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Exhibit 10.4

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 2011, between GSE Systems, Inc. a Delaware corporation with principal executive offices at 1332 Londontown Blvd., Sykesville, MD  21784 (the "Company"), and Gill Grady, residing at 1650 Village Green Drive, Woodbine, MD 21797 ("Employee").

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, the Employee currently serves as Senior Vice President in charge of Marketing, Sales, and Acquisition Integration of the Company.

WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ Employee upon the terms and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual promises, covenants, and conditions herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto intending to be legally bound hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.                                            Employment.

The Company hereby agrees to continue to employ Employee, and Employee hereby agrees to continue to serve the Company, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

Section 2.                                            Capacity and Duties.

Employee shall be employed in the capacity of Senior Vice President in charge of Marketing, Sales, and Acquisition Integration of the Company and shall have the duties, responsibilities, and authorities normally performed by the Senior Vice President in charge of Marketing, Sales, and Acquisition Integration of a company and such other duties, responsibilities, and authorities as are assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) or the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") so long as such additional duties, responsibilities, and authorities are consistent with Employee's position and level of authority as Senior Vice President in charge of Marketing, Sales, and Acquisition Integration of the Company.  Employee shall devote substantially all of his business time and attention to promote and advance the business of the Company.

Section 3.                                            Term of Employment.

Unless sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the term of employment of Employee by the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be for the period (the "Employment Period") commencing on  January 1, 2011 and ending on December 31, 2012 (the “Scheduled Termination Date”).

  

  

  

Section 4.                                            Compensation.

During the Employment Period, subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement and as compensation for all services to be rendered by Employee under this Agreement, the Company shall pay to or provide Employee with the following:

(a) Base Salary.  Commencing January 1, 2011, the Company shall pay to Employee a base annual salary at the rate of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00).  On  January 1, 2012, the base annual salary shall be increased, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company by a minimum of the greater of (i) 3% or (ii) the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index (as hereinafter defined) over the preceding twelve months.  The "Consumer Price Index" shall mean the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor, or the supplement or successor thereto if publication of such index should be discontinued.  The base salary will be payable at such intervals as salaries are paid generally to other executive officers of the Company.

(b) Bonus.  Once the Company's year end financial information is available the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine Employee's bonus (the "Bonus") for the year then ending based upon (i) meeting the goals set by Employee and accepted by the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors and (ii) overall Company performance.  The Employee's target bonus is Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for 2011, and Employee's target bonus shall increase each succeeding year by the greater of (i) 3% or (ii) the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index over the preceding twelve months.  As soon as reasonably practicable, Employee's goals for 2011 will be prepared and mutually agreed upon.  Any bonus to be paid to Employee for any year of this Agreement shall be paid on or prior to March 15 of the following year.

(c) Vacation.  Employee shall be entitled to vacation in accordance with the Company's policy for its senior executives.

(d) Automobile.  The Company shall provide Employee with an automobile allowance of Seven Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($7,200.00) per year, and shall pay the maintenance, gas, and insurance expenses in connection with such automobile.

(e) Club Membership. The Company shall provide Employee an allowance for club membership of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) per year.

(f) Medical and Dental Insurance.  The Company shall pay Employee’s monthly Medical and Dental Insurance premiums in association with Company provided health insurance plans.

(g) Benefit Plans.  Employee shall be entitled to participate in all employee benefit plans maintained by the Company for its senior executives or employees, including without limitation the Company's medical and 401(k) plans.

Section 5.                                            Expenses.

  

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The Company shall reimburse Employee for all reasonable expenses (including, but not limited to, continuing education, business travel, and customer entertainment expenses) incurred by him in connection with his employment hereunder in accordance with the written policy and guidelines established by the Company for executive officers.

Section 6.                                            Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation.

Employee agrees that during the period he is employed by the Company under this Agreement and for a period of one (1) year after the termination of his employment he will not directly or indirectly, (a) solicit or offer employment to any person who was employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries while Employee was employed by the Company (b) solicit, offer or induce in competition with the Company, any person, entity or governmental authority that was under contract with the Company or with whom the Company or any of its subsidiaries was actively soliciting business from while Employee was employed by the Company, or (c) become engaged in a business that is directly competitive with the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

Section 7.                                            Patents.

Any interest in patents, patent applications, inventions, copyrights, developments, and processes ("Such Inventions") which Employee now or hereafter during the period he is employed by the Company under this Agreement or otherwise may own or develop relating to the fields in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries may then be engaged shall belong to the Company; and forthwith upon request of the Company, Employee shall execute all such assignments and other documents and take all such other action as the Company may reasonably request in order to vest in the Company all his right, title, and interest in and to Such Inventions free and clear of all liens, charges, and encumbrances.

Section 8.                                            Confidential Information.

All confidential information which Employee may now possess, may obtain during the Employment Period, or may create prior to the end of the period he is employed by the Company under this Agreement or otherwise relating to the business of the Company or of any of its customers or suppliers shall not be published, disclosed, or made accessible by him to any other person, firm, or corporation either during or after the termination of his employment or used by him except during the Employment Period in the business and for the benefit of the Company, in each case without prior written permission of the Company. Employee shall return all tangible evidence of such confidential information to the Company prior to or at the termination of his employment For purposes of this Agreement, “confidential information” means any and all information related to the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is not generally known by others with whom they compete or do business.

Section 9.                                            Termination.

Except as provided in Section 13, Employee's employment hereunder may be terminated without any breach of this Agreement only under the following circumstances:

  

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(a)        Death.  Employee's employment hereunder shall terminate upon his death.

(b)        Disability.  If, as a result of Employee's incapacity due to physical or mental illness, Employee shall have been absent from his duties hereunder on a full-time basis for the entire period of three (3) consecutive months, and within 30 days after a Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 9(d)) is given shall not have returned to the performance of his duties hereunder on a full-time basis, the Company may terminate Employee's employment hereunder.

(c)        Cause.  The Company may terminate Employee's employment hereunder for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall have "Cause" to terminate  Employee's employment hereunder upon the occurrence of any of the following (i) the willful and continued failure by Employee to substantially perform his duties or obligations hereunder (other than any such failure resulting from Employee's incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after demand for substantial performance is delivered by the Company that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes Employee has not substantially performed his duties or obligations, (ii) the willful engaging by Employee in misconduct which, in the reasonable opinion of the Board of the Company, will have a material adverse effect on the reputation, operations, prospects or business relations of the Company, (iii) the conviction of Employee of any felony or the entry by Employee of any plea of nolo contendere in response to an indictment for a crime involving moral turpitude, or (iv) the breach by Employee of a term or condition of this Agreement.  For purposes of this paragraph, no act, or failure to act, on Employee's part shall be considered "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by him not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best interest of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause without the following (i) reasonable notice to Employee setting forth the reasons for the Company's intention to terminate for Cause, (ii) an opportunity for Employee, together with his counsel, to be heard before the Board, and (iii) delivery to Employee of a Notice of Termination in accordance with Section 9(d).

(d)        Notice of Termination.  Any termination of Employee's employment by the Company (other than termination pursuant to Section 9(a)) shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Employee's employment under the provision so indicated.

(e)        Date of Termination.  "Date of Termination" shall mean (i) if Employee's employment is terminated by his death, the date of his death, (ii) if Employee's employment is terminated pursuant to Section 9(b), 30 days after Notice of Termination is given (provided that Employee shall not have returned to the performance of his duties on a full-time basis during such 30 day period), and (iii) if Employee's employment is terminated for any other reason, the date specified in the Notice of Termination, which shall not be earlier than the date on which the Notice of Termination is given.

  

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Section 10.                                       Compensation upon Termination or During Disability.

(a)        During any period that Employee fails to perform his duties hereunder as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness ("disability period"), Employee shall continue to receive his full salary at the rate then in effect for such period until his employment is terminated pursuant to Section 9(b), provided that payments so made to Employee during the disability period shall be reduced by the sum of the amounts, if any, payable to Employee at or prior to the time of any such payment under disability benefit plans of the Company and which were not previously applied to reduce any such payment.

(b)        If Employee's employment shall be terminated for Cause, the Company shall pay Employee his full salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given.

(c)        If the Company shall terminate Employee's employment in breach of the terms of this Agreement, then the Company shall pay Employee his full salary and provide Employee his benefits for a period equal to the greater of (i) the number of months then remaining on the term of this Agreement and (ii) 12 months. All options to purchase the Company's common stock granted to Employee under the Company's option plan or otherwise shall immediately become fully vested and shall terminate on such date as they would have terminated if Employee's employment by the Company had not been terminated.

   (d)        If Employee’s employment is terminated at the Scheduled Termination Date of this Agreement or if Employee continues as an employee after the Scheduled Termination Date and Employee’s employment is subsequently terminated by the Company for a reason other than (i) the death or disability of the Employee or (ii) cause, Employee shall be entitled to receive his full salary and benefits for a period of one year from the date of termination.

Section 11.                                       Accelerated Vesting of Options Upon Change of Control.

After the date of this Agreement, in the event of a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company, the options granted to Employee under the Company's option plan or otherwise shall become fully vested immediately prior to the date such Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred and any conditions to the Employee’s entitlement to such options under the Company’s option plan or otherwise shall be deemed to have satisfied.

For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change in Control” of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day that any one or more of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

   (a)        Any person (other than a person in control of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, or other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or a company owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of voting securities of the Company) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing a majority of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

  

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   (b)        The stockholders of the Company approve: (x) a plan of complete liquidation of the Company (which includes a termination and liquidation of all Employee’s rights under any arrangement governed by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”); or (y) an agreement for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Company’s assets; or (z) a merger, consolidation, or reorganization of the Company with or involving any other corporation, other than a merger, consolidation, or reorganization that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least a majority of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company (or such surviving entity) outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation, or reorganization.

For purposes of this definition of Change in Control, “Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d) thereof, and “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and regulations under the 1934 Act.

Section 12.                                       Successors; Binding Agreement.

The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Employee, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.

Section 13.                                       Severance upon Change of Control.

In the event of a Change of Control, Employee may terminate this Agreement for Good Reason (as defined herein).  Upon termination for Good Reason, Employee shall, for a period of 12 months from the date of his termination, continue to receive salary and all benefits (including medical, dental and life insurance coverage and any other Company-provided benefits, including car and club allowances) that Employee is receiving as of the date (the “Effective Date”) the Change of Control occurs (collectively, “Severance Benefits”).  In addition, the Employee shall also be entitled to receive on the date of termination an amount equal to the average of the Bonus amounts paid to Employee for the two years prior to the year in which the Change of Control takes place.

“Good Reason” shall mean Employee’s good faith determination that any of the following occurs: (a) without Employee prior written consent Employee’s duties, responsibilities or authority become materially inconsistent with those of Employee’s current position; (b) Employee’s annual base salary (as the same may be increased at any time hereafter) and bonus programs are materially reduced; (c) Employee’s benefits (including medical, dental and life insurance coverage and any other Company-provided benefits, including car or club allowances to which Employee is entitled as of the Effective Date) are either discontinued or materially reduced; (d) Employee’s primary office or location is moved more than fifty (50) miles from Employee’s current office or location; or (e) either the Company or any successor company fails to honor all the material terms and provisions of this Agreement.  In the event of Employee’s decision to terminate employment for Good Reason, Employee must give notice to Company of the existence of the conditions giving rising to the termination for Good Reason within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the conditions.  Upon such notice, Company shall have a period of thirty (30) days during which it may remedy the conditions (“Cure Period”).  If the Company fails the cure the conditions constituting the Good Reason during the Cure Period, Employee’s termination of employment must occur within a period of ninety (90) days following the expiration of the Cure Period in order for the termination to constitute a termination pursuant to Good Reason for purposes of this Agreement.

  

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Section 14.                                       No Third Party Beneficiaries.

This Agreement does not create, and shall not be construed as creating, any rights enforceable by any person not a party to this Agreement (except as provided in Section 12).

Section 15.                                       Fees and Expenses.

The Company shall pay all reasonable legal fees and related expenses (including the costs of experts, evidence, and counsel) incurred by Employee as a result of a contest or dispute over Employee's termination of employment if such contest or dispute is settled or adjudicated on terms that are substantially in favor of Employee. In addition, the Company shall pay Employee interest, at the prevailing prime rate, on any amounts payable to Employee hereunder that are not paid when due.

Section 16.                                       Representations and Warranties of Employee.

Employee represents and warrants to the Company that (a) Employee is under no contractual or other restriction or obligation which is inconsistent with the execution of this Agreement, the performance of his duties hereunder, or the other rights of the Company hereunder and (b) Employee is under no physical or mental disability that would hinder his performance of duties under this Agreement.

Section 17.                                       Life Insurance.

If requested by the Company, Employee shall submit to such physical examinations and otherwise take such actions and execute and deliver such documents as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Company, at its expense and for its own benefit, to obtain life insurance on the life of Employee. Employee has no reason to believe that his life is not insurable with a reputable insurance company at rates now prevailing in the City of Baltimore for healthy men of his age.

Section 18.                                       Modification.

This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, supersede all existing agreements between them concerning such subject matter, and may be modified only by a written instrument duly executed by each party.

  

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Section 19.                                       Notices.

Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or delivered against receipt to the party to whom it is to be given at the address of such party set forth in the preamble to this Agreement (or to such other address as the party shall have furnished in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section 19).

Section 20.                                       Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to conflict of laws.

Section 21.                                      409A of the Code

	
  

	
This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or any exemption from Section 409A of the Code, and shall in all respects be administered in accordance with and interpreted to ensure compliance with Section 409A of the Code.  Employee’s termination of employment under this Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the separation from service rules under Section 409A of the Code.  For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each payment made under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment and the right to a series of payments under this Agreement shall be treat as a right to a series of separate payments.  In no event shall Employee, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of the payment.  Furthermore, if, at the time of termination of employment with the Company, Company has stock which is publicly traded on an established securities market and Employee is a “specified employee” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code) and it is necessary to postpone the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement as a result of such termination of employment to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then Company shall postpone the commencement of the payment of such payment or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to Employee) that are not otherwise paid within the short-deferral exception under Section 409A of the Code and are in excess of the lessor of two (2) times (i) Employee’s then annual compensation or (ii) the limit on compensation then set forth in Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, until the first payroll date that occurs after the date that is six months following Employee’s separation from service with the Company (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code).  The accumulated postponed amount shall be paid in a lump sum payment within ten days after the end of the six month period.

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

GSE SYSTEMS, INC.

By:______________________                ___________________________

                               Gill Grady

9Exhibit 4.2

 

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

 

CUSIP No. 539473AG3

ISIN No. US539473AG31

 

LLOYDS TSB BANK plc

 

4.875% SENIOR NOTE DUE JANUARY 21, 2016

 

Guaranteed by

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc

 

 

	No. 1 	

$500,000,000

 

 

LLOYDS TSB BANK plc (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $500,000,000 (five hundred million dollars) on January 21, 2016 or on such earlier date as the principal hereof may become due in accordance with the terms hereof and to pay interest thereon semi-annually in arrears on January 21 and July 21 of each year, commencing July 21, 2011, and ending on January 21, 2016 (each, a “Payment Date”). Interest so payable on any Payment Date shall be paid to the holder in whose name this Note is registered on the sixth day of each January and July (each a “Regular Record 

 

  

  

  

 

Date”),  commencing July 6, 2011.  Any interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date is herein called “Default Interest”. Default Interest shall cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue then of having been such holder, and such Default Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (x) or (y) below: (x) the Company may elect to make payment of any Default Interest to registered holders at the close of business on a Special Record Date (a “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such Default Interest, such Special Record Date to be fixed in accordance with Section 3.07(a) of the Indenture or, (y) the Company may make payment of any Default Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

Interest shall accrue on this Senior Note from day to day from the date of issuance hereof or from the most recent Payment Date at the rate of 4.875% per annum, until the principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

Payments of interest on this Senior Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year divided into twelve months of 30 days each and, in the case of an incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed in such period.

 

Payment of the principal amount of (and premium, if any), and any interest on, this Senior Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  Such payment shall be made to the Holder including through a Paying Agent of the Company outside the United Kingdom for collection by the Holder.  If the date for payment of the principal amount hereof (and premium, if any) or interest thereon is not a Business Day, then (subject as provided in the Indenture) such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date for payment and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay.

 

Prior to due presentment of this Senior Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner of such Senior Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal and interest, if any, on such Senior Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Senior Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Senior Note to be duly executed.

 

 

Dated: January 21, 2011

 

	 	
Executed by LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC at

	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
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GUARANTEE OF LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc

 

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc (herein called the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof)) hereby unconditionally guarantees (the “Guarantee”) to each holder of this Senior Debt Security the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Senior Debt Security and the due and punctual payment of the sinking fund payments (if any) provided for pursuant to the terms of such Senior Debt Security and any and all amounts under the Indenture (including but not limited to, the fees, expenses and indemnities of the Trustee), when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Senior Debt Security and of the Indenture.  In case of the failure of the Company punctually to pay any such principal, premium, interest, Additional Amounts or sinking fund payment and any and all amounts under the Indenture, (including but not limited to, the fees, expenses and indemnities of the Trustee) the Guarantor hereby agrees to pay, or cause any such payment to be made, punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company in accordance with the terms of such Senior Debt Security and of the Indenture.

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

 

 

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this guarantee to be duly executed.

 

Dated: January 21, 2011

 

	 	
Executed by LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC at

	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Senior Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated: January 21, 2011

 

	 	

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 

as Trustee

	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
By:

	  	 
	 	 	

Authorized Signatory

	 

 

 

  

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This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Senior Notes”) issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of January 21, 2011 (herein called the “Indenture”), among the Company, as issuer, the Guarantor, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior Notes and of the terms upon which the Senior Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Senior Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $2,250,000,000.  The Company may, without the consent of the holders of the Senior Notes, issue additional Senior Notes having the same ranking and interest rate, maturity date, redemption terms and other terms as the Senior Notes except for the price to the public and issue date, provided that such further notes must be issued with no more than a de minimis original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes or constitute a “qualified reopening” for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  Any such Senior Notes, together with this Note, will constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture.  The Senior Notes will initially be issued in the form of one or more global Senior Notes (each, a “Global Senior Note”).  Except as provided in the Indenture, a Global Senior Note shall not be exchangeable for one or more definitive Senior Notes.

 

The Senior Notes of this series will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, as described herein, and will rank pari passu without any preference among themselves.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holder or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes of this series may declare the principal amount of, and any accrued interest on, all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of Holders of Senior Notes by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power 

 

  

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granted thereon, or to enforce any other proper remedy, including the institution of proceedings in England or Scotland (but not elsewhere) for the winding up of the Company or the Guarantor, respectively.

 

By acceptance of the Senior Notes of this series, the Holder will be deemed to have waived any right of set-off or counterclaim with respect to such Senior Notes that they might otherwise have against the Company or the Guarantor, whether before or during a winding-up of the Company or the Guarantor.

 

Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, all amounts of principal and interest on any Senior Notes of this Series will be paid by the Company without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present and future income, stamp and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholding now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (the “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law.  If deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings shall at any time be required by the Taxing Jurisdiction, the Company will pay such additional amounts of, or in respect of, the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Senior Notes of this series (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holders after such deduction or withholding shall equal the respective amounts of principal, premium, if any, and interest which would have been payable in respect of such Senior Notes had no such deduction or withholding been required, provided, however, that the foregoing will not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding which would not have been payable or due but for the fact that:

 

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

 

(ii) except in the case of a winding-up of the Company in the United Kingdom, the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment in the United Kingdom,

 

(iii) the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment more than 30 days after the date payment became due or was 

 

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provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amount on presenting the same for payment at the close of such 30 day period,

 

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

 

(v) the withholding or deduction is imposed on a payment to or for the benefit of an individual and is required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other Directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26-27, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such directive,

 

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

 

(vii) any combination of clauses (i) through (vi) above,

 

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

 

References herein to the payment of the principal of or interest on any Senior Note shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in the foregoing paragraph to the extent that, in such 

 

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context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable under the foregoing provisions.

 

The Senior Notes of this series are redeemable, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company or the Guarantor, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, on any Payment Date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, together with accrued but unpaid interest, in respect of the Senior Notes to the date fixed for redemption, if, at any time, the Company or the Guarantor shall determine that as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws or regulations of the Taxing Jurisdiction (including any treaty to which such Taxing Jurisdiction is a party), or any change in the official application or interpretation of such laws or regulations (including a decision of any court or tribunal) which change or amendment becomes effective on or after January 21, 2011:

 

(a) in making payment under the Senior Notes, the Company or the Guarantor has or will or would on the next Interest Payment Date become obligated to pay Additional Amounts;

 

(b) the payment of interest on the next Payment Date in respect of any of the Senior Notes would be treated as a “distribution” within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 23 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 of the United Kingdom (or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being); or

 

(c) on the next Payment Date the Company (or, if applicable, the Guarantor) would not be entitled to claim a deduction in respect of such payment of interest in computing its United Kingdom taxation liabilities (or the value of such deduction to the Company would be materially reduced).

 

In any case where the Company or the Guarantor shall determine that as a result of any change in the official application or interpretation of any laws or regulations it is entitled to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Company or the Guarantor shall be required to deliver to the Trustee prior to the giving of any notice of redemption a written legal opinion of independent United Kingdom counsel of recognized standing (selected by the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantor) in a form satisfactory to the Trustee confirming that the relevant change in the official application or interpretation of such laws or regulations has occurred and that the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantor is entitled to exercise its right of redemption.

 

If the Company or the Guarantor elects to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Senior Notes will cease to accrue interest from the date of redemption, provided the redemption price has been paid in accordance with the Indenture.

 

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Upon payment of (i) the amount of principal (and premium, if any) so declared due and payable and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest, all of the Company’s (or, if applicable, the Guarantor’s) obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Senior Notes of this series shall terminate.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Senior Debt Securities of each series to be affected thereby by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Senior Debt Securities at the time outstanding of each such series.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Senior Debt Securities of each series, on behalf of the Holders of all Senior Debt Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay, if and when due and payable, the principal of (and premium, if any), and interest on, this Senior Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Senior Note of this series will have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, this Senior Note or any remedy thereunder; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal or interest as and when the same shall have become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof and the Indenture.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the right of the Holder of this Senior Note, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and interest on, this Senior Note when due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this Senior Note and the Indenture.

 

This Senior Note will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

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Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Senior Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

 

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FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 539473AH1

ISIN No. US539473AH14

 

LLOYDS TSB BANK plc

 

6.375% SENIOR NOTE DUE JANUARY 21, 2021

 

Guaranteed by

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc

 

 

	No. 1	

$500,000,000

 

LLOYDS TSB BANK plc (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $500,000,000 (five hundred million dollars) on January 21, 2021 or on such earlier date as the principal hereof may become due in accordance with the terms hereof and to pay interest thereon semi-annually in arrears on January 21 and July 21 of each year, commencing July 21, 2011, and ending on January 21, 2021 (each, a “Payment Date”). Interest so payable on any Payment Date shall be paid to the holder in whose name this Note is registered on the sixth day of each January and July (each a “Regular Record 

 

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Date”),  commencing July 6, 2011.  Any interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date is herein called “Default Interest”. Default Interest shall cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue then of having been such holder, and such Default Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (x) or (y) below: (x) the Company may elect to make payment of any Default Interest to registered holders at the close of business on a Special Record Date (a “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such Default Interest, such Special Record Date to be fixed in accordance with Section 3.07(a) of the Indenture or, (y) the Company may make payment of any Default Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

Interest shall accrue on this Senior Note from day to day from the date of issuance hereof or from the most recent Payment Date at the rate of 6.375% per annum, until the principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

Payments of interest on this Senior Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year divided into twelve months of 30 days each and, in the case of an incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed in such period.

 

Payment of the principal amount of (and premium, if any), and any interest on, this Senior Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  Such payment shall be made to the Holder including through a Paying Agent of the Company outside the United Kingdom for collection by the Holder.  If the date for payment of the principal amount hereof (and premium, if any) or interest thereon is not a Business Day, then (subject as provided in the Indenture) such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date for payment and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay.

 

Prior to due presentment of this Senior Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner of such Senior Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal and interest, if any, on such Senior Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such 

 

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Senior Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Senior Note to be duly executed.

 

 

Dated: January 21, 2011

 

	 	

Executed by LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC at

	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
By:

	  	 
	 	 	

Name:

	 
	 	 	

Title:   Authorized Signatory

	 

	 	  	  	 
	 	 	

Name:

	 
	 	 	

Title:    Authorized Signatory

	 

 

  

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GUARANTEE OF LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc

 

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc (herein called the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof)) hereby unconditionally guarantees (the “Guarantee”) to each holder of this Senior Debt Security the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Senior Debt Security and the due and punctual payment of the sinking fund payments (if any) provided for pursuant to the terms of such Senior Debt Security and any and all amounts under the Indenture (including but not limited to, the fees, expenses and indemnities of the Trustee), when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Senior Debt Security and of the Indenture.  In case of the failure of the Company punctually to pay any such principal, premium, interest, Additional Amounts or sinking fund payment and any and all amounts under the Indenture, (including but not limited to, the fees, expenses and indemnities of the Trustee) the Guarantor hereby agrees to pay, or cause any such payment to be made, punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company in accordance with the terms of such Senior Debt Security and of the Indenture.

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this guarantee to be duly executed.

 

Dated: January 21, 2011

 

	 	

Executed by LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC at

	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
By:

	  	 
	 	 	

Name:

	 
	 	 	

Title:   Authorized Signatory

	 

	 	  	  	 
	 	 	

Name:

	 
	 	 	

Title:    Authorized Signatory

	 

 

 

  

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Senior Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated: January 21, 2011

 

 

	 	

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 

as Trustee

	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
By:

	  	 
	 	 	

Authorized Signatory

	 

 

 

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This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Senior Notes”) issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of January 21, 2011 (herein called the “Indenture”), among the Company, as issuer, the Guarantor, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior Notes and of the terms upon which the Senior Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Senior Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $2,500,000,000.  The Company may, without the consent of the holders of the Senior Notes, issue additional Senior Notes having the same ranking and interest rate, maturity date, redemption terms and other terms as the Senior Notes except for the price to the public and issue date, provided that such further notes must be issued with no more than a de minimis original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes or constitute a “qualified reopening” for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  Any such Senior Notes, together with this Note, will constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture.  The Senior Notes will initially be issued in the form of one or more global Senior Notes (each, a “Global Senior Note”).  Except as provided in the Indenture, a Global Senior Note shall not be exchangeable for one or more definitive Senior Notes.

 

The Senior Notes of this series will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, as described herein, and will rank pari passu without any preference among themselves.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holder or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes of this series may declare the principal amount of, and any accrued interest on, all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of Holders of Senior Notes by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power 

 

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granted thereon, or to enforce any other proper remedy, including the institution of proceedings in England or Scotland (but not elsewhere) for the winding up of the Company or the Guarantor, respectively.

 

By acceptance of the Senior Notes of this series, the Holder will be deemed to have waived any right of set-off or counterclaim with respect to such Senior Notes that they might otherwise have against the Company or the Guarantor, whether before or during a winding-up of the Company or the Guarantor.

 

Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, all amounts of principal and interest on any Senior Notes of this Series will be paid by the Company without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present and future income, stamp and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholding now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (the “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law.  If deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings shall at any time be required by the Taxing Jurisdiction, the Company will pay such additional amounts of, or in respect of, the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Senior Notes of this series (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holders after such deduction or withholding shall equal the respective amounts of principal, premium, if any, and interest which would have been payable in respect of such Senior Notes had no such deduction or withholding been required, provided, however, that the foregoing will not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding which would not have been payable or due but for the fact that:

 

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

 

(ii) except in the case of a winding-up of the Company in the United Kingdom, the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment in the United Kingdom,

 

(iii) the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment more than 30 days after the date payment became due or was 

 

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provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amount on presenting the same for payment at the close of such 30 day period,

 

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

 

(v) the withholding or deduction is imposed on a payment to or for the benefit of an individual and is required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other Directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26-27, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such directive,

 

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

 

(vii) any combination of clauses (i) through (vi) above,

 

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

 

References herein to the payment of the principal of or interest on any Senior Note shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in the foregoing paragraph to the extent that, in such 

 

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context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable under the foregoing provisions.

 

The Senior Notes of this series are redeemable, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company or the Guarantor, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, on any Payment Date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, together with accrued but unpaid interest, in respect of the Senior Notes to the date fixed for redemption, if, at any time, the Company or the Guarantor shall determine that as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws or regulations of the Taxing Jurisdiction (including any treaty to which such Taxing Jurisdiction is a party), or any change in the official application or interpretation of such laws or regulations (including a decision of any court or tribunal) which change or amendment becomes effective on or after January 21, 2011:

 

(a) in making payment under the Senior Notes, the Company or the Guarantor has or will or would on the next Interest Payment Date become obligated to pay Additional Amounts;

 

(b) the payment of interest on the next Payment Date in respect of any of the Senior Notes would be treated as a “distribution” within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 23 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 of the United Kingdom (or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being); or

 

(c) on the next Payment Date the Company (or, if applicable, the Guarantor) would not be entitled to claim a deduction in respect of such payment of interest in computing its United Kingdom taxation liabilities (or the value of such deduction to the Company would be materially reduced).

 

In any case where the Company or the Guarantor shall determine that as a result of any change in the official application or interpretation of any laws or regulations it is entitled to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Company or the Guarantor shall be required to deliver to the Trustee prior to the giving of any notice of redemption a written legal opinion of independent United Kingdom counsel of recognized standing (selected by the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantor) in a form satisfactory to the Trustee confirming that the relevant change in the official application or interpretation of such laws or regulations has occurred and that the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantor is entitled to exercise its right of redemption.

 

If the Company or the Guarantor elects to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Senior Notes will cease to accrue interest from the date of redemption, provided the redemption price has been paid in accordance with the Indenture.

 

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Upon payment of (i) the amount of principal (and premium, if any) so declared due and payable and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest, all of the Company’s (or, if applicable, the Guarantor’s) obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Senior Notes of this series shall terminate.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Senior Debt Securities of each series to be affected thereby by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Senior Debt Securities at the time outstanding of each such series.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Senior Debt Securities of each series, on behalf of the Holders of all Senior Debt Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay, if and when due and payable, the principal of (and premium, if any), and interest on, this Senior Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Senior Note of this series will have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, this Senior Note or any remedy thereunder; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal or interest as and when the same shall have become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof and the Indenture.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the right of the Holder of this Senior Note, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and interest on, this Senior Note when due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this Senior Note and the Indenture.

 

This Senior Note will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

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Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Senior Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

 

 

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FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

 

CUSIP No. 539473AK4

ISIN No. US539473AK43

 

LLOYDS TSB BANK plc

 

FLOATING RATE NOTE DUE JANUARY 24, 2014

 

Guaranteed by

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc

 

 

	No. 1	

$500,000,000

LLOYDS TSB BANK plc (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $500,000,000 (five hundred million dollars) on January 24, 2014 or on such earlier date as the principal hereof may become due in accordance with the terms hereof and to pay interest thereon on April 26, 2011 and thereafter quarterly in arrears on the 24th day of each January, April, July and October of each year, ending on January 24, 2014 (each, a “Floating Rate Interest Payment Date”). Interest so payable on any Floating Rate Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the holder in whose name this Note is 

 

 

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registered on the 15th calendar day prior to the relevant Floating Rate Interest Payment Date (each a “Regular Record Date”).  Any interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date is herein called “Default Interest”. Default Interest shall cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue then of having been such holder, and such Default Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (x) or (y) below: (x) the Company may elect to make payment of any Default Interest to registered holders at the close of business on a Special Record Date (a “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such Default Interest, such Special Record Date to be fixed in accordance with Section 3.07(a) of the Indenture or, (y) the Company may make payment of any Default Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Senior Note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

Interest shall accrue on this Senior Note from day to day from the date of issuance hereof or from the most recent Floating Rate Interest Payment Date until the principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

Payments of interest on this Senior Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year divided into twelve months of 30 days each and, in the case of an incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed in such period.

 

Payment of the principal amount of (and premium, if any), and any interest on, this Senior Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  Such payment shall be made to the Holder including through a Paying Agent of the Company outside the United Kingdom for collection by the Holder.  If the date for payment of the principal amount (and premium, if any) hereof or interest thereon is not a Business Day, then (subject as provided in the Indenture) such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day or as otherwise set out on the reverse of this Senior Note with the same force and effect as if made on such date for payment and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay.

 

Prior to due presentment of this Senior Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner of such Senior Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal and interest, if any, on such Senior Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Senior Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Senior Note to be duly executed.

 

Dated: January 25, 2011

 

 

	 	

Executed by LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC

	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
By:

	  	 
	 	 	

Name:

	 
	 	 	

Title:   Authorized Signatory

	 

	 	  	  	 
	 	 	

Name:

	 
	 	 	

Title:    Authorized Signatory

	 

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GUARANTEE OF LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc

 

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc (herein called the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof)) hereby unconditionally guarantees (the “Guarantee”) to each holder of this Senior Note the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Senior Note and the due and punctual payment of the sinking fund payments (if any) provided for pursuant to the terms of such Senior Note and any and all amounts under the Indenture (including but not limited to, the fees, expenses and indemnities of the Trustee), when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Senior Note and of the Indenture.  In case of the failure of the Company punctually to pay any such principal, premium, interest, Additional Amounts or sinking fund payment and any and all amounts under the Indenture, (including but not limited to, the fees, expenses and indemnities of the Trustee) the Guarantor hereby agrees to pay, or cause any such payment to be made, punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company in accordance with the terms of such Senior Note and of the Indenture.

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this guarantee to be duly executed.

 

Dated: January 25, 2011

 

	 	

Executed by LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC

	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
By:

	  	 
	 	 	

Name:

	 
	 	 	

Title:   Authorized Signatory

	 

	 	  	  	 
	 	 	

Name:

	 
	 	 	

Title:    Authorized Signatory

	 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Senior Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated: January 25, 2011

 

 

	 	

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 

as Trustee

	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
By:

	  	 
	 	 	

Authorized Signatory

	 

 

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This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Senior Notes”) issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of January 21, 2011 (herein called the “Indenture”), among the Company, as issuer, the Guarantor, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior Notes and of the terms upon which the Senior Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

This Senior Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $2,000,000,000.  The Company may, without the consent of the holders of the Senior Notes, issue additional Senior Notes having the same ranking and interest rate, maturity date, redemption terms and other terms as the Senior Notes except for the price to the public and issue date, provided that such further notes must be issued with no more than a de minimis original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes or constitute a “qualified reopening” for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  Any such Senior Notes, together with this Note, will constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture.  The Senior Notes will initially be issued in the form of one or more global Senior Notes (each, a “Global Senior Note”).  Except as provided in the Indenture, a Global Senior Note shall not be exchangeable for one or more definitive Senior Notes.

 

The Senior Notes of this series will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, as described herein, and will rank pari passu without any preference among themselves.

 

The interest rate for each Floating Rate Interest Period (as defined below) other than the initial Interest Period will be LIBOR (as defined below) as determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date (as defined below) plus the Spread (as defined below), in each case calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed. The “Spread” is 235 basis points. The interest rate for the initial Interest Period will be 2.65313%.

 

Interest on the Senior Notes will be paid on April 26, 2011 and thereafter quarterly in arrears on 24th day of each January, April, July and October of each year (together with the initial payment date, each a “Floating Rate Interest Payment Date”). However, if a Floating Rate Interest Payment Date would fall on a day that is not a business day, other than the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date that is also the date of maturity, the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will 

 

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be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a business day and interest thereon will continue to accrue, except that if the business day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the applicable Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding business day. In each such case, except for the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date falling on the maturity date, the Floating Rate Interest Periods and the Interest Reset Dates (as defined below) will be adjusted accordingly to calculate the amount of interest payable on the notes.

 

The initial interest rate will be reset on April 26, 2011 and thereafter the interest rate will be reset on January 24, April 24, July 24 and October 24 of each year (together with the initial interest reset date, each an “Interest Reset Date”). However, if any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that is not a business day, that Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a business day, except that if the business day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the applicable Interest Reset Date will be the immediately preceding business day.

 

The initial interest period will be the period from and including the original issue date to but excluding the immediately succeeding Floating Rate Interest Payment Date. Thereafter, the interest periods will be the periods from and including a Floating Rate Interest Payment Date to but excluding the immediately succeeding Floating Rate Interest Payment Date (together with the initial interest period, each a “Floating Rate Interest Period”). However, the final Floating Rate Interest Period will be the period from and including the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the maturity date to but excluding the maturity date.

 

The calculation agent in respect of the Senior Notes will determine LIBOR (as defined below) for each Floating Rate Interest Period other than the initial Floating Rate Interest Period at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time on the second London business day prior to the first day of such Floating Rate Interest Period (an “Interest Determination Date”).

 

“LIBOR” means, with respect to any Floating Rate Interest Period, the offered rate for deposits of US dollars having a maturity of three months that appears on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 display page, or any successor page, on Reuters or any successor service (or any such other service(s) as may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for US dollar deposits) (the “Designated LIBOR Page”) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Interest Determination Date.

 

If no rate appears on the Designated LIBOR Page, LIBOR will be determined for such Interest Determination Date on the basis of the rates at 

 

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approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Determination Date at which deposits in US dollars are offered to prime banks in the London inter-bank market by four major banks in such market selected by the calculation agent, after consultation with us, for a term of three months and in a principal amount equal to an amount that in the judgment of the calculation agent is representative for a single transaction in US dollars in such market at such time (a “Representative Amount”). The calculation agent will request the principal London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR for such  Floating Rate Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one-hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards) of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are provided, LIBOR for such  Floating Rate Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one-hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards) of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m. in the City of New York on such Interest Determination Date by three major banks in New York City, selected by the calculation agent, after consultation with us, for loans in US dollars to leading European banks, for a term of three months and in a Representative Amount. If at least two such quotations are provided, the LIBOR for such Floating Rate Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations.  If fewer than two quotations are provided, then the LIBOR for such Floating Rate Interest Period will be the LIBOR in effect with respect to the immediately preceding Floating Rate Interest Period.

 

All calculations of the calculation agent, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and Holders of the Senior Notes.

 

The interest rate on the Senior Notes will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by law.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holder or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes of this series may declare the principal amount of, and any accrued interest on, all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of Holders of Senior Notes by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any 

 

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covenant or agreement in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted thereon, or to enforce any other proper remedy, including the institution of proceedings in England or Scotland (but not elsewhere) for the winding up of the Company or the Guarantor, respectively.

 

By acceptance of the Senior Notes of this series, the Holder will be deemed to have waived any right of set-off or counterclaim with respect to such Senior Notes that they might otherwise have against the Company or the Guarantor, whether before or during a winding-up of the Company or the Guarantor.

 

Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, all amounts of principal and interest on any Senior Notes of this Series will be paid by the Company without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present and future income, stamp and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholding now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (the “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law.  If deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings shall at any time be required by the Taxing Jurisdiction, the Company will pay such additional amounts of, or in respect of, the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Senior Notes of this series (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holders after such deduction or withholding shall equal the respective amounts of principal, premium, if any, and interest which would have been payable in respect of such Senior Notes had no such deduction or withholding been required, provided, however, that the foregoing will not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding which would not have been payable or due but for the fact that:

 

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

 

(ii) except in the case of a winding-up of the Company in the United Kingdom, the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment in the United Kingdom,

 

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

 

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

 

(v) the withholding or deduction is imposed on a payment to or for the benefit of an individual and is required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other Directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26-27, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such directive,

 

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

 

(vii) any combination of clauses (i) through (vi) above,

 

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

 

References herein to the payment of the principal of or interest on any Senior Note shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in the foregoing paragraph to the extent that, in such 

 

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context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable under the foregoing provisions.

 

The Senior Notes of this series are redeemable, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company or the Guarantor, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, on any Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, together with accrued but unpaid interest, in respect of the Senior Notes to the date fixed for redemption, if, at any time, the Company or the Guarantor shall determine that as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws or regulations of the Taxing Jurisdiction (including any treaty to which such Taxing Jurisdiction is a party), or any change in the official application or interpretation of such laws or regulations (including a decision of any court or tribunal) which change or amendment becomes effective on or after January 24, 2014:

 

(a) in making payment under the Senior Notes, the Company (or, if applicable, the Guarantor) has or will or would on the next Floating Rate Interest Payment Date become obligated to pay Additional Amounts;

 

(b) the payment of interest on the next Floating Rate Interest Payment Date in respect of any of the Senior Notes would be treated as a “distribution” within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 23 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 of the United Kingdom (or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being); or

 

(c) on the next Floating Rate Interest Payment Date the Company (or, if applicable, the Guarantor) would not be entitled to claim a deduction in respect of such payment of interest in computing its United Kingdom taxation liabilities (or the value of such deduction to the Company would be materially reduced).

 

In any case where the Company (or, if applicable, the Guarantor) shall determine that as a result of any change in the official application or interpretation of any laws or regulations it is entitled to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Company (or, if applicable, the Guarantor) shall be required to deliver to the Trustee prior to the giving of any notice of redemption a written legal opinion of independent United Kingdom counsel of recognized standing (selected by the Company (or, if applicable, the Guarantor)) in a form satisfactory to the Trustee confirming that the relevant change in the official application or interpretation of such laws or regulations has occurred and that the Company (or, if applicable, the Guarantor) is entitled to exercise its right of redemption.

 

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If the Company or the Guarantor elects to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Senior Notes will cease to accrue interest from the date of redemption, provided the redemption price has been paid in accordance with the Indenture.

 

Upon payment of (i) the amount of principal (and premium, if any) so declared due and payable and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest, all of the Company’s (or, if applicable, the Guarantor’s) obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Senior Notes of this series shall terminate.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Senior Debt Securities of each series to be affected thereby by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Senior Debt Securities at the time outstanding of each such series.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Senior Debt Securities of each series, on behalf of the Holders of all Senior Debt Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay, if and when due and payable, the principal of (and premium, if any), and interest on, this Senior Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Senior Note of this series will have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, this Senior Note or any remedy thereunder; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal or interest as and when the same shall have become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof and the Indenture.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the right of the Holder of this Senior Note, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and 

 

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premium, if any), and interest on, this Senior Note when due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this Senior Note and the Indenture.

 

This Senior Note will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Senior Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

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