Document:

Exhibit 10.4  

       

 

 

 

 

 

  

Paying Agency Agreement

  

 Permanent Custodians Limited  

 Australian Securitisation Management Pty Limited  

 The Bank of New York

 

 

 

 

 

   

ARMS II Global Fund I

 

 

 

  

Allens Arthur Robinson
  The Chifley Tower

2 Chifley Square

Sydney NSW 2000

Australia

Tel 61 2 9230 4000

Fax 61 2 9230 5333 

© Copyright Allens Arthur Robinson 2003 

   Table of Contents  

	  1.	Definitions and Interpretation	 	2
	 	1.1	Definitions	 	2
	 	1.2	Bond Trust Deed Definitions	 	2
	 	1.3	Interpretation	 	2
	 	1.4	Status of this Agreement	 	3
	 	1.5	Liability of Issuer	 	3
	 	1.6	Liability of Bond Trustee	 	3
	
  2.	

Appointment of Paying Agents	
 	
3
	
  3.	

Payment	
 	
4
	 	3.1	Payment by Issuer	 	4
	 	3.2	Confirmation and Information	 	4
	 	3.3	Payments by Paying Agents	 	4
	 	3.4	Method of Payment—Global Bonds	 	4
	 	3.5	Method of payment—Definitive Bonds	 	5
	 	3.6	Late payment	 	5
	 	3.7	Payment Obligation	 	5
	 	3.8	Notice of non-receipt	 	5
	 	3.9	Reimbursement	 	5
	 	3.10	Method of payment	 	6
	 	3.11	Trust	 	6
	 	3.12	No Liability	 	6
	
  4.	

Repayment	
 	
6
	
  5.	

Appointment of the Calculation Agent	
 	
6
	
  6.	

Duties of the Calculation Agent	
 	
7
	
  7.	

Payments to Bond Trustee	
 	
7
	 	7.1	Bond Trustee's requirements following an Event of Default	 	7
	 	7.2	Discharge	 	7
	
  8.	

Early redemption of Class A Bonds	
 	
7
	
  9.	

Redemption and Cancellation of Bonds	
 	
8
	
10.	

Notices to Class A Bondholders	
 	
8
	
11.	

Documents and forms	
 	
9
	
12.	

Authentication	
 	
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13.	

Indemnity	
 	
9
	 	13.1	Indemnity	 	9
	 	13.2	Survival of Indemnity	 	9
	
 14.	

The US$ Register	
 	
9
	 	14.1	Appointment of US$ Registrar	 	9
	 	14.2	Details to be kept on the US$ Register	 	10
	 	14.3	Correctness of US$ Register	 	10
	
 15.	

General	
 	
10
	 	15.1	Meetings of Class A Bondholders	 	10
	 	15.2	Agency	 	10
	 	15.3	Identity	 	10
	 	15.4	No set-off	 	11
	 	15.5	Reliance	 	11
	 	15.6	Entitled to deal	 	11
	 	15.7	Consultation	 	11
	 	15.8	Duties	 	11
	
 16.	

Changes in Paying Agents and Calculation Agent	
 	
11
	 	16.1	Removal	 	11
	 	16.2	Resignation	 	12
	 	16.3	Limitation	 	12
	 	16.4	Delivery of amounts	 	13
	 	16.5	Successor Agents	 	13
	 	16.6	Notice to Class A Bondholders	 	13
	 	16.7	Change in Paying Office or Specified Office	 	14
	
 17.	

Fees and expenses	
 	
14
	
18.	

Waivers, remedies cumulative	
 	
14
	
19.	

Severability of provisions	
 	
15
	
20.	

Assignments	
 	
15
	
21.	

Notices	
 	
15
	 	21.1	Notices generally	 	15
	 	21.2	Communication through Principal Paying Agent	 	16
	
 22.	

Counterparts	
 	
16
	
23.	

Governing law	
 	
17
	
24.	

Successor trustee	
 	
17

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	Date
	 	                                        
                                        2003
	
Parties
	
 	

 
	

1.	
 	
Permanent Custodians Limited (ACN 001 426 384) of 35 Clarence Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 (the Issuer);
	

2.	
 	
Australian Securitisation Management Pty Limited (ACN 103 852 428) of Level 6, 12 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 (the Trust Manager); and
	

3.	
 	
The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as principal paying agent for the Class A Bonds described below (the Principal Paying
Agent, which expression shall, wherever the context requires, include any successor principal paying agent from time to time under this Agreement) and as trustee for the Class A Bondholders (the Class A Bond Trustee, which
expression shall, wherever the context requires, include any other trustee or trustees from time to time under the Bond Trust Deed) and as calculation agent in relation to the Class A Bonds described below (the Calculation
Agent, which expression shall, wherever the context requires, include any successor reference agent from time to time) and as US$Registrar in relation to the Class A Bonds described below (the US$Registrar, which expression shall, wherever the context requires, include any successor US$Registrar from time to time under this Agreement).
	
Recitals
	
 	

 
	

A	
 	

The Issuer proposes to issue US$1,000,000,000 of Class A Mortgage Backed Floating Rate Bonds (the Class A Bonds).
	

B	
 	

The Class A Bonds, upon original issue, will be issued in the form of Global Bonds. The Issuer shall, on the date of this Agreement, deliver or arrange the delivery on its behalf of each Global Bond to the Principal Paying Agent, as agent for the
Clearing Agency. Each Global Bond shall initially be registered on the US$Register in the name of the Common Depository, as nominee of the Clearing Agency, and no Class A Bond Owner will receive a Definitive Bond representing such Class A Bond
Owner's interest in such Class A Bond, except as provided in the Bond Trust Deed.
	

C	
 	

The Class A Bonds will be constituted by the Bond Trust Deed, the Conditions and the Master Trust Deed.
	

D	
 	

The Class A Bonds will be secured on the terms of the Security Trust Deed.
	

E	
 	

The Issuer wishes to appoint the Principal Paying Agent as principal paying agent in respect of the Class A Bonds and has entered into this Agreement to provide for the terms and conditions of that appointment.
	

F	
 	

The Issuer wishes to appoint the Calculation Agent as its reference agent in respect of the Class A Bonds and has entered into this Agreement to provide for the terms and conditions of that appointment.
	

G	
 	

The Issuer wishes to appoint the US$Registrar as bond registrar in respect of the Class A Bonds and has entered into this Agreement to provide for the terms and conditions of that appointment.

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IT IS AGREED as follows. 

1.    Definitions and Interpretation  

1.1    Definitions  

The
following definitions apply unless the context requires otherwise. 

Agent means each Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the US$ Registrar. 

Bond Trust Deed means the deed, so entitled, dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the parties to this Agreement, Australian Mortgage
Securities Ltd and Permanent Registry Limited. 

Paying Agent means any person for the time being appointed as a paying agent under this Agreement, including the Principal Paying Agent. 

Paying Office means, in relation to a Paying Agent, the office of the Paying Agent specified in the Class A Bonds or otherwise under this
Agreement or the Bond Trust Deed as the office at which payments in respect of the Class A Bonds will be made, as changed from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. 

Specified Office means, in relation to the Calculation Agent, the office of the Calculation Agent specified under this Agreement as the office at which
the Calculation Agent will carry out its duties under this Agreement. 

1.2    Bond Trust Deed Definitions  

Words
and expressions which are defined in the Bond Trust Deed (including by incorporation by reference) have the same meanings when used in this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires or
unless otherwise defined in this Agreement. 

1.3    Interpretation  

In
this Agreement, unless the context indicates a contrary intention: 

	(a)
	person includes an individual, a body politic, a corporation and a statutory or other authority or association (incorporated or
unincorporated);

	(b)
	references
to a party include that party's executors, administrators, successors, substitutes and assigns, including any person taking by way of novation;

	(c)
	references
to any legislation or to any section or provision thereof includes any statutory modification or re-enactment or any statutory provision substituted therefor
and all ordinances, by-laws, regulations and other statutory instruments issued thereunder;

	(d)
	corporation means any body corporate wherever formed or incorporated, including any public authority or any instrumentality of the
Crown;

	(e)
	the
expression certified means:

	(i)
	in
the case of The Bank of New York, certified in writing by an Authorised Signatory of The Bank of New York; or

	(ii)
	in
the case of any other corporation or person, certified in writing by 2 Authorised Signatories of the corporation or by that person respectively, 

and
certify and like expressions shall be construed accordingly; 

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	(f)
	words
importing the singular shall include the plural (and vice versa) and words denoting a given gender shall include all other genders;

	(g)
	headings
are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement;

	(h)
	references
to a clause or a Schedule are to a clause or a Schedule of this Agreement;

	(i)
	where
any word or phrase is given a defined meaning, any other part of speech or other grammatical form of that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning;

	(j)
	if
the due date for payment of any amount, or the doing of any thing, in respect of this Agreement is not a Business Day, then the Modified Following Business Day Convention (as
defined in the ISDA Definitions) shall apply to the making of that payment or the doing of that thing;

	(k)
	all
accounting terms shall be interpreted in accordance with the Approved Accounting Standards;

	(l)
	month means calendar month; and

	(m)
	a
reference to any document or agreement is to such document or agreement as amended, varied, supplemented or novated from time to time. 

1.4    Status of this Agreement  

This
Agreement is: 

	(a)
	the
Initial Paying Agency Agreement for the purposes of the Bond Trust Deed; and

	(b)
	a
Transaction Document in relation to the Fund. 

1.5    Liability of Issuer  

Clause 1.5
of the Bond Trust Deed is incorporated into this Agreement as if set out in full in this Agreement except that references to this Deed
shall be construed as references to this Agreement. 

1.6    Liability of Bond Trustee  

	(a)
	The
Bond Trustee is a party to this Agreement in its capacity as trustee of the Bond Trust. The liability of the Bond Trustee under this Agreement is limited in the manner and to the
extent provided under the Bond Trust Deed.

	(b)
	Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the Class A Bond Trustee's rights and obligations under this Agreement only apply to
the Class A Bonds and the Class A Bond Trustee is not in any way responsible for the Fast Prepayment Bonds or the Class B Bonds. 

2.    Appointment of Paying Agents  

	(a)
	Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Issuer (acting on the direction of the Trust Manager) appoints the Principal Paying Agent as its principal paying agent for making payments
at its Paying Office in respect of the Class A Bonds in accordance with the Transaction Documents in relation to the Fund. The Principal Paying Agent accepts such appointment.

	(b)
	If
at any time there is more than one Paying Agent, the obligations of the Paying Agents under this Agreement shall be several and not joint. 

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	(c)
	It
is acknowledged and agreed that:

	(i)
	subject
to clause 7, each Paying Agent is the agent of the Issuer in its capacity as trustee of the Fund only; and

	(ii)
	despite
anything else in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or at law, the Issuer in its personal capacity is not responsible for any act or omission of any Paying Agent. 

3.    Payment  

3.1    Payment by Issuer  

	(a)
	The
Issuer must, at the direction of the Trust Manager, by not later than 10.00 am (New York time) on each Payment Date on which a payment is due in respect of the Class A
Bonds, in accordance with the Conditions, pay to or to the order of, or procure payment to or to the order of, the Principal Paying Agent the amount in immediately available funds in US$ as is
required to be made on that date for the purposes of such payment.

	(b)
	The
Principal Paying Agent acknowledges that the Issuer may comply with its payment obligations under paragraph (a) by procuring that the relevant Currency Swap Counterparty
pays the relevant amount direct to the Principal Paying Agent. 

3.2    Confirmation and Information  

	(a)
	Not
later than 4.00 pm (Sydney time) on each Determination Date, the Trust Manager on behalf of the Issuer must notify, or procure notification to, the Principal Paying Agent and the
Class A Bond Trustee of the amount of interest and principal payable in respect of the Class A Bonds on the Payment Date following that Determination Date. The Issuer, or the Trust
Manager on its behalf, must also forward to the Principal Paying Agent at that time confirmation that the payments provided for in clause 3.1(a) will be made unconditionally and irrevocably.

	(b)
	The
Trust Manager agrees to provide to the Principal Paying Agent such other information as the Principal Paying Agent may reasonably request from time to time in order to enable the
Principal Paying Agent to comply with its obligations under this Agreement. 

3.3    Payments by Paying Agents  

Subject
to clause 7 and to payment being duly made as provided in clause 3.1 (or the Principal Paying Agent otherwise being satisfied that the payment will be duly made on the due date),
the Paying Agents must pay or cause to be paid on behalf of the Issuer on each Payment Date the relevant amounts of principal and interest due in respect of the Class A Bonds in accordance with
the Conditions. 

3.4    Method of Payment—Global Bonds  

The
Principal Paying Agent must cause all payments of principal and interest due and received by it in respect of Class A Bonds represented by a Global Bond to be made to the Common Depository
in accordance with Condition 10.8 for credit to the account of the persons appearing from time to time in the records of the Common Depository as registered account holders with respect to, and whilst
any of the Class A Bonds are represented by, a Global Bond. 

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3.5    Method of payment—Definitive Bonds  

Payments
of principal and interest on the Definitive Bonds must be made in accordance with the Conditions. 

3.6    Late payment  

	(a)
	If
any payment under clause 3.1 is made late but otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, each Paying Agent must:

	(i)
	in
the case of any payment made on or prior to 1.00pm (New York time) on a Payment Date, make the payments required to be made by it in respect of the Class A Bonds as provided
in this clause 3 (other than clauses 3.6(a)(ii) and 3.6(a)(iii));

	(ii)
	in
the case of any payment made after 1.00pm (New York time) on a Payment Date, make the payments required to be made by it in respect of the Class A Bonds by 9.00am (New York
time) the next Business Day occurring after that Payment Date and otherwise as provided in this clause 3; and

	(iii)
	in
the case of any payment made after a Payment Date, make the payments required to be made by it in respect of the Class A Bonds as soon as reasonably practicable and
otherwise as provided in this clause 3.

	(b)
	If
the Principal Paying Agent has not received on a Payment Date the full amount of principal and interest then payable on any Class A Bond in accordance with the Conditions,
but receives the full amount later, it shall:

	(i)
	forthwith
upon full receipt notify the other Paying Agents (if any), the Issuer, the Class A Bond Trustee, the Security Trustee and the Trust Manager; and

	(ii)
	as
soon as practicable after such full receipt, give due notice, in accordance with Condition 15 (unless the Class A Bond Trustee agrees otherwise), to the Class A
Bondholders that it has received the full amount. 

3.7    Payment Obligation  

Unless
and until the full amount of any payment in respect of the Class A Bonds required to be made under the Transaction Documents has been made to or to the order of the Principal Paying
Agent in accordance with clause 3.1, no Paying Agent shall be bound to make any payment under this clause 3. 

3.8    Notice of non-receipt  

The
Principal Paying Agent must immediately notify by facsimile the other Paying Agents (if any), the Class A Bond Trustee, the Issuer, the Security Trustee and the Trust Manager if the full
amount of any payment of principal or interest required to be made by the Conditions in respect of a Class A Bond is not unconditionally received by it or to its order in accordance with this
Agreement. 

3.9    Reimbursement  

The
Principal Paying Agent must (provided that it has been placed in funds by the Issuer) on demand promptly reimburse each other Paying Agent for each payment of principal and/or interest properly
made by that Paying Agent in accordance with the Conditions and this Agreement. The Issuer shall not be concerned with the apportionment of any moneys between the Principal Paying 

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Agent
and any other Paying Agent and payment to the Principal Paying Agent of any moneys due to any Paying Agent shall operate as a good discharge to the Issuer in respect of such moneys. 

3.10    Method of payment  

	(a)
	The
Principal Paying Agent must, promptly after each Payment Date, confirm in writing to the Issuer, in accordance with clause 21, that the Principal Paying Agent has paid the
relevant amount to the Common Depository or the relevant Class A Bond Owners (as the case may be). The Principal Paying Agent will sign and promptly return any such confirmation requested by
the Issuer.

	(b)
	Except
as otherwise provided under the terms of this Agreement, the Principal Paying Agent shall be entitled to deal with moneys paid to it under this Agreement in the same manner as
other moneys paid to it as a banker by its customers except that it may not exercise any lien, right of set-off or similar claim in respect of such moneys. The Principal Paying Agent shall
be entitled to retain for its own account any interest earned on the sums held by it under this Agreement and it need not segregate such sums from other amounts held by it, except as required by law. 

3.11    Trust  

The
Principal Paying Agent shall hold on trust for the Class A Bond Trustee and the Class A Bondholders all sums held by it for the payment of principal and interest with respect to the
Class A Bonds until all relevant sums are paid to the Class A Bond Trustee or the Class A Bondholders or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the Bond Trust Deed. 

3.12    No Liability  

The
Principal Paying Agent shall not be liable for acting upon any written instruction of the Issuer. 

4.    Repayment  

	(a)
	Immediately
on any entitlement to receive principal or interest under any Class A Bond becoming void under the Conditions, the Principal Paying Agent must repay to the Issuer
the amount which would have been due in respect of that principal or interest if it had been paid before the entitlement under any Class A Bond became void.

	(b)
	Despite
paragraph (a), the Principal Paying Agent shall not be obliged to make any repayment to the Issuer so long as any amount which should have been paid to or to the order
of the Principal Paying Agent or, if applicable, the Class A Bond Trustee by the Issuer remains unpaid. 

5.    Appointment of the Calculation Agent  

	(a)
	The
Issuer (acting on the direction of the Trust Manager) appoints the Calculation Agent as its reference agent in respect of the Class A Bonds upon the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement. The Calculation Agent accepts that appointment.

	(b)
	It
is acknowledged and agreed that:

	(i)
	the
Calculation Agent is the agent of the Issuer in its capacity as trustee of the Fund only; and

	(ii)
	despite
anything else in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or at law, the Issuer in its personal capacity is not responsible for any act or omission of the Calculation
Agent. 

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6.    Duties of the Calculation Agent  

	(a)
	The
Calculation Agent must, until the Class A Bonds have been finally redeemed in accordance with Condition 10.10:

	(i)
	perform
such duties at its Specified Office as are set forth in this Agreement and in the Conditions and any other duties which are reasonably incidental to those duties at the
request of the Issuer, the Trust Manager, the Class A Bond Trustee or the Principal Paying Agent;

	(ii)
	as
soon as practicable on each Determination Date:

	(A)
	determine
the Interest Rate for all Class A Bonds for the Interest Accrual Period commencing on the next Payment Date; and

	(B)
	notify
the Issuer, the Trust Manager, the Class A Bond Trustee, each of the relevant Class A Bondholders (in accordance with Condition 15) and each of the Paying
Agents of the Interest Rate so determined specifying to the Trust Manager the basis of such determination.

	(b)
	If
for any reason the Calculation Agent does not make the determination under paragraph (a)(ii), the Trust Manager must request the Class A Bond Trustee to make, and the
Class A Bond Trustee must make, that determination as if it were the Calculation Agent. Any such determination will be deemed to have been made by the Calculation Agent. 

7.    Payments to Bond Trustee  

7.1    Bond Trustee's requirements following an Event of Default  

At
any time after an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default has occurred and is continuing unremedied, the Class A Bond Trustee may, so far as permitted by applicable law: 

	(a)
	by
notice in writing to the Issuer and each Paying Agent require the Paying Agents, until notified by the Class A Bond Trustee to the contrary, to:

	(i)
	act
as agents of the Class A Bond Trustee and the Class A Bondholders on the terms of this Agreement; and

	(ii)
	hold
all Class A Bonds and all moneys, documents and records held by them in respect of the Bonds to the order of the Class A Bond Trustee; and

	(b)
	by
notice in writing to the Issuer, require it to make all subsequent payments in respect of the Class A Bonds to or to the order of the Class A Bond Trustee and not to
the Paying Agents. 

7.2    Discharge  

Any
payment made by the Issuer in accordance with clause 7.1(b) will to that extent be a good discharge to the Issuer. 

8.    Early redemption of Class A Bonds  

	(a)
	If
the Issuer (at the direction of the Trust Manager) intends to redeem the Class A Bonds under Condition 8 prior to their Final Maturity Date, the Issuer (or the Trust Manager
on its behalf) must, at least 14 days prior to the latest date for giving the notice of redemption required to be given to Bondholders under Condition 8.3(d), give notice of its intention to
the Principal Paying Agent (who must promptly give notice to the other Paying Agents (if any)) 

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and
the Class A Bond Trustee stating the date on which such Class A Bonds are to be redeemed and the Face Value of the Class A Bonds to be redeemed. 

	(b)
	The
Principal Paying Agent must, on receipt of a notice under paragraph (a):

	(i)
	if
any of the Class A Bonds are Global Bonds:

	(A)
	notify
the Common Depository of the proposed redemption, specifying:

	(1)
	the
aggregate Face Value of Class A Bonds to be redeemed; and

	(2)
	the
date on which the Class A Bonds are to be redeemed; and

	(B)
	direct
the Common Depository to record the details referred to in sub-paragraphs (A)(1) and (A)(2) above on the schedule to the relevant Global Bonds; and

	(ii)
	promptly
and in accordance with Conditions 8.3(d) and 15, on behalf of and at the expense of the Issuer, give the notices required in connection with that redemption. 

9.    Redemption and Cancellation of Bonds  

	(a)
	If
any Class A Bonds are redeemed in whole or in part in accordance with the Conditions or the other Transaction Documents, the Principal Paying Agent must cause the US$
Registrar to record all relevant details in the US$ Register.

	(b)
	The
Principal Paying Agent must as soon as practicable, and in any event within three months after the date of any such redemption, furnish to each of the Issuer and the
Class A Bond Trustee a certificate setting out the aggregate Face Value of Class A Bonds which have been so redeemed.

	(c)
	If
the Face Value of a Global Bond surrendered to it is reduced to nil, the Principal Paying Agent must:

	(i)
	destroy
the relevant Global Bond;

	(ii)
	issue
a destruction certificate to the Class A Bond Trustee; and

	(iii)
	send
a copy of that certificate to the Issuer, the Trust Manager and the Class A Bond Trustee. 

10.    Notices to Class A Bondholders  

	(a)
	Each
of the Principal Paying Agent and the US$ Registrar must, at the request of the Trust Manager, arrange for the publication of all notices to Class A Bondholders in
accordance with the Conditions. The cost of any arrangements so made will be an Expense of the Fund.

	(b)
	Each
of the Principal Paying Agent and the US$ Registrar must promptly send to the Class A Bond Trustee one copy of the form of every notice given to Class A Bondholders
in accordance with Condition 15.

	(c)
	None
of the Principal Paying Agent or the US$ Registrar will be responsible for, or liable to any person in respect of, the contents of any notices published by it at the request of
the Trust Manager in accordance with this clause 10. 

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11.    Documents and forms  

	(a)
	The
Trust Manager must provide to the Principal Paying Agent for distribution to each Paying Agent:

	(i)
	sufficient
copies of all documents required by the Conditions or the Bond Trust Deed to be available to Class A Bondholders for issue or inspection (and the Paying Agents must
make them so available to the Class A Bondholders);

	(ii)
	in
the event of a meeting of Class A Bondholders being called, forms of voting certificates and block voting instructions, together with instructions from the Issuer (those
instructions having previously been approved by the Class A Bond Trustee) as to the manner of completing, dealing with and recording the issue of such forms (and the Paying Agents must make
them so available to the Class A Bondholders); and

	(iii)
	if
Definitive Bonds are issued, specimens of those Definitive Bonds.

	(b)
	The
Trust Manager and the Issuer must provide to the Calculation Agent such documents as the Calculation Agent may reasonably require from the Trust Manager or the Issuer in order for
the Calculation Agent properly to fulfil its duties in respect of the Class A Bonds. 

12.    Authentication  

The
Principal Paying Agent must authenticate or cause to be authenticated the Global Bonds and (if required) the Definitive Bonds (whether on initial issue or on replacement). 

13.    Indemnity  

13.1    Indemnity  

The
Issuer will, on demand, indemnify each Agent and its directors, officers, employees, agents and delegates against any loss, liability, cost, claim, action, demand or expense (including, but not
limited to, all reasonable costs, charges and expenses paid or incurred in disputing or defending any of the foregoing) which the Agent may incur or which may be made against it as a result of: 

	(a)
	a
breach by the Issuer of this Agreement; or

	(b)
	the
exercise by that Agent of its powers or its acceptance of or the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, 

except
to the extent such losses, liabilities, costs, claims, actions, demands or expenses are a result of a breach of this Agreement by that Agent or the fraud, negligence or wilful misconduct of
that Agent. 

13.2    Survival of Indemnity  

The
indemnity in clause 13.1 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of an Agent in accordance with this Agreement. 

14.    The US$ Register  

14.1    Appointment of US$ Registrar  

As
contemplated by clause 11.8 of the Bond Trust Deed, the Issuer appoints The Bank of New York to be the initial US$ Registrar in accordance with the Transaction Documents. The Bank of New
York accepts that appointment. 

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14.2    Details to be kept on the US$ Register  

The
US$ Registrar must keep the US$ Register in accordance with the Bond Trust Deed. 

14.3    Correctness of US$ Register  

The
US$ Registrar shall not be liable for any mistake, error or omission on the US$ Register or in any purported copy except to the extent that the mistake, error or omission is attributable to a
breach by the US$ Registrar of its obligations under this Agreement or the Bond Trust Deed or its fraud, negligence or wilful misconduct. 

15.    General  

15.1    Meetings of Class A Bondholders  

In
the event of a meeting of the Class A Bondholders (including an adjourned meeting), the Principal Paying Agent must issue voting certificates and block voting instructions and otherwise act
as provided in the Bond Trust Deed. Each Paying Agent must: 

	(a)
	keep
a full and complete record of all voting certificates and/or block voting instructions issued by it; and

	(b)
	deliver
to the Issuer, the Trust Manager and the Class A Bond Trustee not later than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding that meeting, full particulars of all
voting certificates and block voting instructions issued by it in respect of that meeting. 

15.2    Agency  

Subject
to any other provision of this Agreement, each Agent shall: 

	(a)
	act
solely for, and as agent of, the Issuer;

	(b)
	not
have any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with any person entitled to receive payments of principal and/or interest on the Class A Bonds; and

	(c)
	be
responsible only for performance of the duties and obligations expressly imposed upon it in this Agreement. 

15.3    Identity  

Each
Paying Agent shall (except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or as required by law) be entitled to treat the person: 

	(a)
	who
is, while a Global Bond remains outstanding, the registered owner of that Global Bond as the person entitled to receive payments of principal and interest in respect of that
Class A Bond and each person shown in the records of the Common Depository as the holder of any Class A Bond represented by a Global Bond shall be entitled to receive from the Common
Depository any payment so made in accordance with the respective rules and procedures of the Common Depository and on the terms and subject to the conditions of that Global Bond;

	(b)
	who
is the registered owner of any Definitive Bond as the absolute owner of that Definitive Bond (whether or not that Definitive Bond is overdue and despite any notice of ownership or
writing on it or any notice of previous loss or theft or of any trust or other interest in it), 

despite
any notice to the contrary and shall not be liable for so doing. 

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15.4    No set-off  

No
Paying Agent shall exercise any right of set-off, withholding, counterclaim or lien against, or make any deduction from any moneys payable by it to any Class A Bondholder under
this Agreement. 

15.5    Reliance  

Each
Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in reliance upon any instruction, request or order from the Issuer or the
Trust Manager or in reliance upon any notice, resolution, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been
delivered, signed or sent by the proper party or parties. 

15.6    Entitled to deal  

No
Agent or director or officer of any Agent shall: 

	(a)
	be
precluded from acquiring, holding or dealing in any Class A Bonds or from engaging or being interested in any contract or other financial or other transaction or arrangement
with the Issuer or the Trust Manager as freely as if it were not an agent of the Issuer under this Agreement; and

	(b)
	be
liable to account to the Issuer or any person entitled to receive principal or interest on the Class A Bonds for any profit made or fees or commissions received in
connection with this Agreement or any Class A Bonds. 

15.7    Consultation  

Each
Agent may consult as to legal matters with lawyers selected by it, who may be employees of or lawyers to the Issuer, the Trust Manager or any other Agent. 

15.8    Duties  

Each
Agent shall perform the duties, and only the duties, contained in or reasonably incidental to this Agreement, the Bond Trust Deed and the Conditions and no implied duties or obligations (other
than general laws as to agency) shall be read into this Agreement or the Class A Bonds against any Agent. No Agent shall be required to take any action under this Agreement which would require
it to incur any expense or liability in respect of which it has not been indemnified to its satisfaction. 

16.    Changes in Paying Agents and Calculation Agent  

16.1    Removal  

The
Issuer (or the Trust Manager with the consent of the Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld)) may at any time: 

	(a)
	appoint:

	(i)
	additional
or alternative Paying Agents; or

	(ii)
	an
alternative Calculation Agent; 

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	(b)
	subject
to this clause 16, terminate the appointment of any Agent by giving written notice to that effect to each Designated Rating Agency, the Agent and the Principal Paying
Agent:

	(i)
	with
effect immediately on that notice, if:

	(A)
	an
Insolvency Event has occurred in relation to the Agent;

	(B)
	the
Agent has ceased its business;

	(C)
	the
Agent fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Agreement and, if capable of remedy, such failure is not remedied within five days after the earlier of:

	(1)
	the
Agent becoming aware of that failure; and

	(2)
	the
receipt by the Agent of written notice from the Issuer or Trust Manager requiring the Agent to remedy that failure; or

	(ii)
	with
effect not less than 60 days' from that notice, which date shall be not less than 10 days before nor 10 days after any due date for payment of any
Class A Bonds. 

16.2    Resignation  

Subject
to this clause 16, an Agent may resign its appointment under this Agreement at any time by giving to the Issuer, the Trust Manager, each Designated Rating Agency and (where a Paying
Agent is resigning and the Paying Agent is not the Principal Paying Agent) the Principal Paying Agent, not less than 60 days' written notice to that effect, which notice shall expire not less
than 10 days before or 10 days after any due date for payment of any Class A Bonds. 

16.3    Limitation  

Despite
clauses 16.1 and 16.2: 

	(a)
	no
resignation by or termination of the appointment of the Principal Paying Agent shall take effect until a new Principal Paying Agent has been appointed;

	(b)
	subject
to clause 16.3(a), if any Agent resigns in accordance with clause 16.2, but by the day falling 15 days before the expiry of any notice under
clause 16.2 the Issuer or the Trust Manager has not appointed a new Agent then the Agent may appoint in its place any reputable bank or trust company of good standing;

	(c)
	no
appointment or termination of the appointment of any Agent shall take effect unless and until notice has been given to the Class A Bondholders in accordance with Condition
15;

	(d)
	the
appointment of any additional Paying Agent shall be on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and each of the parties to this Agreement shall
co-operate fully to do all acts and things and execute all documents as may be necessary or desirable to give effect to the appointment of that additional Paying Agent (which shall not,
except in the case of an appointment under clause 16.1(a), a termination under clause 16.1(b)(ii) or a resignation under clause 16.2, be at the cost of the Issuer); and

	(e)
	the
Issuer, at the direction of the Trust Manager, must immediately appoint and maintain a Paying Agent with a Paying Office in New York City if, at any time, there is no Paying Agent
with a Paying Office in new York City. 

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   16.4    Delivery of amounts  

If
the appointment of the Principal Paying Agent is terminated in accordance with this Agreement, the Principal Paying Agent must, on the date on which that termination takes effect: 

	(a)
	pay
to the successor Principal Paying Agent any amount held by it for payment of principal or interest in respect of any Class A Bond; and

	(b)
	deliver
to the successor Principal Paying Agent all records maintained by it pursuant to this Agreement and all documents (including any Definitive Bonds) held by it pursuant to this
Agreement. 

16.5    Successor Agents  

	(a)
	On
the execution by the Issuer, the Trust Manager and any successor Agent of an instrument effecting the appointment of that successor Agent, that successor Agent shall, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of its predecessor as if originally named as Agent (or in the case of
a successor Principal Paying Agent, as if originally named as Principal Paying Agent) in this Agreement and that predecessor, on payment to it of the pro rata proportion of its administration fee and
disbursements then unpaid (if any), shall have no further liabilities under this Agreement, except for any accrued liabilities arising from or relating to any act or omission occurring prior to the
date on which the successor Agent is appointed.

	(b)
	Any
corporation:

	(i)
	into
which a Agent is merged;

	(ii)
	with
which an Agent is consolidated;

	(iii)
	resulting
from any merger or consolidation to which an Agent is a party;

	(iv)
	to
which an Agent sells or otherwise transfers all or substantially all the assets of its corporate trust business, 

shall,
on the date when that merger, conversion, consolidation, sale or transfer becomes effective and to the extent permitted by applicable law, become a successor Agent under this Agreement without
the execution or filing of any agreement or document or any further act on the part of the parties to this Agreement, unless otherwise required by the Issuer or the Trust Manager, and after that
effective date all references in this Agreement to an Agent (or in the case of a successor Principal Paying Agent, to the Principal Paying Agent) shall be references to that corporation. 

16.6    Notice to Class A Bondholders  

        The Trust Manager on behalf of the Issuer must, within 14 days of: 

	(a)
	the
termination of the appointment of any Agent;

	(b)
	the
appointment of a new Agent; or

	(c)
	the
resignation of any Agent, 

give
to the Class A Bondholders notice of the termination, appointment or resignation in accordance with Condition 15 (in the case of a termination under clause 16.1(b)(i), at the cost
of the outgoing Agent). 

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16.7    Change in Paying Office or Specified Office  

	(a)
	If
any Paying Agent proposes to change its Paying Office or to nominate a further Paying Office (which must be within the same city as its previous Paying Office), it must give to the
Issuer, the Trust Manager, the Class A Bond Trustee and, in the case of a change in the Paying Office of a Paying Agent other than the Principal Paying Agent, the Principal Paying Agent, not
less than 30 days' prior written notice of that change, giving the address of the new Paying Office and stating the date on which the change is to take effect.

	(b)
	If
the Calculation Agent proposes to change its Specified Office (which must be in New York City or such other jurisdiction as the Calculation Agent, the Issuer and the Trust Manager
agree from time to time) or to nominate a further Specified Office, it must give to the Issuer, the Trust Manager and the Class A Bond Trustee, not less than 30 days' prior written
notice of that change, giving the address of the new Specified Office and stating the date on which the change is to take effect.

	(c)
	The
Trust Manager, on behalf of the Issuer, must, within 14 days of receipt of a notice under paragraph (a) or (b) (unless the appointment is to terminate
pursuant to clause 16.1 on or prior to the date of that change) give to the Class A Bondholders notice in accordance with Condition 15 of that change and of the address of the new Paying
Office or Specified Office (as the case may be). 

17.    Fees and expenses  

	(a)
	The
Issuer must pay to each Agent during the period when any of the Class A Bonds remain outstanding, the administration fee separately agreed by that Agent and the Issuer,
together with any out-of-pocket expenses properly incurred by that Agent in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement (including any legal fees and expenses). If
the appointment of an Agent is terminated or an Agent resigns in accordance with this Agreement, that Agent must refund to the Issuer that proportion of the fee (if any) which relates to the period
after such termination or resignation.

	(b)
	Save
as provided in paragraph (a) or as expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement, neither the Issuer nor the Trust Manager shall have any liability in respect of any fees
or expenses of any Agent in connection with this Agreement.

	(c)
	The
above fees, payments and expenses must be paid in US$ and the Issuer must in addition pay any GST which may be applicable. The Principal Paying Agent must arrange for payment of
commissions to the other Paying Agents (if any) and arrange for the reimbursement of their expenses promptly upon demand, supported by evidence of that expenditure and, provided that payment is made
to the Principal Paying Agent, the Issuer shall not be concerned with or liable in respect of that payment. 

18.    Waivers, remedies cumulative  

	(a)
	No
failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement operates as a waiver. Nor does any single or partial exercise of any right, power or
remedy preclude any other or further exercise of that or any other right, power or remedy.

	(b)
	The
rights, powers and remedies provided to a party in this Agreement are in addition to, and do not exclude or limit, any right, power or remedy provided by law. 

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19.    Severability of provisions  

Any
provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction is ineffective as to that jurisdiction to the extent of the prohibition or unenforceability. That does not
invalidate the remaining provisions of this Agreement nor affect the validity or enforceability of that provision in any other jurisdiction. 

20.    Assignments  

Subject
to clause 16.5(b), no party other than the Class A Bond Trustee acting in accordance with clause 14 of the Bond Trust Deed or the Issuer creating a charge under the
Security Trust Deed, may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties and confirmation from each Designated Rating
Agency that the rating of any Class A Bond will not be downgraded to less than the Designated Rating, qualified or withdrawn as a result of the assignment. 

21.    Notices  

21.1    Notices generally  

Subject
to clause 21.2, every notice to be served, given or made under the terms of this Agreement on or to a party to this Agreement: 

	(a)
	must
be in writing in order to be valid;

	(b)
	must
be deemed to have been duly served, given or made in relation to a party if it is:

	(i)
	delivered
to the address of that party set out in paragraph (e) (or at such other address as may be notified in writing by that party to the other party from time to time); or

	(ii)
	posted
by prepaid registered post to such address; or

	(iii)
	sent
by facsimile to the facsimile number set out in sub-paragraph (e) (or to such other number as may be notified in writing by that party to the other party
from time to time);

	(c)
	shall
be sufficient if executed by the party giving, serving or making the same or on its behalf by a then Authorised Signatory of such party;

	(d)
	shall
be deemed to be given, served or made:

	(i)
	(in
the case of prepaid registered post) within 5 Business Days after posting;

	(ii)
	(in
the case of facsimile) on receipt of a transmission report confirming successful transmission; and

	(iii)
	(in
the case of delivery by hand) on delivery;

	(e)
	the
addresses and facsimile numbers for service of notices as referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of this clause are as follows: 

 The Issuer  

35
Clarence Street

SYDNEY NSW 2000

AUSTRALIA 

By
fax: (02) 8295 8675 

Attention:
Senior Manager, Securitisation Trusts 

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 The Trust Manager  

Level
6

12 Castlereagh Street

SYDNEY NSW 2000

AUSTRALIA 

By
fax: (02) 9225 0864 

Attention:
Financial Controller 

 The Principal Paying Agent  

101
Barclay Street

Floor 21 West

NEW YORK NY 10286

USA

By fax: (212) 815 5915 

Attention:
Global Structured Finance Unit 

 The Calculation Agent  

101
Barclay Street

Floor 21 West

NEW YORK NY 10286

USA

By fax: (212) 815 5915 

Attention:
Global Structured Finance Unit 

 The US$ Registrar  

101
Barclay Street

Floor 21 West

NEW YORK NY 10286

USA

By fax: (212) 815 5915 

Attention:
Global Structured Finance Unit 

21.2    Communication through Principal Paying Agent  

All
communications relating to this Agreement between the Issuer or the Trust Manager and any Agent or between the Paying Agents shall, save as otherwise provided in this Agreement, be made through
the Principal Paying Agent. 

22.    Counterparts  

This
agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. All counterparts together will be taken to constitute one instrument. 

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23.    Governing law  

This
agreement is governed by the laws of New South Wales. Each party submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts exercising jurisdiction there. 

24.    Successor trustee  

Each
Agent must do all things reasonably necessary to enable any successor trustee appointed under clause 17 of the Master Trust Deed to become the Issuer under this Agreement. 

EXECUTED as an agreement. 

Each
attorney executing this Agreement states that he or she has no notice of revocation or suspension of his or her power of attorney. 

Signed for Permanent Custodians Limited by

its attorney under power of attorney in the

presence of: 

	
 Witness Signature	 	
 Attorney Signature
	

 Print Name	
 	

 Print Name

Signed for Australian Securitisation

Management Pty Limited by its attorney under

power of attorney in the presence of: 

	
 Witness Signature	 	
 Attorney Signature
	

 Print Name	
 	

 Print Name

Signed by The Bank of New York in the

presence of: 

	
 Witness Signature	 	
 Signature
	

 Print Name	
 	

 Print Name

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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
         ACCOMPANYING ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F REPORT OF TRICOM, S.A.
              PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
              (CHAPTER 63, TITLE 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350(a) AND (b))

     Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chapter 63,
Title 18 U.S.C. Section 1350(a) and (b)), the undersigned hereby certifies that
the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 of
TRICOM, S.A. (the "Company") fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the
information contained in such Report fairly presents, in all material respects,
the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

                                          /s/ MANUEL ARTURO PELLERANO PENA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dated: May 22, 2003                       Manuel Arturo Pellerano Pena
                                          President, Chief Executive Officer
                                          and Chairman of the Board of Directors

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