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Exhibit 4.8
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDED AND RESTATED CASH
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
17 OCTOBER 2006
HALIFAX
PLC
(as CASH MANAGER
and SELLER)
AND
PERMANENT MORTGAGES
TRUSTEE LIMITED
(as MORTGAGES
TRUSTEE)
AND
PERMANENT FUNDING
(NO. 1) LIMITED
(as
FUNDING 1)
AND
PERMANENT FUNDING
(NO. 2) LIMITED
(as
FUNDING 2)
AND
THE BANK OF
NEW YORK
(as FUNDING 1 SECURITY TRUSTEE
and FUNDING 2 SECURITY TRUSTEE)
ALLEN & OVERY
ALLEN
& OVERY LLP
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CONTENTS
CLAUSE
PAGE
1. Definitions and
Interpretation..........................................2
2. Appointment of Cash
Manager.............................................2
3. The
Services............................................................3
4. Payments, Accounts,
Ledgers.............................................4
5. Early Repayment
Fees....................................................9
6.
Swaps...................................................................9
7. No
Liability...........................................................10
8. Costs and
Expenses.....................................................10
9.
Information............................................................11
10.
Remuneration...........................................................13
11. Covenants of Cash
Manager..............................................13
12. Services
Non-Exclusive.................................................14
13.
Termination............................................................14
14. Further Assurance......................................................17
15.
Miscellaneous..........................................................17
16.
Confidentiality........................................................18
17.
Notices................................................................19
18. No
Partnership.........................................................20
19.
Assignment.............................................................20
20. Amendments and
Consents................................................20
21. Amendments and
Consents......................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
22. Exclusion of Third Party
Rights........................................21
23.
Counterparts...........................................................21
24. Severability...........................................................21
25. Governing Law and Submission to
Jurisdiction...........................21
SCHEDULE
1. The Cash Management
Services...........................................22
2. Cash Management and Maintenance of
Ledgers.............................24
3. Form of Funding 1 Quarterly
Report.....................................35
4. Form of Funding 2 Quarterly
Report.....................................37
Signatories..................................................................39
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THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CASH MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (this AGREEMENT) is made on
17 October 2006
BETWEEN:
(1) HALIFAX PLC, a public limited
company incorporated under the laws of
England and Wales whose registered
office is at Trinity Road, Halifax,
West Yorkshire HX1 2RG, in its
capacity as CASH MANAGER;
(2) HALIFAX PLC, a public limited
company incorporated under the laws of
England and Wales whose registered
office is at Trinity Road, Halifax,
West Yorkshire HX1 2RG, in its
capacity as SELLER of the Loans and one of
the BENEFICIARIES;
(3) PERMANENT MORTGAGES TRUSTEE LIMITED
(registered number 83116), a private
company incorporated under the laws
of Jersey, Channel Islands whose
registered office is at 47
Esplanade, St. Helier, Jersey, JE1 0BD,
Channel Islands, in its capacity as
the MORTGAGES TRUSTEE;
(4) PERMANENT FUNDING (NO. 1) LIMITED
(registered number 4267660), a private
limited company incorporated under
the laws of England and Wales whose
registered office is at 35 Great
St. Helen's London EC3A 6AP, in its
capacity as FUNDING 1 and one of
the BENEFICIARIES;
(5) PERMANENT FUNDING (NO. 2) LIMITED
(registered number 4441772), a private
limited company incorporated under
the laws of England and Wales whose
registered office is at 35 Great
St. Helen's London EC3A 6AP, in its
capacity as FUNDING 2 and one of
the BENEFICIARIES;
(6) THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York
banking corporation acting through its
offices at 48th Floor, One Canada
Square, London E14 5AL, acting in its
capacity as FUNDING 1 SECURITY
TRUSTEE, which expression shall include
such company and all other persons
or companies for the time being acting
as Funding 1 Security Trustee (or
co-trustee) pursuant to the terms of
the Funding 1 Deed of Charge; and
(7) THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York
banking corporation acting through its
offices at 48th Floor, One Canada
Square, London E14 5AL, acting in its
capacity as FUNDING 2 SECURITY
TRUSTEE, which expression shall include
such company and all other persons
or companies for the time being acting
as Funding 2 Security Trustee (or
co-trustee) pursuant to the terms of
the Funding 2 Deed of Charge.
WHEREAS:
(A) On the Initial Closing Date and on
several subsequent dates, the Seller
agreed to sell and assign certain
mortgage loans (together with their
related security) it had originated
to the Mortgages Trustee. The
Mortgage Trustee holds the assigned
mortgage loans as bare trustee for
Funding 1, the Seller and, as of
the Programme Date, Funding 2, pursuant
to the terms of the Mortgages Trust
Deed.
(B) On the Initial Closing Date and
several subsequent Closing Dates, Funding
1 has used the proceeds of Funding
1 Intercompany Loans granted to it by
Funding 1 Issuers to pay the Seller
for an increased share in the
Mortgages Trust. As of the
Programme Date, Funding 1 may continue to use
the proceeds of Funding 1
Intercompany Loans and Funding 2 may use the
proceeds of Loan Tranches advanced
under the Master Intercompany Loan
Agreement to pay the Mortgages
Trustee for an increased share in the
Mortgages Trust.
(C) The Cash Manager has agreed to
provide Cash Management Services to the
Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1 and
Funding 1 Security Trustee on the terms
and subject to the conditions
contained in the
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Cash Management Agreement made on
12 June 2002 and, as of the Programme
Date, to Funding 2 and the Funding
2 Security Trustee as amended and
restated on 22 March 2006 (the CASH
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT) in relation to,
inter alia, the Trust Property.
(D) The parties to the Cash Management
Agreement, Funding 2 and the Funding 2
Security Trustee have agreed to
amend and restate the terms of that
Agreement as set out herein.
IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 The amended and restated master
definitions and construction schedule
signed by, amongst others, the
parties to this Agreement and dated 17
October 2006 (as the same may be
amended, varied or supplemented from
time to time with the consent of
the parties to this Agreement) (the
MASTER DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
SCHEDULE) is expressly and
specifically incorporated into this
Agreement and, accordingly, the
expressions defined in the Master
Definitions and Construction Schedule
(as so amended, varied or
supplemented from time to time) shall, except
where the context otherwise
requires and save where otherwise defined
herein, have the same meanings in
this Agreement, including the Recitals
hereto and this Agreement shall be
construed in accordance with the
interpretation provisions set out
in clause 2 of the Master Definitions
and Construction Schedule.
1.2 This Agreement amends and restates
the Cash Management Agreement made on
14 June 2002 as amended and
restated on 22 March 2006 (the PRINCIPAL
AGREEMENT). As of the date of this
Agreement, any future rights or
obligations (excluding such obligations
accrued to the date of this
Agreement) of a party under the
Principal Agreement shall be extinguished
and shall instead be governed by
this Agreement.
1.3 Any reference in this Agreement to
any discretion, power or right on the
part of the Mortgages Trustee shall be
exercised by the Mortgages Trustee
only as directed by the
Beneficiaries but subject in each case to the
provisions of Clause 16 of the
Mortgages Trust Deed.
2. APPOINTMENT OF CASH MANAGER
2.1 APPOINTMENT
Until termination pursuant to
Clause 13, the Mortgages Trustee, Funding
1, Funding 2, the Funding 1
Security Trustee and the Funding 2 Security
Trustee (according to their
respective estates and interests) each hereby
appoints the Cash Manager as its
lawful agent to provide the Cash
Management Services set out in this
Agreement, including in relation to:
(a) the Mortgages Trust;
(b) Funding 1; and
(c) Funding 2,
and the Cash Manager in each case
hereby accepts such appointment on the
terms and subject to the conditions
of this Agreement.
2.2 DUTIES PRESCRIBED BY TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS
For the avoidance of doubt and in
connection with the powers conferred
under Clause 2.1, save as expressly
provided elsewhere in this Agreement,
nothing herein shall be construed
so as to give the
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Cash Manager any powers, rights,
authorities, directions or obligations
other than as specified in this Agreement or any of the other
Transaction
Documents.
2.3 APPOINTMENT CONDITIONAL UPON
ISSUANCE OF FIRST ISSUER NOTES
The appointment pursuant to Clause
2.1 is conditional upon the issue of
the First Issuer Notes and the
making of the First Issuer Term Advances
under the First Issuer Intercompany
Loan Agreement and shall take effect
upon and from the Initial Closing
Date automatically without any further
action on the part of any person
PROVIDED THAT if the issue of the First
Issuer Notes by the First Issuer
has not occurred by 14 June 2002, or
such later date as the First Issuer
and the Lead Manager may agree this
Agreement shall cease to be of
further effect.
2.4 APPOINTMENT CONDITIONAL UPON
ACQUISITION OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
The appointment pursuant to Clause
2.1 is conditional upon the
acquisition by Funding 2 from the
Seller of a portion of the Seller's
beneficial interest in the Mortgages
Trust pursuant to the Seller Trust
Property Assignment Agreement and
shall take effect upon and as of the
Programme Date automatically
without any further action on the part of
any person PROVIDED THAT if Funding
2 has not acquired from the Seller a
portion of the Seller's beneficial
interest in the Mortgages Trust by 17
October 2006, or such later date as
Funding 2 and the Seller may agree,
the appointment of the Cash Manager
as agent of Funding 2 under Clause
2.1 shall not take effect.
3. THE SERVICES
3.1 GENERAL
The Cash Manager shall provide the
services set out in this Agreement
(including, without limitation, the
Schedules to this Agreement) (the
CASH MANAGEMENT SERVICES).
3.2 APPROVALS AND AUTHORISATIONS
The Cash Manager shall maintain, or
procure the maintenance of, the
approvals, authorisations, consents
and licences required in connection
with the respective businesses of
the Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1 and
Funding 2 and shall prepare and
submit, or procure the preparation and
submission of, on behalf of the
Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1 and Funding
2, all necessary applications and
requests for any further approvals,
authorisations, consents or
licences which may be required in connection
with the respective businesses of
the Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1 and
Funding 2 and shall, so far as it
is reasonably able to do so, perform
the Cash Management Services in
such a way as not to prejudice the
continuation of any such approvals,
authorisations, consents or licences.
3.3 COMPLIANCE WITH TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS, ETC.
The Cash Management Services shall
include procuring (so far as the Cash
Manager, using its reasonable
endeavours, is able so to do) compliance by
the Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1
and Funding 2 with all applicable legal
requirements and with the terms of
the Transaction Documents to which
each of the Mortgages Trustee and/or
Funding 1 and/or Funding 2 is a
party, PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT the
Cash Manager shall not lend or provide
any sum to the Mortgages Trustee,
Funding 1 or Funding 2 (other than as
expressly contemplated by the
Transaction Documents) and the Cash Manager
shall have no liability whatsoever
to the Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1,
Funding 2, the Funding 1 Security
Trustee, the Funding 2 Security Trustee
or any other person for any failure
by the Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1
or Funding 2 to make any payment
due under any of the Transaction
Documents (other than to the extent
arising from (i) the Cash Manager
failing to make a payment in its
capacity as Servicer, Funding 1 Swap
Provider, Funding 2 Swap Provider
or in any
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other capacity under the
Transaction Documents, or (ii) the Cash Manager
failing to perform any of its
obligations under any of the Transaction
Documents).
3.4 LIABILITY OF CASH MANAGER
(a) The Cash Manager shall indemnify
each of the Mortgages Trustee, Funding
1, Funding 2, the Funding 1
Security Trustee and the Funding 2 Security
Trustee on demand on an after Tax
basis for any loss, liability, claim,
expense or damage suffered or
incurred by any of them in respect of the
negligence, bad faith or wilful
default of the Cash Manager in carrying
out its functions as Cash Manager
under this Agreement or under the other
Transaction Documents or as a
result of a breach by the Cash Manager of
the terms and provisions of this
Agreement or such other Transaction
Documents to which the Cash Manager
is a party (in its capacity as Cash
Manager) in relation to such
functions.
(b) For the avoidance of doubt, the Cash Manager
shall not be liable in
respect of any loss, liability,
claim, expense or damage suffered or
incurred by the Mortgages Trustee,
Funding 1, Funding 2, the Funding 1
Security Trustee, the Funding 2
Security Trustee and/or any other person
as a result of the proper
performance of the Cash Management Services by
the Cash Manager save to the extent
that such loss, liability, claim,
expense or damage is suffered or
incurred as a result of any negligence,
bad faith or wilful default of the
Cash Manager or as a result of a
breach by the Cash Manager of the
terms and provisions of this Agreement
or any of the other Transaction
Documents to which the Cash Manager is a
party (in its capacity as Cash Manager) in
relation to such functions.
4. PAYMENTS, ACCOUNTS, LEDGERS
4.1 BANK ACCOUNTS
(a) The Cash Manager hereby confirms
that the Mortgages Trustee GIC Account
has been established on or before
the date hereof pursuant to the Bank
Account Agreement and the Mortgages
Trustee Guaranteed Investment
Contract and that the Mortgages
Trustee GIC Account Mandate in the agreed
form will apply thereto at the
Initial Closing Date. The Cash Manager
undertakes (to the extent to which
the same is within its control) that
at the Initial Closing Date the
Mortgages Trustee GIC Account will be
operative and that the Cash Manager
will not create or permit to subsist
any Security Interest in relation
to the Mortgages Trustee GIC Account
(but without prejudice to the
Mortgages Trust).
(b) The Cash Manager hereby confirms
that the Funding 1 GIC Account has been
established on or before the date
hereof pursuant to the Bank Account
Agreement and the Funding 1
Guaranteed Investment Contract and that the
Funding 1 GIC Account Mandate in
the agreed form will apply thereto at
the Initial Closing Date. The Cash
Manager undertakes (to the extent to
which the same is within its
control) that at the Initial Closing Date
the Funding 1 GIC Account will be
operative and that the Cash Manager
will not knowingly create or permit
to subsist any Security Interest in
relation to the Funding 1 GIC Account
other than as created under or
permitted pursuant to the Funding 1
Deed of Charge.
(c) The Cash Manager hereby confirms
that the Funding 1 Transaction Account
has been established on or before
the date hereof and that the Funding 1
Transaction Account Mandate in the agreed
form will apply thereto at the
Initial Closing Date. The Cash
Manager undertakes (to the extent to which
the same is within its control)
that at the Initial Closing Date the
Funding 1 Transaction Account will
be operative and that the Cash Manager
will not knowingly create or permit
to subsist any Security Interest in
relation to the Funding 1
Transaction Account other than as created under
or permitted pursuant to the
Funding 1 Deed of Charge.
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(d) The Cash Manager hereby confirms
that the Funding 2 GIC Account has been
established on or before the
Programme Date pursuant to the Bank Account
Agreement and the Funding 2
Guaranteed Investment Contract and that the
Funding 2 GIC Account Mandate in
the agreed form will apply thereto at
the Programme Date. The Cash
Manager undertakes (to the extent to which
the same is within its control)
that at the Programme Date the Funding 2
GIC Account will be operative and
that the Cash Manager will not
knowingly create or permit to
subsist any Security Interest in relation
to the Funding 2 GIC Account other
than as created under or permitted
pursuant to the Funding 2 Deed of Charge.
(e) The Cash Manager hereby confirms
that the Funding 2 Transaction Account
has been established on or before
the Programme Date and that the Funding
2 Transaction Account Mandate in
the agreed form will apply thereto at
the Programme Date. The Cash
Manager undertakes (to the extent to which
the same is within its control)
that at the Programme Date the Funding 2
Transaction Account will be
operative and that the Cash Manager will not
knowingly create or permit to
subsist any Security Interest in relation
to the Funding 2 Transaction
Account other than as created under or
permitted pursuant to the Funding 2
Deed of Charge.
4.2 MORTGAGES TRUSTEE LEDGERS
(a) The Cash Manager shall open and
maintain in the books of the Mortgages
Trustee certain ledgers to be known
as the Revenue Ledger and the
Principal Ledger which shall
together reflect the aggregate of all
amounts of cash standing to the credit
of the Mortgages Trustee GIC
Account from time to time.
(b) The Cash Manager shall also open
and maintain in the books of the
Mortgages Trustee certain ledgers
to be known as the Losses Ledger and
the Funding 1 Share/Funding 2 Share/Seller
Share Ledger.
(c) The Cash Manager shall make credits
and debits to the Mortgages Trustee
Ledgers in the manner described in
SCHEDULE 2.
4.3 FUNDING 1 LEDGERS
(a) The Cash Manager shall open and
maintain in the books of Funding 1
certain ledgers to be known as the Funding
1 Revenue Ledger, the Funding
1 Principal Ledger, the Funding 1
General Reserve Ledger, the Funding 1
Cash Accumulation Ledger and, if
the Funding 1 Liquidity Reserve Fund is
established, the Funding 1
Liquidity Reserve Ledger which shall together
reflect the aggregate of all
amounts of cash standing to the credit of
the Funding 1 GIC Account and the
Funding 1 Transaction Account and all
amounts invested in Authorised
Investments purchased from amounts
standing to the credit of the
Funding 1 GIC Account and the Funding 1
Transaction Account from time to
time.
(b) The Cash Manager shall also open
and maintain in the books of Funding 1
certain ledgers to be known as (i)
the Funding 1 Principal Deficiency
Ledger, which comprised, on the
Initial Closing Date, three sub-ledgers
known as the AAA Principal
Deficiency Sub Ledger, the AA Principal
Deficiency Sub Ledger and the BBB
Principal Deficiency Sub Ledger, and
shall comprise on the Fourth Issuer
Closing Date, four sub-ledgers known
as the AAA Principal Deficiency Sub
Ledger, the AA Principal Deficiency
Sub Ledger, the A Principal
Deficiency Sub Ledger, and the BBB Principal
Deficiency Sub Ledger (ii) the
Funding 1 Intercompany Loan Ledger and
(iii) the Funding 1 Liquidity
Facility Ledger. If Funding 1 enters into
New Intercompany Loan Agreements
and the New Term Advances advanced
thereunder have different Term
Advance Ratings to the Term Advance
Ratings assigned to the existing
Term Advances (including the Fourth
Issuer Term Advances), then the
Cash Manager shall establish new
sub-ledgers in respect of the
Funding 1 Principal Deficiency Ledger,
which shall correspond to the Term
Advance Ratings assigned to each such
New Term Advance.
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(c) The Cash Manager shall make credits
and debits to the Funding 1 Ledgers
in accordance with the provisions
of SCHEDULE 2.
4.4 FUNDING 2 LEDGERS
(a) The Cash Manager shall open and
maintain in the books of Funding 2
certain ledgers to be known as the
Funding 2 Revenue Ledger, the Funding
2 Principal Ledger, the Funding 2
General Reserve Ledger, the Funding 2
Cash Accumulation Ledger and, if
the Funding 2 Liquidity Reserve Fund is
established, the Funding 2
Liquidity Reserve Ledger which shall together
reflect the aggregate of all
amounts of cash standing to the credit of
the Funding 2 GIC Account and the
Funding 2 Transaction Account and all
amounts invested in Authorised
Investments purchased from amounts
standing to the credit of the
Funding 2 GIC Account and the Funding 2
Transaction Account from time to
time.
(b) The Cash Manager shall also open
and maintain in the books of Funding 2
certain ledgers to be known as (i)
the Funding 2 Principal Deficiency
Ledger, which comprised, on the
Programme Date, five sub-ledgers known as
the AAA Principal Deficiency Sub
Ledger, the AA Principal Deficiency Sub
Ledger, the A Principal Deficiency
Sub Ledger, the BBB Principal
Deficiency Sub Ledger and the BB
Principal Deficiency Sub Ledger and (ii)
the Master Intercompany Loan
Ledger, to be divided into sub-ledgers each
of which shall record payments made
under each Loan Tranche.
(c) The Cash Manager shall make credits
and debits to the Funding 2 Ledgers
in accordance with the provisions
of SCHEDULE 2.
4.5 BANK ACCOUNTS
(a) The Cash Manager shall procure that
so far as it may be able in relation
to all Loans comprised in the
Portfolio, the following amounts are paid
into the Mortgages Trustee GIC
Account:
(i) all Monthly Payments, other interest
received under and in respect
of the Loans and any costs
or other amounts received under the
Loans (including in any such
case amounts recovered on enforcement
of rights against any Borrower
or guarantor of the Borrower, any
Property or any of the
Borrower's or guarantor's other property or
assets);
(ii) all final releases and all repayments or
prepayments of principal
under the Loans;
(iii)
any amount received by or on behalf of the Mortgages Trustee
pursuant to any Halifax
Insurance Policy or the Buildings
Policies; and
(iv) any other amounts whatsoever received by or
on behalf of the
Mortgages Trustee after the Initial Closing
Date,
and the Cash Manager shall procure
that all interest earned on the
Mortgages Trustee GIC Account is
credited to such account.
(b) The Cash Manager shall procure that
the following amounts are paid into
the Funding 1 GIC Account:
(i) all Funding 1 Revenue Receipts;
(ii) all Funding 1 Principal Receipts;
(iii) all amounts received by Funding 1 pursuant to
the Funding 1 Swap
Agreement; and
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(iv) any other amounts whatsoever received by or
on behalf of Funding 1
after the Initial Closing
Date,
and the Cash Manager shall procure
that all interest earned on the
Funding 1 Bank Accounts and all
investment proceeds from Authorised
Investments purchased from amounts
standing to the credit of the Funding
1 GIC Account are credited to such
account.
(c) The Cash Manager shall procure that
all Liquidity Drawings under the
Funding 1 Liquidity Facility are
paid into the Funding 1 Transaction
Account.
(d) The Cash Manager shall procure that
all transfers and withdrawals of
amounts standing to the credit of
the Funding 1 Transaction Account and
the Funding 1 GIC Account shall be made in
accordance with the provisions
of the Funding 1 Deed of Charge.
(e) The Cash Manager shall procure that
the following amounts are paid into
the Funding 2 GIC Account:
(i) all Funding 2 Revenue Receipts;
(ii) all Funding 2 Principal Receipts;
(iii) all amounts received by Funding 2 pursuant to
the Funding 2 Swap
Agreement; and
(iv) any other amounts whatsoever received by or
on behalf of Funding 2
after the Programme Date,
and the Cash Manager shall procure
that all interest earned on the
Funding 2 Bank Accounts and all
investment proceeds from Authorised
Investments purchased from amounts
standing to the credit of the Funding
2 GIC Account are credited to such
account.
(f) The Cash Manager shall procure that
all transfers and withdrawals of
amounts standing to the credit of
the Funding 2 Transaction Account and
the Funding 2 GIC Account shall be
made in accordance with the provisions
of the Funding 2 Deed of Charge.
(g) Each of the payments into the
Mortgages Trustee GIC Account, the Funding
1 GIC Account, the Funding 1
Transaction Account, the Funding 2 GIC
Account and the Funding 2
Transaction Account referred to in Clauses
4.5(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f)
shall be made forthwith upon receipt
by the Mortgages Trustee, Funding
1, Funding 2 or the Cash Manager, as
the case may be, of the amount in
question.
(h) For the avoidance of doubt, as soon
as reasonably practicable after
becoming aware of the same, the
Cash Manager may, and shall, withdraw
Cash from, as the case may be, the
Mortgages Trustee GIC Account, the
Funding 1 Transaction Account, the
Funding 1 GIC Account, the Funding 2
Transaction Account and/or the
Funding 2 GIC Account if, and to the
extent that, such Cash was credited
thereto in error and shall use its
reasonable endeavours to ensure
that such Cash is applied correctly
thereafter.
(i) The Cash Manager shall promptly
notify each of the Mortgages
Trustee,Funding 1 and/or the
Funding 1 Security Trustee (in the case of
Funding 1 Bank Accounts), Funding 2
and/or the Funding 2 Security Trustee
(in the case of Funding 2 Bank
Accounts) (as applicable) of any
additional account which
supplements or replaces any account specifically
referred to in the definitions of
the "Mortgages Trustee GIC Account",
the "Funding 1 Transaction
Account", the "Funding 1 GIC Account", the
"Funding 2 Transaction
Account" or the "Funding 2 GIC Account", as the
case may be, in the Master
Definitions and Construction Schedule.
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(j) Each of the Cash Manager, the
Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1 (in the case
of Funding 1 Bank Accounts) and
Funding 2 (in the case of Funding 2 Bank
Accounts) undertakes that, so far
as it is able to procure the same, the
Mortgages Trustee GIC Account, the
Funding 1 Transaction Account, the
Funding 1 GIC Account, the Funding
2 Transaction Account and the Funding
2 GIC Account and all instructions
and Mandates in relation thereto will
continue to be operative and will
not, save as provided in Clause 4.7
below or as permitted pursuant to
the Bank Account Agreement be changed
without the prior written consent
of the Funding 1 Security Trustee
and/or the Funding 2 Security
Trustee (as applicable) (such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed). For the avoidance of doubt, the
Cash Manager may change the
Authorised Signatories in respect of any
instructions or Mandates relating
to Funding 1, Funding 2 and/or the
Mortgages Trustee, without the
prior written consent of the Funding 1
Security Trustee and/or the Funding
2 Security Trustee (as applicable),
in accordance with Clause 4.2 of
the Bank Account Agreement.
(k) The Cash Manager and Funding 1
agree that the Cash Manager shall procure
that (i) the tranche of the Advance
being made available to Funding 1
pursuant to paragraph 2(a) of the
First Start-Up Loan Agreement for the
purposes of funding the Funding 1
General Reserve Fund and (ii) the
tranche (if any) of any New
Start-up Loan Agreement for the purposes of
funding further the Funding 1
General Reserve Fund (or any other similar
reserve fund) shall be credited to
the Funding 1 GIC Account promptly
upon receipt of such amounts by
Funding 1, and the Funding 1 General
Reserve Ledger shall record such
credit.
(l) The Cash Manager and Funding 2
agree that the Cash Manager shall procure
that (i) any Advance being made
available to Funding 2 pursuant to Clause
2 of the Funding 2 Start-Up Loan
Agreement for the purposes of funding
the Funding 2 General Reserve Fund
(or any other similar reserve fund)
and (ii) any Advance (if any) of
any new Funding 2 Start-up Loan
Agreement for the purposes of funding
further the Funding 2 General
Reserve Fund (or any other similar
reserve fund) shall be credited to the
Funding 2 GIC Account promptly upon
receipt of such amounts by Funding 2,
and the Funding 2 General Reserve
Ledger shall record such credit.
(m) The Cash Manager shall give all
notices and make all determinations and
withdrawals under the Funding 1
Liquidity Facility Agreement on behalf of
Funding 1, as set out therein.
4.6 WITHDRAWALS
The Cash Manager may make
withdrawals:
(a) on behalf of the Mortgages Trustee from the
Mortgages Trustee GIC
Account; and
(b) on behalf of Funding 1 from the Funding 1
GIC Account and the
Funding 1 Transaction
Account, but only until receipt of an
Intercompany Loan
Acceleration Notice served by the Funding 1
Security Trustee on Funding
1 (with a copy to the Cash Manager and
the Mortgages Trustee); and
(c) on behalf of Funding 2 from the Funding 2
GIC Account and the
Funding 2 Transaction
Account, but only until receipt of a Master
Intercompany Loan
Acceleration Notice served by the Funding 2
Security Trustee on Funding
2 (with a copy to the Cash Manager and
the Mortgages Trustee),
respectively as permitted by this
Agreement, the Mortgages Trust Deed,
the Bank Account Agreement, the
Mortgages Trustee Guaranteed Investment
Contract, the Funding 1 Guaranteed
Investment Contract, the Funding 2
Guaranteed Investment Contract, the
Funding 1 Liquidity Facility
Agreement, the Funding 1 Deed of
Charge and the Funding 2 Deed of Charge,
but shall not in carrying out its
functions as Cash Manager under this
Agreement otherwise make withdrawals
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from the Mortgages Trustee GIC
Account, the Funding 1 Bank Accounts or
the Funding 2 Bank Accounts.
4.7 CASH MANAGEMENT
In administering the Mortgages
Trustee GIC Account, the Funding 1 Bank
Accounts and the Funding 2 Bank
Accounts on behalf of the Mortgages
Trustee, Funding 1, Funding 2, the
Funding 1 Security Trustee and the
Funding 2 Security Trustee (as
applicable), the Cash Manager shall comply
with the provisions of SCHEDULE 2
prior to receipt by the Cash Manager of
a copy of (in respect of the
Funding 1 Bank Accounts) any Intercompany
Loan Acceleration Notice served by
the Funding 1 Security Trustee on
Funding 1 and (in respect of the Funding 2
Bank Accounts) any Master
Intercompany Loan Acceleration
Notice served by the Funding 2 Security
Trustee on Funding 2.
5. EARLY REPAYMENT FEES
The Cash Manager shall withdraw any
Early Repayment Fees paid into the
Mortgages Trustee GIC Account and
pay the same to the Seller, by
telegraphic transfer to such
account as may be specified by the Seller
from time to time, promptly
following a request for such withdrawal being
received from the Seller. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Cash Manager
shall not record the receipt or
withdrawal of Early Repayment Fees in any
of the ledgers maintained under
this Agreement.
6. SWAPS
6.1 COMPUTATIONS UNDER FUNDING 1 SWAP
On each Calculation Date, the Cash
Manager shall determine, in accordance
with the terms of the Funding 1
Swap, in respect of the relevant
Calculation Period:
(a) the Average Fixed Rate Loan Balance, the
Average Variable Rate
Loan Balance and the Average
Tracker Rate Loan Balance (each as
defined in the Funding 1
Swap Agreement);
(b) the weighted average of the fixed rates of
interest charged to
borrowers of Fixed Rate Loans;
(c) the Tracker Swap Rate; and
(d) the Variable Rate Swap SVR,
and shall notify Funding 1 and the
Funding 1 Security Trustee of such
amounts, balances and rates.
6.2 TERMINATION OF FUNDING 1 SWAP
If on or prior to the date of the
earlier of either (i) the reduction of
the aggregate principal amount
outstanding of all Intercompany Loans to
zero or (ii) the service of an
Intercompany Loan Acceleration Notice, the
Funding 1 Swap is terminated, then
the Cash Manager (on behalf of Funding
1 and the Funding 1 Security
Trustee) shall purchase a new hedge against
the possible variance between (1)
the Mortgages Trustee Variable Base
Rate payable on the Variable Rate
Loans, the fixed rates of interest
payable on the Fixed Rate Loans and
the Tracker Swap Rate and (2) a
LIBOR-based rate for three-month
sterling deposits, on terms acceptable
to Funding 1 and the Rating
Agencies with a new Funding 1 swap provider
whom the Rating Agencies have
previously confirmed in writing will not
cause the then current rating of
any Notes of the Funding 1 Issuers to be
downgraded. The Cash Manager may
apply any early termination payment
received from the Funding 1 Swap
Provider pursuant to the Funding 1 Swap
for such purpose.
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6.3 COMPUTATIONS UNDER FUNDING 2 SWAP
On each Calculation Date, the Cash
Manager shall determine, in accordance
with the terms of the Funding 2
Swap, in respect of the relevant
Calculation Period:
(a) the Average Fixed Rate Loan Balance, the
Average Variable Rate
Loan Balance and the Average
Tracker Rate Loan Balance (each as
defined in the Funding 2
Swap Agreement);
(b) the weighted average of the fixed rates of
interest charged to
borrowers of Fixed Rate
Loans;
(c) the Tracker Swap Rate; and
(d) the Variable Rate Swap SVR,
and shall notify Funding 2 and the
Funding 2 Security Trustee of such
amounts, balances and rates.
6.4 TERMINATION OF FUNDING 2 SWAP
If on or prior to the date of the
earlier of either (i) the reduction of
the aggregate principal amount
outstanding of all Loan Tranches under the
Master Intercompany Loan Agreement
to zero or (ii) the service of a
Master Intercompany Loan
Acceleration Notice, the Funding 2 Swap is
terminated, then the Cash Manager
(on behalf of Funding 2 and the Funding
2 Security Trustee) shall purchase
a new hedge against the possible
variance between (1) the Mortgages
Trustee Variable Base Rate payable on
the Variable Rate Loans, the fixed
rates of interest payable on the Fixed
Rate Loans and the Tracker Swap
Rate and (2) a LIBOR-based rate for
three-month sterling deposits, on
terms acceptable to Funding 2 and the
Rating Agencies with a new Funding
2 swap provider whom the Rating
Agencies have previously confirmed
in writing will not cause the then
current rating of any Notes of the
Master Issuer to be downgraded. The
Cash Manager may apply any early
termination payment received from the
Funding 2 Swap Provider pursuant to
the Funding 2 Swap for such purpose.
7. NO LIABILITY
Save as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the Cash Manager shall have
no liability for the obligations of
any of the Mortgages Trustee, Funding
1, Funding 2, the Funding 1
Security Trustee or the Funding 2 Security
Trustee under any of the
Transaction Documents or otherwise and nothing
herein shall constitute a
guarantee, or similar obligation, by the Cash
Manager of either the Mortgages
Trustee, Funding 1, Funding 2, the
Funding 1 Security Trustee or the
Funding 2 Security Trustee in respect
of any of them.
8. COSTS AND EXPENSES
8.1 Subject to and in accordance with
the Mortgages Trust Revenue Priority of
Payments, the Funding 1 Priority of
Payments and the Funding 2 Priority
of Payments (as applicable), each
of the Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1 and
Funding 2 will on each Distribution
Date, Funding 1 Interest Payment Date
and Funding 2 Interest Payment Date
(respectively) reimburse the Cash
Manager for all out-of-pocket
costs, expenses and charges (together with
any amounts in respect of
Irrecoverable VAT due thereon) properly
incurred by the Cash Manager in the
performance of the Cash Management
Services to it including any such
costs, expenses or charges not
reimbursed to the Cash Manager on
any previous Distribution Date, Funding
1 Interest Payment Date and Funding
2 Interest Payment Date
(respectively) and the Cash Manager
shall supply the Mortgages Trustee,
Funding 1 and Funding 2 with an
appropriate VAT invoice issued by the
Cash Manager or, if the Cash
Manager has treated the relevant cost,
expense or charge as a disbursement
for VAT purposes, by the person
making the supply.
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8.2 Unless and until otherwise agreed
by the Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1,
Funding 2, the Funding 1 Security
Trustee and the Funding 2 Security
Trustee in writing (notified to the
Cash Manager), the Mortgages Trustee
shall be solely responsible for
reimbursing the Cash Manager for the
out-of-pocket costs, expenses and
charges (together with any amounts in
respect of Irrecoverable VAT due
thereon) referred to in Clause 8.1
above.
9. INFORMATION
9.1 USE OF I.T. SYSTEMS
(a) The Cash Manager represents and
warrants that at the date hereof in
respect of the software which is to
be used by the Cash Manager in
providing the Cash Management
Services it has in place all necessary
licences and/or consents from the
respective licensor or licensors (if
any) of such software.
(b) The Cash Manager undertakes that it
shall for the duration of this
Agreement, use reasonable
endeavours to:
(i) ensure that the licences and/or consents
referred to in paragraph
(a) are maintained in full
force and effect; and
(ii) except in so far as it would breach any
other of its legal
obligations, grant to any
person to whom it may sub-contract or
delegate the performance of
all or any of its powers and
obligations under this
Agreement and/or to such person as the
Mortgages Trustee and/or
Funding 1 and Funding 2 elect as a
substitute cash manager in accordance with the
terms of this
Agreement a licence to use
any proprietary software together with
any updates which may be
made thereto from time to time.
(c) The Cash Manager shall use
reasonable endeavours to maintain in working
order the information technology
systems used by the Cash Manager in
providing the Cash Management
Services.
(d) The Cash Manager shall pass to any
person to whom it may sub-contract or
delegate the performance of all or
any of its powers and obligations
under this Agreement and/or to such
person as the Mortgages Trustee
and/or Funding 1 and Funding 2
elect as a substitute cash manager in
accordance with the terms of this
Agreement the benefit of any warranties
in relation to the software insofar
as the same are capable of
assignment.
9.2 BANK ACCOUNT STATEMENTS
The Cash Manager shall take all
reasonable steps to ensure that it
receives:
(a) a monthly bank statement in relation to the
Mortgages Trustee GIC
Account (and any additional
or supplemental bank account of the
Mortgages Trustee) and that
it furnishes a copy of such statement
to the Mortgages Trustee, each
of the Beneficiaries, the Funding 1
Security Trustee and the
Funding 2 Security Trustee;
(b) monthly bank statements in relation to each
of the Funding 1
Transaction Account and the
Funding 1 GIC Account (and any
additional or supplemental bank
account of Funding 1) and that it
furnishes a copy of such
statements to Funding 1 and the Funding 1
Security Trustee; and
(c) monthly bank statements in relation to each
of the Funding 2
Transaction Account and the
Funding 2 GIC Account (and any
additional or supplemental
bank account of Funding 2) and that it
furnishes a copy of such
statements to Funding 2 and the Funding 2
Security Trustee.
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9.3 ACCESS TO BOOKS AND RECORDS
Subject to all applicable laws, the
Cash Manager shall permit the
Auditors of the Mortgages Trustee,
Funding 1 and Funding 2 and any other
person nominated by the Funding 1 Security
Trustee and/or Funding 2
Security Trustee or the
Beneficiaries (to whom the Cash Manager has no
reasonable objection) at any time
during normal office hours upon
reasonable notice to have access,
or procure that such person or persons
are granted access, to all books of
record and account relating to the
Cash Management Services provided
by the Cash Manager and related matters
in accordance with this Agreement.
9.4 STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS
The Cash Manager will use its
reasonable endeavours, on behalf of the
Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1 and
Funding 2, to prepare or procure the
preparation of and file all
reports, annual returns, financial
statements, statutory forms and
other returns which each of the Mortgages
Trustee, Funding 1 and Funding 2 is
required by law to prepare and file.
Subject to approval thereof by the
directors of the Mortgages Trustee,
Funding 1 or Funding 2 (as appropriate),
the Cash Manager shall cause
such accounts to be audited by the
Auditors and shall procure so far as
it is able so to do that the
Auditors shall make a report thereon as
required by law and copies of all
such documents shall be delivered to
the Mortgages Trustee, the Funding
1 Security Trustee, the Funding 2
Security Trustee, Funding 1 and
Funding 2 (as appropriate) and the Rating
Agencies as soon as practicable
after the end of each accounting
reference period of the Mortgages
Trustee, Funding 1 or Funding 2 (as
appropriate).
9.5 INFORMATION COVENANTS
(a) The Cash Manager shall provide a
quarterly report in, or substantially
in, the form set out in Schedule 3
in respect of Funding 1 to any Funding
1 Issuer, Funding 1, the Funding 1
Security Trustee, the Seller and the
Rating Agencies and a quarterly
report in, or substantially in the form
set out in Schedule 4 in respect of
Funding 2 to the Master Issuer,
Funding 2, the Funding 2 Security
Trustee, the Seller and the Rating
Agencies.
(b) The Cash Manager shall provide, or
procure the provision of, to the
Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1,
Funding 2, the Funding 1 Security Trustee,
the Funding 2 Security Trustee and
the Rating Agencies copies of any
annual returns or financial
statements referred to in Clause 9.4 as soon
as reasonably practicable after the
preparation thereof.
(c) The Cash Manager shall notify the
Rating Agencies in writing of the
details of (i) any material
amendment to the Transaction Documents, (ii)
the occurrence of an Intercompany
Loan Event of Default, Master
Intercompany Loan Event of Default,
Potential Intercompany Loan Event of
Default or Potential Master
Intercompany Loan Event of Default and (iii)
any other information relating to
the Cash Manager as the Rating Agencies
and/or the Funding 1 Security
Trustee and/or the Funding 2 Security
Trustee may reasonably request in
connection with its obligations under
this Agreement, PROVIDED THAT
neither the Funding 1 Security Trustee nor
the Funding 2 Security Trustee
shall make such a request more than once
every three months unless, in the
belief of the Funding 1 Security
Trustee and/or the Funding 2
Security Trustee, an Intercompany Loan Event
of Default or a Master Intercompany
Loan Event of Default (respectively)
and/or a Note Event of Default in
respect of any Funding 1 Issuer or the
Master Issuer (respectively) or
Cash Manager Termination Event (as
defined in Clause 13.1) shall have
occurred and is continuing or a
Potential Intercompany Loan Event
of Default or Potential Master
Intercompany Loan Event of Default
(respectively) and/or a Potential Note
Event of Default in respect of any
Funding 1 Issuer or the Master Issuer
(respectively) shall have occurred
and is continuing PROVIDED FURTHER
THAT such request does not
adversely interfere with the Cash Manager's
day to day provision of the Cash
Management Services under the other
terms of this Agreement.
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(d) The Cash Manager shall, at the
request of the Funding 1 Security Trustee
or the Funding 2 Security Trustee,
furnish the Funding 1 Security
Trustee, the Funding 2 Security
Trustee and the Rating Agencies with such
other information relating to its
business and financial condition as it
may be reasonable for the Funding 1
Security Trustee and/or the Funding 2
Security Trustee to request in
connection with this Agreement, PROVIDED
THAT such request does not
adversely interfere with the Cash Manager's
day to day provision of the Cash
Management Services under the other
terms of this Agreement.
10. REMUNERATION
10.1 FEE PAYABLE
The Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1
and Funding 2 shall pay to the Cash
Manager for the Cash Management
Services provided to it hereunder a cash
management fee which shall be
agreed in writing between the Mortgages
Trustee, Funding 1, Funding 2, the
Funding 1 Security Trustee, the
Funding 2 Security Trustee and the
Cash Manager from time to time.
10.2 PAYMENT OF FEE
The cash management fee referred to
in Clause 10.1 shall be paid to the
Cash Manager in arrear on each
Distribution Date in the manner
contemplated by and in accordance
with the provisions of the Mortgages
Trustee Revenue Priority of
Payments.
11. COVENANTS OF CASH MANAGER
11.1 COVENANTS
The Cash Manager hereby covenants
with and undertakes to each of the
Mortgages Trustee, Funding 1,
Funding 2, the Funding 1 Security Trustee
and the Funding 2 Security Trustee
that without prejudice to any of its
specific obligations hereunder:
(a) it will devote all due skill, care and
diligence to the
performance of its
obligations and the exercise of its discretions
hereunder;
(b) it will comply with any proper directions,
orders and instructions
which the Mortgages Trustee,
Funding 1, Funding 2, the Funding 1
Security Trustee or the
Funding 2 Security Trustee may from time
to time give to it in
accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement and, in the event
of any conflict, those of the Funding
Security 1 Trustee and the
Funding 2 Security Trustee shall
prevail;
(c) it will use its reasonable endeavours to
keep in force all
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