ALBA 2007 â 1 plc - Irish Stock Exchange
ALBA 2007 â 1 plc - Irish Stock Exchange
ALBA 2007 â 1 plc - Irish Stock Exchange
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Subordinated Note Condition 4. Such shortfall shall accrue interest at a rate for each<br />
Interest Period during which it is outstanding equal to the applicable Note LIBOR plus<br />
5 per cent. per annum for such Interest Period. A pro rata share of such shortfall plus<br />
any interest accrued thereon shall be aggregated with the amount of, and treated for<br />
the purpose of this Subordinated Note Condition as if it were interest due, subject to<br />
this Subordinated Note Condition 4(f), on each Subordinated Note on the next<br />
succeeding Payment Date. This provision shall cease to apply on the Payment Date<br />
referred to in Subordinated Note Condition 5(a) at which time all accrued interest shall<br />
become due and payable.<br />
(g)<br />
Determination and/or Calculation by Trustee<br />
If the Agent Bank does not at any time for any reason determine the Rate of Interest and/or<br />
calculate the Interest Amount in accordance with the foregoing paragraphs, the Trustee shall (i)<br />
determine the Rate of Interest at such rate as, in its absolute discretion (having such regard as it<br />
shall think fit to the procedure described above), it shall deem fair and reasonable in all the<br />
circumstances and/or (as the case may be) (ii) calculate the Interest Amount in the manner<br />
specified in paragraph (d) above, and any such determination and/or calculation shall be deemed<br />
to have been made by the Agent Bank.<br />
(h)<br />
Notifications to be Final<br />
All notifications, opinions, determinations, certificates, calculations, quotations and decisions<br />
given, expressed, made or obtained for the purposes of this Subordinated Note Condition,<br />
whether by the Reference Banks (or any of them) or the Agent Bank or the Trustee shall (in the<br />
absence of wilful default, bad faith or manifest error) be binding on the Issuer, the Reference<br />
Banks, the Agent Bank, the Trustee and all Subordinated Noteholders and (in such absence as<br />
aforesaid) no liability to the Trustee or the Subordinated Noteholders shall attach to the Issuer,<br />
the Reference Banks, the Agent Bank or the Trustee in connection with the exercise or nonexercise<br />
by them or any of them of their powers, duties and discretions hereunder.<br />
(i)<br />
Reference Banks and Agent Bank<br />
The Issuer shall ensure that, so long as any of the Subordinated Notes remains outstanding,<br />
there shall at all times be an Agent Bank. The initial Agent Bank shall be HSBC Bank <strong>plc</strong>. In<br />
the event of HSBC Bank <strong>plc</strong> being unwilling to act as the Agent Bank, the Issuer shall appoint<br />
such ot her bank as may be approved by the Trustee to act as such in its place. The Agent Bank<br />
may not resign until a successor approved by the Trustee has been appointed. The reference<br />
banks shall be the principal London office of each of Barclays Bank PLC, National Westminster<br />
Bank Plc and HSBC Bank <strong>plc</strong> or any other three major banks engaged in the London interbank<br />
market as may be selected by the Agent Bank (each a "Reference Bank").<br />
(j)<br />
Issuer Undertaking to Maintain EU Paying Agent Not Obliged to Withhold or Deduct Tax<br />
The Issuer undertakes that it will ensure that it maintains a paying agent in an EU Member State<br />
that is not obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to European Council Directive<br />
2003/48/EC or any other Directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council<br />
meeting of 26-27 November 2000 or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in<br />
order to conform to, such Directive.<br />
Condition 5: Redemption and Post Enforcement Call Option