Exhibit 4.11



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Allen & Overy LLP

AGREEMENT

For

SCOTTISH POWER PLC

arranged by

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD.

BNP PARIBAS

and

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

£500,000,000

MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

20 December 2005



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CONTENTS



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|Clause |  |                                           |  | Page
|1.     |  | Interpretation                            |  | 1   
|2.     |  | The Facility                              |  | 13  
|3.     |  | Purpose                                   |  | 14  
|4.     |  | Conditions Precedent                      |  | 14  
|5.     |  | Utilisation - Loans                       |  | 14  
|6.     |  | Repayment                                 |  | 16  
|7.     |  | Prepayment and Cancellation               |  | 17  
|8.     |  | Interest                                  |  | 18  
|9.     |  | Optional Currencies                       |  | 20  
|10.    |  | Payments                                  |  | 21  
|11.    |  | Taxes                                     |  | 23  
|12.    |  | Market Disruption                         |  | 25  
|13.    |  | Increased Costs                           |  | 25  
|14.    |  | Illegality and Mitigation                 |  | 26  
|15.    |  | Representations and Warranties            |  | 27  
|16.    |  | Undertakings                              |  | 31  
|17.    |  | Default                                   |  | 37  
|18.    |  | The Agent and The Mandated Lead Arrangers |  | 41  
|19.    |  | Fees                                      |  | 45  
|20.    |  | Expenses                                  |  | 46  
|21.    |  | Stamp Duties                              |  | 46  
|22.    |  | Indemnities                               |  | 46  
|23.    |  | Evidence and Calculations                 |  | 47  
|24.    |  | Amendments and Waivers                    |  | 48  
|25.    |  | Changes to the Parties                    |  | 48  
|26.    |  | Disclosure of Information                 |  | 51  
|27.    |  | Set-Off                                   |  | 51  
|28.    |  | Pro Rata Sharing                          |  | 51  
|29.    |  | Severability                              |  | 52  
|30.    |  | Counterparts                              |  | 52  
|31.    |  | Notices                                   |  | 53  
|32.    |  | Governing Law                             |  | 54  
|33.    |  | Jurisdiction                              |  | 54  
|34.    |  | Service of Process                        |  | 54  



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|Schedule    |  |                                                |  | Page
|1.          |  | Original Parties                               |  | 55  
|2.          |  | Conditions Precedent Documents                 |  | 56  
|3.          |  | Calculation of the Mandatory Cost              |  | 58  
|4.          |  | Form of Request                                |  | 60  
|5.          |  | Form of Novation Certificate                   |  | 61  
|6.          |  | Form of Legal Opinion of Allen & Overy LLP     |  | 62  
|7.          |  | Form of Legal Opinion of Maclay Murray & Spens |  | 63  
|8.          |  | Existing Borrowings                            |  | 68  
|9.          |  | Form of Confidentiality Undertaking            |  | 69  
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|Signatories |  | 73                                            



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THIS AGREEMENTis dated 20 December 2005

BETWEEN:



|(1) | SCOTTISH POWER PLC(Registered No. SC193794) (the Company);
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|(2) | THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD.,BNP PARIBASand THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLCas mandated lead arrangers (in this capacity the Mandated Lead
Arrangers);
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|(3) | THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSlisted in Schedule 1 (Original Parties) as banks (the Original Banks); and
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|(4) | THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLCas agent (in this capacity the Agent).
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IT IS AGREEDas follows:



|1. | INTERPRETATION
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|1.1 | Definitions
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In this Agreement:

Affiliatemeans a Subsidiary or a Holding Company (as defined in Section 736 of the Companies Act 1985) of a person and any other Subsidiary
of that Holding Company.

Agents Spot Rate of Exchangemeans the Agents spot rate of exchange for the purchase of the
relevant Optional Currency in the London foreign exchange market with Sterling at or about 11.00 a.m. on a particular day.

Availability
Periodmeans the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the Final Maturity Date.

Balance Sheetmeans, at any time, the latest published audited consolidated balance sheet of the Group on an historic cost basis.

Bankmeans:



| | (a) | any Original Bank; and
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| | (b) | any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a Party in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Parties).
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Borrowingsmeans any indebtedness in respect of:



| | (a) | moneys borrowed and debit balances at banks and other financial institutions;
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| | (b) | any debt security including any bond, note or loan stock;
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| | (c) | any acceptance under any acceptance credit facility opened by a bank or other financial institution;
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| | (d) | the sale or discounting of receivables (except to the extent that such sale or discounting is on a non-recourse basis);
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| | (e) | any lease which the Company accounts for as a finance lease as such term is described in the Statement of Standard Accounting Practices No. 21 (or any successor statement or
financial reporting standard);
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| | (f) | any accrued fixed or minimum premium payable on the repayment or redemption of any instrument referred to in paragraph (b) above;
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| | (g) | for the purposes of Clause 17.5 (Cross-default) only, any derivative transaction including interest rate swaps, currency swaps (including spot and forward exchange contracts), caps,
collars, floors and similar obligations (and, when calculating the value of any such derivative transaction, only the marked to market value shall be taken into account);
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| | (h) | the acquisition cost of any asset to the extent payable before or after the time of acquisition or possession by the party liable where the advance or deferred payment is arranged
primarily as a method of raising finance or financing the acquisition of that asset;
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| | (i) | any other transaction which has the commercial effect of a borrowing, including for the avoidance of doubt, any proceeds received by any member of the Group in connection with a
securitisation or transaction of a similar effect in respect of the assets of that member of the Group; and
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| | (j) | any guarantee, indemnity and/or other form of assurance against financial loss by any member of the Group in respect of any indebtedness of any person of a type referred to in
paragraphs (a) to (i) above (in the case of paragraph (g) above, for the purposes of Clause 17.5 (Cross-default) only).
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Any amount outstanding in a currency other than Sterling is to be taken into account at its Sterling equivalent calculated on the basis of the Agents spot rate of exchange at 11.00 a.m. on the day the relevant
amount falls to be calculated. However, indebtedness owing by one member of the Group to another member of the Group shall not be taken into account as Borrowings and, for the purposes of calculating the amount of Borrowings at any time:



| | (i) | deep discount borrowings will be valued at the amount attributed to them in the then latest Balance Sheet; and
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| | (ii) | no item of indebtedness will be double counted by the inclusion of both the primary indebtedness and indebtedness arising under a guarantee, indemnity and/or other form of assurance
with respect to that primary indebtedness.
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Business Daymeans a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks
are open for business in:



| | (a) | London; and
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| | (b) | Glasgow; and
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| | (c) | New York; and
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| | (d) | in relation to a transaction involving an Optional Currency (other than euros) the principal financial centre of the country of that Optional Currency; and
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| | (e) | in relation to a transaction involving euros, a TARGET Day.
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Commitmentmeans:



| | (a) | for an Original Bank, the amount set opposite its name in Schedule 1 under the heading Commitments and the amount of any other Commitment it acquires under Clause 25 (Changes
to the Parties); and
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| | (b) | for any other Bank the amount of any Commitment it acquires under Clause 25 (Changes to the Parties),
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to the extent not cancelled, transferred or reduced under this Agreement.

Consolidated Operating Cash Flows Before Movements in Working Capital are as calculated by reference to cash generated from operations after deducting or adding back (as the case may be) movements in
(a) inventories, (b) trade and other receivables and (c) trade payables as set out in the applicable notes to the Companys published consolidated financial statements from time to time, PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT cash generated from
operations, inventories, trade and other receivables and trade payables shall be calculated consistently with the bases and policies adopted in calculating the Companys published interim consolidated financial statements for the six months
period ending on 30 September 2005, as are set out in Note 10 (Reconciliation of profit before tax to cash generated from operations).

Dangerous Substancemeans any radioactive emissions and any natural or artificial substance (whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour and whether alone or in combination with any other substance) capable (in
each case) of causing harm to man or any other living organism or damaging the environment or public health or welfare, including (without limitation) any controlled, special, hazardous, toxic, radioactive or dangerous waste.

Defaultmeans an Event of Default or an event which, with the giving of notice, lapse of time, or fulfilment of any other applicable condition (or
any combination of the foregoing), would constitute an Event of Default.

Disposalmeans the disposal by the Company of PacifiCorp to
MidAmerican substantially on the terms set out in the shareholders circular dated 30 June 2005.

Disposal Effective Datemeans the date immediately prior to the date of completion of the Disposal or such other date as the Company and the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) agree.

ECmeans the European Community and its successors.

Electricity Actmeans the Electricity Act 1989, as amended by the Utilities Act 2000 and, unless the context so requires, all subordinate legislation made pursuant thereto.

Energy Lawsmeans the Electricity Act and all other laws, regulations or requirements of any relevant authority (in so far as such regulations or
requirements have the force of law) relating to the generation, transmission, distribution, supply or trading of electricity or any other sources of energy in each jurisdiction in which any member of the Group carries on business at any time.

Environmental Claimmeans any claim by any person in connection with:



| | (a) | a breach, or alleged breach, of Environmental Law;
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| | (b) | any accident, fire, explosion or other event of any type involving an emission or substance which is capable of causing harm to any living organism or the environment; or
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| | (c) | any other environmental contamination.
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Environmental Lawmeans all laws, regulations, codes of practice, circulars, guidance notices and
the like (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of law compliance with which is customary in the industry in which any member of the Group operates concerning the protection of
human health or the environment or the conditions of the work place or the generation, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of Dangerous Substances.

Environmental Licencemeans any permit, licence, authorisation, consent or other approval required by any Environmental Law.

EURIBORmeans for a Term of any Loan or overdue amount in euro:



| | (a) | the applicable Screen Rate; or
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| | (b) | if no Screen Rate is available for that Term of that Loan or overdue amount, the arithmetic mean (rounded upward to four decimal places) of the rates as supplied to the Agent at its
request quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the European interbank market,
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as of 11.00 a.m. (Brussels time) on
the Rate Fixing Day for the offering of deposits in euro for a period comparable to that Term.

euromeans the single currency of the
Participating Member States.

Event of Defaultmeans an event specified as such in Clause 17.1 (Events of Default).

Existing Facility Agreementmeans either the US$375,000,000 multicurrency credit facility dated 3 June 2004 (as amended on 26 September
2005) between, among others, the Company and the Agent or the US$625,000,000 credit facility granted as a part of the US$1,000,000,000 multicurrency credit facility dated 12 June 2003 between, amongst others, the Company and the Agent.

Facilitymeans the revolving credit facility referred to in Clause 2 (The Facility).

Facility Officemeans, subject to Clause 25.6 (Change of Facility Office)), the office(s) notified by a Bank to the Agent:



| | (a) | on or before the date it becomes a Bank; or
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| | (b) | by not less than five Business Days notice,
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as the
office(s) through which it will perform all or any of its obligations under this Agreement.

Fee Lettermeans:



| | (a) | the letter dated the date of this Agreement between the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Company setting out the amount of various fees referred to in Clause 19.1 (Front-end fees);
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| | (b) | the letter dated the date of this Agreement between the Agent and the Company setting out the amount of various fees referred to in Clause 19.4 (Agents fee).
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Final Maturity Datemeans, subject to Clause 5.6 (Extension of Final Maturity Date), the fifth anniversary of the date
of this Agreement.



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Finance Documentmeans this Agreement, a Fee Letter, a Novation Certificate or any other document
designated as such by the Agent and the Company.

Finance Partymeans a Mandated Lead Arranger, a Bank or the Agent.

Groupmeans at any time the Company and its Subsidiaries at that time.

Hedging Liabilitiesmeans indebtedness arising in respect of obligations of the type referred to in paragraph (g) of the definition of
Borrowings in this Clause 1.1.

IBORmeans LIBOR or EURIBOR.

Interest Payablemeans, in respect of any financial period, all interest, discount and acceptance commission and all other continuing, regular or
periodic costs, charges and expenses in the nature of interest (whether paid, payable or capitalised) or treated for accounting purposes as interest, incurred by the Group in effecting, servicing or maintaining Total Consolidated Borrowings during
that period.

Interest Receivablemeans, in respect of any financial period, interest and amounts in the nature of interest received
during that period by the Group from persons outside the Group.

Investmentsmeans:



| | (a) | cash on current account or cash on deposit with, or certificates of deposit issued by, or bills of exchange accepted by, any bank incorporated in an OECD country from which proceeds
are readily remittable to the United Kingdom, and in each case, where the deposit or the maturity is for a duration of six months or less; and
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| | (b) | bonds or treasury bills issued by an OECD government or agency, bonds rated single-A or above by a major rating agency and commercial paper rated A1 or P1 by a major rating agency,
in each case, where the proceeds of which are readily remittable to the United Kingdom.
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LIBORmeans for a Term of any
Loan or overdue amount (other than in euro):



| | (a) | the applicable Screen Rate; or
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| | (b) | if no Screen Rate is available for the relevant currency or Term of that Loan or overdue amount, the arithmetic mean (rounded upward to four decimal places) of the rates, as
supplied to the Agent at its request, quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the London interbank market,
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as of
11.00 a.m. on the Rate Fixing Day for the offering of deposits in the currency of that Loan or overdue amount for a period comparable to that Term.

Licencemeans each licence or other similar authorisation granted by any relevant UK or US authority (as the case may be) to a member of the Group carrying on business in the United Kingdom or United States (as the case may be)
pursuant to any Energy Law or otherwise to permit it to carry out generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity or to trade electricity.

Loanmeans the principal amount of a borrowing by the Company under this Agreement or the principal amount outstanding of that borrowing.



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Majority Banksmeans, at any time, Banks:



| | (a) | the aggregate of whose shares in the outstanding Loans and undrawn Commitments then represents 662/3per cent. or more of the aggregate of all the outstanding Loans and undrawn Commitments of all the Banks;
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| | (b) | if there is no Loan then outstanding, whose undrawn Commitments then aggregate 662/3per cent. or more of the Total Commitments; or
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| | (c) | if there is no Loan then outstanding and the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, whose Commitments aggregated 662/3per cent. or more of the Total Commitments immediately before the reduction.
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Mandatory Costmeans the cost of complying with certain regulatory requirements, expressed as a percentage rate per annum and calculated by the
Agent under Schedule 3 (Calculation of the Mandatory Cost).

Mandatory Subsidiariesmeans:



| | (a) | SP Distribution, SP Manweb, SP Transmission, SP UK and until the Disposal Effective Date, PacifiCorp; and
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| | (b) | any Subsidiary to whom a Mandatory Subsidiary sells, transfers, grants, leases or otherwise disposes of any Licence, in whole or in part.
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Marginmeans:



| | (a) | 0.25 per cent. per annum; or
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| | (b) | at any time, if different, the rate per annum determined by reference to the Companys long term credit ratings assigned by either S&P or Moodys (or any other rating
agency approved for this purpose by the Majority Banks) last published (and not withdrawn) at that time, as follows:
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|Rating                                                                                                       |  | Margin (% per annum)                                                                                        
|S&P                                                                                                          |  | Moodys                                                                                                      |  |      
|A or better                                                                                                  |  | A2 or better                                                                                                 |  | 0.175
|A-                                                                                                           |  | A3                                                                                                           |  | 0.20 
|BBB+                                                                                                         |  | Baa1                                                                                                         |  | 0.25 
|BBB                                                                                                          |  | Baa2                                                                                                         |  | 0.30 
|BBB- or lower (or if (1) the Borrower ceases to have such rating; or (2) an Event of Default is outstanding) |  | Baa3 or lower (or if (1) the Borrower ceases to have such rating; or (2) an Event of Default is outstanding) |  | 0.40 

If S&P and Moodys (and any other such approved rating agency) each assign long term
ratings to the Company, the Margin shall be determined by reference to the lowest rating of these rating agencies which is last published and not withdrawn.

Material Adverse Effectmeans any effect which, in the opinion of the Majority Banks, is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the ability of the Company to perform any of its payment obligations
under any of the Finance Documents (taking into account resources available to it without breaching the terms of this Agreement from other members of the Group), or to comply with any of its obligations under Clause 16.11 (Financial covenants).



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Moodysmeans Moodys Investors Service, Inc.

Net Interest Payablemeans, in respect of any financial period, Interest Payable during that period less Interest Receivable during that period.

Novation Certificatemeans a duly completed certificate, substantially in the form of Schedule 5 (Form of Novation Certificate).

Ofgemmeans the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets.

Optional Currency means US$, euros or any other currency (other than Sterling) which is for the time being freely transferable and convertible into Sterling and deposits of which are readily available in the
London interbank market.

Original Group Accounts means the audited consolidated accounts of the Group for the year ended
31 March 2005.

Original Sterling Amountmeans:



| | (a) | the principal amount of a Loan denominated in Sterling; or
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| | (b) | the principal amount of a Loan denominated in an Optional Currency translated into Sterling on the basis of the Agents Spot Rate of Exchange three Business Days before its
Utilisation Date.
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PacifiCorpmeans PacifiCorp (a company incorporated in Portland, Oregon).

(until the Disposal Effective Date) PacifiCorp Facilitymeans a US$800,000,000 loan facility for PacifiCorp dated 28 May 2004.

Participating Member Statemeans a member state of the European Communities that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency under the
legislation of the European Community for Economic Monetary Union.

Partymeans a party to this Agreement.

Permitted Security Interestmeans:



| | (a) | any Security Interest created or outstanding with the prior written consent of the Majority Banks;
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| | (b) | any lien or hypothecation arising by operation of law or contained in a contract for the sale of goods, supply of services or joint operation of assets entered into in the ordinary
course of trade of the company creating the same;
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| | (c) | Security Interests not otherwise permitted under paragraphs (a) and (b) above provided that the aggregate principal amount of the indebtedness secured by Security
Interests permitted under this paragraph (c) shall not at any time exceed an amount equal to 15 per cent. of Tangible Consolidated Net Worth at that time;
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| | (d) | any Security Interest created by a Project Finance Subsidiary to secure its Project Finance Borrowings; and
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| | (e) | (until the Disposal Effective Date) any Security Interest created by PacifiCorp and permitted under clause 5.07 (Negative Pledge) of the PacifiCorp Facility.
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Principal Subsidiarymeans:



| | (a) | each Mandatory Subsidiary; and
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| | (b) | any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company to whom all or substantially all of the assets or business of a Principal Subsidiary are transferred.
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Principal Subsidiary Groupmeans at any time the Principal Subsidiaries at that time.

Pro Rata Sharemeans the proportion which a Banks Commitment bears to the Total Commitments at that time.

Project Finance Borrowingsmeans any Borrowing which finances, and any Hedging Liabilities incurred in the financing of the acquisition,
development, ownership and/or operation of an asset:



| | (a) | which is incurred by a Project Finance Subsidiary; or
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| | (b) | in respect of which the person or persons to whom such Borrowing is or may be owed by the relevant debtor (whether or not a member of the Group) has or have no recourse whatsoever
to any member of the Group (other than to a Project Finance Subsidiary) for the repayment thereof other than:
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| | (i) | recourse to such debtor for amounts limited to the cash flow or net cash flow (other than historic cash flow or historic net cash flow) from such asset; and/or
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| | (ii) | recourse to such debtor for the purpose only of enabling amounts to be claimed in respect of such Borrowing in an enforcement of any Security Interest given by such debtor over such
asset or the income, cash flow or other proceeds deriving therefrom (or given by any shareholder or the like in the debtor over its shares or like interest in the capital of the debtor) to secure such Borrowing, provided that (I) the extent of
such recourse to such debtor is limited solely to the amount of any recoveries made on any such enforcement, and (II) such person or persons are not entitled, by virtue of any right or claim arising out of or in connection with such Borrowing, to
commence proceedings for the winding up or dissolution of the debtor or to appoint or procure the appointment of any receiver, trustee or similar person or officer in respect of the debtor or any of its assets (save only for the assets the subject
of such Security Interest); and/or
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| | (iii) | recourse to such debtor generally, or directly or indirectly to a member of the Group, under any form of assurance, undertaking or support, which recourse is limited to a claim for
damages (other than liquidated damages and damages required to be calculated in a specified way) for breach of an obligation (not being a payment obligation or an obligation to procure payment by another or an indemnity in respect thereof or any
obligation to comply or to procure compliance by another with any financial ratios or other tests of financial condition) by the person against whom such recourse is available.
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Project Finance Subsidiarymeans any Subsidiary of the Company:



| | (a) | which is a company whose principal assets and business are constituted by the ownership, acquisition, development and/or operation of an asset whether directly or indirectly;
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| | (b) | none of whose Borrowings in respect of the financing of such ownership, acquisition, development and/or operation of an asset benefits from any recourse whatsoever to any member of
the Group (other than the Subsidiary itself or another Project Finance Subsidiary) in respect of the repayment thereof, except as expressly referred to in paragraph (b)(iii) of the definition of Project Finance Borrowings in this Clause 1.1; and
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| | (c) | which has been designated as such by the Company by written notice to the Agent, provided that the Company may give written notice to the Agent at any time that any Project Finance
Subsidiary is no longer a Project Finance Subsidiary, whereupon it shall cease to be a Project Finance Subsidiary.
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Qualifying Bankmeans an institution which is:



| | (a) | a bank which is within the charge to UK corporation tax in respect of, and beneficially entitled to, a payment of interest on a Loan made by a person that was a bank for the
purposes of section 349 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (as currently defined in section 840A of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act) at the time the Loan was made; or
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| | (b) | a financial institution which is a resident (as defined in the appropriate double taxation agreement) in a country with which the UK has a double taxation agreement giving residents
of that country exemption from UK taxation on interest and which does not carry on a business in the UK through a permanent establishment with which the payment is effectively connected.
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Rate Fixing Daymeans:



| | (a) | the first day of a Term for a Loan denominated in Sterling; or
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| | (b) | the second Business Day before the first day of a Term for a Loan denominated in an Optional Currency (other than euros); or
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| | (c) | the second TARGET Day before the first day of a Term for a Loan denominated in euros,
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unless market practice differs in the Relevant Interbank Market for a currency, in which case the Rate Fixing Day for that currency will be determined by the Agent in accordance with market practice in the Relevant
Interbank Market (and if quotations would normally be given by leading banks in the Relevant Interbank Market on more than one day, the Rate Fixing Day will be the last of those days).

Reference Banksmeans, subject to Clause 25.4 (Reference Banks), the principal London offices of BNP Paribas, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.

Relevant Interbank Marketmeans in relation to euros, the European interbank market and, in
relation to any other currency, the London interbank market.

Repayment Datemeans the last day of a Term for a Loan.

Requestmeans a request made by the Company for a Loan, substantially in the form of Schedule 4 (Form of Request).

Reservationsmeans the qualifications as to matters of law only contained in the legal opinions set out in Schedule 6 (Form of Legal Opinion of
Allen & Overy LLP) and Schedule 7 (Form of Legal Opinion of Maclay Murray & Spens).



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Rollover Loanmeans one or more Loans:



| | (a) | to be made on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid;
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| | (b) | the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the maturing Loan;
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| | (c) | in the same currency as the maturing Loan; and
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| | (d) | to be made for the purpose of refinancing a maturing Loan.
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S&Pmeans Standard & Poors Ratings Group, a division of the McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

Screen Ratemeans:



| | (a) | for LIBOR, the British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate; and
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| | (b) | for EURIBOR, the percentage rate per annum determined by the Banking Federation of the European Union,
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

for the relevant currency and Term displayed on the appropriate page of the Telerate screen selected by the Agent. If the relevant page is replaced or the
service ceases to be available, the Agent (after consultation with the Company and the Banks) may specify another page or service displaying the appropriate rate.

Security Interestmeans any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, assignment by way of security or subject to a proviso for redemption, assignation in security, standard security, hypothecation or security interest
or any other agreement or arrangement having the effect of conferring security.

SP Distributionmeans SP Distribution Limited
(Registered No. SC189125).

SP Energy Managementmeans ScottishPower Energy Management Limited (Registered No.: SC215843).

SP Manwebmeans SP Manweb plc (Registered No. 2366937).

SP Transmissionmeans SP Transmission Limited (Registered No. SC189126).

SP UKmeans Scottish Power UK plc (Registered No. SC117120).

Sterlingmeans the lawful currency for the time being of the UK.

Subsidiarymeans a
subsidiary within the meaning of Section 736 of the Companies Act 1985, as amended by Section 144 of the Companies Act 1989.

Tangible Consolidated Net Worthmeans at any time the aggregate of:



| | (a) | the amount paid up or credited as paid up on the issued share capital of the Company; and
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | the amount standing to the credit of the consolidated capital and revenue reserves of the Group;
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based on the Balance Sheet but adjusted by:



| | (i) | adding any amount standing to the credit of the profit and loss account for the Group for the period ending on the date of the Balance Sheet, to the extent not included in
subparagraph (b) above and to the extent the amount is not attributable to any dividend or other distribution declared, recommended or made by any member of the Group;
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| | (ii) | deducting any amount standing to the debit of the profit and loss account for the Group for the period ending on the date of the Balance Sheet, to the extent not included in
subparagraph (b) above;
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| | (iii) | deducting any amount attributable to goodwill or any other intangible asset;
| | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iv) | deducting any amount attributable to a revaluation of assets after 31 March 2005 or, in the case of assets of a company which becomes a member of the Group after that date, the
date on which that company becomes a member of the Group unless in either case such revaluation is based on valuations by independent valuers;
| | ---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (v) | reflecting any variation in the amount of the issued share capital of the Company and the consolidated capital and revenue reserves of the Group after the date of the Balance Sheet;
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (vi) | reflecting any variation in the interest of the Company in any other member of the Group since the date of the Balance Sheet;
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (vii) | excluding any amounts required to be set aside for taxation payable by the Group;
| | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (viii) | excluding any amount attributable to minority interests; and
| | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ix) | eliminating inconsistencies between the accounting principles applied in connection with the Balance Sheet and those applied in connection with the Original Group Accounts,
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

as determined from the financial statements of the Group and compliance certificates delivered under, respectively, Clause
16.2 (Financial information) and Clause 16.5 (Compliance certificates).

TARGET Daymeans a day on which the Trans-European Automated
Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system is open for the settlement of payments in euro.

Termmeans each period
determined under this Agreement by reference to which interest on a Loan or an overdue amount is calculated.

Total Commitmentsmeans
the aggregate for the time being of the Commitments, being £500,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.

Total Consolidated
Borrowingsmeans, at any time, the aggregate principal amount (or amounts equivalent to principal, howsoever described) comprised in the Borrowings of the Company and its Subsidiaries at that time calculated on a consolidated basis. Any amount
outstanding in a currency other than Sterling (the Relevant Currency) is to be taken into account at its Sterling equivalent calculated on the basis of the Agents spot rate of exchange for the purchase of the Relevant Currency in the
London foreign exchange market with Sterling at or about 11.00 a.m. on the day the relevant amount falls to be calculated.

Total
Consolidated Net Borrowingsmeans, at any time, Total Consolidated Borrowings less:



| | (a) | the aggregate principal amount of Investments beneficially owned by the Group free from Security Interests (to the extent the proceeds of the same are readily remittable to the UK)
at that time; and
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| | (b) | any indebtedness of a member of the Group in respect of Borrowings which, as to prepayment, repayment or payment of principal, interest or other amounts in respect of such
Borrowings, are subordinated on terms satisfactory to the Majority Banks to any Borrowings made under this Agreement.
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UKmeans the United Kingdom.

UK Subsidiarymeans a Subsidiary of the Company incorporated in the UK.

US Dollarsor US$means the lawful currency for the time being of the United States of America.

US Subsidiary means a subsidiary of the Company incorporated in the United States of America.

Utilisation Datemeans the date of the advance of a Loan.



|1.2 | Construction
|--- | ------------



|(a) | In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to:
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| | (i) | assets includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
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| | (ii) | an authorisation includes an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence (including any Licence), exemption, filing, registration and notarisation;
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| | (iii) | a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental body, agency,
department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
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| | (iv) | a provision of a law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted;
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| | (v) | a Clause, Subclause or a Schedule is a reference to a clause of or a schedule to this Agreement;
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| | (vi) | a person includes its permitted successors and assigns;
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| | (vii) | a Finance Document or another document is a reference to that Finance Document or that other document as amended, novated or supplemented in writing;
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| | (viii) | taxes means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge, deduction or withholding of a similar nature (including any related penalty or interest);
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| | (ix) | a time of day is a reference to London time; and
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| | (x) | know your customer requirements are the checks that a Finance Party requests in order to meet its obligations under applicable money laundering regulations to identify a
person who is (or is to become) its customer.
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|(b) | Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a month or months is a reference to a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the
numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month or the calendar month in which it is to end, except that:
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| | (i) | if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, the period will end on the next Business Day in that month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is
not);
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| | (ii) | if there is no numerically corresponding day in that month, that period will end on the last Business Day in that month; and
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| | (iii) | notwithstanding subparagraph (i) above, a period which commences on the last Business Day of a month will end on the last Business Day in the next month or the calendar month
in which it is to end, as appropriate.
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|(c) | Unless the contrary intention appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that
Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.
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|(d) | The index to and the headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and are to be ignored in construing this Agreement.
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|(e) |  | (i)  |  | Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who is not a party to a Finance Document may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties)
Act 1999.             
|    |  |     
|    |  | (ii) |  | Notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any third party is not required for any variation (including any release or compromise of any liability under) or termination of
that Finance Document.



|2. | THE FACILITY
|-- | ------------



|2.1 | The Facility
|--- | ------------

Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, the Banks grant to the Company a committed multicurrency revolving credit facility under which the Banks agree to make Loans to the Company in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Commitments.



|2.2 | Number of Loans
|--- | ---------------

No more than ten (10) Loans
shall be outstanding at any time.



|2.3 | Limits
|--- | ------



|(a) | The aggregate Original Sterling Amount of all outstanding Loans shall not exceed the Total Commitments.
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|(b) | No Bank is obliged to participate in a Loan if it would cause the Original Sterling Amount of the aggregate of its participations in the Loans to exceed its Commitment.
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|2.4 | Nature of a Finance Partys rights and obligations
|--- | --------------------------------------------------



|(a) | The obligations of a Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure of a Finance Party to carry out those obligations does not relieve any other Party of its
obligations under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.
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|(b) | The rights of a Finance Party under the Finance Documents are divided rights. A Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce those
rights.
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|2.5 | Change of Currency
|--- | ------------------

If a change in any currency of
a country occurs, this Agreement will be amended to the extent the Agent acting reasonably and in consultation with the Company specifies to be necessary to reflect the change in currency and to put the Banks in the same position, so far as
possible, that they would have been in if no change in currency had occurred.



|3. | PURPOSE
|-- | -------



|3.1 | Loans
|--- | -----



| | The Company shall apply each Loan towards:
| | ------------------------------------------



| | (a) | its working capital requirements; and
| | --- | -------------------------------------



| | (b) | refinancing the Existing Facility Agreements.
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------



|3.2 | No obligation to monitor
|--- | ------------------------

Without affecting the
obligations of the Company in any way, no Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any Loan.



|4. | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
|-- | --------------------



|4.1 | Documentary conditions precedent
|--- | --------------------------------

The obligations
of each Finance Party to the Company under this Agreement are subject to the condition precedent that the Agent has notified the Company and the Banks that it has received all of the documents set out in Schedule 2 in form and substance satisfactory
to the Agent.



|4.2 | Further conditions precedent
|--- | ----------------------------

The obligations of
each Bank to participate in a Loan are subject to the further conditions precedent that on both the date of the Request and the Utilisation Date for that Loan:



| | (a) | the representations and warranties in Clause 15 (Representations and Warranties) to be repeated on those dates are correct and will be correct immediately after the Loan is made;
and
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| | (b) | no Default or, in the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is outstanding or could reasonably be expected to result from the making of the Loan.
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|5. | UTILISATION - LOANS
|-- | -------------------



|5.1 | Receipt of Requests
|--- | -------------------

The Company may borrow a Loan
if the Agent receives a duly completed Request, not later than 12.00 noon one Business Day before the applicable Rate Fixing Day.



|5.2 | Completion of Requests
|--- | ----------------------

A Request for a Loan will
not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:



| | (a) | the Utilisation Date is a Business Day falling within the Availability Period;
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| | (b) | the principal amount of the Loan is a minimum of £10,000,000 and an integral multiple of £5,000,000 (or its equivalent in an Optional Currency) or the principal amount
of the Loan is equal to the balance of the undrawn Total Commitments as at the proposed Utilisation Date;
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| | (c) | one Term is specified which:
| | --- | ----------------------------



| | (i) | does not extend beyond the Final Maturity Date; and
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| | (ii) | is a period of one, two, three or six months.
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------



| | (d) | the payment instructions comply with Clause 10 (Payments);
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------



| | (e) | the amount selected under paragraph (b) above does not cause Clause 2.3 (Limits) to be contravened; and
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| | (f) | if the currency selected is an Optional Currency it complies with Clause 9 (Optional Currencies).
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|5.3 | Amount of each Banks participation in a Loan
|--- | ---------------------------------------------

The amount of each Banks participation in each Loan will be equal to the proportion of that Loan which its Commitment bears to the Total Commitments on the date of receipt of the relevant Request.



|5.4 | Notification of the Banks
|--- | -------------------------

The Agent shall promptly
notify each Bank of the details of the requested Loan and the amount of its participation in the Loan.



|5.5 | Payment of proceeds
|--- | -------------------

Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, each Bank shall make its participation in each Loan available to the Agent for the Company on the relevant Utilisation Date.



|5.6 | Extension of Final Maturity Date
|--- | --------------------------------



|(a) | The Company may request that the Final Maturity Date be extended for a further period of 365 days by giving not less than 60, and not more than 90, days notice to the Agent
prior to the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement (the First Extension Option).
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|(b) | Without prejudice to its rights under (a) above, the Company may request that the Final Maturity Date be extended for a further period of 365 days (which may or may not be in
addition to an extension of 365 days pursuant to the First Extension Option) by giving not less than 60, and not more than 90, days notice to the Agent prior to the second anniversary of the date of this Agreement (the Second Extension
Option).
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|(c) | In the case of a Bank that has not previously agreed to the extension of 365 days requested under the First Extension Option, then pursuant to the Second Extension Option the
Company may make a request to that Bank for either an extension of an additional 365 day period or an additional 730 day period.
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|(d) | Upon receipt of a notice requesting an extension to the Final Maturity Date, the Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of this request. Each Bank shall have the right, in its
absolute discretion, to accept or decline any such request. Any Bank which wishes to accept the request shall notify the Agent of its acceptance not more than 45 days and not less than 20 days prior to the relevant anniversary of the date of this
Agreement. Where a Bank does not respond to a request as required in this Clause, that Bank will be deemed to have refused the request.
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|(e) | Where a Bank agrees to a request to extend the Final Maturity Date, the Final Maturity Date for that Banks uncancelled Commitment will be extended for a further period of 365
days in accordance with paragraph (a) and (b) above (or 730 days in accordance with paragraph (c) above) from the relevant anniversary of the date of this Agreement Signing Date.
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|(f) | Any request for an extension under this Clause is irrevocable.
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|(g) | As a result of provisions in this Clause it is possible that not all Banks will have the same Final Maturity Date applicable to their participations in the Facility. To the extent
that a Bank does or does not participate in either the First Extension Option or the Second Extension Option, the Final Maturity Date will vary as follows:
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| | (i) | for a Bank which has refused to extend for both the First Extension Option and the Second Extension Option, the Final Maturity Date for that Bank shall remain as the fifth
anniversary of the date of this Agreement,
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| | (ii) | for a Bank which has only agreed to extend for 365 days from the original Final Maturity Date under either the First Extension Option or the Second Extension Option, the Final
Maturity Date for that Bank shall be the date falling 365 days from the original Final Maturity Date; and
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | for a Bank which has agreed to extend for 730 days from the Original Final Maturity Date by either agreeing to both the First Extension Option and the Second Extension Option or by
agreeing to a 730 day extension under only the Second Extension Option in accordance with paragraph (c) above, the Final Maturity Date for that Bank shall be the date falling 730 days from the original Final Maturity Date.
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|(h) | However, if a Request is provided by the Company for a Loan the Utilisation Date of which would fall after the Final Maturity Date applicable to a Bank, that Bank shall not
participate in that Loan and that Banks Commitment shall be excluded from the calculation of the Total Commitments for the purpose of calculating the participations of the Banks in that Loan pursuant to Clause 5.3 (Amount of each Banks
participation in a Loan).
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|6. | REPAYMENT
|-- | ---------



|(a) | The Company must repay each Loan made to it in full on its Repayment Date.
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|(b) | Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, any amounts repaid under paragraph (a) above may be re-borrowed.
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|(c) | Any amount of any Loan still outstanding on the applicable Final Maturity Date shall be repaid on that Final Maturity Date.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(d) | In relation to any outstanding Loan, if the Company does not serve a Request requesting a Loan with a proposed Utilisation Date on the last day of the Term for the outstanding Loan
in an amount at least equal to that Loan, the Company shall, unless it specifically notifies the Agent to the contrary not later than three Business Days prior to the last day of the relevant Term be deemed to have served a Request and to have made
the confirmations in paragraphs 2 to 4 inclusive of the form of request in Schedule 4 (Form of Request) to this Agreement requesting a Loan in an equal amount to the outstanding Loan, with a proposed Utilisation Date of the last day of the Term,
with a term of three months. The proceeds of the new Loan, when made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall be applied in repayment of the outstanding Loan.
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|7. | PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
|-- | ---------------------------



|7.1 | Automatic cancellation of the Total Commitments
|--- | -----------------------------------------------

The Commitment of each Bank shall be automatically cancelled at close of business on the last day of the Availability Period.



|7.2 | Voluntary cancellation
|--- | ----------------------

The Company may, by giving
not less than five days prior notice to the Agent, cancel the unutilised portion of the Total Commitments in whole or in part (but, if in part, in a minimum amount of £10,000,000 or the balance of the unutilised Total Commitments,
whichever is lower). Any cancellation in part shall be applied against the Commitment of each Bank pro rata.



|7.3 | Voluntary Prepayment
|--- | --------------------

The Company may, on giving
not less than five days prior notice to the Agent, prepay all or any part of the Loans (but, if in part, in a minimum Original Sterling Amount of £10,000,000 (or its comparable amounts in any Optional Currency) or the balance of the
outstanding Loans under the Facility, whichever is lower). Any partial prepayment of the Loans shall be applied pro rata against the participation of each Bank in that Loan.



|7.4 | Additional right of prepayment and cancellation
|--- | -----------------------------------------------

If
the Company is required to pay any amount to or for the account of a Bank under Clause 11 (Taxes) or Clause 13 (Increased Costs) the Company may, whilst the circumstances giving rise to the requirement continue, serve a notice of prepayment and
cancellation on that Bank through the Agent. On the date falling five Business Days after the date of service of the notice:



| | (a) | the Company shall prepay that Banks participation in all the Loans together with all other amounts payable by it to that Bank under this Agreement; and
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| | (b) | the Banks Commitment shall be cancelled.
| | --- | -----------------------------------------



|7.5 | Miscellaneous provisions
|--- | ------------------------



|(a) | Any notice of prepayment and/or cancellation under this Agreement is irrevocable. The Agent shall notify the Banks promptly of receipt of any such notice.
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|(b) | All prepayments under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid.
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|(c) | No prepayment or cancellation is permitted except in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement.
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|(d) | Subject to the terms of this Agreement, any amount of a Loan repaid under this Agreement may subsequently be re-borrowed.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(e) | No amount of any Commitment cancelled under this Agreement may subsequently be reinstated.
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|7.6 | Mandatory prepayment-change of control
|--- | --------------------------------------



|(a) | For the purposes of this Clause:
|--- | --------------------------------

a change of controloccurs if any person or group of persons acting in concert gains direct or indirect control of the Company;

acting in concerthas the meaning given to it in the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers; and

controlhas the meaning given to it in section 416 of
the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.



|(b) | The Company must promptly notify the Agent if it becomes aware of any change of control.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | Within 30 days after the earlier of notification by the Company to the Agent, or the Agent to the Banks, of a change of control, all of the Commitments shall be automatically
cancelled and all of the Loans together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents, shall become immediately due and payable.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Any such notice will take effect in accordance with its terms.



|7.7 | Mandatory prepayment-proceeds of new Group indebtedness
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------



|(a) | To the extent Excess UK Borrowings are incurred by UK Subsidiaries under (and as defined in) Clause 16.12 (Restriction on Borrowings of UK Subsidiaries):
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | the Company shall notify the Agent promptly after incurrence of Excess UK Borrowings;
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | the Company shall promptly following the incurrence by the relevant UK Subsidiary of any relevant Excess UK Borrowings, repay or prepay an amount equal to 100 per cent. of
those proceeds (less any fees, costs and expenses relating to the Excess UK Borrowings) in repayment or prepayment of the Loans; and
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | the Total Commitments shall be cancelled by an amount equal to 100 per cent. of the proceeds referred to in paragraph (i) above.
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|(b) | To the extent Excess US Borrowings are incurred by US Subsidiaries (other than Pacificorp) under (and as defined in) Clause 16.13(b) (Restrictions on Borrowings of US Subsidiaries):
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | the Company shall notify the Agent promptly after receipt of any proceeds of Excess US Borrowings;
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | the Company shall promptly following receipt by the relevant US Subsidiary of any proceeds from the relevant Excess US Borrowings, repay or prepay an amount equal to 100 per
cent. of those proceeds (less any fees, costs and expenses relating to the Excess US Borrowings) in repayment or prepayment of the Loans; and
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | the Total Commitments shall be cancelled by an amount equal to 100 per cent. of the proceeds referred to in paragraph (i) above.
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|8. | INTEREST
|-- | --------



|8.1 | Interest rate
|--- | -------------

Subject to Clause 8.5 (Default
interest), the rate of interest on each Loan for its Term is the rate per annum determined by the Agent to be the aggregate of the applicable:



| | (a) | Margin;
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| | (b) | IBOR; and
| | --- | ---------



| | (c) | Mandatory Cost.
| | --- | ---------------



|8.2 | Margin adjustment
|--- | -----------------

Any reduction or increase in the
Margin during the Term of a Loan shall be determined on the Business Day immediately following receipt by the Agent of a notice referred to in Clause 16.16 (Rating change) from the Company (or any equivalent notice from a Finance Party) and shall
take effect from the date on which the relevant change in, or withdrawal of, the long term credit rating assigned to the Company by S&P, Moodys or any other rating agency approved for this purpose by the Majority Banks (as the case may be)
was first published.



|8.3 | Non-Business Days
|--- | -----------------

If a Term would otherwise end on
a day which is not a Business Day, that Term shall instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).



|8.4 | Due dates
|--- | ---------

Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, accrued interest on each Loan is payable by the Company on the last day of its Term and also, if the Term is longer than six months, on the dates falling at six monthly intervals after the first day of that Term.



|8.5 | Default interest
|--- | ----------------



|(a) | If the Company fails to pay any amount payable by it under the Finance Documents, it shall forthwith on demand by the Agent pay interest on the overdue amount from the due date up
to the date of actual payment, both before, on and after judgment, at a rate (the default rate) determined by the Agent to be one per cent. per annum above the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of
non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for such successive Terms of such duration as the Agent may determine (each a Designated Term), that default rate applying to those overdue amounts instead of the rate
under Clause 8.1 (Interest rate).
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|(b) | The default rate will be determined on each Business Day or the first day of the relevant Designated Term, as appropriate.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | If the Agent is informed that deposits in the currency of the overdue amount are not at the relevant time being made available by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the London
interbank market, the default rate will be determined by reference to the cost of funds to the Agent from whatever sources it reasonably selects, after consultation with the Reference Banks.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(d) | Default interest will be compounded at the end of each Designated Term.
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|8.6 | Notification of rates of interest
|--- | ---------------------------------

The Agent shall
promptly notify each relevant Party of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.



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|8.7 | Terms
|--- | -----



|(a) | Each Loan has one Term only which will commence on its Utilisation Date.
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|(b) | The Company will select the Term for a Loan in the relevant Request. If the Company does not deliver a notice, the Term will be three months.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | Subject to the following provisions of this Clause, each Term for a Loan will be one, two, three or six months or such other periods as the Company and the Agent (acting on the
instructions of all the Lenders) may agree.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(d) | If a Term would otherwise overrun the Final Maturity Date it shall be shortened so that it ends on the Final Maturity Date.
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|9. | OPTIONAL CURRENCIES
|-- | -------------------



|9.1 | Selection
|--- | ---------



|(a) | The Company shall select the currency of a Loan in the relevant Request.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | The currency of each Loan must be Sterling or an Optional Currency.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | The Company may not choose a currency if as a result the Loans would be denominated at any time in more than three currencies.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(d) | The Agent shall notify each Bank of the currency and the Original Sterling Amount of each Loan and the applicable Agents Spot Rate of Exchange promptly after they are
ascertained.
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|9.2 | Revocation of currency
|--- | ----------------------

If, before 9.30 a.m. on any
Rate Fixing Day, the Agent receives notice from a Bank that:



| | (a) | it is impracticable for the Bank to fund its participation in the relevant Loan in the relevant Optional Currency during its Term in the ordinary course of business in the London
interbank market; and/or
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| | (b) | the use of the proposed Optional Currency might contravene any law or regulation,
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the Agent shall give notice to the Company and to the Banks to that effect before 11.00 a.m. on that day. In this event:



| | (i) | the Company and the Banks may agree that the drawdown will not be made; or
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| | (ii) | in the absence of agreement, that Banks participation in the Loan (or, if more than one Bank is similarly affected, those Banks participations in the Loan) shall be
treated as a separate Loan denominated in Sterling during the relevant Term.
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|9.3 | Optional Currency equivalents
|--- | -----------------------------

The equivalent in
Sterling of a Loan or part of a Loan in an Optional Currency for the purposes of calculating:



| | (a) | whether any limit under this Agreement has been exceeded;
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| | (b) | the amount of a Loan;
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| | (c) | the share of a Bank in a Loan;
| | --- | ------------------------------



| | (d) | the amount of any repayment of a Loan; or
| | --- | -----------------------------------------



| | (e) | the undrawn amount of a Banks Commitment,
| | --- | ------------------------------------------

is its
Original Sterling Amount.



|9.4 | Notification of rates and amounts
|--- | ---------------------------------

The Agent shall
promptly notify each Party of any applicable Agents Spot Rate of Exchange or Original Sterling Amount.



|10. | PAYMENTS
|--- | --------



|10.1 | Place
|---- | -----

All payments by the Company or a Bank under
the Finance Documents shall be made to the Agent to its account at such office or bank as it may notify to the Company or that Bank for this purpose.



|10.2 | Funds
|---- | -----

Payments under the Finance Documents to the
Agent shall be made for value on the due date at such times and in such funds as the Agent may specify to the Party concerned as being customary at the time for the settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place for payment.



|10.3 | Distribution
|---- | ------------



|(a) | Each payment received by the Agent under this Agreement for another Party shall, subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, be made available by the Agent to that Party by
payment (on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt) to its account with such office or bank:
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| | (i) | in the principal financial centre of the relevant currency; or
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | in the case of euro units or national currency units, in the principal financial centre of a Participating Member State or London,
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as it may notify to the Agent for this purpose by not less than five Business Days prior notice.



|(b) | The Agent may apply any amount received by it for the Company in or towards payment (on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from the Company under
the Finance Documents.
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|(c) | Where a sum is to be paid under the Finance Documents to the Agent for the account of another Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that Party until it has established
that it has actually received that sum. The Agent may, however, assume that the sum has been paid to it in accordance with this Agreement and, in reliance on that assumption, make available to that Party a corresponding amount. If the sum has not
been made available but the Agent has paid a corresponding amount to another Party, that Party shall forthwith on demand refund the corresponding amount to the Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of
refund, calculated at a rate determined by the Agent to reflect its cost of funds.
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|10.4 | Currency
|---- | --------



|(a) | A repayment or prepayment of a Loan or any part of a Loan is payable in the currency in which the Loan is denominated on its due date.
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|(b) | Interest is payable in the currency in which the relevant amount in respect of which it is payable is denominated.
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|(c) | Amounts payable in respect of costs, expenses, taxes and the like are payable in the currency in which they are incurred.
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|(d) | Any other amount payable under the Finance Documents is, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, payable in Sterling.
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|10.5 | Set-off and counterclaim
|---- | ------------------------

All payments made by the
Company under the Finance Documents shall be made without set-off or counterclaim.



|10.6 | Non-Business Days
|---- | -----------------



|(a) | If a payment under the Finance Documents is due on a day which is not a Business Day, the due date for that payment shall instead be the next Business Day in the same calendar month
(if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
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|(b) | During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal at the rate payable on the original due date.
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|10.7 | Partial payments
|---- | ----------------



|(a) | If the Agent receives a payment insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by the Company under the Finance Documents, the Agent shall apply that payment towards
the obligations of the Company under the Finance Documents in the following order:
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| | (i) | first, in or towards payment of any unpaid costs and expenses of the Agent under the Finance Documents;
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| | (ii) | secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest or fees due but unpaid under this Agreement;
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| | (iii) | thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; and
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| | (iv) | fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.
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|(b) | The Agent shall, if so directed by all the Banks, vary the order set out in subparagraphs (a)(ii) to (iv) above.
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|(c) | Paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall override any appropriation made by the Company.
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|10.8 | Netting of payments
|---- | -------------------



|(a) | If on any date an amount (the first amount) is to be advanced or paid by a Bank under this Agreement and an amount (the second amount) is due from the Company to that
Bank under the Finance Documents, the Company instructs that Bank to apply the first amount in or towards payment of the second amount.
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|(b) | The relevant Bank shall remain obliged to advance any excess (or, as the case may be, the Company shall remain obliged to pay any shortfall) in accordance with this Clause 10.
Nothing in this Clause 10.8 shall be effective to create a charge.
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|11. | TAXES
|--- | -----



|11.1 | Gross-up
|---- | --------

All payments by the Company under the
Finance Documents shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for or on account of any taxes levied or imposed by or on behalf of the UK or any taxing authority thereof or therein except to the extent that the Company is required by law to
make payment subject to any taxes. If any tax or amounts in respect of tax must be deducted from any amounts payable or paid by the Company, or paid or payable by the Agent to a Bank, under the Finance Documents, the Company shall pay such
additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the relevant Bank receives a net amount equal to the full amount which it would have received had payment not been made subject to tax.



|11.2 | Tax receipts
|---- | ------------

All taxes required by law to be
deducted or withheld by the Company from any amounts paid or payable under the Finance Documents shall be paid by the Company when due and the Company shall, within 30 days of the payment being made, deliver to the Agent for the relevant Bank an
original or certified copy of an official receipt or such other evidence, if any, as is then customary, evidencing that such deduction or withholding has been made and has been accounted for to the appropriate authorities.



|11.3 | Qualifying Banks
|---- | ----------------



|(a) | If, otherwise than as a result of the introduction of, change in, or change in the interpretation, administration or application of, any law, treaty or regulation or any practice or
concession of the UK Inland Revenue occurring after the date of this Agreement, a Bank is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Bank or is not or has ceased to be beneficially entitled to all interest received by it in respect of advances made by it
under this Agreement, the Company will not be liable to pay to or for the account of that Bank under Clause 11.1 (Gross-up) any amount in respect of taxes levied or imposed by the UK or any taxing authority of or in the UK in excess of the amount it
would have been obliged to pay if that Bank had been, or had not ceased to be a Qualifying Bank and had been beneficially entitled to all interest received by it in respect of advances made by it under this Agreement.
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|(b) | Each Bank warrants and represents to the Company on the date of this Agreement or (if later) on the date on which it becomes a Party that it is a Qualifying Bank and is beneficially
entitled to all interest receivable by it in respect of advances made by it under this Agreement.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | Each Bank which ceases to be a Qualifying Bank or which ceases to be beneficially entitled to interest received by it in respect of advances made by it under this Agreement will
notify the Company forthwith upon becoming aware that it has so ceased.
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|11.4 | Tax Credit
|---- | ----------



|(a) | If the Company makes a payment pursuant to Clause 11.1 (Gross-up) for the account of any Bank and that Bank has received or been granted and utilised on an affiliated group basis a
credit against,
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or relief or remission or repayment of, any tax paid or payable by it (a Tax Credit) which is
attributable to that payment or the corresponding payment under the Finance Document that Bank shall, to the extent that it can do so without prejudice to the retention of the amount of such credit, relief, remission or repayment, pay to the Company
such amount as the Bank shall have reasonably determined to be attributable to such payments and which will leave the Bank (after such payment) in no better or worse position than it would have been if the Company had not been required to make any
deduction or withholding.



|(b) | Nothing in this Clause 11.4 shall interfere with the right of a Bank to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit and without limiting the foregoing no Bank shall be
under any obligation, except as expressly stated in subclause (a) above, to claim a Tax Credit or to claim a Tax Credit in priority to any other claims, relief, credit or deduction available to it. No Bank shall be obliged to disclose any
information relating to its tax affairs or any computations in respect thereof.
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|11.5 | Tax indemnity
|---- | -------------

In this Clause 11.5, Protected
Partymeans a Finance Party which is or will be subject to any liability, or required to make any payment, for or on account of tax in relation to a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of tax to be received or
receivable) under a Finance Document:



| | (a) | The Company shall (within three Business Days of demand by the Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which that Protected Party determines
will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered for or on account of tax by that Protected Party in respect of a Finance Document.
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | Paragraph (a) above shall not apply:
| | --- | ------------------------------------



| | (i) | with respect to any tax assessed on a Finance Party:
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------



| | (A) | under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as
resident for tax purposes; or
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| | (B) | under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Partys Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

if that tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be
received or receivable) by that Finance Party; or



| | (ii) | to the extent a loss, liability or cost:
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------



| | (A) | is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 11.1 (Gross-up) or
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (B) | would have been compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 11.1 (Gross-up) but was not so compensated solely because one of the exclusions in Clause 11.3(a)
(Qualifying Banks) applied.
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| | (c) | A Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph (a) above shall promptly notify the Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim,
following which the Agent shall notify the Company.
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| | (d) | A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from a Company under this Clause 11.5, notify the Agent.
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|12. | MARKET DISRUPTION
|--- | -----------------



|12.1 | Market disturbance
|---- | ------------------



|(a) | If IBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference Banks and a Reference Bank does not supply an offered rate by 11.30 a.m. on the applicable Rate Fixing Day, the applicable
IBOR shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, be determined on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks.
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|(b) | If, in relation to any proposed Loan:
|--- | -------------------------------------



| | (i) | IBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference Banks and no, or only one, Reference Bank supplies a rate by 11.30 a.m. on the applicable Rate Fixing Day for the purposes of
determining the applicable IBOR; or
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| | (ii) | the Agent otherwise determines (which determination, made by the Agent acting reasonably, shall be conclusive and binding on all parties) that adequate and fair means do not exist
for ascertaining the applicable IBOR,
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the Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the relevant Banks of the fact and that
this Clause 12 is in operation.



|12.2 | Alternative rates
|---- | -----------------

If the Agent gives a notice
under Clause 12.1 (Market disturbance):



| | (a) | the Company and the Banks may (through the Agent) agree that in the case of a Loan which has not been borrowed, that Loan shall not be borrowed; or
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| | (b) | in the absence of agreement, a Loan (if it has not been borrowed) shall still be made:
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| | (i) | the Term of the Loans concerned shall be one month; and
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | during the Term of each Loan the rate of interest applicable to that Loan shall be the applicable Margin plus the Mandatory Cost plus the rate per annum which is expressed as a
percentage rate per annum of the cost to the Bank concerned of funding that Loan from whatever sources it may reasonably select, which rate shall be notified by the Bank concerned to the Agent before that last date of such Term.
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|13. | INCREASED COSTS
|--- | ---------------



|13.1 | Increased costs
|---- | ---------------



|(a) | Subject to Clause 13.2 (Exceptions), the Company shall forthwith on demand by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates pay that Finance Party the amount of any increased cost
incurred by it as a result of:
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| | (i) | the introduction of, or any change in, or any change in the interpretation or application of, any law or regulation (including any relating to taxation or reserve asset, special
deposit, cash ratio, liquidity or capital adequacy requirements or any other form of banking or monetary control); or
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| | (ii) | compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement.
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|(b) | In this Agreement increased costmeans:
|--- | --------------------------------------



| | (i) | an additional cost incurred by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of it having entered into, or performing, maintaining or funding its obligations under, this
Agreement; or
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | that portion of an additional cost incurred by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates in making, funding or maintaining all or any advances comprised in a class of advances formed
by or including the participations in the Loans made or to be made under this Agreement as is attributable to it making, funding or maintaining those participations; or
| | ---- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | a reduction in any amount payable to a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates or the effective return to a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates under this Agreement or on its
capital; or
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| | (iv) | the amount of any payment made by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates, or the amount of interest or other return foregone by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates,
calculated by reference to any amount received or receivable by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates from any other Party under this Agreement.
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|13.2 | Exceptions
|---- | ----------

Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) does not
apply to any increased cost:



| | (a) | compensated for by the payment of the Mandatory Cost;
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| | (b) | attributable to any tax or amounts in respect of tax which must be deducted from any amounts payable or paid by the Company or payable or paid by the Agent to a Finance Party or any
of its Affiliates under the Finance Documents;
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| | (c) | attributable to any change in the rate of tax on the overall net income, profits or gains of a Bank (or the overall net income, profits or gains of a division or branch of the Bank)
imposed in the jurisdiction in which its principal office or Facility Office is situate.
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|14. | ILLEGALITY AND MITIGATION
|--- | -------------------------



|14.1 | Illegality
|---- | ----------

If it is or becomes unlawful in any
jurisdiction for a Bank to give effect to any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or maintain its participation in any Loan, then:



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|(a) |  | the Bank may notify the Company through the Agent accordingly; and
|    |  |                                                                   
|(b) |  | (i)                                                                |  | the Company shall to the extent required and within the period allowed by law or regulation or, if no period is allowed by law or regulation, forthwith prepay that Banks participation in
all the Loans together with all other amounts payable by it to that Bank under this Agreement; and
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|    |  | (ii)                                                               |  | the Banks Commitment shall be cancelled.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     



|14.2 | Mitigation
|---- | ----------

Notwithstanding the provisions of
Clauses 11 (Taxes), 13.1 (Increased costs) and 14.1 (Illegality), if in relation to a Bank or (as the case may be) the Agent circumstances arise which would result in:



| | (a) | any deduction, withholding or payment of the nature referred to in Clause 11 (Taxes); or
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| | (b) | any increased cost of the nature referred to in Clause 13.1 (Increased costs); or
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| | (c) | a notification pursuant to 14.1 (Illegality),
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------

then
without in any way limiting, reducing or otherwise qualifying the rights of that Bank or the Agent, that Bank shall upon becoming aware of the same notify the Agent thereof (whereupon the Agent shall notify the Company) and such Bank shall use
reasonable endeavours to transfer its participation in the Facility and, in the case of the Agent or that Bank, its rights hereunder and under the Finance Documents to another financial institution or Facility Office not affected by the
circumstances having the results set out in (a), (b) or (c) above and shall otherwise take such reasonable steps as may be open to it to mitigate the effects of such circumstances provided that such Bank or the Agent (as the case may be)
shall not be under any obligation to take any such action if, in its reasonable opinion, to do so might have a material adverse effect upon its business, operations or financial condition or might involve it in any unlawful activity or any activity
that is contrary to any request, guidance or directive of any competent authority (whether or not having the force of law) or (unless indemnified to its satisfaction) might involve it in any expense or tax disadvantage.



|15. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
|--- | ------------------------------



|15.1 | Representations and warranties
|---- | ------------------------------

The Company (in
respect of itself and the Group) makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 15 (Representations and Warranties) to each Finance Party.



|15.2 | Status
|---- | ------



|(a) | It is a limited liability company, duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation; and
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|(b) | each member of the Group has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.
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|15.3 | Powers and authority
|---- | --------------------

It has the power to enter
into and perform, and has taken all necessary action to authorise the entry into, performance and delivery of, the Finance Documents to which it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents.



|15.4 | Legal validity
|---- | --------------

Each Finance Document to which it
is or will be a party constitutes, or when executed in accordance with its terms will constitute, its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable (subject to the Reservations) in accordance with its terms.



|15.5 | Non-conflict
|---- | ------------

The entry into and performance by it
of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents do not and will not conflict with:



| | (a) | any law or regulation or judicial or official order; or
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| | (b) | the constitutional documents of any member of the Group; or
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| | (c) | to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of its Directors, any document including any Licence which is binding upon any member of the Group or any asset of any member of
the Group, to an extent or in a manner which would have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
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|15.6 | No default
|---- | ----------



|(a) | No Default is outstanding or would result from the making of any Loan; and
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|(b) | no other event is outstanding which constitutes (or, with the giving of notice, lapse of time, determination of materiality or the fulfilment of any other applicable condition or
any combination of the foregoing, is reasonably likely to constitute) a default under any document which is binding on any member of the Group or any asset of any member of the Group to an extent or in a manner which might have a material adverse
effect on its ability to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents.
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|15.7 | Authorisations and admissibility in evidence
|---- | --------------------------------------------

All
authorisations required:



| | (a) | in connection with the entry into, performance, validity and enforceability of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents; and
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | to make the Finance Documents admissible in evidence in England and Wales,
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------

have been obtained or effected (as appropriate) and are in full force and effect.



|15.8 | Licences
|---- | --------

Each member of the Group which requires a
Licence for the conduct of its business has been duly licensed.



|15.9 | Accounts
|---- | --------

The audited consolidated accounts of the
Group most recently delivered to the Agent (which in respect of the Company only, at the date of this Agreement, are the Original Group Accounts):



| | (a) | have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the United Kingdom consistently applied; and
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | fairly represent the consolidated financial condition of the Group as at the date to which they were drawn up.
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|15.10 | Litigation
|----- | ----------

Save as disclosed in writing to the
Agent prior to the date of this Agreement, no litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings in relation to any member of the Group are current or, to its knowledge, pending or threatened, which are reasonably expected to be adversely
determined and which would, if adversely determined, be likely to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement.



|15.11 | Information
|----- | -----------



|(a) | All of the factual information supplied by it to the Agent in connection with the Finance Documents is true in all material respects and not misleading in any respect and there are
no facts or matters not disclosed in writing to the Agent the omission of which makes any such factual information incorrect or misleading in any respect.
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|(b) | Nothing has occurred since the date the information was provided which renders the information contained in it untrue or misleading in any material respect and which, if disclosed,
may affect the decision of a person considering whether to enter into this Agreement.
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|15.12 | Pari passu ranking
|----- | ------------------

Its payment obligations under
the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with all its other present and future unsecured payment obligations, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.



|15.13 | No material adverse change
|----- | --------------------------

As at the date of this
Agreement, there has been no material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of the Group since the date to which the Original Group Accounts were drawn up.



|15.14 | Deduction of Tax
|----- | ----------------



|(a) | It is not overdue in the filing of any tax returns or filings relating to any material amount of tax and it is not overdue in the payment of any material amount of, or in respect
of, tax.
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|(b) | No claims or investigations by any tax authority are being or are reasonably likely to be made or conducted against it which are reasonably likely to result in a liability of or
claim against any member of the Group to pay any material amount of, or in respect of, tax.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | For tax purposes, it is resident only in the jurisdiction of its incorporation.
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|(d) | All amounts payable by it under the Finance Documents may be made without any deduction for or on account of tax.
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|15.15 | Labour-related liabilities
|----- | --------------------------



|(a) | No claims or investigations by any relevant authority are being or are reasonably likely to be made or conducted against it which are reasonably likely to result in a liability of
or claim against any member of the Group to pay any material amount of, or in respect of, pensions, ERISA or similar labour-related liabilities.
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|(b) | Each relevant member of the Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan and is in
compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan. Where applicable, no member of the Group has (i) failed to make any contribution or payment to any
Plan or Multiemployer Plan (as the case may be), or made any amendment to any Plan, which has resulted or would result in the imposition of a Security Interest or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code or
(ii) incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA, except where such failure or incurrence would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company
to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
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For the purposes of this Clause:

ERISAmeans the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor statute.



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Internal Revenue Codemeans the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor
statute.

Multiemployer Planmeans at any time an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA to which any member of the Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions, including for these purposes any company which ceased to be a member of the Group
during such five year period.

PBGCmeans the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its
functions under ERISA.

Planmeans at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by
Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code and either (i) is maintained, or contributed to, by any relevant member of the Group for employees of any relevant member of the
Group or (ii) has at any time within the preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by any company which was at such time a member of the Group for employees of any company which was at such time a member of the Group.



|15.16 | Winding up, insolvency etc.
|----- | ---------------------------

No meeting has been
convened for the winding-up, administration, dissolution or liquidation of the Company, no such step is intended by the Company and, so far as the Company is aware, no petition, application or equivalent or analogous procedure under the law of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation is outstanding for the winding-up, administration, dissolution or liquidation of the Company.



|15.17 | Environment
|----- | -----------



|(a) | It has obtained all Environmental Licences required for the carrying on of its business as currently conducted and has at all times complied with:
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| | (i) | the terms and conditions of such Environmental Licences; and
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | all other applicable Environmental Laws,
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------

where, in each
case, if not obtained or complied with the failure or its consequences would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement. There are to its knowledge no circumstances that may prevent
or interfere with such compliance in the future.



|(b) | There is no Environmental Claim pending or formally threatened and there are no past or present acts, omissions, events or circumstances that would form, or are reasonably likely to
form, the basis of any Environmental Claim (including any arising out of the generation, storage, transport, disposal or release of any dangerous substance) against any member of the Group which, if adversely determined, would have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
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|15.18 | Times for making representations and warranties
|----- | -----------------------------------------------

The representations and warranties set out in this Clause 15 are made by the Company on the date of this Agreement and, other than Clause 15.11 (Information) and 15.13 (No material adverse change), are deemed to be repeated by the Company
on the date of each Request, the date of each deemed Request made pursuant to Clause 6(d) (Repayment), each Utilisation Date and the first day of each Term, with reference to the facts and circumstances then existing, and in any case on a quarterly
basis following the date of this Agreement.



|16. | UNDERTAKINGS
|--- | ------------



|16.1 | Duration
|---- | --------

The undertakings in this Clause 16
(Undertakings) will remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is or may be outstanding under this Agreement or any Commitment is in force.



|16.2 | Financial information
|---- | ---------------------



|(a) | The Company shall supply to the Agent in sufficient copies for all the Banks:
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | as soon as the same are available (and in any event within 180 days of the end of each of its financial years) the audited consolidated accounts of the Group for that financial
year;
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | as soon as the same are available (and in any event within 90 days of the end of the first half-year of each of its financial years) the unaudited consolidated accounts of the Group
for that half-year;
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | (in respect of the Company only), together with the accounts specified in:
| | ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (A) | paragraph (i) above, a certificate signed by two of its directors on its behalf setting out in reasonable detail computations establishing compliance with Clause 16.11
(Financial covenants) as at the date to which those accounts were drawn up;
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (B) | paragraph (ii) above, a certificate signed by two of its directors on its behalf setting out in reasonable detail computations establishing compliance with Clause 16.11
(Financial covenants) as at the date to which those accounts were drawn up; and
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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|(b) |  | (i) |  | The Company must notify the Agent of any change to the manner in which its audited consolidated accounts are
prepared.



| | (ii) | If requested by the Agent, the Company must supply to the Agent:
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------



| | (A) | a full description of any change notified under paragraph 16.2(b)(i) above; and
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (B) | sufficient information to enable the Finance Parties to make a proper comparison between the financial position shown by the set of accounts prepared on the changed basis and its
most recent audited consolidated accounts delivered to the Agent under this Agreement.
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | The Company may, or if requested by the Agent the Company must, enter into discussions for a period of not more than 30 days with a view to agreeing any amendments required to be
made to this Agreement to place the Company and the Banks in the same position as they would have been in if the change had not happened. Any agreement between the Company and the Agent will be, with the prior consent of the Majority Banks, binding
on all the Parties.
| | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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| | (iv) | If no agreement is reached under paragraph (iii) above on the required amendments to this Agreement, the Company must supply with each set of its accounts another set of its
accounts prepared on the same basis as the Companys published interim consolidated financial statements for the six months period ending on 30 September 2005.
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|16.3 | Information-Miscellaneous
|---- | -------------------------

The Company shall supply
to the Agent:



| | (a) | all documents despatched by it to its shareholders (or any class of them) or its creditors (or any class of them) at the same time as they are despatched;
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | promptly upon becoming aware of them, details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending, and which might, if adversely
determined, have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents; and
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | promptly, such further information in the possession or control of any member of the Group regarding its financial condition, business or operations as any Finance Party through the
Agent may reasonably request,
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

in sufficient copies for all of the Banks, if the Agent so requests.



|16.4 | Notification of Default
|---- | -----------------------

The Company shall notify
the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of it.



|16.5 | Compliance certificates
|---- | -----------------------

The Company shall supply
to the Agent promptly at any time, if the Majority Banks so request and they have or the Agent has grounds for believing that a Default may be outstanding, a statement signed by one of its senior officers on its behalf incorporating such information
as it has in its possession which may be relevant as to whether any Default is outstanding and, if a Default is stated to be outstanding, stating the steps if any being taken to remedy it. Such statements shall contain such certificates as the
Majority Banks may reasonably require as to questions of fact which are within the knowledge of the Company.



|16.6 | Authorisations and Licences
|---- | ---------------------------



|(a) | The Company shall promptly:
|--- | ---------------------------



| | (i) | obtain, maintain and comply with the terms of; and
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | if requested, supply certified copies to the Agent of,
| | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------

any authorisation required under any law or regulation to enable it to perform its obligations under, or for the validity or enforceability of, any Finance Document.



|(b) | The Company shall ensure that each member of the Group which requires a Licence for the conduct of its business has been duly licensed.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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|16.7 | Pari passu ranking
|---- | ------------------

The Company shall procure that
its obligations under the Finance Documents do and will rank at least pari passu with all its other present and future unsecured obligations, except for taxes, national insurance contributions, employee remuneration and benefits and any other
obligations which from time to time are mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.



|16.8 | Negative pledge
|---- | ---------------



|(a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Company shall not, and shall procure that no other member of the Group will, create or permit to subsist, any Security Interest on any of
its assets.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above, each member of the Group may create, or permit to subsist, Permitted Security Interests on its assets.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|16.9 | Disposals
|---- | ---------



|(a) | The Company shall not, and shall procure that any member of the Group shall not, either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions, whether related or not and whether
voluntarily or involuntarily sell, transfer, grant or lease or otherwise dispose of:
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | any Licence or its interest in any Mandatory Subsidiary or any other Subsidiary to whom a Mandatory Subsidiary sells, transfers, grants, leases or otherwise disposes of any Licence;
or
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | any material part of its assets (to the extent not prohibited by subparagraph (i) above).
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | Paragraph (a) does not apply to the Disposal.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------



|(c) | Subparagraph (a)(ii) does not apply to:
|--- | ---------------------------------------



| | (i) | disposals made in the ordinary course of business of the disposing entity;
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | disposals of assets in exchange for other assets comparable or superior as to type, value and quality;
| | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | the disposal of assets on arms length terms;
| | ----- | ---------------------------------------------



| | (iv) | sale and lease-back transactions the net financial effect of each of which (looking at the sale and any related lease-back together) represent a transaction on arms length
terms; and
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (v) | disposals to which the Majority Banks have agreed in writing.
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------



|16.10 | Environmental matters
|----- | ---------------------

The Company will procure
that each member of the Group complies in all material respects with:



| | (a) | the terms and conditions of all Environmental Licences applicable to it; and
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | all other applicable Environmental Law,
| | --- | ---------------------------------------

where failure to
comply with the relevant Environmental Licence or Environmental Law might reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Companys ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.



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|16.11 | Financial covenants
|----- | -------------------



|(a) | The Company shall procure that the ratio of Total Consolidated Net Borrowings to Consolidated Operating Cash Flows Before Movements in Working Capital does not at any time exceed
4.25 to 1 to be measured on a semi annual basis in respect of the preceding twelve month period and, in relation to the first measurement, to be measured by reference to the Companys published interim consolidated financial statements for the
six months period ending on 30 September 2005.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | Terms used in the definitions of Borrowings, Consolidated Operating Cash Flows Before Movements in Working Capital, Interest Payable, Interest Receivable, Net Interest Payable,
Tangible Consolidated Net Worth, Total Consolidated Borrowings and Total Consolidated Net Borrowings in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) are to be construed, and calculated, in accordance with the accounting principles applied in connection with the
Companys published interim consolidated financial statements for the six months period ending 30 September 2005.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | If there is a dispute as to any interpretation or computation for subparagraph (b) above, the interpretation or computation of the auditors for the time being of the Company
will prevail.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|16.12 | Restriction on Borrowings of UK Subsidiaries
|----- | --------------------------------------------

The
Company shall procure that no UK Subsidiaries will have outstanding any Borrowings, except for:



| | (a) | any Borrowing listed in Schedule 8 (Existing Borrowings);
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | Borrowings incurred by UK Subsidiaries with the prior consent of the Majority Banks;
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | Borrowings owed by UK Subsidiaries to any member of the Group;
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------



| | (d) | Borrowings of UK Subsidiaries not exceeding £500,000,000 in aggregate in connection with a securitisation or transaction of a similar effect after the date of this Agreement
in respect of the assets of that UK Subsidiary, subject to the repayment or prepayment obligation in paragraph (f) below;
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (e) | any Borrowings by a UK Subsidiary which is a directly wholly-owned special purpose Project Finance Subsidiary of the Company and not exceeding £500,000,000 (or its equivalent
in other currencies);
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (f) | any other Borrowings of any UK Subsidiary so long as, if the Borrowings by UK Subsidiaries under this paragraph (f) and under paragraph (d) above (which are not a
refinancing of any existing Borrowings by a UK Subsidiary in the same or lesser amount) exceed £200,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) in aggregate, the excess amount of such Borrowings (the Excess UK Borrowings) are used
to repay or prepay the Loans in accordance with Clause 7.7 (Mandatory prepayment-proceeds of new Group indebtedness).
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In this
Clause 16.12:



| | (A) | Borrowings of a Subsidiary of the Company arising in respect of guarantees issued by it, at any time, shall be taken into account in an amount equal to the actual (and not the
nominal) amount guaranteed by that guarantee at that time; and
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (B) | Borrowings of Subsidiaries of the Company party to an intra-Group bank netting arrangement in relation to the usual operation of current accounts, at any time, shall be taken into
account only in an amount equal to the net debit balance outstanding in respect of all accounts subject to that netting arrangement, at that time.
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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|16.13 | Restrictions on Borrowings of US Subsidiaries
|----- | ---------------------------------------------



|(a) | Until the Disposal Effective Date, the Company shall procure that PacifiCorp Total Debt will at no time exceed 60 per cent. of PacifiCorp Total Capitalisation.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | The Company shall procure that US Subsidiaries (excluding Pacificorp) will at no time have outstanding Borrowings (other than Project Finance Borrowings) exceeding US$500,000,000
(or its equivalent in other currencies) in aggregate unless the excess amount of such Borrowings (the Excess US Borrowings) are used to repay or prepay the Loans in accordance with Clause 7.7 (Mandatory prepayment-proceeds of new Group
indebtedness).
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | For the purposes of this Clause:
|--- | --------------------------------

Consolidated
Subsidiarymeans at any date any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of Pacificorp in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such date.

PacifiCorp Total Capitalisationmeans at any date, without duplication and after intercompany eliminations among Pacificorp and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, the sum of:



| | (a) | all Borrowings of PacifiCorp and its Consolidated Subsidiaries;
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | preferred stock of PacifiCorp; and
| | --- | ----------------------------------



| | (c) | common stock equity of PacifiCorp,
| | --- | ----------------------------------

all determined as of
such date; provided that Qualifying Junior Subordinated Debt shall be included in PacifiCorp Total Capitalisation only if and to the extent that the inclusion thereof does not cause the aggregate amount of all preferred stock and Qualifying Junior
Subordinated Debt to exceed 15 per cent. of PacifiCorp Total Capitalisation.

PacifiCorp Total Debtmeans at any date, without
duplication and after intercompany eliminations among Pacificorp and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, the sum of:



| | (a) | all Borrowings of PacifiCorp and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (other than Qualifying Junior Subordinated Debt); and
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | any portion of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock of PacifiCorp or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries that is a current liability,
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

all determined as of such date.

Qualifying Junior Subordinated Debtmeans subordinated debt of PacifiCorp which has:



| | (a) | an original maturity of 20 years or more;
| | --- | -----------------------------------------



| | (b) | provisions permitting PacifiCorp to defer the payment of interest for a period or periods of 20 consecutive quarters or more;
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | no principal payments that are due and payable until after the Final Maturity Date; and
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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| | (d) | all other characteristics (except interest rate) materially no less favorable to PacifiCorp than PacifiCorps 81/4per cent. Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures, Series C maturing on 30 June 2036 and described in PacifiCorp Capital Is
Prospectus Supplement dated 6 June 1996.
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|16.14 | Lending and guarantees
|----- | ----------------------



|(a) | Except as provided in paragraph (b) below, no member of the Group may be the creditor in respect of any Borrowings or of any trade credit extended to any of its customers.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | Paragraph (a) does not apply to:
|--- | --------------------------------



| | (i) | trade credit extended by any member of the Group to its customers on normal commercial terms and in the ordinary course of its trading activities;
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | any loan by one member of the Group to another member of the Group; or
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | any other exceptions agreed by the Majority Banks.
| | ----- | --------------------------------------------------



|16.15 | Change of business
|----- | ------------------

The Company must ensure that no
substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of the Company or the Group from that carried on as at the date of this Agreement.



|16.16 | Rating change
|----- | -------------

The Company shall provide to the
Agent, promptly upon becoming aware of it, written notice of any change in (or withdrawal of) the long term credit rating assigned to it by S&P or Moodys or such other rating agency as may be approved from time to time for this purpose by
the Majority Banks.



|16.17 | SP Energy Management
|----- | --------------------

The Company shall procure
that SP Energy Management will conduct itself in its business in accordance with the standards of a reasonable and prudent operator.

For
the purposes of this Clause, reasonable and prudent operator means a person seeking to perform its contractual obligations and in so doing and in the general conduct of its undertaking exercising that degree of skill, diligence, prudence and
foresight which would reasonably and ordinarily be expected from a skilled and experienced operator in compliance with all applicable laws engaged in the same type of undertaking in the same jurisdictions and under the same or similar circumstances
and conditions.



|16.18 | Use of websites
|----- | ---------------



|(a) | Except as provided below, the Company may deliver any information under this Agreement to a Bank by posting it on to an electronic website if:
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | the Agent and the Bank agree;
| | --- | -----------------------------



| | (ii) | the Company and the Agent designate an electronic website for this purpose;
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | the Company notifies the Agent of the address of and password for the website; and
| | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iv) | the information posted is in a format agreed between the Company and the Agent.
| | ---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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The Agent must supply each relevant Bank with the address of and password for the website.



|(b) | Notwithstanding the above, the Company must supply to the Agent in paper form a copy of any information posted on the website together with sufficient copies for:
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | any Bank not agreeing to receive via the website; and
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | within ten Business Days of request any other Bank, if that Bank so requests.
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | The Company must promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence, notify the Agent if:
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | the website cannot be accessed;
| | --- | -------------------------------



| | (ii) | the website or any information on the website is infected by an electronic virus or similar software;
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | the password for the website is changed; or
| | ----- | -------------------------------------------



| | (iv) | any information to be supplied under this Agreement is posted on the website or amended after being posted.
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If the circumstances in subparagraphs (i) or (ii) above occur, the Company must supply any information required under this Agreement in paper
form until the Agent is satisfied that the circumstances giving rise to the notification are not longer continuing.



|16.19 | Know Your Customer Requirements
|----- | -------------------------------



|(a) | The Company must promptly on the request of any Finance Party supply to that Finance Party any documentation or other evidence which is reasonably requested by that Finance Party
(whether for itself, on behalf of any Finance Party or any prospective new Bank) to enable a Finance Party or prospective new Bank to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all know your customer requirements.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | Each Bank must promptly on the request of the Agent supply to the Agent any documentation or other evidence which is reasonably required by the Agent to carry out and be satisfied
with the results of all know your customer requirements.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|16.20 | Compliance with laws
|----- | --------------------

The Company must comply in
all respects with all laws to which it is subject where failure to do so is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.



|17. | DEFAULT
|--- | -------



|17.1 | Events of Default
|---- | -----------------

Each of the events set out in
Clauses 17.2 (Non-payment) to 17.18 (Material adverse change) (inclusive) is an Event of Default (whether or not caused by any reason whatsoever outside the control of the Company or any other person).



|17.2 | Non-payment
|---- | -----------

The Company does not pay any amount
payable by it under the Finance Documents at the place at and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable, unless:



| | (a) | its failure to pay is caused by administrative or technical error; and
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------



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| | (b) | payment is made within three Business Days of its due date.
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------



|17.3 | Breach of other obligations
|---- | ---------------------------

The Company does not
comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other than those referred to in Clause 17.2 (Non-payment)) and such failure (if capable of remedy before the expiry of such period) continues unremedied for a period of 30 days from the date on
which the Agent gives notice to the Company requiring the same to be remedied.



|17.4 | Misrepresentation
|---- | -----------------

A representation, warranty or
statement made or repeated by the Company in or in connection with any Finance Document or in any document delivered by or on behalf of the Company under or in connection with any Finance Document is incorrect in any material respect when made or
deemed to be made or repeated.



|17.5 | Cross-default
|---- | -------------



|(a) | Any Borrowings (other than Hedging Liabilities) of a member of the Group are not paid when due after the expiry of any applicable grace period provided in the original documentation
therefor; or
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | any Hedging Liabilities of a member of the Group are not paid within a period of five Business Days of the due date or any applicable grace period provided in the original
documentation therefor, whichever is the shorter; or
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | any Borrowings of a member of the Group become (or become capable of being declared) prematurely due and payable or are placed (or become capable of being placed) on demand in each
case as a result of an event of default or termination event (howsoever described) under the document relating to those Borrowings; or
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(d) | any Security Interest securing Borrowings over any asset of a member of the Group becomes enforceable and the holder thereof shall commence proceedings or appoint a receiver,
manager or similar officer to take steps to enforce the same,
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

except that this Clause 17.5 shall not apply to:



| | (i) | Project Finance Borrowings; or
| | --- | ------------------------------



| | (ii) | Borrowings:
| | ---- | -----------



| | (A) | liability for payment of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings provided that if the Companys auditors determine that the amount in dispute should
be provided for in the relevant accounts, that the auditors verify that such amount is fully provided against; or
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (B) | the aggregate principal amount of which (taking into account, in the case of Hedging Liabilities, the net payment due to the relevant counterparties as the principal amount for this
purpose) is £30,000,000 or less or its equivalent in other currencies.
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|17.6 | Insolvency
|---- | ----------



|(a) | The Company or a Principal Subsidiary is, or is deemed for the purposes of any law to be, unable to pay its debts (within the meaning of Section 123(1) or, in the case of the
Company only, 123(2) of
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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the Insolvency Act 1986 but, for the purposes of this Clause 17.6, Section 123(1)(a) of the
Insolvency Act 1986 shall have effect as if for £750 there was substituted £250,000 or such higher figure as the Majority Banks may from time to time agree).



|(b) | The Company or a Principal Subsidiary suspends making payments on all or any class of its debts or announces an intention to do so, or a moratorium is declared in respect of any of
its indebtedness.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | The Company or a Principal Subsidiary by reason of financial difficulties, begins negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to the readjustment or rescheduling of
any of its indebtedness.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(d) | Unless the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks) confirms otherwise, if a moratorium occurs in respect of the Company or a Principal Subsidiary, the ending of the
moratorium will not remedy any Event of Default caused by the moratorium.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|17.7 | Administration
|---- | --------------



|(a) | Any meeting of the Companys or of any Principal Subsidiarys shareholders, directors or other officers is convened for the purpose of considering any resolution for, to
petition for or to file documents with a court or any registrar for its administration or any such resolution is passed; or
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | the directors, shareholders or other officers of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary request an application for an administrative order, or give notice of their intention to
make such a request; or
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | any person presents an application to, or files documents with, a court or any registrar for an administration order in relation to the Company or any Principal Subsidiary and
either (i) the Company or such Principal Subsidiary (as the case may be) does not apply to the court within 30 days after the presentation of such petition requesting the court to refuse such petition or (ii) it does so apply but such
petition is not refused by such court within 60 days after such application for the refusal of such petition.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|17.8 | Compositions etc
|---- | ----------------

The Company or any Principal
Subsidiary has any voluntary arrangement proposed in relation to it under Section 1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or any step is taken with a view to a moratorium, composition, scheme of arrangement, compromise or other arrangement involving the
Company or such Principal Subsidiary (as the case may be) and their respective creditors generally (other than for the purposes of reconstruction or amalgamation upon terms and within such period as may previously have been approved in writing by
the Majority Banks).



|17.9 | Winding up
|---- | ----------



|(a) | Any meeting of the Companys or of any Principal Subsidiarys shareholders, directors or other officers is convened for the purpose of considering any resolution for (or
to petition for or to file documents with a court or any registrar for) its winding up or dissolution (other than in connection with a reconstruction or amalgamation upon terms and within such period as may previously have been approved in writing
by the Majority Banks); or
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | the Company or any Principal Subsidiary passes any resolution for its winding up or dissolution other than a resolution previously approved in writing by the Majority Banks (other
than in connection with a reconstruction or amalgamation upon terms and within such period as may previously have been approved in writing by the Majority Banks); or
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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|(c) | any person presents a petition, or files documents with a court or any registrar for the winding up or dissolution of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary is presented to the
court and either (i) the Company or such Principal Subsidiary (as the case may be) does not apply to the court within 30 days after the presentation of such petition requesting the court to refuse such petition, or (ii) it does so apply
but such petition is not refused by such court within 60 days after such application for the refusal of such petition; or
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(d) | the Company or any Principal Subsidiary becomes subject to a winding up or dissolution order.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|17.10 | Appointment of receivers and managers
|----- | -------------------------------------



|(a) | Any liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or the like is appointed in respect of the Company or
any Principal Subsidiary or any material part of its assets or undertaking and (in the case of a receiver only) such appointment continues for more than 30 days; or
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | the directors, shareholders (acting by the requisite majority thereof, if any requisite majority is applicable) or other officers of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary request
the appointment, or give notice of their intention to appoint a liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or the like.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|17.11 | Creditors process
|----- | ------------------

Any attachment,
sequestration, distress, execution or diligence (whether on the dependence or otherwise) affects any material asset of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary and is not discharged within 21 days.



|17.12 | Analogous proceedings
|----- | ---------------------

There occurs, in relation to
the Company or any Principal Subsidiary, any event anywhere which corresponds to any of those mentioned in Clauses 17.6 (Insolvency) to 17.11 (Creditors process) (inclusive).



|17.13 | Unlawfulness
|----- | ------------

It is or becomes unlawful for the
Company to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents.



|17.14 | Revocation and Modification of Licences
|----- | ---------------------------------------

Any
Licence is:



| | (a) | revoked, surrendered, terminated or disposed of (or any notice of revocation or termination is issued by the relevant regulatory authority); or
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | modified,
| | --- | ---------

in any manner or circumstances which would have
a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement.



|17.15 | Cessation of business
|----- | ---------------------

The Company ceases to carry
on all or a substantial part of its business.



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|17.16 | Change of control of a Mandatory Subsidiary
|----- | -------------------------------------------

A
Mandatory Subsidiary ceases to be a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company.



|17.17 | Repudiation
|----- | -----------

The Company repudiates a Finance
Document or evidences an intention to repudiate a Finance Document.



|17.18 | Material adverse change
|----- | -----------------------

Any event or circumstance
occurs which has a Material Adverse Effect.



|17.19 | Acceleration
|----- | ------------

On and at any time after the
occurrence of an Event of Default while such event is continuing the Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Banks, by notice to the Company:



| | (a) | cancel the Total Commitments; and/or
| | --- | ------------------------------------



| | (b) | demand that all of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued under this Agreement be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become
immediately due and payable; and/or
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | demand that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand.
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|18. | THE AGENT AND THE MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS
|--- | -----------------------------------------



|18.1 | Appointment and duties of the Agent
|---- | -----------------------------------

Each Finance
Party (other than the Agent) irrevocably appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents, and irrevocably authorises the Agent on its behalf to perform the duties and to exercise the rights, powers and
discretions that are specifically delegated to it under or in connection with the Finance Documents, together with any other incidental rights, powers and discretions. The Agent shall have only those duties which are expressly specified in this
Agreement. Those duties are solely of a mechanical and administrative nature.



|18.2 | Role of the Mandated Lead Arrangers
|---- | -----------------------------------

Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Mandated Lead Arranger has no obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance Document.



|18.3 | Relationship
|---- | ------------

The relationship between the Agent
and the other Finance Parties is that of agent and principal only. Nothing in this Agreement constitutes the Agent as trustee or fiduciary for any other Party or any other person and the Agent need not hold in trust any moneys paid to it for a Party
or be liable to account for interest on those moneys.



|18.4 | Majority Banks directions
|---- | --------------------------

The Agent will be
fully protected if it acts in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Banks in connection with the exercise of any right, power or discretion or any matter not expressly provided for in the Finance Documents. Any such instructions given by
the Majority Banks will be binding on all the Banks. In the absence of such instructions the Agent may act as it considers to be in the best interests of all the Banks.



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|18.5 | Delegation
|---- | ----------

The Agent may act under the Finance
Documents through its personnel and agents.



|18.6 | Responsibility for documentation
|---- | --------------------------------

Neither the Agent
nor a Mandated Lead Arranger is responsible to any other Party for:



| | (a) | the execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or sufficiency of any Finance Document or any other document;
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | the collectability of amounts payable under any Finance Document; or
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document.
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|18.7 | Default
|---- | -------



|(a) | The Agent is not obliged to monitor or enquire as to whether or not a Default has occurred. The Agent will not be deemed to have knowledge of the occurrence of a Default unless, in
the case of the non-payment of any amount due under the Finance Documents, the Agent is aware of such non-payment. However, if the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing the Default and stating that the event is a
Default, it shall promptly notify the Banks.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | The Agent may require the receipt of security satisfactory to it whether by way of payment in advance or otherwise, against any liability or loss which it will or may incur in
taking any proceedings or action arising out of or in connection with any Finance Document before it commences these proceedings or takes that action.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|18.8 | Exoneration
|---- | -----------



|(a) | Without limiting paragraph (b) below, the Agent will not be liable to any other Party for any action taken or not taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document,
unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | No Party may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the Agent or in respect of any act or omission of
any kind (including negligence or wilful misconduct) by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|18.9 | Reliance
|---- | --------

The Agent may:



| | (a) | rely on any notice or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed by, or with the authority of, the proper person;
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | rely on any statement made by a director or employee of any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify;
and
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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| | (c) | engage, pay for and rely on legal or other professional advisers selected by it (including those in the Agents employment and those representing a Party other than the Agent).
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|18.10 | Credit approval and appraisal
|----- | -----------------------------

Without affecting
the responsibility of the Company for information supplied by it or on their behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Bank confirms that it:



| | (a) | has made its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of the Company and their related entities in connection with its participation in
this Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers in connection with any Finance Document; and
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Company and their related entities while any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance
Documents or any Commitment is in force.
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|18.11 | Information
|----- | -----------



|(a) | The Agent shall promptly forward to the person concerned the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Agent by a Party for that person.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | The Agent shall promptly supply a Bank with a copy of each document received by the Agent under Clause 4 (Conditions Precedent) upon the request and at the expense of that Bank.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | Except where this Agreement specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is not obliged to review or check the accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(d) | Except as provided above, the Agent has no duty:
|--- | ------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | either initially or on a continuing basis to provide any Bank with any credit or other information concerning the financial condition or affairs of the Company or any related entity
of the Company whether coming into its possession or that of any of its related entities before, on or after the date of this Agreement; or
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | unless specifically requested to do so by a Bank in accordance with this Agreement, to request any certificates or other documents from the Company.
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|18.12 | The Agent and each Mandated Lead Arranger individually
|----- | ------------------------------------------------------



|(a) | If it is also a Bank, each of the Agent and a Mandated Lead Arranger has the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Bank and may exercise those rights and powers
as though it were not the Agent or a Mandated Lead Arranger.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | Each of the Agent and a Mandated Lead Arranger may:
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | carry on any business with the Company or its related entities;
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | act as agent or trustee for, or in relation to any financing involving, the Company or its related entities; and
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | retain any profits or remuneration in connection with its activities under this Agreement or in relation to any of the foregoing.
| | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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|18.13 | Indemnities
|----- | -----------



|(a) | Without limiting the liability of the Company under the Finance Documents, each Bank shall forthwith on demand indemnify the Agent for its proportion of any liability or loss
incurred by the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of its acting as the Agent, except to the extent that the liability or loss arises directly from the Agents gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | A Banks proportion of the liability or loss set out in paragraph (a) above is the proportion which the Original Sterling Amount of its participation in the Loans (if any)
bear to the Original Sterling Amount of all the Loans on the date of the demand. If, however, there are no Loans outstanding on the date of demand, then the proportion will be the proportion which its relevant Commitment bears to the Total
Commitments at the date of demand or, if the Total Commitments have been cancelled, bore to the Total Commitments immediately before being cancelled.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|18.14 | Compliance
|----- | ----------



|(a) | The Agent may refrain from doing anything which might, in its opinion, constitute a breach of any law or regulation or be otherwise actionable at the suit of any person, and may do
anything which, in its opinion, is necessary or desirable to comply with any law or regulation of any jurisdiction.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | Without limiting paragraph (a) above, the Agent need not disclose any information relating to the Company or any of its related entities if the disclosure might, in the opinion
of the Agent, constitute a breach of any law or regulation or any duty of secrecy or confidentiality or be otherwise actionable at the suit of any person.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|18.15 | Resignation of Agent
|----- | --------------------



|(a) | Notwithstanding its irrevocable appointment, the Agent may resign by giving notice to the Banks and the Company, in which case the Agent may forthwith appoint one of its Affiliates
as successor Agent or, failing that, the Majority Banks may appoint a successor Agent.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | If the appointment of a successor Agent is to be made by the Majority Banks but they have not, within 30 days after notice of resignation, appointed a successor Agent which accepts
the appointment, the retiring Agent may appoint a successor Agent.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | The resignation of the retiring Agent and the appointment of any successor Agent will both become effective only upon the successor Agent notifying all the Parties that it accepts
the appointment. On giving the notification, the successor Agent will succeed to the position of the retiring Agent and the term Agent will mean the successor Agent.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(d) | The retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request
for the purposes of performing its functions as the Agent under this Agreement.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(e) | Upon its resignation becoming effective, this Clause 18 shall continue to benefit the retiring Agent in respect of any action taken or not taken by it under or in connection with
the Finance Documents while it was the Agent, and, subject to paragraph (d) above, it shall have no further obligation under any Finance Document.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|18.16 | Banks
|----- | -----

The Agent may treat each Bank as a Bank,
entitled to payments under this Agreement and as acting through its Facility Office(s) until it has received notice from the Bank to the contrary by not less than five Business Days prior to the relevant payment.



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|18.17 | Extraordinary management time and resources
|----- | -------------------------------------------

In
addition to the fees (if any) paid or payable to the Agent pursuant to Clause 19 (Fees), the Company shall, on demand by the Agent, reimburse it for its own account at such reasonable daily or hourly rates as the Agent may separately agree with the
Company from time to time, the reasonable cost of utilising its management time or other resources in connection with taking all such steps or other action which:



| | (a) | the Company requests, in connection with:
| | --- | -----------------------------------------



| | (i) | the granting or proposed granting of any waiver or consent under any Finance Document; or
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | any amendment or proposed amendment to any Finance Document; or
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | the Company or the Majority Banks request(s) in connection with:
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | any breach by the Company of its obligations under any Finance Document or any investigations in respect of any such breach; or
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | the preservation and enforcement of any of the rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents; or
| | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | the occurrence of a Default.
| | ----- | ----------------------------



|19. | FEES
|--- | ----



|19.1 | Front-end fees
|---- | --------------

The Company shall pay to the Agent
for the Mandated Lead Arrangers front-end fees in the amounts agreed in the relevant Fee Letter.



|19.2 | Commitment fee
|---- | --------------



|(a) | The Company shall pay to the Agent for each Bank a commitment fee computed at the rate of 30 per cent. of the applicable Margin per annum on the undrawn, uncancelled amount of
that Banks Commitment during the period from the date of this Agreement up to and including the Final Maturity Date.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | Accrued commitment fee is payable quarterly in arrears. Accrued commitment fee is also payable to the Agent for the relevant Bank(s) on the cancelled amount of its Commitment at the
time the cancellation takes effect.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|19.3 | Utilisation fee
|---- | ---------------



|(a) | For each day on which the outstanding principal amount of the Loans is 50.0 per cent. or more of the Total Commitments at that time, the Company shall pay a utilisation fee to
the Agent, for the account of the Banks, of 0.025 per cent. per annum on the amount of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans on that day.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | The utilisation fee is payable quarterly in arrear. Accrued utilisation fee is also payable to the Agent for the account of the Banks on the date that the Commitments are cancelled
and the Loans are prepaid or repaid in full.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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|19.4 | Agents fee
|---- | -----------

The Company shall pay to the
Agent for its own account an agency fee in the amount and at the times agreed in the relevant Fee Letter.



|19.5 | VAT
|---- | ---

Any fee referred to in this Clause 19 (Fees)
is exclusive of any value added tax or any other tax which might be chargeable in connection with that fee. If any value added tax or other tax is so chargeable, it shall be paid by the Company at the same time as it pays the relevant fee.



|20. | EXPENSES
|--- | --------



|20.1 | Initial and special costs
|---- | -------------------------

The Company shall
forthwith on demand pay the Agent and each Mandated Lead Arranger the amount of all reasonable costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by each of them in connection with:



| | (a) | the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of:
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement;
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | any other Finance Document (other than a Novation Certificate) executed after the date of this Agreement;
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | any amendment, waiver, consent or suspension of rights (or any proposal for any of the foregoing) requested by or on behalf of the Company and relating to a Finance Document or a
document referred to in any Finance Document; and
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | any other matter, not of an ordinary administrative nature, arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document.
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|20.2 | Enforcement costs
|---- | -----------------

The Company shall forthwith on
demand pay to each Finance Party the amount of all reasonable costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by it:



| | (a) | in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document; or
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | in investigating any possible Default.
| | --- | --------------------------------------



|21. | STAMP DUTIES
|--- | ------------

The Company shall pay and forthwith
on demand indemnify each Finance Party against any liability it incurs in respect of any stamp, registration and similar tax which is or becomes payable in connection with the entry into, performance or enforcement of any Finance Document.



|22. | INDEMNITIES
|--- | -----------



|22.1 | Currency indemnity
|---- | ------------------



|(a) | If a Finance Party receives an amount in respect of the Companys liability under the Finance Documents or if that liability is converted into a claim, proof, judgment or order
in a currency other than the currency (the contractual currency) in which the amount is expressed to be payable under the relevant Finance Document:
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | the Company shall indemnify that Finance Party as an independent obligation against any loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion;
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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| | (ii) | if the amount received by that Finance Party, when converted into the contractual currency at a market rate in the usual course of its business, is less than the amount owed in the
contractual currency, the Company shall forthwith on demand pay to that Finance Party an amount in the contractual currency equal to the deficit; and
| | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | the Company shall pay to the Finance Party concerned on demand any exchange costs and taxes payable in connection with any such conversion.
| | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | The Company waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|22.2 | Other indemnities
|---- | -----------------

The Company shall forthwith on
demand indemnify each Finance Party against any loss or liability which that Finance Party incurs as a consequence of:



| | (a) | the occurrence of any Default;
| | --- | ------------------------------



| | (b) | the operation of Clause 2.5 (Change of Currency), 17.19 (Acceleration) or Clause 28 (Pro Rata Sharing);
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | any payment of principal or an overdue amount being received from any source otherwise than on its Repayment Date and, for the purposes of this paragraph (c), the Repayment Date of
an overdue amount is the last day of each Designated Term (as defined in Clause 8.5 (Default interest)); or
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (d) | (other than by reason of negligence or default by a Finance Party) a Loan not being made after the Company has delivered a Request for that Loan.
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Companys liability in each case includes any loss of margin or other loss or expense on account of funds borrowed, contracted for or utilised to
fund any amount payable under any Finance Document, any amount repaid or prepaid or any Loan.



|23. | EVIDENCE AND CALCULATIONS
|--- | -------------------------



|23.1 | Accounts
|---- | --------

Accounts maintained by a Finance Party in
connection with this Agreement are prima facieevidence of the matters to which they relate.



|23.2 | Certificates and determinations
|---- | -------------------------------

Any certification
or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under this Agreement is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.



|23.3 | Calculations
|---- | ------------

Interest (including any applicable
Mandatory Cost) and any fees accruing under this Agreement shall accrue from day to day and are calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 365 days or, in the case of interest payable on an amount denominated in an
Optional Currency only or where the market practice otherwise dictates, 360 days.



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|24. | AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
|--- | ----------------------



|24.1 | Procedure
|---- | ---------



|(a) | Subject to Clause 24.2 (Exceptions), any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived with the agreement of the Company, the Majority Banks and the Agent. The Agent may
effect, on behalf of the Banks, an amendment to which they or the Majority Banks have agreed.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | The Agent shall promptly notify the other Parties of any amendment or waiver effected under paragraph (a) above, and any such amendment or waiver shall be binding on all the
Parties.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|24.2 | Exceptions
|---- | ----------

An amendment or waiver which relates
to:



| | (a) | the definition of Majority Banks in Clause 1.1;
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------



| | (b) | an extension of the date for, or a decrease in an amount or a change in the currency of, any payment under the Finance Documents;
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | an increase in, or extension of, a Banks Commitment;
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------



| | (d) | a term of a Finance Document which expressly requires the consent of each Bank;
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (e) | Clause 2.4 (Nature of a Finance Partys rights and obligations), Clause 28 (Pro Rata Sharing) or this Clause 24; or
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (f) | a right of a Bank to assign or transfer its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents,
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

may not be effected without the consent of each Bank.



|24.3 | Waivers and remedies cumulative
|---- | -------------------------------

The rights of each
Finance Party under the Finance Documents:



| | (a) | may be exercised as often as necessary;
| | --- | ---------------------------------------



| | (b) | are cumulative and not exclusive of its rights under the general law; and
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | may be waived only in writing and specifically.
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------

Delay in
exercising or non-exercise of any such right is not a waiver of that right.



|25. | CHANGES TO THE PARTIES
|--- | ----------------------



|25.1 | Transfers by the Company
|---- | ------------------------

The Company may not
assign, transfer, novate or dispose of any of, or any interest in, its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement.



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|25.2 | Transfers by Banks
|---- | ------------------



|(a) | A Bank (the Existing Bank) may at any time assign, transfer or novate any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (in a minimum amount equal to
£10,000,000 or, if less with respect to a particular Bank, the balance of that Banks Commitment at the time of transfer) to another bank or financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which is a Qualifying Bank (the New
Bank). The prior consent of the Company is required for any such assignment, transfer or novation, unless:
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | the New Bank is another Bank or an Affiliate of a Bank; or
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | a Default is outstanding.
| | ---- | -------------------------

However, the prior consent of
the Company must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and will be deemed to have been given if, within 21 days of receipt by the Company of an application for consent, it has not been expressly refused.



|(b) | A transfer of obligations will be effective only if either:
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | the obligations are novated in accordance with Clause 25.3 (Procedure for novations); or
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | the New Bank confirms to the Agent and the Company that it is a Qualifying Bank and that it undertakes to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as a Bank in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent. On the transfer becoming effective in this manner the Existing Bank shall be relieved of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent that they are transferred to the New Bank.
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | Nothing in this Agreement restricts the ability of a Bank to subcontract an obligation if that Bank remains liable under this Agreement for that obligation except that no Bank may
subcontract any such obligation if the effect of such contract would be that a person other than a Qualifying Bank has any beneficial entitlement to any interest received by it under this Agreement.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(d) | On each occasion that an Existing Bank assigns, transfers or novates any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement, the New Bank shall, on the date the assignment,
transfer and/or novation takes effect, pay to the Agent for its own account a fee of £1,000.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(e) | An Existing Bank is not responsible to a New Bank for:
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | the execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or sufficiency of any Finance Document or any other document;
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | the collectability of amounts payable under any Finance Document;
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document; or
| | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iv) | the financial condition of the Company.
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------



|(f) | Each New Bank confirms to the Existing Bank and the other Finance Parties that it:
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | has made its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of the Company and its related entities in connection with its participation in this
Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Bank in connection with any Finance Document; and
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| | (ii) | will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Company and its related entities while any amount is or may be outstanding under this Agreement or
any Commitment is in force.
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(g) | Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Bank to:
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | accept a re-transfer from a New Bank of any of the rights and/or obligations assigned, transferred or novated under this Clause; or
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | support any losses incurred by the New Bank by reason of the non-performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement or otherwise.
| | ---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(h) | Any reference in this Agreement to a Bank includes a New Bank, but excludes a Bank if no amount is or may be owed to or by that Bank under this Agreement and its Commitment has been
cancelled or reduced to nil.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(i) | No assignment or transfer under this Clause will be effective until the Agent has completed all know your customer requirements relating to any person that it is required to carry
out in relation to such assignment or transfer. The Agent is not obliged to execute a Novation Certificate until it has completed all know customer requirements to its satisfaction.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|25.3 | Procedure for novations
|---- | -----------------------



|(a) | A novation is effected if the Existing Bank and the New Bank deliver to the Agent a Novation Certificate in the form of Schedule 5 and the Agent executes it.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | Each Party (other than the Existing Bank and the New Bank) irrevocably authorises the Agent to execute any duly completed Novation Certificate on its behalf.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | To the extent that they are expressed to be the subject of the novation in the Novation Certificate:
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | the Existing Bank and the other Parties (the existing Parties) will be released from their obligations to each other (the discharged obligations);
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | the New Bank and the existing Parties will assume obligations towards each other which differ from the discharged obligations only insofar as they are owed to or assumed by the New
Bank instead of the Existing Bank;
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | the rights of the Existing Bank against the existing Parties and vice versa (the discharged rights) will be cancelled; and
| | ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iv) | the New Bank and the existing Parties will acquire rights against each other which differ from the discharged rights only insofar as they are exercisable by or against the New Bank
instead of the Existing Bank,
| | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

all on the date of execution of the Novation Certificate by the Agent or, if later, the date
specified in the Novation Certificate. The completed Novation Certificate must be delivered to the Agent at least five Business Days before the date on which it is stated to be effective or such other date agreed by the Agent. If no agreement can be
reached by the Agent the novation will not be effective.



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|25.4 | Reference Banks
|---- | ---------------

If a Reference Bank (or, if a
Reference Bank is not a Bank, the Bank of which it is an Affiliate) ceases to be one of the Banks, the Agent shall (in consultation with the Company) appoint another Bank or an Affiliate of a Bank to replace that Reference Bank.



|25.5 | Register
|---- | --------

The Agent shall keep a register of all
the Parties and shall supply any other Party (at that Partys expense) with a copy of the register on request.



|25.6 | Change of Facility Office
|---- | -------------------------

No Bank will change its
Facility Office if, at the time of the change, circumstances exist which would oblige the Company to pay that Bank any amount under Clause 11 (Taxes) or Clause 13 (Increased Costs) which it would not have been obliged to pay if that Bank had
retained the same Facility Office.



|26. | DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
|--- | -------------------------

A Bank may disclose to
one of its Affiliates or any person with whom it is proposing to enter, or has entered into, any kind of transfer, participation or other agreement in relation to this Agreement:



| | (a) | a copy of any Finance Document; and
| | --- | -----------------------------------



| | (b) | any information which that Bank has acquired under or in connection with any Finance Document.
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Provided that any such Affiliate or person has entered into a confidentiality undertaking substantially in the form of Schedule 9 (Form of Confidentiality
Undertaking) or in any other form agreed between the Company and the Agent.



|27. | SET-OFF
|--- | -------

A Finance Party may set off any matured
obligation owed by the Company under this Agreement (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any obligation (whether or not matured) owed by that Finance Party to the Company, regardless of the place of payment, booking
branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off. If either
obligation is unliquidated or unascertained, the Finance Party may set off in an amount estimated by it in good faith to be the amount of that obligation.



|28. | PRO RATA SHARING
|--- | ----------------



|28.1 | Redistribution
|---- | --------------

If any amount owing by the Company
under this Agreement to a Finance Party (the recovering Finance Party) is discharged by payment, set-off or any other manner other than through the Agent in accordance with Clause 10 (Payments) (a recovery), then:



| | (a) | the recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days, notify details of the recovery to the Agent;
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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| | (b) | the Agent shall determine whether the recovery is in excess of the amount which the recovering Finance Party would have received had the recovery been received by the Agent and
distributed in accordance with Clause 10 (Payments);
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | subject to Clause 28.3 (Exception), the recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days of demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the redistribution)
equal to the excess;
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (d) | the Agent shall treat the redistribution as if it were a payment by the Company under Clause 10 (Payments) and shall pay the redistribution to the Finance Parties (other than
the recovering Finance Party) in accordance with Clause 10.7 (Partial payments); and
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (e) | after payment of the full redistribution, the recovering Finance Party will be subrogated to the portion of the claims paid under paragraph (d) above, and the Company will owe
the recovering Finance Party a debt which is equal to the redistribution, immediately payable and of the type originally discharged.
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|28.2 | Reversal of redistribution
|---- | --------------------------

If under Clause 28.1
(Redistribution):



| | (a) | a recovering Finance Party must subsequently return a recovery, or an amount measured by reference to a recovery, to the Company; and
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | the recovering Finance Party has paid a redistribution in relation to that recovery,
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

each Finance Party shall, within three Business Days of demand by the recovering Finance Party through the Agent, reimburse the recovering Finance Party all or the appropriate portion of the redistribution paid to
that Finance Party. Thereupon the subrogation in Clause 28.1(e) (Redistribution) will operate in reverse to the extent of the reimbursement.



|28.3 | Exception
|---- | ---------

A recovering Finance Party need not pay
a redistribution to the extent that it would not, after the payment, have a valid claim against the Company in the amount of the redistribution pursuant to Clause 28.1(e) (Redistribution).



|29. | SEVERABILITY
|--- | ------------

If a provision of any Finance
Document is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, that shall not affect:



| | (a) | the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of the Finance Documents; or
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | the legality, validity or enforceability in other jurisdictions of that or any other provision of the Finance Documents.
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|30. | COUNTERPARTS
|--- | ------------

This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement.



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|31. | NOTICES
|--- | -------



|31.1 | Giving of notices
|---- | -----------------

All notices or other
communications under or in connection with this Agreement shall be given in writing or by facsimile. Any such notice will be deemed to be given as follows:



| | (a) | if in writing, when delivered; and
| | --- | ----------------------------------



| | (b) | if by facsimile, when received in complete and legible form.
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------

However, a notice given in accordance with the above but received on a non-working day or after business hours in the place of receipt will only be deemed to be given on the next working day in that place.



|31.2 | Addresses for notices
|---- | ---------------------



|(a) | The address and facsimile number of each Party (other than the Agent) for all notices under or in connection with this Agreement are:
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | that notified by that Party for this purpose to the Agent on or before it becomes a Party; or
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | any other notified by that Party for this purpose to the Agent by not less than five Business Days notice.
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | The address and facsimile number of the Agent is:
|--- | -------------------------------------------------

For
Operational Duties (e.g. Utilisations; Rate Fixing; Fee & Interest calculation, etc.)



|                               |  |                        
|------------------------------ |  | -----------------------
|The Royal Bank of Scotland plc |  |                        
|Level 3                        |  |                        
|2.5 Devonshire Square          |  |                        
|London EC2M 4XJ                |  |                        
|                               | 
|Facsimile number:              |  | +44 20 7615 0153       
|                               | 
|Attention:                     |  | Loan Administration/LAU

For Non-Operational Duties (e.g. Covenant Compliance; Amendments and Waivers, etc.)



|                               |  |                        
|------------------------------ |  | -----------------------
|The Royal Bank of Scotland plc |  |                        
|Level 7                        |  |                        
|135 Bishopsgate                |  |                        
|London EC2M 3UR                |  |                        
|                               | 
|Facsimile number:              |  | +44 20 7085 4564       
|                               | 
|Attention:                     |  | Syndicated Loans Agency

or such other as the Agent may notify to the other Parties by not less than five Business
Days notice.



|(c) | The Agent shall, promptly upon request from any Party, give to that Party the address or facsimile number of any other Party applicable at the time for the purposes of this Clause.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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|32. | GOVERNING LAW
|--- | -------------

This Agreement is governed by
English law.



|33. | JURISDICTION
|--- | ------------



|(a) | Each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees, for the benefit of the Agent and the Banks, that the courts of England shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action
or proceeding, and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and, for such purposes, irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | The Company irrevocably waives any objection which it might now or hereafter have to the courts referred to in paragraph (a) above being nominated as the forum to hear and
determine any suit, action or proceeding, and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and agrees not to claim that any such court is not a convenient or appropriate forum.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | The submission to the jurisdiction of the courts referred to in paragraph (a) above shall not (and shall not be construed so as to) limit the right of the Agent or the Banks to
take proceedings in any other court of competent jurisdiction nor shall the taking of proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of proceedings in any other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|34. | SERVICE OF PROCESS
|--- | ------------------

Without prejudice to any other
mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Company:



| | (a) | irrevocably appoints its London office at 30 Cannon Street, London EC4M 6XH as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in
connection with any Finance Documents; and
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | agrees that any failure by a process agent to notify the Company of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

THIS AGREEMENThas been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.



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SCHEDULE 1

ORIGINAL PARTIES



|                                              |  |               
|--------------------------------------------- |  | --------------
|Original Bank                                 |  | Commitments   
|                                              |  | (£)           
|The Royal Bank of Scotland plc                |  | 46,666,668.00 
|The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.            |  | 46,666,666.00 
|BNP Paribas                                   |  | 46,666,666.00 
|Barclays Bank PLC                             |  | 40,000,000.00 
|Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, London Branch |  | 40,000,000.00 
|Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch               |  | 40,000,000.00 
|HSBC Bank plc                                 |  | 40,000,000.00 
|ING Bank N.V., London Branch                  |  | 40,000,000.00 
|JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.                     |  | 40,000,000.00 
|Morgan Stanley Bank                           |  | 40,000,000.00 
|TD Bank Europe Limited                        |  | 40,000,000.00 
|UBS AG, London Branch                         |  | 40,000,000.00 
|                                              |  |               
|Total                                         |  | 500,000,000.00
|                                              |  |               



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SCHEDULE 2

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS



|1. | A copy of the memorandum and articles of association, certificate of incorporation and certificate of incorporation on change of name (if any) of the Company or a certificate of an
authorised signatory of the Company confirming that the copy of those documents previously delivered to the Agent in connection with the Existing Facility Agreement is still correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than
the date of this Agreement.
|-- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|2. | A copy of a resolution of the Group Finance Committee of the Company:
|-- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (a) | approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party and any related and/or
ancillary documents;
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all other documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with
the Finance Documents.
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|3. | A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Company appointing the Group Finance Committee referred to in paragraph 2 above.
|-- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|4. | A certificate of a director of the Company certifying that the utilisation of the Facility in full would not cause any internal borrowing limit binding on the Company to be
exceeded.
|-- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|5. | A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Company certifying:
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (a) | that each copy document specified in this Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement; and
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | the specimen signatures of its authorised signatories.
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------



|6. | A legal opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, legal advisers to the Agent, addressed to the Finance Parties substantially in the form of Schedule 6.
|-- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|7. | A legal opinion of Maclay Murray & Spens, legal advisers to the Agent in Scotland, addressed to the Finance Parties substantially in the form of Schedule 7.
|-- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|8. | Evidence that each of the Existing Facility Agreements have been cancelled and any outstandings under each of the Existing Facility Agreements have been or will on the first
Utilisation Date be repaid in full.
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|9. | A copy of the Original Group Accounts and the latest published consolidated financial statements of the Company being the interim consolidated financial statements for the six month
period ended 30 September 2005.
|-- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|10. | Evidence that all fees and expenses then due and payable from the Company under the Finance Documents have been or will be paid by the first Utilisation Date.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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|11. | Evidence that the process agent referred to in Clause 34 (Service of Process) has accepted the appointment.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|12. | A copy of any other authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and performance
of, and the transactions contemplated by, any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document and which, in either case, is notified to the Company prior to the execution of this Agreement.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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SCHEDULE 3

CALCULATION OF THE MANDATORY COST

General

The Mandatory Cost is the weighted average of the rates for each Bank calculated below by the Agent on the first day of a Term. The Agent must distribute each amount of Mandatory Cost among the Banks on the basis of
the rate for each Bank.



|1. | For a Bank lending from a Facility Office in the U.K.
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------



|(a) | The relevant rate for a Bank lending from a Facility Office in the U.K. is calculated in accordance with the following formulae:
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

for a Loan in Sterling:

LOGO

for any other Loan:

LOGO

where on the day of application of the formula:



| | A | is the percentage of that Banks eligible liabilities (in excess of any stated minimum) which the Bank of England requires it to hold on a non-interest-bearing deposit account
in accordance with its cash ratio requirements;
| | - | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | B | is LIBOR for that Term;
| | - | -----------------------



| | C | is the percentage of that Banks eligible liabilities which the Bank of England requires it to place as a special deposit;
| | - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | D | is the interest rate per annum allowed by the Bank of England on a special deposit; and
| | - | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | E | is calculated by the Agent as being the average of the rates of charge supplied by the Reference Banks to the Agent under paragraph (d) below and expressed in pounds per
£1 million.
| | - | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | For the purposes of this paragraph 2:
|--- | -------------------------------------



| | (i) | eligible liabilitiesand special deposithave the meanings given to them at the time of application of the formula by the Bank of England;
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | fees rulesmeans the then current rules on periodic fees in the Supervision Manual of the FSA Handbook; and
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | tariff basehas the meaning given to it in the fees rules.
| | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------



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|    |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|--- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(c) |  | (i)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |  | In the application of the formulae, A, B, C and D are included as figures and not as percentages, e.g. if A = 0.5 per cent. and B = 15 per cent., AB is calculated as 0.5 x 15. A
negative result obtained by subtracting D from B is taken as zero.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|    |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|    |  | (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |  | Each rate calculated in accordance with a formula is, if necessary, rounded upward to four decimal places.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|    |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|(d) |  | (i)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |  | Each Reference Bank must supply to the Agent the rate of charge payable by that Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority under the fees rules (calculated by that Reference Bank as
being the average of the rates of charge within fee-block Category A1 (Deposit acceptors) applicable to that Reference Bank but, for this purpose, applying any applicable discount and ignoring any minimum fee required under the fees rules) and
expressed in pounds per £1 million of the tariff base of that Reference Bank.
|    |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|    |  | (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |  | Each Reference Bank must promptly notify the Agent of any change to the rate of charge.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|    |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|(e) |  | (i)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |  | Each Bank and each Reference Bank must supply to the Agent the information required by it to make a calculation of the rate for that Bank or Reference Bank. The Agent may assume that this
information is correct in all respects.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|    |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|    |  | (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |  | If a Bank or a Reference Bank fails to do so, the Agent may assume that the Banks or that Reference Banks obligations in respect of cash ratio deposits, special deposits and the fees
rules are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a Facility Office in the U.K.                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|    |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|    |  | (iii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |  | The Agent has no liability to any Party if its calculation over or under compensates any Bank.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|    | 
|2.  |  | For a Bank lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State                                                                                                                                                                                   
|    | 
|(a) |  | The relevant rate for a Bank lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State is the percentage rate per annum notified by that Bank to the Agent as its cost of
complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank.
|    | 
|(b) |  | If a Bank fails to specify a rate under paragraph (a) above, the Agent will assume that the Bank has not incurred any such cost.                                                                                                                            
|    | 
|3.  |  | Changes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|    | 
|    |  | The Agent may, after consultation with the Company and the Banks, notify all the Parties of any amendment to this Schedule which is required to reflect:                                                                                                    
|    | 
|    |  | (a)    any change in law or regulation; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|    | 
|    |  | (b)    any requirement imposed by the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European
Central Bank (or, in any case, any successor authority).                                                                                            
|    | 
|    |  | Any notification will be, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive and binding on all the Parties.                                                                                                                                                      



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SCHEDULE 4

FORM OF REQUEST

To: THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLCas Agent

From: SCOTTISH POWER PLC

Date:
[            ]

Scottish Power plc-£500,000,000 Revolving Credit
Agreement

dated [·] 2005



|1. | We wish to borrow a Loan as follows:
|-- | ------------------------------------



| | (a) | Utilisation Date: [            ]
| | --- | --------------------------------



| | (b) | Original Sterling Amount: £[            ]
| | --- | -----------------------------------------



| | (c) | Currency: [            ]
| | --- | ------------------------



| | (d) | Term: [            ]
| | --- | --------------------



| | (e) | Payment/delivery instructions: [            ]
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------



|2. | We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Request.
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|3. | We confirm that the Loan will be used in accordance with Clause 3 (Purpose).
|-- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------



|4. | We confirm that the borrowing of the above referenced Loan will not cause any borrowing limit binding on Scottish Power plc to be exceeded.
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

By:

SCOTTISH POWER PLC

Authorised Signatory



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SCHEDULE 5

FORM OF NOVATION CERTIFICATE



|      |  |                                        
|----- |  | ---------------------------------------
|To:   |  | THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC as Agent
|      | 
|From: |  | [THE EXISTING BANK] and [THE NEW BANK] 

Date: [            ]

Scottish Power plc-£500,000,000 Revolving Credit Agreement

dated [·] 2005

We refer to Clause 25.3 (Procedure for novations).



|1. | We [            ] (the Existing Bank) and
[            ] (the New Bank) agree to the Existing Bank and the New Bank novating all the Existing Banks rights and obligations referred to in the Schedule in accordance with
Clause 25.3 (Procedure for novations).
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|2. | The specified date for the purposes of 25.3(c) is [date of novation].
|-- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------



|3. | The Facility Office and address for notices of the New Bank for the purposes of Clause 31.2 (Addresses for notices) are set out in the Schedule.
|-- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|4. | This Novation Certificate is governed by English law.
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------

THE SCHEDULE

Rights and obligations to be novated

[Details of the rights and obligations of the Existing Bank to be novated].

[New
Bank]

[Facility Office Address for notices]



|                |  |            |  |                               
|--------------- |  | ---------- |  | ------------------------------
|[Existing Bank] |  | [New Bank] |  | THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
|                |  |           
|By:             |  | By:        |  | By:                           
|                |  |           
|Date:           |  | Date:      |  | Date:                         



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SCHEDULE 6

FORM OF LEGAL OPINION OF ALLEN & OVERY LLP



|    |  |                                              
|--- |  | ---------------------------------------------
|To: |  | The Finance Parties named as original parties
|    |  | to the Credit Agreement (as defined below).  

, 2005

Dear Sirs,

Scottish Power plc (the
Company) - £500,000,000 Credit Agreement dated [                    ], 2005 (the Credit Agreement)

We have acted as legal advisers in England to The Mandated Lead Arrangers in connection with a Credit Agreement dated
[            ], 2005 (the Credit Agreement) made between among others, the Company as borrower, the Banks (as defined therein) and the Agent.

Subject to the qualifications set out below and to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that, so far as the present laws of England are concerned:



|(A) | Legal validity The Credit Agreement constitutes legally binding, valid and enforceable obligations of the Company.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(B) | Non-violationThe execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Credit Agreement will not violate any provision of any English law applicable to companies
generally.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(C) | Stamp duties No stamp or registration duty or similar taxes or charges are payable in the United Kingdom in respect of the execution or delivery of the Credit Agreement.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(D) | Registrations It is not necessary to file, register or record the Credit Agreement in any public office or elsewhere in England.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The qualifications to which this opinion is subject are as follows:



|(i) | We assume the Credit Agreement has been duly authorised and entered into by each party to it.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(ii) | This opinion is subject to all insolvency and other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
|---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(iii) | We assume that no foreign law affects the conclusions stated above. We assume, in particular, that, so far as the laws of Scotland are concerned, the Credit Agreement constitutes a
legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company. In this regard we have relied on copies of the legal opinion referred to in paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Credit Agreement.
|----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(iv) | The term enforceable means that a document is of a type and form enforced by the English courts. It does not mean that each obligation will be enforced in accordance
with its terms. Certain rights and obligations of the Company may be qualified by the non-conclusivity of certificates, doctrines of good faith and fair conduct, the availability of equitable remedies and other matters, but in our view these
qualifications would not defeat your legitimate expectations in any material respect.
|---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This opinion is given for your sole benefit and may
not be relied upon by or disclosed to any other person other thank if required by law.

Yours faithfully,



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SCHEDULE 7

FORM OF LEGAL OPINION OF MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS



|    |  |                                                                                                                
|--- |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) |  | The Royal Bank of Scotland plc                                                                                 
|    |  | 135 Bishopsgate                                                                                                
|    |  | London                                                                                                         
|    |  | EC2M 3UR                                                                                                       
|    |  | (as Agent for the Finance Parties) (as such terms are defined in the Facility Agreement which is defined below)
|    | 
|and |  |                                                                                                                
|    | 
|(2) |  | Each of the Finance Parties (as defined in the Facility Agreement which is defined below)                      

[            ]
December 2005

Dear Sirs,

You have asked for our opinion in connection with an agreement dated [            ] December 2005 between Scottish Power plc as borrower (the Company), The Bank of
Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd., BNP Paribas and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc as Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Original Banks (as defined therein) and the Agent (the Facility Agreement).

Unless otherwise defined in this opinion, words and expressions defined in the Facility Agreement shall bear the same meanings in this opinion.

For the purposes of this opinion, we have examined copies of and base our opinion on the following documents:



|(a) | a conformed copy of the Facility Agreement;
|--- | -------------------------------------------



|(b) | a certified copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company;
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | an online report relating to the Company obtained from the Registrar of Companies in Edinburgh on [    ] December 2005 (the Company Search);
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(d) | a search of the Companies Section of the Register of Insolvencies dated [    ] December 2005 (the Insolvency Search);
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(e) | a certified copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Group finance committee of the board of directors of the Company held on
[            ] 2005 (the Directors Minutes);
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(f) | a certificate dated [    ] December 2005 of the Secretary of the Company confirming that by a resolution of the board of directors of the Company passed on
[            ] 2005, authority had been delegated to the treasury committee of the board of directors to consider, approve and implement the renewal of the facility provided under the
Facility Agreement (the Secretarys Certificate);
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(g) | a certificate dated [            ] 2005 of a director of the Company confirming that the utilisation by the Company of
the Facility (the Director Certificate) in full would not cause any internal borrowing limit binding on the Company to be exceeded and that the Company is not unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act
1986; and
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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|(h) | a certificate dated [            ] 2005 of an authorised signatory of the Company the Authorised Signatory
Certificate) certifying that each of the items in paragraphs (b) and (e) is correct, complete and in full force and certifying the specimen signatures of the Companys authorised signatories. The Secretarys Certificate,
Director Certificate and Authorised Signatory Certificate are herein together referred to as the Certificates).
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We have not made any
other enquiries concerning the Company and in particular we have not concerned ourselves with investigating or verifying any matters of fact or opinion (whether set out in any of the documents referred to above or elsewhere) other than as expressly
stated herein.

We have assumed for the purposes of this opinion:



|(i) | the capacity, power and authority of each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Original Banks and the Agent to enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Facility
Agreement and the due execution and delivery of the Facility Agreement by each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Original Banks and the Agent;
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(ii) | that the Facility Agreement has been signed by [Adrian Coats] on behalf of the Company and that the Facility Agreement has been duly delivered;
|---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(iii) | the conformity to original documents of all documents supplied to us as photocopies, specimen or facsimile copies;
|----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(iv) | that each of the statements contained in the Certificates (on which we have relied without further inquiry) is true and correct as at the date hereof;
|---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(v) | that the meeting of the Group finance committee of the board of directors of the Company held on [            ] 2005 was
duly convened and held;
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(vi) | that the information disclosed by the Company Search was accurate in all respects and that such Search did not fail to disclose any material information which had been delivered for
registration but which did not appear on the online report supplied by the Companies Registry in Edinburgh;
|---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(vii) | that the Insolvency Search is complete and accurate in all respects and does not fail to disclose any material information;
|----- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(viii) | the Company has not passed a voluntary winding-up resolution, no petition has been presented or order made by the Court for the winding up, dissolution or administration of the
Company and no receiver, trustee, administrator or similar official has been appointed in relation to the Company or any of its assets or revenues in each case which is not ascertainable from the Company Search and the Insolvency Search;
|------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(ix) | that the Facility Agreement constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto under English law to which it is expressed to be subject and that the performance
of the obligations thereunder is not illegal or unenforceable by virtue of the law of any jurisdiction (other than Scotland) in which they are to be performed; and
|---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(x) | that the execution and delivery of the Facility Agreement by the Company and the performance of its obligations thereunder is in the interests of the Company and that the Facility
Agreement has been entered into for bona fide commercial reasons and on arms length terms by each of the parties thereto.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We have not made
any investigation of and do not express any opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction outside Scotland and this opinion relates only to the laws of Scotland as they exist at the date hereof. Based upon and subject to the foregoing and subject to
the reservations hereinafter referred to and to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that:



|1. | The Company is a limited liability company duly incorporated under the laws of Scotland and has full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under the Facility Agreement.
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|2. | The execution and delivery by the Company of the Facility Agreement and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorised by all requisite corporate action on
its part.
|-- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|3. | The obligations of the Company under the Facility Agreement are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company under the law of Scotland and would be so treated in the Courts
of Scotland.
|-- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|4. | Neither the Company nor any of its assets are immune from any suit or other legal process under the law of Scotland.
|-- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|5. | The Finance Parties by entering into the Facility Agreement will not be considered to be resident in Scotland, carrying on business in Scotland by virtue of having entered into the
Facility Agreement.
|-- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|6. | There is no legal requirement for any Finance Party to be licensed, qualified or entitled to do business in Scotland in order to enter into and enforce its rights under the Facility
Agreement.
|-- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|7. | The entry into and performance of the Facility Agreement by the Company and the transactions and matters to be implemented thereunder do not violate (i) Scottish Law or
(ii) the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company.
|-- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|8. | It is not necessary to file, register or record the Facility Agreement with any court or authority in Scotland.
|-- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|9. | The claims of the Finance Parties under the Facility Agreement will rank at least pari passu with the claims of all other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors of the Company
except for claims in respect of preferential debts (as defined in Schedule 6 of the Insolvency Act 1986)
|-- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|10. | No stamp, registration or other similar taxes or charges are payable in Scotland with respect to the execution or delivery of the Facility Agreement.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|11. | The choice of English law to govern the Facility Agreement is valid and effective under the private international law of Scotland. Subject to the usual exceptions affecting such
matters as procedure, the availability of remedies and any provision which is repugnant to the law of Scotland, the law of England will accordingly be applied by the Courts of Scotland if any dispute arising from or contractual claim connected with
the Facility Agreement comes under their jurisdiction. A judgment rendered against the Company by a competent court in England and registered in Scotland pursuant to the provisions of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 will be enforceable
by the Scottish Courts.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|12. | The submission by the Company to the jurisdiction of the courts of England is valid and binding on the Company.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|13. | Neither the Company Search nor the Insolvency Search show that the Company is in liquidation.
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The foregoing opinion is subject to the following qualifications:



|(a) | We do not express any view on the particular remedies available on enforcement, such as specific implement or interdict, which are discretionary remedies.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(b) | The enforcement of the Facility Agreement may be limited by applicable laws relating to prescription, limitation, bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership, administration, insolvency
or other laws relating to creditors rights generally or by the application of rules of equity or public policy.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(c) | A Scottish court may refuse to give effect to any provisions of the Facility Agreement providing for the payment of legal costs and other costs, charges and expenses in respect of
unsuccessful litigation brought before such court or where that court has itself made an order for costs.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(d) | Any provision contained in the Facility Agreement to the effect that a calculation and/or certification will be conclusive and binding may not be effective if such calculation or
certification is fraudulent or erroneous on its face and will not necessarily prevent judicial enquiry into the merit of any claim under the relative document.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(e) | Any provision in the Facility Agreement relating to default interest would be unenforceable if it were held to constitute a penalty and not a genuine and reasonable pre-estimate of
the damage likely to be suffered as a result of the default in payment of the amount in question.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(f) | We express no opinion whether any provision in the Facility Agreement conferring on any party thereto a right of set off or similar right would be effective against a liquidator or
creditor.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(g) | We have not been asked to advise you in connection with the preparation of the Facility Agreement and we therefore express no opinion on the implications of the Facility Agreement
or on whether the Facility Agreement gives effect to the commercial intentions of the parties.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(h) | Any undertakings or indemnities in relation to United Kingdom stamp duties given by the Company may be void under the provisions of Section 117 of the Stamp Act 1891. However,
we refer you to our opinion at paragraph 6 above that no stamp duty is payable in Scotland with respect to the execution or delivery of the Facility Agreement by the Company.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(i) | A Scottish court may stay proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(j) | The effectiveness of terms exculpating a party from a liability or duty otherwise owed is limited by law.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(k) | Where any party to the Facility Agreement is vested with a discretion or may determine a matter in its opinion, that party may be required to exercise its discretion in good faith,
reasonably and for a proper purpose.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(l) | Although monetary decrees of Scottish courts would normally be expressed in Sterling, in monetary claims for foreign currency Scottish courts may (but are not obliged to) issue a
decree expressed as an order to pay the appropriate amount of foreign currency. The decree will, however, be required to be converted into Sterling for the purpose of diligence and enforcement. Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency claimed
in the winding up of a Scottish company must be converted into Sterling for this purpose.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(m) | We express no opinion on whether any provision in the Facility Agreement purporting to impose a trust in monies received would be effective against a liquidator or creditor.
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|(n) | Any power of attorney conferred by the Facility Agreement might not survive the winding up, administration or receivership of the Company granting such power of attorney.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(o) | The Scottish courts may not give effect to any provision in the Facility Agreement which provides that in the event of any invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any
provision of such document, the remaining provisions of that document shall not be affected or impaired, particularly if to do so would require the court to make a new contract for the parties.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|(p) | Under the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 and the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgements Act 1982 (as amended by the Civil Jurisdiction and
Judgements Order 2001) there is a procedure for the registration of English judgements in Scotland. In order to have an English judgement so registered the original judgement, signed by an Officer of Court together with the Court stamp, must be
produced. In addition all appeal procedures in respect of the judgement must be exhausted. Where, in compliance with this procedure, registration of an English judgment takes place, there is no need for any further hearing in Scotland and a creditor
can, after registration, take steps to enforce the English judgement in Scotland in accordance with Scottish enforcement procedure.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A Scottish court may decline jurisdiction where the Facility Agreement includes a prorogation agreement on the principle of forum non conveniens. Where the Scottish courts entertain jurisdiction, expert evidence would require to be led on
any relevant provisions of English law. If the creditor is successful, a Scottish court will award decree in favour of the creditor against the debtor. Such a decree is the equivalent of an English judgement and, after obtaining such a decree, a
creditor can proceed to enforcement in Scotland in accordance with Scottish procedure.



|(q) | We express no opinion on whether any authorisations or exemptions of any governmental, judicial or public body or authority in Scotland are required for the execution of the
Facility Agreement, the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder or the validity or enforceability of the Facility Agreement.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This opinion shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Scotland.

This opinion is strictly limited to the matters specifically stated herein and is not to be read as extending by implication to any other matter.

This opinion is provided solely for the benefit of the persons to whom it is addressed and may not be communicated to or relied upon by any other person, firm or
corporation whatsoever other than for the purposes of disclosure for information only to legal advisors, auditors and, to the extent required by law, regulators of the addressees.

Yours faithfully,



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SCHEDULE 8

EXISTING BORROWINGS



|                                                       |  |               
|------------------------------------------------------ |  | --------------
|Description                                            |  | Final Maturity
|6.715% 25,000,000 GBP EMTN                             |  | 13/2/2008     
|Variable 30,000,000 GBP EMTN                           |  | 17/6/2008     
|Variable 9,000,000 EUR EMTN                            |  | 30/6/2008     
|5.03% 125,000,000 NLG EMTN                             |  | 15/7/2008     
|5.25% 725,000,000 deutschemark bond                    |  | 4/8/2008      
|*4% 700,000,000 USD convertible bond                   |  | 10/7/2009     
|Variable 7,000,000 GBP EMTN                            |  | 16/7/2009     
|Variable 20,000,000 EUR EMTN                           |  | 13/10/2009    
|6.625% 200,000,000 euro-sterling bond                  |  | 14/1/2010     
|Variable rate 650,000,000 Australian Dollar bond       |  | 18/7/2011     
|8.375% 200,000,000 euro-sterling bond                  |  | 20/2/2017     
|5.9% 300,000,000 GBP EMTN                              |  | 22/2/2021     
|6.75% 250,000,000 euro-sterling bond                   |  | 29/5/2023     
|Retail Price Index Linked 175,000,000 GBP bond         |  | 13/10/2024    
|6.125% 25,000,000 GBP EMTN                             |  | 14/4/2028     
|4.6% 10,000,000,000 JPY Note                           |  | 27/7/2029     
|5.75% 50,000,000 GBP EMTN                              |  | 9/12/2039     
|6.5% 100,000,000 GBP EMTN                              |  | 31/5/2041     
|*Variable 35,000,000 USD European Investment Bank loan |  | 16/9/2008     
|*4.95% 30,000,000 GBP European Investment Bank loan    |  | 3/2/2009      
|*Variable 50,000,000 GBP European Investment Bank loan |  | 15/3/2010     
|*6.28% 48,000,000 GBP European Investment Bank loan    |  | 24/3/2010     
|*5.75% 50,000,000 GBP European Investment Bank loan    |  | 1/2/2011      
|Variable 1,100,000 GBP Loan Notes                      |  | 31/3/2006     

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|* | Guaranteed by Scottish Power plc
|- | --------------------------------



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SCHEDULE 9

FORM OF CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING



|To: | [Potential Bank]
|--- | ----------------



|Re: | £500,000,000 credit agreement dated [·] 2005
between (amongst others) Scottish Power PLC (as Borrower) and the Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (as Agent) (the Agreement)
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Sirs

We understand that you are considering participating in the Facilities. In consideration of us agreeing to make
available to you certain information, by your signature of a copy of this letter you agree as follows:



|1. | CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING
|-- | ---------------------------

You undertake:



| | (a) | to keep the Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose it to anyone except as provided for by paragraph 2 below and to ensure that the Confidential Information is
protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to your own confidential information;
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | to keep confidential and not disclose to anyone the fact that the Confidential Information has been made available or that discussions or negotiations are taking place or have taken
place between us in connection with the Facilities;
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | to use the Confidential Information only for the Permitted Purpose;
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (d) | to use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that any person to whom you pass any Confidential Information (unless disclosed under paragraph 2(b) below) acknowledges and complies with
the provisions of this letter as if that person were also a party to it; and
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (e) | not to make enquiries of any member of the Group or any of their officers, directors, employees or professional advisers relating directly or indirectly to the Facilities.
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|2. | PERMITTED DISCLOSURE
|-- | --------------------

We agree that you may
disclose Confidential Information:



| | (a) | to members of the Participant Group and their officers, directors, employees and professional advisers to the extent necessary for the Permitted Purpose and to any auditors of
members of the Participant Group;
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | (i) where requested or required by any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent judicial, governmental, supervisory or regulatory body, (ii) where required by the
rules of any stock exchange on which the shares or other securities of any member of the Participant Group are listed or (iii) where required by the laws or regulations of any country with jurisdiction over the affairs of any member of the
Participant Group; or
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | with the prior written consent of us and the Borrower.
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------



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|3. | NOTIFICATION OF REQUIRED OR UNAUTHORISED DISCLOSURE
|-- | ---------------------------------------------------

You agree (to the extent permitted by law) to inform us of the full circumstances of any disclosure under paragraph 2(b) or upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this letter.



|4. | RETURN OF COPIES
|-- | ----------------

If we so request in writing, you
shall return all Confidential Information supplied to you by us and destroy or permanently erase all copies of Confidential Information made by you and use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that anyone to whom you have supplied any Confidential
Information destroys or permanently erases such Confidential Information and any copies made by them, in each case save to the extent that you or the recipients are required to retain any such Confidential Information by any applicable law, rule or
regulation or by any competent judicial, governmental, supervisory or regulatory body or in accordance with internal policy, or where the Confidential Information has been disclosed under paragraph 2(b) above.



|5. | CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS
|-- | ----------------------

The obligations in this
letter are continuing and, in particular, shall survive the termination of any discussions or negotiations between you and us. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the obligations in this letter shall cease (a) if you become a party to or
otherwise acquire (by assignment or sub participation) an interest, direct or indirect in the Facilities or (b) twelve months after you have returned all Confidential Information supplied to you by us and destroyed or permanently erased all
copies of Confidential Information made by you (other than any such Confidential Information or copies which have been disclosed under paragraph 2 above (other than subparagraph 2(a)) or which, pursuant to paragraph 4 above, are not required to
be returned or destroyed).



|6. | NO REPRESENTATION; CONSEQUENCES OF BREACH, ETC.
|-- | -----------------------------------------------

You acknowledge and agree that:



| | (a) | neither we nor any of our officers, employees or advisers (each a Relevant Person) (i) make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to, or assume any
responsibility for, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any of the Confidential Information or any other information supplied by us or any member of the Group or the assumptions on which it is based or (ii) shall be under any
obligation to update or correct any inaccuracy in the Confidential Information or any other information supplied by us or any member of the Group or be otherwise liable to you or any other person in respect to the Confidential Information or any
such information; and
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | we or members of the Group may be irreparably harmed by the breach of the terms of this letter and damages may not be an adequate remedy; each Relevant Person or member of the Group
may be granted an injunction or specific performance for any threatened or actual breach of the provisions of this letter by you.
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|7. | NO WAIVER; AMENDMENTS, ETC
|-- | --------------------------

This letter sets out
the full extent of your obligations of confidentiality owed to us in relation to the information the subject of this letter. No failure or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege under this letter will operate as a waiver thereof nor will
any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privileges under this letter. The terms of this letter and your obligations under this letter may only
be amended or modified by written agreement between us.



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|8. | INSIDE INFORMATION
|-- | ------------------

You acknowledge that some or
all of the Confidential Information is or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation relating to insider dealing and you undertake not to use any Confidential
Information for any unlawful purpose.



|9. | NATURE OF UNDERTAKINGS
|-- | ----------------------

The undertakings given by
you under this letter are given to us and (without implying any fiduciary obligations on our part) are also given for the benefit of the Borrower and each other member of the Group.



|10. | THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
|--- | ------------------



|(a) | Subject to paragraph 6 and paragraph 9 the terms of this letter may be enforced and relied upon only by you and us and the operation of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act
1999 is excluded.
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|(b) | Notwithstanding any provisions of this letter, the parties to this letter do not require the consent of any Relevant Person or any member of the Group to rescind or vary this letter
at any time.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|11. | GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
|--- | ------------------------------

This letter
(including the agreement constituted by your acknowledgement of its terms) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.



|12. | DEFINITIONS
|--- | -----------

In this letter (including the
acknowledgement set out below):

Confidential Informationmeans any information relating to the Borrower, the Group, and the
Facilities, including, without limitation, the information memorandum (if applicable), provided to you by us or any of our affiliates or advisers, in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other
way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information but excludes information that (a) is or becomes public knowledge other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach of this letter or
(b) is known by you before the date the information is disclosed to you by us or any of our affiliates or advisers or is lawfully obtained by you after that date, other than from a source which is connected with the Group and which, in either
case, as far as you are aware, has not been obtained in violation of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality;

Facilitiesmeans the facilities made available to the Borrower under the Agreement.

Groupmeans the Borrower and
each of its holding companies and subsidiaries and each subsidiary of each of its holding companies (as each such term is defined in the Companies Act 1985);

Participant Groupmeans you, each of your holding companies and subsidiaries and each subsidiary of each of your holding companies (as each such term is defined in the Companies Act 1985); and



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Permitted Purposemeans considering and evaluating whether to enter into the Facilities.

Please acknowledge your agreement to the above by signing and returning the enclosed copy.

Yours faithfully



|                    
|--------------------
|                    
|For and on behalf of
|[Lender]            



|    |  |                                                
|--- |  | -----------------------------------------------
|To: |  | [Lender]                                       
|    |  | The Borrower and each other member of the Group

We acknowledge and agree to the above:



|                    
|--------------------
|                    
|For and on behalf of
|[Potential Bank]    



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SIGNATORIES

SIGNATORIES TO THE FACILITY AGREEMENT



|                                  |  |                |  |              
|--------------------------------- |  | -------------- |  | -------------
|Company                          
|                                  | 
|SCOTTISH POWER PLC                |  |               
|                                  |  |               
|By:                               |  | ADRIAN COATS   |  |              
|                                  | 
|Mandated Lead Arrangers           |  |               
|                                  | 
|THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD |  |               
|                                  |  |               
|By:                               |  | DAVID DALLISON |  |              
|                                  | 
|BNP PARIBAS                       |  |               
|                                  |  |               
|By:                               |  | MARK PEGRUM    |  | SIMON ALLOCCA
|                                  | 
|THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC    |  |               
|                                  |  |               
|By:                               |  | SEAN MALONE    |  |              
|                                  | 
|Agent                             |  |               
|                                  | 
|THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC    |  |               
|                                  |  |               
|By:                               |  | PHILIP PENTNEY |  |              
|                                  | 
|Original Banks                    |  |               
|                                  | 
|THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC    |  |               
|                                  |  |               
|By:                               |  | SEAN MALONE    |  |              



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|                                              |  |                  |  |                      
|--------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------- |  | ---------------------
|THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD.           
|                                              |  |                 
|By:                                           |  | DAVID DALLISON   |  |                      
|                                             
|BNP PARIBAS                                  
|                                              |  |                 
|By:                                           |  | MARK PEGRUM      |  | SIMON ALLOCA         
|                                             
|BARCLAYS BANK PLC                            
|                                              |  |                 
|By:                                           |  | CLIFF BAYLIS     |  |                      
|                                             
|COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, LONDON BRANCH
|                                              |  |                 
|By:                                           |  | JONATHAN BOURNE  |  | MICHAEL MURNANE      
|                                             
|DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH              
|                                              |  |                 
|By:                                           |  | RICHARD SEDLACEK |  | MICHAEL STARMER-SMITH
|                                             
|HSBC BANK PLC                                
|                                              |  |                 
|By:                                           |  | DAVID PHILLIPS   |  |                      
|                                             
|ING BANK N.V., LONDON BRANCH                 
|                                              |  |                 
|By:                                           |  | ANJILA THOMAS    |  | LINDSAY CORNELISSEN  
|                                             
|JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.                    
|                                              |  |                 
|By:                                           |  | NICHOLAS LAW     |  |                      
|                                             
|MORGAN STANLEY BANK                          
|                                              |  |                 
|By:                                           |  | KEVIN ADESON     |  |                      



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|                       |  |               |  |                
|---------------------- |  | ------------- |  | ---------------
|TD BANK EUROPE LIMITED
|                       |  |              
|By:                    |  | PHILIP BATES  |  |                
|                      
|UBS AG, LONDON BRANCH 
|                       |  |              
|By:                    |  | ALAN GREENHOW |  | JUDITH CAMPBELL



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