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International Swap Dealers Association, Inc.
2002 MASTER AGREEMENT
dated as of October 28, 2013
among
and Southern Financial, LLC
Deutsche Bank AG
have entered and/or anticipate entering into one or more transactions (each
a "Transaction") that are or will be
governed by this Master Agreement, which includes the schedule (the
"Schedule"), and the documents and
other confirming evidence (each a "Confirmation") exchanged between the
parties or otherwise effective for
the purpose of confirming or evidencing those Transactions. This 2002 Master
Agreement and the Schedule
are together referred to as this "Master Agreement".
Accordingly, the parties agree as follows; —
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Interpretation
(a) Definitions. The terms defined in Section 14 and elsewhere in this
Master Agreement will have the
meanings therein specified for the purpose of this Master Agreement.
(b) Inconsistency. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions
of the Schedule and the other
provisions of this Master Agreement, the Schedule will prevail. In the event
of any inconsistency between the
provisions of any Confirmation and this Master Agreement, such Confirmation
will prevail for the purpose of
the relevant Transaction. _
Single Agreement. All Transactions are entered into in reliance on the fact
that this Master Agreement
and all Confirmations form a single agreement between the parties
(collectively referred to as this
"Agreement"), and the parties would not otherwise enter into any
Transactions.
(c)
2.
Obligations
(a) General Conditions.
(i) Each party will make each payment or delivery specified in each
Confirmation to be made by it,
subject to the other provisions of this Agreement.
(ii) Payments under this Agreement will be made on the due date for value on
that date in the place
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of the account specified in the relevant Confirmation or otherwise pursuant
to this Agreement, in freely
transferable funds and in the manner customary for payments in the required
currency. Where
settlement is by delivery (that is, other than by payment), such delivery
will be made for receipt on the
due date in the manner customary for the relevant obligation unless
otherwise specified in the relevant
Confirmation or elsewhere in this Agreement.
Copyright 0 2002 by International Swap Dealers Association, Inc.
(iii)
Event of Default or Potential Event of Default with respect to the other
party has occurred and is continuing,
(2) the condition precedent that no Early Termination Date in respect of the
relevant Transaction has
occurred or been effectively designated and (3) each other condition
specified in this Agreement to be a
condition precedent for the purpose of this Section 2(a)(iii).
Each obligation of each party under Section 2(a)(i) is subject to (1) the
condition precedent that no
(b) Change of Account. Either party may change its account for receiving a
payment or delivery by giving
notice to the other party at least five Local Business Days prior to the
Scheduled Settlement Date for the payment or
delivery to which such change applies unless such other party gives timely
notice of a reasonable objection to such
change.
(c) Netting of Payments. If on any date amounts would otherwise be payable:—
in the same currency; and
(i)
in respect of the same Transaction,
(ii)
by each party to the other, then, on such date, each party's obligation to
make payment of any such amount will be
automatically satisfied and discharged and, if the aggregate amount that
would otherwise have been payable by one
party exceeds the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by
the other party, replaced by an
obligation upon the party by which the larger aggregate amount would have
been payable to pay to the other party the
excess of the larger aggregate amount over the smaller aggregate amount.
The parties may elect in respect of two or more Transactions that a net
amount and payment obligadon will be
determined in respect of all amounts payable on the same date in the same
currency in respect of those Transactions,
regardless of whether such amounts are payable in respect of the same
Transaction. The election may be made in the
Schedule or any Confirmation by specifying that "Multiple Transaction
Payment Netting" applies to the Transactions
identified as being subject to the election (in which case clause (ii) above
will not apply to such Transactions). If
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Multiple Transaction Payment Netting is applicable to Transactions, it will
apply to those Transactions with effect
from the starting date specified in the Schedule or such Confirmation, or,
if a starting date is not specified in the
Schedule or such Confirmation, the starting date otherwise agreed by the
parties in writing. This election may be
made separately for different groups of Transactions and will apply
separately to each pairing of Offices through
which the parties make and receive payments or deliveries.
(d)
Deduction or Withholding for Tax.
(i)
Gross-Up. All payments under this Agreement will be made without any
deduction or withholding
for or on account of any Tax unless such deduction or withholding is
required by any applicable law, as
modified by the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority,
then in effect. If a party is so
required to deduct or withhold, then that party ("X") will:—
(1)
promptly notify the other party ("Y") of such requirement;
pay to the relevant authorities the full amount required to be deducted or
withheld
(including the full amount required to be deducted or withheld from any
additional amount paid by
X to Y under this Section 2(d)) promptly upon the earlier of determining
that such deduction or
withholding is required or receiving notice that such amount has been
assessed against Y;
promptly forward to Y an official receipt (or a certified copy), or other
documentation
reasonably acceptable to Y, evidencing such payment to such authorities; and
(2)
(3)
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if such Tax is an Indemnifiable Tax, pay to Y, in addition to the payment to
which Y is
Otherwise entitled under this Agreement, such additional amount as is
necessary to ensure that the
net amount actually received by Y (free and clear of Indemnifiable Taxes,
whether assessed against
X or Y) will equal the full amount Y would have received had no such
deduction or withholding
been required. However, X will not be required to pay any additional amount
to Y to the extent that
it would not be required to be paid but for:—
(4)
the failure by Y to comply with or perform any agreement contained in
Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d); or
(A)
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the failure of a representation made by Y pursuant to Section 3(f) to be
accurate
and true unless such failure would not have occurred but for (I) any action
taken by a
taxing authority, or brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, after a
Transaction is
entered into (regardless of whether such action is taken or brought with
respect to a party
to this Agreement) or (II) a Change in Tax Law.
(B)
(ii) Liability. If:—
X is required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any
relevant
governmental revenue authority, to make any deduction or withholding in
respect of which X would
not be required to pay an additional amount to Y under Section 2(d)(i)(4);
(1)
X does not so deduct or withhold; and
(2)
(3)
a liability resulting from such Tax is assessed directly against X,
then, except to the extent Y has satisfied or then satisfies the liability
resulting from such Tax, Y will
promptly pay to X the amount of such liability (including any related
liability for interest, but including any
related liability for penalties only if Y has failed to comply with or
perform any agreement contained in
Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d)).
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Representations
Each party makes the representations contained in Sections 3(a), 3(b), 3(c),
3(d), 3(e) and 3(f) and, if specified in the
Schedule as applying, 3(g) to the other party (which representations will be
deemed to be repeated by each party on
each date on which a Transaction is entered into and, in the case of the
representations in Section 3(f), at all times
until the termination of this Agreement). If any "Additional Representation"
is specified in the Schedule or any
Confirmation as applying, the party or parties specified for such Additional
Representation will make and, if
applicable, be deemed to repeat such Additional Representation at the time
or times specified for such Additional
Representation.
(a)
Basic Representations.
(i) Status. It is duly organised and validly existing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organisation
or incorporation and, if relevant under such laws, in good standing;
(ii)
Powers. It has the power to execute this Agreement and any other
documentation relating to this
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Agreement to which it is a party, to deliver this Agreement and any other
documentation relating to this
Agreement that it is required by this Agreement to deliver and to perform
its obligations under this
Agreement and any obligations it has under any Credit Support Document to
which it is a party and has
taken all necessary action to authorise such execution, delivery and
performance;
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No Violation or Conflict. Such execution, deliveiy and performance do not
violate or conflict with
any law applicable to it, any provision of its constitutional documents, any
order or judgment of any court or
other agency of government applicable to it or any of its assets or any
contractual restriction binding on or
affecting it or any of its assets;
(iii)
(iv) Consents. All governmental and other consents that are required to have
been obtained by it with
respect to this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a
party have been obtained and are
in full force and effect and all conditions of any such consents have been
complied with; and
Obligations Binding. Its obligations under this Agreement and any Credit
Support Document to
which it is a party constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations,
enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganisation,
insolvency, moratorium or similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to
equitable principles of general
application (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in
equity or at law)).
(V)
Absence of Certain Events. No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default
or, to its knowledge.
Termination Event with respect to it has occurred and is continuing and no
such event or circumstance would occur
as a result of its entering into or performing its obligations under this
Agreement or any Credit Support Document to
which it is a party.
(b)
Absence of Litigation. There is not pending or, to its knowledge, threatened
against it, any of its Credit
Support Providers or any of its applicable Specified Entities any action,
suit or proceeding at law or in equity or
before any court, tribunal, governmental body, agency or official or any
arbitrator that is likely to affect the legality,
validity or enforceability against it of this Agreement or any Credit
Support Document to which it is a party or its
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ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or such Credit
Support Document.
(c)
(d) Accuracy of Specified Information. All applicable information that is
furnished in writing by or on behalf
of it to the other party and is identified for the purpose of this Section
3(d) in the Schedule is, as of the date of the
information, true, accurate and complete in every material respect.
(e) Payer Tax Representation. Each representation specified in the Schedule
as being made by it for the
purpose of this Section 3(e) is accurate and true.
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Payee Tax Representations. Each representation specified in the Schedule as
being made by it for the
purpose of this Section 3(f) is accurate and true.
(g) No Agency. It is entering into this Agreement, including each
Transaction, as principal and not as agent of
any person or entity.
4.
Agreements
Each party agrees with the other that, so long as either party has or may
have any obligation under this Agreement or
under any Credit Support Document to which it is a party:—
(a)
Furnish Specified Information. It will deliver to the other party or, in
certain cases under clause (iii)
below, to such government or taxing authority as the other party reasonably
directs:—
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any forms, documents or certificates relating to taxation specified in the
Schedule or any
Confirmation;
(ii)
any other documents specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation; and
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upon reasonable demand by such other party, any form or document that may be
required or
reasonably requested in writing in order to allow such other party or its
Credit Support Provider to make a
payment under this Agreement or any applicable Credit Support Document
without any deduction or
withholding for or on account of any Tax or with such deduction or
withholding at a reduced rate (so long as
the completion, execution or submission of such form or document would not
materially prejudice the legal
or commercial position of the party in receipt of such demand), with any
such form or document to be
accurate and completed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to such other
party and to be executed and to be
delivered with any reasonably required certification.
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(iii)
in each case by the date specified in the Schedule or such Confirmation or,
if none is specified, as soon as reasonably
practicable.
Maintain Authorisations. It will use all reasonable efforts to maintain in
full force and effect alt consents of
any governmental or other authority that are required to be obtained by it
with respect to this Agreement or any
Credit Support Document to which it is a party and will use all reasonable
efforts to obtain any that may become
necessary in the future.
(b)
Comply With Laws. It will comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws and orders to which it
may be subject if failure so to comply would materially impair its ability
to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party.
(c)
(d) Tax Agreement. It will give notice of any failure of a representation
made by it under Section 3(f) to be
accurate and true promptly upon learning of such failure.
Payment of Stamp Tax. Subject to Section 11, it will pay any Stamp Tax
levied or imposed upon it or in
respect of its execution or performance of this Agreement by a jurisdiction
in which it is incorporated, organised,
managed and controlled or considered to have its seat, or where an Office
through which it is acting for the purpose
of this Agreement is located ("Stamp Tax Jurisdiction"), and will indemnify
the other party against any Stamp Tax
levied or imposed upon the other party or in respect of the other party's
execution or performance of this Agreement
by any such Stamp Tax Jurisdiction which is not also a Stamp Tax
Jurisdiction with respect to the other party.
(e)
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Events of Default and Termination Events
Events of Default. The occurrence at any time with respect to a party or, if
applicable, any Credit Support
Provider of such party or any Specified Entity of such party of any of the
following events constitutes (subject to
Sections 5(c) and 6(e)(iv)) an event of default (an "Event of Default") with
respect to such party:—
(a)
Failure to Pay or Deliver. Failure by the party to make, when due, any
payment under this
Agreement or delivery under Section 2(a)(i) or 9(h)(i)(2) or (4) required to
be made by it if such failure is
not remedied on or before the first Local Business Day in the case of any
such payment or the first Local
Delivery Day in the case of any such delivery after, in each case, notice of
such failure is given to the party;
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(i)
Breach of Agreement; Repudiation of Agreement.
(ii)
(1)
Failure by the party to comply with or perform any agreement or obligation
(other than an
obligation to make any payment under this Agreement or delivery under
Section 2(a)(i) or 9(h)(i)(2)
or (4) or to give notice of a Termination Event or any agreement or
obligation under Section 4(a)(i),
4(a)(iii) or 4(d)) to be complied with or performed by the party in
accordance with this Agreement
if such failure is not remedied within 30 days after notice of such failure
is given to the party; or
(2) the party disaffirms, disclaims, repudiates or rejects, in whole or in
part, or challenges the
validity of, this Master Agreement, any Confirmation executed and delivered
by that party or any
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Transaction evidenced by such a Confirmation (or such action is taken by any
person or entity
appointed or empowered to operate it or act on its behalf);
(iii) Credit Support Default.
(1) Failure by the party or any Credit Support Provider of such party to
comply with or
perform any agreement or obligation to be complied with or performed by it
in accordance with any
Credit Support Document if such failure is continuing after any applicable
grace period has elapsed;
the expiration or termination of such Credit Support Document or the failing
or ceasing of
such Credit Support Document, or any security interest granted by such party
or such Credit
Support Provider to the other party pursuant to any such Credit Support
Document, to be in full
force and effect for the purpose of this Agreement (in each case other than
in accordance with its
terms) prior to the satisfaction of all obligations of such party under each
Transaction to which such
Credit Support Document relates without the written consent of the other
party; or
(2)
the party or such Credit Support Provider disaffirms, disclaims, repudiates
or rejects, in
whole or in part, or challenges the validity of, such Credit Support
Document (or such action is
taken by any person or entity appointed or empowered to operate it or act on
its behalf);
(3)
Misrepresentation. A representation (other than a representation under
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Section 3(e) or 3(f)) made
or repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated by the party or any
Credit Support Provider of such
party in this Agreement or any Credit Support Document proves to have been
incorrect or misleading in any
material respect when made or repeated or deemed to have been made or
repeated;
(iv)
(v) Default Under Specified Transaction. The party, any Credit Support
Provider of such party or any
applicable Specified Entity of such party:—
(1)
defaults (other than by failing to make a delivery) under a Specified
Transaction or any
credit support arrangement relating to a Specified Transaction and, after
giving effect to any
applicable notice requirement or grace period, such default results in a
liquidation of, an
acceleration of obligations under, or an early termination of, that
Specified Transaction;
defaults, after giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace
period, in making
any payment due on the last payment or exchange date of, or any payment on
early termination of, a
Specified Transaction (or, if there is no applicable notice requirement or
grace period, such default
continues for at least one Local Business Day);
(2)
defaults in making any delivery due under (including any delivery due on the
last delivery
or exchange date of) a Specified Transaction or any credit support
arrangement relating to a
Specified Transaction and, after giving effect to any applicable notice
requirement or grace period,
such default results in a liquidation of, an acceleration of obligations
under, or an early termination
of, all transactions outstanding under the documentation applicable to that
Specified Transaction; or
(3)
disaffinns, disclaims, repudiates or rejects, in whole or in part, or
challenges the validity
of, a Specified Transaction or any credit support arrangement relating to a
Specified Transaction
that is, in either case, confirmed or evidenced by a document or other
confirming evidence executed
and delivered by that party. Credit Support Provider or Specified Entity (or
such action is taken by
any person or entity appointed or empowered to operate it or act on its
behalf);
(4)
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Cross-Default. If "Cross-Default" is specified in the Schedule as applying
to the party, the
occurrence or existence of;—
(vi)
a default, event of default or other similar condition or event (however
described) in
respect of such party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any
applicable Specified Entity
of such party under one or more agreements or instruments relating to
Specified Indebtedness of
any of them (individually or collectively) where the aggregate principal
amount of such agreements
or instruments, either alone or together with the amount, if any, referred
to in clause (2) below, is
not less than the applicable Threshold Amount (as specified in the Schedule)
which has resulted in
such Specified Indebtedness becoming, or becoming capable at such time of
being declared, due
and payable under such agreements or instruments before it would otherwise
have been due and
payable; or
(1)
a default by such party, such Credit Support Provider or such Specified
Entity
(individually or collectively) in making one or more payments under such
agreements or
instruments on the due date for payment (after giving effect to any
applicable notice requirement or
grace period) in an aggregate amount, either alone or together with the
amount, if any, referred to in
clause (1) above, of not less than the applicable Threshold Amount;
(2)
(vii) Bankruptcy. The party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or
any applicable Specified
Entity of such party;—
(1) is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or
merger); (2) becomes
insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or-fails or admits in writing its
inability generally to pay its
debts as they become due; (3) makes a general assignment, arrangement or
composition with or for
the benefit of its creditors; (4)(A) institutes or has instituted against
it, by a regulator, supervisor or
any similar official with primary insolvency, rehabilitative or regulatory
jurisdiction over it in the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organisation or the jurisdiction of its
head or home office, a
proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other
relief under any
bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors'
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rights, or a petition is
presented for its winding-up or liquidation by it or such regulator,
supervisor or similar official, or
(B) has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency
or bankruptcy or any
other rehef under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law
affecting creditors' rights,
or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation, and such
proceeding or petition is
instituted or presented by a person or entity not described in clause (A)
above and either (1) results
in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for
relief or the making of an
order for its winding-up or liquidation or (II) is not dismissed,
discharged, stayed or restrained in
each case within 15 days of the institution or presentation thereof; (5) has
a resolution passed for its
winding-up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a
consolidation,
amalgamation or merger); (6) seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of
an administrator,
provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other
similar official for it or for
all or substantially all its assets; (7) has a secured party take possession
of all or substantially all its
assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other
legal process levied, enforced
or sued on or against all or substantially all its assets and such secured
party maintains possession,
or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in
each case within 15 days
thereafter; (8) causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which,
under the applicable laws of
any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of the events specified in
clauses (1) to (7) above
(inclusive); or (9) takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its
consent to, approval of, or
acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts; or
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(viii) Merger Without Assumption. The party or any Credit Support Provider
of such party consolidates
or amalgamates with, or merges with or into, or transfers all or
substantially all its assets to, or reorganises,
reincorporates or reconstitutes into or as, another entity and, at the time
of such consolidation,
amalgamation, merger, transfer, reorganisation, reincoiporation or
reconstitution:—
the resulting, surviving or transferee entity fails to assume all the
obligations of such party
or such Credit Support Provider under this Agreement or any Credit Support
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Document to which it
or its predecessor was a party; or
(1)
(2) the benefits of any Credit Support Document fail to extend (without the
consent of the
other party) to the performance by such resulting, surviving or transferee
entity of its obligations
under this Agreement.
Termination Events. The occurrence at any time with respect to a party or,
if applicable, any Credit
Support Provider of such party or any Specified Entity of such party of any
event specified below constitutes (subject
to Section 5(c)) an Illegality if the event is specified in clause (i)
below, a Force Majeure Event if the event is
specified in clause (ii) below, a Tax Event if the event is specified in
clause (iii) below, a Tax Event Upon Merger if
the event is specified in clause (iv) below, and, if specified to be
applicable, a Credit Event Upon Merger if the event
is specified pursuant to clause (v) below or an Additional Termination Event
if the event is specified pursuant to
clause (vi) below;—
(b)
Illegality. After giving effect to any applicable provision, disruption
fallback or remedy specified
in, or pursuant to, the relevant Confirmation or elsewhere in this
Agreement, due to an event or circumstance
(other than any action taken by a party or, if applicable, any Credit
Support Provider of such party)
occurring after a Transaction is entered into, it becomes unlawful under any
applicable law (including
without limitation the laws of any country in which payment, delivery or
compliance is required by either
party or any Credit Support Provider, as the case may be), on any day, or it
would be unlawful if the relevant
payment, delivery or compliance were required on that day (in each case,
other than as a result of a breach
by the party of Section 4(b)):—
(i)
for the Office through which such party (which will be the Affected Party)
makes and
receives payments or deliveries with respect to such Transaction to perform
any absolute or
contingent obligation to make a payment or delivery in respect of such
Transaction, to receive a
payment or delivery in respect of such Transaction or to comply with any
other material provision
of this Agreement relating to such Transaction; or
(1)
for such party or any Credit Support Provider of such party (which will be
the Affected
Party) to perform any absolute or contingent obligation to make a payment or
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delivery which such
party or Credit Support Provider has under any Credit Support Document
relating to such
Transaction, to receive a payment or delivery under such Credit Support
Document or to comply
with any other material provision of such Credit Support Document;
(2)
Force Majeure Event. After giving effect to any applicable provision,
disruption fallback or
remedy specified in, or pursuant to, the relevant Confirmation or elsewhere
in this Agreement, by reason of
force majeure or act of state occurring after a Transaction is entered into,
on any day:—
(ii)
the Office through which such party (which will be the Affected Party) makes
and receives
payments or deliveries with respect to such Transaction is prevented from
performing any absolute
or contingent obligation to make a payment or delivery in respect of such
Transaction, from
receiving a payment or delivery in respect of such Transaction or from
complying with any other
material provision of this Agreement relating to such Transaction (or would
be so prevented if such
payment, delivery or compliance were required on that day), or it becomes
impossible or
(1)
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impracticable for such Office so to perform, receive or comply (or it would
be impossible or
impracticable for such Office so to perform, receive or comply if such
payment, delivery or
compliance were required on that day); or
such party or any Credit Support Provider of such party (which will be the
Affected Party)
is prevented from performing any absolute or contingent obligation to make a
payment or delivery
which such party or Credit Support Provider has under any Credit Support
Document relating to
such Transaction, from receiving a payment or delivery under such Credit
Support Document or
from complying with any other material provision of such Credit Support
Document (or would be
so prevented if such payment, delivery or compliance were required on that
day), or it becomes
impossible or impracticable for such party or Credit Support Provider so to
perform, receive or
comply (or it would be impossible or impracticable for such party or Credit
Support Provider so to
perform, receive or comply if such payment, delivery or compliance were
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required on that day).
(2)
so long as the force majeure or act of state is beyond the control of such
Office, such party or such Credit
Support Provider, as appropriate, and such Office, party or Credit Support
Provider could not, after using all
reasonable efforts (which will not require such party or Credit Support
Provider to incur a loss, other than
immaterial, incidental expenses), overcome such prevention, impossibility or
impracticability;
Tax Event. Due to (1) any action taken by a taxing authority, or brought in
a court of competent
jurisdiction, after a Transaction is entered into (regardless of whether
such action is taken or brought with
respect to a party to this Agreement) or (2) a Change in Tax Law, the party
(which will be the Affected
Party) will, or there is a substantial likelihood that it will, on the next
succeeding Scheduled Settlement Date
(A) be required to pay to the other party an additional amount in respect of
an Indemnifiable Tax under
Section 2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of interest under Section 9(h)) or (B)
receive a payment from which an
amount is required to be deducted or withheld for or on account of a Tax
(except in respect of interest under
Section 9(h)) and no additional amount is required to be paid in respect of
such Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4)
(other than by reason of Section 2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B));
(iii)
Tax Event Upon Merger. The party (the "Burdened Party") on the next
succeeding Scheduled
Settlement Date will either (1) be required to pay an additional amount in
respect of an Indemnifiable Tax
under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of interest under Section 9(h))
or (2) receive a payment from
which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or on account of any Tax
in respect of which the other
party is not required to pay an additional amount (other than by reason of
Section 2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B)), in
either case as a result of a party consolidating or amalgamating with, or
merging with or into, or transferring
all or substantially all its assets (or any substantial part of the assets
comprising the business conducted by it
as of the date of this Master Agreement) to, or reorganising,
reincorporating or reconstituting into or as,
another entity (which will be the Affected Party) where such action does not
constitute a Merger Without
Assumption;
(iv)
Credit Event Upon Merger. If "Credit Event Upon Merger" is specified in the
Schedule as
applying to the party, a Designated Event (as defined below) occurs with
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respect to such party, any Credit
Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such
party (in each case, "X") and such
Designated Event does not constitute a Merger Without Assumption, and the
creditworthiness of X or, if
applicable, the successor, surviving or transferee entity of X, after taking
into account any applicable Credit
Support Document, is materially weaker immediately after the occurrence of
such Designated Event than
that of X immediately prior to the occurrence of such Designated Event (and,
in any such event, such party
or its successor, surviving or transferee entity, as appropriate, will be
the Affected Party). A "Designated
Event" with respect to X means that;—
(V)
(1) X consolidates or amalgamates with, or merges with or into, or transfers
all or substantially
all its assets (or any substantial part of the assets comprising the
business conducted by X as of the
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date of this Master Agreement) to, or reorganises, reincorporates or
reconstitutes into or as, another
entity;
any person, related group of persons or entity acquires directly or
indirectly the beneficial
ownership of (A) equity securities having the power to elect a majority of
the board of directors (or
its equivalent) of X or (B) any other ownership interest enabling it to
exercise control of X; or
(2)
X effects any substantial change in its capital structure by means of the
issuance,
incurrence or guarantee of debt or the issuance of (A) preferred stock or
other securities convertible
into or exchangeable for debt or preferred stock or (B) in the case of
entities other than
corporations, any other form of ownership interest; or
(3)
Additional Termination Event. If any "Additional Termination Event" is
specified in the Schedule
or any Confirmation as applying, the occurrence of such event (and, in such
event, the Affected Party or
Affected Parties will be as specified for such Additional Termination Event
in the Schedule or such
Confirmation).
(Vi)
(c) Hierarchy of Events.
An event or circumstance that constitutes or gives rise to an Illegality or
a Force Majeure Event will
not, for so long as that is the case, also constitute or give rise to an
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Event of Default under Section 5(a)(i),
5(a)(ii)(l) or 5(a)(iii)(l) insofar as such event or circumstance relates to
the failure to make any payment or
delivery or a failure to comply with any other material provision of this
Agreement or a Credit Support
Document, as the case may be.
(i)
Except in circumstances contemplated by clause (i) above, if an event or
circumstance which would
otherwise constitute or give rise to an Illegality or a Force Majeure Event
also constitutes an Event of
Default or any other Termination Event, it will be treated as an Event of
Default or such other Termination
Event, as the case may be, and will not constitute or give rise to an
Illegality or a Force Majeure Event.
(ii)
If an event or circumstance which would otherwise constitute or give rise to
a Force Majeure Event
also constitutes an Illegality, it will be treated as an Illegality, except
as described in clause (ii) above, and
not a Force Majeure Event.
(hi)
Deferral of Payments and Deliveries During Waiting Period. If an Illegality
or a Force Majeure Event has
occurred and is continuing with respect to a Transaction, each payment or
delivery which would otherwise be
required to be made under that Transaction will be deferred to, and will not
be due until;—
(d)
the first Local Business Day or, in the case of a delivery, the first Local
Delivery Day (or the first
day that would have been a Local Business Day or Local Delivery Day, as
appropriate, but for the
occurrence of the event or circumstance constimting or giving rise to that
Illegality or Force Majeure Event)
following the end of any applicable Waiting Period in respect of that
Illegality or Force Majeure Event, as
the case may be; or
(i)
if earlier, the date on which the event or circumstance constituting or
giving rise to that Illegality or
Force Majeure Event ceases to exist or, if such date is not a Local Business
Day or, in the case of a delivery,
a Local Delivery Day, the first following day that is a Local Business Day
or Local Delivery Day, as
appropriate.
(ii)
Inability of Head or Home Office to Perform Obligations of Branch. If (i) an
Illegality or a Force
Majeure Event occurs under Section 5(b)(i)(l) or 5(b)(ii)(l) and the
relevant Office is not the Affected Party's head
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or home office, (ii) Section 10(a) applies, (iii) the other party seeks
performance of the relevant obligation or
(e)
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compliance with the relevant provision by the Affected Party's head or home
office and (iv) the Affected Party's head
or home office fails so to perform or comply due to the occurrence of an
event or circumstance which would, if that
head or home office were the Office through which the Affected Party makes
and receives payments and deliveries
with respect to the relevant Transaction, constimte or give rise to an
Illegality or a Force Majeure Event, and such
failure would otherwise constitute an Event of Default under Section 5(a)(i)
or 5(a)(iii)(l) with respect to such party,
then, for so long as the relevant event or circumstance continues to exist
with respect to both the Office referred to in
Section 5(b)(i)(l) or 5(b)(ii)(l), as the case may be, and the Affected
Party's head or home office, such failure will
not constitute an Event of Default under Section 5(a)(i) or 5(a)(iii)(1).
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Early Termination; Close-Out Netting
Right to Terminate Following Event of Default. If at any time an Event of
Default with respect to a party
(the "Defaulting Party") has occurred and is then continuing, the other
party (the "Non-defaulting Party") may, by not
more than 20 days notice to the Defaulting Party specifying the relevant
Event of Default, designate a day not earlier
than the day such notice is effective as an Early Termination Date in
respect of all outstanding Transactions. If,
however, "Automatic Early Termination" is specified in the Schedule as
applying to a party, then an Early
Termination Date in respect of all outstanding Transactions will occur
immediately upon the occurrence with respect
to such party of an Event of Default specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(l), (3),
(5), (6) or, to the extent analogous thereto,
(8), and as of the time immediately preceding the institution of the
relevant proceeding or the presentation of the
relevant petition upon the occurrence with respect to such party of an Event
of Default specified in
Section 5(a)(vii)(4) or, to the extent analogous thereto, (8).
(a)
Right to Terminate Following Termination Event.
(b)
Notice. If a Termination Event other than a Force Majeure Event occurs, an
Affected Party will,
promptly upon becoming aware of it, notify the other party, specifying the
nature of that Termination Event
and each Affected Transaction, and will also give the other party such other
information about that
Termination Event as the other party may reasonably require. If a Force
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Majeure Event occurs, each party
will, promptly upon becoming aware of it, use all reasonable efforts to
notify the other party, specifying the
nature of that Force Majeure Event, and will also give the other party such
other information about that
Force Majeure Event as the other party may reasonably require.
(i)
Transfer to Avoid Termination Event. If a Tax Event occurs and there is only
one Affected Party,
or if a Tax Event Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened Party is the Affected
Party, the Affected Party will,
as a condition to its right to designate an Early Termination Date under
Section 6(b)(iv), use all reasonable
efforts (which will not require such party to incur a loss, other than
immaterial, incidental expenses) to
transfer within 20 days after it gives notice under Section 6(b)(i) aU its
rights and obligations under this
Agreement in respect of the Affected Transactions to another of its Offices
or Affiliates so that such
Termination Event ceases to exist.
(ii)
If the Affected Party is not able to make such a transfer it will give
notice to the other party to that effect
within such 20 day period, whereupon the other party may effect such a
transfer within 30 days after the
notice is given under Section 6(b)(i).
Any such transfer by a party under this Section 6(b)(ii) will be subject to
and conditional upon the prior
written consent of the other party, which consent will not be withheld if
such other party's policies in effect
at such time would permit it to enter into transactions with the transferee
on the terms proposed.
Two Affected Parties. If a Tax Event occurs and there are two Affected
Parties, each party will use
all reasonable efforts to reach agreement within 30 days after notice of
such occurrence is given under
Section 6(b)(i) to avoid that Termination Event.
(iii)
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(iv) Right to Terminate.
(1)
If:—
(A) a transfer under Section 6(b)(ii) or an agreement under Section 6(b)-
(iii), as the
case may be, has not been effected with respect to all Affected Transactions
within 30 days
after an Affected Party gives notice under Section 6(b)(i); or
(B) a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional Termination Event occurs, or
a Tax
Event Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened Party is not the Affected Party,
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the Burdened Party in the case of a Tax Event Upon Merger, any Affected
Party in the case of a
Tax Event or an Additional Termination Event if there are two Affected
Parties, or the Non -
affected Party in the case of a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional
Termination Event if
there is only one Affected Party may, if the relevant Termination Event is
then continuing, by not
more than 20 days notice to the other party, designate a day not earlier
than the day such notice is
effective as an Early Termination Date in respect of all Affected
Transactions.
(2)
If at any time an Illegality or a Force Majeure Event has occurred and is
then continuing
and any applicable Waiting Period has expired:—
Subject to clause (B) below, either party may, by not more than 20 days
notice to
the other party, designate (I) a day not earlier than the day on which such
notice becomes
effective as an Early Termination Date in respect of all Affected
Transactions or (II) by
specifying in that notice the Affected Transactions in respect of which it
is designating the
relevant day as an Early Termination Date, a day not earlier than two Local
Business Days
following the day on which such notice becomes effective as an Early
Termination Date in
respect of less than all Affected Transactions. Upon receipt of a notice
designating an
Early Termination Date in respect of less than all Affected Transactions,
the other party
may, by notice to the designating party, if such notice is effective on or
before the day so
designated, designate that same day as an Early Termination Date in respect
of any or all
other Affected Transactions.
(A)
An Affected Party (if the Illegality or Force Majeure Event relates to
performance
by such party or any Credit Support Provider of such party of an obligation
to make any
payment or delivery under, or to compliance with any other material
provision of, the
relevant Credit Support Document) will only have the right to designate an
Early
Termination Date under Section 6(b)(iv)(2)(A) as a result of an Illegality
under
Section 5(b)(i)(2) or a Force Majeure Event under Section 5(b)(ii)(2)
following the prior
designation by the other party of an Early Termination Date, pursuant to
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Section 6(b)(iv)(2)(A), in respect of less than all Affected Transactions.
(B)
(0
Effect of Designation.
If notice designating an Early Termination Date is given under Section 6(a)
or 6(b), the Early
Termination Date will occur on the date so designated, whether or not the
relevant Event of Default or
Termination Event is then continuing.
(i)
Upon the occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date,
no further payments or
deliveries under Section 2(a)(i) or 9(h)(i) in respect of the Terminated
Transactions will be required to be
made, but without prejudice to the other provisions of this Agreement. The
amount, if any. payable in
respect of an Early Termination Date will be determined pursuant to Sections
6(e) and 9(h)(ii).
(ii)
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(d) Calculations; Payment Date.
Statement. On or as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence
of an Early
Termination Date, each party will make the calculations on its part, if any,
contemplated by Section 6(e) and
will provide to the other party a statement (1) showing, in reasonable
detail, such calculations (including any
quotations, market data or information from internal sources used in making
such calculations),
(2) specifying (except where there are two Affected Parties) any Early
Termination Amount payable and
(3) giving details of the relevant account to which any amount payable to it
is to be paid. In the absence of
written confirmation from the source of a quotation or market data obtained
in determining a Close-out
Amount, the records of the party obtaining such quotation or market data
will be conclusive evidence of the
existence and accuracy of such quotation or market data.
(i)
Payment Date. An Early Termination Amount due in respect of any Early
Termination Date will,
together with any amount of interest payable pursuant to Section 9(h)(ii)
(2), be payable (1) on the day on
which notice of the amount payable is effective in the case of an Early
Termination Date which is designated
or occurs as a result of an Event of Default and (2) on the day which is two
Local Business Days after the
day on which notice of the amount payable is effective (or, if there are two
Affected Parties, after the day on
which the statement provided pursuant to clause (i) above by the second
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party to provide such a statement is
effective) in the case of an Early Termination Date which is designated as a
result of a Termination Event.
(ii)
Payments on Early Termination. If an Early Termination Date occurs, the
amount, if any, payable in
respect of that Early Termination Date (the "'Early Termination Amount")
will be determined pursuant to this
Section 6(e) and will be subject to Section 6(f).
(e)
Events of Default. If the Early Termination Date results from an Event of
Default, the Early
Termination Amount will be an amount equal to (1) the sum of (A) the
Termination Currency Equivalent of
the Close-out Amount or Close-out Amounts (whether positive or negative)
determined by the Non -
defaulting Party for each Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated
Transactions, as the case may be,
and (B) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to
the Non-defaulting Party less
(2) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the
Defaulting Party. If the Early
Termination Amount is a positive number, the Defaulting Party will pay it to
the Non-defaulting Party; if it
is a negative number, the Non-defaulting Party will pay the absolute value
of the Early Termination Amount
to the Defaulting Party.
(i)
Termination Events. If the Early Termination Date results from a Termination
Event:—
(ii)
One Affected Party. Subject to clause (3) below, if there is one Affected
Party, the Early
Termination Amount will be determined in accordance wi
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