CONFORMED COPY
Exhibit 4.1
AMENDED
AND RESTATED AGENCY AGREEMENT
TOYOTA MOTOR FINANCE
(NETHERLANDS) B.V.
TOYOTA CREDIT CANADA
INC.
TOYOTA FINANCE AUSTRALIA LIMITED
(ABN 48 002 435 181)
TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT
CORPORATION
as Issuers
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON
as Agent
in respect of a
€50,000,000,000
EURO MEDIUM TERM NOTE
PROGRAMME
Dated 17 September
2010
CONTENTS
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CLAUSE
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PAGE
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1.
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DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATIONS
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2
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2.
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APPOINTMENT OF AGENT AND PAYING
AGENTS
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9
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3.
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ISSUE OF TEMPORARY GLOBAL
NOTES
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11
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4.
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ISSUE OF PERMANENT GLOBAL
NOTES
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12
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5.
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ISSUE OF DEFINITIVE BEARER
NOTES
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13
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6.
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EXCHANGES
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14
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7.
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TERMS OF ISSUE
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15
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8.
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PAYMENTS
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9.
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DETERMINATIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS IN
RESPECT OF NOTES
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10.
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NOTICE OF ANY WITHHOLDING OR
DEDUCTION
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11.
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DUTIES OF THE AGENT IN CONNECTION
WITH EARLY REDEMPTION
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12.
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PUBLICATION OF NOTICES
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21
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13.
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CANCELLATION, RESALE AND REISSUANCE
OF NOTES, RECEIPTS, COUPONS AND TALONS
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14.
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ISSUE OF REPLACEMENT NOTES,
RECEIPTS, COUPONS AND TALONS
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15.
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COPIES OF THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH
FINAL TERMS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION
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24
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16.
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COMMISSIONS AND EXPENSES
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17.
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INDEMNITY
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18.
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REPAYMENT BY THE AGENT
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26
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19.
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CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT
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26
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20.
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COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE
PARTIES
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27
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21.
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CHANGES IN AGENT AND PAYING
AGENTS
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27
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22.
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MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION
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29
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23.
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NOTIFICATIONS
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30
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24.
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CHANGE OF SPECIFIED
OFFICE
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30
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25.
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NOTICES
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30
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26.
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TAXES AND STAMP DUTIES
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31
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27.
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CURRENCY INDEMNITY
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31
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28.
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AMENDMENTS: MEETINGS OF
HOLDERS
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32
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29.
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CALCULATION AGENCY
AGREEMENT
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34
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30.
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REDENOMINATION AND
EXCHANGE
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34
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31.
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DEED POLL
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37
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32.
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DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS
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33.
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CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES)
ACT 1999
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34.
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GOVERNING LAW
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35.
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COUNTERPARTS
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APPENDIX A TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF THE NOTES
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APPENDIX B FORMS OF GLOBAL AND DEFINITIVE
NOTES, COUPONS, RECEIPTS AND TALONS
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APPENDIX B-1 FORM OF
TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
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SCHEDULE ONE PART
I INTEREST PAYMENTS
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SCHEDULE ONE PART
II INSTALMENT PAYMENTS
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SCHEDULE TWO SCHEDULE OF
EXCHANGES FOR NOTES REPRESENTED BY A PERMANENT GLOBAL NOTE OR
DEFINITIVE BEARER NOTES OR REDEMPTIONS OR PURCHASES AND
CANCELLATIONS
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APPENDIX B-2 FORM OF
PERMANENT GLOBAL NOTE
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SCHEDULE ONE PART
I INTEREST PAYMENTS
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SCHEDULE ONE PART
II INSTALMENT PAYMENTS
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SCHEDULE TWO SCHEDULE OF
EXCHANGES OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE AND FOR DEFINITIVE BEARER
NOTES OR REDEMPTIONS OR PURCHASES AND CANCELLATIONS
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APPENDIX B-3 FORM OF
DEFINITIVE BEARER NOTE
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APPENDIX B-4 FORM OF
COUPON
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APPENDIX B-5 FORM OF
RECEIPT
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APPENDIX B-6 FORM OF
TALON
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114
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APPENDIX C FORM OF CALCULATION
AGENCY AGREEMENT
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APPENDIX D FORM OF OPERATING AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES MEMORANDUM
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126
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ANNEX A TO APPENDIX
D SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES
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129
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ANNEX B TO APPENDIX
D FORM OF FINAL TERMS
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134
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ANNEX C TO APPENDIX
D FORM OF PURCHASER’S CONFIRMATION TO THE
ISSUER
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ANNEX D TO APPENDIX
D FORM OF THE ISSUER’S CONFIRMATION TO AGENT AND
PURCHASERS
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ANNEX E TO APPENDIX
D TRADING DESK INFORMATION
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APPENDIX E FORM OF THE
NOTES
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APPENDIX F ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF
THE AGENT
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APPENDIX G FORM OF DEED POLL
(SUBSTITUTION OF ISSUER)
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AMENDED AND RESTATED AGENCY
AGREEMENT
in respect of a
€50,000,000,000
EURO MEDIUM TERM NOTE
PROGRAMME
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGENCY
AGREEMENT is made on 17
September 2010
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TOYOTA MOTOR FINANCE
(NETHERLANDS) B.V. of
Atrium, Strawinskylaan 3105, 1077 ZX Amsterdam, the Netherlands (
TMF );
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TOYOTA CREDIT CANADA
INC. of 80 Micro Court,
Suite 200, Markham, Ontario L3R 9Z5, Canada ( TCCI
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TOYOTA FINANCE AUSTRALIA
LIMITED (ABN 48 002 435
181) of Level 9, 207 Pacific Highway, St Leonards, NSW 2065,
Australia ( TFA );
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TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT
CORPORATION of 19001
South Western Avenue, EF12, Torrance, California 90501, U.S.A. (
TMCC ); and
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON of One Canada
Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AL (the Agent , which
expression shall include any successor agent appointed in
accordance with Clause 21, and the Paying Agent , which
expression shall include any additional or successor paying agent
appointed in accordance with Clause 21, and Paying Agent
shall mean any of the Agent or the Paying Agents so
appointed).
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(A) The
Issuers (as defined below) have determined that a programme
agreement dated 30 September 1992 as amended and supplemented or
restated by the First Supplemental Programme Agreement dated 31
January 1994, the Second Supplemental Programme Agreement dated 16
May 1996, the Third Supplemental Programme Agreement dated 29 May
1998, the Fourth Supplemental Programme Agreement dated 7 July
1999, the Amended and Restated Programme Agreement dated 31 August
2000, the Amended and Restated Programme Agreement dated 31 August
2001, the Amended and Restated Programme Agreement dated 27
September 2002, the Amended and Restated Programme Agreement dated
26 September 2003, the Amended and Restated Programme Agreement
dated 24 September 2004, the Amended and Restated Programme
Agreement dated 30 September 2005, the Amended and Restated
Programme Agreement dated 28 September 2006, the Amended and
Restated Programme Agreement dated 28 September 2007, the Amended
and Restated Programme Agreement dated 26 September 2008 and the
Amended and Restated Programme Agreement dated 18 September 2009
entered into with the Dealers named therein pursuant to which any
of the Issuers may issue Euro Medium Term Notes in an aggregate
nominal amount of up to €50,000,000,000, be amended and
restated by the Issuers and each of Merrill Lynch International,
Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
London Branch, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Credit Suisse
Securities (Europe) Limited, Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited,
Deutsche Bank AG, London branch, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC
Bank plc, J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.,
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
International plc, Mizuho International plc, Morgan Stanley &
Co. International plc, Nomura International plc, Royal Bank of
Canada Europe Limited, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, The
Toronto-Dominion Bank and UBS Limited (together, the Programme
Dealers ).
(B) The
Issuers have entered into an amended and restated programme
agreement dated 17 September 2010 with the Programme
Dealers.
(C) The
Issuers and the agents named therein entered into an agency
agreement dated 18 September 2009 (the Agency Agreement
). The parties hereto agree to make certain
modifications to the Agency Agreement. This Agreement
amends and restates the Agency Agreement.
1. DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATIONS
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The following expressions shall have
the following meanings:
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Agreement Date
means, with respect to any Note, the
date on which agreement is reached for the issue of such Note as
contemplated in Clause 2 of the Programme Agreement, which in the
case of Notes issued on a syndicated basis shall be the date the
applicable Syndicate Purchase Agreement is signed by all
parties;
Arranger means Merrill Lynch International, or any other
company appointed to the position of arranger for the Programme;
and references in this Agreement to the Arranger shall be
references to all of them;
Bearer Note
means those of the Notes in bearer
form;
CGN means a Temporary Global Note being in the form
or substantially in the form set out in Appendix B-1 hereto or a
Permanent Global Note being in the form or substantially in the
form set out in Appendix B-2 hereto and in either case in respect
of which the applicable Final Terms indicate it is not a New Global
Note;
Clearing System
means Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or
Euroclear and/or any other additional system or systems as is
specified in the applicable Final Terms;
Clearstream,
Luxembourg means
Clearstream Banking, société anonyme;
Conditions
means, in respect of any Series of
Notes, the terms and conditions of the Notes of such Series, such
terms and conditions being in the form or substantially in the form
set out in Appendix A hereto or in such other form, having regard
to the terms of the relevant Series, as may be agreed between the
relevant Issuer, the Agent and the relevant Purchaser or Purchasers
from time to time, as amended or supplemented by the applicable
Final Terms;
Coupon has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Conditions;
Dealer means each of the Programme Dealers and any
other entities appointed as dealers from time to time pursuant to
the Programme Agreement;
Definitive Bearer Note
means a Bearer Note in definitive
form being in the form or substantially in the form set out in
Appendix B-3 hereto (or in such other form as may be agreed between
the relevant Issuer, the Agent and the relevant Purchaser or
Purchasers) issued or to be issued by the relevant Issuer pursuant
to this Agreement in
exchange for the whole or (subject
to the terms of the relevant Temporary Global Note and/or Permanent
Global Note) part of a Temporary Global and/or Permanent Global
Note;
Definitive Note
means a Definitive Bearer Note
and/or a Definitive Registered Note, as the context may
require;
Definitive Registered
Note means a Registered
Note in definitive form issued or, as the case may require, to be
issued by TCCI pursuant to the Note Agency Agreement in exchange
for a Registered Global Note, such Note being in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Schedule 2 to the Note Agency
Agreement (or in such other form as may be agreed between TCCI, the
Registrar and the relevant Purchaser(s));
Dual Currency Notes
means Notes in respect of which
principal and/or interest is payable in one or more Specified
Currencies other than the Specified Currency in which they are
denominated;
Established Rate
means the rate for the conversion
of the Specified Currency (including compliance with rules relating
to roundings in accordance with applicable European Union
regulations) into euro established by the Council of the European
Union pursuant to Article 140 of the Treaty;
EUR , Euro , euro and €
mean the currency introduced at the start of the third stage of
European economic and monetary union, and as defined in Article 2
of Council Regulation (EC) No. 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the
introduction of the euro, as amended;
Euroclear means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.;
European Economic Area
means the European Economic Area
consisting of the Member States of the European Union and Iceland,
Norway and Liechtenstein;
Eurosystem-eligible
Note means a Note which
is intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem
eligibility, as stated in the applicable Final Terms;
Final Terms
means the final terms issued in
relation to each Tranche of Notes (substantially in the form of
either Part A or Part B of Annex B to the Procedures Memorandum) as
a supplement to the Prospectus and giving details of that Tranche
and, in relation to any particular Tranche of Notes, applicable
Final Terms means the Final Terms applicable to that
Tranche;
FSMA means the Financial Services and Markets Act
2000, as amended;
Global Bearer Note
means a Temporary Global Note or a
Permanent Global Note (or such other form of global note in bearer
form as may be agreed between the relevant Issuer, the Agent and
the relevant Purchaser(s) as indicated in the applicable Final
Terms) representing a certain number of underlying Notes (the
Underlying Notes) ;
Global Note
means a Global Bearer Note or a
Registered Global Note (or such other form of global note as may be
agreed between the relevant Issuer, the Agent (in the case of
Bearer Notes), the Registrar (in the case of Registered Notes) and
the relevant
Purchaser(s) as indicated in the
applicable Final Terms) representing a certain number of Underlying
Notes;
ISDA Definitions
means the 2006 ISDA Definitions
published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association,
Inc., as amended, supplemented or updated from time to
time;
Issue Date
means, in respect of any Note, the
date of issue and purchase of such Note pursuant to Clause 2 of the
Programme Agreement, being in the case of any Note in the form of a
Permanent Global Note or a Definitive Note, the same date as the
date of issue of the Temporary Global Note which initially
represented such Note;
Issuer means each of TMF, TCCI, TFA and TMCC in its
capacity as issuer of Notes; and references in this Agreement to
the relevant Issuer shall, in relation to any issue of
Notes, be references to whichever of TMF, TCCI, TFA or TMCC is the
issuer of such Notes; and references to the Issuers shall be
to all of TMF, TCCI, TFA and TMCC;
Listing Agent
means, in relation to any Notes
which are, or are to be, listed on a Stock Exchange other than the
London Stock Exchange, such listing agent as the relevant Issuer
may from time to time appoint for purposes of liaising with such
Stock Exchange or other relevant authority;
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in the case of Notes which are, or
are to be, admitted to the Official List, the listing rules made
under section 73A of the FSMA; and
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in the case of Notes which are, or
are to be, listed on a Stock Exchange other than the London Stock
Exchange, the listing rules and regulations for the time being in
force for such Stock Exchange;
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London Stock Exchange
means London Stock Exchange plc or
such other body to which its functions have been
transferred;
Member State
means a member state of the European
Union;
New Global Note
means a Temporary Global Note being
in the form or substantially in the form set out in Appendix B-1
hereto or a Permanent Global Note being in the form or
substantially in the form set out in Appendix B-2 hereto and in
either case in respect of which the applicable Final Terms indicate
it is a New Global Note;
Note means a note issued or to be issued by the
relevant Issuer pursuant to the Programme Agreement, other than a
Note which will form a single Series with any Notes issued by any
Issuer prior to the date of this Agreement, which Note may be
represented by a Global Note or a Definitive Note;
Note Agency Agreement
means the Amended and Restated Note
Agency Agreement of even date herewith between TCCI, Royal Bank of
Canada and Royal Bank of Canada, London branch relating to
Registered Notes;
Noteholders
means the several persons who are
for the time being holders of outstanding Notes (being in the case
of Bearer Notes, the bearers thereof and, in the case of Registered
Notes, the several persons whose names are entered in the
register
of holders of such Notes as the
holders thereof) save that, in respect of Notes of any Series, for
so long as such Notes or any part thereof are represented by a
Global Note, each person who is for the time being shown in the
records of Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or such other
applicable clearing agency as the holder of a particular nominal
amount of such Notes (other than a clearing agency (including
Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear) that is itself an account
holder of Clearstream, Luxembourg, Euroclear or any other
applicable clearing agency for a Series of Notes) (in which regard
any certificate or other document issued by Euroclear, Clearstream,
Luxembourg or such other applicable clearing agency as to the
nominal amount of such Notes standing to the account of any person
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes save in the case
of manifest error) shall be treated by the relevant Issuer, the
Agent and any other Paying Agent or (in the case of Registered
Notes) by the Registrar and the Transfer Agent as a holder of such
nominal amount of such Notes for all purposes other than for the
payment of principal (including premium (if any)) or interest on
such Notes, the right to which shall be vested, as against the
relevant Issuer, the Agent and any other Paying Agent or (in the
case of Registered Notes) the Registrar and the Transfer Agent, in
the case of Bearer Notes, solely in the bearer of the Global Note
and, in the case of Registered Notes, solely in the person whose
name is entered in the register of holders of such Notes as the
holder of the Global Note in accordance with and subject to its
terms (and the expressions Noteholder , holder of
Notes and related expressions shall be construed
accordingly);
Official List
has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 103 of the FSMA;
Outstanding
means, in relation to the Notes of
all or any Series, all the Notes (or all the Notes of that or those
Series) issued other than (a) those which have been redeemed in
full in accordance with this Agreement or the Note Agency Agreement
or the Conditions, (b) those in respect of which the date for
redemption (whether in respect of the whole principal amount or the
final instalment (when redeemable in instalments)) in accordance
with the Conditions has occurred and the redemption moneys therefor
(including all interest (if any) accrued thereon to the date for
such redemption and any interest (if any) payable under the
Conditions after such date) have been duly paid to the Agent as
provided herein or (in the case of Registered Notes) to the
Registrar or the Transfer Agent (and, where appropriate, notice has
been given to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 16) and
remain available for payment against presentation of Notes, (c)
those Notes which have become void under Condition 8, (d) those
Notes which have been purchased or otherwise acquired and cancelled
as provided in Condition 6 and those which have been purchased or
otherwise acquired and are being held by the relevant Issuer for
subsequent resale or reissuance as provided in Condition 6 during
the time so held, (e) those mutilated or defaced Notes which have
been surrendered in exchange for replacement Notes pursuant to
Condition 10, (f) (for the purposes only of determining how many
Notes are outstanding and without prejudice to their status for any
other purpose) those Notes alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed and in respect of which replacement Notes have been
issued pursuant to Condition 10 and (g) Temporary Global Notes to
the extent that they shall have been duly exchanged in whole for
Permanent Global Notes or Definitive Notes and Permanent Global
Notes or Registered Global Notes to the extent that they shall have
been duly exchanged in whole for Definitive Notes, in each case
pursuant to their respective provisions;
Permanent Global Note
means a permanent global Bearer Note
in the form or substantially in the form set out in Appendix B-2
hereto (or in such other form as may be agreed between the relevant
Issuer, the Agent and the relevant Purchaser(s))
comprising some or all of the Notes
of the same Series, issued or to be issued by the relevant Issuer
either in exchange for the whole or part of a Temporary Global Note
issued in respect of the Notes of the same Tranche or initially
representing the Notes;
Procedures Memorandum
means the non-binding Operating and
Administrative Procedures Memorandum set out in Appendix D hereto
as amended or varied from time to time, in respect of any Tranche,
by agreement between the relevant Issuer and the Purchaser of such
Tranche with the approval in writing of the Agent.
Programme means the Euro Medium Term Note Programme
provided for by the Programme Agreement;
Programme Agreement
means the Amended and Restated
Programme Agreement dated 17 September 2010 between the Issuers and
the Programme Dealers concerning the purchase of Notes to be issued
by any Issuer;
Prospectus
means the Prospectus relating to the
Programme as revised, supplemented, amended or updated from time to
time in accordance with Clause 5.2 of the Programme Agreement,
including any documents which are from time to time incorporated
therein by reference but excluding all information incorporated by
reference in any such documents and excluding any information or
statement otherwise included in any such documents which is or
might be considered to be forward looking and excluding any
excluded information as may be defined in the Prospectus,
including, in relation to each Tranche of Notes, the applicable
Final Terms relating to such Tranche;
Prospectus Directive
means Directive
2003/71/EC;
Prospectus Rules
means in the case of Notes which
are, or are to be, listed on the London Stock Exchange, the
prospectus rules made under the FSMA;
Purchaser means any Dealer or any third party other than a
dealer (as defined in Section 2(12) of the Securities Act), who
agrees to purchase Notes pursuant to the Programme Agreement and
references to a relevant Purchaser shall, in relation to any Note,
be references to the Purchaser with whom the relevant Issuer has
agreed the issue and purchase of such Note;
Receipt has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Conditions;
Redenomination Date
means in the case of interest
bearing Notes, any date for payment of interest under the Notes or
in the case of Zero Coupon Notes, any date, in each case specified
by the relevant Issuer in the notice given to Noteholders pursuant
to Clause 30 and which falls on or after the start of the third
stage of European economic and monetary union pursuant to the
Treaty, or if the country of the Specified Currency is not one of
the countries then participating in such third stage, which falls
on or after such later date as it does so participate and which
falls before the date on which the Specified Currency ceases to be
a sub-division of the euro;
Registered Global Note
means a Global Note being in the
form or substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1 to the Note
Agency Agreement (or in such other form as may be agreed between
TCCI, the Registrar and the relevant Purchaser(s));
Registered Note
means a Note in registered form
issued or to be issued by TCCI;
Registrar means, in relation to any Series of Registered
Notes, Royal Bank of Canada as Registrar under the Note Agency
Agreement and any successor registrar appointed by TCCI in
accordance with such Note Agency Agreement;
Relevant Account
Holder means any account
holder with the Relevant Clearing System which has Underlying Notes
(as defined in the definition of “Global Bearer Note”)
credited to its securities account from time to time;
Relevant Clearing
System means one or more
Clearing Systems;
Relevant Time
means the time at which a Global
Note becomes void in the circumstances which are specified in that
Global Note;
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933 of
the United States, as amended;
Series means each original issue of Notes together with
any further issues expressed to form a single series with the
original issue and the terms of which (save for the Issue Date, the
amount and date of the first payment of interest thereon and/or the
Issue Price (as indicated in the applicable Final Terms)) are
identical (including Maturity Date, Interest Basis,
Redemption/Payment Basis and Interest Payment Dates (if any) (as
indicated in the applicable Final Terms) and whether or not the
Notes are admitted to trading); and the expressions Notes of the
relevant Series and related expressions shall be construed
accordingly;
Specified Currency
means the currency (which
expression shall include euro and other currency units) in which
Notes are denominated and, in the case of Dual Currency Notes, the
currency or currencies in which payment in respect of the Notes is
to be made;
Stock Exchange
means the London Stock
Exchange or any other or further stock exchange(s) on which any
Notes may from time to time be listed or admitted to trading, as
the case may be; and references in this Agreement to the
relevant Stock Exchange shall, in relation to any Notes, be
references to the Stock Exchange on which such Notes are from time
to time, or are intended to be, listed or admitted to
trading;
Talon has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Conditions;
TARGET2 system
means the Trans-European Automated
Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) system or any
successor thereto;
Temporary Global Note
means a temporary global Bearer Note
being in the form or substantially in the form set out in Appendix
B-1 hereto (or in such other form as may be agreed between the
relevant Issuer, the Agent and the relevant Purchaser(s))
comprising some or all of the Notes of the same Series issued or to
be issued by the relevant Issuer pursuant to the Programme
Agreement or any other agreement between the relevant Issuer and
the relevant Purchaser(s);
Tranche means all Notes of the same Series with the same
Issue Date;
Transfer Agent
means in relation to any Series of
Registered Notes, Royal Bank of Canada, London branch as transfer
agent and paying agent under the Note Agency Agreement and any
successor transfer agent and paying agent appointed by TCCI in
accordance with the Note Agency Agreement;
Treaty means the Treaty on the Functioning of the
European Union, as amended;
UK Listing Authority
means the name by which the
Financial Services Authority is known being the body appointed
under FSMA as “competent authority” to decide on the
admission of securities to the Official List; and
U.S.$ and U.S. dollar mean the lawful currency
for the time being of the United States.
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Terms and expressions (including the
definitions of currencies or composite currencies) defined in the
Conditions or Appendices hereto or used in the applicable Final
Terms shall have the same meanings in this Agreement, except where
the context requires otherwise.
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All references in this Agreement to
the provisions of any statute shall be deemed to be references to
that statute as from time to time modified, extended, amended or
re-enacted.
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Any references to Notes shall,
unless the context otherwise requires, include any Temporary Global
Notes, Permanent Global Notes, Registered Global Notes and
Definitive Notes.
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All references in this Agreement to
an agreement, instrument or other document (including this
Agreement, the Programme Agreement, the Note Agency Agreement, any
Series of Notes and any Conditions appertaining thereto) shall be
construed as a reference to that agreement, instrument or document
as may be amended, modified, varied, supplemented or novated from
time to time.
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Words denoting the singular number
only shall include the plural number also and vice versa ;
words denoting the masculine gender only shall include the feminine
gender also; and words denoting persons only shall include firms
and corporations and vice versa .
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Any references herein to Euroclear
and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg shall, whenever the context so
permits, except in relation to New Global Notes or Registered Notes
intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem
eligibility (being the new safekeeping structure (NSS)), be deemed
to include a reference to any additional or alternative clearance
system approved by the relevant Issuer, the relevant Purchaser(s)
and either (in the case of Bearer Notes) the Agent or (in the case
of Registered Notes) the Registrar and the Transfer Agent and (in
the case of Notes issued by TMF, TCCI or TFA which form a single
Series with Notes issued by TMF, TCCI or TFA, as the case may be,
prior to 28 September 2007) the Trustee and, in the case of Notes
admitted to the Official List and admitted to trading on the London
Stock Exchange’s Regulated Market, the UK Listing
Authority.
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All references in this Agreement to
a Directive include any relevant implementing measure of each
Member State which has implemented such Directive.
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As used herein, in relation to any
Notes which are to have a “listing” or be
“listed” (i) on the London Stock Exchange,
listing or listed shall be
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construed to mean that such Notes
have been admitted to the Official List in accordance with the
listing rules of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading
on the London Stock Exchange’s Regulated Market and (ii) on
any other Stock Exchange in a jurisdiction within the European
Economic Area, listing and listed shall be construed
to mean that the Notes have been admitted to trading on a market
within that jurisdiction which is a regulated market for the
purposes of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
(Directive 2004/39/EC).
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Unless the contrary indication
appears, a reference to the records of Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg shall be to the records that each of Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg holds for its customers which reflect the
amount of such customer’s interests in the Notes.
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In this Agreement, unless the
contrary intention appears, a reference to a document is a
reference to that document as amended from time to time.
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For the purposes of this Agreement,
the Notes of each Series shall form a separate series of Notes and
accordingly, the provisions of this Agreement shall apply
mutatis mutandis separately and independently to the Notes
of each Series and in such provisions the expressions Notes
, Noteholders , Receipts , Receiptholders ,
Coupons , Couponholders , Talons and
Talonholders shall be construed accordingly.
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2. APPOINTMENT
OF AGENT AND PAYING AGENTS
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The Agent is hereby appointed in a
several capacity as agent of each of the Issuers, to act as issuing
and principal paying agent, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set out below, for the purposes of, inter alia
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completing, authenticating and
delivering Temporary Global Notes and Permanent Global Notes and
authenticating (if required) and delivering Definitive Bearer
Notes;
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giving effectuation instructions in
respect of each Global Note which is a Eurosystem-eligible
Note;
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exchanging Temporary Global Notes
for Permanent Global Notes or Definitive Bearer Notes, as the case
may be, in accordance with the terms of the Temporary Global Notes
and, in respect of any such exchange (i) making all notations on
Global Notes which are CGNs as required by their terms and (ii)
instructing Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg to make
appropriate entries in their records in respect of all Global Notes
which are New Global Notes;
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exchanging Permanent Global Notes
for Definitive Bearer Notes in accordance with the terms of the
Permanent Global Notes and, in respect of any such exchange (i)
making all notations on Permanent Global Notes which are CGNs as
required by their terms and (ii) instructing Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg to make appropriate entries in their
records in respect of all Permanent Global Notes which are New
Global Notes;
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paying sums due on Temporary Global
Notes, Permanent Global Notes and Definitive Bearer Notes, Receipts
and Coupons in accordance with the terms of such Notes and (i)
making all notations on Global Notes which are CGNs as required by
their terms and (ii) instructing Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg to make appropriate entries in their records in respect
of all Global Notes which are New Global Notes;
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unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Final Terms, determining the interest and/or other
amounts payable in respect of the Notes in accordance with the
Conditions;
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arranging on behalf of the relevant
Issuer for notices to be communicated to the Noteholders and the
relevant Stock Exchanges;
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ensuring that all necessary action
is taken to comply with the periodic reporting and notification
requirements of the Ministry of Finance of Japan (including any
monthly reports or such other reports as may be required) and other
applicable Japanese authorities, or any other competent authority
of any relevant currency with respect to the Notes to be issued
under the Programme;
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receiving notice from Euroclear,
Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or such other applicable clearing
agency relating to the certificates of non-U.S. beneficial
ownership of Bearer Notes;
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upon certification by the
participating Dealer or Dealers to the Agent that the distribution
with respect to a particular Tranche of Bearer Notes has been
completed, determining and certifying to Euroclear, Clearstream,
Luxembourg or such other applicable clearing agency the applicable
Exchange Date;
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performing all other obligations and
duties imposed upon it by the Conditions and this
Agreement.
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Any of the duties and obligations of
the Agent in its capacity of issuing and principal paying agent set
forth in Subclauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i)
may, with the consent of the relevant Issuer, be delegated by the
Agent with respect to a particular Series of Notes to a third
party, provided such third party’s performance is subject to
the overall supervision and control of the Agent.
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Each Paying Agent is hereby
appointed in a several capacity as paying agent of each of the
Issuers, and each Paying Agent agrees to act in a several capacity
as paying agent of each of the Issuers, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set out below, for the purposes of paying sums
due on Notes, Receipts and Coupons and performing all other
obligations and duties imposed upon it by the Conditions and this
Agreement.
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In relation to each issue of
Eurosystem-eligible Notes, each relevant Issuer hereby authorises
and instructs the Agent to elect Euroclear as common
safekeeper. From time to time, each such Issuer and the
Agent may agree to vary this election. Each such Issuer
acknowledges that any such election is subject to the right of
Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg to jointly
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determine that the other shall act
as common safekeeper in relation to any such issue and agrees that
no liability shall attach to the Agent in respect of any such
election made by it.
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Where the Agent delivers any
authenticated Global Note to a common safekeeper for effectuation
using electronic means, it is authorised and instructed to destroy
the Global Note retained by it following its receipt of
confirmation from the common safekeeper that the relevant Global
Note has been effectuated.
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3. ISSUE
OF TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTES
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Subject to Subclause 3(2), following
receipt of the applicable Final Terms signed by the relevant Issuer
with respect of an issue of Notes in accordance with the provisions
of the Procedures Memorandum set out in Appendix D hereto (as from
time to time varied, with the prior approval of the Agent, by the
relevant Issuer and the relevant Purchaser or Purchasers of the
Notes of such issue), the Agent will take the steps required of the
Agent in the Procedures Memorandum. For this purpose the
Agent is authorised on behalf of the relevant Issuer:
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to prepare a Temporary Global Note
or Temporary Global Notes containing the relevant Conditions and to
complete, in accordance with such Final Terms, the necessary
details on such Temporary Global Note(s) and attach a copy of the
applicable Final Terms to such Temporary Global Note;
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to authenticate such Temporary
Global Note(s);
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if the Temporary Global Note(s)
is/are a CGN, to deliver such Temporary Global Note(s) (i) to the
specified common depositary of Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg
and/or such other applicable clearing agency as is specified in the
applicable Final Terms against receipt from such common depositary
of confirmation that such common depositary is holding the
Temporary Global Note(s) in safe custody for the account of
Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or such other applicable
clearing agency and to instruct Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg
and/or such other applicable clearing agency (as the case may be)
to credit the Notes represented by such Temporary Global Notes(s),
unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Agent and the
relevant Issuer, to the Agent’s distribution account, or (ii)
as otherwise agreed in writing between the relevant Issuer and the
Agent;
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if the Temporary Global Note(s)
is/are a New Global Note, to deliver such Temporary Global Note(s)
to the specified common safekeeper of Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg against receipt from such common safekeeper of
confirmation that such common safekeeper is holding the Temporary
Global Note(s) in safe custody for the account of Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg and, in the case of a Temporary Global Note
which is a Eurosystem-eligible Note, to instruct the common
safekeeper to effectuate the same; and
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if the Temporary Global Note(s)
is/are a New Global Note, to instruct Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg to make the appropriate entries in their records to
reflect the initial outstanding aggregate nominal amount of the
relevant Tranche of Notes.
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The Agent shall only be required to
perform its obligations under Subclause 3(1) if it holds a master
Temporary Global Note duly executed by a person or persons
authorised to execute the same on behalf of the relevant Issuer,
which may be used by the Agent for the purpose of preparing
Temporary Global Note(s) in accordance with Subclause
3(1)(a).
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The Agent shall provide Euroclear,
Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or such other applicable clearing
agency with the notifications, instructions or other information to
be given by the Agent to Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or
such other applicable clearing agency.
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Any of the duties and obligations of
the Agent set forth in this Clause 3 may, with the consent of the
relevant Issuer, be delegated by the Agent with respect to a
particular Series of Notes to a third party, provided such third
party’s performance is subject to the overall supervision and
control of the Agent.
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4. ISSUE
OF PERMANENT GLOBAL NOTES
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Subject to Subclause 4(2), upon the
occurrence of any event which pursuant to the terms of a Temporary
Global Note requires the issue of a Permanent Global Note, the
Agent shall issue a Permanent Global Note in accordance with the
terms of the Temporary Global Note. For this purpose the
Agent is authorised on behalf of the relevant Issuer:
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in the case of the first Tranche of
any Series of Notes, to prepare a Permanent Global Note containing
the relevant Conditions and to complete, in accordance with the
terms of the Temporary Global Note, the necessary details on such
Permanent Global Note and attach a copy of the applicable Final
Terms to such Permanent Global Note;
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in the case of the first Tranche of
any Series of Notes, to authenticate such Permanent Global
Note;
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in the case of the first Tranche of
any Series of Notes (i) where the Temporary Global Note is a CGN
and is being held by a common depositary as aforesaid, to deliver
such Permanent Global Note to the specified common depositary that
is holding the Temporary Global Note for the time being on behalf
of Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or such other applicable
clearing agency as is specified in the applicable Final Terms in
exchange for such Temporary Global Note or, in the case of a
partial exchange, after noting the details of such exchange in the
appropriate spaces on both the Temporary Global Note and the
Permanent Global Note, and in either case against receipt from the
common depositary of confirmation that such common depositary is
holding the Permanent Global Note in safe custody for the account
of Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or such other applicable
clearing
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agency (as the case may be); or (ii)
where the Temporary Global Note is a CGN and is not being held by a
common depositary, as otherwise agreed in writing between the
relevant Issuer and the Agent;
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in the case of the first Tranche of
any Series of Notes where the Temporary Global Note is a New Global
Note, to deliver such Permanent Global Note to the specified common
safekeeper that is holding the Temporary Global Note representing
the Tranche for the time being on behalf of Euroclear and/or
Clearstream, Luxembourg in exchange for such Temporary Global Note
against receipt from the common safekeeper of confirmation that
such common safekeeper is holding the Permanent Global Note in safe
custody for the account of Euroclear and/or Clearstream,
Luxembourg, and, in the case of a Permanent Global Note which is a
Eurosystem-eligible Note, to instruct the common safekeeper to
effectuate the same and to hold it on behalf of the relevant Issuer
pending its exchange for the Temporary Global Note;
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in the case of a subsequent Tranche
of any Series of Notes if the Permanent Global Note is a CGN, to
attach a copy of the applicable Final Terms to the Permanent Global
Note applicable to the relevant Series and to enter details of any
exchange in whole or part as stated above; and
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in the case of a subsequent Tranche
of any Series of Notes if the Permanent Global Note is a New Global
Note, to deliver the applicable Final Terms to the specified common
safekeeper for attachment to the Permanent Global Note applicable
to the relevant Series.
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The Agent shall only be required to
perform its obligations under Subclause 4(l) if it holds a master
Permanent Global Note duly executed by a person or persons
authorised to execute the same on behalf of the relevant Issuer,
which may be used by the Agent for the purpose of preparing
Permanent Global Notes in accordance with Subclause
4(1)(a).
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The Agent shall provide Euroclear,
Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or such other applicable clearing
agency with the notifications, instructions or other information to
be given by the Agent to Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or
such other applicable clearing agency.
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Any of the duties and obligations of
the Agent set forth in this Clause 4 may, with the consent of the
relevant Issuer, be delegated by the Agent with respect to a
particular Series of Notes to a third party, provided such third
party’s performance is subject to the overall supervision and
control of the Agent.
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5. ISSUE
OF DEFINITIVE BEARER NOTES
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The Agent shall deliver the relevant
Definitive Bearer Note(s) in accordance with the terms of the
relevant Temporary Global Note or the relevant Permanent Global
Note where such Temporary Global Note or Permanent Global Note (as
the case may be) is to be exchanged for one or more
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Definitive Bearer
Note(s). For this purpose, the Agent is hereby
authorised on behalf of the relevant Issuer:
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to authenticate or arrange for
authentication on its behalf (if so instructed by the relevant
Issuer) of such Definitive Bearer Note(s); and
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to deliver such Definitive Bearer
Note(s) to or to the order of Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg
and/or such other applicable clearing agency as is specified in the
applicable Final Terms either in exchange for such Global Note or,
in the case of a partial exchange, if it is a CGN, on entering
details of any partial exchange of the Global Note in the relevant
space in Schedule Two of such Global Note, or, if it is a New
Global Note, on Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg making the
appropriate entries in their records to reflect such exchange;
provided that the Agent shall only permit a partial exchange of
Notes represented by a Permanent Global Note for Definitive Bearer
Notes if the Notes which continue to be represented by such
Permanent Global Note are regarded as fungible by Euroclear,
Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or such other applicable clearing
agency with the Definitive Bearer Notes issued in partial exchange
therefor.
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The Agent shall notify the relevant
Issuer forthwith upon receipt of a request for issue of Definitive
Bearer Note(s) in accordance with the provisions of a Global Note
(and the aggregate nominal amount of such Temporary Global Note or
Permanent Global Note, as the case may be, to be exchanged in
connection therewith).
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The relevant Issuer undertakes to
deliver to the Agent, pursuant to a request for the issue of
Definitive Bearer Notes under the terms of the relevant Global
Note, sufficient numbers of executed Definitive Bearer Notes to
enable the Agent to comply with its obligations under this Clause
5.
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Any of the duties and obligations of
the Agent set forth in this Clause 5 may, with the consent of the
relevant Issuer, be delegated by the Agent with respect to a
particular Series of Notes to a third party, provided such third
party’s performance is subject to the overall supervision and
control of the Agent.
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6. EXCHANGES
Upon any exchange of all or a
portion of an interest in a Temporary Global Note for an interest
in a Permanent Global Note or for Definitive Bearer Notes or upon
any exchange of all or a portion of an interest in a Permanent
Global Note for Definitive Bearer Notes, the Agent shall (i)
procure that the relevant Global Note shall, if it is a CGN, be
endorsed to reflect the reduction of, or increase in (as the case
may be), its nominal amount by the aggregate nominal amount so
exchanged and, where applicable, the Permanent Global Note shall be
endorsed by or on behalf of the Agent to reflect the increase in
its nominal amount as a result of any exchange for an interest in
the Temporary Global Note or (ii) in the case of any Global Note
which is a New Global Note, instruct Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg to make appropriate entries in their records to reflect
such exchange. Until exchanged in full, the holder of an interest
in any Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits as
the holder of Definitive Bearer
Notes, Receipts and Coupons authenticated and delivered hereunder,
subject as set out in the Conditions and the relevant Global
Note. The Agent is hereby authorised on behalf of the
relevant Issuer and instructed (a) in the case of any Global Note
which is a CGN, to endorse or to arrange for the endorsement of the
relevant Global Note to reflect the reduction in the nominal amount
represented thereby by the amount so exchanged and, if appropriate,
to endorse the Permanent Global Note to reflect any increase in the
nominal amount represented by it and, in either case, to sign in
the relevant space on the relevant Global Note recording such
exchange and reduction or increase; (b) in the case of any Global
Note which is a New Global Note, to instruct Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg to make appropriate entries in their
records to reflect such exchange; and (c) in the case of a total
exchange, to cancel or arrange for the cancellation of the relevant
Global Note. Any of the duties and obligations of the
Agent set forth in this Clause 6 may, with the consent of the
relevant Issuer, be delegated by the Agent with respect to a
particular Series of Notes to a third party, provided such third
party’s performance is subject to the overall supervision and
control of the Agent.
7. TERMS
OF ISSUE
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The Agent shall cause all Temporary
Global Notes, Permanent Global Notes and Definitive Bearer Notes
delivered to and held by it under this Agreement to be maintained
in safe custody and shall ensure that such Notes are issued only in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the relevant
Global Note and Conditions.
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Subject to the procedures set out in
the Procedures Memorandum, for the purposes of Subclause 7(1) the
Agent is entitled to treat a telephone or facsimile communication
from a person purporting to be (and who the Agent, after making
reasonable investigation, believes in good faith to be) the
authorised representative of the relevant Issuer named in the list
referred to in, or notified pursuant to, Subclause 19(7) as
sufficient instructions and authority of the relevant Issuer for
the Agent to act in accordance with Subclause 7(1).
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In the event that a person who has
signed on behalf of any Issuer a master Temporary Global Note, a
master Permanent Global Note or Definitive Bearer Notes not yet
issued but held by the Agent in accordance with Subclause 7(1)
ceases to be authorised as described in Subclause 19(7), the Agent
shall (unless the relevant Issuer gives notice to the Agent that
Notes signed by that person do not constitute valid and binding
obligations of the relevant Issuer or otherwise until replacements
have been provided to the Agent) continue to have authority to
issue any such Notes, and the relevant Issuer hereby warrants to
the Agent that such Notes shall, unless notified as aforesaid, be
valid and binding obligations of the relevant
Issuer. Promptly upon such person ceasing to be
authorised, the relevant Issuer shall provide the Agent with
replacement master Temporary Global Notes, master Permanent Global
Notes and (if applicable) Definitive Bearer Notes and the Agent
shall cancel and destroy the master Temporary Global Notes, master
Permanent Global Notes and (if applicable) Definitive Bearer Notes
held by it which are signed by such person and shall provide to the
relevant Issuer a confirmation of destruction in respect thereof
specifying the Notes so cancelled and destroyed.
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Unless otherwise agreed in writing
between the relevant Issuer and the Agent, each Note credited to
the Agent’s distribution account with Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg (or, in the case of Notes in CGN form, such
other applicable clearing agency) following the delivery of a
Temporary Global Note or Permanent Global Note, as the case may be,
to a common depositary or, as the case may be, a common safekeeper
pursuant to Subclause 3(1)(c), 3(1)(d), 4(1)(c) or 4(1)(d),
respectively, shall be held to the order of the relevant
Issuer. The Agent shall procure that the nominal amount
of Notes which the relevant Purchaser has agreed to purchase
is:
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debited from the Agent’s
distribution account; and
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credited to the securities account
of such Purchaser with Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or, in
the case of Notes in CGN form, such other clearing agency (as
specified in the Letter from Lead Manager/Dealer as provided for in
Annex C to the Procedures Memorandum set forth in Appendix D
hereto), in each case only upon receipt by the Agent on behalf of
the relevant Issuer of the purchase price due from the relevant
Purchaser in respect of such Notes.
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Unless otherwise agreed in writing
between the relevant Issuer and the Agent, if on the relevant Issue
Date a Purchaser does not pay the full purchase price due from it
in respect of any Note (the Defaulted Note ) and, as a
result, the Defaulted Note remains in the Agent’s
distribution account with Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg
(or, in the case of Notes in CGN form, such other applicable
clearing agency) after such Issue Date, the Agent will continue to
hold the Defaulted Note to the order of the relevant
Issuer. The Agent shall notify the relevant Issuer
forthwith of the failure of the Purchaser to pay the full purchase
price due from it in respect of any Defaulted Note and,
subsequently, shall notify the relevant Issuer forthwith upon
receipt from the Purchaser of the full purchase price in respect of
such Defaulted Note.
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Unless otherwise agreed in writing
between the relevant Issuer and the Agent, if the Agent pays an
amount (the Advance ) to the relevant Issuer on the basis
that a payment (the Payment ) will be received from a
Purchaser and if the Payment is not received by the Agent on the
date the Agent pays the relevant Issuer, the Agent shall notify the
relevant Issuer by facsimile that the Payment has not been received
and the relevant Issuer shall repay to the Agent the Advance and
shall pay interest on the Advance (or the unreimbursed portion
thereof) from (and including) the date such Advance is made to (but
excluding) the earlier of repayment of the Advance and receipt by
the Agent of the Payment (at a rate quoted at that time by the
Agent as its cost of funding the Advance provided that evidence of
the basis of such rate is given to the relevant Issuer).
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In the event of an issue of Notes
that are listed on a Stock Exchange, the Agent will promptly, and
in any event prior to the Issue Date in respect of such issue, send
the applicable Final Terms to the relevant Stock
Exchange.
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Execution in facsimile of any Notes
and any photostatic copying or other duplication of the master
Temporary Global Note or the master Permanent Global Note (in
unauthenticated form, but executed manually on behalf of
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relevant Issuer as stated above)
shall be binding upon the relevant Issuer in the same manner as if
such Notes were signed manually by such signatories.
8. PAYMENTS
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The Agent shall advise the relevant
Issuer, no later than ten Business Days (as defined in Subclause
8(2)) immediately preceding the date on which any payment is to be
made to the Agent pursuant to this Subclause 8(1), of the payment
amount, value date and payment instructions and the relevant Issuer
shall on each date on which any payment in respect of any Bearer
Notes becomes due, transfer to an account specified by the Agent
not later than (unless otherwise agreed between the relevant Issuer
and the Agent) the Payment Time such amount in the relevant
currency as shall be sufficient for the purposes of such payment in
funds settled through such payment system as the Agent and the
relevant Issuer may agree. As used in this Subclause
8(1), the term Payment Time means (unless otherwise agreed
between the relevant Issuer and the Agent) 2:00 p.m. local time in
the principal financial centre of the country of the currency in
which the payment falls is to be made (which in the case of payment
of euro is London). Unless otherwise provided in the applicable
Final Terms, the principal financial centre of any country for the
purposes of this Subclause 8(1) shall be as provided in the ISDA
Definitions on the Issue Date of such Series of Bearer Notes
(except if the Specified Currency is Australian dollars or New
Zealand dollars the principal financial centre shall be Sydney or
Auckland, respectively).
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The relevant Issuer shall ensure
that, no later than the third Business Day immediately preceding
the date on which any payment is to be made to the Agent pursuant
to Subclause 8(1), the Agent shall receive a confirmation from the
relevant Issuer that such payment will be made. For the
purposes of this Clause 8, Business Day has the meaning
given to it in Condition 4(b).
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The Agent shall ensure that payments
of both principal and interest in respect of Temporary Global Notes
will be made only to the extent that certificates of non-U.S.
beneficial ownership as required by U.S. Treasury regulations have
been received from Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg in
accordance with the terms thereof. The Agent shall retain each such
certification on behalf of the relevant Issuer, for four calendar
years following the year in which the certification is
received.
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The Agent shall pay interest on the
Notes only outside the United States and its possessions, within
the meaning of United States Treasury regulation section
1.163-5(c)(2)(v). No interest on Notes issued by TMCC
shall be paid into an account maintained by the payee in the United
States or mailed to an address in the United States unless
otherwise permitted in the Conditions.
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Subject to the Agent being satisfied
in its sole discretion that payment will be duly made as provided
in Subclause 8(1), the Agent or the relevant Paying Agent shall pay
or cause to be paid all amounts due in respect of the Bearer Notes
on behalf of the relevant Issuer in the manner provided in the
Conditions. If any payment provided for in Subclause
8(1) is made late but otherwise in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement, the Agent and each Paying Agent shall
nevertheless make payments in respect of the Bearer Notes as
aforesaid following receipt by it of such payment.
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If for any reason the Agent
considers in its sole discretion that the amounts to be received by
the Agent pursuant to Subclause 8(1) will be, or the amounts
actually received by it pursuant thereto are, insufficient to
satisfy all claims in respect of all payments then falling due in
respect of the Bearer Notes, the Agent shall then forthwith notify
the relevant Issuer of such insufficiency and, until such time as
the Agent has received the full amount of all such payments,
neither the Agent nor any Paying Agent shall be obliged to pay any
such claims.
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Without prejudice to Subclauses 8(5)
and 8(6), if the Agent pays any amounts to the holders of Bearer
Notes, Receipts or Coupons or to any Paying Agent at a time when it
has not received payment in full in respect of the relevant Bearer
Notes in accordance with Subclause 8(1) (the excess of the amounts
so paid over the amounts so received being the Shortfall ),
the relevant Issuer shall, in addition to paying amounts due under
Subclause 8(1), pay to the Agent on demand interest (at a rate
which represents the Agent’s actual overnight cost of funding
the Shortfall as evidenced to the relevant Issuer by the provision
of details of the calculation of the cost of funding) on the
Shortfall (or the unreimbursed portion thereof) from (and
including) the date such Shortfall is paid by the Agent to the
holders of the Bearer Notes, Receipts or Coupons or to any Paying
Agent to (but excluding) the date of receipt in full by the Agent
of the Shortfall. The Agent shall notify the relevant
Issuer by facsimile as soon as practicable, it being understood
that the relevant Issuer shall have the right to make such payment
subsequently with good value as of such Business Day.
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The Agent shall on demand promptly
reimburse each Paying Agent for payments in respect of Bearer Notes
properly made by such Paying Agent in accordance with this
Agreement and the Conditions unless the Agent has notified the
Paying Agent, prior to the opening of business in the location of
the office of the Paying Agent through which payment in respect of
the Bearer Notes can be made on the due date of a payment in
respect of the Bearer Notes, that the Agent does not expect to
receive sufficient funds to make payment of all amounts falling due
in respect of such Bearer Notes.
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Whilst any Bearer Notes are
represented by Temporary Global Notes or Permanent Global Notes,
all payments due in respect of such Notes shall be made to, or to
the order of, the holder of the Global Notes, subject to and in
accordance with the provisions of the Global Notes. On
the occasion of any such payment, (i) in the case of a CGN, the
Paying Agent to which the Global Note was presented for the purpose
of making such payment shall cause the relevant Schedule to the
Global Notes to be annotated so as to evidence the amounts and
dates of such payments of principal and/or interest as applicable
or (ii) in the case of any Global Note which is a New Global Note,
the Agent shall instruct Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg to
make appropriate entries in their records to reflect such
payment.
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If the amount of principal and/or
interest then due for payment is not paid in full (otherwise than
by reason of a deduction required by law to be made therefrom), (i)
the Paying Agent to which a Temporary Global Note or Permanent
Global Note is presented for the purpose of making such payment
shall, unless the Note is a New Global Note, make a record of such
shortfall on the relevant Schedule to the Global Note and such
record shall, in the
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absence of manifest error, be prima
facie evidence that the payment in question has not to that extent
been made or (ii) in the case of any Global Note which is a New
Global Note, the Agent shall instruct Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg to make appropriate entries in their records to reflect
such shortfall in payment.
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DETERMINATIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS
IN RESPECT OF NOTES
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The Agent shall make all such
determinations and calculations (howsoever described) as it is
required to do under the Conditions, all subject to and in
accordance with the Conditions provided that certain calculations
with respect to any Series of Notes may be made by an agent (the
Calculation Agent ) appointed by the relevant Issuer and
acceptable to the Agent. The Agent may decline to act in
the capacity described above in relation to a particular Series of
Notes if (i) the Agent does not have the capacity to determine the
rate of interest or redemption amount or any other calculation to
be made in relation to such Series of Notes and (ii) such decision
to decline is notified to the relevant Issuer by the Agent as soon
as reasonably practicable after receipt by the Agent of the terms
of such Series of Notes and, in any event, prior to the issue of
such Series of Notes.
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The Agent shall not be responsible
to any Issuer or to any third party (except in the event of
negligence, wilful default or bad faith) as a result of the Agent
having acted on any quotation given by any Reference Bank (as
referred to in Condition 4(b)(iv)(E)) which subsequently may be
found to be incorrect.
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The Agent shall promptly notify (and
confirm in writing to) the relevant Issuer, the other Paying
Agents, (in the case of Registered Notes) the Registrar and the
Transfer Agent and (in respect of a Series of Notes listed on a
Stock Exchange) the relevant Stock Exchange (or other relevant
authority) of, inter alia , each Rate of Interest, Interest
Amount and Interest Payment Date and all other amounts, rates and
dates which it is obliged to determine or calculate under the
Conditions as soon as practicable after the determination thereof
(and in any event no later than the tenth Business Day (as defined
in Clause 8) immediately preceding the date on which any payment is
to be made to the Agent pursuant to Subclause 8(1)) and of any
subsequent amendment thereto pursuant to the Conditions.
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The Agent shall use its best
endeavours to cause each Rate of Interest, Interest Amount and
Interest Payment Date and all other amounts, rates and dates which
it is obliged to determine or calculate under the Conditions (or
which is provided to the Agent by any other Calculation Agent
appointed by the relevant Issuer as provided in Subclause 9(1)) to
be published as required in accordance with the Conditions as soon
as possible after their determination or calculation.
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If the Agent does not at any
material time for any reason determine and/or calculate and/or
publish the Rate of Interest, Interest Amount and/or Interest
Payment Date in respect of any Interest Period or any other amount,
rate or date as provided in this Clause 9, it shall forthwith
notify the relevant Issuer, the other Paying Agents, (in the case
of Registered Notes) the Registrar and the Transfer Agent of such
fact.
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The Agent shall provide to the
Dealer or Dealers with respect to any Series of Notes certification
as to the completion of distribution of such Series of
Notes.
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For purposes of monitoring the
aggregate nominal amount of Notes (as “Notes” is
defined in the Programme Agreement) issued and outstanding (as
“outstanding” is defined in the Programme Agreement)
under the Programme, the Agent shall determine the euro equivalent
of the nominal amount of each issue of Notes (as
“Notes” is defined in the Programme Agreement)
denominated in a Specified Currency, other than euros as
follows:
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the EUR equivalent of Notes
denominated in a Specified Currency other than EUR shall be
determined by the Agent as of 2:30 p.m. London time on the Issue
Date for such Notes (save in the case of Notes issued prior to 28
September 2007 by TMCC under its U.S.$30,000,000,000 Euro
Medium-Term Note Program which remain outstanding where the EUR
equivalent of such Notes denominated in a Specified Currency other
than EUR was determined by the Agent as of 2.30 p.m. London time on
28 September 2007) by reference to the spot rate displayed on a
page on the relevant Reuters service or Dow Jones Markets Limited
or such other service as is agreed between the Agent and the
relevant Issuer from time to time;
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the EUR equivalent of Dual Currency
Notes and Index Linked Notes shall be determined in the manner
specified above in paragraph (a) by reference to the original
nominal amount of such Notes;
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the EUR equivalent of Zero Coupon
Notes and other Notes issued at a discount shall be determined in
the manner specified above in paragraph (a) by reference to the net
proceeds received by the relevant Issuer for the particular issue;
and
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the EUR equivalent of Partly Paid
Notes shall be the nominal amount of such Notes regardless of the
amount of purchase moneys paid up on such Notes.
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The Agent shall promptly notify the
relevant Issuer of each determination made as aforesaid.
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Without prejudice to Subclause 9(7),
determinations with regard to Index Linked Notes and Dual Currency
Notes shall otherwise be made by the Calculation Agent specified in
the applicable Final Terms in the manner specified in the
applicable Final Terms. Unless otherwise agreed between
the relevant Issuer and the relevant Purchaser or Purchasers of
such Notes, such determinations shall be made on the basis of a
Calculation Agency Agreement substantially in the form of Appendix
C hereto.
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10. NOTICE
OF ANY WITHHOLDING OR DEDUCTION
If any Issuer is, in respect of any
payments, compelled to withhold or deduct any amount for or on
account of taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges as
specifically contemplated under the Conditions, such Issuer shall
give notice thereof
to the Agent as soon as it becomes
aware of the requirement to make such withholding or deduction and
shall give to the Agent such information as it shall require to
enable it to comply with such requirement.
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DUTIES OF THE AGENT IN CONNECTION
WITH EARLY REDEMPTION
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If the relevant Issuer decides to
redeem any Notes for the time being outstanding prior to their
Maturity Date in accordance with the Conditions, the relevant
Issuer shall give notice of such decision to the Agent not less
than five days before the date of the notice required to be given
to the holders of the Notes under the Conditions or such shorter
period that is acceptable to the Agent.
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If only some of the Notes of the
same Series are to be redeemed on such date the Agent shall make
the required drawing in accordance with the Conditions but shall
give the relevant Issuer reasonable notice of the time and place
proposed for such drawing and the relevant Issuer shall be entitled
to send representatives to attend such drawing.
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The Agent shall publish the notice
required in connection with any such redemption and shall at the
same time also publish a separate list of serial numbers of any
Notes previously drawn and not presented for
redemption. Such notice shall specify the date fixed for
redemption, the redemption amount, the manner in which redemption
will be effected and, in the case of a partial redemption, the
serial numbers of the Notes to be redeemed. Such notice
will be published in accordance with the Conditions.
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12. PUBLICATION
OF NOTICES
On behalf of and at the request and
expense of the relevant Issuer, the Agent shall cause to be
published all notices required to be given by the relevant Issuer
in accordance with the Conditions. Forthwith upon the
receipt by the Agent of a demand or notice from any Noteholder in
accordance with the Conditions, the Agent shall forward a copy
thereof to the relevant Issuer.
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CANCELLATION, RESALE AND
REISSUANCE OF NOTES, RECEIPTS, COUPONS AND TALONS
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All Notes which are redeemed, all
Global Notes which are exchanged in full, all Receipts or Coupons
which are paid and all Talons which are exchanged shall be
cancelled by the Agent or Paying Agent by which they are redeemed,
paid or exchanged. In addition, all Notes which are
purchased or otherwise acquired pursuant to the Conditions by the
relevant Issuer, together (in the case of Definitive Bearer Notes)
with all unmatured Receipts, Coupons or Talons (if any) attached
thereto or purchased therewith, may, at the option of the relevant
Issuer where the Issuer is TMF, TFA or TMCC, either be (i) resold
or reissued, or held by the relevant Issuer for subsequent resale
or reissuance, or (ii) cancelled in which event such Notes,
Receipts and Coupons may not be resold or
reissued. Where the Issuer is TCCI, unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Final Terms, such Notes shall be
surrendered (in the case of Bearer Notes) to any Paying Agent or in
the case of Registered Notes, the Registrar or Transfer Agent for
cancellation. Where any Notes, Receipts, Coupons or
Talons are purchased and cancelled, resold or reissued, or held by
the relevant Issuer for subsequent resale or reissuance,
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as aforesaid, the relevant Issuer
shall procure that all relevant details are promptly given to the
Agent and that all Notes, Receipts, Coupons or Talons so cancelled
are delivered to the Agent.
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Upon the written request of the
relevant Issuer, a certificate stating:
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the aggregate nominal amount of
Notes which have been redeemed and the aggregate amount paid in
respect thereof;
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the number of Notes cancelled
together (in the case of Definitive Bearer Notes) with details of
all unmatured Receipts, Coupons or Talons (if any) attached thereto
or delivered therewith;
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the aggregate amount paid in respect
of interest on the Notes;
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the total number by maturity date of
Receipts, Coupons and Talons so cancelled; and
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in the case of Definitive Bearer
Notes, the serial numbers of such Notes,
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shall be given to the relevant
Issuer by the Agent as soon as reasonably practicable and in any
event within 30 days after the date of such repayment or, as the
case may be, payment or exchange.
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Subject to being duly notified in
due time, the Agent shall give a certificate to the relevant
Issuer, within three months of the date of purchase and
cancellation or purchase and subsequent resale or reissuance of
Notes as aforesaid, stating:
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the nominal amount of Notes so
purchased and cancelled, resold or reissued;
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in the case of Definitive Bearer
Notes, the serial numbers of such Notes; and
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the total number by maturity date of
the Receipts, Coupons and Talons (if any) appertaining thereto and
surrendered therewith or attached thereto.
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The Agent shall destroy all
cancelled Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons (unless otherwise
instructed by the relevant Issuer) and, forthwith upon destruction
and following the written request of the relevant Issuer, furnish
the relevant Issuer with a certificate of the serial numbers of the
Notes (in the case of Definitive Bearer Notes) and the number by
maturity date of Receipts, Coupons and Talons so
destroyed.
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Without prejudice to the obligations
of the Agent pursuant to Subclause 13(2), the Agent shall keep a
full and complete record of all Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons
(other than serial numbers of Coupons, except those which have been
replaced pursuant to Condition 10) and of all redeemed, cancelled
or replacement Notes, Receipts, Coupons or Talons (in the case of
Definitive Bearer Notes, with details of all unmatured Receipts,
Coupons or Talons (if any) attached thereto or delivered therewith)
including those issued
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in substitution for mutilated,
defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, Receipts, Coupons or
Talons and of all Notes, Receipts, Coupons or Talons which have
been resold or reissued. The Agent shall at all
reasonable times make such record available to the relevant Issuer
and any person authorised by the relevant Issuer for inspection and
for the taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom.
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All records and certificates made or
given pursuant to this Clause 13 and Clause 14 shall make a
distinction between Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons of each
Series.
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The Agent is authorised by the
relevant Issuer and instructed (a) in the case of any Global Note
which is a CGN, to endorse or to arrange for the endorsement of the
relevant Global Note to reflect the reduction in the nominal amount
represented by it by the amount so redeemed or purchased and
cancelled and (b) in the case of any Global Note which is a New
Global Note, to instruct Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg to
make appropriate entries in their records to reflect such
redemption or purchase and cancellation, as the case may be;
provided, that, in the case of a purchase or cancellation, the
relevant Issuer has notified the Agent of the same in accordance
with Subclause 13(1).
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ISSUE OF REPLACEMENT NOTES,
RECEIPTS, COUPONS AND TALONS
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The Issuers will cause a sufficient
quantity of additional forms of Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons
to be available, upon request, to the Agent at its specified office
for the purpose of issuing replacement Notes, Receipts, Coupons and
Talons as provided below.
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The Agent will, subject to and in
accordance with the Conditions and the following provisions of this
Clause 14, cause to be delivered any replacement Notes, Receipts,
Coupons and Talons which the relevant Issuer may determine to issue
in place of Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons which have been
lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed.
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In the case of a mutilated or
defaced Note, the Agent shall ensure that (unless otherwise covered
by such indemnity as the relevant Issuer may require) any
replacement Note will only have attached to it Receipts, Coupons
and Talons corresponding to those (if any) attached to the
mutilated or defaced Note which is presented for
replacement.
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The Agent shall not issue any
replacement Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon unless and until the
applicant therefor shall have:
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paid such reasonable costs as may be
incurred in connection therewith;
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furnished it with such evidence
(including evidence as to the serial number of such Note, Receipt,
Coupon or Talon) and indemnity or other security (which may include
a bank guarantee and/or security) or otherwise as the relevant
Issuer and the Agent may reasonably require; and
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in the case of any mutilated or
defaced Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon, surrendered the same to the
Agent.
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The Agent shall cancel any mutilated
or defaced Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons in respect of which
replacement Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons have been issued
pursuant to this Clause 14 and shall furnish the relevant Issuer
with a certificate stating the serial numbers of the Notes,
Receipts, Coupons and Talons so cancelled and, unless otherwise
instructed by the relevant Issuer in writing, shall destroy such
cancelled Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons and furnish the
relevant Issuer with a destruction certificate containing the
information specified in Subclause 13(4).
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The Agent shall, on issuing any
replacement Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon, forthwith inform the
relevant Issuer and the Paying Agents of the serial number of such
replacement Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon issued and (if known) of
the serial number of the Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon in place of
which such replacement Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon has been
issued. Whenever replacement Receipts, Coupons or Talons
are issued pursuant to the provisions of this Clause 14, the Agent
shall also notify the Paying Agents of the maturity dates of the
lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed Receipts, Coupons or
Talons and of the replacement Receipts, Coupons or Talons
issued.
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The Agent shall keep a full and
complete record of all replacement Notes, Receipts, Coupons and
Talons issued and shall make such record available at all
reasonable times to the relevant Issuer and any persons authorised
by the relevant Issuer for inspection and for the taking of copies
thereof or extracts therefrom.
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Whenever any Note, Receipt, Coupon
or Talon for which a replacement Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon has
been issued and in respect of which the serial number is known is
presented to the Agent or any of the Paying Agents for payment, the
Agent or, as the case may be, the relevant Paying Agent shall
immediately send notice thereof to the relevant Issuer and the
Agent.
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Notwithstanding any of the foregoing
in this Clause 14, no issue of replacement Notes, Receipts, Coupons
and Talons shall be made or delivered in the United
States.
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COPIES OF THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH
FINAL TERMS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION
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The Agent and the Paying Agents
shall, for as long as any Note remains outstanding, hold copies of
this Agreement, the Credit Support Agreements, the constitutional
documents of each Issuer, TFS and the Parent, the Prospectus dated
the date hereof and any supplement to or replacement thereof
produced from time to time, the forms of the temporary global,
permanent global and definitive Notes and each applicable Final
Terms in relation to a Series of listed Notes or Notes offered to
the public in the European Economic Area, available for
inspection. In addition, the Agent and the Paying Agents
shall hold and shall make available, free of charge, at their
specified offices copies of the latest annual and any interim
reports of the relevant Issuer and the Parent; provided, however,
that if a Paying Agent acts as a Paying Agent for only some of the
Series of Notes issued under the Programme, such Paying Agent
need
only hold the applicable Final Terms
for the Series of Notes for which it acts as Paying Agent (and any
documents specified in the applicable Final Terms) and the other
documents referenced in this Clause 15 shall be obtained by
Noteholders from the Agent or from Paying Agents that act as Paying
Agents for all Series of Notes issued under the
Programme. For this purpose, the Issuers shall furnish
the Agent and the Paying Agents with sufficient copies of the
documents they are required to hold.
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The Issuers severally agree to pay
to the Agent such fees and commissions as the Issuers and the Agent
may separately agree in respect of the services of the Agent and
the Paying Agents hereunder together with any out-of-pocket
expenses (including legal, printing, postage, tax, cable and
advertising expenses required in connection with the Notes issued
hereunder) properly incurred by the Agent and the Paying Agents in
connection with their said services.
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The Agent shall make payment of the
fees and commissions due hereunder to the Paying Agents and shall
reimburse their expenses promptly after the receipt of the relevant
moneys from the Issuers. None of the Issuers shall be
responsible for any such payment or reimbursement by the Agent to
the Paying Agents.
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17. INDEMNITY
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The Issuers shall severally
indemnify the Agent and each of the Paying Agents against any
direct losses, liabilities, costs, claims, actions, demands or
expenses (including, but not limited to, all reasonable costs,
charges and expenses paid or incurred in disputing or defending any
of the foregoing but excluding loss of profits) which it may incur
or which may be made against the Agent or any Paying Agent as a
result of or in connection with its appointment by the Issuers or
the exercise of its powers and duties hereunder except such as may
result from its own wilful default, negligence or bad faith or that
of its officers, directors or employees or the breach by it of the
terms of this Agreement. Such indemnity shall survive
the termination or expiry of this Agreement.
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The Agent and the Paying Agents
shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted hereunder
except for their own wilful default, negligence or bad faith or
that of their respective officers, directors or employees or the
breach by any of them of the terms of this Agreement. Neither the
Agent nor any Paying Agent shall be liable for any consequential
loss (being loss of business, goodwill, opportunity or profit)
suffered by any Issuer.
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Neither the Agent nor any of the
Paying Agents shall be responsible for the acts or failure to act
of any other of them and each of the Agent and the Paying Agents
shall severally indemnify each Issuer against any loss, liability,
cost, claim, action, demand or expense (including, but not limited
to, all reasonable costs, legal fees, charges and expenses paid or
incurred in disputing or defending any of the foregoing) which any
Issuer may incur or which may be made against it as a result of the
breach by the Agent or such Paying Agents of the terms of this
Agreement or its wilful default, negligence
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or bad faith or that of its
officers, directors or employees. Such indemnity shall
survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement.
18. REPAYMENT
BY THE AGENT
The Agent shall, forthwith on
demand, upon the relevant Issuer being discharged from its
obligation to make payments in respect of any Notes under the
relevant Conditions, and provided that there is no outstanding,
bona fide and proper claim in respect of any such payments, pay to
the relevant Issuer sums equivalent to any amounts paid to it by
the relevant Issuer in respect of such Notes.
19. CONDITIONS
OF APPOINTMENT
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The Agent shall be entitled to deal
with money paid to it by any Issuer for the purpose of this
Agreement in the same manner as other money paid to a banker by its
customers except:
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that it shall not exercise any right
of set-off, lien or similar claim in respect thereof;
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as provided in Subclause 19(2)
below; and
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that it shall not be liable to
account to any Issuer for any interest thereon except as otherwise
agreed between the relevant Issuer and the Agent.
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In acting hereunder and in
connection with the Notes, the Agent and the Paying Agents shall
act solely as agents of the Issuers and will not thereby assume any
obligations towards or relationship of agency or trust for or with
any of the owners or holders of the Notes, Receipts, Coupons or
Talons, except that all funds held by the Agent or the Paying
Agents for payment to the Noteholders shall be held in trust, to be
applied as set forth herein, but need not be segregated from other
funds except as required by law; provided, however, that moneys
paid by any Issuer to the Agent for the payment of principal or
interest on Notes remaining unclaimed at the end of five years
after such principal or interest shall become due and payable shall
be repaid to the relevant Issuer as provided and in the manner set
forth in the Notes whereupon all liability of the Agent with
respect thereto shall cease.
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The Agent and the Paying Agents
hereby undertake to the Issuers to perform such obligations and
duties, and shall be obliged to perform such duties and only such
duties, as are herein (including Appendix F hereto in the case of
the Agent), in the Conditions and in the Procedures Memorandum
specifically set forth, or are otherwise agreed to in writing by
the relevant Issuer, the Agent and the Paying Agents as applicable,
and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this
Agreement or the Notes against the Agent and the Paying Agents
other than the duty to act honestly and in good faith and to
exercise the diligence of a reasonably prudent agent in comparable
circumstances. Each of the Paying Agents (other than the
Agent) agrees that if any information that is required by the Agent
to perform the duties set out in Appendix F hereto becomes known to
it, it will promptly provide such information to the
Agent.
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The Agent may consult with legal and
other professional advisers and the opinion of such advisers shall
be full and complete protection in respect of any action taken,
omitted or suffered hereunder in good faith and in accordance with
the opinion of such advisers.
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Each of the Agent and the Paying
Agents shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in
respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered in reliance upon
any instruction, request or order from any of the Issuers or any
notice, resolution, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit,
statement, cable or other paper or document which it reasonably
believes to be genuine and to have been delivered, signed or sent
by the proper party or parties or upon written instructions from
any of the Issuers.
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Any of the Agent and the Paying
Agents and their officers, directors and employees may become the
owner of, or acquire any interest in, any Notes, Receipts, Coupons
or Talons with the same rights that it, he or she would have if the
Agent or the relevant Paying Agent, as the case may be, concerned
were not appointed hereunder, and may engage or be interested in
any financial or other transaction with any of the Issuers and may
act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or
body of holders of Notes or Coupons or in connection with any other
obligations of the Issuers as freely as if the Agent or the
relevant Paying Agent, as the case may be, were not appointed
hereunder.
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Each Issuer shall provide the Agent
with a certified copy of the list of persons authorised to execute
documents and take action on its behalf in connection with this
Agreement and shall notify the Agent promptly in writing if any of
such persons ceases to be so authorised or if any additional person
becomes so authorised together, in the case of an additional
authorised person, with evidence satisfactory to the Agent that
such person has been so authorised.
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The amount of the Programme may be
increased by the Issuers in accordance with the procedure set out
in the Programme Agreement. Upon any increase being
effected, all references in this Agreement to the amount of the
Programme shall be deemed to be references to the increased
amount.
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20. COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE PARTIES
A copy of all communications
relating to the subject matter of this Agreement between any Issuer
and any holders of Notes, Receipts or Coupons and any of the Paying
Agents shall be sent to the Agent by the relevant Paying Agent and
the Agent shall forthwith promptly deliver a copy of any such
communication to the relevant Issuer.
21. CHANGES
IN AGENT AND PAYING AGENTS
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Each Issuer agrees that, until no
Note is outstanding or until moneys for the payment of all amounts
in respect of all outstanding Notes have been made available to the
Agent and have been returned to the relevant Issuer as provided
herein (whichever is the later):
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so long as any Notes are admitted to
trading or listed on any Stock Exchange or other relevant
authority, there will at all times be a Paying Agent with a
specified office in such place as may be required
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by the rules and regulations of the
relevant Stock Exchange or other relevant authority;
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there will at all times be an Agent;
and
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there will at all times be a Paying
Agent in a Member State of the European Union that will not be
obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to the European Council
Directive 2003/48/EC or any law implementing or complying with or
introduced to conform to, such Directive.
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In addition, the Issuers shall
appoint a Paying Agent having a specified office in the United
States only in the circumstances described in the final paragraph
of Condition 5(d). Any variation, termination,
appointment or change shall only take effect (other than in the
case of insolvency, when it shall be of immediate effect) after not
less than 30 nor more than 45 days prior notice thereof shall have
been given to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition
16.
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The Agent may (subject as provided
in Subclause 21(4)) at any time resign as Agent by giving written
notice to the Issuers of such intention on its part, specifying the
date on which its desired resignation shall become effective;
provided that such date shall never be less than three months after
the receipt of such notice by the Issuers unless the Issuers agree
to accept less notice.
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The Agent may (subject as provided
in Subclause 21(4)) be removed at any time by the filing with it of
an instrument in writing signed on behalf of the Issuers specifying
such removal and the date when it shall become
effective.
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Any resignation under Subclause
21(2) or removal under Subclause 21(3) shall only take effect upon
the appointment by the Issuers of a successor Agent and (other than
in cases of insolvency of the Agent) on the expiry of the notice to
be given under Clause 23. If, by the day falling 10 days
before the expiry of any notice under Subclause 21(2), the Issuers
have not appointed a successor Agent, then the Agent shall be
entitled, on behalf of the Issuers, to appoint as a successor Agent
in its place such reputable financial institution of good standing
as it may reasonably determine to be capable of performing the
duties of the Agent hereunder.
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In case at any time the Agent and/or
any Paying Agent resigns, or is removed, or becomes incapable of
action or is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or files a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy or makes an assignment for the benefit of
its creditors or consents to the appointment of an administrator,
liquidator or administrative or other receiver of all or a
substantial part of its property, or if an administrator,
liquidator or administrative or other receiver of it or all or a
substantial part of its property is appointed, or it admits in
writing its inability to pay or meet its debts as they become due,
or if an order of any court is entered approving any petition filed
by or against it under the provisions of any applicable bankruptcy
or insolvency law or if any officer takes charge or control of it
or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
administration or liquidation, a successor Agent and/or Paying
Agent may be appointed by the Issuers by an instrument in writing
filed with the successor Agent and/or Paying Agent. Upon
the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Agent and/or Paying
Agent
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and acceptance by the latter of such
appointment and (other than in the case of insolvency of the Agent
and/or Paying Agent when it shall be of immediate effect) upon
expiry of the notice to be given under Clause 23, the Agent and/or
Paying Agent so superseded shall cease to be an Agent and/or a
Paying Agent hereunder.
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Subject to Subclause 21(1), the
Issuers may, after prior consultation with the Agent, terminate the
appointment of any of the other Paying Agents at any time and/or
appoint one or more further Paying Agents located outside the
United States (either for all Notes issued under the Programme or
with respect to a particular Series of Notes) by giving to the
Agent, and to the relevant Paying Agent, at least 45 days’
notice in writing to that effect, or such lesser notice as is
agreed to by the Agent, the Issuers and the relevant Paying Agent;
and any Issuer may, in respect of a particular Series of Notes
only, appoint one or more further Paying Agents which appointment
shall take effect on the date of such appointment.
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Subject to Subclause 21(1), all or
any of the Paying Agents (other than the Agent) may resign their
respective appointments hereunder at any time by giving the Issuers
and the Agent at least 45 days’ written notice to that
effect.
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Upon its resignation or removal
becoming effective, the Agent or the relevant Paying
Agent:
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shall, in the case of the Agent,
forthwith transfer all moneys held by it hereunder and the records
referred to in Subclauses 13(5) and 14(7) to the successor Agent
hereunder; and
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shall be entitled to the payment by
the Issuers of its commissions and fees for the services
theretofore rendered hereunder in accordance with the terms of
Clause 16 and to the reimbursement of all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses (including legal fees and together with any applicable
value added tax or similar tax thereon) incurred in connection
therewith.
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Upon its appointment becoming
effective, a successor Agent and any new Paying Agent shall,
without further act, deed or conveyance, become vested with all the
authority, rights, powers, trust, immunities, duties and
obligations of such predecessor with like effect as if originally
named as Agent or (as the case may be) a Paying Agent
hereunder.
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In the case of any Series of Notes
to be issued by TCCI in registered form TCCI has appointed a
registrar, transfer agent and paying agent pursuant to the Note
Agency Agreement.
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22. MERGER
AND CONSOLIDATION
Any corporation into which the Agent
or any Paying Agent may be merged, or any corporation with which
the Agent or any of the Paying Agents may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the
Agent or any of the Paying Agents shall be a party, or any
corporation to which the Agent or any of the Paying Agents shall
sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all the assets of
the Agent or any Paying Agent shall, on the date when such merger,
consolidation or transfer becomes effective and to the extent
permitted by any
applicable laws, become the
successor Agent or, as the case may be, Paying Agent under this
Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of the parties hereto, unless otherwise
required by the Issuers, and after the said effective date all
references in this Agreement to the Agent or, as the case may be,
such Paying Agent shall be deemed to be references to such
corporation. Written notice of any such merger,
consolidation or transfer shall forthwith be given to the Issuers
by the relevant Agent or Paying Agent.
23. NOTIFICATIONS
Following receipt of notice of
resignation from the Agent or any Paying Agent and forthwith upon
appointing a successor Agent or, as the case may be, further or
other Paying Agents for any Series of Notes outstanding prior to
the date of such appointment or on giving notice to terminate the
appointment of any Agent or, as the case may be, Paying Agent, the
relevant Issuer shall give or cause to be given not more than 45
days’ nor less than 30 days’ notice thereof to any
Noteholders affected by such termination or appointment in
accordance with the Conditions.
24. CHANGE
OF SPECIFIED OFFICE
The specified office of the Agent
shall be One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London
E14 5AL. If the Agent or any Paying Agent
determines to change its specified office, it shall give to the
Issuers and (if applicable) the Agent written notice of such
determination giving the address of the new specified office which
shall be in the same city and stating the date on which such change
is to take effect, which shall not be less than 45 days
thereafter. The Agent (on behalf of the Issuers) shall
within 15 days of receipt of such notice (unless the appointment of
the Agent or the relevant Paying Agent, as the case may be, is to
terminate pursuant to Clause 21 on or prior to the date of such
change) give or cause to be given not more than 45 days’ nor
less than 30 days’ notice thereof to the Noteholders in
accordance with the Conditions; provided, however, that if a Paying
Agent acts as Paying Agent for only some of the Series of Notes
under the Programme, notice need be given only to holders of the
Notes of those Series in relation to which the Paying Agent acts as
Paying Agent.
25. NOTICES
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Any notice or communication given
hereunder shall be sufficiently given or served:
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if delivered in person to the
relevant address specified on the signature pages hereof (or to
such other address as is specified in writing and delivered to the
relevant parties to this Agreement) and, if so delivered, shall be
deemed to have been delivered at time of receipt; or
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if sent by facsimile to the relevant
number specified on the signature pages hereof (or to such other
facsimile number as is specified in writing and delivered to the
relevant parties to this Agreement) and, if so sent, shall be
deemed to have been delivered upon transmission provided such
transmission is confirmed when an acknowledgment of receipt is
received.
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A copy of any notice served in
accordance with Subclause 25(1) shall be given to the Parent and
TFS at:
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Aichi Prefecture 450-8711
Attention: Group
Manager of Affiliated Companies Finance Division
Toyota Financial Services
Corporation
Aichi Prefecture 451-6015
Attention: Group
Vice President of Risk Management
26. TAXES
AND STAMP DUTIES
The Issuers agree to pay any and all
stamp and other documentary taxes or duties (other than any
interest or penalties arising as a result of a failure by any other
person to account promptly to the relevant authorities for any such
duties or taxes after such person shall have received from the
relevant Issuer the full amount payable in respect thereof) which
may be payable in connection with the execution, delivery,
performance and enforcement of this Agreement.
27. CURRENCY
INDEMNITY
If, under any applicable law and
whether pursuant to a judgment being made or registered against any
Issuer or in the liquidation, insolvency or analogous process of
any Issuer or for any other reason, any payment under or in
connection with this Agreement is made or is to be satisfied in a
currency (the other currency ) other than that in which the
relevant payment is expressed to be due (the required
currency ) under this Agreement, then, to the extent that the
payment (when converted into the required currency at the rate of
exchange on the date of payment or, if it is not practicable for
the Agent or the relevant Paying Agent to purchase the required
currency with the other currency on the date of payment, at the
rate of exchange as soon thereafter as it is practicable for it to
do so or, in the case of a liquidation, insolvency or analogous
process at the rate of exchange on the latest date permitted by
applicable law for the determination of liabilities in such
liquidation, insolvency or analogous process) actually received by
the Agent or the relevant Paying Agent falls short of the amount
due under the terms of this Agreement, such Issuer undertakes that
it shall, as a separate and independent obligation, indemnify and
hold harmless the Agent and the relevant Paying Agent against the
amount of such shortfall. For the purpose of this Clause
27, rate of exchange means the rate at which the Agent or
the relevant Paying Agent is able on the London foreign exchange
market on the relevant
date to purchase the required
currency with the other currency and shall take into account any
premium and other costs of exchange.
28. AMENDMENTS:
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS
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Provisions for meetings of holders
of Registered Notes and amendment of the Note Agency Agreement are
set out in the Note Agency Agreement. This Clause 28
applies to Bearer Notes and any reference in this Clause 28 to
“Notes” is to Bearer Notes.
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This Agreement, the Notes and any
Receipts and Coupons attached to the Notes may be amended by the
Issuers or the relevant Issuer, as the case may be, and the Agent,
without the consent of the holder of any Note, Receipt or Coupon
(a) for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing,
correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained
herein or therein, or to evidence the succession of another
corporation to the relevant Issuer as provided in Condition 13 or
provide for substitution of the relevant Issuer as provided in
Condition 14, (b) to make any further modifications of the terms of
this Agreement necessary or desirable to allow for the issuance of
any additional Notes (which modifications shall not be materially
adverse to holders of outstanding Notes), or (c) in any manner
which the Issuers or the relevant Issuer, as the case may be, and
the Agent may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not
materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of the
Notes, Receipts and Coupons. In addition, with the
written consent of holders of a majority in aggregate nominal
amount of the Notes then outstanding affected thereby, or by
resolution adopted by the holders of a majority in aggregate
nominal amount of Notes then outstanding present or represented at
a meeting of the holders of the Notes affected thereby at which a
quorum is present (provided that such resolution shall be approved
by the holders of not less than 25 per cent. of the aggregate
nominal amount of Notes then outstanding affected thereby), this
Agreement or the terms and conditions of the Notes, Receipts and
Coupons may be modified or amended by the parties hereto or
thereto, and future compliance and past defaults waived, in each
case as provided in Conditions 9 and 15 and subject to the
limitations therein provided (including that no such agreement
shall, without the consent or the affirmative vote of the holder of
each Note affected thereby, (i) change the stated maturity of
the principal of or any instalment of interest on any Note,
(ii) reduce the nominal amount of or interest on any Note,
(iii) change the obligation of the Issuer to pay Additional
Amounts as provided in Condition 7, (iv) reduce the percentage
in nominal amount of outstanding Notes the consent of the holders
of which is necessary to modify or amend this Agreement or the
terms and conditions of the Notes or to waive any future compliance
or past default, or (v) reduce the percentage in nominal
amount of outstanding Notes the consent of the holders of which is
required at any meeting of holders of Notes at which a resolution
is adopted).
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A meeting of holders of Notes may be
called by the holders of at least 10 per cent. in nominal amount of
the outstanding Notes of the relevant Series at any time and from
time to time to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorisation, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Agreement or the Notes to be made, given or taken
by holders of Notes.
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The Agent may at any time call a
meeting of holders of Notes of any Series for any purpose specified
in Subclause 28(2) to be held at such time and at
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such place in the City of New York
or in London, as the Agent and the relevant Issuer shall
determine. Notice of every meeting of holders of Notes,
setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general
terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be
given by the Agent to the relevant Issuer and to the holders of the
Notes, in the same manner as provided in Condition 16, not less
than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the
meeting. In the case at any time the relevant Issuer or
the holders of at least 10 per cent. in nominal amount of the
outstanding Notes shall have requested the Agent to call a meeting
of the holders to take any action authorised in Subclause 28(2), by
written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action
proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Agent shall not have
given notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such
request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be
held as provided herein, then the relevant Issuer, or the holders
of Notes in the amount above-specified, as the case may be, may
determine the time and the place in the City of New York or London
for such meeting and may call such meeting by giving notice thereof
as provided in this Subclause 28(4).
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To be entitled to vote at any
meeting of holders of Notes, a person shall be a holder of
outstanding Notes at the time of such meeting, or a person
appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for such
holder.
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The quorum at any meeting called to
adopt a resolution will be persons holding or representing a
majority in aggregate nominal amount of the Notes then outstanding
affected thereby. In the absence of a quorum, within 30 minutes of
the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting may be
adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by
the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such
adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned
for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman
of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned
meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned
meeting shall be given as provided in Subclause 28(4) except that
such notice need be given not less than five days prior to the date
on which the meeting is scheduled to be
reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned
meeting shall state expressly the percentage of the nominal amount
of the outstanding Notes which shall constitute a
quorum.
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The quorum at any adjourned meeting
will be one or more persons holding or representing 25 per
cent. in aggregate nominal amount of such Notes then outstanding
affected thereby. Any meeting of holders of Notes at which a quorum
is present may be adjourned from time to time by vote of a majority
in nominal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at the
meeting, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without
further notice. At a meeting or an adjourned meeting
duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid, any
resolution and all matters shall be effectively passed and decided
if passed or decided by the persons entitled to vote a majority in
nominal amount of the outstanding Notes represented and voting at
such meeting, provided that such amount approving such resolution
shall be not less than 25 per cent. in nominal amount of the
outstanding Notes.
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Any modifications, amendments or
waivers under this Clause 28 to this Agreement or to the terms and
conditions of the Notes, Receipts and Coupons
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will be conclusive and binding on
all holders of Notes, Receipts and Coupons, whether or not they
have given such consent or were present at any meeting, and whether
or not notation of such modifications, amendments or waivers is
made upon the Notes, Receipts and Coupons. It shall not
be necessary for the consent of the holders of Notes under
Condition 15 to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve
the substance thereof.
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Notes authenticated and delivered
after the execution of any amendment under this Clause 28 to this
Agreement, the Notes, Receipts or Coupons may bear a notation in
form approved by the Agent as to any matter provided for in such
amendment to this Agreement. New Notes so modified as to conform,
in the opinion of the Agent and the relevant Issuer, to any
modification contained in any such amendment may be prepared by the
relevant Issuer, authenticated by the Agent and delivered in
exchange for the Notes then outstanding affected
thereby.
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The Agent may make such reasonable
regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of holders of
Notes in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the
appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties
of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies,
certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such
other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall
deem appropriate. The Agent shall, by an instrument in
writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the
meeting shall have been called by the relevant Issuer or holders of
Notes as provided above, in which case the relevant Issuer or the
holders of Notes calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in
like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent
chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected
by vote of the persons entitled to vote a majority in nominal
amount of the outstanding Notes represented at the
meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right
to vote, except as a holder of Notes or proxy. A record,
at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of
holders of Notes shall be prepared, and one such copy shall be
delivered to the relevant Issuer and another to the Agent to be
preserved by the Agent.
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29. CALCULATION
AGENCY AGREEMENT
A form of calculation agency
agreement is set out in Appendix C hereto. Where the
Conditions require functions to be carried out by a Calculation
Agent other than the Agent, the relevant Issuer may execute such an
agreement or an agreement in such other form as such Issuer and the
Calculation Agent may agree.
30. REDENOMINATION
AND EXCHANGE
Where redenomination (
Redenomination ) is specified in the applicable Final Terms
as being applicable, and unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Final Terms, the relevant Issuer may, without the
consent of any Noteholder, Receiptholder or Couponholder, on giving
prior notice to Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg and the Agent
or, in the case of Registered Notes, the Registrar and at least 30
days’ prior notice to Noteholders as provided in Condition
16, designate a Redenomination Date. With effect from
the
Redenomination Date, notwithstanding
the other provisions of the Conditions:
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the Notes and Receipts shall (unless
already so provided by mandatory provisions of applicable law) be
deemed to be redenominated in euro in the denomination of euro 0.01
with a nominal amount for each Note and Receipt equal to the
nominal amount of the Note or Receipt in the original Specified
Currency, converted into euro at the Established Rate, and the
Specified Currency shall be deemed to be Euro; provided that, if
the relevant Issuer determines, after consultation with the Agent
or, in the case of Registered Notes, the Registrar, that the then
market practice in respect of the redenomination into euro of
internationally offered securities is different from the provisions
specified above in this Subclause 30(1)(a) or in the applicable
Final Terms, such provisions shall be deemed to be amended so as to
comply with such market practice and the relevant Issuer shall
promptly notify the Noteholders, the stock exchange (if any) on
which the Notes may be listed and the Agent and Paying Agent(s) or,
in the case of Registered Notes, the Registrar of such deemed
amendments;
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if Definitive Notes are required to
be issued after the Redenomination Date, they shall be issued at
the expense of the relevant Issuer in the denominations of euro
1,000, euro 10,000 and euro 100,000 and (but only to the extent of
any remaining amounts less than euro 1,000 or such smaller
denominations as the Agent or, in the case of Registered Notes, the
Registrar may approve) euro 0.01 and such other denominations as
the relevant Issuer, after consultation with the Agent or, in the
case of Registered Notes, the Registrar, shall determine and notify
to Noteholders;
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if Definitive Notes have been
issued, all unmatured Coupons and Receipts denominated in the
original Specified Currency (whether or not attached to the Notes)
will become void and no payments will be made in respect of them
with effect from the date on which the relevant Issuer gives notice
(the Exchange Notice ) that Euro-denominated Notes, Receipts
and Coupons are available for exchange (provided that such
securities are so available). New certificates in
respect of Euro-denominated Notes, Receipts and Coupons will be
issued in exchange for Notes, Receipts and Coupons in the original
Specified Currency in such manner as the relevant Issuer, after
consultation with the Agent or, in the case of Registered Notes,
the Registrar, may specify and shall be notified to Noteholders in
the Exchange Notice. No Exchange Notice may be given
less than 15 days prior to any date for payment of principal or
interest on the Notes;
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after the Redenomination Date, all
payments in respect of the Notes, the Receipts and the Coupons
(other than, unless the Redenomination Date is on or after such
date as the original Specified Currency ceases to be a subdivision
of the euro, payments of interest in respect of periods commencing
before the Redenomination Date) will be made solely in euro as
though references in the Notes, the Receipts and the
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Coupons to the Specified Currency
were to euro. Such payments will be made in euro by
credit or transfer to a euro account (or any other account to which
euro may be credited or transferred) specified by the payee or by
cheque; provided, however, that a cheque may not be delivered to an
address in, and an amount may not be transferred to an account at a
bank located in, the United States of America or its possessions
except as provided in Condition 5(d);
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after the Redenomination Date,
Business Day in relation to any sum payable in euro shall
mean a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets
settle payments and are open for general business (including
dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in
London and a day on which the TARGET2 system is
open. After the Redenomination Date, Payment Day
shall mean (A) a Business Day as defined herein and (B) a
day on which commercial banks are open for general business
(including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency
deposits) in the relevant place of presentation;
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if Definitive Notes have been
issued, after the Redenomination Date, the amount of interest due
in respect of Notes will be calculated by reference to the
aggregate nominal amount of Notes presented (or, as the case may
be, in respect of which Receipts or Coupons are presented) for
payment by the relevant holder and the amount of such payment shall
be rounded down to the nearest euro 0.01. If the Notes
are in global form, after the Redenomination Date, the amount of
interest due in respect of Notes represented by the Global Note
will be calculated by reference to the aggregate nominal amount of
such Notes and the amount of such payment shall be rounded down to
the nearest euro 0.01; and
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the applicable Final Terms will
specify any relevant changes to the provisions relating to
interest, including without limitation, any change to the
applicable Day Count Fraction and Business Day
Convention.
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Where exchange ( Exchange )
is specified in the applicable Final Terms as being applicable, and
unless otherwise specified in the applicable Final Terms, the
relevant Issuer may, without the consent of any Noteholder,
Receiptholder or Couponholder, on giving prior notice to Euroclear,
Clearstream, Luxembourg and the Agent or, in the case of Registered
Notes, the Registrar and at least 30 days’ prior notice to
the Noteholders as provided in Condition 16, elect that, with
effect from the Redenomination Date specified in the notice, the
Notes shall be exchangeable for Notes expressed to be denominated
in euro in accordance with such arrangements as the relevant Issuer
may decide, after consultation with the Agent or, in the case of
Registered Notes, the Registrar, and as may be specified in the
notice, including arrangements under which Receipts and Coupons
(which expression shall for this purpose include Coupons to be
issued on an exchange of matured Talons) unmatured at the date so
specified become void.
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Amendments and
Modifications
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The applicable Final Terms in
relation to any Notes may specify other terms and conditions which
shall, to the extent so specified or to the extent inconsistent
with the provisions herein, replace or modify the provisions for
the purpose of such Notes. In addition, the relevant
Issuer and the Agent or, in the case of Registered Notes, the
Registrar may make any changes, without the consent of, but with
notification to (in accordance with Condition 16 and this Clause
30), any Noteholder, Receiptholder or Couponholder, to this
Agreement necessary to implement the provisions of Condition 18 and
this Clause 30.
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Clause 30, if the relevant Issuer
determines, after consultation with the Agent or, in the case of
Registered Notes, the Registrar, that the then market practice in
respect of the redenomination into euro of internationally offered
securities or euro-denominated internationally offered securities
is different from that specified in this Clause 30, the relevant
Issuer may (but shall not be required to) amend the provisions of
this Clause 30 and any provision of the Conditions, as applicable,
so as to comply with such market practice, and the relevant Issuer
shall promptly notify Noteholders, the stock exchange (if any) on
which the Notes may be listed, the Paying Agents and the Agent or,
in the case of the Registered Notes, the Registrar of such deemed
amendments. Such changes will not take effect until
after they have been notified to Noteholders in accordance with
Condition 16 and this Clause 30.
31. DEED
POLL
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If any Global Bearer Note becomes
void in accordance with its terms, the relevant Issuer covenants
with each Relevant Account Holder (other than any Relevant Account
Holder which is an account holder of any other Relevant Clearing
System) that each Relevant Account Holder shall automatically
acquire at the Relevant Time, without the need for any further
action on behalf of any person, against the relevant Issuer all
those rights which the Relevant Account Holder would have had if at
the Relevant Time it held and beneficially owned executed and
authenticated Definitive Bearer Notes in respect of each Underlying
Note (as defined in the definition of “Global Bearer
Note”) represented by the Global Bearer Note which the
Relevant Account Holder has credited to its securities account with
the Relevant Clearing System at the Relevant Time. The
relevant Issuer’s obligation under this Clause 31 shall be a
separate and independent obligation by reference to each Underlying
Note which a Relevant Account Holder has credited to its securities
account with the Relevant Clearing System and the relevant Issuer
agrees that a Relevant Account Holder may assign its rights under
this Clause 31 in whole or in part.
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The records of the Relevant Clearing
System shall be conclusive evidence of the identity of the Relevant
Account Holders and the number of Underlying Notes credited to the
securities account of each Relevant Account Holder. For these
purposes a statement issued by the Relevant Clearing System
stating:
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the name of the Relevant Account
Holder to which the statement is issued; and
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the aggregate nominal amount of
Underlying Notes credited to the securities account of the Relevant
Account Holder as at the opening of business on the first day
following the Relevant Time on which the Relevant Clearing System
is open for business,
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shall be conclusive evidence of the
records of the Relevant Clearing System at the Relevant
Time.
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In the event of a dispute, the
determination of the Relevant Time by the Relevant Clearing System
shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and conclusive
for all purposes in connection with the Relevant Account Holders
with securities accounts with the Relevant Clearing
System.
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The relevant Issuer undertakes in
favour of each Relevant Account Holder that, in relation to any
payment to be made by it under this Clause 31, it will comply with
the provisions of Condition 7 to the extent that they apply to any
payments in respect of Underlying Notes as if those provisions had
been set out in full in this Clause 31.
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The relevant Issuer will pay any
stamp and other duties and taxes, including interest and penalties,
payable on or in connection with the execution of this Agreement
and any action taken by any Relevant Account Holder to enforce the
provisions of this Clause 31.
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This Clause 31 and Clause 34 shall
take effect as a Deed Poll for the benefit of the Relevant Account
Holders from time to time. This Agreement shall be
deposited with and held by the common depositary for Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg (being at that date of this Agreement the
Agent) until all the obligations of each Issuer under this Clause
31 have been discharged in full.
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Each Issuer acknowledges the right
of every Relevant Account Holder to the production of, and the
right of every Relevant Account Holder to obtain (upon payment of a
reasonable charge) a copy of, this Agreement, and further
acknowledges and covenants that the obligations binding upon it
contained in this Clause 31 are owed to, and shall be for the
account of, each and every Relevant Account Holder, and that each
Relevant Account Holder shall be entitled severally to enforce
those obligations against the relevant Issuer.
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32. DESCRIPTIVE
HEADINGS
The descriptive headings in this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not
define or limit the provisions hereof.
33. CONTRACTS
(RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
Save for Clause 31, this Agreement
confers no right on a person who is not a party to this Agreement
by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to
enforce any term of this Agreement, but this does not affect any
right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart
from that Act.
34. GOVERNING
LAW
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This Agreement and any
non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with
this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of England.
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Each Issuer hereby irrevocably
agrees for the exclusive benefit of the Agent, the Paying Agents
and the Relevant Account Holders that the courts of England are to
have jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or
in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to
any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection
with this Agreement) and that accordingly any suit, action or
proceedings (together referred to as Proceedings ) arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement (including any
Proceedings relating to any non-contractual obligations arising out
of or in connection with this Agreement) may be brought in such
courts. Each Issuer hereby irrevocably waives any
objection which it may have to the laying of the venue of any
Proceedings in any such courts and any claim that any such
Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum and hereby
further irrevocably agrees that a judgment in any Proceedings
brought in the English courts shall be conclusive and binding upon
each Issuer and may be enforced in the courts of any other
jurisdiction. Nothing contained herein shall limit any
right to take Proceedings against any Issuer in any other court of
competent jurisdiction, nor shall the taking of Proceedings in one
or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any
other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not. Each
Issuer hereby appoints Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC of Great
Burgh, Burgh Heath, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5UZ as its agent for service
of process and agrees that, in the event of Toyota Financial
Services (UK) PLC ceasing so to act or ceasing to be registered in
England, it will appoint another person as its agent for service of
process in England in respect of any Proceedings.
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If TMF is represented by an attorney
or attorneys in connection with the signing and/or execution and/or
delivery of this Agreement or any agreement, deed or document
referred to herein or made pursuant hereto and the relevant power
or powers of attorney is or are expressed to be governed by the
laws of the Netherlands, it is hereby expressly acknowledged and
accepted by the other parties hereto that such laws shall govern
the existence and extent of such attorney's or attorneys' authority
and the effects of the exercise thereof.
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35. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, and by each party on separate
counterparts. Each counterpart is an original, but all
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument. Delivery of a counterpart of this Agreement
by e-mail attachment or telecopy shall be an effective mode of
delivery.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , TMF, TCCI, TFA and TMCC have executed this
Agreement as a deed, and the Agent has executed this Agreement, as
of the date first above written.
SIGNED, SEALED AND
DELIVERED
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being duly authorised attorney of
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(NETHERLANDS) B.V.
with the
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intention that this instrument takes
effect
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as TMF’s deed in the presence
of:
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TOYOTA MOTOR FINANCE
(NETHERLANDS) B.V.
Atrium, Strawinskylaan
3105
1077 ZX Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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31 20 502 5310
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Telefax:
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31 20 502 5319
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Attention:
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Managing Director
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SIGNED, SEALED AND
DELIVERED
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being duly authorised attorney
of
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TOYOTA CREDIT CANADA
INC.
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with the intention that this
instrument takes
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effect as TCCI’s deed in the
presence of:
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TOYOTA CREDIT CANADA
INC.
80 Micro Court, Suite 200
Markham
Ontario L3R 9Z5
Canada
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905 513 8200
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Telefax:
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905 513 8335
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Attention:
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President
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SIGNED, SEALED AND
DELIVERED
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being duly authorised attorney
of
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LIMITED with the intention that this
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instrument takes effect as
TFA’s deed
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) Signed under
Power of Attorney
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TOYOTA FINANCE AUSTRALIA
LIMITED
Level 9, 207 Pacific
Highway
St Leonards NSW 2065
Australia
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61 2 9430 0000
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61 2 9430 0913
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Attention:
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Treasurer
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SIGNED, SEALED AND
DELIVERED
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by the undersigned being
duly
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CORPORATION
with the intention that
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this instrument takes effect as
TMCC’s
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GEORGE BORST
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By:
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George Borst
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Title:
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President & CEO
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TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT
CORPORATION
19001 South Western Avenue,
EF12
Torrance
California 90501
USA
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Telephone:
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(310) 468-4001
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(310) 468-6194
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Attention:
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Group Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Global Treasurer
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON
One Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London E14 5AL
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Telephone:
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+44 (0) 207 964 8768/4875
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+44 (0) 207 964 2536
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Attention:
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Corporate Trust
Administration
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MICHAEL LEE
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Michael Lee
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APPENDIX A
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
NOTES
This Note is one of a Series (as defined below)
of Notes issued subject to, and with the benefit of, an amended and
restated Agency Agreement dated 17 September 2010 (the “
Agency Agreement ”) and made between Toyota Motor
Finance (Netherlands) B.V., Toyota Credit Canada Inc., Toyota
Finance Australia Limited and Toyota Motor Credit Corporation as
Issuers and The Bank of New York Mellon, as the issuing agent and
(unless specified otherwise in the applicable Final Terms)
principal paying agent and (unless specified otherwise in the
applicable Final Terms) as calculation agent (the “
Agent ”, which expression shall include any successor
agent or other Calculation Agent specified in the applicable Final
Terms and the “ Paying Agent ”, which expression
shall include any additional or successor paying
agents). Notes in registered form issued by Toyota
Credit Canada Inc. (“ Registered Notes ”) are
also issued subject to, and with the benefit of, an amended and
restated Note Agency Agreement dated 17 September 2010 (the “
Note Agency Agreement ”) and made between Toyota
Credit Canada Inc. as Issuer, Royal Bank of Canada as registrar and
transfer agent (the “ Registrar ”, which
expression shall include any successor registrar) and Royal Bank of
Canada, London branch as transfer agent and paying agent (the
“ Transfer Agent ”, which expression shall
include any additional or successor transfer agent or paying agent
appointed for Registered Notes).
References in these Terms and Conditions to the
“ Notes ” shall be references to the Notes of
this Series and shall mean (i) in relation to any Notes represented
by a global Note, units of the lowest Specified Denomination in the
Specified Currency of the relevant Notes, (ii) definitive Notes
issued in exchange (or part exchange) for a temporary or permanent
global Note or global registered Note and (iii) any global
Note.
Interest bearing definitive Notes in bearer form
will (unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Final Terms)
have interest coupons (“ Coupons ”) and, if
indicated in the applicable Final Terms, talons for further Coupons
(“ Talons ”) attached on issue. Any reference
herein to Coupons or coupons shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, be deemed to include a reference to Talons. Definitive
Notes repayable in instalments have receipts (“
Receipts ”) for the payment of the instalments of
principal (other than the final instalment) attached on
issue.
The Notes, the Receipts and the Coupons have the
benefit of certain Credit Support Agreements governed by Japanese
law, one between Toyota Motor Corporation (the “
Parent ”) and Toyota Financial Services Corporation
(“ TFS ”) dated 14 July 2000 as supplemented by
a Supplemental Credit Support Agreement dated 14 July 2000 and a
Supplemental Credit Support Agreement No. 2 dated 2 October 2000
(collectively, the “ TMC Credit Support Agreement
”) and others between TFS and each of Toyota Motor Finance
(Netherlands) B.V., Toyota Credit Canada Inc. and Toyota Finance
Australia Limited dated 7 August 2000 and Toyota Motor Credit
Corporation dated 1 October 2000 (each a “ Credit Support
Agreement ” and together with the TMC Credit Support
Agreement the “ Credit Support Agreements
”). The Credit Support Agreements do not
constitute a direct or indirect guarantee by the Parent or TFS of
the Notes. The Parent’s obligations under its
Credit Support Agreement and the obligations of TFS under its
Credit Support Agreements, rank pari passu with its direct,
unconditional, unsubordinated and unsecured debt
obligations.
The Final Terms applicable to the Notes is
attached hereto or endorsed hereon and supplements these Terms and
Conditions and may specify other terms and conditions which shall,
to the extent so specified or to the extent inconsistent with these
Terms and Conditions, replace or modify these Terms and Conditions
for the purposes of the Notes. References
herein to the “ applicable
Final Terms ” shall mean the Final Terms attached hereto
or endorsed hereon.
As used herein, “ Series ”
means each original issue of Notes together with any further issues
expressed to form a single series with the original issue and the
terms of which (save for the Issue Date, the amount and the date of
the first payment of interest thereon and/or the Issue Price (as
indicated in the applicable Final Terms)) are identical (including
the Maturity Date, Interest Basis, Redemption/Payment Basis and
Interest Payment Dates (if any) and whether or not the Notes are
admitted to trading) and expressions “ Notes of the
relevant Series ” and related expressions shall be
construed accordingly. As used herein, “ Tranche
” means all Notes of the same Series with the same Issue Date
and Interest Commencement Date (if applicable).
Copies of the Agency Agreement (which contains
the form of the Final Terms), the Prospectus dated 17 September
2010, the Credit Support Agreements and (if the Notes are offered
to the public in a Member State of the European Union, Iceland,
Norway or Liechtenstein or admitted to trading on a regulated
market within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive) the Final
Terms applicable to the Notes are available free of charge and
available for inspection at the specified offices of the
Agent. Copies of the Note Agency Agreement (if the Notes
are Registered Notes) are available free of charge and available
for inspection by the holders of Registered Notes at the specified
offices of the Registrar and the Transfer Agent. The holders of the
Notes (the “ Noteholders ”), which expression
shall, in relation to any Notes represented by a global Note, be
construed as provided in Condition 1, the holder of the Coupons
(the “ Couponholders ”) and holders of Receipts
(the “ Receiptholders ”) are deemed to have
notice of the Agency Agreement and the applicable Final Terms,
which are binding on them. The holders of Registered
Notes are deemed to have notice of the Note Agency Agreement, which
is binding on them.
Words and expressions defined in the Agency
Agreement or (if the Note is a Registered Note) in the Note Agency
Agreement or used in the applicable Final Terms shall have the same
meanings where used in these Terms and Conditions unless the
context otherwise requires or unless otherwise stated. In the event
of inconsistency between the Agency Agreement, (if the Note is a
Registered Note) the Note Agency Agreement or the applicable Final
Terms, the applicable Final Terms will prevail.
1. Form,
Denomination and Title
The Notes may be issued in bearer form (“
Bearer Notes ”) or, in respect of Notes issued by
Toyota Credit Canada Inc., in bearer or registered form as set out
in the applicable Final Terms and, in the case of definitive Bearer
Notes, serially numbered, in the Specified Currency (or Specified
Currencies in the case of Dual Currency Notes) and in the Specified
Denomination(s), all as specified in the applicable Final
Terms.
Bearer Notes may not be exchanged
for Registered Notes and vice versa .
The Note may be a Note bearing interest on a
fixed rate basis (“ Fixed Rate Note ”), a Note
bearing interest on a floating rate basis (“ Floating Rate
Note ”), a Note issued on a non-interest bearing basis
(“ Zero Coupon Note ”), a Note with respect to
which interest is calculated by reference to an index, index basket
and/or a formula (“ Index Linked Interest Note
”), a Note with respect to which interest is calculated by
reference to certain parameters (“ Range Accrual Note
”) or any combination of the foregoing, depending upon the
interest basis specified in the applicable Final Terms. The Note
may be a Note with respect to which principal is calculated by
reference to an index or index basket and/or a formula (“
Index Linked Redemption Note ”), a Note redeemable in
instalments (“ Instalment Note ”), a Note with
respect
to which principal and/or interest
is payable in one or more Specified Currencies other than the
Specified Currency in which it is denominated (“ Dual
Currency Note ”), a Note which is issued on a partly paid
basis (“ Partly Paid Note ”) or a combination of
any of the foregoing, depending upon the redemption or payment
basis shown in the applicable Final Terms (and where appropriate in
the context, “ Index Linked Interest Notes ” and
“ Index Linked Redemption Notes ” are referred
to collectively as “ Index Linked Notes
”).
Bearer Notes in definitive form are issued with
Coupons attached, unless they are Zero Coupon Notes in which case
references to interest (other than interest due after the Maturity
Date), Coupons and Couponholders in these Terms and Conditions are
not applicable. Wherever Dual Currency Notes or Index
Linked Notes are issued to bear interest on a fixed or floating
rate basis or on a non-interest bearing basis, the provisions in
these Terms and Conditions relating to Fixed Rate Notes, Floating
Rate Notes and Zero Coupon Notes, respectively, shall, where the
context so permits, apply to such Dual Currency Notes or Index
Linked Notes.
Subject as set out below, title to Bearer Notes,
Receipts and Coupons will pass by delivery. The holder of each
Coupon or Receipt, whether or not such Coupon or Receipt is
attached to a Note, in his capacity as such, shall be subject to
and bound by all the provisions contained in the relevant Note.
Subject as set out below, the Issuer and any Paying Agent may deem
and treat the bearer of any Bearer Note, Receipt or Coupon as the
absolute owner thereof (whether or not overdue and notwithstanding
any notice to the contrary, including any notice of ownership or
writing thereon or notice of any previous loss or theft thereof)
for all purposes but, in the case of any global Bearer Note,
without prejudice to the provisions set out in the next succeeding
paragraph.
For so long as any of the Notes is represented
by a global Note, each person who is for the time being shown in
the records of Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“ Euroclear
”) or of Clearstream Banking, société anonyme
(“ Clearstream, Luxembourg ”) or any other
agreed clearing system as the holder of a particular nominal amount
of such Notes (other than a clearing agency (including Euroclear
and Clearstream, Luxembourg) that is itself an account holder of
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or any other agreed clearing
system (in which regard any certificate or other document issued by
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or any other agreed clearing
system as to the nominal amount of Notes standing to the account of
any person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes save in
the case of manifest error or proven error)) shall be treated by
the Issuer, the Agent and any other Paying Agent or (in the case of
Registered Notes) the Registrar and the Transfer Agent as the
holder of such nominal amount of such Notes for all purposes other
than with respect to the payment of principal (including premium
(if any)) or interest on the Notes, for which purpose the bearer of
the relevant global Bearer Note or registered holder of the
registered global Note shall be treated by the Issuer, the Agent
and any other Paying Agent as the holder of such Notes in
accordance with and subject to the terms of the relevant global
Note (and the expressions “ Noteholder ” and
“ holder of Notes ” and related expressions
shall be construed accordingly). Notes which are represented by a
global Note will be transferable only in accordance with the rules
and procedures for the time being of Euroclear or of Clearstream,
Luxembourg, as the case may be.
Title to Registered Notes issued by Toyota
Credit Canada Inc. passes on due endorsement in the relevant
register which Toyota Credit Canada Inc. shall procure to be kept
by the Registrar. Subject as set out above, except as ordered by a
court of competent jurisdiction or as required by law, the
registered holder of any Registered Note shall be deemed to be and
may be treated as the absolute owner of such Registered Note for
all purposes, whether or not such Registered Note shall be overdue
and notwithstanding any
notice of ownership, theft or loss
thereof or any writing thereon made by anyone and no person shall
be liable for so treating such registered holder (and the
expressions “ Noteholder ” and “ holder
of Notes ” and related expressions shall be construed
accordingly).
Provisions relating to the transfer of
Registered Notes are set out in the relevant Registered Note and
the Note Agency Agreement.
Any reference herein to Euroclear and/or
Clearstream, Luxembourg shall, whenever the context so permits,
except in relation to Bearer Notes in new global note (“
NGN ”) form or Registered Notes intended to be held in
a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility (being the new
safekeeping structure (“ NSS ”) and hereinafter
referred to as “ held under the NSS ”), be
deemed to include a reference to any additional or alternative
clearing system approved by the Issuer, the Agent or (in the case
of Registered Notes) the Registrar and the Transfer Agent and, in
the case of Notes admitted to the Official List and admitted to
trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Regulated Market, the
UK Listing Authority.
If the Specified Currency of the Note is a
currency of one of the Member States of the European Union which
has not adopted the euro, and if specified in the applicable Final
Terms, the Note shall permit redenomination and exchange (as
referred to in Condition 18 below or in such other manner as set
forth in the applicable Final Terms) at the option of the
Issuer.
2. Status
of the Notes and the Credit Support Agreements
The Notes and any relevant Receipts and Coupons
are direct, unconditional, unsubordinated and (subject to the
provisions of Condition 3) unsecured obligations of the Issuer and
rank pari passu and rateably without any preference among
themselves and (save for certain obligations required to be
preferred by law) equally with all other unsecured obligations
(other than subordinated obligations, if any) of the Issuer from
time to time outstanding. The Notes, the Receipts and the Coupons
have the benefit of the Credit Support Agreements.
The Notes will be subject to this Condition 3
only if this Condition 3 is specified to be applicable in the
applicable Final Terms. So long as any of the Notes
remains outstanding (as defined in Condition 15) the Issuer will
not create or permit to be outstanding any mortgage, pledge, lien,
security interest or other charge (each a “ Security
Interest ”) (other than a Permitted Security Interest (as
defined below)) for the benefit of the holders of any Relevant
Indebtedness (as defined below) on the whole or any part of its
property or assets, present or future, to secure any Relevant
Indebtedness issued or expressly guaranteed by the Issuer or in
respect of which the Issuer has given any indemnity without in any
such case at the same time according to the Notes the same security
as is granted or is outstanding in respect of such Relevant
Indebtedness or such guarantee or indemnity or such other security
as shall be approved by the written consent of holders of a
majority in aggregate nominal amount of the Notes then outstanding
affected thereby, or by resolution adopted by the holders of a
majority in aggregate nominal amount of the Notes then outstanding
present or represented at a meeting of the holders of the Notes
affected thereby at which a quorum is present, as provided in the
Agency Agreement; provided, however, that such covenant will not
apply to Security Interests securing outstanding Relevant
Indebtedness which does not in the aggregate at any one time exceed
20 per cent. of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (as defined below)
of the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries (if any). For the
purposes of this Condition 3:
“ Consolidated Net Tangible Assets
” means the aggregate amount of assets (less applicable
reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting
therefrom all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents,
unamortised debt discount and expense and other like intangibles of
the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries (or, where the Issuer
has no consolidated subsidiaries, of the Issuer), all as set forth
on the most recent balance sheet of the Issuer and its consolidated
subsidiaries (or, where the Issuer has no consolidated
subsidiaries, the most recent balance sheet of the Issuer) prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as
practised in the jurisdiction of the Issuer’s
incorporation;
“ Relevant Indebtedness ”
shall mean any indebtedness in the form of or represented by bonds,
notes, debentures or other securities which have a final maturity
of more than a year from the date of their creation and which are
admitted to trading on one or more stock exchanges;
“ Permitted Security
Interest ” shall mean:
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operation of law or any right of set-off;
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any Security Interest granted by the
Parent in favour of a TMC subsidiary (as defined below) (while such
beneficiary remains a TMC subsidiary) or by one TMC subsidiary in
favour of another TMC subsidiary (while such beneficiary remains a
TMC subsidiary);
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any Security Interest created in
connection with, or pursuant to, a limited-recourse financing,
securitisation or other like arrangement where the payment
obligations in respect of the indebtedness secured by the relevant
Security Interest are to be discharged from the revenues generated
by assets over which such Security Interest is created (including,
without limitation, receivables); and
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of the Parent’s subsidiaries consolidated in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States.
(a)
Interest on Fixed Rate Notes and Business Day Convention for
Notes other than Floating Rate Notes and Index Linked
Notes
Each Fixed Rate Note bears interest from (and
including) the Interest Commencement Date which is specified in the
applicable Final Terms (or the Issue Date, if no Interest
Commencement Date is separately specified) to (but excluding) the
Maturity Date specified in the applicable Final Terms at the
rate(s) per annum equal to the Fixed Rate(s) of Interest so
specified payable in arrear on the Interest Payment Date(s) in each
year and on the Maturity Date so specified if it does not fall on
an Interest Payment Date.
If the Notes are in definitive form, except as
provided in the applicable Final Terms, or if the applicable Final
Terms specify that a Fixed Coupon Amount or Broken Amount(s) shall
apply in the case of Notes represented by a global Note, the amount
of interest payable on each Interest Payment Date in respect of the
Fixed Interest Period ending on (but excluding) such date will
amount to the Fixed Coupon Amount as specified in the applicable
Final Terms. Payments of interest on any Interest Payment Date
will, if so specified in the applicable Final Terms, amount to the
Broken Amount(s) so specified.
As used in these Terms and Conditions, “
Fixed Interest Period ” means the period from (and
including) an Interest Payment Date (or the Interest Commencement
Date or the
Issue Date, as the case may be) to
(but excluding) the next (or first) Interest Payment Date or
Maturity Date.
Unless specified otherwise in the applicable
Final Terms, the “ Following Business Day Convention
” will apply to the payment of all Fixed Rate Notes, meaning
that if the Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date would otherwise
fall on a day which is not a Business Day (as defined in Condition
4(b)(i) below), the related payment of principal or interest
will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the
date such payment was due. If the “ Modified Following
Business Day Convention ” is specified in the applicable
Final Terms for any Fixed Rate Note, it shall mean that if the
Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date would otherwise fall on a
day which is not a Business Day (as defined in Condition
4(b)(i) below), the related payment of principal or interest
will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the
date such payment was due unless it would thereby fall into the
next calendar month in which event the full amount of payment shall
be made on the immediately preceding Business Day as if made on the
day such payment was due. Unless specified otherwise in the
applicable Final Terms, the amount of interest due shall not be
changed if payment is made on a day other than an Interest Payment
Date or the Maturity Date as a result of the application of a
Business Day Convention specified above or other Business Day
Convention specified in the applicable Final Terms.
Except in the case of (i) Notes in definitive
form where a Fixed Coupon Amount or a Broken Amount is specified in
the applicable Final Terms or (ii) Notes represented by a global
Note where the applicable Final Terms specify that a Fixed Coupon
Amount or Broken Amount(s) shall apply, interest shall be
calculated in respect of any period (including any period ending
other than on an Interest Payment Date (which for this purpose
shall not include a period where a payment is made on a day other
than an Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date as a result of
the application of a Business Day Convention as provided in the
immediately preceding paragraph, unless specified otherwise in the
applicable Final Terms)) by applying the Fixed Rate of Interest
to:
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in the case of Fixed Rate Notes
which are represented by a global Note, the aggregate outstanding
nominal amount of the Fixed Rate Notes represented by such global
Note (or, if they are Partly Paid Notes, the aggregate of the
amount paid up); or
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in the case of Fixed Rate Notes in
definitive form, the Calculation Amount,
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and, in each case, multiplying such
sum by the applicable Fixed Day Count Fraction or other Day Count
Fraction specified in the applicable Final Terms, and rounding the
resultant figure to the nearest sub-unit of the relevant Specified
Currency, half of any such sub-unit being rounded upwards or
otherwise in accordance with applicable market
convention. Where the Specified Denomination of a Fixed
Rate Note in definitive form is a multiple of the Calculation
Amount, the amount of interest payable in respect of such Fixed
Rate Note shall be the product of the amount (determined in the
manner provided above) for the Calculation Amount and the amount by
which the Calculation Amount is multiplied to reach the Specified
Denomination, without any further rounding.
In these Terms and Conditions, “ Fixed
Day Count Fraction ” means (unless specified otherwise in
the applicable Final Terms):
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if “ Actual/Actual
(ICMA) ” is specified in the applicable Final
Terms:
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in the case of Notes where the
number of days in the relevant period from (and including) the most
recent Interest Payment Date (or, if none, the Interest
Commencement Date or Issue Date, as applicable)
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to (but excluding) the relevant
payment date (the “ Accrual Period ”) is equal
to or shorter than the Determination Period (as defined below)
during which the Accrual Period ends, the number of days in such
Accrual Period divided by the product of (1) the number of days in
such Determination Period and (2) the number of Determination Dates
(as specified in the applicable Final Terms) that would occur in
one calendar year assuming interest was to be payable in respect of
the whole of that year; or
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in the case of Notes where the
Accrual Period is longer than the Determination Period during which
the Accrual Period ends, the sum of:
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the number of days in such Accrual
Period falling in the Determination Period in which the Accrual
Period begins divided by the product of (x) the number of days in
such Determination Period and (y) the number of Determination Dates
(as specified in the applicable Final Terms) that would occur in
one calendar year assuming interest was to be payable in respect of
the whole of that year; and
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the number of days in such Accrual
Period falling in the next Determination Period divided by the
product of (x) the number of days in such Determination Period and
(y) the number of Determination Dates (as specified in the
applicable Final Terms) that would occur in one calendar year
assuming interest was to be payable in respect of the whole of that
year; and
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if “ Actual/Actual
(ISDA) ” is specified in the applicable Final Terms, the
actual number of days in the relevant period from (and including)
the most recent Interest Payment Date (or, if none, the Interest
Commencement Date or Issue Date, as applicable) to (but excluding)
the next scheduled Interest Payment Date divided by 365 (or, if any
portion of that period falls in a leap year, the sum of
(x) the actual number of days in that portion of the period
falling in a leap year divided by 366; and (y) the actual
number of days in that portion of the period falling in a non-leap
year divided by 365); and
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if “ 30/360 ” is
specified in the applicable Final Terms, the number of days in the
relevant period from (and including) the most recent Interest
Payment Date (or, if none, the Interest Commencement Date or Issue
Date, as applicable) to (but excluding) the next scheduled Interest
Payment Date (such number of days being calculated on the basis of
a year of 360 days with 12 30-day months) divided by 360 and, in
the case of an incomplete month, the number of days elapsed;
and
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if “ Actual/360 ”
is specified in the applicable Final Terms, the actual number of
days in the relevant period from (and including) the most recent
Interest Payment Date (or, if none, the Interest Commencement Date
or Issue Date, as applicable) to (but excluding) the next scheduled
Interest Payment Date divided by 360.
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In these Terms and
Conditions:
“ Determination Period ”
means the period from (and including) a Determination Date (as
specified in the applicable Final Terms) to (but excluding) the
next Determination Date (including, where either the Interest
Commencement Date or the final Interest Payment Date is not a
Determination Date, the period commencing on the first
Determination Date prior to, and ending on the first Determination
Date falling after, such date); and
“ sub-unit ” means, with
respect to any currency other than euro, the lowest amount of such
currency that is available as legal tender in the country of such
currency and, with respect to euro, means one cent.
(b)
Interest on Floating Rate Notes and Index Linked Interest
Notes
Each Floating Rate Note and Index Linked
Interest Note bears interest from (and including) the Interest
Commencement Date specified in the applicable Final Terms (or the
Issue Date, if no Interest Commencement Date is separately
specified) and, unless specified otherwise in the applicable Final
Terms, at the rate equal to the Rate of Interest payable in arrear
on the Maturity Date and on either: (1) the Specified Interest
Payment Date(s) (each, together with the Maturity Date, an “
Interest Payment Date ”) in each year specified in the
applicable Final Terms; or (2) if no Specified Interest Payment
Date(s) is/are specified in the applicable Final Terms, each date
(each such date, together with the Maturity Date, an “
Interest Payment Date ”) which falls the number of
months or other period specified as the Specified Period in the
applicable Final Terms after the preceding Interest Payment Date
or, in the case of the first Interest Payment Date, after the
Interest Commencement Date or Issue Date, as applicable. Such
interest will be payable in respect of each Interest
Period. As used in these Terms and Conditions, “
Interest Period ” means the period from (and
including) an Interest Payment Date (or the Interest Commencement
Date or Issue Date, as applicable) to (but excluding) the next (or
first) Interest Payment Date).
If a Business Day Convention is specified in the
applicable Final Terms and (x) if there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month in which an Interest
Payment Date should occur or (y) if any Interest Payment Date would
otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day (as defined
below), then, if the Business Day Convention specified
is:
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in any case where Specified Periods
are specified in accordance with Condition 4(b)(i)(2) above, the
Floating Rate Convention, such Interest Payment Date (i) in the
case of (x) above, shall be the last day that is a Business Day in
the relevant month and the provisions of (2) below in this
sub-paragraph (A) shall apply mutatis mutandis or (ii) in
the case of (y) above, shall be postponed to the next day which is
a Business Day unless it would thereby fall into the next calendar
month, in which event (1) such Interest Payment Date shall be
brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day and (2)
each subsequent Interest Payment Date shall be the last Business
Day in the month which falls in the Specified Period after the
preceding applicable Interest Payment Date occurred; or
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the Following Business Day
Convention, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the
next day which is a Business Day; or
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the Modified Following Business Day
Convention, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the
next day which is a Business Day unless it
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would thereby fall into the next
calendar month, in which event such Interest Payment Date shall be
brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day;
or
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the Preceding Business Day
Convention, such Interest Payment Date shall be brought forward to
the immediately preceding Business Day.
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In these Terms and Conditions, “
Business Day ” means (unless otherwise stated in the
applicable Final Terms) a day which is both:
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a day on which commercial banks and
foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general
business (including dealing in foreign exchange and foreign
currency deposits) in London and any other Applicable Business
Centre specified in the applicable Final Terms; and
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either (1) in relation to any sum
payable in a Specified Currency other than euro, a day on which
commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and
are open for general business (including dealings in foreign
exchange and foreign currency deposits) in the principal financial
centre of the country of the relevant Specified Currency (if other
than London and any other Applicable Business Centre specified in
the applicable Final Terms), or (2) in relation to any sum payable
in euro, a day on which the TARGET2 System is open. Unless
otherwise provided in the applicable Final Terms, the principal
financial centre of any country for the purpose of these Terms and
Conditions shall be as provided in the 2006 ISDA Definitions (as
published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association,
Inc.) as supplemented, amended and updated as of the first Issue
Date of the Notes of the relevant Series (the “ ISDA
Definitions ”) (except if the Specified Currency is
Australian dollars or New Zealand dollars the principal financial
centre shall be Sydney or Auckland, respectively). In these Terms
and Conditions, “ TARGET2 System ” means the
Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express
Transfer (TARGET2) System or any successor thereto.
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The Rate of Interest payable from time to time
in respect of the Floating Rate Notes and Index Linked Interest
Notes will be determined in the manner specified in the applicable
Final Terms.
(A) Unless
specified otherwise in the applicable Final Terms, where ISDA
Determination is specified in the applicable Final Terms as the
manner in which the Rate of Interest is to be determined, the Rate
of Interest for each Interest Period will be the relevant ISDA Rate
plus or minus (as indicated in the applicable Final Terms) the
Margin (if any) as determined by the Agent (or such other
Calculation Agent specified in the applicable Final Terms). For the
purposes of this sub-paragraph (iii) unless specified otherwise in
the applicable Final Terms, “ ISDA Rate plus or minus (as
indicated in the applicable Final Terms) the Margin (if any)
” for an Interest Period means a rate equal to the Floating
Rate that would be determined under an interest rate swap
transaction under the terms of an agreement (regardless of any
event of default or termination event thereunder) incorporating the
ISDA Definitions with the holder of the relevant Note and under
which:
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the manner in which the Rate of
Interest is to be determined is the “ Floating Rate
Option ” as specified in the applicable Final
Terms;
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the Issuer is the “
Floating Rate Payer ”;
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the Agent or other person specified
in the applicable Final Terms is the “ Calculation
Agent ”;
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the Interest Commencement Date is
the “ Effective Date ”;
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the Aggregate Nominal Amount of
Notes is the “ Notional Amount ”;
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the relevant Interest Period is the
“ Designated Maturity ” as specified in the
applicable Final Terms;
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the Interest Payment Dates are the
“ Floating Rate Payer Payment Dates
”;
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the Margin is the “
Spread ”;
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the relevant Reset Date is either
(i) if the applicable Floating Rate Option is based on the London
inter-bank offered rate (“ LIBOR ”) or on the
Euro-zone inter-bank offered rate (“ EURIBOR ”)
for a currency, the first day of that Interest Period or (ii) in
any other case, as specified in the applicable Final Terms;
and
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all other terms are as specified in
the applicable Final Terms.
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(B) When
Condition 4(b)(iii)(A) applies, unless specified otherwise in the
applicable Final Terms with respect to each relevant Interest
Payment Date:
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the amount of interest determined
for such Interest Payment Date shall be the Interest Amount for the
relevant Interest Period for the purposes of these Terms and
Conditions as though calculated under Condition
4(b)(vi) below; and
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(i) “ Floating
Rate ”, “ Floating Rate Option ”,
“ Floating Rate Payer ”, “ Effective
Date ”, “ Notional Amount ”, “
Floating Rate Payer Payment Dates ”, “
Spread ”, “ Calculation Agent ”,
“ Designated Maturity ” and “ Reset
Date ” have the meanings given to those terms in the ISDA
Definitions; and (ii) “ Euro-zone ” means the
region comprised of Member States of the European Union that adopt
the single currency in accordance with the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union, as amended (the “
Treaty ”).
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Screen Rate
Determination
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Unless specified otherwise in the applicable
Final Terms, where Screen Rate Determination is specified in the
applicable Final Terms as the manner in which the Rate of Interest
is to be determined, the Rate of Interest for each Interest Period
will, subject as provided below, be either:
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the offered quotation; or
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the arithmetic mean (rounded, if
necessary, to the fifth decimal place with 0.000005 being rounded
upwards) of the offered quotations,
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(expressed as a percentage rate per
annum), for the Reference Rate (as specified in the applicable
Final Terms) for deposits in the Specified Currency for that
Interest Period which appears or appear, as the case may be, on the
Relevant Screen Page (as specified in the applicable Final Terms)
as at 11:00 a.m. (London time, in the case of LIBOR, or
Brussels time, in the case of EURIBOR) on the Interest
Determination Date (as defined below) in question plus or minus (as
specified in the applicable Final Terms) the Margin (if any), all
as determined by the Agent (or such other Calculation Agent
specified in the applicable Final Terms). Unless specified
otherwise in the applicable Final Terms, if five or more of such
offered quotations are available on the Relevant Screen Page, the
highest (or, if there is more than one such highest quotation, one
only of such quotations) and the lowest (or, if there is more than
one such lowest quotation, one only of such quotations) shall be
disregarded by the Agent (or such other Calculation Agent specified
in the applicable Final Terms) for the purpose of determining the
arithmetic mean (rounded as provided above) of such offered
quotations. In addition:
(A) unless
specified otherwise in the applicable Final Terms if, in the case
of (x) above, no such rate appears or, in the case of
(y) above, fewer than two of such offered rates appear at such
time or if the offered rate or rates which appears or appear, as
the case may be, as at such time do not apply to a period of a
duration equal to the relevant Interest Period, the Rate of
Interest for such Interest Period shall, subject as provided below
and except as otherwise indicated in the applicable Final Terms, be
the arithmetic mean (rounded, if necessary, to the fifth decimal
place with 0.000005 being rounded upwards) of the offered
quotations (expressed as a percentage rate per annum), of which the
Agent (or such other Calculation Agent specified in the applicable
Final Terms) is advised by all Reference Banks (as defined below)
as at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Interest Determination
Date plus or minus (as specified in the applicable Final Terms) the
Margin (if any), all as determined by the Agent (or such other
Calculation Agent specified in the applicable Final
Terms);
(B) except
as otherwise indicated in the applicable Final Terms, if on any
Interest Determination Date to which Condition 4(b)(iv)(A) applies
two or three only of the Reference Banks advise the Agent (or such
other Calculation Agent specified in the applicable Final Terms) of
such offered quotations, the Rate of Interest for the next Interest
Period shall, subject as provided below, be determined as in
Condition 4(b)(iv)(A) on the basis of the rates of those Reference
Banks advising such offered quotations;
(C) except
as otherwise indicated in the applicable Final Terms, if on any
Interest Determination Date to which Condition 4(b)(iv)(A) applies
one only or none of the Reference Banks advises the Agent (or such
other Calculation Agent specified in the applicable Final Terms) of
such rates, the Rate of Interest for the next Interest Period
shall, subject as provided below and except as otherwise indicated
in the applicable Final Terms, be whichever is the higher
of:
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the Rate of Interest in effect for
the last preceding Interest Period to which
Condition 4(b)(iv)(A) shall have applied (plus or minus (as
specified in the applicable Final Terms), where a different Margin
is to be applied to the next Interest Period than that which
applied to the last preceding Interest Period, the Margin relating
to the next Interest Period in place of the Margin relating to the
last preceding Interest Period); or
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the reserve interest rate (the
“ Reserve Interest Rate ”) which shall be the
rate per annum which the Agent (or such other Calculation Agent
specified in the applicable Final Terms) determines to be either
(x) the arithmetic mean (rounded, if necessary, to the fifth
decimal place with 0.000005 being rounded upwards) of the lending
rates for the Specified Currency which banks selected
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by the Agent (or such other
Calculation Agent specified in the applicable Final Terms) in the
principal financial centre of the country of the Specified Currency
(which, if Australian dollars, shall be Sydney, if New Zealand
dollars, shall be Auckland and if euro, shall be London, unless
specified otherwise in the applicable Final Terms) are quoting on
the relevant Interest Determination Date for the next Interest
Period to the Reference Banks or those of them (being at least two
in number) to which such quotations are, in the opinion of the
Agent (or such other Calculation Agent specified in the applicable
Final Terms), being so made plus or minus (as specified in the
applicable Final Terms) the Margin (if any), or (y) in the
event that the Agent (or such other Calculation Agent specified in
the applicable Final Terms) can determine no such arithmetic mean,
the lowest lending rate for the Specified Currency which banks
selected by the Agent (or such other Calculation Agent specified in
the applicable Final Terms) in the principal financial centre of
the country of the Specified Currency (which, if Australian
dollars, shall be Sydney, if New Zealand dollars, shall be Auckland
and if euro, shall be London, unless specified otherwise in the
applicable Final Terms) are quoting on such Interest Determination
Date to leading European banks for the next Interest Period plus or
minus (as specified in the applicable Final Terms) the Margin (if
any), provided that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the Agent
(or such other Calculation Agent specified in the applicable Final
Terms) are not quoting as mentioned above, the Rate of Interest
shall be the Rate of Interest specified in
(1) above;
(D) the
expression “ Relevant Screen Page ” means such
page, whatever its designation, on which the Reference Rate that is
for the time being displayed on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates
Service or Dow Jones Markets Limited or other such service, as
specified in the applicable Final Terms;
(E) unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Final Terms, the Reference
Banks will be the principal London offices of The Bank of New York
Mellon, National Westminster Bank PLC, UBS Limited and The Bank of
Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Limited. The Issuer shall procure that, so
long as any Floating Rate Note or Index Linked Interest Note to
which Condition 4(b)(iv)(A) is applicable remains outstanding, in
the case of any bank being unable or unwilling to continue to act
as a Reference Bank, the Issuer shall specify the London office of
some other leading bank engaged in the eurodollar market to act as
such in its place;
(F) the
expression “ Interest Determination Date ”
means, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Final Terms,
(x) other than in the case of Condition 4(b)(iv)(A), with
respect to Notes denominated in any Specified Currency other than
Sterling or euro, the second Banking Day in London prior to the
commencement of the relevant Interest Period and, in the case of
Condition 4(b)(iv)(A), the second Banking Day in the principal
financial centre of the country of the Specified Currency (which,
if Australian dollars, shall be Sydney, if New Zealand dollars,
shall be Auckland and if euro, shall be London) prior to the
commencement of the relevant Interest Period; (y) with respect
to Notes denominated in Sterling, the first Banking Day in London
of the relevant Interest Period; and (z) with respect to Notes
denominated in euro, the second day on which the TARGET2 system is
open prior to the commencement of the relevant Interest
Period.
(G) the
expression “ Banking Day ” means, in respect of
any place, any day on which commercial banks are open for general
business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign
currency deposits) in that place or, as the case may be, as
indicated in the applicable Final Terms; and
(H) if
the Reference Rate from time to time in respect of Floating Rate
Notes or Index Linked Interest Notes is specified in the applicable
Final Terms as being other than LIBOR or EURIBOR, any additional
provisions relevant in determining the Rate of Interest in respect
of such Notes will be set forth in the applicable Final
Terms.
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Minimum and/or Maximum Rate of
Interest
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If the applicable Final Terms specifies a
Minimum Rate of Interest/Interest Amount for any Interest Period,
then in no event shall the Rate of Interest/Interest Amount for
such Interest Period be less than such Minimum Rate of
Interest/Interest Amount. If the applicable Final Terms specifies a
Maximum Rate of Interest/Interest Amount for any Interest Period,
then in no event shall the Rate of Interest/Interest Amount for
such Interest Period be greater than such Maximum Rate of
Interest/Interest Amount.
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Determination of Rate of Interest
and Calculation of Interest Amounts
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The Agent (or, if the Agent is not the
Calculation Agent, the Calculation Agent specified in the
applicable Final Terms) will, on or as soon as practicable after
each time at which the Rate of Interest is to be determined,
determine the Rate of Interest (subject to any Minimum or Maximum
Rate of Interest/Interest Amount specified in the applicable Final
Terms) and calculate the amount of interest (the “
Interest Amount ”) payable on the Floating Rate Notes
or Index Linked Interest Notes, in each case, for the relevant
Interest Period, by applying the Rate of Interest to:
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subject to paragraph (C) below, in
the case of Floating Rate Notes or Index Linked Interest Notes
which are represented by a global Note, the aggregate outstanding
nominal amount of the Notes represented by such global Note (or, if
they are Partly Paid Notes, the aggregate amount paid
up);
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in the case of Floating Rate Notes
or Index Linked Interest Notes in definitive form, the Calculation
Amount; or
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in the case of Floating Rate Notes
or Index Linked Interest Notes which are represented by a global
Note and the applicable Final Terms indicates that the Rate of
Interest shall be applied to the Calculation Amount, the
Calculation Amount,
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and, in each case, multiplying such
sum by the applicable Day Count Fraction, as specified in the
applicable Final Terms, and rounding the resultant figure to the
nearest sub-unit of the relevant Specified Currency, half of any
such sub-unit being rounded upwards or otherwise in accordance with
applicable market convention or as specified in the applicable
Final Terms. Where the Specified Denomination of a
Floating Rate Note or an Index Linked Interest Note in the case of
paragraph (B) or (C) above is a multiple of the Calculation Amount,
the Interest Amount payable in respect of such Floating Rate Note
or Index Linked Interest Note shall be the product of the amount
(determined in the manner provided above) for the Calculation
Amount and the amount by which the Calculation Amount is multiplied
to reach the Specified Denomination, without further
rounding.
“ Day Count Fraction ” means,
unless specified otherwise in the applicable Final Terms, in
respect of the calculation of an amount of interest for any
Interest Period:
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if “ Actual/Actual
(ISDA) ” or “ Actual/Actual ” is
specified in the applicable Final Terms, the actual number of days
in the Interest Period divided by 365 (or, if any portion of that
Interest Period falls in a leap year, the sum of (A)
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the actual number of days in that
portion of the Interest Period falling in a leap year divided by
366 and (B) the actual number of days in that portion of the
Interest Period falling in a non-leap year divided by
365);
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if “ Actual/365 (Fixed)
” is specified in the applicable Final Terms, the actual
number of days in the Interest Period divided by 365;
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if “ Actual/360 ”
is specified in the applicable Final Terms, the actual number of
days in the Interest Period divided by 360;
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if “ 30/360 ”,
“ 360/360 ” or “Bond Basis” is
specified in the applicable Final Terms, the number of days in the
Interest Period divided by 360, calculated on a formula basis as
follows:
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Day Count Fraction =
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“ Y
1
” is the year, expressed as a
number, in which the first day of the Interest Period
falls;
“ Y
2
” is the year, expressed as a
number, in which the day immediately following the last day of the
Interest Period falls;
“ M
1
” is the calendar month,
expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Interest
Period falls;
“ M
2
” is the calendar month,
expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the
last day of the Interest Period falls;
“ D
1
” is the first calendar day,
expressed as a number, of the Interest Period, unless such number
is 31, in which case D 1 will be 30; and
“ D
2
” is the calendar day,
expressed as a number, immediately following the last day included
in the Interest Period, unless such number would be 31 and D
1 is greater than 29, in which case D
2 will be 30;
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if “ 30E/360 ” or
“ Eurobond Basis ” is specified in the
applicable Final Terms, the number of days in the Interest Period
divided by 360, calculated on a formula basis as
follows:
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“ Y
1
” is the year, expressed as a
number, in which the first day of the Interest Period
falls;
“ Y
2
” is the year, expressed as a
number, in which the day immediately following the last day of the
Interest Period falls;
“ M
1
” is the calendar month,
expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Interest
Period falls;
“ M
2
” is the calendar month,
expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the
last day of the Interest Period falls;
“ D
1
” is the first calendar day,
expressed as a number, of the Interest Period, unless such number
would be 31, in which case D 1 will be 30; and
“ D
2
” is the calendar day,
expressed as a number, immediately following the last day included
in the Interest Period, unless such number would be 31, in which
case D 2
will be 30;
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if “ 30E/360 (ISDA)
” is specified in the applicable Final Terms, the number of
days in the Interest Period divided by 360, calculated on a formula
basis as follows:
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Day Count Fraction =
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“ Y
1
” is the year, expressed as a
number, in which the first day of the Interest Period
falls;
“ Y
2
” is the year, expressed as a
number, in which the day immediately following the last day of the
Interest Period falls;
“ M
1
” is the calendar month,
expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Interest
Period falls;
“ M
2
” is the calendar month,
expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the
last day of the Interest Period falls;
“ D
1
” is the first calendar day,
expressed as a number, of the Interest Period, unless (i) that day
is the last day of February or (ii) such number would be 31, in
which case D 1 will be 30; and
“ D
2
” is the calendar day,
expressed as a number, immediately following the last day included
in the Interest Period, unless (i) that day is the last day of
February but not the Maturity Date or (ii) such number would be 31,
in which case D 2 will be 30; and
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if “ Actual/365
(Sterling) ” is specified in the applicable Final Terms,
the number of days in the Interest Period divided by 365 or, in the
case of an Interest Payment Date falling in a leap year,
366.
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Notification of Rate of Interest
and Interest Amount
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The Agent will cause the Rate of Interest and
each Interest Amount for each Interest Period and the relevant
Interest Payment Date to be notified to the Issuer, the Registrar
and the Transfer Agent (in the case of Registered Notes) and any
stock exchange or other relevant authority on which the relevant
Floating Rate Notes or Index Linked Interest Notes are for
the
time being admitted to trading and
listed and will cause notice of the same to be published or given
in accordance with Condition 16 as soon as possible after their
determination but in no event later than the fourth London Business
Day after their determination. Each Interest Amount and Interest
Payment Date so notified may subsequently be amended (or
appropriate alternative arrangements made by way of adjustment)
without publication as aforesaid or prior notice in the event of an
extension or shortening of the Interest Period in accordance with
the provisions hereof. Any such amendment will be promptly notified
to each stock exchange or other relevant authority on which the
relevant Floating Rate Notes or Index Linked Interest Notes are for
the time being admitted to trading and listed. For the purposes of
this paragraph, the expression “ London Business Day
” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which
banks and foreign exchange markets are open for general business in
London.
All certificates, communications, opinions,
determinations, calculations, quotations and decisions given,
expressed, made or obtained for the purposes of the provisions of
this paragraph (b), whether by the Agent or other Calculation
Agent, shall (in the absence of wilful default, bad faith, manifest
error or proven error) be binding on the Issuer, the Agent, the
Calculation Agent, any other Paying Agent and all Noteholders,
Receiptholders and Couponholders and (in the case of Registered
Notes) the Registrar and Transfer Agent and (in the absence of
wilful default or bad faith) no liability to the Issuer, the
Noteholders, the Receiptholders or the Couponholders shall attach
to the Agent or the Calculation Agent in connection with the
exercise or non-exercise by either of them of their powers, duties
and discretions pursuant to such provisions.
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Indexed Linked Interest
Notes
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In the case of Index Linked Notes where the rate
of interest is to be determined by reference to the Index and or
the Formula, the rate of interest shall be determined in accordance
with the Index and/or the Formula and in the manner specified in
the applicable Final Terms. The date on which the interest rate is
to be determined (the “ Interest Determination Date
”) shall be as set forth in the applicable Final
Terms.
(c)
Index Linked Notes and Dual Currency Notes
In the case of Index Linked Notes or Dual
Currency Notes, if the Rate of Interest or Interest Amount cannot
be determined by reference to an index and/or a formula or, as the
case may be, an exchange rate, such Rate of Interest or Interest
Amount payable shall be determined in the manner specified in the
applicable Final Terms. The date on which the valuation of the
Index is to be determined or the date on which any Formula or other
variable or Rate of Exchange is to be determined under any Index
Linked Notes or Dual Currency Notes (the “ Determination
Date ”) shall be as set forth in the applicable Final
Terms. If the applicable Final Terms specify a Minimum Final
Redemption Amount then in no event shall the Final Redemption
Amount be less than such Minimum Final Redemption Amount. If the
applicable Final Terms specify a Maximum Final Redemption Amount
then in no event shall the Final Redemption Amount exceed such
Maximum Final Redemption Amount.
When a Zero Coupon Note becomes due and
repayable prior to the Maturity Date and is not paid when due, the
amount due and repayable shall be the Amortised Face Amount of such
Note as determined in accordance with Condition 6(f)(iii). As from
the Maturity Date,
any overdue principal of such Note
shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Accrual Yield
set forth in the applicable Final Terms.
The Issuer may issue Notes where the issue price
is payable in more than one instalment and which therefore remain
partly paid (“ Partly Paid Notes ”). In the case
of Partly Paid Notes (other than Partly Paid Notes which are Zero
Coupon Notes), interest will accrue as aforesaid on the paid up
nominal amount of such Notes and otherwise as specified in the
applicable Final Terms.
Each Note (or in the case of the redemption of
part only of a Note, that part only of such Note to be redeemed)
will cease to bear interest (if any) from the date of its
redemption unless payment of principal is improperly withheld or
refused. In such event, interest will continue to accrue at the
rate of interest then applicable or at such other rate as may be
specified in the applicable Final Terms until whichever is the
earlier of (i) the day on which all sums due in respect of
such Note up to that day are received by or on behalf of the holder
of such Note; and (ii) the day on which the Agent or (in the
case of Registered Notes) the Registrar or the Transfer Agent has
notified the holder thereof (either in accordance with Condition 16
or individually) of receipt of all sums due in respect thereof up
to that date.
Subject as provided
below:
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payments in a Specified Currency
other than euro will be made by credit or transfer to an account in
the relevant Specified Currency (which, in the case of a payment in
Japanese Yen to a non-resident of Japan, shall be a non-resident
account) maintained by the payee with, or at the option of the
payee by a cheque in such Specified Currency drawn on, a bank in
the principal financial centre of the country of such Specified
Currency (which, if the Specified Currency is Australian dollars or
New Zealand dollars shall be Sydney or Auckland, respectively),
unless specified otherwise in the applicable Final Terms;
and
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payments in euro will be made by
credit or transfer to a euro account (or any other account to which
euro may be credited or transferred) specified by the payee or, at
the option of the payee, by a euro cheque.
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Notwithstanding the above provisions of this
Condition 5(a), a cheque may not be delivered to an address in, and
an amount may not be transferred to an account at a bank located
in, the United States of America or its possessions by any office
or agency of the Issuer, the Agent or any Paying Agent or (in the
case of Registered Notes) the Registrar or Transfer Agent except as
provided in Condition 5(d). Payments will be subject in all cases
to any fiscal or other laws and regulations applicable thereto in
the place of payment, but (unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Final Terms) without prejudice to the provisions of
Condition 7.
(b)
Presentation of Notes, Receipts and Coupons – Bearer
Notes
This Condition 5(b) applies to
Bearer Notes.
Payments of principal in respect of definitive
Notes will (subject as provided below) be made in the Specified
Currency in the manner provided in paragraph (a) above against
presentation and surrender (or, in the case of part payment of a
sum due only, endorsement) of definitive Notes and payments of
interest in respect of the definitive Notes will (subject as
provided below) be made in the Specified Currency in the manner
provided in paragraph (a) above against presentation and surrender
(or, in the case of part payment of a sum due only, endorsement) of
Coupons, in each case at the specified office of any Paying Agent
outside the United States which expression, used herein, means the
United States of America (including the States and the District of
Columbia, its territories, its possessions and other areas subject
to its jurisdiction).
In the case of definitive Notes, payments of
instalments of principal (if any), other than the final instalment,
will (subject as provided below) be made in the manner provided in
paragraph (a) against presentation and surrender (or, in the case
of part payment of a sum due only, endorsement) of the relevant
Receipt. Each Receipt must be presented for payment of the relevant
instalment together with the definitive Note to which it
appertains. If any definitive Note is redeemed or becomes repayable
prior to the stated Maturity Date, principal will be payable in the
manner provided in paragraph (a) on presentation and surrender of
such definitive Note together with all unmatured Receipts
appertaining thereto. Receipts presented without the definitive
Note to which they appertain and unmatured Receipts do not
constitute valid obligations of the Issuer. Upon the date on which
any definitive Note becomes due and repayable, unmatured Receipts
(if any) relating thereto (whether or not attached) shall become
void and no payment shall be made in respect thereof.
Upon the date on which any Fixed Rate Notes in
definitive form (other than Dual Currency Interest Notes or Index
Linked Interest Notes) become due and repayable, such Notes should
be presented for payment together with all unmatured Coupons
appertaining thereto (which expression shall for this purpose
include Coupons falling to be issued on exchange of matured
Talons), failing which the amount of any missing unmatured Coupon
(or, in the case of payment not being made in full, the same
proportion of the aggregate amount of such missing unmatured Coupon
as the sum so paid bears to the sum due) will be deducted from the
sum due for payment. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable
Final Terms, each amount of principal so deducted will be paid in
the manner mentioned above against surrender of the relative
missing Coupon at any time before the expiry of five years after
the Relevant Date (as defined in Condition 8) in respect of such
principal (whether or not such Coupon would otherwise have become
void under Condition 8) or, if later, five years from the date on
which such Coupon would otherwise have become due. Upon any Fixed
Rate Note becoming due and repayable prior to its Maturity Date,
all unmatured Talons (if any) appertaining thereto will become void
and no further Coupons will be issued in respect
thereof.
Upon the date on which any Floating Rate Note,
Dual Currency Interest Note or Index Linked Interest Note in
definitive form becomes due and repayable, unmatured Coupons and
Talons (if any) relating thereto (whether or not attached) shall
become void and no payment or, as the case may be, exchange for
further Coupons shall be made in respect thereof.
If the due date for redemption of any definitive
Note is not an Interest Payment Date, interest (if any) accrued in
respect of such Note from (and including) the preceding
Interest
Payment Date or, as the case may be,
the Interest Commencement Date or Issue Date (as applicable) shall
be payable only against surrender of the relevant definitive
Note.
Payments of principal and interest (if any) in
respect of Notes represented by any global Note will (subject as
provided below) be made in the manner specified above in relation
to definitive Notes or otherwise in the manner specified in the
relevant global Note, where applicable against presentation or
surrender, as the case may be, of such global Note, if the global
Note is not issued in NGN form or held under the NSS, at the
specified office of any Paying Agent located outside the United
States except as provided below. A record of each payment made,
distinguishing between any payment of principal and any payment of
interest, will be made on such global Note either by the Paying
Agent to which it was presented or in the records of Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg, as applicable.
(c)
Presentation and Surrender of Notes – Registered
Notes
Provisions in relation to payments of principal
and interest in respect of Registered Notes will be set out in the
relevant registered global Note or definitive Registered Note and
as otherwise set out in these Terms and Conditions.
The holder of a global Note shall be the only
person entitled to receive payments in respect of Notes represented
by such global Note and the Issuer will be discharged by payment
to, or to the order of, the holder of such global Note in respect
of each amount so paid. Each of the persons shown in the records of
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg as the holder of a particular
nominal amount of Notes represented by such global Note must look
solely to Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be,
for the holder’s share of each payment so made by the Issuer
to, or to the order of, the holder of such global Note. No person
other than the holder of such global Note shall have any claim
against the Issuer in respect of any payments due on the global
Note.
Interest on the Notes is payable only outside
the United States and its possessions, within the meaning of United
States Treasury regulation section
1.163-5(c)(1)(ii)(A). No interest on the Notes shall be
paid into an account maintained by the payee in the United States
or mailed to an address in the United States unless the payee is
described in United States Treasury regulation sections
1.163-5(c)(2)(v)(B)(1) or (2).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of
interest in respect of global Notes will be made at the specified
office of a Paying Agent in the United States (which expression, as
used herein, means the United States of America (including the
States and the District of Columbia, its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction))
if:
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the Issuer has appointed Paying
Agents with specified offices outside the United States with the
reasonable expectation that such Paying Agents would be able to
make payments at such specified offices outside the United States
of the full amount owing in respect of the Notes in the manner
provided above when due;
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payment of the full amount owing in
respect of the Notes at such specified offices outside the United
States is illegal or effectively precluded by the imposition of
exchange controls or other similar restrictions on the full payment
or receipt of interest; and
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such payment is then permitted under
United States law without involving, in the opinion of the Issuer,
adverse tax consequences to the Issuer.
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Unless specified otherwise in the applicable
Final Terms, if the due date for payment of any amount in respect
of any Note, Receipt or Coupon is not a Payment Day, the holder
thereof shall not be entitled to payment until the next following
Payment Day in the relevant place and shall not be entitled to
further interest or other payment in respect of such delay. For
these purposes, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Final
Terms, “ Payment Day ” means any day which is
both:
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a day on which commercial banks and
foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general
business (including dealing in foreign exchange and foreign
currency deposits) in:
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the relevant place of presentation
(if presentation is required);
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any additional Applicable Business
Centre specified in the applicable Final Terms; and
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either (1) in relation to any sum
payable in a Specified Currency other than euro, a day on which
commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and
are open for general business (including dealing in foreign
exchange and foreign currency deposits) in the principal financial
centre of the country of the relevant Specified Currency (if other
than the place of presentation (if presentation is required),
London and any Applicable Business Centre and which if the
Specified Currency is Australian dollars or New Zealand dollars
shall be Sydney or Auckland, respectively) or (2) in relation to
any sum payable in euro, a day on which the TARGET2 System is
open.
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Unless specified otherwise in the applicable
Final Terms, if the Issuer is due to make a payment in a currency
(the “ original currency ”) other than euro in
respect of any Note, Coupon or Receipt and the original currency is
not available on the foreign exchange markets due to the imposition
of exchange controls, the original currency’s replacement or
disuse or other circumstances beyond the Issuer’s control,
the Issuer will be entitled to satisfy its obligations in respect
of such payment by making payment in euro on the basis of the spot
exchange rate (the “ Euro FX Rate ”) at which
the original currency is offered in exchange for euro in the London
foreign exchange market (or, at the option of the Issuer or its
designated Calculation Agent, in the foreign exchange market of any
other financial
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