Credit Suisse MEDIUM-TERM NOTES FORM OF TERMS AGREEMENTTerms Agreement • April 8th, 2008 • Credit Suisse / /Fi • American depositary receipts • New York
Contract Type FiledApril 8th, 2008 Company Industry JurisdictionWe understand that Credit Suisse, a corporation established under the laws of, and duly licensed as a bank in, Switzerland (the “Credit Suisse”), acting through its Nassau branch, proposes to issue and sell up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount (the “Maximum Aggregate Principal Amount”) of ELEMENTS. The ELEMENTS are described in the Pricing Supplement dated April 2, 2008, to Credit Suisse’s Prospectus dated March 29, 2007 and the Prospectus Supplement dated March 24, 2008, both relating to the Notes (collectively, the “Prospectus”). Additional terms relating to the ELEMENTS are set forth in Annex A hereto. The ELEMENTS will be subject to the ELEMENTS Administrative Procedures included as Exhibit B to the Distributor Accession Confirmations. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Distribution Agreement (as defined below) or the Distributor Accession Confirmations (as defined b