, shall continue to serve in office until the appointment of
another Trustee.
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26.8
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It
is hereby clarified that any appointment of an alternative Trustee,
pursuant to the provisions of this clause 26, shall be subject to approval
by Bondholders by way of a resolution according to the vote of two or more
Holders or their proxies holding at least fifty percent (50%) of the par
value of the outstanding balance of the Bond
Principal.
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26.9
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Any
new Trustee shall have the same powers, authorities and other
authorizations as those of the Trustee whose office expired, and it shall
be able to act, for all intents and purposes, as if appointed as Trustee
ab initio. It is
hereby clarified that the Trustee’s covenant to perform operations
pursuant to the Trust Deed and pursuant to the Bond shall not expire until
the transfer of the monies, assets and rights of the trust, if any, to the
new Trustee has been completed. The Trustee covenants to cooperate with
the Company and the alternative Trustee for the purpose of such transfer.
It is hereby clarified that the termination of the office of the Trustee
shall in no way derogate from rights, claims or allegations that the
Company and/or the Bondholders might have against the Trustee, if any, the
cause of which predated the termination date of its office as the Trustee,
and this shall in no way release the Trustee from any liability pursuant
to any law.
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26.10
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The
Company shall publish an Immediate Report in any instance of the
resignation of the Trustee and/or the appointment of another
Trustee.
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27.
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Reporting
to the Trustee
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27.1
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For
as long as all of the Bonds have not been repaid, the Company shall
prepare and deliver to the Trustee:
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27.1.1
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audited
financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ending on the
31st
of December of the past year, immediately after the Company publishes
them. The publication of these statements on Magna by the Company
shall be deemed delivery of the reports to the
Trustee.
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27.1.2
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every
publication of the Company’s financial results, immediately after the
Company publishes them. Such publication on Magna by the Company
shall be deemed delivery of the reports to the
Trustee.
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27.1.3
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a
copy of every document that the Company forwards to the
Bondholders;
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27.1.4
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a
report of any revision of the rating of the Bonds or about any withdrawal
of the rating. The Trustee shall be obligated to notify the Bondholders of
any revision of the rating of the Bonds or of any such withdrawal of
rating.
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27.2
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In
the instance whereby the Company shall cease to report in conformity with
section E.3 of the Law (as well as in conformity with the provisions of
section F. of the Law), the Company shall prepare and issue financial
statements to the Trustee on the dates and in the format applicable to the
Company pursuant to the provisions of section E.3 of the
Law.
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28.
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Consent
to a Distribution Not Fulfilling the Profit
Criterion
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28.1
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The
Company is examining the possibility of executing a distribution that does
not fulfill the profit criterion, according to the provisions of section
303 of the Companies Law, 5759 – 1999, in the sum
of NIS 1-1.4 billion, subject to receipt of approvals from the relevant
organs in the Company and from the court (hereinafter: “Capital
Reduction”).
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28.2
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The
Trustee, and any party submitting an offer to purchase the Bonds, as well
as any party that shall purchase and/or hold the Bonds, hereby gives its
irrevocable consent to the execution of a Capital Reduction, provided
that, on the date of the Capital Reduction and immediately thereafter
(i.e., on the actual execution date of the Capital Reduction, or, at the
very latest, one day later) the Bonds shall be assigned a rating in the
(A) group by Maalot or a parallel rating of another Rating Company, and
any party that shall submit an offer to purchase the Bonds and/or shall
purchase and/or hold the Bonds hereby authorizes the Trustee and the
Company to notify the competent court on its behalf that it has no
objection to the Capital Reduction and that it shall not have any claim
and/or demand concerning the Capital Reduction, provided that it shall be
approved by the court by December 31,
2010.
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28.3
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The
Bondholders agree that the Capital Reduction shall not be deemed an event
calling for immediate repayment pursuant to the above clause
7.
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28.4
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Notwithstanding
that stated in This Trust Deed, when the Trustee shall receive the
Company’s notification of the execution of a Capital Reduction, the
Trustee shall not be required to obtain the consent of the Bondholders to
implement and/or to not implement any actions pursuant to This Deed in
respect of the Capital Reduction, and the Trustee shall, on behalf of the
Bondholders, unconditionally approve the said Capital
Reduction.
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29.
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Incidence
of the Securities Law
In relation to any matter not referred to in This Deed,
and in any instance of a contradiction between the provisions of the Law
and the Securities Regulations (which cannot be made conditional) and This
Deed, the parties shall act in accordance with the provisions of the Law
and the Securities Regulations.
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30.
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Bondholders’
Meetings
The
general meetings of the Bondholders shall be convened and conducted in
accordance with the conditions specified in the Second Addendum to This
Deed.
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31.
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Addresses
The
addresses of the parties shall be as appearing in the recitals to This
Deed, or any other address for which suitable written notice shall be
given to the other party.
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32.
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Applicable
Law and Jurisdiction
The
law applicable to This Trust Deed, inclusive of appendices thereto, shall
be Israeli law. The sole and exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any
matter pertaining to This Deed shall be of the competent courts of
Tel-Aviv – Jaffa.
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33.
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Authorization
for Reporting on Magna
The
Trustee, by signing This Deed, is authorizing the authorized electronic
signatories of the Company, as they shall be, to report on its behalf on
Magna about its
engagement in and signing of This Deed, to the extent that this is
required by law.
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And
in witness whereof, the parties have hereunto
signed:
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/s/ | /s/ | |
Partner Communications Company Ltd. | Xxx Xxxx Trust Company Ltd. |
I, the
undersigned, Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Adv., confirm that This Trust Deed has been duly signed by Partner
Communications Ltd. in accordance with its Articles of Association, by Messrs.
Xxxxx Xxxxx and
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx,
whose signatures are binding upon the Company in relation to This
Deed.
/s/
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Advocate
License
no. 32068
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First
Addendum
Partner
Communications Ltd.
Bond
Certificate (Series B)
Issued
herewith is a series, unrestricted in sum, of registered Bonds (Series B), of
NIS 1 par value each, bearing interest at the rate of 3.4% per annum, linked
(Principal and interest) to the Consumer Price Index in respect of the month of
October 2009, as published on November 15, 2009. The Principal of the Series B
Bonds shall be payable in four (4) equal annual payments, on November 30 of each
of the years 2013 through 2016 (inclusively). The first payment of the Principal
shall be executed on November 30, 2013 and the last payment of the Principal
shall be executed on November 30, 2016. The interest on the Bonds shall be paid
in biannual payments, on May 31 and November 30 of each of the years 2010
through 2016, for the period of six months ending on the date of each such
payment. The first payment of the interest shall be executed on May 31, 2010 and
the last payment on November 30, 2016, together with the payment of the
Principal and against the return of the Bonds to the Company, all in accordance
with the Conditions Recorded in the Overleaf of This Bond. The Bonds shall be
issued to any party that, on the issue date of This Bond, is deemed
“institutional investors,” as this term is defined in the Securities Regulations
(Method of Offering Securities to the Public), 5767 – 2007.
REGISTERED
BONDS (SERIES B).
Certificate
number: _______.
Inclusive par value of the Bonds in
This Certificate: NIS
______.
The
registered Owner of the Bonds in This Certificate:
_________________.
1.
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THIS
CERTIFICATE attests that Partner Communications Company Ltd. (hereinafter:
“the Company”)
shall pay 25% of the par value of the Bonds in This Certificate on
November 30 of each of the years 2013 through 2016 (inclusively) to
whomever shall be the registered “Holder” (as this term is defined in the
Conditions in the Overleaf) of the Bond on the Record Date for that
payment, all being subject to that specified in the Conditions in the
Overleaf and the Trust Deed dated November 26, 2009 between the Company on
the one hand and Xxx Xxxx Trust Company Ltd. and/or any party that shall
serve from time to time as the Trustee of the Bondholders pursuant to the
Trust Deed (“the
Trustee” and “the
Trust Deed,” respectively).
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2.
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This
Bond bears interest at the rate of 3.4%, which shall be paid in biannual
payments, on May 31 and November 30 of each of the years 2010 through
2016, for the period of six months ending on the date of each such
payment. The first payment of the interest shall be executed on May 31,
2010 and the last payment on November 30, 2016, together with the payment
of the Principal and against the return of the Bonds to the Company, all
in accordance with that specified in the Conditions in the
Overleaf.
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3.
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This
Bond shall be linked (Principal and interest) to the Consumer Price Index
in respect of the month of October 2009, as published on November 15,
2009, all as specified in the Conditions in the
Overleaf.
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4.
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This
Bond is being issued as part of the Series B of Bonds, the conditions of
which are identical to the conditions of this Bond (“the Bond”), being
subject to the Conditions specified in the Overleaf and in accordance with
the Trust Deed (hereinafter: “Trust Deed”) dated
November 26, 2009, which was signed between the Company and the Trustee,
and which are not secured by any
pledge.
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5.
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The
payment of the Principal and the last payment of the interest shall be
executed against the delivery of the Bond to the Company at its registered
office, as stated in the Conditions in the Overleaf, or at any other
location that the Company shall so notify, no later than five Business
Days prior to the payment date.
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6.
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All
of the Bonds in this Series shall be pari passu, inter se,
without any senior right of one over the
other.
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7.
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The
Company may issue, at any time and from time to time (whether by private
offering or public offering), at its sole discretion, without needing the
consent of the Bondholders or of the Trustee or having to give notice to
any of them in this regard, including to a Related Corporation of the
Company, bonds of a different class or other series of bonds or other
securities of any class and category whatsoever, with or without
associated rights to purchase shares of the Company, under conditions of
interest, linkage, sureties, payment and other conditions as the Company
shall deem fit, whether preferable, equal or inferior to the conditions of
the Bonds. Furthermore, the Company reserves its right to expand the
series from time to time at its sole discretion, pursuant to the
provisions of any law, provided that such expansion of the series shall
not adversely impact the rating of the Bonds as it shall be at that
time.
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8.
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Any
transfer of the Bonds is subject to the transfer restrictions specified in
clause 7 of the Conditions Recorded in the Overleaf of the Bond
Certificate.
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9.
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It
is hereby clarified that the provisions of the Trust Deed shall constitute
an integral part of the provisions of This Bond, and shall be binding upon
the Company and upon the Holders of the Bonds included in the aforesaid
series. In any instance of a contradiction between that stated in This
Certificate and that stated in the Trust Deed, the provisions of the Trust
Deed shall prevail.
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10.
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The
Bonds are being offered in a transaction that does not constitute an
“offering to the public in the United States,” as this term is defined in
the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, inclusive of amendments thereto
(hereinafter: “the Law in
the U.S.”). The Bonds shall not be submitted for registration with
the Securities Exchange Commission in the United States or other
securities authority of any state in the United States. The Bonds shall
not be offerable or sellable pursuant to the Law in the U.S. by any
Holder, unless according to an exemption from the registration
requirements in the United States, or within the scope of a transaction
not subject to the registration requirements pursuant to the Law in the
U.S., and pursuant to all binding securities laws in the relevant state in
the United States.
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Signed
by the Company on ___________________
/s/
Partner
Communications Company Ltd.
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By:
Authorized
signatory:___________________ Authorized
signatory:___________________
I, the
undersigned,_______________, Adv., confirm that This Bond Certificate has been
duly signed by Partner Communications Company Ltd. in accordance with its
Articles of Association, by Messrs._______________and_______________, whose
signatures are binding upon the Company for the purposes of This
Bond.
/s/
_________________,
Adv.
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The
Conditions Recorded in the Overleaf
1.
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General
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In This
Bond, the following expressions shall have the following meanings, unless the
context dictates otherwise:
“The Company”
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Partner
Communications Company Ltd.;
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“This Deed”
or
“the Trust Deed”
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This
Trust Deed, including the addenda and appendices attached thereto, which
constitute an integral part thereof;
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“The Trustee”
–
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The
Trustee referred to at the top of This Deed and/or any party that shall
serve from time to time as the Trustee of the Bondholders pursuant to This
Deed;
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“The Law”
–
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The
Securities Law, 5728
– 1968, and the regulations instituted by virtue thereof as they
shall be from time to time;
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“Register”
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The
Register of the Bondholders, as stated in clause 24 of the Trust
Deed;
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“TASE” –
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The
Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd.;
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“Business Day”
or
“Banking Business Day”
–
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Any
day that most banks in Israel are open for business;
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“Ordinary Resolution”
–
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Resolution
passed during a general meeting of the Bondholders, during which Holders
of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the balance of the par value of
the Bonds in circulation of that series were present, either in person or
by proxy, or during an adjourned meeting during which any number was
present, and which was passed (whether during the original meeting or
during the adjourned meeting) by a majority of at least fifty percent
(50%) of all votes of those participating in the vote, excluding
abstentions;
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“Special Resolution”
–
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Resolution
passed during a general meeting of the Bondholders, during which Holders
of at least fifty percent (50%) of the balance of the par value of the
Bonds in circulation of that series were present, either in person or by
proxy, or during an adjourned meeting, during which Holders of at least
ten percent (10%) of the said balance were present, either in person or by
proxy, and which was passed (whether during the original meeting or during
the adjourned meeting) by a majority of at least seventy-five percent
(75%) of all votes of those participating in the vote, excluding
abstentions;
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“The Nominee Company”
–
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The
Nominee Company of Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd.;
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“Principal”
–
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The
par value of the Bonds;
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“The Bonds”
or
“the Series B Bonds”
–
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Registered
Bonds (Series B), unrestricted in sum, the conditions of which are
specified in This Deed, inclusive of addenda thereto, which shall be
issued from time to time, at the Company’s sole
discretion;
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“The Consumer Price
Index” or “Index” –
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The
price index known by the name of “the Consumer Price Index,” which
includes fruits and vegetables, and which is published by the Central
Bureau of Statistics, and including that Index even if it shall be
published by another official body or institution, and including any
official Index that might replace it, whether or not constructed from the
same data as those upon which the existing Index was constructed. If
another Index shall replace it, which shall be published by such body or
institution, and that body or institution has not prescribed the ratio
between it and the Index being replaced, the Central Bureau of Statistics
shall prescribe that ratio. In the event that such ratio shall not be
prescribed, then the Trustee, in consultation with economic experts to be
chosen by the Trustee, shall prescribe the ratio between the other Index
and the Index being replaced;
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“The Payment Index”
–
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The
Index known on the execution date of any payment on account of the
Principal and/or interest;
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“The Known Index”
–
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On
any given date – the last Index published prior to that date;
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“The Base Index”
–
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The
Index in respect of the month of October 2009, as published on
November 15, 2009;
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“Trading Day”
–
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Any
day on which transactions are carried out on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange
Ltd.;
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“Arrears Interest”
–
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As
defined hereunder in clause 5.1;
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“The TASE Clearing House”
–
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The
clearing house of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange
Ltd.
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The Bond
conditions (the Conditions Recorded in the Overleaf) are an integral part of the
provisions of the Trust Deed; the provisions of the Trust Deed shall be deemed
as if expressly included in these Bond conditions. In any instance of a
contradiction between that stated in the Bond and that stated in the Trust Deed,
the provisions of the Trust Deed shall prevail.
2.
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The
Bonds
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2.1
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The
Company shall issue a series, unrestricted in sum, of registered Bonds
(Series B), of NIS 1 par value each, bearing interest at the rate of 3.4%
per annum, linked (Principal and interest) to the Consumer Price Index in
respect of the month of October 2009, as published on November 15,
2009.
The
Principal of the Series B Bonds shall be payable in four (4) equal annual
payments, on November 30 of each of the years 2013 through 2016
(inclusively).
The
first payment of the Principal shall be executed on November 30, 2013 and
the last payment of the Principal shall be executed on November 30,
2016.
The
interest on the Bonds shall be paid in biannual payments, on May 31 and
November 30 of each of the years 2010 through 2016, for the period of six
months ending on the date of each such payment (hereinafter: “Interest
Period”).
The
first payment of the interest shall be executed on May 31, 2010 and the
last payment on November 30, 2016, together with the payment of the
Principal and against the return of the Bonds to the Company, all in
accordance with the conditions specified in the Bond.
The
Bonds shall be issued to any party that, on the issue date of the Bonds,
is deemed “institutional investors,” as this term is defined in the
Securities Regulations (Method of Offering Securities to the Public),
5767 – 2007. Any
transfer of the Bonds is subject to the transfer restrictions specified
hereunder in clause 7.
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2.2
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Expansion of the
series
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Regarding
expansion of the series, see clause 2.2 of the Trust Deed.
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2.3
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Issuance of additional
securities
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Regarding
the issuance of additional securities, see clause 2.3 of the Trust
Deed.
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2.4
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Listing for trading in
the “TACT Institutional”
system
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Regarding
listing for trading in the TACT Institutional system, see clause 2.4 of the
Trust Deed.
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2.5
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Listing of the bonds
for trading
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Regarding
listing of the Bonds for trading, see clause 2.5 of the Trust Deed.
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2.6
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Purchase of bonds by
the Company and/or by a Related Corporation
Regarding
a purchase of bonds by the Company and/or by a Related Corporation, see
clause 3 above.
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3.
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Repayment
of the Principal
Subject
to the rest of the Bond conditions, the Principal of the Bonds shall be
paid in four (4) equal annual payments, on November 30 of each of the
years 2013 through 2016, inclusively (whereby the first payment shall be
paid on November 30, 2013 and the last payment on November 30, 2016). The
Principal is linked to the Consumer Price Index in respect of the month of
October 2009, as published on November 15,
2009.
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4.
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The
Interest
The
outstanding balance of the Bond Principal shall bear interest at the rate
of 3.4% per annum (hereinafter: “the Interest Rate”). The
interest shall be linked to the Consumer Price Index according to the
linkage terms specified hereunder in clause 5.7.
The
Interest Rate in respect of each Interest Period, as defined hereunder,
shall be 1.7% (excluding the interest rate in respect of the First
Interest Period, as specified hereunder). The interest on the Bonds shall
be paid in biannual payments on May 31 and on November 30 of each of the
years 2010 through 2016 for the period of six months ending on the date of
each such payment (hereinafter: “Interest Period”) on the
outstanding balance from time to time of the total Principal during that
Interest Period. Subject to the rest of the Bond conditions, the Company
shall pay such interest to any party that shall be the registered Owner of
the Bonds in the Register at the end of May 19 and at the end of November
18 of each year preceding the payment date of that payment, respectively.
The first payment of the interest shall be executed on May 31, 2010 for
the period commencing November 29, 2009 and ending on May 31, 2010,
whereby the interest rate in respect of this period shall be 2.005%. For
particulars regarding the Company’s covenant to pay an Interest Increment
at the rate of 0.6% per annum, see clause 2 above.
The
last payment of interest shall be executed on November 30, 2016, together
with the payment of the Principal and against the return of the Bonds to
the Company, all in accordance with the conditions specified in the
Bond.
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5.
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Payment
of the Principal, the Interest and the Linkage Conditions of the
Bonds
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5.1
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The
payments on account of the interest and/or the Principal of the Bonds
shall be paid to those persons whose names shall be recorded in the
Register as Holders at the end of May 19 and at the end of November 18 of
each year preceding the payment date of that payment (hereinafter: “the Record Date”), with
the exception of the last payment of the Principal and the Interest, which
shall be effected against delivery of the Bond Certificates to the
Company, at the Company’s registered office, or at any other location that
the Company shall so notify no later than five (5) Business Days prior to
the last payment date.
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It is
hereby clarified that any party not recorded in the Register on the Record Date
shall not be entitled to an interest payment in respect of the Interest Period
that began prior to that date.
The
payment of the Principal and the Interest shall be executed subject to the
linkage conditions as stated hereunder in clause 5.7.
Any
payment on account of a sum of Principal and/or interest, which shall be paid in
arrears exceeding three Business Days after the Record Date for the payment
thereof pursuant to This Bond Certificate, for reasons dependent upon the
Company, shall bear Arrears Interest, as this term is defined in this clause, as
of the Record Date for the payment thereof and until the date of the actual
payment thereof. In this regard, the Arrears Interest rate shall be the maximum
interest rate that shall be customary at that time at Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd.
in respect of debit balances in current loan accounts or in current accounts in
Israeli currency having no valid credit framework, whichever is higher, which
shall be calculated according to the number of actual days of delay. To dispel
any doubt, it is hereby clarified that, during the period of arrears, the sum in
arrears shall not bear interest as stated above in clause 4.
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5.2
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In
any instance whereby the payment due date on account of Principal and/or
interest shall fall on a day other than a Business Day, the payment date
shall be deferred until the first subsequent Business Day, without any
additional payment, and “the Record Date” for the purpose of determining
entitlement to redemption or to interest shall not change as a
result.
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5.3
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The
payment to those entitled shall be executed by way of checks or bank
transfer to the credit of the bank account of those persons whose names
shall be recorded in the Register, and which shall be specified in
particulars to be timely delivered in writing to the Company, according to
that stated in clause 24 of the Trust Deed. If the Company shall be unable
to pay any sum to those entitled to it, for a reason not dependent upon
the Company, the provisions of clause 6 hereunder shall
apply.
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5.4
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A
Bondholder shall notify the Company of the bank account details for
crediting payments to that Holder pursuant to the Bonds as stated above,
or about any change in the said account details or in its address, as the
case may be, by written notice sent by registered mail to the Company. The
Company shall be required to act according to the Holder’s notice
regarding such change, once fifteen (15) Business Days have elapsed since
the arrival of the Holder’s notice to the
Company.
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5.5
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If
a Bondholder entitled to such payment did not deliver details about its
bank account in timely fashion to the Company, any payment on account of
the Principal and the interest shall be executed by check, which shall be
sent by registered mail to its last address recorded in the Register. The
mailing of a check to an entitled Bondholder by registered mail as stated
shall be deemed, for all intents and purposes, to be payment of the sum
quoted therein on the date of its dispatch by mail, provided that it shall
be paid upon proper presentation for
collection.
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5.6
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Any
compulsory payment, to the extent required by law, shall be deducted from
any payment in respect of the
Bonds.
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5.7
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The
Principal of the Bonds and the interest thereon as specified above shall
be linked to the Consumer Price Index in the following
manner:
Should
it become evident on the execution date of any payment of the Principal
and/or the interest on the Bonds that the Payment Index on that date is
higher than the Base Index, the Company shall pay that payment of
Principal or interest, being increased proportionately to the rate of the
rise of the said Payment Index versus the Base Index; however, should it
become evident that the said Payment Index is the same as or lower than
the Base Index, the Company shall pay that payment of Principal or
Interest being calculated on the basis of the Base
Index.
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6.
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Prevention
from Paying, for a Reason Not Dependent Upon the
Company
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6.1
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Any
sum due to a Bondholder, which was not actually paid by the date
stipulated for the payment thereof, for a reason not dependent upon the
Company, while the Company had been prepared to pay it, shall cease to
bear interest and linkage differentials as of the date stipulated for the
payment thereof, and the Bondholder shall be entitled solely to those sums
to which it was entitled on the date stipulated for the payment of that
payment on account of the Principal, the interest and the linkage
differentials.
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Within
15 Business Days of the date stipulated for that payment, the Company
shall deposit the total payment not paid on time, as stated above in
clause 6.1, with the Trustee, and shall notify the Bondholders of such
deposit in writing, according to the addresses in its possession. The
aforesaid deposit shall be deemed clearance of that payment, and, in the
instance of clearance of all that due in respect of the Bonds, shall also
be deemed redemption of that Bond.
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6.3
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Within
the framework of the trust accounts under the Trustee’s name and payable
to its order, the Trustee shall invest the monies that shall be
transferred to it as stated above in clause 6.2 in investments permitted
to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Deed. If the Trustee has done so, it
shall not be obligated to those entitled in respect of those sums, other
than the proceeds obtained from realizing the investments, after deducting
the reasonable expenses relating to the said investment and the management
of the trust accounts, the reasonable commissions and after deducting the
compulsory payments applicable to the trust account. Out of such monies,
the Trustee shall transfer sums to those Bondholders entitled to them, as
soon as possible after reasonable proof and confirmations of their
entitlement to these sums have been issued to the Trustee, after the
Trustee deducts its reasonable
expenses.
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6.4
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The
Trustee shall hold these monies and shall invest them in the said manner
until the end of one year after the final repayment of the Bonds.
Subsequent to this date, the Trustee shall transfer the sums as stated
above in clause 6.3 to the Company, including profits deriving from the
investment thereof, less its expenses, to the extent that any remained
with the Trustee at that time. The Company shall hold these sums in trust
for the Bondholders entitled to those sums, and, in relation to any matter
pertaining to sums to be transferred to the Company by the Trustee as
stated above, the provisions of the above clause 6.3 shall apply to the
Company, mutatis
mutandis.
The
Company shall acknowledge the holding of the sums and the matter of the
receipt thereof in trust for the said Bondholders in writing to the
Trustee.
The
Company shall hold these monies in trust for the Bondholders entitled to
those sums for one additional year after the date they were transferred to
the Company by the Trustee, and shall not make any use thereof, and shall
invest them in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Deed. Monies
not demanded from the Company by a Bondholder by the end of two years
after the final repayment date of the Bonds shall be transferred to the
Company, and the Company shall be allowed to use the monies remaining for
any purpose whatsoever.
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7.
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Transfer
of the Bonds
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7.1
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Subject
to that stated hereunder in clauses 7.2 – 7.4, the Bonds are transferable
in relation to any par value sum, provided that it shall be in whole New
Israeli Shekels. Any transfer of the Bonds shall be effected according to
a transfer deed drawn up in the customary version for a share transfer,
properly signed by the registered Holder or its legal representatives, and
by the recipient of the transfer or its legal representatives, which shall
be delivered to the Company at its registered office, attaching the Bond
Certificates being transferred pursuant thereto, and any other reasonable
proof that shall be required by the Company for the sake of proving the
transferor’s right to transfer them.
Subject
to that stated above, the procedural provisions included in the Company’s
Articles of Association regarding the mode of transferring shares shall
apply, mutatis
mutandis, as the case may be, to the mode of transfer of the Bonds
and the assignment thereof.
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7.2
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Notwithstanding
that stated above in clause 7.1, and for as long as the Bonds have not
been listed for trading on the TASE, the Bonds shall not be transferable
by any of the Bondholders without receiving the Company’s prior written
consent, at the Company’s absolute discretion, unless to a party that is:
(a) an investor listed in the list of investors in sections 15.A(b)(1) or
15.A(b)(2) of the Law; or (b) to the Company or to a subsidiary of the
Company. To dispel any doubt, it is hereby clarified that a listing for
trading with the framework of the TACT Institutional system is not listing
for trading on the TASE. To dispel any doubt, the provisions of this
clause shall also apply to any other transferee of the Bonds. It is hereby
clarified that any transfer shall be subject to the restrictions
prescribed in clause 2.5 of the Trust
Deed.
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7.3
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If
any compulsory payment whatsoever shall apply to the transfer deed of the
Bonds, the party requesting the transfer must deliver reasonable proof of
the payment thereof to the Company.
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7.4
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In
the event of a transfer of only a portion of the total par value of the
Bonds in This Certificate, the Bond Certificate must first be split,
pursuant to the provisions of clause 9 hereunder, into the number of Bond
Certificates so required, in such manner that the total sums of the par
value in them shall be equal to the total par value in the said Bond
Certificate.
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7.5
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After
the fulfillment of all these conditions, the transfer shall be recorded in
the Register, and all of the conditions specified in the Trust Deed and in
This Bond shall apply to the
transferee.
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7.6
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All
expenses and commissions involved in the transfer shall apply to the party
requesting the transfer.
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8.
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Splitting
of the Bond Certificate
Regarding
a split of a Bond Certificate, see clause 25 of the Trust
Deed.
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9.
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Early
Redemption of the Bonds
In
the event that the Bonds shall be listed for trading and the TASE shall
decide to delist the Bonds in circulation from trading because the value
of the series of Bonds diminished from the sum prescribed in the TASE
directives regarding delisting of bonds, the Company shall act as
follows:
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9.1
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Within
45 days of the date of the resolution by the TASE Board of Directors
regarding the delisting as stated, the Company shall announce an early
redemption date on which the Holder of the Bonds may redeem them. The
Company shall pay the Principal plus interest to the Holder, according to
the Bond conditions that accrued up until the actual redemption
date.
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9.2
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The
announcement of the early redemption date shall be published in two
Hebrew-language daily newspapers circulated in Israel and shall be
delivered in writing to all registered Holders of the
Bonds.
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9.3
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The
early redemption date relative to the Bonds shall be at least 17 days
after the publication date of the announcement and not later than 45 days
after the said date, but not during the period between the Record Date for
a payment of interest and the actual payment date
thereof.
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9.4
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On
the early redemption date, the Company shall redeem the Bonds that the
Holders thereof requested to redeem, according to the balance of their par
value, plus the interest and the linkage differentials that accrued on the
Principal up until the actual redemption date (the interest shall be
calculated on the basis of 365 days in a
year).
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9.5
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The
determination of an early redemption date as stated above shall in no way
prejudice the redemption rights prescribed in the Bonds of any of the
Bondholders that shall not redeem them on the early redemption date as
stated above, but the Bonds shall be delisted from trading on the TASE
and, inter alia, the tax implications deriving from this shall apply to
them.
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9.6
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An
early redemption of the Bonds as stated above shall not confer to any
Holder who held the Bonds that shall be redeemed as stated, the right to a
payment of interest in respect of the period subsequent to the redemption
date.
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It is hereby
clarified that, apart from as stated above, the Company has no right to execute
an early redemption of the Bonds.
10.
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Purchase
of Bonds by the Company and/or by a Related
Corporation
In
this regard, see clause 3 of the Trust
Deed.
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11.
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General
provisions
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11.1
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The
sum of the Principal and the interest are payable and transferable without
taking into consideration any equitable rights or any right of offset or
counterclaim that exists or that might exist between the Company and a
previous Holder, including the original Holder of the
Bonds.
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11.2
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Any
party becoming entitled to the Bonds as a result of bankruptcy or as a
result of liquidation proceedings of the Bondholder, shall have the right,
as soon as it shall present the evidence that the Company shall require
from it from time to time, to be registered in the Register as the Holder
of the Bonds, or subject to the conditions specified above in This
Certificate, to transfer them.
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11.3
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The
Bondholders shall be allowed to exercise their rights pursuant to the
Bonds and the Trust Deed through the Trustee or pursuant to a resolution
of a general meeting of the Bondholders in the manners specified in the
Bond and in the Trust Deed. Notwithstanding that stated above, if the
Trustee shall act other than in accordance with the provisions of the
Trust Deed and the Bond, the Bondholders shall be allowed to exercise
their rights, including pursuant to a resolution of the general
meeting.
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11.4
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The
provisions of the Trust Deed, including the right to call the Bonds for
immediate repayment, which is specified in clause 7 of the Trust Deed,
shall be deemed an integral part of This
Bond.
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12.
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Waiver,
Compromise and/or Amendments to the Bond conditions
In
this regard, see clause 23 of the Trust
Deed.
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13.
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General
Meetings of the Bondholders
The
general meetings of the Bondholders shall convene and be conducted
according to that stated in the Second Addendum to the Trust
Deed.
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14.
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Receipts
as Proof
Without
derogating from any other of these conditions, a receipt signed by the
Holder of the Bonds in This Certificate shall constitute proof of the full
clearance of any payment specified in the receipt, which was paid by the
Company or by the Trustee, as the case may be, in respect of the Bonds in
This Certificate.
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15.
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Replacement
of the Bond Certificate
In
the event that the Bond Certificate shall become worn, be lost or
destroyed, the Company shall be allowed to issue a new Certificate of the
Bonds in its place, and this, under the same conditions relating to proof,
indemnification and coverage of the reasonable expenses caused to the
Company for the purpose of clarifying the title to the Bonds, as the
Company shall deem fit, provided that, in the instance of wear and tear,
the worn Bond Certificate shall be returned to the Company before it
issues the new Certificate. Taxes and other expenses involved in the
issuance of the new Certificate, if any shall apply, shall apply to the
Bondholder requesting the said
Certificate.
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16.
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Notices
In
this regard, see clause 23 of the Trust
Deed.
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Second
Addendum to the Trust Deed
General
Meetings of the
Bondholders
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1.
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The
Trustee or the Company may summon the Bondholders to a meeting of the
Bondholders. If the Company summons such a meeting, it must immediately
send notice to the Trustee of the date and time of the meeting, as well as
of the matters to be raised for discussion therein. If the Trustee summons
such a meeting, it must send written notice to the Company of the date and
time of the meeting and of the matters to be raised for discussion
therein.
The
Company shall be obligated to summon a meeting as aforesaid at the written
request of the Trustee or of the Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of
the par value of the outstanding balance of the Principal of the Bonds.
The Trustee shall be obligated to summon a meeting as aforesaid at the
written request of the Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the par
value of the outstanding balance of the Principal of the
Bonds.
When
conducting a Bondholders’ meeting, the Trustee shall examine the existence
of conflicting interests among the Bondholders according to the
circumstances. The Company and the Trustee shall act to convene class
meetings of Bondholders in conformity with the provisions of any law, the
res judicata, the
provisions of the Law and the Securities Regulations, and the directives
to be issued by virtue thereof.
In
the instance of the conducting of class meetings, resolutions must be
approved by each of the class meetings to be summoned and by a meeting of
all of the Bondholders, and all by the majority required pursuant to the
provisions of This Deed, inclusive of appendices thereto. Notwithstanding
that stated above, the Trustee, at its sole discretion, may decide that
such a resolution does not require a meeting of related Holders or that
such meeting shall not be
summoned.
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2.
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Advance
notice of each Bondholders’ meeting shall be given to the Bondholders and
to the Trustee of at least 14 (fourteen) days; when the purpose of a
meeting is to discuss a proposal to pass a Special Resolution, advance
notice of at least 21 (twenty-one) days shall be given. The advance notice
shall specify the venue, date and time of the meeting, and shall generally
outline the topics on the meeting’s agenda. If the purpose of the meeting
is to discuss and pass a Special Resolution, the said advance notice shall
also specify the main points of the proposed resolution. If the meeting is
being summoned by the Trustee, such notice shall also be given to the
Company.
The
Trustee shall be allowed to shorten the timing of the issuance of the
advance notices if the Trustee believes that any delay in convening the
meeting prejudices or is liable to prejudice the Bondholders’
rights.
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3.
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No
resolution that has been duly passed by a meeting so summoned shall be
disqualified, if, inadvertently, notice of the meeting was not given to
Holders of less than ten percent (10%) of the par value of the outstanding
balance of the Principal of the Bonds, or if such notice was not received
by Holders as stated.
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4.
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The
chairman of the meeting shall be a person appointed by the Trustee. If the
Trustee did not appoint a chairman as stated, or if the person appointed
by the Trustee as stated was absent from the meeting, the Bondholders
present (or their proxies) shall elect a chairman from amongst
themselves.
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5.
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A
Bondholders’ meeting shall open after it shall be proven that the legal
quorum required for opening the discussion is
present.
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(a)
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Subject
to the legal quorum required for dismissing a trustee by law, the legal
quorum for Bondholders’ meetings, apart from that specified hereunder in
clause 5(e), shall be the presence of at least two Bondholders, either in
person or by proxy, who together hold or represent at least ten percent
(10%) of the par value of the outstanding balance of the Principal of the
Bonds at that time.
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(b)
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If
such legal quorum is not present by one half hour after the time scheduled
for opening such a meeting, the meeting shall be adjourned until the
following week on the same day, at the same location and at the same time
(without requiring any further notice), and, in the event that that day is
not a Business Day, then the first subsequent Business Day (without
requiring any further notice), or any other venue, date and time as the
party that summoned the meeting shall so decide, provided that the party
summoning the meeting shall issue advance notice of at least seven (7)
days about the convening of such adjourned meeting, in the same manner by
which the notice of the convening of the original meeting had been given,
and shall state that, if a legal quorum as aforesaid shall not be present
at the adjourned meeting, then the legal quorum shall be two Bondholders
present, either in person or by proxy, without considering the par value
of the Bonds they hold. Such statement can also be given in the notice
summoning the adjourned meeting.
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(c)
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If
a legal quorum is not present at such adjourned meeting, two Bondholders
being present either personally or by proxy and holding any quantity
whatsoever of Bonds shall constitute a legal
quorum.
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(d)
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The
chairman, with the consent of the Holders of the majority of the par value
of the outstanding balance of the Principal of the Bonds, who are present
in person or by proxy at a meeting at which a legal quorum is present,
may, and at the request of the meeting, must, adjourn the meeting from
time to time and from place to place as the meeting shall resolve. If the
meeting is adjourned for ten or more days, notice of the adjourned meeting
shall be given in the same manner as for the original meeting, provided
that, in the instance whereby the convening of the continuation of the
meeting shall be adjourned to a date within less than fourteen days,
notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given by way of publishing an
Immediate Report in the Magna network only.
Apart from that stated above, the Bondholders shall not be entitled to
receive any notice of an adjourned meeting and/or of the matters to be
discussed during the adjourned meeting. Only those matters that could have
been discussed during the meeting in which the adjournment was decided
shall be discussed during an adjourned
meeting.
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(e)
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The
legal quorum for a meeting being convened to pass any one of the
resolutions specified hereunder (hereinafter: “Special Resolution”)
shall be two or more Holders being present at the meeting, holding at
least fifty percent (50%) of the par value of the outstanding balance of
the Principal of the Bonds, or, in relation to an adjourned meeting, when
two or more Holders were present, holding either personally or by proxy at
least ten percent (10%) of the said
balance:
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(1)
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any
material correction, amendment or arrangement of the Bondholders’ rights,
whether these rights derive from the Bonds, from the Trust Deed or
otherwise, or any material compromise or waiver pertaining to these
rights;
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(2)
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the
calling of the Bonds for immediate repayment, upon the occurrence of one
or more of the instances specified in clause 7 of the Trust
Deed;
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(3)
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any
resolution pertaining to any other matter that, pursuant to the provisions
of the Trust Deed or the Bonds, is subject to the passing of a Special
Resolution.
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(f)
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It
is hereby clarified that, when counting the legal quorum for the purpose
of convening a general meeting for passing a resolution, and when counting
the voters in favor of such resolution, the votes of Bondholders that are
a “Related Corporation,” as this term is defined in the Trust Deed, shall
not be counted; these Bonds shall not vest the Related Corporation a right
to vote during the general meetings of the Bondholders, and shall not be
counted for the purpose of the legal quorum, all for as long as the Bonds
are being held by that Related Corporation.
When
conducting a Bondholders’ meeting, the Trustee shall examine the existence
of conflicting interests among the Bondholders according to the
circumstances. The Company and the Trustee shall act to convene class
meetings of Bondholders in conformity with the provisions of any law, the
res judicata, the
provisions of the Law and the Securities Regulations, and the directives
to be issued by virtue thereof.
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6.
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(a) |
The
Bondholders are entitled to participate and vote during any general
meeting, either personally or by proxy. During any vote of Bondholders,
the voting shall be conducted according to a counting of votes, so that
each Bondholder or proxy shall be entitled to one vote in respect of each
NIS 1 par value of the inclusive outstanding par value of the Bonds by
virtue whereof it is entitled to vote. In the instance of joint Holders,
only the vote of the party requesting to vote that is listed first among
them in the Register, whether personally or by proxy, shall be
accepted.
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(b)
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A
Bondholder or its proxy may, in respect of a portion of its votes, vote in
favor of a particular resolution, and, in respect of another portion of
its votes, vote in opposition, and, in respect of another portion,
abstain, all as that Bondholder shall deem
fit.
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(c)
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If
the Trustee shall participate in a meeting at the invitation of the
Company, the Trustee shall participate without any voting
right.
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The
majority required to pass an Ordinary Resolution of the general meeting is
an ordinary majority of the number of votes being represented during the
voting, and voting in favor or in opposition. The majority required to
pass a Special Resolution during such meeting, as stated above in clause
5(e) is a majority of not less than 75% of the number of votes being
represented during the voting as stated
above.
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(b)
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A
resolution to amend the Trust Deed shall be passed by Special Resolution
and subject to any law.
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(c)
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The
declaration by the chairman regarding a resolution being passed or
rejected and the recording of this matter in the meeting minutes shall
serve as prima
facie proof of this
fact.
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8. | (a) |
A
letter of appointment appointing a power-of-attorney and/or proxy shall be
in writing and signed by the appointing Bondholder or by the Bondholder’s
representative, who has been duly authorized to do so in writing. If the
appointing Bondholder is a corporation, the appointment shall be effected
by written authorization duly signed by the corporation, along with a
lawyer’s confirmation of the validity of the signature. A proxy does not
have to be a Bondholder
himself.
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(b)
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A
letter of appointment and power-of-attorney, or other certificate
according to which the letter of appointment was signed, or a certified
copy of such power-of-attorney, shall be deposited at the Company’s office
no less than 48 hours prior to the time of the assembly for which the
power-of-attorney was issued, unless the notice summoning the meeting
prescribes otherwise.
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(c)
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A
vote given in accordance with the conditions prescribed in the proxy
appointment document shall be valid even if, prior to the vote, the
appointing Bondholder died or was declared incapacitated or the letter of
appointment was cancelled or the Bond in respect whereof the vote was
given has been transferred, unless the Company receives written notice
regarding the aforesaid death, ruling of incapacitation, cancellation or
transfer, as the case may be, at its registered office prior to the time
of the meeting.
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9.
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The
Trustee shall be responsible for preparing minutes of all discussions and
resolutions during every general meeting of the Bondholders, and for the
recording and retention thereof in the minutes book of the Bondholders’
meetings. All minutes signed by the chairman of the meeting during which
the resolutions were passed and the discussions were held, or signed by
the chairman of the following convened meeting, shall serve as proof of
the matters recorded therein, and, as long as not proven otherwise, every
resolution passed during such meeting shall be deemed as having been
lawfully passed.
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10.
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A
person or persons who shall be appointed by the Trustee, the Company’s
Secretary, and any other person or persons so authorized by the Company
and/or the Trustee shall be allowed to be present during Bondholders’
meetings. In the instance whereby, according to the Trustee’s reasonable
judgment, and for reasonable reasons, a discussion is necessary without
the presence of the Company’s representatives during part of the meeting,
then the Company or any delegate on its behalf shall not participate in
that same part of the meeting.
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Every
meeting of the Bondholders shall take place at the registered office of
the Company or at any other venue that the Company shall so notify. The
Trustee shall be allowed to ask that the Company conduct a Bondholders’
meeting at some other venue, subject to the Company’s
consent.
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12.
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All
that stated in This Addendum is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Deed.
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