SUPPLEMENTAL FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.12
EXECUTION VERSION
Dated 11 January 2019
FWD GROUP LIMITED
and
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED
SUPPLEMENTAL FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
relating to the U.S.$164,000,000
Zero Coupon Subordinated Perpetual Capital Securities
(to be consolidated and form a single series with the U.S.$150,000,000 Zero Coupon
Subordinated Perpetual Capital Securities issued on 16 November 2017)
Ref: L-280729
Linklaters
Table of Contents
| Contents | Page | |
| 1 | Interpretation | 3 |
| 2 | Incorporation of Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement | 4 |
| 3 | Appointment of the Agents | 4 |
| 4 | The Securities; Authentication | 4 |
| 5 | Exchanges of Global Certificate for Individual Certificates | 5 |
| 6 | Transfers of Securities | 5 |
| 7 | Replacement New Certificates | 6 |
| 8 | Terms of Appointment | 7 |
| 9 | Law and Jurisdiction | 7 |
| 10 | Rights of Third Parties | 8 |
| 11 | Modification | 8 |
| 12 | Counterparts | 8 |
| Schedule 1 | Form of New Global Certificate | 9 |
| Schedule 2 | Form of New Individual Certificate | 15 |
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This Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement is made on 11 January 2019 between:
| (1) | FWD GROUP LIMITED, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Issuer”) with company number 274405; |
| (2) | THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED as registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent and calculation agent (the “Registrar”, the “Fiscal Agent”, the “Transfer Agent” and the “Calculation Agent”, respectively); and |
| (3) | THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED as paying agent (together with the Fiscal Agent, the “Paying Agents”). |
Whereas:
| (A) | The Issuer has authorised the creation and issue of U.S.$164,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of zero coupon subordinated perpetual capital securities (the “New Securities”), to be consolidated and form a single series with the U.S.$150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of zero coupon subordinated perpetual capital securities (the "Existing Securities" and, together with the New Securities, the "Securities"). |
| (B) | The Existing Securities are constituted by a deed of covenant dated 16 November 2017 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Existing Deed of Covenant”) entered into by the Issuer. The New Securities will be constituted by a new deed of covenant dated 11 January 2019 (the "New Deed of Covenant" and, together with the Existing Deed of Covenant, the "Deed of Covenant"). |
| (C) | The Securities will be in registered form and in the denomination of U.S.$200,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof. The Existing Securities are represented by a global certificate (the “Existing Global Certificate”), which are exchangeable for individual certificates (“Existing Individual Certificates” and, together with the Existing Global Certificate, “Existing Certificates”) in the circumstances specified therein. Upon consolidation of the Existing Securities and the New Securities on the New Issue Date (as defined herein), the Existing Global Certificate will be cancelled and exchanged for a new global certificate as set out to Schedule 1 to this Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement (as defined below) (the "New Global Certificate"), which will be exchangeable for individual certificates (the "New Individual Certificates" and, together with the New Global Certificate, the "New Certificates"), subject to the provisions of this Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement (as defined herein). |
| (D) | The Issuer, the Registrar, the Paying Agents and the Transfer Agent entered into a fiscal agency agreement dated 16 November 2017 (the "Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement"). This supplemental fiscal agency agreement (the "Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement", and together with the Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement, the "Fiscal Agency Agreement") is supplemental to the Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement. |
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It is agreed as follows:
| 1 | Interpretation |
| 1.1 | Definitions |
In this Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement, the following expressions have the following meanings:
“Conditions” means the Terms and Conditions of the Securities (which shall be substantially in the form set out in schedule 3 of the Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement and as modified from time to time in accordance with their terms), and any reference to a numbered
“Condition” is to the correspondingly numbered provision thereof;
“HSBC Group” means HSBC Holdings PLC together with its subsidiary undertakings from time to time; and
“New Issue Date” means 11 January 2019.
| 1.2 | Clauses and Schedules |
Any reference in this Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement to a Clause or a sub-clause or a Schedule is, unless otherwise stated, to a clause or sub-clause hereof or a schedule hereto.
| 1.3 | Interpretation of Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement |
All words and expressions defined in the Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings in this Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement.
Except to the extent that this Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement provides otherwise or where the context otherwise requires, all the provisions of the Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement other than clause 2 (Appointment of the Agents), clause 3 (The Securities; Authentication), clause 4 (Exchanges of Global Certificate for Individual Certificates), clause 5 (Transfers of Securities) and clause 6 (Replacement Certificates) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the New Securities and shall be binding upon the Securityholders as if such provisions were set out in this Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement and as if references therein to:
| (a) | "Securities" shall be to the Existing Securities and the New Securities as evidenced by the New Global Certificate; |
| (b) | "Global Certificate" shall be to the Original Global Certificate in relation to the Existing Securities and upon consolidation, the New Global Certificate in relation to the Securities; and |
| (c) | "Individual Certificates" shall be to the Individual Certificates in relation to the Existing Securities and upon consolidation, the New Individual Certificates in relation to the Securities. |
| 1.4 | Terms defined in the Conditions |
Terms and expressions used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Conditions.
| 1.5 | Statutes |
Any reference in this Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement to any legislation (whether primary legislation or regulations or other subsidiary legislation made pursuant to primary legislation) shall be construed as a reference to such statute, provision, statutory instrument, order or regulation as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended or re-enacted.
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| 1.6 | Headings |
Headings and sub-headings are for ease of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement.
| 2 | Incorporation of Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement |
This Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement shall be read as one with the Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement so that all references therein to "this Agreement" shall be deemed to refer to the Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement as modified and supplemented by this Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement.
| 3 | Appointment of the Agents |
| 3.1 | Appointment |
The Issuer appoints each Agent solely as its agent in relation to the Securities for the purposes specified in the Fiscal Agency Agreement and in the Conditions.
| 3.2 | Acceptance of appointment |
Each Agent accepts its appointment as agent of the Issuer in relation to the Securities and agrees to comply with the provisions of the Fiscal Agency Agreement.
| 3.3 | Obligations several |
The obligations of the Agents under the Fiscal Agency Agreement are several and not joint.
| 4 | The Securities; Authentication |
| 4.1 | Existing Global Certificate |
The Existing Global Certificate shall, upon the consolidation of the Existing Securities and the New Securities on the New Issue Date, be cancelled and exchanged for the New Global Certificate, which will be exchangeable for New Individual Certificates.
| 4.2 | New Global Certificate |
The New Global Certificate shall:
| 4.2.1 | be in substantially the form set out in Schedule 1 (Form of New Global Certificate); |
| 4.2.2 | be executed manually or in facsimile by or on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated manually by or on behalf of the Registrar. |
| 4.3 | Individual Certificates |
Each New Individual Certificate shall:
| 4.3.1 | be in substantially the form set out in Schedule 2 (Form of New Individual Certificate); |
| 4.3.2 | have a unique certificate number printed thereon; |
| 4.3.3 | be executed manually or in facsimile by or on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated manually by or on behalf of the Registrar; and |
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| 4.3.4 | otherwise be in accordance with the format from time to time specified by the International Capital Market Association or any successor body thereto. |
| 4.4 | Signatures |
Any signature on a New Certificate shall be that of a person who is at the time of the creation and issue of the Securities an authorised signatory for such purpose of the Issuer notwithstanding that such person has for any reason (including death) ceased to be such an authorised signatory at the time at which such New Certificate is delivered.
| 4.5 | The New Global Certificate to be deposited with nominee for common depositary |
The New Global Certificate shall be deposited with a common depositary. The New Global Certificate shall be registered in the name of, a nominee for, and deposited with a common depositary for the Clearing Systems.
| 4.6 | Availability of New Individual Certificates |
If the Issuer is required to deliver New Individual Certificates pursuant to the terms of the New Global Certificate, the Issuer shall promptly arrange for a stock of New Individual Certificates (unauthenticated and with the names of the registered Holders left blank but executed on behalf of the Issuer and otherwise complete) to be made available to the Registrar. The Issuer shall also arrange for such New Global Certificates and New Individual Certificates as are required to enable the Registrar to perform its respective obligations under Clause 5 (Exchanges of New Global Certificates for New Individual Certificates), Clause 6 (Transfers of Securities) and Clause 7 (Replacement New Certificates) to be made available to or to the order of the Registrar from time to time.
| 4.7 | Authority to authenticate |
The Registrar is authorised by the Issuer to authenticate the New Global Certificate and the New Individual Certificates by the signature of any of its officers or any other person duly authorised for the purpose by the Registrar.
| 4.8 | Duties of the Registrar |
The Registrar shall hold in safe keeping of all unauthenticated New Global Certificates and New Individual Certificates delivered to it in accordance with Clause 4.6 (Availability of New Individual Certificates) and shall ensure that they are authenticated and delivered only in accordance with the terms hereof, of the New Global Certificate (if applicable) and of the Conditions.
| 5 | Exchanges of Global Certificate for Individual Certificates |
If the New Global Certificate becomes exchangeable for New Individual Certificates in accordance with its terms, the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver to each person designated by a Clearing System a New Individual Certificate in accordance with the terms of the Agency Agreement and the New Global Certificate.
| 6 | Transfers of Securities |
| 6.1 | Maintenance of the Register |
The Registrar shall maintain in relation to the Securities a register (the “Register”), which shall be kept outside of the United Kingdom at its Specified Office in accordance with the Conditions and be made available by the Registrar to the Issuer and the other Agents for inspection and for the taking of copies or extracts therefrom at all reasonable times. The Register shall show the aggregate principal amount, serial numbers and dates of issue of New Certificates, the names and addresses of the initial Holders thereof and the dates of all transfers to, and the names and addresses of, all subsequent Holders thereof, all cancellations of New Certificates and all replacements of New Certificates.
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| 6.2 | Registration of transfers in the Register |
The Registrar shall receive requests for the transfer of Securities in accordance with the Conditions and the Regulations and shall make the necessary entries in the Register.
| 6.3 | Transfer Agent to receive requests for transfers of Securities |
The Transfer Agent shall receive requests for the transfer of Securities in accordance with the Conditions and the Regulations and assist, if required, in the issue of New Certificates to give effect to such transfers and, in particular, upon any such request being duly made, shall promptly notify the Registrar of:
| 6.3.1 | the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be transferred; |
| 6.3.2 | the name(s) and addresses to be entered on the Register of the Holder(s) of the New Certificate(s) to be issued in order to give effect to such transfer; and |
| 6.3.3 | the place and manner of delivery of the New Certificate(s) to be delivered in respect of such transfer |
and shall forward the New Certificate(s) relating to the Securities to be transferred (with the relevant form(s) of transfer duly completed) to the Registrar with such notification.
| 7 | Replacement New Certificates |
| 7.1 | Delivery of Replacements |
Subject to receipt of replacement New Global Certificates and/or New Individual Certificates (as the case may be), the Registrar shall, upon and in accordance with the instructions of the Issuer (which instructions may, without limitation, include terms as to the payment of expenses and as to evidence, security and indemnity), complete, authenticate and deliver a New Global Certificate or New Individual Certificate which the Issuer has determined to issue as a replacement for any New Global Certificate or New Individual Certificate which has been mutilated or defaced or which has been or is alleged to have been destroyed, stolen or lost; provided, however, that the Registrar shall not deliver any New Global Certificate or New Individual Certificate as a replacement for any New Global Certificate or New Individual Certificate which has been mutilated or defaced otherwise than against surrender of the same and shall not issue any replacement New Global Certificate or New Individual Certificate until the applicant has furnished the Registrar with such evidence and indemnity as the Issuer and/or the Registrar may reasonably require and has paid such costs and expenses as may be incurred in connection with such replacement.
| 7.2 | Replacements to be Numbered |
Each replacement New Global Certificate or New Individual Certificate delivered hereunder shall bear a unique serial number.
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| 7.3 | Cancellation and destruction |
The Registrar shall cancel and destroy each mutilated or defaced New Global Certificate or New Individual Certificate surrendered to it in respect of which a replacement has been delivered.
| 7.4 | Notification |
The Registrar shall, upon request, notify the Issuer and the other Agents of the delivery by it of any replacement New Global Certificate or New Individual Certificate, specifying the serial number thereof and the serial number (if any and if known) of the New Global Certificate or New Individual Certificate which it replaces and confirming (if such is the case) that the New Global Certificate or New Individual Certificate which it replaces has been cancelled and destroyed.
| 8 | Terms of Appointment |
| 8.1 | Confidentiality |
The Agent will treat information about the Issuer and the services to be provided under the terms of this Agreement (“Confidential Information”) as secret and confidential and will not, without Issuer’s prior written consent or authority, disclose to any third party the Confidential Information except in the following circumstances (in which case the Confidential Information may be disclosed to third parties, including affiliates of the Agent):
| 8.1.1 | by the Agent, where necessary to perform the Agent’s obligations under this Agreement; or |
| 8.1.2 | where the disclosing party is under a legal or regulatory obligation to disclose, where the law permits it to do so or where the disclosing party has been requested to do so by any legal, regulatory, governmental or fiscal body in any jurisdiction. |
| 8.2 | Disclosure of Information |
The Agent may collect, use and disclose personal data about the Issuer (if it is an individual) or individuals associated with the Issuer (whether or not it is an individual), so that the Agent can carry out its obligations to the Issuer and for other related purposes, including auditing, monitoring and analysis of its business, fraud and crime prevention, money laundering, legal and regulatory compliance, and the marketing by the Agent or members of the HSBC Group of other services. The Agent may also transfer the personal data to any country (including countries outside where the Agent provides the services to be provided under the terms of this Agreement where there may be less stringent data protection laws) to process information on the Agent’s behalf. Wherever it is processed, the personal data will be protected with security measures and a degree of care to which all members of the HSBC Group and their staff are subject and will only be used in accordance with the Issuer’s instructions.
| 9 | Law and Jurisdiction |
| 9.1 | Governing law |
This Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
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| 9.2 | English courts |
The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute (a “Dispute”), arising out of or in connection with this Supplemental Fiscal Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Supplemental Fiscal Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Supplemental Fiscal Agreement) or the consequences of its nullity.
| 9.3 | Appropriate forum |
The parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any Dispute and, accordingly, that they will not argue to the contrary.
| 9.4 | Rights of the Agents to take proceedings outside England |
Clause 9.2 (English courts) is for the benefit of the Agents only. As a result, nothing in this Clause 9 (Law and jurisdiction) prevents the Agents from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute (“Proceedings”) in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Agents may take concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
| 9.5 | Service of process |
The Issuer agrees that the documents which start any Proceedings and any other documents required to be served in relation to those Proceedings may be served on it by being delivered to Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited at ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, or to such other person with an address in England or Wales and/or at such other address in England or Wales as the Issuer may specify by notice in writing to the Agents. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the right of any Agent to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. This clause applies to Proceedings in England and to Proceedings elsewhere.
| 10 | Rights of Third Parties |
A person who is not a party to this Supplemental Fiscal Agreement shall have no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ to enforce any term of this Supplemental Fiscal Agreement, but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.
| 11 | Modification |
This Supplemental Fiscal Agreement may be amended by further agreement among the parties hereto and without the consent of the Holders.
| 12 | Counterparts |
This Supplemental Fiscal Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original. Any party may enter into this Supplemental Fiscal Agreement by signing any such counterpart.
As witness the hands of the duly authorised representatives of the parties hereto the day and year first before written.
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Schedule 1
Form of New Global Certificate
THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY SECURITIES LAW OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.
ISIN: XS1716777344
Certificate No.2
FWD GROUP LIMITED
(incorporated with limited liability
under
the laws of the Cayman Islands)
U.S.$164,000,000
Zero Coupon Subordinated
Perpetual Capital Securities
(to be consolidated and form a single series with the U.S.$150,000,000 Zero Coupon
Subordinated Perpetual
Capital Securities issued on 16 November 2017)
GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
| 1 | Introduction: This Global Certificate is issued in respect of each of (i) the U.S.$164,000,000 zero coupon subordinated perpetual capital securities issued on 11 January 2019 (the “New Securities”) to be consolidated and form a single series with (ii) the U.S.$150,000,000 zero coupon subordinated perpetual capital securities issued on 16 November 2017 (the “Existing Securities” and, together with the New Securities, the “Securities”) of FWD Group Limited (the “Issuer”). The Existing Securities are constituted by a deed of covenant dated 16 November 2017 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Existing Deed of Covenant”) entered into by the Issuer and the New Securities are constituted by a deed of covenant dated 11 January 2019 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “New Deed of Covenant” and, together with the Existing Deed of Covenant, the “Deed of Covenant”) entered into by the Issuer and are each the subject of a fiscal agency agreement dated 16 November 2017 (the “Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement”) as supplemented by the supplemental fiscal agency agreement dated 11 January 2019 (the “Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement”, and together with the Existing Fiscal Agency Agreement and as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Fiscal Agency Agreement”) and made between the Issuer, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited as registrar (the “Registrar”, which expression includes any successor registrar appointed from time to time in connection with the Securities), The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited as fiscal agent and the other paying agents and the transfer agent named therein. The global certificate dated 16 November 2017 in respect of the Existing Securities has been cancelled and replaced by this Global Certificate. |
| 2 | References to Conditions: Any reference herein to the “Conditions” is to the terms and conditions of the Securities attached hereto and any reference to a numbered “Condition” is to the correspondingly numbered provision thereof. |
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| 3 | Registered holder: |
This is to certify that:
HSBC NOMINEES (HONG KONG) LIMITED
is the person registered in the register maintained by the Registrar in relation to the Securities (the “Register”) as the duly registered holder (the “Holder”) of
U.S.$164,000,000
(ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)
in aggregate principal amount of Securities or such other principal amount as may from time to time be entered in the Register in accordance with the Fiscal Agency Agreement and this Global Certificate.
| 4 | Promise to pay: The Issuer, for value received, hereby promises to pay Distribution (including any Arrears of Distribution and any Additional Distribution Amount) on such principal sum in arrear on the dates and at the rate specified in the Conditions, together with any additional amounts payable in accordance with the Conditions, all subject to and in accordance with the Conditions and to pay such principal amount in the circumstances set out in Condition 5(b) (Redemption – Redemption for tax reasons), Condition 5(c) (Redemption – Redemption for accounting reasons), Condition 5(d) (Redemption – Redemption at the option of the Issuer), Condition 5(e) (Redemption – Redemption upon a Change of Control), Condition 5(f) (Redemption – Redemption upon an initial public offering) and Condition 5(g) (Redemption – Redemption for minimum outstanding amount). |
| 5 | Exchange for Individual Certificates: This Global Certificate will be exchanged in whole (but not in part) for duly authenticated and completed individual note certificates (“Individual Certificates”) in substantially the form (subject to completion) set out in Schedule 2 (Form of New Individual Certificate) to the Fiscal Agency Agreement if any of the following events occurs: |
| (a) | Euroclear Bank SA/NV (“Euroclear”) or Clearstream Banking S.A. (“Clearstream, Luxembourg”) is closed for business for a continuous period of 14 days (other than by reason of legal holidays) or announces an intention permanently to cease business; or |
| (b) | upon a Winding-Up of the Issuer, |
such exchange shall be effected in accordance with paragraph 7 (Delivery of Individual Certificates) below. The Issuer shall notify the Holder of the occurrence of any of the events specified in (a) and (b) as soon as practicable thereafter.
| 6 | Failure to deliver Individual Certificates or to pay: |
If Individual Certificates have not been issued and delivered by 5:00 p.m. (London time) on the thirtieth day after the date on which the same are due to be issued and delivered in accordance with paragraph 7 (Delivery of Individual Certificates) below, then, at 5:00 p.m. (London time) on such thirtieth day (the “Determination Date”) the Accountholder shall acquire Direct Rights in accordance with the Deed of Covenant, without prejudice to the rights which the Holder may have hereunder and under the Deed of Covenant.
Terms defined in the Deed of Covenant shall have the same meanings when used in this paragraph 6.
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| 7 | Delivery of Individual Certificates: Whenever this Global Certificate is to be exchanged for Individual Certificates, such Individual Certificates shall be issued in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of this Global Certificate within five business days of the delivery, by or on behalf of the Holder, Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg, to the Registrar of such information as is required to complete and deliver such Individual Certificates (including, without limitation, the names and addresses of the persons in whose names the Individual Certificates are to be registered and the principal amount of each such person’s holding) against the surrender of this Global Certificate at the Specified Office (as defined in the Conditions) of the Registrar. Such exchange shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of the Agency Agreement and the regulations concerning the transfer and registration of Securities scheduled thereto and, in particular, shall be effected without charge to any Holder, but against such indemnity as the Registrar may require in respect of any tax or other duty of whatsoever nature which may be levied or imposed in connection with such exchange. In this paragraph, “business day” means a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign currencies) in the city in which the Registrar has its Specified Office. |
| 8 | Payment Conditions: |
| (a) | Payment Business Day: In relation to payments made in respect of this Global Certificate, so long as this Global Certificate is held on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or any other clearing system, the definition for “business day” in Condition 6(d) (Payments on business days) shall be amended and shall be any day which is a day on which banks are open for general business (including dealings in foreign currencies) in New York City and Hong Kong. |
| (b) | Payment Record Date: Each payment made in respect of this Global Certificate will be made to the person shown as the Holder in the Register at the close of business (in the relevant clearing system) on the Clearing System Business Day before the due date for such payment (the “Record Date”) where “Clearing System Business Day” means a day on which each clearing system for which this Global Certificate is being held is open for business. |
| 9 | Conditions apply: Save as otherwise provided herein, the Holder of this Global Certificate shall have the benefit of, and be subject to, the Conditions and, for the purposes of this Global Certificate, any reference in the Conditions to “Certificate” or “Certificates” shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed so as to include this Global Certificate. |
| 10 | Notices: Notwithstanding Condition 14 (Notices), so long as this Global Certificate is held on behalf of Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or any other clearing system (an “Alternative Clearing System”), notices to Holders of Securities represented by this Global Certificate may be given by delivery of the relevant notice to Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or (as the case may be) such Alternative Clearing System. |
| 11 | Determination of entitlement: This Global Certificate is evidence of entitlement only and is not a document of title. Entitlements are determined by the Register and only the Holder is entitled to payment in respect of this Global Certificate. |
| 12 | Authentication: This Global Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose until it has been authenticated for and on behalf of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited as registrar. |
| 13 | Governing law: This Global Certificate and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law. |
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As witness the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorised person for and on behalf of the Issuer.
FWD GROUP LIMITED
| By: | ||
| [manual or facsimile signature] | ||
| (duly authorised) |
ISSUED on the issue date
AUTHENTICATED for and on behalf of
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION LIMITED
as registrar without recourse, warranty
or liability
| By: | ||
| [manual signature] | ||
| (duly authorised) |
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FORM OF TRANSFER
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ________________________________________, being the registered holder of this Global Certificate, hereby transfers to ________________________________________________________________________________________________of _______________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________U.S. dollars________________ in principal amount of the U.S.$164,000,000 zero coupon subordinated perpetual capital securities (the “Securities”) of FWD Group Limited (the “Issuer”) and irrevocably requests and authorises The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, in its capacity as registrar in relation to the Securities (or any successor to The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, in its capacity as such) to effect the relevant transfer by means of appropriate entries in the register kept by it.
| Dated: |
| By: | ||
| (duly authorised) |
Securities
The name of the person by or on whose behalf this form of transfer is signed must correspond with the name of the registered holder as it appears on the face of this Global Certificate.
| (a) | A representative of such registered holder should state the capacity in which he signs, e.g. executor. |
| (b) | The signature of the person effecting a transfer shall conform to any list of duly authorised specimen signatures supplied by the registered holder or be certified by a recognised bank, notary public or in such other manner as the Registrar may require. |
| (c) | Any transfer of Securities shall be in an amount equal to U.S.$200,000 or an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof. |
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[Attached to the Global Certificate:]
[Terms and Conditions as set out in the [●] Schedule]
[At the foot of the Terms and Conditions:]
FISCAL AGENT, PAYING AND TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
30th Floor, HSBC Building
1 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
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Schedule 2
Form of New Individual Certificate
[THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY SECURITIES LAW OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.]
Serial Number: _______________
FWD GROUP LIMITED
(incorporated with limited liability
under
the laws of the Cayman Islands)
U.S.$164,000,000
Zero Coupon
Subordinated Perpetual Capital Securities
(to be consolidated and form a single series with the U.S.$150,000,000 Zero Coupon
Subordinated Perpetual Capital Securities issued on 16 November 2017)
This Certificate is issued in respect of (i) the U.S.$164,000,000 zero coupon subordinated perpetual capital securities issued on 11 January 2019 (the “New Securities”) which have been consolidated and form a single series with (ii) the U.S.$150,000,000 zero coupon subordinated perpetual capital securities issued on 16 November 2017 (the “Existing Securities” and, together with the New Securities, the "Securities") of FWD Group Limited (the “Issuer”). The Existing Securities are constituted by a deed of covenant dated 16 November 2017 and the New Securities are constituted by a deed of covenant dated 11 January 2019 and each are the subject of a fiscal agency agreement dated 16 November 2017 as supplemental by a supplemental fiscal agency agreement dated 11 January 2019 (together, and as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Fiscal Agency Agreement”) made between the Issuer, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited as registrar (the “Registrar”, which expression includes any successor registrar appointed from time to time in connection with the Securities), The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited as fiscal agent and the other paying agents and the transfer agent named therein.
Any reference herein to the “Conditions” is to the terms and conditions of the Securities endorsed hereon and any reference to a numbered “Condition” is to the correspondingly numbered provision thereof.
This is to certify that:
______________________________________
of ____________________________________
______________________________________
is the person registered in the register maintained by the Registrar in relation to the Securities (the “Register”) as the duly registered holder or, if more than one person is so registered, the first-named of such persons (the “Holder”) of:
U.S.$164,000,000
(ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)
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in aggregate principal amount of the Securities.
The Issuer, for value received, hereby promises to pay Distribution (including any Arrears of Distribution and any Additional Distribution Amount) on such principal sum in arrear on the dates and at the rate specified in the Conditions, together with any additional amounts payable in accordance with the Conditions, all subject to and in accordance with the Conditions and to pay such principal amount in the circumstances set out in Condition 5(b) (Redemption – Redemption for tax reasons), Condition 5(c) (Redemption – Redemption for accounting reasons), Condition 5(d) (Redemption – Redemption at the option of the Issuer), Condition 5(e) (Redemption – Redemption upon a Change of Control), Condition 5(f) (Redemption – Redemption upon initial public offering) and Condition 5(g) (Redemption – Redemption for minimum outstanding amount).
This Certificate is evidence of entitlement only and is not a document of title. Entitlements are determined by the Register and only the Holder is entitled to payment in respect of this Certificate.
This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose until it has been authenticated for and on behalf of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited as registrar.
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As witness the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorised person for and on behalf of the Issuer.
| FWD GROUP LIMITED | ||
| By: | ||
| [manual or facsimile signature] | ||
| (duly authorised) | ||
ISSUED as of [issue date]
AUTHENTICATED for and on behalf of
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED
as registrar without recourse, warranty
or liability
| By: | ||
| [manual signature] | ||
| (duly authorised) |
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FORM OF TRANSFER
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ________________________________________, being the registered holder of this Certificate, hereby transfers to ________________________________________________________________________________________________of_______________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________U.S. dollars________________ in principal amount of the U.S.$164,000,000 zero coupon subordinated perpetual capital securities (the “Securities”) of FWD Group Limited (the “Issuer”) and irrevocably requests and authorises The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, in its capacity as registrar in relation to the Securities (or any successor to The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, in its capacity as such) to effect the relevant transfer by means of appropriate entries in the register kept by it.
| Dated: | ||
| By: | ||
| (duly authorised) | ||
Securities
The name of the person by or on whose behalf this form of transfer is signed must correspond with the name of the registered holder as it appears on the face of this Certificate.
| (a) | A representative of such registered holder should state the capacity in which he signs, e.g. executor. |
| (b) | The signature of the person effecting a transfer shall conform to any list of duly authorised specimen signatures supplied by the registered holder or be certified by a recognised bank, notary public or in such other manner as the Registrar may require. |
| (c) | Any transfer of Securities shall be in an amount equal to U.S.$200,000 or any integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof. |
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[Attached to each Certificate:]
[Terms and Conditions as set out in the [●] Schedule]
[At the foot of the Terms and Conditions:]
FISCAL AGENT, PAYING AND TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
30th Floor, HSBC Building
1 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
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SIGNATURES
The Issuer
For and on behalf of
FWD GROUP LIMITED
By: [***]
Signature Page - Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement
The Registrar, the Fiscal Agent, the Transfer Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Paying Agent
For and on behalf of
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED
By: [***]
Signature Page - Supplemental Fiscal Agency Agreement