Exhibit 4.16


 








 


THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC


as Issuer


 







 


 


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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON


acting through its London Branch


as Trustee


 









 


 


FORM OF INDENTURE


 


 


CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES


 




  





  











  






 


THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc


 


Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, and Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, dated as of [              ].


 



	

Trust Indenture


Act Section



	 	

Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture Section




	
§310

	
(a)(1)

	 	
‎6.09


	  	
(a)(2)

	 	
‎6.09


	  	
(a)(3)

	 	
Not Applicable


	  	
(a)(4)

	 	
Not Applicable


	  	
(b)

	 	
‎6.09, ‎6.11


	  	
(c)

	 	
Not Applicable


	
§311

	
(a)

	 	
‎6.14


	  	
(b)

	 	
‎6.14


	  	
(b)(2)

	 	
‎7.03(a), ‎7.03(b)


	  	
(c)

	 	
Not Applicable


	
§312

	
(a)

	 	
‎7.01, ‎7.02(a)


	  	
(b)

	 	
‎7.02(b)


	  	
(c)

	 	
‎7.02(c)


	
§313

	
(a)

	 	
‎7.03(a)


	  	
(b)

	 	
‎7.03(a)


	  	
(c)

	 	
‎1.06, ‎7.03(a)


	  	
(d)

	 	
‎7.03(b)


	
§314

	
(a)

	 	
‎7.04, ‎10.06


	  	
(b)

	 	
Not Applicable


	  	
(c)(1)

	 	
‎1.02


	  	
(c)(2)

	 	
‎1.02


	  	
(c)(3)

	 	
Not Applicable


	  	
(d)

	 	
Not Applicable


	  	
(e)

	 	
‎1.02


	  	
(f)

	 	
Not Applicable


	
§315

	
(a)

	 	
‎6.01


	  	
(b)

	 	
‎6.02, ‎7.03(a)


	  	
(c)

	 	
‎6.01


	  	
(d)

	 	
‎6.01


	  	
(d)(1)

	 	
‎6.01


	  	
(d)(2)

	 	
‎6.01


	  	
(d)(3)

	 	
‎6.01


	  	
(e)

	 	
‎5.14





 




  





  











  




 




	
§316

	
(a)(1)(A)

	 	
‎5.02, ‎5.12


	  	
(a)(l)(B)

	 	
‎5.13


	  	
(a)(2)

	 	
Not Applicable


	  	
(a)(last sentence)

	 	
‎1.01


	  	
(b)

	 	
‎5.08


	
§317

	
(a)(1)

	 	
‎5.03


	  	
(a)(2)

	 	
‎5.04


	  	
(b)

	 	
‎10.03


	
§318

	
(a)

	 	
‎1.07

















NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.









  





  











  




 




TABLE OF CONTENTS


 


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ARTICLE 1


	
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application


	 	 
	
Section 1.01.  Definitions

	
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Section 1.02.  Compliance Certificates and Opinions

	
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Section 1.03.  Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

	
11


	
Section 1.04.  Acts of Holders

	
12


	
Section 1.05.  Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company

	
13


	
Section 1.06.  Notice to Holders; Waiver

	
14


	
Section 1.07.  Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

	
15


	
Section 1.08.  Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

	
15


	
Section 1.09.  Successors and Assigns

	
15


	
Section 1.10.  Separability Clause

	
15


	
Section 1.11.  Benefits of Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture

	
15


	
Section 1.12.  Governing Law

	
15


	
Section 1.13.  Saturdays, Sundays and Legal Holidays

	
16


	
Section 1.14.  Appointment of Agent for Service

	
16


	
Section 1.15.  Calculation Agent

	
17


	
Section 1.16.  Waiver of Jury Trial

	
17


	 	 
	
ARTICLE 2


	
Contingent Convertible Security Forms


	 	 
	
Section 2.01.  Forms Generally

	
17


	
Section 2.02.  Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

	
18


	 	 
	
ARTICLE 3


	
The Contingent Convertible Securities


	 	 
	
Section 3.01.  Amount Unlimited, Issuable in Series

	
18


	
Section 3.02.  Denominations

	
23


	
Section 3.03.  Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

	
23


	
Section 3.04.  Temporary Contingent Convertible Securities

	
24


	
Section 3.05.  Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

	
24


	
Section 3.06.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Contingent Convertible Securities

	
29


	
Section 3.07.  Payment; Interest Rights Preserved

	
30


	
Section 3.08.  Persons Deemed Owners

	
30


	
Section 3.09.  Cancellation

	
31


	
Section 3.10.  Computation of Interest

	
31


	
Section 3.11.  CUSIP Numbers

	
31


	
Section 3.12.  Additional Contingent Convertible Securities

	
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Section 3.13.  Correction Of Minor Defects in or Amendment of Contingent Convertible Securities

	
32


	 	 
	
ARTICLE 4


	
Satisfaction and Discharge


	 	 
	
Section 4.01.  Satisfaction and Discharge of Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture

	
32


	
Section 4.02.  Application of Trust Money

	
34


	
Section 4.03.  Repayment to Company

	
34


	
Section 4.04.  PRA Consent

	
34


	 	 
	
ARTICLE 5


	
Remedies


	 	 
	
Section 5.01.  Events of Default

	
34


	
Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

	
35


	
Section 5.03.  Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

	
36


	
Section 5.04.  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

	
37


	
Section 5.05.  Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Contingent Convertible Securities

	
38


	
Section 5.06.  Application of Money Collected

	
38


	
Section 5.07.  Limitation on Suits

	
39


	
Section 5.08.  Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest, if any

	
39


	
Section 5.09.  Restoration of Rights and Remedies

	
40


	
Section 5.10.  Rights and Remedies Cumulative

	
40


	
Section 5.11.  Delay or Omission Not Waiver

	
40


	
Section 5.12.  Control by Holders

	
40


	
Section 5.13.  Waiver of Past Defaults

	
41


	
Section 5.14.  Undertaking for Costs

	
41


	 	 
	
ARTICLE 6


	
The Trustee


	 	 
	
Section 6.01.  Certain Duties and Responsibilities

	
42


	
Section 6.02.  Notice of Defaults

	
42


	
Section 6.03.  Certain Rights of Trustee

	
42


	
Section 6.04.  Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Contingent Convertible Securities

	
44


	
Section 6.05.  May Hold Contingent Convertible Securities

	
44


	
Section 6.06.  Money Held in Trust

	
45


	
Section 6.07.  Compensation and Reimbursement

	
45


	
Section 6.08.  Disqualification; Conflicting Interests

	
46


	
Section 6.09.  Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

	
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Section 6.10.  Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

	
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Section 6.11.  Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

	
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Section 6.12.  Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

	
50


	
Section 6.13.  Preferential Collection of Claims

	
50


	
Section 6.14.  Appointment of Authenticating Agent

	
50


	 	 
	
ARTICLE 7


	
Holders Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company


	 	 
	
Section 7.01.  Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

	
52


	
Section 7.02.  Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders

	
52


	
Section 7.03.  Reports by Trustee

	
53


	
Section 7.04.  Reports by Company

	
54


	 	 
	
ARTICLE 8


	
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer


	 	 
	
Section 8.01.  Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms

	
54


	
Section 8.02.  Successor Corporation Substituted

	
55


	
Section 8.03.  Assumption of Obligations

	
55


	
Section 8.04.  Notification of Assumption or Substitution

	
56


	 	 
	
ARTICLE 9


	
Supplemental Indentures


	 	 
	
Section 9.01.  Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders

	
57


	
Section 9.02.  Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders

	
58


	
Section 9.03.  Execution of Supplemental Indentures

	
59


	
Section 9.04.  Effect of Supplemental Indentures

	
60


	
Section 9.05.  Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

	
60


	
Section 9.06.  Reference in Contingent Convertible Securities to Supplemental Indentures

	
60


	
Section 9.07.  Notification of Modification or Supplemental Indenture

	
60


	 	 
	
ARTICLE 10


	
Covenants


	 	 
	
Section 10.01.  Payment of Principal, Premium, and Interest

	
61


	
Section 10.02.  Maintenance of Office or Agency

	
61


	
Section 10.03.  Money for Payments to be Held in Trust

	
62


	
Section 10.04.  Additional Amounts

	
63


	
Section 10.05.  Corporate Existence

	
65


	
Section 10.06.  Statement as to Compliance

	
65


	
Section 10.07.  Original Issue Document

	
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ARTICLE 11


	
Redemption of Contingent Convertible Securities


	 	 
	
Section 11.01.  Applicability of Article

	
66


	
Section 11.02.  Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

	
66


	
Section 11.03.  Selection by Trustee of Contingent Convertible Securities to Be Redeemed

	
66


	
Section 11.04.  Notice of Redemption

	
67


	
Section 11.05.  Deposit of Redemption Price

	
67


	
Section 11.06.  Contingent Convertible Securities Payable on Redemption Date

	
68


	
Section 11.07.  Contingent Convertible Securities Redeemed in Part

	
68


	 	 
	
ARTICLE 12


	
Subordination of Contingent Convertible Securities


	 	 
	
Section 12.01.  Contingent Convertible Securities Subordinate to Certain Other Claims of Creditors of the Company

	
69


	
Section 12.02.  Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights

	
69


	
Section 12.03.  Trustee to Effectuate Subordination

	
70


	
Section 12.04.  No Waiver of Subordination Provisions

	
70


	
Section 12.05.  Notice to Trustee

	
70


	
Section 12.06.  Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent

	
71


	
Section 12.07.  Trustee Not Fiduciary for Senior Creditors

	
71


	
Section 12.08.  Rights of Trustee as Senior Creditor; Preservation of Trustee’s Rights

	
71


	
Section 12.09.  Article Applicable to Paying Agents

	
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CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES INDENTURE, dated as of 2015 between THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc, a company incorporated in Scotland with registered number SC045551 (the “Company”), having its registered office at 36 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB, United Kingdom and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (previously named The Bank of New York), acting through its London Branch, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York as Trustee (the “Trustee”), having its Corporate Trust Office at One Canada Square, London E14 5AL.


 


RECITALS OF THE COMPANY


 


The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its Contingent Convertible Securities (herein called the “Contingent Convertible Securities”), to be issued in one or more series, represented by one or more Global Securities in registered form without coupons for payments attached, or represented by definitive Contingent Convertible Securities in registered form without coupons for payments attached, the amount and terms of each such series to be determined as hereinafter provided.


 


All things necessary to make this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.


 


NOW, THEREFORE, THIS CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES INDENTURE WITNESSETH:


 


For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Contingent Convertible Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities as follows:


 


 


ARTICLE 1


Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application


 


Section 1.01.  Definitions.  For all purposes of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:


 


(a)           the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;


 




  





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(b)           all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;


 


(c)           all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United Kingdom at the date of such computation and as applied by the Company;


 


(d)           the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and


 


(e)           unless the context requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or Section of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 


“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in ‎Section 1.04.


 


“Additional Amounts” shall have the meaning set forth in ‎Section 10.04.


 


“Additional Contingent Convertible Securities” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 3.12.


 


“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled “ have meanings correlative to the foregoing.


 


“Agent Member” means a member of, or participant in, any Depositary.


 


“Auditors” means the Auditors from time to time of the Company or if there shall be joint Auditors of the Company any one or more of such joint Auditors.


 


“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Contingent Convertible Securities. Initially, the Trustee shall act as Authenticating Agent.


 




  





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“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day for at least five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used, which, in the United Kingdom, will be the Financial Times of London, if practicable, and which, in the United States, will be the Wall Street Journal, if practicable, and which, in the country in which the Contingent Convertible Securities are listed, if any, will be any such publication in the jurisdiction where such stock exchange is located, and if it shall be impracticable in the opinion of the Company or the Trustee, as applicable to make any publication of any notice required hereby in any such newspaper, shall mean any publication or other notice in lieu thereof which is made or given with the approval of the Company or the Trustee, as applicable, which may include publication or other notice to members through DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream.


 


“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors, or any committee of such board duly authorized to act with respect hereto, of the Company, which board of directors or committee may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, delegate its authority.


 


“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or a Deputy or Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors or an authorized committee thereof and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.


 


“Business Day” means 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 New York City and London.


 


“Calculation Agent” means the Person, if any, authorized by the Company to calculate the interest rate or other amounts from time to time in relation to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


“Capital Regulations” means, at any time, the laws, regulations, requirements, guidelines and policies of the PRA and/or the European Parliament or of the Council of the European Union relating to capital adequacy for credit institutions (including, without limitation as to leverage) then in effect as applicable to the Company or the Regulatory Group including, without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, any delegated or implementing acts (such as regulatory technical standards) adopted by the European Commission and any regulations, requirements, guidelines and policies relating to capital adequacy adopted by the PRA from time to time (whether or not such requirements, guidelines or policies are applied generally or specifically to the Company or to the Regulatory Group).


 


 “Clearstream” means, Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or its nominee or its or their successor.


 




  





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“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.


 


“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor corporation.


 


“Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by an Executive Officer and delivered to the Trustee.


 


“Contingent Convertible Securities” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of the Company herein and more particularly means any series of Contingent Convertible Securities issued, authenticated and delivered under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 


“Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms and forms of particular series of Contingent Convertible Securities established pursuant to ‎Section 3.01.


 


“Contingent Convertible Security” means one of the Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


“Contingent Convertible Security Register” and “Contingent Convertible Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in ‎Section 3.05.


 


“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee in which its corporate trust business is principally administered, which, with respect to The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch, is currently located at One Canada Square, London E14 5AL (Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, Facsimile: +44 20 7964 2536).


 


The term “corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.


 


“CRD IV” means, taken together, (i) the CRD IV Directive, (ii) the CRD IV Regulation and (iii) the Capital Regulations.


 




  





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“CRD IV Directive” means Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 26, 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC, and any successor directive.


 


“CRD IV Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 26, 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms amending Regulation (EU) No. 648/2012, and any successor regulation.


 


“Depositary” means, with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities in registered form, a clearing agency that is designated to act as depositary for such Global Securities as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01.


 


“Dollar” or “$” or any similar reference means the coin or currency of the United States which as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.


 


“DTC” means the Depository Trust & Clearing Company or its nominee or its or their successor.


 


“euro” or “€” means the currency of the member states of the European Union (“EU”) that, from time to time, have adopted the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended from time to time.


 


“Euroclear” means the Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. as operator of the Euroclear system, or its nominee, or its or their successor.


 


“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in ‎Section 5.01.


 


“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


 


“Executive Officer” means any Director, or the RBS General Counsel, or the RBS Secretary, or the RBS Treasurer, or the RBS Deputy Secretary, or any Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Group, as applicable, or the Head of Treasury Markets, RBS Treasury, or a duly authorized Commissioner and Attorney of the Company, in terms of the Commission and Power of Attorney from time to time in effect and registered in the Books of Council and Session, in Edinburgh and, in each case, any other person authorized by a Board Resolution, or a resolution of the RBS Asset and Liability Management Committee or a subcommittee thereof, to carry out the functions such officer performs.


 




  





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“Foreign Currency” means the euro or any currency issued by the government of any country (or a group of countries or participating member states) other than the United States which as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.


 


“Foreign Government Securities” means with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of any series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, non-callable (i) direct obligations of the participating member state or government that issued such Foreign Currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such participating member state or government, the payment of which obligations is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such participating member state or government. For the avoidance of doubt, for all purposes hereof, euro shall be deemed to have been issued by each participating member state from time to time.


 


“Global Security” means a global certificate evidencing all or part of a series of Contingent Convertible Securities, authenticated and delivered to or on behalf of the Holder and registered in the name of the Holder or its nominee.


 


“Group” means The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc together with its subsidiaries consolidated in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.


 


“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Contingent Convertible Security in global or definitive form is registered in the Contingent Convertible Security Register.


 


“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Contingent Convertible Security, means the Stated Maturity, if any, of any instalment of interest on such Contingent Convertible Security.


 


“Liquidator” has the meaning specified in ‎Section 12.06.


 


“Losses” means any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses and judgments (including legal fees and expenses) sustained by the Company or the Trustee.


 


“Maturity”, when used with respect to any Contingent Convertible Security, means the date, if any, on which the principal of such Contingent Convertible Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether by call for redemption, winding-up of the Company or otherwise.


 


“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate delivered to the Trustee and signed by an Executive Officer.


 




  





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“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or legal advisors for the Company or other legal advisors acceptable to the Trustee.


 


“ordinary shares” means the ordinary shares of the Company, nominal value of £1.00 each.


 


“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Contingent Convertible Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount to be due and payable upon a declaration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to ‎Section 5.02.


 


“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities or any series of Contingent Convertible Securities means (except as otherwise specified pursuant to ‎Section 3.01), as of the date of determination, all Contingent Convertible Securities or all Contingent Convertible Securities of such series, as the case may be, theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, except:


 


(i)           Contingent Convertible Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;


 


(ii)           Contingent Convertible Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money, U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Securities in the necessary amount have been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Contingent Convertible Securities; provided, that, if such Contingent Convertible Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and


 


(iii)          Contingent Convertible Securities which have been paid pursuant to ‎Section 11.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Contingent Convertible Securities or ordinary shares delivered pursuant to this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, other than any such Contingent Convertible Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Contingent Convertible Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Contingent Convertible Securities are valid obligations of the Company;


 


provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of any series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (i) the principal amount of a Contingent Convertible Security


 




  





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denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of such Contingent Convertible Security, of the principal amount of such Contingent Convertible Security; and (ii) Contingent Convertible Securities beneficially owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Contingent Convertible Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Contingent Convertible Securities for which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Contingent Convertible Securities are so beneficially owned shall be so disregarded; provided, further, however, that Contingent Convertible Securities so beneficially owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Contingent Convertible Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Contingent Convertible Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.


 


“Paying Agent” means any Person (which may include the Company) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Contingent Convertible Securities on behalf of the Company.


 


“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.


 


“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Contingent Convertible Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to ‎Section 3.01 or, if not so specified, as specified in ‎Section 10.02.


 


“PRA” means the Prudential Regulation Authority or such other authority having primary supervisory authority with respect to the prudential regulation of the Company’s business.


 


“Predecessor Security” of any particular Contingent Convertible Security means every previous Contingent Convertible Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Contingent Convertible Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Contingent Convertible Security authenticated and delivered under ‎Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Contingent Convertible Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Contingent Convertible Security.


 




  





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“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Contingent Convertible Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption as specified in accordance with ‎Section 3.01.


 


“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Contingent Convertible Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as specified in accordance with ‎Section 3.01.


 


“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on registered Contingent Convertible Securities of any series means the date specified for the purpose pursuant to ‎Section 3.01.


 


“Regulatory Group” means the Company, its subsidiary undertakings, participations, participating interests and any subsidiary undertakings, participations or participating interests held (directly or indirectly) by any of its subsidiary undertakings from time to time and any other undertakings from time to time consolidated with it for regulatory purposes, in each case in accordance with the rules and guidance of the PRA then in effect.


 


“Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee assigned to or working in the Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee or, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 


“Senior Creditors” means creditors of the Company (i) who are unsubordinated creditors, (ii) whose claims are, or are expressed to be, subordinated (whether only in the event of a Winding-up or Administration Event or otherwise) to the claims of unsubordinated creditors of the Company but not further or otherwise, or (iii) who are subordinated creditors of the Company (whether as aforesaid or otherwise), other than those whose claims rank, or are expressed to rank, pari passu with, or junior to, the claims of holders of any series of the Contingent Convertible Securities and/or pari passu with or junior to any claims ranking pari passu with the claims of holders of any series of the Contingent Convertible Securities, in each case, in a Winding-up or Administration Event and (iv) any other creditors identified as Senior Creditors with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of such series pursuant to ‎Section 3.01.


 


“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Contingent Convertible Security or any instalment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date, if any, specified in, or determined in accordance with the terms of, such Contingent Convertible Security as the fixed date on which the principal or interest (as the case may be) of such Contingent Convertible Security is due and payable.


 




  





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“Subsidiary” means a subsidiary or a subsidiary undertaking as such terms are defined in Sections 1159 and 1162 of the UK Companies Act 2006 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed.


 


“successor entity” has the meaning specified in ‎Section 8.03.


 


 “Taxing Jurisdiction” has the meaning specified in ‎Section 10.04.


 


“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean the Person who is then the Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” shall mean and include each such Person; and “Trustee” as used with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series.


 


“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in ‎Section 9.05.


 


“United Kingdom” or “U.K.” means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.


 


“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America and, except in the case of Sections ‎6.09 and ‎6.14, its territories and possessions.


 


“U.S. Government Obligations” means non-callable (i) direct obligations of the United States for which its full faith and credit are pledged and/or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of the United States, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), which may include the Trustee, as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.


 


“Winding-up or Administration Event” will have the meaning specified in a supplemental indenture with respect to a series of Contingent Convertible Securities.


 




  





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Section 1.02.  Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of the legal advisor rendering such opinion all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.


 


Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture shall include:


 


(a)      a statement that each Person signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;


 


(b)      a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;


 


(c)      a statement that, in the opinion of each such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and


 


(d)      a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.


 


Section 1.03.  Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.  In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an  opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.


 


Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, legal advisors, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are


 




  





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erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of, or representations by, legal advisors may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such legal advisors know, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representation with respect to such matters is erroneous.


 


Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.


 


Section 1.04.  Acts of Holders.  Article 1 Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, when it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture and (subject to ‎Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.


 


(b)      The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. When such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.


 


(c)      The ownership of Contingent Convertible Securities shall be proved by the Contingent Convertible Security Register.


 


(d)      Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Contingent Convertible Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Contingent Convertible Security and the Holder of every Contingent Convertible Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything


 




  





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done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Contingent Convertible Security or such other Contingent Convertible Security.


 


(e)      If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture not later than six months after the record date.


 


Section 1.05.  Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company.  Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,


 


(a)      the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be via facsimile) to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office with a copy to The Bank of New York Mellon, Corporate Trust Services, Merck House, Seldown, Poole, BH15 1PX, Fax: +44 207 964 2536, Email: corpsov5@bnymellon.com.


 


(b)      the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, in the case of the Company, first-class postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture (unless another address has been previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, in which case at the last such address) marked “Attention: Company Secretary”.


 


The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, portable document format (PDF), facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods, provided, however, that the Trustee shall have


 




  





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received from the Company an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to give such instructions or directions and containing the titles and specimen signatures of such designated persons, which such incumbency certificate shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding a conflict or inconsistency between such instructions and a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.


 


Section 1.06.  Notice to Holders; Waiver.  When this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if given in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Contingent Convertible Security affected by such event in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to reports pursuant to ‎Section 7.03(a).


 


For so long as the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series are represented by Global Securities, the Company will deliver a copy of all notices with respect to such series to the Holder through the Depositary, in accordance with its applicable procedures from time to time.  Otherwise, notices to the Holders will be provided to the addresses that appear on the Contingent Convertible Security Register.


 


When notice to Holders of registered Contingent Convertible Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.


 


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published in an Authorized Newspaper in the jurisdiction where such stock exchange is located.


 


Section 1.07.  Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.  If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. If at any future time any provision required to be included herein by the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date as of which this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture was executed or any limitation imposed by the Trust Indenture Act at such date on any provision otherwise included herein would not be so required or imposed (in whole or in part) if this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture were executed at such future time, the Company and the Trustee may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to ‎Section 9.01 to change or eliminate (in whole or in part) such provision or limitation of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture in conformity with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in force, except that (subject to ‎Article 9) no provision or limitation required to be included herein by Sections 310(a)(1) and (a)(2), 315(a), (c), (d)(l), (d)(2), (d)(3) and (e), 316(a)(1)(A), (a)(l)(B), (a)(2), (a) (last sentence) and (b) of the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date as of which this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture was executed may be so changed or eliminated.


 


Section 1.08.  Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.  The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.


 


Section 1.09.  Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and agreements in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.


 


Section 1.10.  Separability Clause.  In case any provision in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or in the Contingent Convertible Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.


 


Section 1.11.  Benefits of Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.  Nothing in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or in the Contingent Convertible Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 


Section 1.12.  Governing Law.  This Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture and the Contingent Convertible Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except as stated


 




  





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in ‎Section 2.01 and except for Section 5.03 (in relation to waiver of the right to set-off by the Holders and by the Trustee acting on behalf of the Holders) and ‎Section 12.01, which shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland, and except that the authorization and execution of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture and the Contingent Convertible Securities shall be governed by (in addition to the laws of the State of New York relevant to execution) the respective jurisdictions of organization of the Company and the Trustee, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee’s lien provided in Section 6.07 hereof, and the Trustee’s right to set-off related thereto, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, New York law.


 


Section 1.13.  Saturdays, Sundays and Legal Holidays.  The terms of the Contingent Convertible Securities shall provide that, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity, of a Contingent Convertible Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or the Contingent Convertible Securities other than a provision in the Contingent Convertible Securities that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payments of interest, if any (and premium, if any), or principal and the exchange of the Contingent Convertible Security need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day (or such other Business Day as shall be provided in such Contingent Convertible Security) with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue on such payment for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.


 


Section 1.14.  Appointment of Agent for Service.  The Company has designated and appointed CT Corporation System (“CT Corporation”), 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011, United States, as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding in any Federal or State court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York arising out of or relating to the Contingent Convertible Securities or this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, but for that purpose only, and agrees that service of process upon said CT Corporation shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit or proceeding in any Federal or State court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York. Such appointment shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Contingent Convertible Securities remain Outstanding until the appointment of a successor by the Company and such successor’s acceptance of such appointment. Upon such acceptance, the Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of such successor. The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of said CT Corporation in full force and effect so long as any of the Contingent Convertible Securities shall be


 




  





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Outstanding. The Trustee shall not be obligated and shall have no responsibility with respect to any failure by the Company to take any such action. The Company hereby submits (for the purposes of any such suit or proceeding) to the jurisdiction of any such court in which any such suit or proceeding is so instituted, and waives, to the extent it may effectively do so, any objection it may have now or hereafter to the laying of the venue of any such suit or proceeding.


 


Section 1.15.  Calculation Agent.  If the Company appoints a Calculation Agent pursuant to ‎Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, any determination of the interest rate on, or other amounts in relation to, such series of Contingent Convertible Securities in accordance with the terms of such series of Contingent Convertible Securities by such Calculation Agent shall (in the absence of manifest error, bad faith or willful misconduct) be binding on the Company, the Trustee and all Holders and (in the absence of manifest error, bad faith or willful misconduct) no liability to the Holders shall attach to the Calculation Agent in connection with the exercise or non-exercise by it of its powers, duties and discretions.


 


Section 1.16.  Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES INDENTURE, THE CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.


 


ARTICLE 2


Contingent Convertible Security Forms


 


Section 2.01.  Forms Generally.  The Contingent Convertible Securities of each series shall be issuable as registered securities without coupons and in such forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, or an Officer’s Certificate, or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, pursuant to ‎Section 3.01, in each case with such insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with any applicable law or rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Contingent Convertible Securities, all as evidenced by any such execution; provided, however, that such Contingent Convertible Securities shall have endorsed thereon a statement in the following form or in substantially the following form:


 




  





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“The rights of the holder of the Contingent Convertible Security are, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Section [] of the indenture supplemental to the Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture establishing the terms of this Contingent Convertible Security, subordinated to the claims of other creditors of the Company, and this Contingent Convertible Security is issued subject to the provisions of that Section [], and the holder of this Contingent Convertible Security, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions. Such provisions and the terms of this paragraph are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of Scotland.”


 


The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in ‎Section 2.02 or ‎Section 6.14.


 


The definitive Contingent Convertible Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Contingent Convertible Securities may be listed, all as determined by the officers executing such Contingent Convertible Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.


 


Section 2.02.  Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.  The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:


 


CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION


 


This is one of the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 



	
Dated:

	  	 










 



	
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,


LONDON BRANCH


as Trustee

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
By: 

	  	 
	
Authorized Signatory

	 





 


ARTICLE 3


The Contingent Convertible Securities


 


Section 3.01.  Amount Unlimited, Issuable in Series.  The aggregate principal amount of Contingent Convertible Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Contingent Convertible Securities


 




  





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Indenture is unlimited. The Contingent Convertible Securities may be issued in one or more series.


 


There shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officer’s Certificate or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the initial issuance of Contingent Convertible Securities of any series,


 


(a)      the title of the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series from all other Contingent Convertible Securities);


 


(b)      any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture (except for Contingent Convertible Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Contingent Convertible Securities of the series pursuant to ‎Section 3.04, ‎3.05, ‎3.06, ‎9.06 or ‎11.07 and except for any Contingent Convertible Securities which, pursuant to ‎Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);


 


(c)      the date or dates, if any, on which the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series is payable, including any applicable Stated Maturity, if any, or Maturity, if any, or whether the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series are perpetual securities with no scheduled Stated Maturity with respect to the payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on), the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series;


 


(d)      whether or not such series of Contingent Convertible Securities are to be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option and, if so redeemable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which, Contingent Convertible Securities of the series may be redeemed;


 


(e)      the rate or rates, if any, at which the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series shall accrue interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable, if any or the manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, and any dates required to be established pursuant to ‎Section 7.01;


 


(f)      under what conditions, if any, a successor corporation may be substituted as the issuer of the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series (including pursuant to Section 8);


 


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the Company’s sole discretion and whether payments of principal, premium or interest, if any, are subject to any solvency, financial or capital ratio conditions of the Company, the Group or the Regulatory Group such that the payment of interest is prohibited;


 


(h)      whether any premium, upon redemption or otherwise, shall be payable by the Company on Contingent Convertible Securities of the series;


 


(i)      provisions, if any, for the discharge and defeasance of Contingent Convertible Securities of the series;


 


(j)      the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on Contingent Convertible Securities of the series shall be payable, and the Paying Agent or Paying Agents who shall be authorized to pay principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Contingent Convertible Securities of such series, at least one of such Paying Agents having offices or agencies in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and if the Contingent Convertible Securities are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, in Ireland;


 


(k)      the applicability of ‎Article 11 of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series, and the terms of any mandatory or optional redemption, repayment or repurchase of the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series (including pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or for a change in the treatment of the Contingent Convertible Securities for tax or regulatory purposes) and the period or periods within which, the terms and conditions upon which and the price or prices at which the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series may be redeemed, repaid or repurchased, in whole or in part;


 


(l)      if other than denominations of $1,000 and any multiple thereof, the denominations in which Contingent Convertible Securities of the series in each applicable form shall be issuable and any provisions relating to redenomination of any Contingent Convertible Securities;


 


(m)        any conditions on the Company repurchasing the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series;


 


(n)      the terms and conditions, if any, under which the Company may elect to substitute or vary the terms of the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series;


 


(o)      whether the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series will be listed on a securities exchange;


 


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additions to any of the provisions as set forth pursuant to ‎Article 5 of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture;


 


(q)      if other than the full principal amount thereof, the portion, or the manner of calculation of such portion, of the principal amount of Contingent Convertible Securities of the series which shall be payable upon a declaration of acceleration or acceleration of the Maturity, if any, thereof pursuant to ‎Section 5.02, upon redemption of Contingent Convertible Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity, if any, or which the Trustee shall be entitled to file and prove a claim pursuant to ‎Section 5.04;


 


(r)      if Additional Amounts, pursuant to ‎Section 10.04, will not be payable, or any modifications to the conditions under which Additional Amounts are payable;


 


(s)      the terms, if any, on which the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series may or shall be convertible into or exchangeable for ordinary shares, or any other securities, and whether such conversion or exchange shall occur following the occurrence of certain trigger events (which may include, but shall not be limited to, certain regulatory capital events) and if so the terms, if applicable, of the ordinary shares, or other securities into which such Contingent Convertible Securities are convertible or exchangeable and any additional or other provisions relating to such conversion or exchange, including the terms upon which such conversion should occur and any specific terms relating to the adjustment thereof and the period during which such Contingent Convertible Securities may or shall be so converted;


 


(t)      if other than Dollars, provisions, if any, for the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series to be denominated, and payments thereon to be made, in Foreign Currencies and specifying the Place of Payment and the manner of payment thereon and any other terms with respect thereto;


 


(u)      if other than the coin or currency in which the Contingent Convertible Securities of that series are denominated, the coin or currency in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series shall be payable;


 


(v)      if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency other than that in which the Contingent Convertible Securities are denominated, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;


 


(w)        the respective rights and obligations, if any, of the Company and Holders of the Contingent Convertible Securities following a change of control of the Company, including, if applicable, the terms and conditions under which the


 




  





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Company could be required to redeem or make an offer to purchase Contingent Convertible Securities of the series;


 


(x)      whether the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the initial Holder with respect to such Global Security or Contingent Convertible Securities;


 


(y)      if the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Contingent Convertible Security of such series or otherwise) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;


 


(z)      if the amounts of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or are otherwise not fixed on the original issue date thereof, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and the Calculation Agent, if any, who shall be appointed and authorized to calculate such amounts;


 


(aa)    the ranking and subordination terms with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series relative to the debt and equity issued by the Company, including to what extent the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series may rank junior in right of payment to other of the Company’s obligations or in any other manner;


 


(bb)   the forms of Contingent Convertible Securities of the series;


 


(cc)    any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale and delivery of the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series; and


 


(dd)   any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, except as permitted by ‎Section 9.01(d)).


 


All Contingent Convertible Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such action or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.


 


If the forms of Contingent Convertible Securities of any series, or any of the terms thereof, are established by the Board of Directors of the Company, copies of the Board Resolutions in respect thereof shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order pursuant to ‎Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Contingent Convertible Securities.


 




  





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Section 3.02.  Denominations.  The Contingent Convertible Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01. In the absence of any such specification with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of any series, the Contingent Convertible Securities of each series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 each and any integral multiple thereof.


 


Section 3.03.  Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.  The Contingent Convertible Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any Executive Officer. The signature of any Executive Officers on the Contingent Convertible Securities may be manual or facsimile. Contingent Convertible Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time an Executive Officer of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, the Company may deliver Contingent Convertible Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Contingent Convertible Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Contingent Convertible Securities. In authenticating such Contingent Convertible Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture in relation to such Contingent Convertible Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to ‎Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 


The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Contingent Convertible Securities if the issue of such Contingent Convertible Securities pursuant to this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Contingent Convertible Securities and this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.


 


Each Contingent Convertible Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.


 


No Contingent Convertible Security appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any benefit under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Contingent Convertible Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by or on behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Contingent Convertible Security shall be conclusive


 




  





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evidence, and the only evidence, that such Contingent Convertible Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that such Contingent Convertible Security is entitled to the benefits of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Contingent Convertible Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Contingent Convertible Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in ‎Section 3.09, for all purposes of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, such Contingent Convertible Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefit of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 


Section 3.04.  Temporary Contingent Convertible Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Contingent Convertible Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Contingent Convertible Securities substantially of the tenor of the definitive Contingent Convertible Securities in lieu of which they are issued, which Contingent Convertible Securities may be printed, lithographed, typewritten, photocopied or otherwise produced. Temporary Contingent Convertible Securities shall be issuable as registered Contingent Convertible Securities without coupons attached in any authorized denomination, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Contingent Convertible Securities may determine, all as evidenced by such execution.


 


If temporary Contingent Convertible Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause, if so required by the terms of such temporary Contingent Convertible Securities, definitive Contingent Convertible Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Contingent Convertible Securities of such series, the temporary Contingent Convertible Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Contingent Convertible Securities of such series containing identical terms and provisions upon surrender of the temporary Contingent Convertible Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Contingent Convertible Securities of any series the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Contingent Convertible Securities of the same series of authorized denominations containing identical terms and provisions. Until so exchanged, unless otherwise provided therein or in a supplemental indenture relating thereto, the temporary Contingent Convertible Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits (but shall be subject to all the limitations of rights) under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture as definitive Contingent Convertible Securities of such series.


 


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(a)      Global Securities. This ‎Section 3.05(a) shall apply to Global Securities unless otherwise specified, as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01.


 


Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01 hereof, the Contingent Convertible Securities shall be initially issued and represented by one or more Global Securities in registered form, without Coupons attached thereto, which shall be authenticated as contemplated by this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 


Each Global Security in registered form authenticated under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Contingent Convertible Security for all purposes of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.  Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01 hereof, each Global Security in registered form authenticated under this Indenture shall be initially registered in the name of DTC only.


 


With respect to Global Securities in registered form, unless the Global Security is presented by an authorized representative of the Holder to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of a nominee of the Holder and any payment is made to such nominee, any transfer, pledge or other use of the Global Security for value or otherwise shall be wrongful since the registered owner of such Global Security, the nominee of the Holder, has an interest in such Global Security.


 


Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01 hereof, any Global Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Contingent Convertible Securities only as provided in this paragraph. A Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to this Section only (i) if the relevant Depositary notifies the Trustee that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Trustee within 120 days of such notification, (ii) if, in the event of a winding-up of the Company, the Company fails to make a payment on the Contingent Convertible Securities when due and payable, or (iii) at any time if the Company at its option and in its sole discretion determines that the Global Securities of a particular series should be exchanged for definitive Contingent Convertible Securities of that series in registered form.  Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for, unless otherwise specified or contemplated by ‎Section 3.01, definitive Contingent Convertible Securities in registered form bearing interest (if any) at the same rate or pursuant to the same formula, having the same date of issuance, the same date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the same Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable or the manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates, redemption provisions, if any, specified currency and other terms and of differing denominations aggregating a


 




  





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like amount as the Global Security so exchangeable. Definitive Contingent Convertible Securities in registered form shall be registered in the names of the owners of the beneficial interests in such Global Securities as such names are from time to time provided by the Holder to the Trustee.


 


Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding paragraph, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01, shall be exchangeable for Contingent Convertible Securities issuable in authorized denominations of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor.


 


No Global Security in registered form may be transferred except as a whole by the Holder to a nominee of the Holder or by the Holder or any such nominee to a successor of the Holder or a nominee of such successor. Except as provided above, owners solely of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Contingent Convertible Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the holders thereof for any purpose under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 


In the event that a Global Security is surrendered for redemption in part pursuant to ‎Section 11.07, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Global Security, without service charge, a new Global Security in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed or unexchanged portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered.


 


The Agent Members and any other beneficial owners shall have no rights under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by a Holder, and such Holder may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall (i) prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Holder or (ii) impair, as between any such Holder or other clearance service and its Agent Members and Holders, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any security, including without limitation the granting of proxies or other authorization of participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 


In connection with any exchange of interests in a Global Security for definitive Contingent Convertible Securities of another authorized form, as provided in this ‎Section 3.05(a), then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Contingent Convertible Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security or the portion to be exchanged, executed by the Company. On or after


 




  





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the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such Global Security shall be surrendered by the Holder to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Contingent Convertible Securities without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Contingent Convertible Securities of authorized denominations as the portion of such Global Security to be exchanged. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to this ‎Section 3.05 shall be exchangeable for Contingent Convertible Securities issuable in the denominations specified as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01 and registered in such names as the Holder of such Global Security shall direct. If a definitive Contingent Convertible Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a Global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on any record date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of such definitive Contingent Convertible Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date only to the person to whom payments of interest in respect of such portion of such Global Security are payable.


 


A Depositary may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


(b)      Except as otherwise specified pursuant to ‎Section 3.01, Contingent Convertible Securities of any series may only be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of registered Contingent Convertible Securities of such series of other authorized denominations containing identical terms and provisions. Contingent Convertible Securities to be exchanged shall be surrendered at an office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to ‎Section 10.02 for such purpose, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange therefor the Contingent Convertible Security or Contingent Convertible Securities of the same series which the Holder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.


 


Except as otherwise specified pursuant to ‎Section 3.01, the Company shall cause to be kept in the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Contingent Convertible Security Register” provided, no such Contingent Convertible Security Register shall be maintained in any office or agency in the United Kingdom other than in Scotland) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of registered Contingent Convertible Securities and of transfers of such Contingent Convertible Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed


 




  





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“Contingent Convertible Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Contingent Convertible Securities in registered form and transfers of Contingent Convertible Securities in registered form as herein provided.


 


Registered Contingent Convertible Securities shall be transferable only on the Contingent Convertible Security Register. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Contingent Convertible Security of any series, together with the form of transfer endorsed on it, duly completed and executed at an office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to ‎Section 10.02 for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the address specified in the form of transfer, within three Business Days, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Contingent Convertible Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations containing identical terms and provisions, of a like aggregate principal amount. If only part of a Contingent Convertible Security is transferred, a new registered Contingent Convertible Security of an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount not being transferred shall be executed by the Company, and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the transferor, in the name of the transferor, within three Business Days after the Trustee acting as Paying Agent pursuant to ‎Section 10.02 received the Contingent Convertible Security.  The registered new Contingent Convertible Security will be delivered to the transferor by uninsured post at the risk of the transferor to the address of the transferor appearing in the Contingent Convertible Security Register.


 


All Contingent Convertible Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Contingent Convertible Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, as the Contingent Convertible Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.


 


Every registered Contingent Convertible Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Contingent Convertible Security Registrar duly executed, by the registered Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.


 


No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Contingent Convertible Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Contingent Convertible Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to ‎Section 3.04, ‎9.06 or ‎11.07 not involving any transfer.


 


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notice of redemption of Contingent Convertible Securities of such series selected for redemption under ‎Section 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of the giving of such notice, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange of any Contingent Convertible Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Contingent Convertible Securities being redeemed in part.


 


Section 3.06.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Contingent Convertible Securities.  If any mutilated Contingent Convertible Security (including any Global Security) is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company may execute and the Trustee shall, in the case of a Contingent Convertible Security, authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Contingent Convertible Security of the same series containing identical terms and provisions and of like amount, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.


 


If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Contingent Convertible Security (including any Global Security) and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of any of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Contingent Convertible Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Contingent Convertible Security a new Contingent Convertible Security of the same series containing identical terms and provisions and of like amount, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.


 


In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Contingent Convertible Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Contingent Convertible Security, pay such Contingent Convertible Security.


 


Upon the issuance of any new Contingent Convertible Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.


 


Every new Contingent Convertible Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Contingent Convertible Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Contingent Convertible Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Contingent Convertible Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.


 




  





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The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


Section 3.07.  Payment; Interest Rights Preserved.  Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, interest, if any, on any Contingent Convertible Securities which is payable, and is paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid in the case of registered Contingent Convertible Securities, to the Person in whose name that Contingent Convertible Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, or in the case of Global Securities held by any Holder, to the Holder (including through a Paying Agent of the Company designated pursuant to ‎Section 3.01 outside the United Kingdom for collection by the Holder) at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.


 


In the case of Contingent Convertible Securities where payment is to be made in Dollars, payment at any Paying Agent’s office outside The City of New York will be made in Dollars by check drawn on, or, at the request of the Holder, by transfer to a Dollar account maintained by the payee with, a bank in The City of New York.


 


In the case of Contingent Convertible Securities where payment is to be made in a Foreign Currency, payment will be made as established pursuant to ‎Section 3.01.


 


Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, and except as otherwise provided as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, each Contingent Convertible Security delivered under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Contingent Convertible Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Contingent Convertible Security.


 


Section 3.08.  Persons Deemed Owners.  Prior to due presentment of a Contingent Convertible Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Contingent Convertible Security is registered as the owner of such Contingent Convertible Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.05 and Section 3.07) interest, if any, on such Contingent Convertible Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Contingent Convertible Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.


 


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Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Security or shall impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Security.


 


Section 3.09.  Cancellation.  All Contingent Convertible Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Contingent Convertible Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder and all Contingent Convertible Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Contingent Convertible Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Contingent Convertible Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by the provisions of the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series or pursuant to the provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture. The Trustee shall deliver to the Company all cancelled Contingent Convertible Securities held by the Trustee.


 


Section 3.10.  Computation of Interest.  Except as otherwise specified pursuant to ‎Section 3.01 for Contingent Convertible Securities of any series, payments of interest on the Contingent Convertible Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.


 


Section 3.11.  CUSIP Numbers.  The Company in issuing any series of the Contingent Convertible Securities may use “CUSIP”, “ISIN”, “Common Code” and/or other similar numbers (if then generally in use) or any successor to such numbers and thereafter with respect to such series, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP”, “ISIN”, “Common Code” and/or other similar numbers or successor numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Contingent Convertible Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Contingent Convertible Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP”, “ISIN”, “Common Code” and/or other similar numbers or successor numbers.


 


Section 3.12.  Additional Contingent Convertible Securities.  The Company may, from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series, issue additional Contingent Convertible Securities of one or more of the series of Contingent Convertible Securities issued under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, having the same ranking and same interest rate, Maturity, if any, Stated Maturity, if any,


 




  





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redemption terms and other terms, except for the price to the public and issue date and first Interest Payment Date, as the Contingent Convertible Securities (the “Additional Contingent Convertible Securities”).  Any such Additional Contingent Convertible Securities, together with the Contingent Convertible Securities of the applicable series, may constitute a single series of Contingent Convertible Securities under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture and shall be included in the definition of “Contingent Convertible Securities” in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture where the context requires.


 


Section 3.13.  Correction Of Minor Defects in or Amendment of Contingent Convertible Securities.  Subject always to Section 9.07, if, after issuance of any Contingent Convertible Security (including any Global Security), (i) the Company or the Trustee shall become aware of any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in any term of a Contingent Convertible Security or Global Security, as the case may be, or, (ii) with respect to any Contingent Convertible Security (including any Global Security) issued on or after the date hereof, the Company and the Trustee agree to amend such Contingent Convertible Security as contemplated by ‎Section 9.01(l), the parties hereto shall provide for the execution, authentication, delivery and dating of one or more replacement Contingent Convertible Securities or Global Securities, as the case may be, pursuant to ‎Section 3.03 hereto, provided, however, that such amendment is not materially adverse to Holders of any Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


 


ARTICLE 4


Satisfaction and Discharge


 


Section 4.01.  Satisfaction and Discharge of Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.  This Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture shall upon Company Request (subject to ‎Section 4.04) cease to be of further effect with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of any series (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Contingent Convertible Securities of such series herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the direction and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series when:


 


(a)      either


 


(i)      all Contingent Convertible Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (1) Contingent Convertible Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in ‎Section 3.06 and (2) Contingent Convertible Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the


 




  





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Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in ‎Section 10.03) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or


 


(ii)      all such Contingent Convertible Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation


 


(A)      have become due and payable or will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity, if any, within one year, or


 


(B)      are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,


 


and (1) the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in trust for the purpose, an amount in cash, or U.S. Government Obligations (with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities denominated in Dollars) or Foreign Government Securities (with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities denominated in the same Foreign Currency) maturing, in the case of (A) and (B) above, as to principal and interest, if any, in such amounts and at such times as will ensure the availability of cash sufficient to pay, satisfy and discharge all claims with respect to such Contingent Convertible Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, in the case of (A) and (B) above, for principal (and premium, if any) and accrued interest, if any, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Contingent Convertible Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Redemption Date; and (2) no Event of Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; or


 


(b)      the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder (including any accrued but unpaid interest) by the Company with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series and no Event of Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and


 


(c)      the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series have been complied with.


 


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under Section 6.14 and, if cash, U.S. Government Obligations and/or Foreign Government Securities shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause ‎4.01(a)(ii) of clause ‎4.01(a) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under ‎Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of ‎Section 10.03 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge, including any termination under bankruptcy law.


 


Section 4.02.  Application of Trust Money.  Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of ‎Section 10.03, all cash, U.S. Government Obligations and Foreign Government Securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to ‎Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and such cash and the proceeds from such U.S. Government Obligations and/or Foreign Government Securities shall be applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series, and this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for the payment of which such cash, U.S. Government Obligations and/or Foreign Government Securities have been deposited with the Trustee.


 


Section 4.03.  Repayment to Company.  The Trustee, the Calculation Agent and any Paying Agent promptly shall pay to the Company upon Company Request any excess money, U.S. Government Obligations and/or Foreign Government Securities held by them at any time with respect to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


Section 4.04.  PRA Consent.  The Company may only make a Company Request as provided under Article 4 of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture provided that (a) such right shall only apply if, when and to the extent not prohibited by CRD IV, (b) the Company (except to the extent that the PRA no longer so requires) has notified the PRA of its intention to do so at least one month (or such other, longer or shorter period, as the PRA may then require or accept) before the Company makes such Company Request and no objection thereto has been raised by the PRA or (if required) the PRA has provided its consent thereto and (c) the Company has complied with any other requirement of the PRA applicable at the time with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of any series set forth pursuant to Section 3.01.


 


 


ARTICLE 5


Remedies


 


Section 5.01.  Events of Default. “Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of a particular series, means any Event of Default or such other remedies identified as Events of Default for purposes of this ‎Article 5 provided with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.01.


 




  





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Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.  Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, if an Event of Default occurs with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of any series and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holder or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of such series may declare the principal amount, together with accrued interest (if any), and Additional Amounts (if any), payable on such Contingent Convertible Securities (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the accreted face amount together with accrued interest, if any, and Additional Amounts (if any) on such Original Issue Discount Securities), of all the Contingent Convertible Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holder or Holders in accordance with ‎Section 5.08 hereof), and upon any such declaration such amount shall become immediately due and payable.


 


At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of any series has been made but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as provided in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, together with any supplemental indenture hereto, the Holder or Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind or annul such declaration of acceleration and its consequences (including any Event of Default under another series of Contingent Convertible Securities arising therefrom) but only if


 


(a)      the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay


 


(i)      the principal of, and premium, if any, on, any Contingent Convertible Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any due and payable interest, thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Contingent Convertible Securities,


 


(ii)      all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and


 


(b)      all Events of Default with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of such series have been cured or waived as provided by ‎Section 5.13.


 


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Section 5.03.  Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.


 


(a)      Other than the limited remedies specified in ‎Section 5.02 and except as provided by a supplemental indenture hereto establishing the terms of Contingent Convertible Securities of a series in accordance with  ‎Section 3.01, if an Event of Default with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, no remedy against the Company shall be available to the Trustee or any Holder of the Contingent Convertible Securities, whether for the recovery of amounts owing in respect of the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series or under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or in respect of any breach by the Company of any of its other obligations under or in respect of the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series or under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, provided that (i) the Company’s obligations to the Trustee under, and the lien provided for in, Section 6.07 hereof and the Trustee’s rights to have money collected applied first to pay amounts due to it under such Section pursuant to Section 5.06 hereof, expressly survive any such Event of Default and are not subject to any subordination provisions applicable to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.01 and ‎Section 12.01 hereof and (ii) the Trustee shall have such powers as are required to be authorized to it under the Trust Indenture Act in respect of the rights of the Holders of such Contingent Convertible Securities in response to such Event of Default under the provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, and provided, further, that any payments on the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series are subject to any subordination provisions applicable to the Contingent Convertible Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.01 and ‎Section 12.01 hereof.


 


(b)      Subject to applicable law and unless the relevant Contingent Convertible Securities provide otherwise, the Trustee (acting on behalf of the Holders) and the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities by their acceptance thereof will be deemed to have waived any right of set-off, counterclaim or combination of accounts with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities or this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture (or between the Company’s obligations under or in respect of any Contingent Convertible Securities and any liability owed by a Holder to the Company) that they (or the Trustee acting on their behalf) might otherwise have against the Company, whether before or during a winding up, administration or liquidation of the Company or otherwise.  Notwithstanding the above, if any such rights and claims of any such Holder (or the Trustee acting on behalf of such Holder) against the Company are discharged by set-off, such Holder (or the Trustee acting on behalf of such Holder) will immediately pay an amount equal to the amount of such discharge to the Company or, in the event of the winding up or administration of the Company, the liquidator or administrator (or other relevant insolvency official), as the case may be, to be held on trust for the Senior Creditors, and until such time as payment is


 




  





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made will hold a sum equal to such amount on trust for Senior Creditors, and accordingly such discharge shall be deemed not to have taken place.


 


(c)      No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Contingent Convertible Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, or in any Contingent Convertible Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation of the Company, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that to the extent lawful all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture and the issue of the Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


Section 5.04.  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.  In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, administration, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition, winding-up or other similar judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series or to the property of the Company or such obligor or their creditors (other than under or in connection with a scheme of amalgamation or reconstruction not involving bankruptcy or insolvency), the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with ‎Section 5.03(a) hereof in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, and subject as aforesaid, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys and other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of a Contingent Convertible Security to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Holders or holders, to first pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under ‎Section 6.07.


 


Subject to ‎Article 8 and ‎Section 9.02, nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of any Contingent Convertible Security any plan of


 




  





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reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition affecting any Contingent Convertible Securities or the rights of any Holder of any Contingent Convertible Security or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any such Holder or holder in any such proceeding.


 


The provisions of this ‎Section 5.04 are subject to the provisions of Article 12.


 


Section 5.05.  Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Contingent Convertible Securities.  All rights of action and claims under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or the Contingent Convertible Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Contingent Convertible Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel (subject, with regard to the Company, to the provisions of Article 12) be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Contingent Convertible Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.


 


Section 5.06.  Application of Money Collected.  Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article or, after an Event of Default, any money or other property distributable in respect of the Company’s obligations under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, in respect of any series of Contingent Convertible Securities shall, subject to the provisions of ‎Section 5.03 in relation to waiver and set-off and Article 12 in relation to subordination insofar as they apply to the claims of the Holders, be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, upon presentation of such Contingent Convertible Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:


 


FIRST: To the payment of all amounts applicable to such series of Contingent Convertible Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected and is due and owing to the Trustee (including any predecessor Trustee) under ‎Section 6.07;


 


SECOND: Subject to ‎Section 12.01, to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such series of Contingent Convertible Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Contingent Convertible Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, respectively; and


 




  





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THIRD: To the payment of the balance, if any, to the Company or any other Person or Persons legally entitled thereto.


 


Section 5.07.  Limitation on Suits.  Except as otherwise provided by ‎Section 3.01 in respect of any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, no Holder of any Contingent Convertible Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless


 


(a)      such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of the same series specifying such Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;


 


(b)      the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in accordance with ‎Section 5.02 to ‎5.05 hereof in respect of such Event of Default in its own name, as Trustee hereunder;


 


(c)      such Holder of a Contingent Convertible Security has offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;


 


(d)      the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute proceedings in accordance with ‎Section 5.02 hereof; and


 


(e)      no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of such series;


 


it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of a particular series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other such Holders or holders or to enforce any right under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of such series.


 


Section 5.08.  Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest, if any.  Subject to Article 12 in relation to subordination and except as otherwise provided by any supplemental indenture hereto with respect to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, notwithstanding any


 




  





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other provision in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, the Holder of any Contingent Convertible Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Contingent Convertible Security when due and payable as expressed in such Contingent Convertible Security  (including upon an Event of Default, if any, or on any Stated Maturity or Redemption Date as the case may be), and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder or holder.


 


Section 5.09.  Restoration of Rights and Remedies.  If the Trustee or any Holder of any Contingent Convertible Security has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.


 


Section 5.10.  Rights and Remedies Cumulative.  Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Contingent Convertible Securities in the last paragraph of ‎Section 3.06 and without prejudice to Section 5.03, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not, subject as aforesaid, prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.


 


Section 5.11.  Delay or Omission Not Waiver.  No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Contingent Convertible Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities, as the case may be.


 


Section 5.12.  Control by Holders.  Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 in respect of any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the


 




  





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time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee hereunder, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee hereunder with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series, provided that such direction is in writing and the Trustee has been offered indemnity and/or security satisfactory to it in its sole discretion and:


 


(a)      such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture;


 


(b)      the Trustee shall not determine that the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of any Contingent Convertible Securities of any series not taking part in such direction with respect to which the Trustee is acting as the Trustee; and


 


(c)      the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.


 


Section 5.13.  Waiver of Past of Defaults.  Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 in respect of any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series waive any past Event of Default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences except, to the extent applicable, an Event of Default,


 


(a)      in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Contingent Convertible Security of such series, or


 


(b)      in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 9 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Contingent Convertible Security of such series affected.


 


Upon any such waiver, such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with respect to any series arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred for every purpose of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.


 


Section 5.14.  Undertaking for Costs.  All parties to this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Contingent Convertible Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant to such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in


 




  





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such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder or group of Holders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Contingent Convertible Security on or after any respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Contingent Convertible Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).


 


ARTICLE 6


The Trustee


 


Section 6.01.  Certain Duties and Responsibilities.  The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.01.


 


Section 6.02.  Notice of Defaults.  Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default hereunder with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities of any series of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has written knowledge of such Event of Default, the Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in ‎Section 1.06 to Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of such series notice of such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of Default  shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice (except for a payment default) if it determines in good faith that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of such series.


 


Section 6.03.  Certain Rights of Trustee.  Subject to the provisions of ‎Section 6.01:


 


(a)      the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate, or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by


 




  





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it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;


 


(b)      any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;


 


(c)      whenever in the administration of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate and/or Opinion of Counsel;


 


(d)      the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;


 


(e)      the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;


 


(f)      the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit at the reasonable expense of the Company and shall incur no liability by reason of such inquiry or investigation; provided that the Trustee shall not be entitled to such information which the Company is prevented from disclosing as a matter of law or contract;


 


(g)      the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent (other than an officer or employee of the Trustee) or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;


 


(h)      the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within its rights or powers conferred upon it by this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture;


 




  





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(i)      the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received at the corporate trust office of the Trustee, written notice of such Event of Default, and such notice refers to the Contingent Convertible Securities and this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture;


 


(j)      the Trustee shall not be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to, lost profits, even if it has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;


 


(k)      the Trustee shall not be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder because of circumstances beyond its control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, war (whether declared or undeclared), terrorism, strikes, work stoppages, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes, fire, riot, embargo, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations, governmental action or the like which delay, restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture; and


 


(l)      the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder.


 


Section 6.04.  Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Contingent Convertible Securities.  The recitals contained herein and in the Contingent Convertible Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or of the Contingent Convertible Securities, except that the Trustee represents and warrants that it has duly authorized, executed and delivered this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Contingent Convertible Securities or the proceeds thereof.


 


Section 6.05.  May Hold Contingent Convertible Securities.  The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Contingent Convertible Security Registrar and any Calculation Agent or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Contingent Convertible Securities and, subject to Section 6.10 and Section 6.14, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Contingent Convertible Security Registrar, Calculation Agent or such other agent.


 




  





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Section 6.06.  Money Held in Trust.  Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.


 


Section 6.07.  Compensation and Reimbursement.


 


The Company agrees:


 


(a)      to pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder as agreed upon in writing by the Company from time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);


 


(b)      except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by its own negligence or bad faith; and


 


(c)      to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including legal fees and expenses) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder but excluding any tax liabilities of the Trustee in respect of its net profits.


 


The fee, costs and expenses of the Trustee and its counsel incurred in connection with services rendered by the Trustee under Section 5.01 hereof shall constitute administration expenses in any bankruptcy proceedings.


 


The Trustee shall notify the Company in writing of the commencement of any action or claim in respect of which indemnification may be sought promptly after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee becomes aware of such commencement (provided that the failure to make such notification shall not affect the Trustee’s rights hereunder) and the Company shall be entitled to participate in, and to the extent it shall wish, to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.  If the Company and the Trustee are being represented by the same counsel and the Company has assumed the defense of the claim, the Trustee shall not be authorized to settle a claim without the written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.


 




  





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If the Trustee is represented by separate counsel due to a conflict of interest or its need for separate representation due to a need to assert defences, which are different from the Company’s, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, the Trustee shall be entitled to enter into any settlement without the written consent of the Company and any and all fees, costs and expenses of such separate legal representation of the Trustee will be paid by the Company.


 


As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a senior lien to which the Contingent Convertible Securities are hereby made subordinate, upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


Section 6.08.  Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.  If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act and this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 


Section 6.09.  Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.  There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder with respect to each series which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State or District of Columbia authority and, if there be such corporation willing and able to act as trustee on reasonable and customary terms, having its corporate trust office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this ‎Article 6.


 


Section 6.10.  Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.


 


(a)      No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of ‎Section 6.11.


 


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by ‎Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series.


 


(c)      The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by ‎Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series.


 


(d)      If at any time:


 


(i)      the Trustee shall fail to comply with ‎Section 6.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Contingent Convertible Security of the series as to which the Trustee has a conflicting interest for at least six months, or


 


(ii)     the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under ‎Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Contingent Convertible Security for at least six months, or


 


(iii)    the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge, or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or


 


(iv)    the Trustee shall fail to perform its obligations to the Company under the Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture in any material respect,


 


then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to any or all series of Contingent Convertible Securities or (B) subject to ‎Section 5.14 (and except in the case of subparagraph ‎6.10(d)(iv) above), any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Contingent Convertible Security for at least six months (and, in the case of ‎Section 6.10(d)(i) above, who is a Holder of a Contingent Convertible Security of the series as to which the Trustee has a conflicting interest) may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Contingent Convertible Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.


 




  





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(e)      If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series (it being understood that any successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of one or more or all of such series and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of any particular series), and shall comply with the applicable requirements of ‎Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of ‎Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of such series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter required by ‎Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Contingent Convertible Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series.


 


(f)      The Company shall give notice to Holders of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series in the manner and to the extent provided in ‎Section 1.06. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.


 


Section 6.11.  Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.


 


(a)      In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Contingent Convertible Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such


 




  





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successor Trustee, all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.


 


(b)      In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Contingent Convertible Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.


 


(c)      Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph ‎(a) or ‎(b) of this ‎Section 6.11, as the case may be.


 


(d)      No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this ‎Article 6.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein all of the rights, immunities and indemnities given to


 




  





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the retiring Trustee hereunder, including, without limitation, those in ‎Section 6.07 shall survive the resignation of the retiring Trustee and any other termination of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 


Section 6.12.  Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.  Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Contingent Convertible Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


Section 6.13.  Preferential Collection of Claims.  If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Contingent Convertible Securities of a series), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).


 


Section 6.14.  Appointment of Authenticating Agent.  The Trustee may at any time appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Contingent Convertible Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Contingent Convertible Securities of such series upon original issue, or issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or in lieu of destroyed, lost or stolen Contingent Convertible Securities, and Contingent Convertible Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Contingent Convertible Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation or banking association organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State or District of Columbia authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be


 




  





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its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this ‎Section 6.14, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.


 


Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation or national banking association shall be otherwise eligible under this ‎Section 6.14, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.


 


An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this ‎Section 6.14, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice to the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities in the manner and to the extent provided in ‎Section 1.06. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this ‎Section 6.14.


 


The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this ‎Section 6.14.


 


If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:


 


This is one of the Contingent Convertible Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 




  





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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON


LONDON BRANCH


as Trustee

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
By: 

	 	 
	
as Authenticating Agent

	 






	 	 
	 	 
	
By: 

	 	 
	
Authorized Signatory

	 







 


ARTICLE 7




Holders Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company


 


Section 7.01.  Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.  The Company, with respect to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee


 


(a)      quarterly, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date (or after each of the dates to be specified for such purpose for non-interest bearing Contingent Convertible Securities and Contingent Convertible Securities on which interest is paid less frequently than quarterly as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities as of such Regular Record Date or such specified date, and


 


(b)      at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished.


 


The Company need not furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to this ‎Section 7.01 the names and addresses of Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities so long as the Trustee acts as Contingent Convertible Security Registrar with respect to such series of Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


Section 7.02.  Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders.


 


(a)      The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders (i) contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in ‎Section 7.01 and (ii) received by the Trustee in its capacity as Paying Agent or Contingent Convertible Security


 




  





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Registrar (if so acting). The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in ‎Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.


 


(b)      The rights of the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of any series to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or under the Contingent Convertible Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.


 


(c)      Every Holder, by receiving and holding a Contingent Convertible Security, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with ‎Section 7.02(b) or otherwise made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.


 


Section 7.03.  Reports by Trustee.


 


(a)      On or before May 15 in each year following the date hereof, so long as any Contingent Convertible Securities are Outstanding hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit to Holders as provided in the Trust Indenture Act a brief report dated as of a date required by and in compliance with the Trust Indenture Act.


 


(b)      A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each securities exchange upon which the Trustee has been notified that the Contingent Convertible Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when Contingent Convertible Securities are listed on any securities exchange.


 


(c)      If not otherwise available on the Company’s website, the Company will furnish the Trustee with interim and annual reports and upon receipt thereof, and at the direction of the Company, the Trustee will mail such reports to all record holders of Contingent Convertible Securities.  In addition, the Company will furnish the Trustee with all notices of meetings at which holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of a particular series are entitled to vote, and all other reports and communications that are made generally available to holders of Contingent Convertible Securities.  The Trustee will, at the Company’s expense, make such notices, reports and communications available for inspection by holders of Contingent Convertible Securities in such manner as the Company may determine and, in the case of any notice received by the Trustee in respect of any meeting at which holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of a particular series are entitled to vote, at the direction of the Company, will mail to all such record holders of Contingent Convertible Securities, at the Company’s expense, a notice containing a summary of the information set forth in such notice of meeting.


 




  





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Section 7.04.  Reports by Company.  The Company shall:


 


(a)      file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate);


 


(b)      file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate); and


 


(c)      transmit to Holders, in the manner and to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs ‎(a) and ‎(b) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.


 


 


ARTICLE 8


Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer


 


Section 8.01.  Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.  The Company may, without the consent of Holders of any Contingent Convertible Securities of any series Outstanding under this Contingent Convertible Securities


 




  





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Indenture, consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any other corporation or convey or transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, provided that:


 


(a)      the corporation formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety (i) shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision thereof, and (ii) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all the Contingent Convertible Securities in accordance with the provisions of such Contingent Convertible Securities and this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture and the performance of every covenant of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;


 


(b)      the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.


 


Section 8.02.  Successor Corporation Substituted.  Upon any consolidation, amalgamation or merger or any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with ‎Section 8.01, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall succeed to and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company, herein, and thereafter, the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture and the Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


Section 8.03.  Assumption of Obligations.  Subject to applicable law and regulation (including, if and to the extent required by the Capital Regulations at such time, the prior consent of the PRA), with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series, unless otherwise specified in accordance with ‎Section 3.01, a holding company of the Company or any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (a “successor entity”) may without the consent of any Holder assume the obligations of the Company (or any corporation which shall have previously assumed the obligations of the Company) for the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on any series of Contingent Convertible Securities in accordance with the provisions of such Contingent Convertible Securities and this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture and the performance of every covenant of this


 




  





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Contingent Convertible Security Indenture and such series of Contingent Convertible Securities on the part of the Company to be performed or observed provided, that:


 


(a)      the successor entity shall expressly assume such obligations by an amendment to this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, executed by the Company and such successor entity, if applicable, and delivered to the Trustee, in a form satisfactory to the Trustee;


 


(b)      such successor entity shall confirm in such amendment to the Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture that such successor entity will pay all Additional Amounts, if any, payable pursuant to ‎Section 10.04 in respect of all the Contingent Convertible Securities, provided, however, that for these purposes, in the case of a successor entity that is not both organized under the laws of the United Kingdom and tax resident in the United Kingdom, such successor entity’s country of organization and country of tax residence will replace the references to the United Kingdom in the definition of “Taxing Jurisdiction” and that such obligation to pay Additional Amounts is subject to exceptions equivalent to those provided in Section 10.04;


 


(c)      immediately after giving effect to such assumption of obligations, no Event of Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and


 


(d)      the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such assumption complies with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such assumption have been complied with.


 


Upon any such assumption, the successor entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture with respect to any such Contingent Convertible Securities with the same effect as if such successor entity had been named as the Company in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, and the Company or any legal and valid successor corporation which shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed herein, shall be released from all liability as obligor upon any such Contingent Convertible Securities except as provided in clause ‎(a) of this ‎Section 8.03.


 


Section 8.04.  Notification of Assumption or Substitution. No such assumption or substitution as is referred to in Sections 8.01, 8.02 and 8.03 shall be effected in relation to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, unless (except to the extent that the PRA no longer so requires) the Company has notified the PRA of its intention to do so at least one month (or such other, longer or shorter period, as the PRA may then require or accept) before the date scheduled therefor and no objection thereto has been raised by the PRA or (if required) the PRA has provided its consent thereto.


 




  





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ARTICLE 9


Supplemental Indentures


 


Section 9.01.  Supplemental Indenture without Consent of Holders.  Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:


 


(a)      to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Contingent Convertible Securities;


 


(b)      to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Contingent Convertible Securities (and, if such covenants are to be for the benefit of fewer than all series of Contingent Convertible Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;


 


(c)      to add any additional Events of Default (and, if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Contingent Convertible Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);


 


(d)      to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, or any supplemental indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Contingent Convertible Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture effecting such change or elimination which is entitled to the benefit of such provision, and adversely affected by such addition, change or elimination;


 


(e)      to secure the Contingent Convertible Securities;


 


(f)      to establish the form or terms of Contingent Convertible Securities of any series as permitted by Sections ‎2.01 or ‎3.01;


 


(g)      to change any Place of Payment, so long as the Place of Payment as required by ‎Section 3.01 is maintained;


 


(h)      to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture;


 


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3.01, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of any series in any material respect;


 


(j)      to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of any series in any material respect;


 


(k)      to evidence and provide for the acceptance of an appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of ‎Section 6.11(b);


 


(l)      to change or eliminate any provision of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture as permitted by ‎Section 1.07; or


 


(m)        with respect to any Contingent Convertible Security (including a Global Security) issued on or after the date hereof, to amend any such Contingent Convertible Security to conform to the description of the terms of such Contingent Convertible Security in the prospectus, prospectus supplement, product supplement, pricing supplement or any other similar offering document related to the offering of such Contingent Convertible Security.


 


Section 9.02.  Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.  With the consent of the Holders of not less than 2/3 (two thirds) in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of each series affected by such supplemental Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture (voting as a class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of such series under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture may, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Contingent Convertible Security affected thereby,


 


(a)      change the Stated Maturity, if any, of any principal amount or any interest amounts in respect of any such Contingent Convertible Security, change the terms of any Contingent Convertible Security to include a Stated Maturity or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest, if any, thereon, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to ‎Section 5.02, or change the obligation of the Company (or its successor) to pay Additional Amounts pursuant


 




  





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to ‎Section 10.04 (except as contemplated by ‎Section 8.01(a) and permitted by ‎Section 9.01(a)) on the Contingent Convertible Securities, or the currency of payment of the principal amount of, premium, if any, or interest on, any such Contingent Convertible Security, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof or the date any such payment is otherwise due and payable (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); or


 


(b)      reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or of certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture; or


 


(c)      modify any of the provisions of this Section or ‎Section 5.13 except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Contingent Convertible Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to the “Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections ‎6.11(b) and ‎9.01(k); or


 


(d)      change in any manner adverse to the interests of the Holders of any Contingent Convertible Securities, the subordination provisions of the Contingent Convertible Securities or the terms and conditions of the obligations of the Company in respect of the due and punctual payment of any amounts due and payable on the Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.


 


A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Contingent Convertible Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture of the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of any other series.


 


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Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to ‎Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company subject to customary exceptions. The Trustee may, but shall not be obliged to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or otherwise.


 


Section 9.04.  Effect of Supplemental Indentures.  Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Contingent Convertible Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby, except as otherwise expressed therein.


 


Section 9.05.  Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.  Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.


 


Section 9.06.  Reference in Contingent Convertible Securities to Supplemental Indentures.  Contingent Convertible Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Contingent Convertible Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and such Contingent Convertible Securities may be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of such series.


 


Section 9.07.  Notification of Modification or Supplemental Indenture.  No such modification shall be effected in relation to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities pursuant to this Article or Section 3.13 herein, unless (except to the extent that the PRA no longer so requires) the Company has notified the PRA of its intention to do so at least one month (or such other, longer or shorter period, as the PRA may then require or accept) before the proposed modification and no objection thereto has been raised by the PRA or (if required) the PRA has provided its consent thereto.


 




  





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ARTICLE 10


Covenants


 


Section 10.01.  Payment of Principal, Premium, and Interest.  The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Contingent Convertible Securities that it will (subject to any subordination provisions applicable to the Contingent Convertible Securities of that series pursuant to ‎Section 12.01 and ‎Section 3.01 hereof) duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on, the Contingent Convertible Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Contingent Convertible Securities and this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture.


 


Section 10.02.  Maintenance of Office or Agency.  The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Contingent Convertible Securities an office or agency where Contingent Convertible Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Contingent Convertible Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Contingent Convertible Securities of that series and this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture may be served; provided, however, that at the option of the Company in the case of Contingent Convertible Securities of such series, payment of any interest thereon may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled herein as such address shall appear in the Contingent Convertible Security Register. With respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series, such office or agency in each Place of Payment shall be specified as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01, and if not so specified, initially shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to ‎Section 3.01, the Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of Contingent Convertible Securities of any series and this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. The Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.


 


The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or outside the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) where the Contingent Convertible Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of any obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment (except as otherwise indicated in this Section) for Contingent Convertible Securities of any series for such purposes. 


 




  





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The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.


 


Section 10.03.  Money for Payments to be Held in Trust.  If the Company shall at any time act as Paying Agent with respect to the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series, it will, on or before each due date for payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any of the Contingent Convertible Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its failure so to act.


 


Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, it will, prior to each due date for payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Contingent Convertible Securities of that series deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or its failure so to act. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01, the Trustee shall be the Company’s Paying Agent. The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Contingent Convertible Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:


 


(a)      hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Contingent Convertible Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;


 


(b)      give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Contingent Convertible Securities of that series) in the making of any payment, when due and payable, of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Contingent Convertible Securities of that series; and


 


(c)      at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.


 


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sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.


 


Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Contingent Convertible Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, have become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Contingent Convertible Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published at least once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be paid to the Company.


 


Section 10.04.  Additional Amounts.  Unless otherwise specified in any Board Resolution, an Officer’s Certificate, or supplemental indenture establishing the terms of Contingent Convertible Securities of a series in accordance with Section 3.01, all amounts of principal, and premium if any, and interest, if any, on any series of Contingent Convertible Securities will be paid by the Company without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present and future income, stamp and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (the “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law.


 


Unless otherwise specified in any Board Resolution, an Officer’s Certificate, or supplemental indenture establishing the terms of Contingent Convertible Securities of a series in accordance with Section 3.01, if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings shall at any time be required by the Taxing Jurisdiction, the Company will pay such additional amounts in respect of the payment of the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any series of Contingent Convertible Securities (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of the particular series, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, which would have been payable in respect of such Contingent Convertible Securities had no such deduction or withholding been required; provided, however, that the


 




  





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foregoing will not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding that would not have been payable or due but for the fact that:


 


(i)      the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Contingent Convertible Security is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or physically present in, the Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise has some connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction other than the mere holding or ownership of a Contingent Convertible Security, or the collection of any payment of (or in respect of) principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Contingent Convertible Security of the relevant series,


 


(ii)     except in the case of a winding up of the Company in the United Kingdom, the relevant Contingent Convertible Security is presented (where presentation is required) for payment in the United Kingdom,


 


(iii)    the relevant Contingent Convertible Security is presented (where presentation is required) for payment more than 30 days after the date payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amount on presenting (where presentation is required) the Contingent Convertible Security for payment at the close of such 30 day period,


 


(iv)    the Holder or the beneficial owner of the relevant Contingent Convertible Security or the beneficial owner of any payment of (or in respect of) principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Contingent Convertible Security failed to comply with a request of the Company or its liquidator or other authorized Person addressed to the Holder (x) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such beneficial owner or (y) to make any declaration or other similar claim, which in the case of (x) or (y), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption or relief from all or part of such deduction or withholding,


 


(v)     the withholding or deduction is required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC on the taxation of savings income or any Directive amending, supplementing or replacing such Directive, or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive or Directives,


 


(vi)    the withholding or deduction is required to be made pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, any agreement with the U.S. Treasury entered into with respect thereto, any U.S. Treasury regulation issued thereunder or any other


 




  





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official interpretations or guidance issued with respect thereto; any intergovernmental agreement entered into with respect thereto, or any law, regulation, or other official interpretation or guidance promulgated pursuant to such an intergovernmental agreement,


 


(vii)   the relevant Contingent Convertible Security is presented (where presentation is required) for payment by or on behalf of a Holder who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting (where presentation is required) the relevant Contingent Convertible Security to another paying agent in a Member State of the European Union, or


 


(viii)  any combination of subclauses (i) through (vii) above,


 


nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to a payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Contingent Convertible Securities to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or Person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of any Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts, had it been the Holder.


 


Whenever in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any,  and any other payments on, or in respect of, any Contingent Convertible Security of any series such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and as if express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) were made in any provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.


 


Section 10.05.  Corporate Existence.  Subject to ‎Article 8, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.


 


Section 10.06.  Statement as to Compliance.  The Company will deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year commencing in 2015 a certificate in compliance with Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act.


 


Section 10.07.  Original Issue Document.  The Company shall provide to the Trustee on a timely basis such information, if any, as the Trustee requires to enable the Trustee to prepare and file any form required to be submitted by the Company with the Internal Revenue Service and the Holders of the Contingent Convertible Securities relating to any original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes.


 




  





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ARTICLE 11


Redemption of Contingent Convertible Securities


 


Section 11.01.  Applicability of Article.  Contingent Convertible Securities of any series shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to ‎Section 3.01 in respect of any series of Contingent Convertible Securities) in accordance with this ‎Article 11. Contingent Convertible Securities of any series may not be redeemed except in accordance with provisions of applicable law and applicable provisions of the Capital Regulations.


 


Section 11.02.  Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.  The election of the Company to redeem any Contingent Convertible Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, the Company shall, not less than 30 calendar days nor more than 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Contingent Convertible Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, the tenor of the Contingent Convertible Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Contingent Convertible Securities of any series prior to the expiration of any provision restricting such redemption provided in the terms of such Contingent Convertible Securities or elsewhere in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with respect to such Contingent Convertible Securities with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with or waiver of such provision.


 


Section 11.03.  Selection by Trustee of Contingent Convertible Securities to be Redeemed.  Unless otherwise provided by ‎Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, if fewer than all the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Contingent Convertible Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not less than 30 calendar days nor more than 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, substantially pro rata, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Contingent Convertible Securities of that series or any multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Contingent Convertible Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Contingent Convertible Securities of that series.


 


The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Contingent Convertible Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Contingent Convertible Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.


 




  





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For all purposes of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Contingent Convertible Securities shall relate in the case of any Contingent Convertible Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Contingent Convertible Security which has been or is to be redeemed.


 


Section 11.04.  Notice of Redemption.  Unless otherwise provided by ‎Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Contingent Convertible Securities, notice of redemption shall be given not less than 30 calendar days nor more than 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Contingent Convertible Securities to be redeemed in the manner and to the extent provided in ‎Section 1.06.


 


All notices of redemption shall state:


 


(a)      the Redemption Date,


 


(b)      the Redemption Price,


 


(c)      if fewer than all the Outstanding Contingent Convertible Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the Contingent Convertible Securities to be redeemed,


 


(d)      that, subject to any conditions contained in the Supplemental Indenture establishing the terms of the Contingent Convertible Securities to be redeemed, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, together with any accrued but unpaid interest, will become due and payable upon each such Contingent Convertible Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on or after the said date,


 


(e)      the place or places where such Contingent Convertible Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,


 


(f)      the CUSIP, Common Code and/or ISIN number or numbers, if any, with respect to such Contingent Convertible Securities, and


 


(g)      any other terms of the redemption as may be contemplated by any series of Contingent Convertible Securities.


 


Notice of redemption of Contingent Convertible Securities to be redeemed at the selection of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s Request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.


 


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as provided in ‎Section 10.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued but unpaid interest on, all the Contingent Convertible Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.


 


Section 11.06.  Contingent Convertible Securities Payable on Redemption Date.  Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Contingent Convertible Securities so to be redeemed shall, subject to any conditions contained in the Supplemental Indenture hereto establishing the terms of the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series, on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Contingent Convertible Securities shall cease to accrue interest. Upon surrender of any such Contingent Convertible Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, subject to any conditions contained in the Supplemental Indenture hereto establishing the terms of the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series, such Contingent Convertible Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that with respect to any Contingent Convertible Securities, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by ‎Section 3.01, a payment of interest which is payable on an Interest Payment Date which is the Redemption Date, shall be payable to the Holders of such Contingent Convertible Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date according to the terms of the Contingent Convertible Securities and the provisions of ‎Section 3.07.  Contingent Convertible Securities in definitive form shall be presented for redemption to the Paying Agent.


 


If any Contingent Convertible Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the Contingent Convertible Security shall, until paid, continue to accrue interest from and after the Redemption Date in accordance with its terms and the provisions of ‎Section 3.07.


 


Section 11.07.  Contingent Convertible Securities Redeemed in Part.  Any Contingent Convertible Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, only in the case of Contingent Convertible Securities, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Contingent Convertible Security without service charge, a new Contingent Convertible Security or Contingent Convertible Securities of the same series of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Contingent Convertible Security so surrendered.


 




  





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ARTICLE 12


Subordination of Contingent Convertible Securities


 


Section 12.01.  Contingent Convertible Securities Subordinate to Certain Other Claims of Creditors of the Company.


 


(a)      The Contingent Convertible Securities of any given series will constitute our direct, unsecured and subordinated obligations, ranking equally without any preference among themselves.  The supplemental indenture with respect to each series of Contingent Convertible Securities shall provide that the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on a series of Contingent Convertible Securities shall be subordinated to the extent and in the manner described in such indenture supplemental hereto, to the claims of the holders of certain other present and future obligations of the Company.


 


(b)      The provisions of this Article 12 shall apply only to rights or claims payable under ‎Section 12.01(a) or to amounts payable pursuant thereto and under any Contingent Convertible Securities of any series and nothing herein shall affect or prejudice the payment of the costs, charges, expenses, liabilities, indemnity or remuneration of the Trustee under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or otherwise, the first lien rights of the Trustee under ‎Section 5.06 and 6.07 hereof, or the rights and remedies of the Trustee in respect thereof.


 


(c)      The provisions of this Article 12 shall not be applicable to any amounts in respect of any of the Contingent Convertible Securities of any series for the payment of which funds have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or have been set aside by the Company in trust in accordance with Article 4 of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture; provided, however, that at the time of such deposit or setting aside, and immediately thereafter, the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.01 are complied with.


 


Section 12.02.  Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.  The provisions of this Article 12 are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Contingent Convertible Securities of each series on the one hand and the Senior Creditors on the other hand, as shall be defined in the Indenture Supplemental hereto establishing the terms of the Contingent Convertible Securities of such series. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or in such Contingent Convertible Securities is intended to or shall (a) impair, as among the Company and the Holders of the Contingent Convertible Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the holders of such claims the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Contingent Convertible Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms and this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture; or (b) affect the relative rights against the Company of the Holders of such Contingent Convertible Securities; or (c) subject to the terms of the Contingent Convertible Securities and this Contingent Convertible Securities


 




  





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Indenture prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Contingent Convertible Securities of the series from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the Senior Creditors to receive cash, property or securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such holder.


 


Section 12.03.  Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.  Each Holder of a Contingent Convertible Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination of the Contingent Convertible Securities provided in this Article 12 and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.


 


Section 12.04.  No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.  No right of any present or future Senior Creditors to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such Senior Creditor or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such Senior Creditor may have or be otherwise charged with.


 


Section 12.05.  Notice to Trustee.  The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment when due and payable to or by the Trustee in respect of the Contingent Convertible Securities of a series. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provisions of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment when due and payable to or by the Trustee in respect of such Contingent Convertible Securities unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or a Senior Creditor or from any trustee therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section at least three Business Days (or any other period of time as agreed between the Company and the Trustee) prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of and any premium and interest, if any, on any Contingent Convertible Security), then the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it during or after such three Business Day period.


 


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establish that such notice has been given by a Senior Creditor, or a trustee therefor. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a Senior Creditor to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of claims held by such Person, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.


 


Section 12.06.  Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.  Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article, the Trustee and the Holders of the Contingent Convertible Securities of the series shall be entitled to rely upon (a) any order or decree entered by any court in Scotland (but not elsewhere) in which such winding-up of the Company or similar case or proceeding, including a proceeding for the suspension of payments under Scottish law, is pending, or (b) a certificate of the administrator of the Company (the “Liquidator”), assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or the Holders of such Contingent Convertible Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the Senior Creditors and other claims against the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 12.


 


Section 12.07.  Trustee Not Fiduciary for Senior Creditors.  With respect to the Senior Creditors, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the Senior Creditors shall be read into this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture against the Trustee.  The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the Senior Creditors and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities of the series or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any Senior Creditors shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.


 


Section 12.08.  Rights of Trustee as Senior Creditor; Preservation of Trustee’s Rights.  The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any claims of Senior Creditors which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other Senior Creditor, and nothing in this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.


 


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Section 12.09.  Article Applicable to Paying Agents.  At all times when a Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term “Trustee” as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that ‎Section 12.08 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.


 


This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.


 




  





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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Trustee have caused this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.


 




	
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
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LONDON BRANCH

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
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