Prospectus UBI Banca Covered Bond Programme
Prospectus UBI Banca Covered Bond Programme
Prospectus UBI Banca Covered Bond Programme
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<strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
CREDIT STRUCTURE<br />
The <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong>s will be direct, unsecured, unconditional obligations of the Issuer. The Guarantor has no<br />
obligation to pay the Guaranteed Amounts under the <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong> Guarantee until the occurrence of an Issuer<br />
Event of Default, service by the Representative of the <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong>holders of an Issuer Default Notice on the<br />
Issuer and on the Guarantor or, if earlier, following the occurrence of a Guarantor Event of an Issuer Default<br />
Notice, service by the Representative of the <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong>holders of a Guarantor Default Notice on the<br />
Guarantor.<br />
There are a number of features of the <strong>Programme</strong> which enhance the likelihood of timely and, as applicable,<br />
ultimate payments to <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong>holders, as follows:<br />
• the <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong> Guarantee provides credit support;<br />
• the Statutory Tests are periodically performed with the intention of ensuring that the Cover Pool is at all<br />
times sufficient to repay the <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong>s;<br />
• the Amortisation Test is periodically performed, following the occurrence of an Issuer Event of Default<br />
and service of an Issuer Default Notice on the Issuer and the Guarantor, for the purpose of testing the<br />
asset coverage of the Guarantor's assets in respect of the <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong>s; and<br />
• a Reserve Fund Account will be established which will build up over time using excess cash flow from<br />
Interest Available Funds and Principal Available Funds, in order to ensure that the Guarantor will have<br />
sufficient funds set aside to fulfil its obligation to pay interest accruing with respect to the <strong>Covered</strong><br />
<strong>Bond</strong>s.<br />
Certain of these factors are considered more fully in the remainder of this section.<br />
Guarantee<br />
The <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong> Guarantee provided by the Guarantor guarantees payment of Guaranteed Amounts when they<br />
become due for payment in respect of all <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong>s issued under the <strong>Programme</strong>.<br />
See "Summary of the Transaction Documents — <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong> Guarantee" above, as regards the terms of the<br />
<strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong> Guarantee. See "Cashflows — Guarantee Priority of Payments" further, as regards the payment of<br />
amounts payable by the Guarantor to <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong>holders and the Other Issuer Creditors following the<br />
occurrence of an Issuer Event of Default.<br />
Under the terms of the Cover Pool Management Agreement, each Relevant Seller (and failing which, the Issuer,<br />
failing which, the other Seller(s)) must ensure that, on each Calculation Date prior to service of an Issuer Default<br />
Notice, the Cover Pool is in compliance with the Tests described below. If on any Calculation Date the Cover<br />
Pool is not in compliance with the Tests, then the Sellers (and failing which, the Issuer, failing which, the other<br />
Seller(s)) will sell Eligible Assets or Top-Up Assets to the Guarantor for an amount sufficient to allow the Tests<br />
to be met on the next following Calculation Date, in accordance with the relevant Master Loans Purchase<br />
Agreements and the Cover Pool Management Agreement, to be financed through the proceeds of Term Loans to<br />
be granted by the Relevant Seller(s), and/or the Issuer and/or the other Seller(s) (each only in respect of the<br />
Eligible Assets and/or Top-Up Assets transferred by it — see "The Cover Pool Management Agreement".<br />
Statutory Tests<br />
The Statutory Tests are intended to ensure that the Guarantor can meet its obligations under the <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong><br />
Guarantee. In order to ensure that the statutory tests provided for under Article 3 of Decree 310 (the "Statutory<br />
Tests") are satisfied and that the Cover Pool is at all times sufficient to repay the <strong>Covered</strong> <strong>Bond</strong>s, each Seller<br />
(and failing the Seller to do so, the Issuer) must ensure that the three tests set out below are satisfied on each<br />
Calculation Date.<br />
Nominal Value Test<br />
The Calculation Agent shall verify that on each Calculation Date, the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance<br />
of the Cover Pool shall be higher than or equal to the Outstanding Principal Amount of all Series of <strong>Covered</strong><br />
<strong>Bond</strong>s issued under the <strong>Programme</strong> and not cancelled or redeemed in full in accordance with their Final Terms at<br />
the relevant Calculation Date.<br />
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