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Exhibit 4.1

KELLOGG COMPANY

OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE

     The undersigned, John A. Bryant, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and
Gary H. Pilnick, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Development and Secretary, of
Kellogg Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), do hereby certify that pursuant to the
authority granted in resolutions (collectively, the “Resolutions”) adopted (i) by the Board of
Directors of the Company on September 27, 2001, (ii) by the Board of Directors of the Company on
July 21, 2006 and (iii) by the Board of Directors of the Company on February 22, 2008; and pursuant
to Section 2.3 of the Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2001, between the Company and The Bank of
New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to BNY Midwest Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as
supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of March 29, 2001 (as so supplemented,
the “Indenture”), there is established a series of securities under the Indenture with the
following terms:

     1. The securities are entitled “4.25% Senior Notes due 2013” (the “Notes”).

     2. The Notes are limited in aggregate principal amount to $750,000,000 (except for Notes
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Notes pursuant to Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.11 or 12.3 of the Indenture); provided the Company
may, without the consent of holders of the Notes, issue additional Notes having the same ranking
and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes, which additional Notes will
constitute as single series of debt securities under the Indenture.

     3. The price to public of the Notes was 99.813% of the principal amount, plus accrued
interest, if any, from March 6, 2008.

     4. The principal amount of the Notes will mature on March 6, 2013, subject to the provisions
of the Indenture relating to acceleration.

     5. The Notes will bear interest from March 6, 2008 at the rate of 4.25% per annum, payable on
each March 6 and September 6, commencing September 6, 2008, to the holders of record of the Notes
on the February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding such March 6 or
September 6. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30-day months.

     6. The principal of and interest on the Notes will be payable at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose, pursuant to the Indenture, in the City of New York, which
shall be initially the corporate trust office of the Trustee; provided, however, that at the option
of the Company, such payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the person entitled thereto
as provided in the Indenture. The principal of and interest on the Notes will be payable in the
coin or currency of the United States of America.

     7. The Notes will be redeemable by the Company prior to maturity as described in Section 2 of
the form of the Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

 

     8. If a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in the form Note attached hereto as
Exhibit A) shall have occurred, holders of the Notes may require the Company to repurchase
all or any part of the Notes in the manner provided and subject to the limitations set forth in the
form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

     9. The Notes will not have the benefit of any sinking fund.

     10. The Notes initially will be represented by securities registered in the name of the
nominee of The Depository Trust Company. The notes will be issued only in fully registered form
without coupons in denominations of $2,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000.

     11. The Notes will initially be issued in the form of one or more global securities,
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto. The Depository Trust Company shall
serve as the depositary (the “Depositary”) for such global securities. While the Notes are
evidenced by one or more global securities, the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be,
will be the sole holder thereof for all purposes under the Indenture. Neither the Company nor the
Trustee shall have any responsibility or obligation to the Depositary’s participants or the
beneficial owners for whom they act with respect to their receipt from the Depositary of payments
on the Notes or notices given under the Indenture.

     All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given such
terms in the Indenture.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have set our hands as of this 6th day of March, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	KELLOGG COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John A. Bryant
 	 
	 	Name:  	John A. Bryant 	 
	 	Title:  	Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                                /s/ Gary H. Pilnick
 	 
	 	Name:  	Gary H. Pilnick 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President, General Counsel,

Corporate Development and Secretary 	 
	 

Officer’s Certificate

(Terms of Note)

 

 

EXHIBIT
A

FORM OF NOTE

 

 

Exhibit A

(SPECIMEN)

KELLOGG COMPANY

4.25% Senior Notes due 2013

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust
Company, a New York corporation (“DTC” and the “Depositary”), to the Company (as defined below) or
its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede &
Co., has an interest herein.

	 	 	 
	REGISTERED
	 	REGISTERED
	 	 	 
	No. R-
	 	U.S.$                             
	 
	 	CUSIP No.: 487836 BA 5

     Kellogg Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein
called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the
principal sum set forth above or such other principal sum on the Schedule attached hereto (which
shall not exceed U.S.$           ) on March 6, 2013, and to pay interest thereon from
March 6, 2008, or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for, semiannually on March 6 and September 6 in each year, commencing September 6,
2008, at the rate of 4.25% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for
payment.

     The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any interest payment
date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one
or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date
for such interest, which shall be the February 15 or August 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as
the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Securityholder on
such regular record date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one
or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record date for
the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Securityholders of this Series not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or be paid
at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of this Series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

 

 

     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, 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; provided, however,
that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire
transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security
Register, provided that such Person shall have given the Trustee written wire instructions at least
five Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security 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 Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

[Signatures appear on next page]

 

 

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

Dated: March 6, 2008

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	KELLOGG COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	John A. Bryant 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Gary H. Pilnick 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President, General Counsel,

Corporate Development and Secretary 	 
	 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

    as Trustee

 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

 

 

[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]

4.25% Senior Notes due 2013

     Section 1. Indenture

     The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2001, between the
Company and the Trustee, and Supplemental Indenture No. 1 thereto, dated as of March 29, 2001
(collectively, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture
and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act as in effect on the
date of the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture,
and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of
such terms and provisions.

     The
Securities are senior unsecured obligations of the Company initially limited to $      
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding. This Security is one of a Series
designated as 4.25% Senior Notes due 2013 of the Company.

     Section 2. Optional Redemption

     The Securities may be redeemed at the Company’s option, at any time in whole or from time to
time in part. The redemption price for the Securities to be redeemed on any redemption date will be
equal to the greater of the following amounts:

	 	(a)	 	100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed on the redemption
date; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal
and interest on the Securities being redeemed on that redemption date (not including
any portion of any payments of interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted to
the redemption date on a semiannual basis at the Treasury Rate (as defined below), as
determined by the Reference Treasury Dealer (as defined below), plus 30 basis points;

     plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to the redemption date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities that are due and payable
on interest payment dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the interest
payment date to the registered Securityholders as of the close of business on the relevant record
date according to the Securities and the Indenture. The redemption price will be calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

     The Company will mail notice of any redemption at least 30 days but not more than 60 days
before the redemption date to each Securityholder of the Securities to be redeemed. Once notice of
redemption is mailed, the Securities called for redemption will become due and payable on the
redemption date and at the applicable redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption date.

 

 

     “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the
semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Reference Treasury Dealer as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities
to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary
financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to
the remaining term of the Securities.

     “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (A) the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and
lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than three
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations, or (C) if only one
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such Quotation.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (A) Banc of America Securities LLC or Citigroup Global
Markets Inc. (or their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers), and their
respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary
U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will
substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (B) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s)
selected by the Company.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

     On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or any
portion of the Securities called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the
redemption price and accrued interest). On or before the redemption date, the Company will deposit
with a Paying Agent or the Trustee money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued
interest on the Securities to be redeemed on that date. If less than all of the securities of any
series are to be redeemed, the securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by a
method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate. The Securities are not entitled to the benefit
of any mandatory redemption.

     Section 3. Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event

     If a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined below) occurs, unless the Company has
exercised its right to redeem the Securities as described in Section 2, the Company will make an
offer to each Securityholder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or in integral
multiples of $1,000) of that holder’s Securities at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the
aggregate principal amount of Securities repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the
Securities repurchased to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control

 

 

Repurchase Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control (as defined
below), but after the public announcement of an impending Change of Control, the Company will mail
a notice to each Securityholder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or
transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering
to repurchase Securities on the payment date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier
than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. The notice shall, if
mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase
is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date
specified in the notice.

     The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder,
to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the
Securities as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions
of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control repurchase event
provisions of the Securities, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and will not be deemed to have breached our obligations under the Change of Control
Repurchase Event provisions of the Securities by virtue of such conflict.

     On the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, the Company will, to the extent
lawful:

	 	(a)	 	accept for payment all Securities or portions of Securities properly tendered
pursuant to the Company’s offer;
	 
	 	(b)	 	deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price
in respect of all Securities or portions of Securities properly tendered; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities properly
accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount
of Securities being purchased by the Company.

     The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Securityholder of properly tendered Securities the
purchase price for the Securities, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to
be transferred by book-entry) to each Securityholder a new Security equal in principal amount to
any unpurchased portion of any Securities surrendered; provided, that each new Security will be in
a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 above that amount.

     The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Securities upon a Change
of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party
purchases all Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. An offer to
repurchase the Securities upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event may be made in

 

 

advance of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, if a definitive agreement is in place for a
Change of Control at the time of the making of a such an offer.

     “Below Investment Grade Rating Event” occurs if both the rating on the Securities is lowered
by each of the Rating Agencies and the Securities are rated below Investment Grade by each of the
Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result
in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence
of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Securities is
under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies);
provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular
reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of
Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the
definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event hereunder) if any of the Rating Agencies making
the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply does not announce or
publicly confirm or inform the trustee in writing at its request that the reduction was the result,
in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in
respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall
have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

     “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

     (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way
of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially
all of our properties or assets and those of our subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as
that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries;

     (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution;

     (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are
not Continuing Directors;

     (4) the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without
limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is
used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then
outstanding shares of the Company’s Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of
shares.

     “Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a
Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

     “Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s
Board of Directors who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of
the Securities; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of

 

 

Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such
Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by
approval of our proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a
director).

     “Fitch” means Fitch Ratings.

     “Investment Grade” means a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any
successor rating categories of Fitch), Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any
successor rating categories of Moody’s) and a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent
under any successor rating categories of S&P) or the equivalent investment grade credit rating from
any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc.

     “Rating Agency” means (1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or
S&P ceases to rate the Securities or fails to make a rating of the Securities publicly available
for reasons outside of our control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”
within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company as a
replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc.

     “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any person, capital stock of any class or kind the
holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election
of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such person, even if the right so to vote
has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

     Section 4. Sinking Fund

     The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.

     Section 5. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

     The Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 or any whole
multiple of $1,000. A Securityholder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the
Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a
Securityholder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and
to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register
the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption or to transfer or exchange any
Securities for a period of 15 days prior to the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities to
be redeemed.

     A global Security deposited with the Depositary or the Trustee shall be transferred to the
beneficial owner thereof in the form of definitive Securities only if (a) the Company notifies the
Trustee in writing that the Depositary, Euroclear Bank, S.A./ N.V., as operator of the Euroclear
System, or Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, is no longer willing or able to act as a

 

 

depositary or clearing system for the Securities or the Depositary ceases to be registered as
a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, and a successor depositary or clearing system is not
appointed within 90 days of this notice or cessation, (b) the Company, at its option, notifies the
Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the Securities in definitive form under
the Indenture or (c) upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default under the
Indenture with respect to the Securities. Upon surrender by the Depositary of the global
Securities, certificated Securities will be issued to each Person that the Depositary identifies as
the beneficial owner of the Securities represented by the global Security. Upon any such issuance,
the Trustee is required to register the certificated Securities in the name of the Person or
Persons or the nominee of any of these Persons and cause the same to be delivered to these Persons.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay by the Depositary or any
participant or indirect participant in identifying the beneficial owners of the related Securities
and each such Person may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, instructions
from the Depositary for all purposes, including with respect to the registration and delivery, and
respective principal amounts, of the Securities to be issued.

     Section 6. Events of Default

     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

     Section 7. Persons Deemed Owners

     The registered Securityholder may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

     Section 8. Unclaimed Money

     If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee
or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its written request unless an abandoned
property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Securityholders entitled to the
money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

     Section 9. Discharge and Defeasance

     Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate some of or all its
obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money
or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to
redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

     Section 10. Trustee Dealings with the Company

     Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee under the
Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and
may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee.

 

 

     Section 11. No Recourse Against Others

     A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Securityholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

     Section 12. Authentication

     This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this
Security.

     Section 13. Notices

     Notices to Securityholders will be published in authorized daily newspapers in the City of New
York. It is expected that publication will be made in the City of New York in The Wall Street
Journal. Any notice given pursuant to these provisions shall be deemed to have been given on the
date of publication or, if published more than once, on the date first published.

     Section 14. Governing Law

     THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

     Section 15. CUSIP Numbers

     Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification
Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities and has directed
the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers placed thereon.

     Section 16. Defined Terms

     All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

     The Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge to the
Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security.

 

 

CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE

OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF SECURITIES

     This Certificate relates to $          principal amount of Securities held in (check
applicable space)                     book-entry or                     definitive form by                                 
       (the
“Transferor”).

The Transferor (check one box below):

has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial
interest in the Global Security held by the Depositary a Security or Securities in
definitive, registered form of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount
equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Security (or the portion thereof indicated
above); or

has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a
Security or Securities.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	[INSERT
	 	 NAME OF TRANSFEROR]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:   

	 	            
 

	 	By:   
	 	                
 

	 	 

 

 

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES

     The following exchanges of a part of this Book-Entry Security have been made:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date of Exchange

	 	Amount of decrease in
	 	Amount of increase in
	 	 Principal Amount of this
	 	Signature of
	 

	 	Principal Amount of
	 	Principal Amount of
	 	Book-Entry Security
	 	authorized signatory
	 

	 	this Book-Entry Security
	 	this Book-Entry
	 	following such decrease
	 	of Trustee or
	 

	 	 	 	Security
	 	(or increase)
	 	Security Custodian

 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Security to

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint                                                             agent to transfer
this Security on the
books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                                         Your Signature:                     
                    

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.================================================================================

                              ABN AMRO HOLDING N.V.

                              RULES OF THE ABN AMRO
                       GLOBAL KEY EMPLOYEE RETENTION PLAN

                Approved by the Managing Board on 6 February 2007

                  Amended on 19 February 2007 and 5 March 2008

                                  WHITE & CASE

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                                 London EC2N 1DW

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                   ABN AMRO GLOBAL KEY EMPLOYEE RETENTION PLAN

1.   Definitions and Interpretation

1.1  Definitions

     In this Plan,  unless the context otherwise  requires,  the following words
     and expressions shall have the following meanings:

     Acquirer       all or any of the following, as appropriate:

                    (i) THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC, a company
                    incorporated in Scotland (registered no. SC45551), whose
                    registered office is at 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2
                    2YE ("RBS") and any parent or subsidiary of RBS or its
                    parent;

                    (ii) BANCO SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANO, S.A., a company
                    incorporated in Spain (registered at the Cantabria
                    Commercial Registry), whose registered office is at Paseo de
                    Pereda 9-12, Santander, Spain ("Santander") and any parent
                    or subsidiary of Santander or its parent; and

                    (iii) FORTIS N.V., a company incorporated in The Netherlands
                    (registered no. 300.72.145 at the Utrecht Trade Register),
                    whose registered office is at Archimedeslaan 6, 3584 BA,
                    Utrecht, The Netherlands and FORTIS SA/NV, a company
                    incorporated in Belgium (registered no. 0.451.406.524),
                    whose registered office is at 20 Rue Royale, Brussels
                    B-1000, Belgium (together "Fortis") and any parent or
                    subsidiary of Fortis (Fortis N.V. or Fortis SA/N.V) or its
                    or their parent(s),

                    each of (i) (ii) and (iii) above being severally a
                    "Consortium Member Group",

                    and for the purposes of these Rules, a company is a
                    "subsidiary" of another company (its "parent") if that
                    parent:

                    (a) holds a majority of the voting rights in the subsidiary;
                    or

                    (b) is a member or shareholder of the subsidiary and has the
                    right to appoint or remove a majority of its board of
                    directors (managing board or supervisory

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                    board); or

                    (c) is a member or shareholder of the subsidiary and
                    controls alone, pursuant to an agreement with other
                    shareholders or members, a majority of the voting rights in
                    it,

                    or if the subsidiary is a subsidiary of a company which is
                    itself a subsidiary of the parent.

     Associate      an entity is an associate of any other entity which it
                    Controls, or which it is Controlled by, or with which it is
                    under common Control.

     Award          an award of Units granted under this Plan.

     Award Date     the date on which the Committee has resolved that an Award
                    is granted under Rule 3.1.6.

     Bank           ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

     Beneficiaries  one or more persons designated by a Participant or the
                    Committee to receive any payment under the Plan following
                    the Participant's death.

     Board          the managing board of ABN AMRO Holding N.V. or a duly
                    authorised committee of the managing board of ABN AMRO
                    Holding N.V.

     Bonus Amount   the amount determined in accordance with Rule 3.4 or
                    Rule 3.5.

     Business Day   any day on which the Euronext exchange is open for business
                    in Amsterdam.

     Cessation Date the date which is the earlier of:

                    (i) the date on which a Participant ceases to be employed or
                    engaged as provided under Rule 6.1; and

                    (ii) the date on which notice is given by the Participant or
                    his Employing Company to the other to terminate the
                    Participant's employment whether or not with immediate
                    effect.

     Committee      the committee appointed under Rule 2.1.

     Competitive    (i) engaging in any activity following the Cessation Date or
     Activity       accepting an offer of employment with or being employed by
                    or participating in or being interested in any business
                    (directly or indirectly,

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                    either alone or jointly with or on behalf of any third party
                    and whether on the Participant's own account or as
                    principal, partner, shareholder, director, employee,
                    consultant or in any other capacity whatsoever) in each case
                    which in the opinion of the Committee in its discretion
                    competes with any business activity of any Group Company
                    and, for the avoidance of doubt, businesses conducted by
                    Group Companies may compete with business activities of
                    other Group Companies for the purposes of this definition;
                    or

                    (ii) a deemed occurrence of Competitive Activity under Rule
                    6.8.

     Control        (i) in the case of a company only, the possession by a
                    person or entity of at least 33 per cent of the voting power
                    attributable to the entire issued share capital of that
                    company; and

                    (ii) in the case of any entity including a company, the
                    ability by any means (including without limitation by virtue
                    of powers conferred by the bye-laws, articles of association
                    or any other document regulating that entity) to secure that
                    the affairs of that entity are conducted in accordance with
                    the wishes of another person or entity and "Controls" and
                    "Controlled" shall be construed accordingly.

     Declaration    the declaration to be made by a Participant as to any
                    Competitive Activity under Rule 6.8.

     Deferral Rate  a percentage of a Participant's Bonus Amount.

     Detrimental    where the Participant:
     Activity
                    (i) uses or communicates (in either case) in a manner which
                    is not authorised in writing by a Group Company or required
                    by law, any secret, confidential or proprietary information
                    which is not publicly available concerning any Group Company
                    or their respective clients or customers;

                    (ii) directly or indirectly persuades or attempts directly
                    or indirectly to persuade any employee of any Group Company
                    to breach any of the terms of their employment with any
                    Group Company;

                    (iii) solicits or induces or endeavours to solicit or induce
                    any person to cease working for any Group

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                    Company where such person is or was on the Cessation Date
                    engaged at director level or above of any Group Company;

                    (iv) causes deliberate damage to the property of any Group
                    Company;

                    (v) commits theft from any Group Company or any person on
                    any Group Company premises;

                    (vi) commits or threatens to commit physical violence
                    (including fighting or assault on another person who is
                    employed or engaged by any Group Company);

                    (vii) commits fraud or deliberate falsification of records
                    which affects any Group Company;

                    (viii) commits any breach of personal account dealing rules
                    that were applicable to the Participant whilst in the
                    employment of his Employing Company for so long as any such
                    personal account dealing rules are applicable to former
                    employees of such Employing Company;

                    (ix) commits any breach of compliance rules or procedures
                    that were applicable to the Participant whilst in the
                    employment of his Employing Company for so long as such
                    compliance rules or procedures are applicable to former
                    employees of such Employing Company;

                    (x) commits serious negligence which causes or may cause
                    unacceptable loss, damage or injury (whether physical,
                    financial or otherwise) to any Group Company;

                    (xi) engages in behaviour which in the reasonable opinion of
                    the Committee is deliberately prejudicial to the good name
                    of any Group Company; or

                    (xii) discriminates on the grounds of sex, race, ethnicity,
                    nationality, religion, political belief, marital status,
                    gender reassignment, sexual orientation, age or disability
                    against another employee, agency or contract worker, any
                    client or customer of any Group Company, any visitor to any
                    Group Company's premises or any other third party to whom
                    any Group Company may owe a duty to prevent such
                    discrimination. For these purposes, discrimination shall
                    include harassment and

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                    victimisation,

                    and the Committee in its discretion shall determine whether
                    any of (i)-(xii) above has occurred for the purposes of the
                    Plan.

     Eligible       (i) any employee (including a director who is an employee)
     Person         of a Group Company; or

                    (ii) any individual engaged on a fixed term contract by a
                    Group Company,

                    provided such an employee or individual has neither given
                    notice to nor received notice from his Employing Company to
                    terminate his employment or engagement, whether or not with
                    immediate effect, unless he is to be employed or engaged by
                    another Group Company immediately following such
                    termination.

                    The Committee may also, in its discretion, at any time
                    (including with retrospective effect) deem any employee of,
                    or any individual engaged on a fixed term contract by, a
                    Group Company (notwithstanding any notice having been given
                    or received by any Group Company by or in respect of such
                    person), to be an Eligible Person.

     Employing      the Group Company by which a Participant is employed or
     Company        engaged on a fixed term contract or, if the Participant is
                    employed or engaged by more than one Group Company, the
                    Group Company so designated by the Committee.

     Final Value    the final value of the Units determined in accordance
                    with Rule 4.3.

     Gross          includes but is not limited to:
     Misconduct
                    (i) physical violence (including fighting or assault on
                    another person) while employed or engaged by a Group
                    Company;

                    (ii) fraud or deliberate falsification of records which
                    affects any Group Company;

                    (iii) theft from any Group Company or any person on any
                    Group Company premises;

                    (iv) any breach of any personal account dealing rules
                    operated by any Group Company issued from time to

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                    time;

                    (v) any breach of compliance rules or procedures of any
                    Group Company issued from time to time;

                    (vi) breach of confidentiality which affects any Group
                    Company;

                    (vii) serious negligence which causes or may cause
                    unacceptable loss, damage or injury (whether physical,
                    financial or otherwise) to any Group Company;

                    (viii) serious acts of insubordination while employed or
                    engaged by a Group Company;

                    (ix) deliberate damage to any Group Company property;

                    (x) being charged with and/or convicted of a criminal
                    offence while employed or engaged by a Group Company which
                    in the opinion of the Committee demonstrates unsuitability
                    for further employment with any Group Company;

                    (xi) serious incapability through alcohol or being under the
                    influence of illegal drugs or other proscribed substances at
                    any time while employed or engaged by a Group Company
                    (whether or not on any Group Company's premises);

                    (xii) behaviour which in the reasonable opinion of the
                    Committee is prejudicial to the good name of any Group
                    Company;

                    (xiii) serious breach of health and safety regulations while
                    employed or engaged by a Group Company;

                    (xiv) any misrepresentation or false statement made during
                    the application process for a job with any Group Company;

                    (xv) discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, ethnicity,
                    nationality, religion, political belief, marital status,
                    gender reassignment, sexual orientation, age or disability
                    against another employee, agency or contract worker, any
                    client or customer of any Group Company, any visitor to any
                    Group Company's premises or any other third party to whom
                    any Group Company may owe a duty to prevent such
                    discrimination. For these purposes, discrimination shall
                    include harassment and

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                    victimisation; and

                    (xvi) any action(s) or omission(s) which would allow the
                    Employing Company to dismiss the Participant due to a
                    repudiatory breach of contract,

                    and the Committee in its discretion shall determine whether
                    any such event has occurred for the purposes of the Plan.

     Group Company  (i) in relation to a Participant who is not subject to
                    Separation,

                    (a) each of the Bank, RFS Holdings B.V. and ABN AMRO Holding
                    N.V.; and

                    (b) any entity which is an Associate of any of the entities
                    in (a); and

                    (ii) in relation to a Participant who is subject to
                    Separation, each entity comprised within the relevant
                    Consortium Member Group.

     Initial Value  the Initial Value of the Units calculated in accordance with
                    Rule 3.3.

     Interim Value  the amount that would be received by a Participant in the
                    event that his Units become Vested and payable on any given
                    date, based on the value of the Shares and Investments in
                    which the Participant's Units have been notionally invested
                    on such date.

     Investments    Shares, interests in managed funds or other shares,
                    securities or investments of any kind selected by the
                    Committee under Rule 3.1.3.

     IRC            US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
                    time, including rules and regulations made under it and any
                    successor rules and regulations.

     Mutual         any termination of the employment of a Participant with all
     Termination    Group Companies by mutual agreement between the Participant
                    and the Participant's Employing Company and as approved by
                    the Committee in its discretion.

     New Employer   any person or entity from whom a Participant has accepted an
                    offer of employment or engagement or by whom the Participant
                    is employed or engaged or in whose business the Participant
                    is participating or otherwise interested in, as a partner,
                    consultant,

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                    principal, shareholder, director or otherwise howsoever,
                    whether directly or indirectly and whether on a paid or
                    unpaid basis.

     Participant    a person to whom Units have been granted which have not been
                    forfeited or lapsed in accordance with Rule 6 which shall
                    include, unless the context otherwise requires, the personal
                    representatives or Beneficiaries of such a person who has
                    died.

     Participant    a Participant whose employment, or whose employer, has been
     who is         transferred to an entity comprised in a Consortium Member
     subject to     Group. For the avoidance of doubt, a Participant who is not
     Separation     yet subject to Separation and otherwise ceases to be
                    employed by a Group Company that is not an Acquirer and
                    immediately becomes employed by an entity comprised within a
                    Consortium Member Group shall for the purposes of these
                    Rules be deemed for all purposes to have been subject to
                    Separation.

     Plan           this plan, known as the "ABN AMRO Global Key Employee
                    Retention Plan" or "GKERP", as amended, revised or
                    substituted from time to time.

     Qualified Sale a sale of ABN AMRO Holding N.V. or the Bank where, in either
                    case, a "sale" means a sale that qualifies as a change in
                    ownership or effective control of the relevant company, or
                    in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of
                    the relevant company, within the meaning of Section
                    409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the IRC. Realisation a hypothetical sale
                    on the open market (or maturity or other realisation) of the
                    Shares and Investments in which the Participant's Units have
                    been notionally invested.

     Redundancy     a Participant's cessation of office or employment by a
                    reason wholly or mainly attributable to:

                    (i) the cessation or intended cessation (whether permanently
                    or temporarily and for any reason) by an Employing Company
                    or business unit of the business in which the Participant
                    was employed (including carrying out work in a particular
                    location); or

                    (ii) the cessation or reduction or expected cessation or
                    reduction (whether permanently or temporarily

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                    and for any reason) in the requirements of an Employing
                    Company or business unit for employees to carry out work of
                    a particular kind (including carrying out work in a
                    particular location).

     Rules          these rules of the Plan, as amended, revised or substituted
                    from time to time.

     Sale           in relation to a Participant:

                    (i) the sale of the Participant's Employing Company; or

                    (ii) the sale or transfer of the business or part of the
                    business, in which the Participant works,

                    to (in either case) a person or entity other than a Group
                    Company.

     Second         in relation to any Units, the second Date anniversary of the
     Anniversary    Award Date or, if that date is not a Business Day, the first
     Date           Business Day following that date.

     Separation     the division of the businesses of ABN AMRO Holding N.V. and
                    its subsidiaries between the Acquirers.

     Shares         shares in the capital of any Group Company.

     Third          in relation to any Units, the third anniversary of the Award
     Anniversary    Date or, if that date is not a Business Day, the first
     Date           Business Day following that date.

     Threshold      the minimum amount of Bonus Amount awarded to an Eligible
                    Person in a Year in order for the Eligible Person to be
                    selected by the Committee for participation in the Plan,
                    except where Rule 3.6 applies.

     Units          unfunded, unsecured notional credits, representing notional
                    interests in Shares or other Investments, and whose status
                    depends on whether they are Vested or Unvested.

     Unvested       in relation to any Units, that the Units have not Vested and
                    that the Participant to whom the Units were granted has no
                    present right to any payment in relation to those Units.

     US Taxpayer    a US Taxpayer is defined as

                    (i) an individual who is a US citizen or US resident

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                    alien (as defined in the IRC) or who is subject to US income
                    tax when the individual first has a legally binding right
                    (as described in Rule 3.4.4) to a bonus or award subject to
                    the applicable Award; or

                    (ii) in the case of an individual who is not a US citizen,
                    US resident alien or subject to US income tax on the date
                    such individual first has a legally binding right to such a
                    bonus or award which is subject to conditions but becomes a
                    US citizen, US resident alien or subject to US income tax on
                    or prior to the date any such conditions applicable to such
                    bonus or award are first satisfied, then such individual is
                    a US Taxpayer.

                    Notwithstanding the above, an Eligible Person who, in
                    accordance with the above definition, is a US Taxpayer for
                    the purposes of any bonus or award in respect of a Year
                    shall be treated as a US Taxpayer for the purposes of all
                    bonuses and awards taken into account under the Plan for
                    such Eligible Person in respect of such Year.

     Vested         in relation to any Units, that the Units entitle the
                    Participant to whom the Units were granted to payment of the
                    Final Value of the Units, subject to Rules 6 and 7.

     Vesting Date   in relation to any Units, the date on which the Units become
                    Vested in accordance with Rule 5 or Rule 6.

     Year           a financial year of the Bank.

1.2  Interpretation

     In this Plan, headings are for convenience only and are not to be
     considered part of the Rules and, where the context permits:-

     1.2.1 the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and the
           masculine shall include the feminine and vice versa; and

     1.2.2 any reference to any enactment includes a reference to that enactment
           as from time to time modified, extended or re-enacted.

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1.3  For the avoidance of doubt, these Rules, as amended on 5 March 2008, apply
     to Awards granted in 2007 and 2008.

2.   The Committee

2.1  Appointment

     A committee shall be appointed by the Board for the purposes of
     administering the Plan. The Board may appoint and remove members of such
     committee as it determines from time to time.

     As soon as practicable, the ultimate parent of each Consortium Member Group
     shall appoint a separate Committee for the purpose of administering the
     Plan in relation to the Participants whose employment, or whose employer,
     has been transferred to an entity comprised within that Consortium Member
     Group or are otherwise subject to Separation. Reference to "Committee" in
     these Rules (including Rule 2.2) shall be understood as being a reference
     to the relevant Committee from time to time for each Participant.

2.2  Delegation

     The Committee may delegate any of its powers, authorities or discretions
     under the Plan to any person or entity or body as the Committee shall
     determine. For the avoidance of doubt, all references to the "Committee" in
     this Plan should be understood as being a reference to the Committee or any
     person or entity or body to whom the Committee has delegated its authority.

3.   Awards

3.1  Process

     The Committee may grant Awards in relation to a Year in the following
     manner at such time as the Committee shall determine:

     3.1.1 the Committee shall determine the Threshold in relation to the Year,
           which may be different for different Group Companies, different
           business units or divisions of the Bank, or Eligible Persons in
           different countries;

     3.1.2 the Committee shall determine the Deferral Rates which will apply to
           that Year for different Group Companies, different business units or
           divisions of the Bank, or Eligible Persons in different countries;

     3.1.3 the Committee shall determine the Investments in which Units may be
           notionally invested;

     3.1.4 the Committee shall select Eligible Persons to whom it shall make
           Awards;

     3.1.5 in relation to each selected Eligible Person, the Committee shall
           calculate in accordance with Rule 3.3 the Initial Value of the Units
           to be awarded to that Eligible Person;

     3.1.6 Awards shall be granted by resolution; and

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     3.1.7 the Committee shall notify each Participant of that Participant's
          Award and the Initial Value of Units comprised in the Award and shall
          invite the Participant to request for part of the Initial Value of the
          Participant's Units to be notionally invested in Investments in
          accordance with Rule 4.2.2.

3.2  Non-transferability

     The Units awarded under the Plan shall be personal to the Participant to
     whom the Units were awarded and, except where personal representatives or
     Beneficiaries are entitled to payment following the death of a Participant
     (under Rule 6.2), neither the Units nor the benefit thereof may be
     transferred, assigned, charged or otherwise alienated. For the avoidance of
     doubt, the Units may not be used as security for any loans or other
     borrowings.

3.3  Calculation of Initial Value

     The aggregate Initial Value of the Units awarded to an Eligible Person
     shall be calculated by multiplying the applicable Deferral Rate(s) by the
     Eligible Person's Bonus Amount, which shall be determined by the Committee
     as described in Rule 3.4 if the Eligible Person is a US Taxpayer and as
     described in Rule 3.5 if the Eligible Person is not a US Taxpayer.

3.4  Determination of Bonus Amount - US Taxpayer

     3.4.1 Subject to Rules 3.4.2 to 3.4.4, the Bonus Amount of an Eligible
           Person who is a US Taxpayer shall include and be limited to:

           o    any bonus (excluding any bonus that by its terms is expressly
                stated not to be subject to the Plan) that may be awarded to the
                Eligible Person by any Group Company; and

           o    to which the Eligible Person has a legally binding right during
                a Year.

     3.4.2 If the Eligible Person is awarded more than one bonus (for example,
           a discretionary bonus and a guaranteed bonus) in respect of the
           relevant Year (excluding any bonus that by its terms is expressly
           stated not to be subject to the Plan) and has a legally binding right
           to at least one such bonus during that Year, the Eligible Person's
           Bonus Amount will be the aggregate of such bonuses.

     3.4.3 Any bonus which is included in the Bonus Amount in respect of a Year
           shall not be included in the Bonus Amount in respect of any
           subsequent Year or in the corresponding calculation under any
           successor to the Plan and the Bonus Amount shall not otherwise be
           calculated in a manner which would result in a duplication of
           benefits or payments under the Plan or any successor to the Plan.

     3.4.4 For the purposes of this Rule 3.4, an Eligible Person has a "legally
           binding right" to a bonus if that bonus may not be reduced
           unilaterally or eliminated by any person after the Eligible Person
           performs the services creating the right to that bonus. If the right
           to the bonus is subject to a discretion which permits

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           reduction or elimination of the bonus, then the Eligible Person shall
           be considered to have a legally binding right to the bonus if that
           discretion:

           o    is available or exercisable only upon a condition (such as the
                failure to satisfy the vesting conditions of the Plan); or

           o    lacks substantive significance.

3.5  Determination of Bonus Amount - other Eligible Persons

     The Bonus Amount of an Eligible Person who is not a US Taxpayer shall
     include any bonus or award that may be awarded to that Eligible Person by
     any Group Company in respect of the relevant Year and the Committee shall
     determine in its discretion what portion of such bonus or award does, or
     does not constitute a bonus or award for these purposes.

3.6  Discretion of the Committee

     Notwithstanding Rules 3.1 and 3.3-3.5, the Committee may, in its
     discretion, grant an Award to an Eligible Person that is not related to
     that Eligible Person's Bonus Amount (if any) and, in such circumstances,
     the Initial Value of the Units comprised in such Award shall be determined
     by the Committee in its discretion.

4.   Notional investments and Final Value

4.1  General

     For the avoidance of doubt, a Participant's Units will not give that
     Participant any right to or interest in any Investments. However, the Final
     Value of a Participant's Units shall be determined by reference to the
     value of the Investments in which an amount equivalent to the Initial Value
     of those Units is notionally invested, as described in Rules 4.2 - 4.4.
     Notional investments shall be deemed acquired by hypothetical purchases
     occurring on a single date or a series of dates and, for the avoidance of
     doubt, hypothetical purchases may be made using an average price on a
     series of dates determined by the Committee in its discretion.

4.2  Notional investments

     4.2.1 A percentage determined by the Committee (which may be zero) of the
           Initial Value of a Participant's Units may be notionally invested in
           Shares or any other specified Investments.

     4.2.2 The Participant may, by submitting a form in a manner and within a
           timescale determined in the Committee's discretion, request that
           stated percentages of the balance of the Initial Value of the Units
           (after any required notional investment under Rule 4.2.1) be
           notionally invested in a combination of all or any of the following:

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           o    Shares; and

           o    other Investments determined under Rule 3.1.3.

           The Committee shall not be bound by any such request made by a
           Participant and may determine in the Committee's discretion (after
           any required notional investment under Rule 4.2.1) that the balance
           of the Initial Value of a Participant's Units shall be notionally
           invested in any way the Committee may choose in accordance with Rule
           4.2.3. below;

     4.2.3 At least seven working days prior to the latest date for the
           submission of the form referred to in Rule 4.2.2 above, the
           Committee shall inform the Participant of the notional investments
           that shall be made in respect of the Initial Value of the
           Participant's Units in theevent that the Participant fails to submit
           such a form on or beforethe latest date for the submission of such
          form or in the circumstances referred to in Rule 4.2.2. above.

4.3  Final Value

     The Final Value of a Participant's Units shall be calculated by the
     Committee, by determining the amount that would be received on a
     Realisation. That Realisation may take place on a date or series of dates
     and, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount received on that Realisation
     may be calculated by reference to average amounts received on hypothetical
     sales occurring on a series of dates selected by the Committee in its
     discretion.

4.4  Interim Value

     The Committee may notify a Participant of the Interim Value of his Units
     from time to time. In order to determine this figure, the Committee shall
     perform the same calculation as set out in Rule 4.3.

5.   Vesting

     Subject to Rule 6, unless the Committee determines otherwise prior to the
     Award Date (or in the case of an Eligible Person who is a US Taxpayer,
     prior to the date on which that Eligible Person first has a legally binding
     right to the applicable bonus), the Units granted to a Participant shall
     become Vested proportionately as follows:

     Proportion of Units Vested               Vesting Date

     50%                                      Second Anniversary Date
     Balance                                  Third Anniversary Date

6.   Termination of employment

6.1  Application of Rule

     If, before Separation or after Separation but otherwise than as part of
     being or becoming subject to Separation, a Participant ceases to hold
     employment with any Group Company or the Participant's fixed term contract
     with any Group Company terminates (and the Participant does not remain or
     immediately become employed or

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     engaged by any other Group Company without any break in service) for
     whatever reason, then the provisions of this Rule 6 shall apply, subject to
     Rule 6.11.

6.2  Death of Participant

     If the cessation set out in Rule 6.1 shall occur by reason of the
     Participant's death then all the Participant's Units shall become Vested
     immediately.

6.3  Redundancy, Sale and Mutual Termination

     If the cessation set out in Rule 6.1 shall occur by reason of the
     Participant's Redundancy or Mutual Termination, or solely by reason of a
     Sale, then the Participant's Units shall continue to Vest on the Second
     Anniversary Date and Third Anniversary Date (as appropriate) as if the
     cessation had not occurred unless at any time prior to payment to the
     Participant under Rule 7.1, the Participant engages or has engaged in any
     Detrimental Activity, in which event the provisions of Rule 6.6 shall
     apply.

6.4  Other reasons

     If the cessation set out in Rule 6.1 shall occur for any reason other than
     the Participant's death, Redundancy, Mutual Termination or by reason of a
     Sale, then the Participant's Units shall continue to Vest on the Second
     Anniversary Date and Third Anniversary Date (as appropriate) and payment
     shall be made in due course under Rule 7.1 as if the cessation had not
     occurred unless:

     6.4.1 the cessation set out in Rule 6.1 occurred by reason of the
           Participant's Gross Misconduct, in which event the provisions of Rule
           6.5 shall apply; or

     6.4.2 at any time prior to payment under Rule 7.1, the Participant engages
           or has engaged in any Detrimental Activity, in which event the
           provisions of Rule 6.6 shall apply; or

     6.4.3 at any time, on or prior to the Third Anniversary Date, the
           Participant engages or has engaged in any Competitive Activity, in
           which event the provisions of Rule 6.7 shall apply, subject to Rule
           6.10 (Competitive Activity exception).

6.5  Gross Misconduct

     If this Rule 6.5 applies by virtue of Rule 6.4.1, unless the Committee in
     its discretion decides that Rule 6.4.1 does not apply, the Participant's
     Units shall be forfeited and the Participant shall not receive any payment
     (or where a payment has already been made, any further payment) or any
     rights under this Plan.

6.6  Detrimental Activity

     If Rule 6.4.2 applies or this Rule 6.6 applies by virtue of Rule 6.3,
     unless the Committee determines otherwise in its discretion, the
     Participant's Units shall be forfeited and the Participant shall not
     receive any payment (or where a payment has already been made, any further
     payment) or any rights under this Plan.

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6.7  Competitive Activity

     If Rule 6.4.3 applies, on the first date of Competitive Activity, the
     Participant shall:

     6.7.1 retain any Units which have Vested as at the first date of
           Competitive Activity; and

     6.7.2 cease to be entitled to any Unvested Units as at the first date of
           Competitive Activity, even if the Competitive Activity is discovered
           after that date, unless the Committee in its discretion determines
           otherwise.

6.8  Declaration

     If Rule 6.4 applies, the Participant shall be required at regular intervals
     (determined by the Committee and notified to the Participant) between the
     Cessation Date and the Third Anniversary Date to give notice and declare in
     such notice the name of the Participant's New Employer (if any) and to
     provide a description of that New Employer's business. Each declaration
     shall be made:

     6.8.1 in a form notified by the Committee to the Participant;

     6.8.2 by means notified by the Committee to the Participant; and

     6.8.3 before a due date notified by the Committee to the Participant. The
           due date shall fall no earlier than the date three weeks after the
           date on which the Committee notifies the Participant of the
           requirement to make the declaration,

     and in the event that the Participant fails to make such declaration by the
     due date notified to him by the Committee, the Participant shall be
     conclusively deemed to have engaged in Competitive Activity and Rule 6.4.3
     shall apply accordingly.

6.9  Discretion

     6.9.1 If Rule 6.3 or 6.4 applies, the Committee may in its discretion
           determine that the Participant's Units shall Vest immediately or at a
           particular date which falls prior to the date when the Units would
           otherwise Vest.

     6.9.2 In the event that the Committee exercises its discretion as set out
           in any of Rules 6.5 to 6.7, then the Committee in its discretion may
           determine when and to what extent the Participant's Units shall Vest.

     6.9.3 Where the Committee exercises its discretion under Rules 6.9.1 or
           6.9.2, the Committee may also determine in its discretion when
          payment under Rule 7.1 shall be made, except in the case of a
          Participant who is a US Taxpayer.

     6.9.4 In the case of a Participant who is a US Taxpayer, the Committee
           shall not have discretion under Rules 6.9.1 or 6.9.2 if such
           discretion is contrary to Rule 10.2.

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     6.9.5 If a cessation set out in Rule 6.1 of a Participant who is a US
           Taxpayer shall occur in any circumstances within a period of two
           years following a Qualified Sale, then any Units held by such
           Participant with an Award Date prior to 1 March 2008 shall Vest and
           be paid underRule 7.1 immediately following the occurrence of such
           cessation. For the avoidance of doubt, this Rule 6.9.5 shall not
           apply to Units with a later Award Date.

6.10 Competitive Activity exception

     Rules 6.4.3 and 6.7 shall not apply to a Participant who was employed
     immediately prior to the Cessation Date by any member of the Consortium
     Member Group in (ii) of the definition of Acquirer in Rule 1.1
     (Definitions) in respect of Units with an Award Date prior to 1 March 2008.
     For the avoidance of doubt, Rules 6.4.3 and 6.7 shall apply to that
     Participant in respect of Units with a later Award Date.

6.11 Special leaver exception

     In the event that a Participant ceases to hold employment with a Group
     Company or the Participant's fixed term contract with a Group Company
     terminates and the Participant immediately after such cessation becomes an
     employee of any member of the Consortium Member Group in (ii) of the
     definition of Acquirer in Rule 1.1 (Definitions), then Rule 6 shall apply
     to Units held by that Participant that have an Award Date prior to 1 March
     2008 as if his new employer was not a Group Company.

7.   Payment

7.1  Method of Payment

     Subject to Rule 7.3, as soon as practicable after each Vesting Date (or, in
     the case of any part of a Participants' Units (the "Delayed Units") that
     have been notionally invested in an Investment the terms of which provide
     for distribution at a date later than the Vesting Date, as soon as
     practicable after that later date, provided that the later date is
     specified prior to the Award Date), the Committee shall determine the Final
     Value of a Participant's Vested Units (other than any Delayed Units) in
     accordance with Rule 4.3. As soon as practicable following this
     determination, the Committee shall procure payment to the Participant by
     means of either or a combination of the following, in the discretion of the
     Committee:

     7.1.1 a cash, cheque or direct transfer payment to a bank account nominated
           by the Participant;

     7.1.2 the transfer of assets of whatever form to a nominee or custodian
           account nominated by the Participant,

     provided that the aggregate value of the cash payment and assets (if any)
     transferred at the date of payment is equal to the Final Value of the
     Vested Units (other than any Delayed Units). At the due date of
     distribution in relation to Delayed Units the Committee shall determine the
     Final Value of the Delayed Units and follow the procedures of this Rule 7.1
     in relation to the payment to the Participant in respect of such Delayed
     Units.

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7.2  Status of Units following payment

     Following payment in accordance with Rule 7.1, the Vested Units will be
     fully satisfied and shall lapse and cease to be of any effect or to carry
     any rights for the Participant.

7.3  Withholding

     The Bank, a Participant's Employing Company, or any agent of either may
     withhold any amount or make any arrangements which it considers necessary
     to satisfy any liability to tax, social security, social tax and similar
     contributions which may arise from the grant, Vesting, payment, transfer,
     release or cancellation of Units awarded to the Participant.

8.   Terms of employment

     The Rules do not form part of any Eligible Person's terms of employment and
     nothing in the Plan may be construed as imposing on any Group Company a
     binding obligation, contractual or otherwise, to offer participation in the
     Plan to any Eligible Person or to continue the employment of any Eligible
     Person. If any Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person for any reason,
     he shall not be entitled by way of compensation for loss of office or
     otherwise howsoever to any sum or other benefit to compensate him for the
     loss of any rights under the Plan. The Plan should not be construed as
     giving any Eligible Person any right to be retained in the employment of
     any Group Company or to limit, restrict or affect the ability of any Group
     Company to terminate the employment of any Eligible Person's employment.

9.   Power of the Committee

9.1  Decision of the Committee final

     The decision of the Committee shall be final and binding in all matters
     relating to the Plan. Any decision made by the Committee shall not bind or
     be a precedent for any future decisions of the Committee.

9.2  Power of amendment

     The Committee may at any time discontinue the grant of further Awards and
     may amend any of the Rules of the Plan or an Award in any way it thinks
     fit, subject to the exceptions set out in Rule 9.3.

9.3  Exceptions

     Subject to Rule 9.4:

     9.3.1 the Units may not be cancelled except under Rule 6 or where (i) the
           Participant shall have agreed in writing to such cancellation or (ii)
           the Units are replaced by any Group Company with new rights granted
           to the Participant under the Plan or any other plan or arrangement
           and the Committee determines in good faith that these new rights are
           no less favourable than the Units which they replace; and

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     9.3.2 no amendment may materially adversely affect a Participant as regards
           Existing Units awarded prior to the amendment being made except where
           the Participant has agreed in writing to the amendment. The Committee
           shall have sole authority to determine whether an amendment
          materially adversely affects a Participant.

9.4  Amendment for certain purposes

     Notwithstanding Rule 9.3, the Committee may amend any of the Rules of the
     Plan or the terms of any Award without any requirement to obtain the
     agreement of any Participant if the Committee determines in its discretion
     that such amendment or amendments are required or advisable for any Group
     Company, the Participant, the Plan or Award to satisfy, comply with or meet
     the requirements of any administrative requirements, law, regulation, rule
     or accounting standard and/or to avoid adverse tax or other consequences.

9.5  Discretion

     For the avoidance of doubt, any reference made to the discretion of the
     Committee in these Rules shall mean the sole and absolute discretion of the
     Committee.

10.  General

10.1 Nature of obligation

     Nothing in the Plan shall give any Participant or third party any right,
     title, interest or claim in or to any specific asset, fund, reserve, amount
     or property of any kind whatsoever now or in the future owned by a Group
     Company.

10.2 Section 409A

     The Committee shall use its reasonable endeavours not to take any action
     that would cause an Award that is otherwise exempt from Section 409A of IRC
     to be subject to Section 409A of IRC, or that would cause an Award that is
     subject to Section 409A of IRC to fail to satisfy the requirements of
     Section 409A of IRC. To the extent that an Award is or becomes subject to
     Section 409A of IRC, notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary,
     the Plan does not permit the acceleration of the time or schedule of any
     payment or distribution related to such Award, except as permitted by
     Section 409A of IRC.

11.  Severability

     If any Rule, sub-Rule or provision of the Plan is or subsequently becomes
     void, unenforceable or illegal, that shall not affect the validity,
     enforceability or legality of the other Rules, sub-Rules and provisions of
     the Plan.

12.  Data Protection

     By participating in the Plan, a Participant consents to the holding and
     processing of personal data provided by the Participant to the Bank and the
     Bank's duly authorised agent for all purposes necessary for the operation
     of the Plan. These include, but are not limited to:

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     12.1 administering and maintaining Participant records;

     12.2 providing information to third party administrators of the Plan;

     12.3 providing information to potential purchasers of the Bank or the
          business in which the Participant works; and

     12.4 exporting and importing such data inside and outside the European
          Economic Area.

13.  Notice

     Any notice to be given by any person for the purposes of the Plan must be
     in writing and must be given by delivery at or sending first class post or
     other faster postal service, facsimile transmission or electronic email to
     the last known postal address or relevant telecommunications number or
     electronic mail address of the person to whom the notice is addressed.
     Where notice is given by sending in a prescribed manner, it shall be deemed
     to have been received when in the ordinary course of the means of
     transmission it would be received by the addressee. To prove the giving of
     a notice, it shall be sufficient to show it was despatched. A notice shall
     have effect from the sooner of its actual and deemed receipt by the
     addressee.

14.  Governing law and jurisdiction

     English law governs the Plan and all Awards and the English Courts shall
     have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.

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