Document:

Exhibit 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. 539473AQ1

ISIN No. US539473AQ13

 

LLOYDS TSB BANK plc

 

4.200% SENIOR NOTE DUE MARCH 28, 2017

 

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 March 28, 2017 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 March 28 and September 28 of each year, commencing on September 28, 2012, and ending on March 28, 2017 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the holder in whose name this Senior Note is registered on the 15th calendar day prior to the relevant 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 

 

 

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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 Interest Payment Date at the rate of 4.200% 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 (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.

 

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: March 28, 2012 

 

	 	

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: March 28, 2012 

 

	 	

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: March 28, 2012 

 

	 	
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

as Trustee

	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
By:

	  	 
	 	 	
Authorized Signatory

	 

 

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REVERSE OF SENIOR NOTE

 

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 $1,500,000,000.  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 Senior 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 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 

 

 

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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 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- 

 

 

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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 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 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 21, 2011:

 

(a) in making payment under the Senior Notes, the Company (or, if applicable, 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 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 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). 

 

 

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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.

 

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. 

 

 

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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.

 

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.Exhibit 4.3

 

LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC

 

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE AUTHORIZATION PURSUANT TO 

SECTION 3.01 OF THE INDENTURE

 

$1,500,000,000 4.200% Senior Notes due 2017

 

March 28, 2012

Pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a public limited company incorporated and registered in England, (the “Issuer”) dated December 17, 2010, the extracts of which are attached as Exhibit A hereto and pursuant to Section 3.01 of the senior debt securities indenture dated January 21, 2011 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, Lloyds Banking Group plc, a public limited company incorporated and registered in Scotland, as Guarantor (the “Guarantor”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee and in connection with the Issuer’s $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.200% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”), each guaranteed by the Guarantor (the “Guarantee”):

I, Simon White, Head of Senior Issuance of the Issuer, approve the terms of the Notes and, subject to Article 9 of the Indenture, hereby certify as follows:

(a)  The title of the Notes shall be “4.200% Senior Notes due 2017”;

(b)  The aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall not exceed $1,500,000,000 (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture);

(c)  Principal on the Notes shall be payable on March 28, 2017;

(d)  The Notes shall be issued in global registered form on March 28, 2012 and shall bear interest from March 28, 2012 at an annual rate of 4.200%, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 28 and September 28 (each an “Interest Payment Date”) commencing September 28, 2012. Interest will be paid to holders of record of the Senior Notes in respect of the principal amount thereof outstanding 15 days preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date.

Interest on the Notes will be calculated 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;

(e)  No premium, upon redemption or otherwise, shall be payable by the Issuer on the Notes;

(f)  Principal of and any interest on the Notes shall be paid to the Holder through The Bank of New York Mellon, as paying agent of the Issuer having offices in London, United Kingdom;

(g)  The Notes may be redeemable pursuant to Section 11.08 of the Indenture.  In connection with any redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 11.08 of the Indenture, the date referenced therein shall be January 21, 2011;

(h)  The Issuer shall have no obligation to redeem or purchase the Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision;

 

 

 

 

(i)  The Notes shall be issued only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof;

(j)  The principal amount of the Notes shall be payable upon the declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Indenture;

(k)  Additional Amounts shall only be payable on the Notes pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Indenture;

(l)  The Notes shall not be converted into or exchanged at the option of the Issuer or otherwise for stock or other securities of the Issuer;

(m)  The Notes shall be denominated in, and payments thereon shall be made in, U.S. Dollars;

(n)  The payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Notes shall be payable only in the coin or currency in which the Notes are denominated;

(o)  The Notes will be issued in the form of one or more global securities in registered form, without coupons attached, and the initial Holder with respect to each such global security shall be Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company;

(p)  The Notes will not be issued in definitive form;

(q)  There is no Calculation Agent for the Notes;

(r)  The Events of Default on the Notes are as provided for in the Indenture;

(s)  The form of the Notes are attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(t)  The Issuer may issue additional Notes (“Additional Notes”) after the date hereof having the same ranking and same interest rate, maturity date, redemption terms and other terms as the Notes except for the price to the public and issue date, provided that such Additional Notes must be issued with no more than 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 Additional Notes, together with the Notes will constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture;

(u)  The resolutions set forth in Exhibit A hereto (i) have been duly adopted or authorized by the Board of Directors of the Issuer and (ii) are in full force and effect as of the date hereof.

All terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning provided in the Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the date first written above. 

	 	By: 	/s/ Simon White	 
	 	 	

Name: Simon White

	 
	 	 	

Title:   Head of Senior Issuance

	 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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