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estrictions as set out in the Collateral Management Agreement and described in more details below. See “Sale<br />

of Collateral Debt Securities and Reinvestment Criteria” below.<br />

4. Eligibility Criteria<br />

A Bank Loan, Mezzanine Loan, Second Lien Loan, <strong>CLO</strong> Security, Special Debt Security or Synthetic<br />

Security, including any Participation (together “Collateral Debt Securities”) will satisfy the “Eligibility<br />

Criteria” if each of the following conditions are satisfied at the time of acquisition thereof by the Issuer:<br />

(a) It:<br />

(i) is an obligation of an obligor incorporated or established in one of (each a “Qualifying Country”)<br />

(A) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy,<br />

Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland or<br />

the United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) or (B) any other EU<br />

Member State or other country the subject of Rating Agency Confirmation by S&P from time to<br />

time or (C) any country the subject of Rating Agency Confirmation by Fitch from time to time or<br />

(D) any other EU Member State or other country with a foreign currency long term debt rating of<br />

at least “A-” by Fitch and “AA-” by S&P or (E) the United States of America, provided that if any<br />

obligor incorporated or established in a jurisdiction mentioned in paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D) or<br />

(E) falls within the definition of Emerging Market Issuer, no obligation of that obligor shall satisfy<br />

the Eligibility Criteria set out in this paragraph (a)(i) and for the purposes of determining the<br />

jurisdiction of incorporation or establishment (x) the obligor in respect of a Participation is deemed<br />

to be the obligor of the Collateral Debt Security to which such Participation relates and not the<br />

Selling Institution and (y) the obligor in respect of a Synthetic Security is deemed to be the obligor<br />

of the related Reference Obligation and not the Synthetic Security Obligor;<br />

(ii) is denominated in Euro (or is denominated in one of the predecessor currencies of those EU<br />

Member States which have adopted the Euro as their currency) or pounds Sterling and is not<br />

convertible into or payable in any other currency after acquisition, provided that where an<br />

obligation is denominated in a currency other than Euro or Sterling, such obligation shall be<br />

deemed to satisfy this criteria if it is the subject of an Asset Swap Transaction pursuant to a Hedge<br />

Agreement swapping all non-Euro amounts into Euro amounts;<br />

(iii) is a Special Debt Security, a Bank Loan, a Mezzanine Loan, a Second Lien Loan, a <strong>CLO</strong> Security,<br />

a Synthetic Security or a Participation in respect of one of the foregoing;<br />

(iv) is not Margin <strong>Stock</strong> as defined under Regulation U issued by the Board of Governors of the United<br />

States Federal Reserve System;<br />

(v) is not a Dutch Ineligible Security and if the obligor or obligors of a Bank Loan, a Mezzanine Loan<br />

or a Second Lien Loan is or are resident in, or incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands they<br />

must be acting in the conduct of a business or profession;<br />

(vi) is an obligation in respect of which, following acquisition thereof by the Issuer by the selected<br />

method of transfer, (1) payments will not be subject to withholding or similar tax imposed by any<br />

jurisdiction including where this is pursuant to the operation of an applicable tax treaty subject to<br />

the completion of any procedural formalities or (2) the obligation provides for “gross-up”<br />

payments to the Issuer that cover the full amount of any withholding on an after-tax basis;<br />

(vii) is an obligation which contractually provides for the payment of interest on a floating rate basis;<br />

(viii) is not an obligation pursuant to which future advances (whether of a revolving or a fixed nature)<br />

may be required to be made by the Issuer;<br />

(ix) where such obligation is a Bank Loan, a Mezzanine Loan or a Second Lien Loan, it must require at<br />

least 66⅔ per cent. consent of all lenders to the obligor thereunder for any change in the principal<br />

repayment profile or interest applicable on such obligation (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding<br />

any changes originally envisaged in the loan documentation);<br />

(x) is not a Project Finance Loan or a Structured Finance Security or a lease;<br />

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