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Titan Europe 2007-1 (NHP) Limited - Irish Stock Exchange

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The Notes and interest thereon will not be obligations or responsibilities of any person other than the Issuer.<br />

In particular, the Notes will not be obligations or responsibilities of, or be guaranteed by, the Loan Seller or the<br />

Loan Arranger (outside of their respective obligations under the Loan Sale Agreement) or any associated body<br />

of either of the Loan Seller or the Loan Arranger, or of or by the Managers, the Security Agent, the Servicer, the<br />

Special Servicer, the Cash Manager, the Note Trustee, the Corporate Services Provider, the Paying Agents, the<br />

Agent Bank, the Advance Provider, the Backup Advance Provider, the Registrar, the Swap Provider, the<br />

Common Depository, the Operating Bank or the shareholders of the Issuer or any company in the same group of<br />

companies as the Managers, the Loan Seller, the Loan Arranger, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Cash<br />

Manager, the Note Trustee, the Security Agent, the Corporate Services Provider, the Paying Agents, the Agent<br />

Bank, the Advance Provider, the Backup Advance Provider, the Registrar, the Swap Provider, the Common<br />

Depository, the Operating Bank or the shareholders of the Issuer and none of such persons accepts any liability<br />

whatsoever in respect of any failure by the Issuer to make payment of any amount due on the Notes.<br />

Examiners, Preferred Creditors under <strong>Irish</strong> Law and Floating Charges: The Issuer has its registered office<br />

in Ireland. As a result there is a rebuttable presumption that its centre of main interest is in Ireland and<br />

consequently it is likely that any insolvency proceedings applicable to it would be governed by <strong>Irish</strong> law.<br />

An examiner may be appointed to an <strong>Irish</strong> company in circumstances where it is unable, or likely to be<br />

unable, to pay its debts. One of the effects of such an appointment is that during the period of appointment,<br />

there is a prohibition on the taking of enforcement action by any creditors of the company.<br />

In an insolvency of the Issuer, the claims of certain preferential creditors (including the Revenue<br />

Commissioners of Ireland for certain unpaid taxes) will rank in priority to claims of unsecured creditors and<br />

claims secured by floating charges. In addition, the claims of creditors holding fixed charges may rank behind<br />

“super” preferential creditors (including expenses of any examiner appointed and certain capital gains tax<br />

liabilities). As discussed in more detail below, holders of fixed charges over book debts may be required by the<br />

Revenue Commissioners of Ireland to pay amounts received by the holder in settlement of the Issuer’s tax<br />

liability.<br />

In certain circumstances, a charge which purports to be taken as a fixed charge may take effect as a floating<br />

charge. Under <strong>Irish</strong> law, for a charge to be characterised as a fixed charge, the charge holder is required to<br />

exercise the requisite level of control over the assets purported to be charged and the proceeds of such assets<br />

including any bank account into which such proceeds are paid. Where such requisite level of control cannot be<br />

demonstrated, there is a risk that the relevant fixed charge could take effect as a floating charge. The claims of<br />

creditors holding floating charges rank behind the claims of creditors holding fixed charges and certain<br />

additional preferential creditors.<br />

If the Issuer becomes subject to an insolvency proceeding and the Issuer has obligations to creditors that are<br />

treated under <strong>Irish</strong> law as creditors that are senior relative to the Noteholders, the Noteholders may suffer losses<br />

as a result of their subordinated status during such insolvency proceeding.<br />

The holder of a fixed security over book debts (which would include the Libra Loan acquired by the Issuer)<br />

or a company resident in Ireland for the purposes of <strong>Irish</strong> tax such as the Issuer may be required by notice from<br />

the Revenue Commissioners of Ireland (the “Revenue Commissioners”) to pay to them sums equivalent to<br />

those which the holder thereafter receives in payment of debts due to it by the relevant company. Where the<br />

holder of the security has informed the Revenue Commissioners of the creation of the security within 21 days of<br />

its creation, the holder’s liability is limited to the amount of certain outstanding <strong>Irish</strong> tax liabilities of the<br />

company (including liabilities in respect of value added tax) arising after the issue to the holder of a notice from<br />

the Revenue Commissioners. The Revenue Commissioners may also attach any debt due to a company resident<br />

in Ireland for the purposes of <strong>Irish</strong> tax by another person in order to discharge any liabilities of the company in<br />

respect of outstanding tax whether the liabilities are due on its own account or as an agent or trustee. The scope<br />

of this right of the Revenue Commissioners has not yet been considered by the <strong>Irish</strong> courts but it may override<br />

the rights of holders of security (whether fixed or floating) over the debt in question. In relation to the disposal<br />

of assets of a company resident in Ireland for the purposes of <strong>Irish</strong> tax which are subject to security, a person<br />

entitled to the benefit of the security may be liable for tax in relation to any capital gains made by the company<br />

on a disposal of those assets on exercise of the security. In certain circumstances, a charge which purports to<br />

take effect as a fixed charge may take effect as a floating charge.<br />

Prepayment Risk: The Credit Agreement permits the Borrower to prepay the whole or any part of the Libra<br />

Whole Loan. The yield to maturity on the Notes will be highly sensitive to the rate and timing of principal<br />

payments and collections (including by reason of a voluntary or involuntary prepayment, or a default and<br />

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