Exhibit
10.5
CONFORMED COPY
NYSE EURONEXT, INC.
as Issuer
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CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL
plc
as Arranger
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CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL
plc
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
as Dealers
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DEALER
AGREEMENT
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RELATING TO A
EURO-COMMERCIAL PAPER
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PROGRAMME
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30 March 2007
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CONTENTS
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Clause
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Interpretation
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2.
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Issue
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3.
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Representations and Warranties
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4.
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Conditions Precedent
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5.
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Covenants and Agreements
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Obligations of the Dealers
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7.
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Termination and Appointment
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Calculation Agent
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Status of the Dealers and the
Arranger
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10.
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Notices
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11.
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Partial Invalidity
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12.
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Remedies and Waivers
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13.
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Counterparts
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14.
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Rights of Third Parties
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15.
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Governing Law
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Enforcement
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Schedule
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Condition Precedent Documents
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2.
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Selling Restrictions
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3.
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Notification Letter for an
Increase in the Maximum Amount
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Dealer Accession Letter
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5.
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Form of Calculation Agency
Agreement
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Signatories
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THIS AGREEMENT
is dated 30 March
2007 and made
BETWEEN
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NYSE EURONEXT, INC.
as issuer (the "
Issuer ")
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(2)
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CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL
plc as
arranger (the " Arranger "); and
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(3)
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CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL
plc ,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LIMITED and
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE (the " Original
Dealers ").
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WHEREAS:
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(A)
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NYSE Euronext, Inc. intends to
change its name to NYSE Euronext after the date hereof and all
references to NYSE Euronext, Inc. in this Agreement, shall be
references to NYSE Euronext when the change of name is
effective.
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IT IS
AGREED as follows:
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1.
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INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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In this Agreement:
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" Additional Dealer "
means any institution appointed as a Dealer in accordance with
Clause 7.2 ( Appointment of Dealers ).
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" Agency Agreement "
means the note agency agreement, dated on or about the date of this
Agreement, between the Issuer and the Agent, providing for the
issuance of and payment on the Notes.
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" Agent " means
Citibank, N.A. acting as issue agent and as paying agent for the
Notes and any successor or additional agent appointed in accordance
with the Agency Agreement.
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" Business Day " means
a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for
general business in London and New York.
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" Clearing System "
means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (Clearstream,
Luxembourg), Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., Euroclear France S.A. or any
other recognised clearing system from time to time agreed between
the Dealers and the Issuer.
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" Dealer " means an
Original Dealer or an Additional Dealer but excluding any
institution whose appointment as a dealer has been terminated under
Clause 7.1 (Termination) provided that where any such institution
has been appointed as Dealer in relation to a particular issue of
Notes or period of time, the expression " Dealer " or "
Dealers " shall only mean or include such institution in
relation to such Notes or that time period.
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" Deed of Covenant "
means the deed of covenant dated on or about the date hereof,
executed by the Issuer in respect of the Global Notes issued
pursuant to the Agency Agreement, as such deed may be amended or
supplemented from time to time.
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" Definitive
Note " means a Note, security printed or otherwise, in
definitive form issued by the Issuer.
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" Disclosure
Documents " means, at any particular date:
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(a)
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the Information
Memorandum;
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(b)
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the Issuer's and its
affiliates' other publicly available recent reports, including, but
not limited to, any publicly available filings or reports provided
to their respective shareholders;
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(c)
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any other information or
disclosure prepared pursuant to Clauses 3.15, 5.2, 5.3 or 5.4;
and
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(d)
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any other document delivered
by the Issuer to a Dealer which the Issuer has expressly authorised
in writing to be distributed to actual or potential purchasers of
Notes.
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Dollars " and " U.S.$ " denote the lawful currency of
the United States of America; and " Dollar Note " means a
Note denominated in Dollars.
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" Dollar Equivalent "
means on any day:
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(e)
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in relation to any Dollar
Note, the nominal amount of such Note; and
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(f)
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in relation to any Note
denominated or to be denominated in any other currency, the amount
in Dollars which would be required to purchase the nominal amount
of such Note as expressed in such other currency at the spot rate
of exchange for the purchase of such other currency with Dollars,
as quoted by the Agent at or about 11.00 a.m. (London time) on such
day.
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" euro "
and " € " denote the single currency of the member
states of the European Communities that adopt or have adopted the
euro as their lawful currency under the legislation of the European
Community for Economic Monetary Union; and " euro Note "
means a Note denominated in euro.
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" Euro Equivalent "
means on any day:
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(a)
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in relation to any euro Note,
the nominal amount of such Note; and
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(b)
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in relation to any Note
denominated or to be denominated in any other currency, the amount
in euro which would be required to purchase the nominal amount of
such Note as expressed in such other currency at the spot rate of
exchange for the purchase of such other currency with euro, as
quoted by the Agent at or about 11.00 a.m. (London time) on such
day.
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" FSMA "
means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
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" Global
Note " means a Note of the Issuer in global form, representing
an issue of commercial paper notes of a like maturity.
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" Group
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" Index Linked Note "
means a Note, the redemption or coupon amount of which is not fixed
at the time of issue, but which is to be calculated in accordance
with such formula or other arrangement as is agreed between the
Issuer and the relevant Dealer at the time of agreeing the relevant
Note Transaction subject to the principal amount of an Index Linked
Note not being less than U. S. $500,000 (or the equivalent amount
denominated in any other currency).
" Information
Memorandum " means the most recently published information
memorandum containing information about the Issuer and the Notes
(including information incorporated therein by reference), as
prepared by or on behalf of the Issuer for use by the Dealers in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
" Maximum Amount "
means the lower of €2,500,000,000 or U. S. $3,000,000,000 or
the equivalent amount denominated in any other currency other than
euros or Dollars (as the case may be), inclusive of the aggregate
amount of all commercial paper that the Issuer may issue and have
outstanding from time to time pursuant to the Programme and
pursuant to the commercial paper programme of the Issuer in the
United States of America, or such other amount as may apply in
accordance with Clause 2.7 ( Increase in Maximum Amount )
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" Note "
means a Definitive
Note or a Global Note issued by the Issuer under the Agency
Agreement to a Dealer.
" Note Transaction "
means the issue by the Issuer and the subscription by a Dealer of
Note(s) in accordance with Clause 2 ( Issue
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" Programme "
means the
euro-commercial paper programme of the Issuer established by the
Programme Agreements.
" Programme Agreement "
means this Agreement, any agreement for a Note Transaction, the
Deed of Covenant or the Agency Agreement.
" Ratings Agency "
means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (" Moodys
") or Standard
& Poor's Rating Services, a division of The McGraw Hill
Companies Inc. (" S&P ") or any other statistical
ratings organisation which rates the debt securities of the
Issuer.
" Relevant Party "
means the Arranger, each Dealer, each of their respective
affiliates and each person who controls them (within the meaning of
section 15 of the Securities Act or section 20 of the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), together with each of
their respective directors, officers, employees and
agents.
" Sterling "
and "
£ " denote the lawful currency
of the United Kingdom; and " Sterling Note " means a Note
denominated in Sterling.
" Subsidiary "
means:
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an entity of which a person
has direct or indirect control or owns directly or indirectly more
than 50 per cent. of the voting capital or similar right of
ownership and control
for this purpose
means the power to direct the
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management and the policies of
the entity whether through the ownership of voting capital, by
contract or otherwise; or
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(b)
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an entity whose financial
statements are, in accordance with applicable law and generally
accepted accounting principles, consolidated with those of another
person.
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" Swiss Franc " and "
CHF " denote the lawful currency of Switzerland; and "
Swiss Franc Note " means a Note denominated in Swiss
Franc.
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" Yen " and "
¥ " denote the lawful currency of Japan; and " Yen
Note " means a Note denominated in Japanese Yen.
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1.2
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Construction
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(a)
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In this Agreement, unless the
contrary intention appears, a reference to:
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(i)
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a provision of a law is a
reference to that provision as amended, extended, applied or
re-enacted and includes any subordinate legislation;
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(ii)
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a Clause or a Schedule is a
reference to a clause of or a schedule to this
Agreement;
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(iii)
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a person includes any
individual, company, corporation, unincorporated association or
body (including a partnership, trust, joint venture or consortium),
government, state, agency, organisation or any other entity whether
or not having separate legal personality, and references to any
person shall include its successors in title, permitted assigns and
permitted transferees (and for avoidance of doubt, all references
to NYSE Euronext, Inc, shall be references to NYSE Euronext when it
changes its name to NYSE Euronext);
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(iv)
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assets includes present and
future properties, revenues and rights of every
description;
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an authorisation includes any
authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption,
filing, notarisation or registration;
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a regulation includes any
regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether
or not having the force of law) of any governmental,
inter-governmental or supranational body, agency, department or
regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
and
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any Programme Agreement or
other document is a reference to that Programme Agreement or other
document as amended, novated, restated, superseded or
supplemented.
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(b)
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The index to and the headings
in this Agreement are for convenience only and are to be ignored in
construing this Agreement.
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2.
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ISSUE
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2.1
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Appointment of
Dealers
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The Issuer hereby appoints the
Dealers with respect to the issue of Notes under this
Agreement.
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2.2
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The Uncommitted
Programme
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The Issuer shall not be under
any obligation to issue any Notes, and a Dealer shall not be under
any obligation to subscribe for or procure the subscription for any
Notes, until such time as an agreement for a Note Transaction has
been reached between the Issuer and that Dealer.
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2.3
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Issue of Notes
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(a)
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Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, the Issuer may issue Notes to any of the Dealers from
time to time at such prices and upon such terms as the Issuer and
the relevant Dealer may agree. The Issuer acknowledges that the
Dealers may resell Notes subscribed for by such Dealers.
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(b)
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Each issue of Notes having the
same Issue Date, Maturity Date, currency and yield and redemption
basis will be represented by one or more Global Notes or by
Definitive Notes having the aggregate principal amount of such
issue as may be agreed between the Issuer and the relevant
Dealer.
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The tenor of each Note shall
not be less than one Business Day nor greater than 183 calendar
days, with that tenor being calculated from (and including) the
issue date to (but excluding) the maturity date of that
Note.
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Global Notes and Definitive
Notes (if any) shall be issued in the following denominations (or
integral multiples thereof):
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(i)
for U.S.$ Notes,
U.S.$500,000;
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(ii)
for euro Notes,
€500,000;
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(iii)
for Sterling Notes,
£500,000;
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(iv)
for
Yen Notes, Yen 100,000,000; or
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(v)
for Swiss Francs,
CHF1,000,000;
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or such other conventionally
accepted denominations in those currencies as may be agreed between
the Issuer and the relevant Dealer from time to time, subject in
each case to compliance with all applicable legal and regulatory
requirements and provided that the equivalent of that denomination
in Sterling is not less than £100,000. At all times, the
minimum denomination of such Notes shall not be less than the
equivalent of U.S.$500,000 determined by reference to the spot rate
on the date of issuance.
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The aggregate amount of Notes
outstanding at any time will not exceed the Maximum Amount. For the
purposes of calculating the Maximum Amount when denominated in euro
of Notes issued under this Agreement, the principal amount of any
outstanding Note denominated in any currency other than
euros
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shall be taken as the Euro
Equivalent of such principal amount as at the Issue Date of the
Notes then to be issued. For the purposes of calculating the
Maximum Amount when denominated in Dollars of Notes issued under
this Agreement, the principal amount of any outstanding Note
denominated in any currency other than Dollars shall be taken as
the Dollar Equivalent of such principal amount as at the Issue Date
of the Notes then to be issued.
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2.4
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Agreements for Note
Transactions
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If the Issuer and any Dealer
shall agree on the terms of the subscription for any Note by that
Dealer (including agreement with respect to the issue date,
aggregate principal or nominal amount, denomination, currency,
price, redemption basis, maturity date and discount, interest basis
or index-linking), then:
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the Issuer shall instruct the
Agent to issue that Note and deliver it in accordance with the
terms of the Agency Agreement;
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(b)
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the relevant Dealer shall pay
the subscription price of such Note on the issue date:
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(i)
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in the case of a euro Note, by
transfer of same-day funds settled through the Trans-European
Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET)
System to such euro account as the Agent shall from time to time
have specified for this purpose; or
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(ii)
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in the case of a Sterling
Note, by transfer of same-day funds to the Sterling account in
London as the Agent shall from time to time have specified for this
purpose; or
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in the case of a Dollar Note,
by transfer of funds settled through the New York Clearing House
Interbank Payments System (or such other same day value funds as at
the time shall be customary for the settlement in New York City of
international banking transactions denominated in Dollars) to the
account in New York denominated in Dollars as the Agent shall from
time to time have specified for this purpose; or
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in all other cases, by
transfer of freely transferable same day funds in the relevant
currency to the account of the Agent at such bank in the applicable
jurisdiction for such currency as the Agent may from time to time
have specified for this purpose; and
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the relevant Dealer shall
notify the Agent and the Issuer of the payment and delivery
instructions applicable to such Note in accordance with prevailing
market practice and in sufficient time to enable the Agent to
deliver such Note(s) (or make the same available for collection) on
the relevant issue date.
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2.5
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Failure to
issue
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If, for any reason (including,
without limitation, the failure of the relevant trade), a Note is
not to be issued in accordance with a Note Transaction, the Issuer
and the relevant Dealer shall immediately notify the Agent of that
fact.
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2.6
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Optional
currencies
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Any agreement for a Note
Transaction for a Note denominated in a currency other than
Sterling, Dollars, euro, Yen or Swiss Francs shall be conditional
upon:
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it being lawful and in
compliance with all requirements of any relevant central bank and
any other relevant fiscal, monetary, regulatory or other authority
from time to time, for deposits to be made in such currency and for
such Note to be issued, offered for sale, sold and
delivered;
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(b)
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such other currency being
freely transferable and freely convertible into euro;
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(c)
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the consent of the Agent to
that currency having been given; and
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(d)
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any appropriate amendments
which the relevant Dealer and/or the Issuer and/or the Agent shall
require having been made to this Agreement and/or the Agency
Agreement.
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2.7
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Increase in Maximum
Amount
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The Issuer may from time to
time increase the Maximum Amount by:
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giving at least ten days'
notice by letter in substantially the form of Schedule 3 to each
Dealer and to the Agent; and
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(b)
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delivering to each Dealer with
that letter the documents referred to in that letter, in each case
in form and substance acceptable to each Dealer.
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2.8
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Global Notes and Definitive
Notes
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Each Note issued will be
represented initially by one or more Global Notes.
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(b)
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Global Notes will be
exchangeable, in accordance with their terms, for Definitive Notes
denominated in that currency only upon default by the Issuer in the
payment of any amount payable in respect of the Notes represented
by such Global Notes or if any relevant Clearing System in which
the relevant Global Note is held is closed for a continuous period
of 14 days or more (other than by reason of weekends or public
holidays, statutory or otherwise) or if any such Clearing System
announces an intention to permanently cease to do business or does
in fact.
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3.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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3.1
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Representations and
warranties
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The Issuer makes the
representations and warranties in this Clause 3 to each
Dealer.
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3.2
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Status
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The Issuer is a corporation
duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation and except for the existence or
exercise of the Trust Options has the power to own its own assets
and carry on its business as it is being conducted. For the purpose
of this Clause 3.2 ( Status ) " Delaware Trust "
means NYSE Group Trust, a Delaware Trust; " Delaware Trust
Option " means the call option remedy of the Delaware Trust
over the priority shares and/or ordinary shares or voting
securities of NYSE Group, Inc., Archipelago Holdings, Inc. or their
respective subsidiaries and other
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remedies of the Delaware
Trust; " Dutch Foundation Option " means the call option
remedy of the Dutch Foundation over the priority shares and/or
common stock or voting securities of Euronext N.V. or its
subsidiaries and the other remedies of the Dutch Foundation; "
Dutch Foundation " means Stichting NYSE Euronext, a
foundation ( stichting ) incorporated and existing under the
laws of The Netherlands; and " Trust Options " means the
Delaware Trust Option and the Dutch Foundation Option."
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3.3
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Powers and
authority
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It has the power to enter
into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to
authorise the entry into, performance and delivery of, the Notes
and the Programme Agreements and the transactions contemplated by
those Notes and Programme Agreements.
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3.4
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Binding
obligations
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The obligations expressed to
be assumed by it in each of the Programme Agreements are and (when
the Notes have been issued and delivered under the Agency Agreement
and have been paid for) the Notes will be subject to any general
principles of law limiting its obligations which are specifically
referred to in any legal opinion delivered under Schedule 1, legal,
valid, binding and enforceable obligations.
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3.5
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Authorisations
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All authorisations of any
governmental authority required:
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to enable it lawfully to enter
into and comply with its obligations under, the Notes and Programme
Agreements; and
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(b)
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to make the Programme
Agreements and Notes admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of
incorporation,
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have been obtained or effected
and are in full force and effect.
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3.6
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Non-conflict
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In all material respects,
entry into, delivery and performance by the Issuer of its
obligations under the Notes and the Programme Agreements and the
transactions contemplated by the Programme Agreements will not
conflict with, or constitute a default under:
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the constitutional documents
of the Issuer; or
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(b)
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any law or regulation
applicable to the Issuer; or
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(c)
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any material agreement,
indenture or other material instrument by which the Issuer or any
of its assets are bound.
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3.7
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Ranking
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The obligations of the Issuer
under the Programme Agreements and the Notes (when issued) rank at
least pari passu with all respective present and future
unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer other than
obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies
generally.
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3.8
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Disclosure
Documents
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The information contained or
incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Documents taken as a
whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the Disclosure Documents taken as a whole not
materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made.
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3.9
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Financial
information
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The most recently published
financial statements of the Issuer (if any) which are incorporated
by reference in the Information Memorandum:
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were prepared in accordance
with the requirements of applicable law and with generally accepted
accounting principles in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the
Issuer (as the case may be) subject to year-end audit adjustments
and the absence of footnotes, in the case of unaudited statements;
and
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fairly represent in all
material respects its financial condition and operations
(consolidated, if applicable) as at the date to which they were
prepared.
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3.10
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Adverse change and
litigation
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Except as otherwise disclosed
by any Disclosure Documents:
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there has been no material
adverse change in the business, financial condition, operations or
business of the Group, taken as a whole (a " Material Adverse
Effect ") since the date of the most recently published audited
financial statements of the Issuer or published audited
consolidated financial statements of the Issuer (if applicable);
and
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there is no litigation,
arbitration or administrative proceeding pending or, to the
knowledge of the Issuer threatened against the Issuer that would be
reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a
Material Adverse Effect,
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which in any case could
reasonably be expected to be material in the context of the
Programme Agreements and the transactions contemplated by the
Programme Agreements.
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3.11
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Maximum Amount
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The aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Notes on the date of issue of any Note does
not exceed the Maximum Amount.
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3.12
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United States Investment
Company Act
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The Issuer is not, or as a
result of any issue of Notes or the receipt or application of the
proceeds thereof will not be, an investment company as defined in
the United States Investment Company Act of 1940.
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3.13
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No payment
default
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The Issuer is not in payment
default under debt for borrowed money in excess of
U.S.$50,000,000.
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3.14
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Times for making
representations and warranties
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The representations and
warranties set out in this Clause 3:
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are made on the date of this
Agreement; and
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(b)
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are deemed to be repeated on
each date upon which the Maximum Amount is increased, each date a
Note Transaction is agreed and each date upon which any Note is, or
is to be, issued by reference to the facts and circumstances then
existing.
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When a representation or
warranty under Clauses 3.8 (Disclosure Documents) and 3.10 (Adverse
change and litigation) is repeated under paragraph (b) above, the
reference to Disclosure Documents shall be deemed to be only the
Disclosure Documents which have been published before the date on
which a relevant Note Transaction is made (in the case of that Note
Transaction and the corresponding issue of Notes) or the date on
which the letter purporting to increase the Maximum Amount is
delivered (in the case of that increase).
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3.15
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Notice of
inaccuracy
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If, before a Note is issued
and delivered to or for the account of the relevant Dealer, an
event occurs which would render any of the representations and
warranties in this Clause 3 immediately, or with the lapse of time,
untrue or incorrect, the Issuer will inform the relevant Dealer as
soon as practicable of the occurrence of such event. In either
case, the relevant Dealer shall inform the Issuer without any undue
delay whether it wishes to continue or discontinue the issuance and
delivery of the respective Notes.
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4.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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4.1
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Conditions
precedent
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By a date no later than five
Business Days before the date upon which the Issuer and any Dealer
shall first agree terms for a Note Transaction (or such other
period as may be agreed between the Issuer and that Dealer), the
Issuer shall deliver to that Dealer each of the documents listed in
Schedule 1, in form and substance satisfactory to that
Dealer.
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4.2
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Further conditions
precedent
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The obligations of any Dealer
in respect of any agreement for a Note Transaction and each issue
of Notes shall be conditional upon:
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the representations and
warranties of the Issuer contained in Clause 3 (Representations and
Warranties) being true and correct:
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on each date upon which an
agreement for a Note Transaction is made; and
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on each date on which Notes
are issued,
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by reference to the facts and
circumstances then subsisting;
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there being no breach as at
the issue date of those Notes in the performance of the obligations
of the Issuer (if applicable) under any of the Programme Agreements
or any Note; and
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except as disclosed in any
Disclosure Document issued before the date upon which an agreement
for a Note Transaction is made, no Ratings Agency has in respect of
any short-term debt securities of the Issuer issued any notice
downgrading such securities or put any such rating on its
"Creditwatch" list or other similar publication of formal review
(including a notice confirming a change of outlook), in each case
with negative implications.
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5.
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COVENANTS AND
AGREEMENTS
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5.1
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Duration
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The undertakings in this
Clause 5 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so
long as any Programme Agreement is in force and any amount is or
may be outstanding under any Programme Agreement or any
Note.
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5.2
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Financial
information
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(a)
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Whenever the Issuer publishes
or makes available to its shareholders (or any class of them) or to
its creditors generally (or any class of them) or to the public (by
filing with any regulatory authority, securities exchange or
otherwise) any information which could reasonably be expected to be
material in the context of the Programme Agreements and the Notes
and the transactions contemplated by the Programme Agreements and
the Notes, the Issuer shall:
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(i)
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notify each Dealer as to the
nature of such information; and
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(ii)
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take such action as may be
necessary to ensure that the representation and warranty contained
in Clause 3.8 (Disclosure Documents) is true and accurate on the
dates when it is made or deemed to be repeated.
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The Issuer shall be deemed to
have complied with sub-Clause 5.2 (a)(i) above on the date such
information is posted at the Issuer's website on the internet, at
www.sec.gov ,) or at such
other website identified by the Issuer in a notice to the Dealers
that is accessible by the Dealers without charge, provided that the
Issuer shall make a reasonable number of paper copies of such
information available to each Dealer upon request and permit
distribution of that information to actual or potential purchasers
of Notes.
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5.3
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Authorisation
information
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Whenever the Issuer is
required to obtain or effect any authorisation in order to comply
with the representation and warranty contained in Clause 3.5
(Authorisations), the Issuer shall:
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(a)
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notify each Dealer as to the
nature of such authorisation; and
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(b)
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upon request by a Dealer, make
a reasonable number of copies of such authorisation available to
that Dealer.
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5.4
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Ratings
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The Issuer undertakes promptly
to notify the Dealers of any change in the rating given by any
Ratings Agency of the Issuer's short-term debt securities or upon
it becoming aware
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that such rating has been put
on a "Creditwatch" list or other similar publication of formal
review (including a notice of change of outlook) by any Ratings
Agency.
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5.5
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Indemnification
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(a)
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