UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Lloyds Banking
Group plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
United Kingdom
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization) |
None
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
25 Gresham Street
London EC2V 7HN
United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Act:
Title of each class
to be so registered
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Name of each exchange on which
each class is to be registered |
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5.087% Fixed Rate Notes due 2028
5.590% Fixed Rate Notes due 2035
Floating Rate Notes due 2028
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New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the
following box. ☒
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities
pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the
following box. ☐
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities
concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐
Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement
file number to which this form relates: 333-231902
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of
the Act: None.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The Registrant has filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, the prospectus supplement dated November 19, 2024 (the “Prospectus Supplement”)
to a base prospectus dated June 7, 2022 (the “Prospectus”) relating to the securities to be registered hereunder. The Registrant
incorporates by reference the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement to the extent set forth below.
Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities
to be Registered
The information required by this item is incorporated
herein by reference to the information contained in the sections captioned “Description of Debt Securities” on pages 5 through
14 of the Prospectus, and “Description of the Senior Notes” on pages S-26 through S-42 and “Certain U.K. and U.S. Federal
Tax Consequences” on pages S-43 through S-46 of the Prospectus Supplement.
Item 2. Exhibits
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4.1 |
Senior Debt Securities Indenture between Lloyds Banking Group plc, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon acting through its London branch, as trustee, dated as of July 6, 2010 (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Form 8-A12B filed with the Commission on July 16, 2010). |
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Twentieth Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Debt Securities Indenture between Lloyds Banking Group plc, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon acting through its London Branch, as trustee and paying agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch, as senior debt security registrar, dated as of November 26, 2024 (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Form 6-K filed with the Commission on November 26, 2024). |
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Form of Global Note for the 5.087% Fixed Rate Notes due 2028. |
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Form of Global Note for the 5.590% Fixed Rate Notes due 2035 |
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Form of Global Note for the Floating Rate Notes due 2028. |
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99.1 |
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (incorporated herein to the extent provided above by reference to the Registrant’s filings under the Registration Statement on Form F-3 ASR (File No. 333-265452) and Rule 424(b) filed with the Commission on June 7, 2022 and November 19, 2024, respectively). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized.
Lloyds Banking Group plc
Name: Jesse Tennant-Brown
Title: Authorised Signatory
November 26, 2024
Exhibit 4.3
FORM OF 2028
SENIOR CALLABLE FIXED-TO-FIXED RATE GLOBAL NOTE
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT
IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO
A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY
OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME
AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
CUSIP No. 53944Y
BC6
ISIN No. US53944YBC66
Common Code: 294805796
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
plc
5.087% SENIOR CALLABLE
FIXED-TO-FIXED RATE NOTE DUE 2028
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
plc (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse
hereof)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[·]
([·] dollars) on November 26, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”) or on such earlier
date as the principal hereof may become due in accordance with the terms hereof and to pay interest thereon (i) from, and including,
the date of issuance hereof to, but excluding, November 26, 2027, semi-annually in arrears on the Fixed Rate Interest Payment Dates (as
defined on the reverse hereof) and (ii) from, and including, November 26, 2027 to, but excluding, November 26, 2028, semi-annually in
arrears on the Reset Rate Interest Payment Dates (as defined in the reverse hereof). Interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date
(as defined on the reverse hereof) shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Senior Note is registered on the 15th calendar
day immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day, as defined in the Indenture
(each a “Regular Record Date”). If (i) the Company fails to pay any installment of interest on this Senior Note on or before
its Interest Payment Date and such failure continues for 14 days or (ii) the Company fails to pay all or any part of the principal of
this Senior Note on any date on which such principal shall otherwise have become due and payable, whether upon redemption or otherwise,
and such failure continues for seven days (each of (i) and (ii), a “Default”), the Trustee may commence a proceeding for
the winding up of the Company, provided that the Trustee may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, declare the principal amount of any
of the Outstanding Senior Notes to be due and payable.
As
set forth on the reverse hereof, interest shall accrue on this Senior Note from day to day from the date of issuance hereof until the
principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.
Payments
of interest on this Senior Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year divided into twelve months of 30 days each and, in the
case of an incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed in such period.
Payment
of the principal amount of (and premium, if any) and any interest on, this Senior Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Such payment shall be made to the
Holder including through a Paying Agent of the Company. If the date for payment of the principal amount hereof (and premium, if any)
or interest thereon is not a Business Day, then (subject as provided in the Indenture) such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day with the
same
force and effect as if made on such date for payment and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay.
Prior
to due presentment of this Senior Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner of such Senior Note for the purpose of receiving payment
of principal and interest, if any, on such Senior Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Senior Note be overdue,
and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual or electronic signature,
this Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
Notwithstanding
any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the Company and any Holder or beneficial owner of this Senior Note, by
purchasing or acquiring this Senior Note, each Holder (including each beneficial owner) of this Senior Note acknowledges, accepts, agrees
to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority that may result in (i)
the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes; (ii) the conversion
of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes into shares or other securities or other obligations
of the Company or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the holder of such shares, securities or obligations, including by
means of amendment, modification or variation of the terms of the Senior Notes); and/or (iii) the amendment or alteration of the maturity
of the Senior Notes, or amendment of the amount of interest due on the Senior Notes, or the dates on which interest becomes payable,
including by suspending payment for a temporary period; any U.K. bail-in power may be exercised by means of variation of the terms of
the Senior Notes solely to give effect to the exercise by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of such U.K. bail-in power. With respect
to (i), (ii) and (iii) above, references to principal and interest shall include payments of principal and interest that have become
due and payable (including principal that has become due and payable at the maturity date), but which have not been paid, prior to the
exercise of any U.K. bail-in power. Each Holder and each beneficial owner of the Senior Notes further acknowledges and agrees that the
rights of the Holders and/or beneficial owners under the Senior Notes are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, solely to give
effect to, the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority.
For
these purposes, a “U.K. bail-in power” is any write-down, conversion, transfer, modification, moratorium and/or suspension
power existing from time to time under any laws, regulations, rules or requirements relating to the resolution of financial holding companies,
mixed financial holding companies, banks, banking group companies, credit institutions and/or investment firms incorporated in the
United
Kingdom in effect and applicable in the United Kingdom to the Company or other members of the Group, including but not limited to any
such laws, regulations, rules or requirements which are implemented, adopted or enacted in the United Kingdom within the context of the
U.K. resolution regime under the Banking Act 2009 as the same has been or may be amended from time to time (whether pursuant to the U.K.
Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, secondary legislation or otherwise) and/or the Loss Absorption Regulations, pursuant to
which obligations of a bank, banking group company, credit institution or investment firm or any of its affiliates can be reduced, canceled,
modified, transferred and/or converted into shares or other securities or obligations of the obligor or any other person (or suspended
for a temporary period) or pursuant to which any right in a contract governing such obligations may be deemed to have been exercised.
A reference to the “relevant U.K. resolution authority” is to any authority with the ability to exercise a U.K. bail-in power.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Senior Note to be duly executed.
Dated:
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[Global Note
Signature Page]
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is one of the Senior Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
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THE BANK
OF NEW YORK MELLON, |
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acting through
its London Branch, as Trustee |
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Authorized
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[Global Note
Signature Page]
[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
This
Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Senior Notes”) issued and
to be issued in one or more series under a Senior Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2010, as amended by the First Supplemental
Indenture dated as of July 6, 2016 (herein called the “Senior Indenture”), among the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of
New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor
trustee under the Senior Indenture), as supplemented by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 26, 2024, among the
Company, the Trustee and as paying agent (herein called the “Paying Agent”) and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin
Branch, as Senior Debt Security Registrar (the “Twentieth Supplemental Indenture”, and, together with the Senior Indenture,
the “Indenture”) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior
Notes and of the terms upon which the Senior Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
This
Senior Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,250,000,000. The
Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes, issue additional notes having the same ranking and interest rate,
maturity date, redemption terms and other terms as the Senior Notes except for the price to the public, issue date and first interest
payment date, provided that such additional notes must be fungible with the outstanding Senior Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Any such Senior Notes, together with this Senior Note, will constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture. The Senior
Notes will initially be issued in the form of one or more global Senior Notes (each, a “Global Senior Note”). Except as provided
in the Indenture, a Global Senior Note shall not be exchangeable for one or more definitive Senior Notes.
The
Senior Notes of this series will constitute direct, unconditional, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company, as described
herein, and will rank pari passu and without any preference among themselves and at least pari passu with all of the Company’s
other outstanding unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, present and future subject to such exceptions as may be provided by mandatory
provisions of applicable law.
During
the period from, and including, November 26, 2024 to, but excluding, November 26, 2027 (the “Initial Fixed Rate Period”),
interest shall accrue from the Issue Date at a fixed rate of 5.087% per annum. Interest accrued during the Initial Fixed Rate Period
shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 26 and November 26 of each year (each, a “Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date”),
commencing on November 26, 2024.
During
the period from, and including, November 26, 2027 (the “Reset Date”) to, but excluding, November 26, 2028 (the “Reset
Fixed Rate Period”), interest shall accrue at a fixed annual rate equal to the applicable U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined below)
as determined by the Calculation Agent (as defined below) on the Reset Determination Date (as defined below), plus 85 basis points
(0.850%). Interest accrued on the Senior Notes during the Reset Fixed Rate Period will be payable semi-
annually
in arrears on May 26, 2028 and November 26, 2028 (each a “Reset Rate Interest Payment Date”, and together with the Fixed
Rate Interest Payment Dates, the “Interest Payment Dates”).
Interest
during the Initial Fixed Rate Period shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year divided into twelve months of 30 days each and,
in the case of an incomplete month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such period. If any scheduled Fixed Rate Interest
Payment Date, redemption date or Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the Company shall pay interest and principal, as applicable, on
the next Business Day, but interest on that payment shall not accrue during the period from and after such scheduled Fixed Rate Interest
Payment Date, redemption date or Maturity date.
Interest
during the Reset Fixed Rate Period shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and, in the
case of an incomplete month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such period. The interest rate during the Reset Fixed
Rate Period will be reset on the Reset Determination Date. If any scheduled Reset Rate Interest Payment Date, redemption date or Maturity
Date is not a Business Day, interest and principal, as applicable, will be paid on the next Business Day, but interest on that payment
will not accrue during the period from and after such scheduled Reset Rate Interest Payment Date, redemption date or Maturity Date.
“Comparable
Treasury Issue” means, with respect to the Reset Fixed Rate Period, the U.S. Treasury security or securities selected by the
Company with a maturity date on or about the last day of the Reset Fixed Rate Period and that would be utilized, at the time of selection
and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities denominated in U.S. dollars and
having a maturity of one year.
“Comparable
Treasury Price” means, with respect to the Reset Date, (i) the arithmetic average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
for the Reset Date (calculated by the Calculation Agent on the Reset Determination Date preceding the Reset Date), after excluding the
highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are
received by the Company, the arithmetic average of all such quotations, or (iii) if fewer than two such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
are received by the Company, then such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations as quoted in writing to the Company by a Reference Treasury
Dealer.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer” means each of up to five banks selected by the Company, or the affiliates of such banks, which are (i) primary
U.S. Treasury securities dealers, and their respective successors, or (ii) market makers in pricing corporate bond issues denominated
in U.S. dollars.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations” means with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and the Reset Date, the bid and offered prices
obtained by the Company for the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount,
at 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), on the Reset Determination Date.
“Reset
Determination Date” means the second Business Day immediately preceding the Reset Date.
“U.S.
Treasury Rate” means, with respect to the Reset Date, the rate per annum equal to: (1) the arithmetic average of the yields
on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity for the maturity of one year (“Yields”), for the
five consecutive business days immediately prior to the Reset Determination Date and appearing under the caption “Treasury constant
maturities” on the Reset Determination Date as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time), in the applicable most recently published statistical
release designated “H.15 Daily Update”, or any successor publication that is published by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System that establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, under the caption “Treasury
Constant Maturities”, for the maturity of one year; provided that if the Yield is not available through such release (or
successor publication) for any relevant business day, then the arithmetic average will be determined based on the Yields for the remaining
business days during the five business day period described above (provided further that if the Yield is available for only a single
business day during such five business day period, the “U.S. Treasury Rate” will mean the single-day Yield for such day);
or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week immediately prior to the Reset Determination Date
or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury
Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for the Reset Date.
If
the U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be determined, for whatever reason, as described under (1) or (2) above, “U.S. Treasury Rate”
means the rate in percentage per annum as notified by the Calculation Agent to the Company equal to the last reported Yield on U.S. Treasury
securities having a maturity of one year based on information appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated
“H.15 Daily Update” (or any successor publication by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and that establishes
yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities) as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Reset Determination Date.
The
U.S. Treasury Rate shall be determined by The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch as calculation agent (the “Calculation Agent”).
All
calculations of the Calculation Agent, in the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company,
the Trustee, the Paying Agent and on the Holders of the Senior Notes.
All
percentages resulting from any of the above calculations shall be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655))
and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations shall be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded
upwards).
The
interest rate on the Senior Notes during the Reset Fixed Rate Period will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by law
or lower than 0.00% per annum.
By
its acquisition of Senior Notes or an interest therein, each holder and beneficial owner of Senior Notes and each subsequent holder and
beneficial owner waives any and all claims in law and/or equity against the Trustee, the Calculation Agent or any paying agent for, agrees
not to initiate a suit against the Trustee, the Calculation Agent and any paying agent in respect of, and agrees that none of the Trustee,
the Calculation Agent or any paying agent will be liable for, any action that the Trustee, the Calculation Agent or any paying agent,
as the case may be, takes, or abstains from taking, in each case in accordance herewith or any losses suffered in connection therewith.
Subject
to Section 11.11 of the Indenture and on at least 5 Business Days but no more than 30 Business Days’ prior written notice delivered
to the Holders of the Senior Notes (with a copy to the Trustee), the Company may in its sole discretion (but subject to, if and to the
extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator
and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission) redeem the Senior Notes, in whole, but not in part, on November 26, 2027
at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption.
If
an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holder
or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes of this series may declare the principal
amount of, and any accrued interest on and any Additional Amounts on, all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
Except
as otherwise provided in Article 5 of the Indenture, during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee may in its discretion
proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of Holders of Senior Notes by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in
the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee
by the Indenture or by law, provided, however, that the Company shall not, as a result of the bringing of such judicial proceedings,
be required to pay any amount representing or measured by reference to the principal of, or any interest on, the Senior Notes prior to
any date on which the principal of, or any interest on, the Senior Notes would have otherwise been payable by the Company.
If
a Default occurs, the Trustee may commence a proceeding for the winding-up of the Company and/or prove in a winding-up of the Company,
provided that the Trustee may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, (except in such winding-up, in accordance with Section 5.01 of the
Indenture) declare the principal amount of any of the Outstanding Senior Notes to be due and payable.
Failure
to make any payment in respect of this Senior Note shall not be a Default if such payment is withheld or refused and an Opinion of Counsel
is delivered to the Trustee concluding that such sums were not paid in order to comply with any fiscal or other law or regulation or
with the order of any court of competent jurisdiction, provided, however, that the Trustee may by notice to the Company
require
the Company to take such action (including but not limited to proceedings for a declaration by a court of competent jurisdiction) as
the Trustee may be advised in an Opinion of Counsel, upon which opinion the Trustee may conclusively rely, is appropriate and reasonable
in the circumstances to resolve such doubt, in which case the Company shall forthwith take and expeditiously proceed with such action
and shall be bound by any final resolution of the doubt resulting therefrom. If any such action results in a determination that the relevant
payment can be made without violating any applicable law, regulation or order then the provisions of the preceding sentence shall cease
to have effect and the payment shall become due and payable on the expiration of 14 days (in the case of payments under Section 5.03(a)
of the Indenture) or seven days (in the case of payments under Section 5.03(b) of the Indenture) after the Trustee gives written notice
to the Company informing it of such resolution.
Subject
to applicable law, no Holder may exercise or claim any right of set-off, counterclaim, combination of accounts, compensation or retention
in respect of any amount owed to it by the Company arising under or in connection with the Senior Notes. The Holders of Senior Notes
by their acceptance thereof will be deemed to have waived any right of set-off, counterclaim, combination of accounts, compensation and
retention with respect to the Senior Notes or the Senior Indenture (or between the obligations under or in respect of the Senior Notes
and any liability owed by a Holder to the Company) that they might otherwise have against the Company.
No
remedy against the Company other than as referred to in Article 5 of the Indenture shall be available to the Trustee or the Holders,
whether for the recovery of amounts owing in respect of the Senior Notes or under the Indenture or in respect of any breach by the Company
of any of its other obligations under or in respect of the Senior Notes or under the Indenture, except that the Trustee and the Holders
shall have such rights and powers as they are required to have under the Trust Indenture Act.
Amounts
to be paid on the Senior Notes of this series will be made without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present
and future income, stamp and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges or fees, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on
behalf of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (the “Taxing
Jurisdiction”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law. If at any time a Taxing Jurisdiction requires the Company
to make such deduction or withholding, the Company will pay additional amounts with respect to interest only on the Senior Notes of this
series (“Additional Amounts”) that are necessary in order that the net amounts of interest paid to the Holders, after the
deduction or withholding, shall equal the amounts of interest only which would have been payable on the Senior Notes if the deduction
or withholding had not been required. However, this will not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge or fee, which would
not have been deducted or withheld but for the fact that:
(i)
the Holder or the beneficial owner of a Senior Note is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining
a permanent establishment or is physically present in, the Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise has some connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction
other than the holding or ownership of a
Senior
Note, or the collection of any payment of (or in respect of) principal of, or interest or other payments on, any Senior Note,
(ii)
except in the case of winding-up in the United Kingdom, the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment
in the United Kingdom,
(iii)
the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment more than 30 days after the date payment became due
or was provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to the Additional Amounts on presenting
the same for payment at the close of that 30 day period,
(iv)
the Holder or the beneficial owner of the relevant Senior Note or the beneficial owner of any payment of (or in respect of) principal
of, or interest or other payments on, the Senior Note failed to comply with a request of the Company or its liquidator or other authorized
person addressed to the Holder (x) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such beneficial
owner or (y) to make any declaration or other similar claim to satisfy any requirement, which in the case of (x) or (y), is required
or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from
all or part of the tax, levy, impost, duty, charge or fee,
(v)
the deduction or withholding is imposed by reason of any agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in connection with Sections
1471-1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and the U.S. Treasury regulations thereunder (“FATCA”), any intergovernmental
agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction with respect to FATCA, or any law, regulation or
other official guidance enacted or issued in any jurisdiction implementing, or relating to, FATCA or any intergovernmental agreement;
or
(vi)
any combination of clauses (i) through (v) above,
nor shall Additional
Amounts be paid with respect to interest only on the Senior Notes to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other
than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of any Taxing Jurisdiction to
be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or partner or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such
partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts, had it been the Holder. With respect to
any deduction or withholding made by any of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or another withholding agent from any amount payable
on, or in respect of, the Senior Notes in the events described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, the amounts so deducted or withheld
shall be treated as having been paid to the holder of the Senior Notes, and no additional amounts will be paid on account of any such
deduction or withholding. None of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or another withholding agent shall have any liability in
connection with their compliance with any such withholding obligation under applicable law.
References
herein to the payment of interest on the Senior Notes shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided
for in the
foregoing
paragraph to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable under the foregoing provisions.
In
addition to the Company’s right to redeem the Senior Notes on November 26, 2027, the Senior Notes of this series are redeemable,
as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company (subject to, if and to the extent required by the Relevant Regulator or the
Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission),
on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, on any Payment Date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount,
together with accrued but unpaid interest, in respect of the Senior Notes to the date fixed for redemption, if, at any time, the Company
shall determine that as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws or regulations of the Taxing Jurisdiction (including any treaty
to which such Taxing Jurisdiction is a party), or any change in the application or interpretation of such laws or regulations (including
a decision of any court or tribunal) which change or amendment becomes effective on or after November 26, 2024:
(a)
in making payment under the Senior Notes the Company has or will or would on the next Payment Date become obligated to pay Additional
Amounts;
(b)
the payment of interest on the next Payment Date in respect of the Senior Notes would be treated as a “distribution” within
the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 23 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 of the United Kingdom (or any statutory modification or re-enactment
thereof for the time being); or
(c)
on the next Payment Date the Company would not be entitled to claim a deduction in respect of such payment of interest in computing its
United Kingdom taxation liabilities (or the value of such deduction to the Company would be materially reduced).
In
any case where the Company shall determine that, in accordance with Section 11.08 of the Senior Indenture, it is entitled to redeem the
Senior Notes of this series, the Company shall be required to deliver to the Trustee prior to the giving of any notice of redemption
(i) a written legal opinion of independent United Kingdom counsel of recognized standing (selected by the Company) in a form satisfactory
to the Trustee confirming that the relevant change or amendment has occurred and that the Company is entitled to exercise its right of
redemption and (ii) an Officer’s Certificate, evidencing compliance with such provisions and stating that the Company is entitled
to redeem the Senior Notes pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes.
The
Company may, at the Company’s option (but subject to, if and to the extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss
Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission),
having given not less than 15 nor more than 30 days’ notice to holders, redeem all but not some only of the Senior Notes outstanding
at any time at 100% of their principal amount together with any accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption, if immediately
prior to the giving of the notice referred to above, the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that
a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event has occurred. Any redemption or purchase of Senior Notes (other than redemption on the relevant
maturity date), and any modification to the terms of the Senior Notes or any indenture relating thereto, is
subject
to, if and to the extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the
Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission therefor and otherwise to compliance with the Loss Absorption
Regulations if and to the extent then required thereunder.
If
the Company elects to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Senior Notes will cease to accrue interest from the date of redemption,
provided the redemption price has been paid in accordance with the Indenture.
Upon
payment of (i) the amount of principal (and premium, if any) so declared due and payable and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest, all of
the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and accrued and unpaid interest
on, the Senior Notes of this series shall terminate.
Notwithstanding
any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the Company and any Holder or beneficial owner of the Senior Notes, by
purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes each Holder (including each beneficial owner) of the Senior Notes acknowledges, accepts, agrees
to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority that may result in (i)
the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes; (ii) the conversion
of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes into shares or other securities or other obligations
of the Company or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the holder of such shares, securities or obligations, including by
means of amendment, modification or variation of the terms of the Senior Notes); and/or (iii) the amendment or alteration of the maturity
of the Senior Notes, or amendment of the amount of interest due on the Senior Notes, or the dates on which interest becomes payable,
including by suspending payment for a temporary period; any U.K. bail-in power may be exercised by means of variation of the terms of
the Senior Notes solely to give effect to the exercise by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of such U.K. bail-in power. With respect
to (i), (ii) and (iii) above, references to principal and interest shall include payments of principal and interest that have become
due and payable (including principal that has become due and payable at the maturity date), but which have not been paid, prior to the
exercise of any U.K. bail-in power. Each Holder and each beneficial owner of the Senior Notes further acknowledges and agrees that the
rights of the Holders and/or beneficial owners under the Senior Notes are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, solely to give
effect to, the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority.
By
purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes, each Holder and each beneficial owner of the Senior Notes:
(i)
acknowledges and agrees that no exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority in respect of the Senior
Notes shall give rise to a default or an Event of Default for purposes of Section 315(b) (Notice of Default) and Section 315(c) (Duties
of the Trustee in Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act;
(ii)
to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims against the Trustee for, agrees not to initiate a suit
against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee shall not be liable for, any action that the Trustee takes, or abstains
from taking, in either case in accordance with the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with
respect to the Senior Notes; and
(iii)
acknowledges and agrees that, upon the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, (a) the Trustee
shall not be required to take any further directions from Holders or beneficial owners of the Senior Notes under Section 5.12 of the
Senior Indenture, and (b) neither the Senior Indenture nor the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture shall impose any duties upon the Trustee
whatsoever with respect to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if, following the completion of the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, any of the Senior Notes
remain outstanding (for example, if the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power results in only a partial write-down of the principal of the
Senior Notes), then the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture shall remain applicable with respect to the Senior Notes following
such completion to the extent that the Company and the Trustee shall agree pursuant to a supplemental indenture or an amendment to the
Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, unless the Company and the Trustee agree in writing that a supplemental indenture is not necessary.
Each
Holder or beneficial owner that acquires its Senior Notes in the secondary market shall be deemed to acknowledge, agree to be bound by
and consent to the same provisions specified in the Indenture to the same extent as the Holders and beneficial owners of the Senior Notes
that acquire the Senior Notes upon their initial issuance, including, without limitation, with respect to the acknowledgement and agreement
to be bound by and consent to the terms of the Senior Notes, including in relation to the U.K. bail-in power.
By
purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes, each Holder and each beneficial owner shall be deemed to have (i) consented to the exercise
of any U.K. bail-in power as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of its decision to
exercise such power with respect to the Senior Notes and (ii) authorized, directed and requested DTC and any direct participant in DTC
or other intermediary through which it holds such Senior Notes to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement the exercise
of any U.K. bail-in power with respect to the Senior Notes as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on the part
of such Holder or beneficial owner or the Trustee.
No
repayment of the principal amount of the Senior Notes or payment of interest on the Senior Notes shall become due and payable after the
exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority unless, at the time that such repayment or payment, respectively,
is scheduled to become due, such repayment or payment would be permitted to be made by the Company under the laws and regulations of
the United Kingdom applicable to the Company and the Group.
Upon
the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Senior Notes, the Company shall
provide a written notice to DTC as soon as practicable regarding such exercise of the U.K. bail-in power for purposes of notifying Holders
of such occurrence. The Company shall also deliver a copy of such notice to the Trustee for information purposes. Any delay or failure
by the Company in delivering the notices referred to in this paragraph shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the U.K. bail-in
power.
The
Company’s obligations to indemnify the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.07 of the Indenture shall survive any exercise of the
U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Senior Notes.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations
of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Senior Notes to be affected thereby by the Company and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Senior Notes at the time outstanding of each such series. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes, on behalf
of the Holders of all Senior Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued in exchange herefor or in
lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay, if and when due and payable, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on, this Senior Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As
set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of the Senior Notes will have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture, this Senior Note or any remedy thereunder; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply
to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal or interest as and when the same shall have
become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof and the Indenture.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the right of the Holder
of this Senior Note, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on,
this Senior Note when due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this Senior Note and the Indenture.
This
Senior Note is governed by the laws of the State of New York, except for the waiver of set-off provisions relating to the Senior Notes
which are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland.
Unless otherwise
defined herein, all terms used in this Senior Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture.
Exhibit 4.4
FORM OF 2035
SENIOR CALLABLE FIXED-TO-FIXED RATE GLOBAL NOTE
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT
IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO
A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY
OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME
AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
CUSIP No. 539439
BA6
ISIN No. US539439BA62
Common Code: 294805800
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
plc
5.590% SENIOR CALLABLE
FIXED-TO-FIXED RATE NOTE DUE 2035
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
plc (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse
hereof)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[·]
([·] dollars) on November 26, 2035 (the “Maturity Date”) or on such earlier
date as the principal hereof may become due in accordance with the terms hereof and to pay interest thereon (i) from, and including,
the date of issuance hereof to, but excluding, November 26, 2034, semi-annually in arrears on the Fixed Rate Interest Payment Dates (as
defined on the reverse hereof) and (ii) from, and including, November 26, 2034 to, but excluding, November 26, 2035, semi-annually in
arrears on the Reset Rate Interest Payment Dates (as defined in the reverse hereof). Interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date
(as defined on the reverse hereof) shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Senior Note is registered on the 15th calendar
day immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day, as defined in the Indenture
(each a “Regular Record Date”). If (i) the Company fails to pay any installment of interest on this Senior Note on or before
its Interest Payment Date and such failure continues for 14 days or (ii) the Company fails to pay all or any part of the principal of
this Senior Note on any date on which such principal shall otherwise have become due and payable, whether upon redemption or otherwise,
and such failure continues for seven days (each of (i) and (ii), a “Default”), the Trustee may commence a proceeding for
the winding up of the Company, provided that the Trustee may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, declare the principal amount of any
of the Outstanding Senior Notes to be due and payable.
As
set forth on the reverse hereof, interest shall accrue on this Senior Note from day to day from the date of issuance hereof until the
principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.
Payments
of interest on this Senior Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year divided into twelve months of 30 days each and, in the
case of an incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed in such period.
Payment
of the principal amount of (and premium, if any) and any interest on, this Senior Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Such payment shall be made to the
Holder including through a Paying Agent of the Company. If the date for payment of the principal amount hereof (and premium, if any)
or interest thereon is not a Business Day, then (subject as provided in the Indenture) such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day with the
same
force and effect as if made on such date for payment and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay.
Prior
to due presentment of this Senior Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner of such Senior Note for the purpose of receiving payment
of principal and interest, if any, on such Senior Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Senior Note be overdue,
and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual or electronic signature,
this Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
Notwithstanding
any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the Company and any Holder or beneficial owner of this Senior Note, by
purchasing or acquiring this Senior Note, each Holder (including each beneficial owner) of this Senior Note acknowledges, accepts, agrees
to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority that may result in (i)
the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes; (ii) the conversion
of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes into shares or other securities or other obligations
of the Company or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the holder of such shares, securities or obligations, including by
means of amendment, modification or variation of the terms of the Senior Notes); and/or (iii) the amendment or alteration of the maturity
of the Senior Notes, or amendment of the amount of interest due on the Senior Notes, or the dates on which interest becomes payable,
including by suspending payment for a temporary period; any U.K. bail-in power may be exercised by means of variation of the terms of
the Senior Notes solely to give effect to the exercise by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of such U.K. bail-in power. With respect
to (i), (ii) and (iii) above, references to principal and interest shall include payments of principal and interest that have become
due and payable (including principal that has become due and payable at the maturity date), but which have not been paid, prior to the
exercise of any U.K. bail-in power. Each Holder and each beneficial owner of the Senior Notes further acknowledges and agrees that the
rights of the Holders and/or beneficial owners under the Senior Notes are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, solely to give
effect to, the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority.
For
these purposes, a “U.K. bail-in power” is any write-down, conversion, transfer, modification, moratorium and/or suspension
power existing from time to time under any laws, regulations, rules or requirements relating to the resolution of financial holding companies,
mixed financial holding companies, banks, banking group companies, credit institutions and/or investment firms incorporated in the
United
Kingdom in effect and applicable in the United Kingdom to the Company or other members of the Group, including but not limited to any
such laws, regulations, rules or requirements which are implemented, adopted or enacted in the United Kingdom within the context of the
U.K. resolution regime under the Banking Act 2009 as the same has been or may be amended from time to time (whether pursuant to the U.K.
Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, secondary legislation or otherwise) and/or the Loss Absorption Regulations, pursuant to
which obligations of a bank, banking group company, credit institution or investment firm or any of its affiliates can be reduced, canceled,
modified, transferred and/or converted into shares or other securities or obligations of the obligor or any other person (or suspended
for a temporary period) or pursuant to which any right in a contract governing such obligations may be deemed to have been exercised.
A reference to the “relevant U.K. resolution authority” is to any authority with the ability to exercise a U.K. bail-in power.
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WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Senior Note to be duly executed.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This
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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
This
Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Senior Notes”) issued and
to be issued in one or more series under a Senior Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2010, as amended by the First Supplemental
Indenture dated as of July 6, 2016 (herein called the “Senior Indenture”), among the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of
New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor
trustee under the Senior Indenture), as supplemented by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 26, 2024, among the
Company, the Trustee and as paying agent (herein called the “Paying Agent”) and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin
Branch, as Senior Debt Security Registrar (the “Twentieth Supplemental Indenture”, and, together with the Senior Indenture,
the “Indenture”) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior
Notes and of the terms upon which the Senior Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
This
Senior Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,000,000,000. The
Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes, issue additional notes having the same ranking and interest rate,
maturity date, redemption terms and other terms as the Senior Notes except for the price to the public, issue date and first interest
payment date, provided that such additional notes must be fungible with the outstanding Senior Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Any such Senior Notes, together with this Senior Note, will constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture. The Senior
Notes will initially be issued in the form of one or more global Senior Notes (each, a “Global Senior Note”). Except as provided
in the Indenture, a Global Senior Note shall not be exchangeable for one or more definitive Senior Notes.
The
Senior Notes of this series will constitute direct, unconditional, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company, as described
herein, and will rank pari passu and without any preference among themselves and at least pari passu with all of the Company’s
other outstanding unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, present and future subject to such exceptions as may be provided by mandatory
provisions of applicable law.
During
the period from, and including, November 26, 2024 to, but excluding, November 26, 2034 (the “Initial Fixed Rate Period”),
interest shall accrue from the Issue Date at a fixed rate of 5.590% per annum. Interest accrued during the Initial Fixed Rate Period
shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 26 and November 26 of each year (each, a “Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date”),
commencing on November 26, 2024.
During
the period from, and including, November 26, 2034 (the “Reset Date”) to, but excluding, November 26, 2035 (the “Reset
Fixed Rate Period”), interest shall accrue at a fixed annual rate equal to the applicable U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined below)
as determined by the Calculation Agent (as defined below) on the Reset Determination Date (as defined below), plus 120 basis points
(1.200%). Interest accrued on the Senior Notes during the Reset Fixed Rate Period will be payable semi-
annually
in arrears on May 26, 2035 and November 26, 2035 (each a “Reset Rate Interest Payment Date”, and together with the Fixed
Rate Interest Payment Dates, the “Interest Payment Dates”).
Interest
during the Initial Fixed Rate Period shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year divided into twelve months of 30 days each and,
in the case of an incomplete month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such period. If any scheduled Fixed Rate Interest
Payment Date, redemption date or Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the Company shall pay interest and principal, as applicable, on
the next Business Day, but interest on that payment shall not accrue during the period from and after such scheduled Fixed Rate Interest
Payment Date, redemption date or Maturity Date.
Interest
during the Reset Fixed Rate Period shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and, in the
case of an incomplete month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such period. The interest rate during the Reset Fixed
Rate Period will be reset on the Reset Determination Date. If any scheduled Reset Rate Interest Payment Date, redemption date or Maturity
Date is not a Business Day, interest and principal, as applicable, will be paid on the next Business Day, but interest on that payment
will not accrue during the period from and after such scheduled Reset Rate Interest Payment Date, redemption date or Maturity Date.
“Comparable
Treasury Issue” means, with respect to the Reset Fixed Rate Period, the U.S. Treasury security or securities selected by the
Company with a maturity date on or about the last day of the Reset Fixed Rate Period and that would be utilized, at the time of selection
and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities denominated in U.S. dollars and
having a maturity of one year.
“Comparable
Treasury Price” means, with respect to the Reset Date, (i) the arithmetic average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
for the Reset Date (calculated by the Calculation Agent on the Reset Determination Date preceding the Reset Date), after excluding the
highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are
received by the Company, the arithmetic average of all such quotations, or (iii) if fewer than two such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
are received by the Company, then such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations as quoted in writing to the Company by a Reference Treasury
Dealer.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer” means each of up to five banks selected by the Company, or the affiliates of such banks, which are (i) primary
U.S. Treasury securities dealers, and their respective successors, or (ii) market makers in pricing corporate bond issues denominated
in U.S. dollars.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations” means with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and the Reset Date, the bid and offered prices
obtained by the Company for the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount,
at 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), on the Reset Determination Date.
“Reset
Determination Date” means the second Business Day immediately preceding the Reset Date.
“U.S.
Treasury Rate” means, with respect to the Reset Date, the rate per annum equal to: (1) the arithmetic average of the yields
on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity for the maturity of one year (“Yields”), for the
five consecutive business days immediately prior to the Reset Determination Date and appearing under the caption “Treasury constant
maturities” on the Reset Determination Date as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time), in the applicable most recently published statistical
release designated “H.15 Daily Update”, or any successor publication that is published by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System that establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, under the caption “Treasury
Constant Maturities”, for the maturity of one year; provided that if the Yield is not available through such release (or
successor publication) for any relevant business day, then the arithmetic average will be determined based on the Yields for the remaining
business days during the five business day period described above (provided further that if the Yield is available for only a single
business day during such five business day period, the “U.S. Treasury Rate” will mean the single-day Yield for such day);
or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week immediately prior to the Reset Determination Date
or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury
Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for the Reset Date.
If
the U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be determined, for whatever reason, as described under (1) or (2) above, “U.S. Treasury Rate”
means the rate in percentage per annum as notified by the Calculation Agent to the Company equal to the last reported Yield on U.S. Treasury
securities having a maturity of one year based on information appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated
“H.15 Daily Update” (or any successor publication by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and that establishes
yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities) as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Reset Determination Date.
The
U.S. Treasury Rate shall be determined by The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch as calculation agent (the “Calculation Agent”).
All
calculations of the Calculation Agent, in the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company,
the Trustee, the Paying Agent and on the Holders of the Senior Notes.
All
percentages resulting from any of the above calculations shall be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655))
and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations shall be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded
upwards).
The
interest rate on the Senior Notes during the Reset Fixed Rate Period will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by law
or lower than 0.00% per annum.
By
its acquisition of Senior Notes or an interest therein, each holder and beneficial owner of Senior Notes and each subsequent holder and
beneficial owner waives any and all claims in law and/or equity against the Trustee, the Calculation Agent or any paying agent for, agrees
not to initiate a suit against the Trustee, the Calculation Agent and any paying agent in respect of, and agrees that none of the Trustee,
the Calculation Agent or any paying agent will be liable for, any action that the Trustee, the Calculation Agent or any paying agent,
as the case may be, takes, or abstains from taking, in each case in accordance herewith or any losses suffered in connection therewith.
Subject
to Section 11.11 of the Indenture and on at least 5 Business Days but no more than 30 Business Days’ prior written notice delivered
to the Holders of the Senior Notes (with a copy to the Trustee), the Company may in its sole discretion (but subject to, if and to the
extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator
and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission) redeem the Senior Notes, in whole, but not in part, on November 26, 2034
at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption.
If
an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holder
or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes of this series may declare the principal
amount of, and any accrued interest on and any Additional Amounts on, all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
Except
as otherwise provided in Article 5 of the Indenture, during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee may in its discretion
proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of Holders of Senior Notes by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in
the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee
by the Indenture or by law, provided, however, that the Company shall not, as a result of the bringing of such judicial proceedings,
be required to pay any amount representing or measured by reference to the principal of, or any interest on, the Senior Notes prior to
any date on which the principal of, or any interest on, the Senior Notes would have otherwise been payable by the Company.
If
a Default occurs, the Trustee may commence a proceeding for the winding-up of the Company and/or prove in a winding-up of the Company,
provided that the Trustee may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, (except in such winding-up, in accordance with Section 5.01 of the
Indenture) declare the principal amount of any of the Outstanding Senior Notes to be due and payable.
Failure
to make any payment in respect of this Senior Note shall not be a Default if such payment is withheld or refused and an Opinion of Counsel
is delivered to the Trustee concluding that such sums were not paid in order to comply with any fiscal or other law or regulation or
with the order of any court of competent jurisdiction, provided, however, that the Trustee may by notice to the Company
require
the Company to take such action (including but not limited to proceedings for a declaration by a court of competent jurisdiction) as
the Trustee may be advised in an Opinion of Counsel, upon which opinion the Trustee may conclusively rely, is appropriate and reasonable
in the circumstances to resolve such doubt, in which case the Company shall forthwith take and expeditiously proceed with such action
and shall be bound by any final resolution of the doubt resulting therefrom. If any such action results in a determination that the relevant
payment can be made without violating any applicable law, regulation or order then the provisions of the preceding sentence shall cease
to have effect and the payment shall become due and payable on the expiration of 14 days (in the case of payments under Section 5.03(a)
of the Indenture) or seven days (in the case of payments under Section 5.03(b) of the Indenture) after the Trustee gives written notice
to the Company informing it of such resolution.
Subject
to applicable law, no Holder may exercise or claim any right of set-off, counterclaim, combination of accounts, compensation or retention
in respect of any amount owed to it by the Company arising under or in connection with the Senior Notes. The Holders of Senior Notes
by their acceptance thereof will be deemed to have waived any right of set-off, counterclaim, combination of accounts, compensation and
retention with respect to the Senior Notes or the Senior Indenture (or between the obligations under or in respect of the Senior Notes
and any liability owed by a Holder to the Company) that they might otherwise have against the Company.
No
remedy against the Company other than as referred to in Article 5 of the Indenture shall be available to the Trustee or the Holders,
whether for the recovery of amounts owing in respect of the Senior Notes or under the Indenture or in respect of any breach by the Company
of any of its other obligations under or in respect of the Senior Notes or under the Indenture, except that the Trustee and the Holders
shall have such rights and powers as they are required to have under the Trust Indenture Act.
Amounts
to be paid on the Senior Notes of this series will be made without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present
and future income, stamp and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges or fees, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on
behalf of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (the “Taxing
Jurisdiction”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law. If at any time a Taxing Jurisdiction requires the Company
to make such deduction or withholding, the Company will pay additional amounts with respect to interest only on the Senior Notes of this
series (“Additional Amounts”) that are necessary in order that the net amounts of interest paid to the Holders, after the
deduction or withholding, shall equal the amounts of interest only which would have been payable on the Senior Notes if the deduction
or withholding had not been required. However, this will not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge or fee, which would
not have been deducted or withheld but for the fact that:
(i)
the Holder or the beneficial owner of a Senior Note is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining
a permanent establishment or is physically present in, the Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise has some connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction
other than the holding or ownership of a
Senior
Note, or the collection of any payment of (or in respect of) principal of, or interest or other payments on, any Senior Note,
(ii)
except in the case of winding-up in the United Kingdom, the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment
in the United Kingdom,
(iii)
the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment more than 30 days after the date payment became due
or was provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to the Additional Amounts on presenting
the same for payment at the close of that 30 day period,
(iv)
the Holder or the beneficial owner of the relevant Senior Note or the beneficial owner of any payment of (or in respect of) principal
of, or interest or other payments on, the Senior Note failed to comply with a request of the Company or its liquidator or other authorized
person addressed to the Holder (x) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such beneficial
owner or (y) to make any declaration or other similar claim to satisfy any requirement, which in the case of (x) or (y), is required
or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from
all or part of the tax, levy, impost, duty, charge or fee,
(v)
the deduction or withholding is imposed by reason of any agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in connection with Sections
1471-1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and the U.S. Treasury regulations thereunder (“FATCA”), any intergovernmental
agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction with respect to FATCA, or any law, regulation or
other official guidance enacted or issued in any jurisdiction implementing, or relating to, FATCA or any intergovernmental agreement;
or
(vi)
any combination of clauses (i) through (v) above,
nor shall Additional
Amounts be paid with respect to interest only on the Senior Notes to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other
than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of any Taxing Jurisdiction to
be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or partner or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such
partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts, had it been the Holder. With respect to
any deduction or withholding made by any of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or another withholding agent from any amount payable
on, or in respect of, the Senior Notes in the events described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, the amounts so deducted or withheld
shall be treated as having been paid to the holder of the Senior Notes, and no additional amounts will be paid on account of any such
deduction or withholding. None of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or another withholding agent shall have any liability in
connection with their compliance with any such withholding obligation under applicable law.
References
herein to the payment of interest on the Senior Notes shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided
for in the
foregoing
paragraph to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable under the foregoing provisions.
In
addition to the Company’s right to redeem the Senior Notes on November 26, 2034, the Senior Notes of this series are redeemable,
as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company (subject to, if and to the extent required by the Relevant Regulator or the
Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission),
on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, on any Payment Date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount,
together with accrued but unpaid interest, in respect of the Senior Notes to the date fixed for redemption, if, at any time, the Company
shall determine that as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws or regulations of the Taxing Jurisdiction (including any treaty
to which such Taxing Jurisdiction is a party), or any change in the application or interpretation of such laws or regulations (including
a decision of any court or tribunal) which change or amendment becomes effective on or after November 26, 2024:
(a)
in making payment under the Senior Notes the Company has or will or would on the next Payment Date become obligated to pay Additional
Amounts;
(b)
the payment of interest on the next Payment Date in respect of the Senior Notes would be treated as a “distribution” within
the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 23 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 of the United Kingdom (or any statutory modification or re-enactment
thereof for the time being); or
(c)
on the next Payment Date the Company would not be entitled to claim a deduction in respect of such payment of interest in computing its
United Kingdom taxation liabilities (or the value of such deduction to the Company would be materially reduced).
In
any case where the Company shall determine that, in accordance with Section 11.08 of the Senior Indenture, it is entitled to redeem the
Senior Notes of this series, the Company shall be required to deliver to the Trustee prior to the giving of any notice of redemption
(i) a written legal opinion of independent United Kingdom counsel of recognized standing (selected by the Company) in a form satisfactory
to the Trustee confirming that the relevant change or amendment has occurred and that the Company is entitled to exercise its right of
redemption and (ii) an Officer’s Certificate, evidencing compliance with such provisions and stating that the Company is entitled
to redeem the Senior Notes pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes.
The
Company may, at the Company’s option (but subject to, if and to the extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss
Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission),
having given not less than 15 nor more than 30 days’ notice to holders, redeem all but not some only of the Senior Notes outstanding
at any time at 100% of their principal amount together with any accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption, if immediately
prior to the giving of the notice referred to above, the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that
a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event has occurred. Any redemption or purchase of Senior Notes (other than redemption on the relevant
maturity date), and any modification to the terms of the Senior Notes or any indenture relating thereto, is
subject
to, if and to the extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the
Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission therefor and otherwise to compliance with the Loss Absorption
Regulations if and to the extent then required thereunder.
If
the Company elects to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Senior Notes will cease to accrue interest from the date of redemption,
provided the redemption price has been paid in accordance with the Indenture.
Upon
payment of (i) the amount of principal (and premium, if any) so declared due and payable and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest, all of
the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and accrued and unpaid interest
on, the Senior Notes of this series shall terminate.
Notwithstanding
any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the Company and any Holder or beneficial owner of the Senior Notes, by
purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes each Holder (including each beneficial owner) of the Senior Notes acknowledges, accepts, agrees
to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority that may result in (i)
the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes; (ii) the conversion
of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes into shares or other securities or other obligations
of the Company or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the holder of such shares, securities or obligations, including by
means of amendment, modification or variation of the terms of the Senior Notes); and/or (iii) the amendment or alteration of the maturity
of the Senior Notes, or amendment of the amount of interest due on the Senior Notes, or the dates on which interest becomes payable,
including by suspending payment for a temporary period; any U.K. bail-in power may be exercised by means of variation of the terms of
the Senior Notes solely to give effect to the exercise by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of such U.K. bail-in power. With respect
to (i), (ii) and (iii) above, references to principal and interest shall include payments of principal and interest that have become
due and payable (including principal that has become due and payable at the maturity date), but which have not been paid, prior to the
exercise of any U.K. bail-in power. Each Holder and each beneficial owner of the Senior Notes further acknowledges and agrees that the
rights of the Holders and/or beneficial owners under the Senior Notes are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, solely to give
effect to, the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority.
By
purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes, each Holder and each beneficial owner of the Senior Notes:
(i)
acknowledges and agrees that no exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority in respect of the Senior
Notes shall give rise to a default or an Event of Default for purposes of Section 315(b) (Notice of Default) and Section 315(c) (Duties
of the Trustee in Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act;
(ii)
to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims against the Trustee for, agrees not to initiate a suit
against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee shall not be liable for, any action that the Trustee takes, or abstains
from taking, in either case in accordance with the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with
respect to the Senior Notes; and
(iii)
acknowledges and agrees that, upon the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, (a) the Trustee
shall not be required to take any further directions from Holders or beneficial owners of the Senior Notes under Section 5.12 of the
Senior Indenture, and (b) neither the Senior Indenture nor the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture shall impose any duties upon the Trustee
whatsoever with respect to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if, following the completion of the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, any of the Senior Notes
remain outstanding (for example, if the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power results in only a partial write-down of the principal of the
Senior Notes), then the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture shall remain applicable with respect to the Senior Notes following
such completion to the extent that the Company and the Trustee shall agree pursuant to a supplemental indenture or an amendment to the
Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, unless the Company and the Trustee agree in writing that a supplemental indenture is not necessary.
Each
Holder or beneficial owner that acquires its Senior Notes in the secondary market shall be deemed to acknowledge, agree to be bound by
and consent to the same provisions specified in the Indenture to the same extent as the Holders and beneficial owners of the Senior Notes
that acquire the Senior Notes upon their initial issuance, including, without limitation, with respect to the acknowledgement and agreement
to be bound by and consent to the terms of the Senior Notes, including in relation to the U.K. bail-in power.
By
purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes, each Holder and each beneficial owner shall be deemed to have (i) consented to the exercise
of any U.K. bail-in power as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of its decision to
exercise such power with respect to the Senior Notes and (ii) authorized, directed and requested DTC and any direct participant in DTC
or other intermediary through which it holds such Senior Notes to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement the exercise
of any U.K. bail-in power with respect to the Senior Notes as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on the part
of such Holder or beneficial owner or the Trustee.
No
repayment of the principal amount of the Senior Notes or payment of interest on the Senior Notes shall become due and payable after the
exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority unless, at the time that such repayment or payment, respectively,
is scheduled to become due, such repayment or payment would be permitted to be made by the Company under the laws and regulations of
the United Kingdom applicable to the Company and the Group.
Upon
the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Senior Notes, the Company shall
provide a written notice to DTC as soon as practicable regarding such exercise of the U.K. bail-in power for purposes of notifying Holders
of such occurrence. The Company shall also deliver a copy of such notice to the Trustee for information purposes. Any delay or failure
by the Company in delivering the notices referred to in this paragraph shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the U.K. bail-in
power.
The
Company’s obligations to indemnify the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.07 of the Indenture shall survive any exercise of the
U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Senior Notes.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations
of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Senior Notes to be affected thereby by the Company and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Senior Notes at the time outstanding of each such series. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes, on behalf
of the Holders of all Senior Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued in exchange herefor or in
lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay, if and when due and payable, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on, this Senior Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As
set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of the Senior Notes will have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture, this Senior Note or any remedy thereunder; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply
to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal or interest as and when the same shall have
become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof and the Indenture.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the right of the Holder
of this Senior Note, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on,
this Senior Note when due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this Senior Note and the Indenture.
This
Senior Note is governed by the laws of the State of New York, except for the waiver of set-off provisions relating to the Senior Notes
which are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland.
Unless
otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Senior Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture.
Exhibit 4.5
FORM OF 2028
SENIOR CALLABLE FLOATING RATE GLOBAL NOTE
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT
IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO
A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY
OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME
AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
CUSIP No. 539439
BB4
ISIN No. US539439BB46
Common Code: 294805737
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
plc
SENIOR CALLABLE
FLOATING RATE NOTE DUE 2028
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
plc (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse
hereof)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[·]
([·] dollars) on November 26, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”) or on such earlier
date as the principal hereof may become due in accordance with the terms hereof and to pay interest thereon from, and including, the
date of issuance hereof to, but excluding, November 26, 2028, quarterly in arrears on the Floating Rate
Notes Interest Payment Dates (as defined on the reverse hereof). Interest so payable on any Floating
Rate Notes Interest Payment Date (as defined on the reverse hereof) shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Senior Note
is registered on the 15th calendar day immediately preceding the relevant Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date, whether
or not such day is a Business Day, as defined in the Indenture (each a “Regular Record Date”). If (i) the Company fails to
pay any installment of interest on this Senior Note on or before its Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date and such failure continues
for 14 days or (ii) the Company fails to pay all or any part of the principal of this Senior Note on any date on which such principal
shall otherwise have become due and payable, whether upon redemption or otherwise, and such failure continues for seven days (each of
(i) and (ii), a “Default”), the Trustee may commence a proceeding for the winding up of the Company, provided that the Trustee
may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, declare the principal amount of any of the Outstanding Senior Notes to be due and payable.
As
set forth on the reverse hereof, interest shall accrue on this Senior Note from day to day from the date of issuance hereof until the
principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.
Payments
of interest on this Senior Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in such period.
Payment
of the principal amount of (and premium, if any) and any interest on, this Senior Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Such payment shall be made to the
Holder including through a Paying Agent of the Company. However, if a Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment
Date would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, other than the interest payment date that is also a redemption date or the Maturity
Date, the Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and interest
thereon will continue to accrue, except that if the Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the applicable Floating
Rate Notes Interest Payment Date
will
be the immediately preceding Business Day. In each such case, except for the Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date falling on a redemption
date or the Maturity Date, the Floating Rate Notes Interest Periods and the Floating Rate Notes Reset Dates (as defined below) will be
adjusted accordingly to calculate the amount of interest payable on the Senior Notes.
Prior
to due presentment of this Senior Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner of such Senior Note for the purpose of receiving payment
of principal and interest, if any, on such Senior Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Senior Note be overdue,
and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual or electronic signature,
this Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
Notwithstanding
any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the Company and any Holder or beneficial owner of this Senior Note, by
purchasing or acquiring this Senior Note, each Holder (including each beneficial owner) of this Senior Note acknowledges, accepts, agrees
to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority that may result in (i)
the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes; (ii) the conversion
of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes into shares or other securities or other obligations
of the Company or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the holder of such shares, securities or obligations, including by
means of amendment, modification or variation of the terms of the Senior Notes); and/or (iii) the amendment or alteration of the maturity
of the Senior Notes, or amendment of the amount of interest due on the Senior Notes, or the dates on which interest becomes payable,
including by suspending payment for a temporary period; any U.K. bail-in power may be exercised by means of variation of the terms of
the Senior Notes solely to give effect to the exercise by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of such U.K. bail-in power. With respect
to (i), (ii) and (iii) above, references to principal and interest shall include payments of principal and interest that have become
due and payable (including principal that has become due and payable at the maturity date), but which have not been paid, prior to the
exercise of any U.K. bail-in power. Each Holder and each beneficial owner of the Senior Notes further acknowledges and agrees that the
rights of the Holders and/or beneficial owners under the Senior Notes are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, solely to give
effect to, the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority.
For
these purposes, a “U.K. bail-in power” is any write-down, conversion, transfer, modification, moratorium and/or suspension
power existing from time to
time
under any laws, regulations, rules or requirements relating to the resolution of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding
companies, banks, banking group companies, credit institutions and/or investment firms incorporated in the United Kingdom in effect and
applicable in the United Kingdom to the Company or other members of the Group, including but not limited to any such laws, regulations,
rules or requirements which are implemented, adopted or enacted in the United Kingdom within the context of the U.K. resolution regime
under the Banking Act 2009 as the same has been or may be amended from time to time (whether pursuant to the U.K. Financial Services
(Banking Reform) Act 2013, secondary legislation or otherwise) and/or the Loss Absorption Regulations, pursuant to which obligations
of a bank, banking group company, credit institution or investment firm or any of its affiliates can be reduced, canceled, modified,
transferred and/or converted into shares or other securities or obligations of the obligor or any other person (or suspended for a temporary
period) or pursuant to which any right in a contract governing such obligations may be deemed to have been exercised. A reference to
the “relevant U.K. resolution authority” is to any authority with the ability to exercise a U.K. bail-in power.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Senior Note to be duly executed.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is one of the Senior Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
This
Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Senior Notes”) issued and
to be issued in one or more series under a Senior Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2010, as amended by the First Supplemental
Indenture dated as of July 6, 2016 (herein called the “Senior Indenture”), among the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of
New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor
trustee under the Senior Indenture), as supplemented by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 26, 2024, among the
Company, the Trustee and as paying agent (herein called the “Paying Agent”) and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin
Branch, as Senior Debt Security Registrar (the “Twentieth Supplemental Indenture”, and, together with the Senior Indenture,
the “Indenture”) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior
Notes and of the terms upon which the Senior Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
This
Senior Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $750,000,000. The
Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes, issue additional notes having the same ranking and interest rate,
maturity date, redemption terms and other terms as the Senior Notes except for the price to the public, issue date and first interest
payment date, provided that such additional notes must be fungible with the outstanding Senior Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Any such Senior Notes, together with this Senior Note, will constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture. The Senior
Notes will initially be issued in the form of one or more global Senior Notes (each, a “Global Senior Note”). Except as provided
in the Indenture, a Global Senior Note shall not be exchangeable for one or more definitive Senior Notes.
The
Senior Notes of this series will constitute direct, unconditional, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company, as described
herein, and will rank pari passu and without any preference among themselves and at least pari passu with all of the Company’s
other outstanding unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, present and future subject to such exceptions as may be provided by mandatory
provisions of applicable law.
The
Floating Rate Notes Interest Rate will be equal to the sum of (A) the SOFR Index Average (as defined below), as determined, with respect
to each Floating Rate Notes Interest Period (as defined below), on the applicable Floating Rate Notes Interest Determination Date (as
defined below), and (B) 1.060% per annum, provided that the Floating
Rate Notes Interest Rate with respect to any Floating Rate Notes Interest Period shall be subject to a minimum rate per annum of 0.00%,
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed.
The
first Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date (as defined below) will fall on February 26,
2025. Thereafter, interest on the Senior Notes will be paid quarterly in arrears on February 26,
May 26, August 26 and November 26 of each year (together with
the first Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date, each a “Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date”). However, if a Floating
Rate Notes
Interest
Payment Date would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, other than the interest payment date that is also a redemption date or the
Maturity Date, the Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and
interest thereon will continue to accrue, except that if the Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the applicable
Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. In each such case, except for the Floating
Rate Notes Interest Payment Date falling on a redemption date or the Maturity Date, the Floating Rate Notes Interest Periods and the
Floating Rate Notes Reset Dates will be adjusted accordingly to calculate the amount of interest payable on the Senior
Notes.
The
Floating Rate Notes Interest Rate will be reset on each Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date (together with the initial Floating
Rate Notes Reset Date, each a “Floating Rate Notes Reset Date”). However, if any Floating Rate Notes Reset Date would otherwise
be a day that is not a Business Day, that Floating Rate Notes Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business
Day, except that if the Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the applicable Floating Rate Notes Reset Date will
be the immediately preceding Business Day.
Interest
will be paid to Holders of record of the Senior Notes in respect of the principal amount thereof outstanding 15 calendar days immediately
preceding the relevant Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date, whether or not a Business Day. If the scheduled maturity date or date
of redemption or repayment is not a Business Day, the Company may pay interest and principal on the next succeeding Business Day, but
interest on that payment shall not accrue during the period from and after the scheduled Maturity Date or date of redemption or repayment.
The
first interest period will begin on and include November 26, 2024 and
will end on and exclude February 26, 2025. Thereafter, the interest periods will be the periods from
and including a Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date to but excluding the immediately succeeding Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment
Date (together with the initial interest period, each a “Floating Rate Notes Interest Period”). However, the final Floating
Rate Notes Interest Period will be the period from and including the Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date immediately preceding
the Maturity Date to but excluding the Maturity Date.
The
Calculation Agent in respect of the Senior Note will determine the Floating Rate Notes Interest Rate for each Floating Rate Notes Interest
Period on the fifth U.S. Government Securities Business Day by reference to the SOFR Index Average (as defined below) on that date (the
“Floating Rate Notes Interest Determination Date”). If a tax redemption or Loss Absorption Disqualification Event redemption
(see Section 11.08 of the Senior Indenture and Section 11.10 of the Senior Indenture as supplemented by the Twentieth
Supplemental Indenture) occurs, the Floating Rate Notes Interest Determination Date will be on the fifth
U.S. Government Securities Business Day preceding such tax redemption or Loss Absorption Disqualification Event redemption date, as applicable.
“U.S.
Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial
Markets
Association
recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities.
Subject
to the circumstances described herein, the “SOFR Index Average” for each Floating Rate Notes Interest Period shall be equal
to the value of the SOFR rates for each day during the relevant Floating Rate Notes Interest Period as calculated by the Calculation
Agent as follows:
with
the resulting percentage being rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with 0.000005 being
rounded upwards, where:
“dc”
for any SOFR Observation Period, means the number of calendar days in the relevant SOFR Observation Period;
“SOFR
Index” means the SOFR Index in relation to any U.S. Government Securities Business Day as published by the NY Federal Reserve on
the NY Federal Reserve’s Website at the SOFR Determination Time;
“SOFR
IndexEnd” means the SOFR Index value on the date that is five U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the Floating Rate
Notes Interest Payment Date relating to such Floating Rate Notes Interest Period (or in the final Floating Rate Notes Interest Period,
preceding the Maturity Date) (such date a “SOFR Index Determination Date”); and
“SOFR
IndexStart” means the SOFR Index value on the date that is five U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the first date
of the relevant Floating Rate Notes Interest Period (such date a “SOFR Index Determination Date”), and, for the initial Floating
Rate Notes Interest Period, the SOFR Index value on November 19, 2024.
Subject
to the circumstances described herein, if the SOFR Index is not published on any relevant SOFR Index Determination Date and a SOFR Benchmark
Event and its related SOFR Benchmark Replacement Date has not occurred, the “SOFR Index Average” for such Floating Rate Notes
Interest Period shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent on the relevant Floating Rate Notes Interest Determination Date as follows:
with
the resulting percentage being rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with 0.000005 being
rounded upwards, where:
“d”
for any SOFR Observation Period, means the number of calendar days in the relevant SOFR Observation Period;
“do”
for any SOFR Observation Period, means the number of U.S. Government Securities Business Days in the relevant SOFR Observation Period;
“i”
means a series of whole numbers from one to do, each representing the relevant U.S. Government Securities Business Days in
chronological order from (and including) the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day in the relevant SOFR Observation Period;
“ni”
for any U.S. Government Securities Business Day “i” in the relevant SOFR Observation Period, means the number of calendar
days from (and including) such U.S. Government Securities Business Day “i” up to (but excluding) the following U.S. Government
Securities Business Day (“i+1”); and
“SOFRi”
for any U.S. Government Securities Business Day “i” in the relevant SOFR Observation Period, is equal to SOFR in respect
of that day “i”.
In
connection with the SOFR provisions above, the following definitions apply:
“Bloomberg
Screen SOFRRATE Page” means the Bloomberg screen designated “SOFRRATE” or any successor page or service; “NY
Federal Reserve” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York;
“NY
Federal Reserve’s Website” means the website of the NY Federal Reserve, currently at www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor
website of the NY Federal Reserve or the website of any successor administrator of SOFR;
“Reuters
Page USDSOFR=” means the Reuters page designated “USDSOFR=” or any successor page or service;
“SOFR”
means, with respect to any day (including any U.S. Government Securities Business Day), the rate determined by the Calculation Agent,
as the case may be, in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) the
Secured Overnight Financing Rate published at the SOFR Determination Time, as such rate is reported on the Bloomberg Screen SOFRRATE
Page, then the Secured Overnight Financing Rate published at the SOFR Determination Time, as such rate is reported on the Reuters Page
USDSOFR= or, if no such rate is reported on the Reuters Page USDSOFR=, then the Secured Overnight Financing Rate that appears at the
SOFR Determination Time on the NY Federal Reserve’s Website; or
(b) if
the rate specified in (a) above does not appear, the SOFR published on the NY Federal Reserve’s Website for the first preceding
U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which SOFR was published on the NY Federal Reserve’s Website;
“SOFR
Determination Time” means approximately 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the NY Federal Reserve’s Website on the immediately
following U.S. Government Securities Business Day; and
“SOFR
Observation Period” means, in respect of each Floating Rate Notes Interest Period, the period from (and including) the fifth U.S.
Government Securities
Business
Day preceding the first date in such Floating Rate Notes Interest Period to (but excluding) the fifth U.S. Government Securities Business
Day preceding the Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date (or in the final Floating Rate Notes Interest Period, preceding the Maturity
Date) for such Floating Rate Notes Interest Period.
Notwithstanding
the provisions above, if a SOFR Benchmark Event and its related SOFR Benchmark Replacement Date occurs when any Floating Rate Notes Interest
Rate (or any component part thereof) remains to be determined by reference to the SOFR Benchmark in respect of the Senior Notes, then
the Company (or its designee) may, at its sole discretion, appoint and consult with an Independent Adviser, as soon as reasonably practicable,
with a view to the Company (or its designee) determining a SOFR Benchmark Replacement and the applicable SOFR Benchmark Replacement Adjustment
Spread and any other amendments to the terms of the Senior Notes, in accordance with the provisions below.
In
the absence of fraud, the Company (or its designee) and any Independent Adviser appointed pursuant hereto, as applicable, shall have
no liability whatsoever to the Company, the Trustee, the Calculation Agent, any paying agent or the Holders of the Senior Notes for any
determination made by it or for any advice given to the Company (or its designee) in connection with any determination made by the Company
(or its designee) pursuant hereto.
If
the Company (or its designee) has not appointed an Independent Adviser in accordance herewith, the Company (or its designee) may still
make any determinations and/or any amendments contemplated by and in accordance herewith (with the relevant provisions herein applying
mutatis mutandis to allow such determinations or amendments to be made by the Company (or its designee) without consultation with
an Independent Adviser). Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Company (or its designee) pursuant hereto, including
any determination with respect to tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date
and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, will
be made in the Company’s (or its designee’s) sole discretion, and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the documentation
relating to the Senior Notes, shall become effective without consent from the Holders of the Senior Notes or any other party.
Subject
to the paragraph below, if the Company (or its designee), following consultation with its Independent Adviser, no later than three Business
Days prior to the Floating Rate Notes Interest Determination Date relating to the next Floating Rate Notes Interest Period (the “Determination
Cut-off Date”) determines the SOFR Benchmark Replacement for the purposes of determining the Floating Rate Notes Interest Rate
for all future Floating Rate Notes Interest Periods (subject to the subsequent operation hereof during any other future Floating Rate
Notes Interest Periods), then such SOFR Benchmark Replacement shall be the SOFR Benchmark for all future Floating Rate Notes Interest
Periods (subject to the subsequent operation hereof during any other future Floating Rate Notes Interest Period(s)).
Notwithstanding
the above paragraph, if the Company (or its designee), following consultation with its Independent Adviser, determines prior to the Determination
Cut-off Date that no SOFR Benchmark Replacement exists then the relevant Floating Rate Notes Interest Rate shall be determined using
the SOFR
Benchmark
last displayed on the relevant page prior to the relevant Floating Rate Notes Interest Determination Date. This paragraph shall apply
to the relevant Floating Rate Notes Interest Period only. Any subsequent Floating Rate Notes Interest Period(s) shall be subject to the
subsequent operation of, and adjustment as provided herein.
Promptly
following the determination of the SOFR Benchmark Replacement as described herein, the Company (or its designee) shall give notice thereof
pursuant hereto to the Trustee, the Calculation Agent, any paying agents and the Holders of the Senior Notes. For the avoidance of doubt,
neither the Trustee, the Calculation Agent nor any paying agents shall have any responsibility for making such determination.
Subject
to receipt of notice pursuant to the above paragraph, the Trustee, the Calculation Agent and any paying agents shall, at the direction
and expense of the Company, effect such waivers and consequential amendments to the terms and conditions of the Senior Notes, the Indenture
and any other document as the Company (or its designee), following consultation with its Independent Adviser, determines may be required
to give effect to any application hereof, including, but not limited to:
(i) changes
to the terms and conditions of the Senior Notes which the Company (or its designee), following consultation with its Independent Adviser,
determines may be required in order to follow market practice (determined according to factors including, but not limited to, public
statements, opinions and publications of industry bodies and organizations) in relation to such SOFR Benchmark Replacement, including,
but not limited to (A) the Business Day, business day convention, day count fraction, Floating Rate Notes Interest Determination
Date and/or any relevant time applicable to the Senior Notes and (B) the method for determining the fallback to the Floating Rate
Notes Interest Rate if such SOFR Benchmark Replacement is not available; and
(ii) any
other changes which the Company (or its designee), following consultation with its Independent Adviser, determines are reasonably necessary
to ensure the proper operation and comparability to the SOFR Benchmark of such SOFR Benchmark Replacement, which changes shall apply
to the Senior Notes for all future Floating Rate Notes Interest Periods (subject to the subsequent operation hereof). None of the Trustee,
the Calculation Agent or any paying agents shall be responsible or liable for any determinations, decisions or elections made by the
Company (or its designee) with respect to any waivers or consequential amendments to be effected pursuant hereto or any other changes
and shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any certifications provided to each of them in this regard.
No
consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes shall be required in connection with effecting the relevant SOFR Benchmark Replacement as
described herein or such other relevant adjustments pursuant hereto, including for the execution of, or amendment to, any documents or
the taking of other steps by the Company (or its designee) or any of the parties to the Indenture (if required).
By
its acquisition of the Senior Notes, each Holder and beneficial owner of the Senior Notes and each subsequent holder and beneficial owner
acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by, and consents to, the Company’s (or its designee’s) determination of the SOFR
Benchmark Replacement, as contemplated hereby, and to any amendment or alteration of the terms and conditions of the Senior Notes, including
an amendment
of
the amount of interest due on the Senior Notes, as may be required in order to give effect hereto, without the need for any further consent
from the Holders of the Senior Notes. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on this deemed consent in connection with any supplemental
indenture or amendment which may be necessary to give effect to the SOFR Benchmark Replacement or any application hereof.
By
its acquisition of the Senior Notes, each Holder and beneficial owner of the Senior Notes and each subsequent holder and beneficial owner
waives any and all claims in law and/or equity against the Trustee, the Calculation Agent and any paying agent for, agrees not to initiate
a suit against the Trustee, the Calculation Agent and any paying agent in respect of, and agrees that neither the Trustee, the Calculation
Agent or any paying agent will be liable for, any action that the Trustee, the Calculation Agent or any paying agent, as the case may
be, takes, or abstains from taking, in each case in accordance herewith or any losses suffered in connection therewith.
Notwithstanding
any other provision hereof, no SOFR Benchmark Replacement will be adopted, nor will the SOFR Benchmark Replacement Adjustment (as applicable)
be applied, nor will any other amendments to the terms and conditions of the Senior Notes be made, if and to the extent that, in the
determination of the Company, the same could reasonably be expected to result in the exclusion of the Senior Notes (in whole or in part)
from the Company’s and/or its subsidiaries’ minimum requirements for (A) own funds and eligible liabilities and/or (B) loss
absorbing capacity instruments, in each case as such minimum requirements are applicable to the Company and/or its subsidiaries and as
determined in accordance with, and pursuant to, the relevant Loss Absorption Regulations.
“Corresponding
Tenor” with respect to a SOFR Benchmark Replacement means a tenor (including overnight) having approximately the same length (disregarding
Business Day adjustment) as the applicable tenor for the then-current SOFR Benchmark;
“Independent
Adviser” means an independent financial institution of international repute or an independent financial adviser with appropriate
expertise appointed by the Company hereunder;
“ISDA”
means the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor;
“ISDA
Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions, as published by ISDA, as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time;
“ISDA
Fallback Rate” means the rate to be effective upon the occurrence of a SOFR Index Cessation Event according to (and as defined
in) the ISDA Definitions, where such rate may have been adjusted for an overnight tenor, but without giving effect to any additional
spread adjustment to be applied according to such ISDA Definitions;
“ISDA
Spread Adjustment” means the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a
positive or negative value or zero) that shall have been selected by ISDA as the spread adjustment that would apply to the ISDA Fallback
Rate;
“Relevant
Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and/or the NY Federal Reserve or a committee officially
endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and/or the NY Federal Reserve, or any successor;
“SOFR
Benchmark” means, initially, the SOFR Index Average, provided that if a SOFR Benchmark Event has occurred with respect to the SOFR
Index Average or the then-current SOFR Benchmark, then “SOFR Benchmark” means the applicable SOFR Benchmark Replacement;
“SOFR
Benchmark Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current SOFR Benchmark (including
the daily published component used in the calculation thereof):
(1) a
public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the SOFR Benchmark (or such component) announcing
that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the SOFR Benchmark (or such component), permanently or indefinitely, provided
that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the SOFR Benchmark
(or such component);
(2) a
public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the SOFR Benchmark (or such component),
the central bank for the currency of the SOFR Benchmark (or such component), an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator
for the SOFR Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the SOFR Benchmark (or
such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the SOFR Benchmark
(or such component), which states that the administrator of the SOFR Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide
the SOFR Benchmark (or such component) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there
is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the SOFR Benchmark (or such component); or
(3) a
public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the SOFR Benchmark announcing that
the SOFR Benchmark is no longer representative;
“SOFR
Benchmark Replacement” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Company, following
consultation with its Independent Adviser:
(a) the
sum of (a) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body as the replacement
for the then-current SOFR Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor and (b) the SOFR Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
(b) the
sum of (a) the ISDA Fallback Rate and (b) the SOFR Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or
(c) the
sum of (a) the alternate rate that has been selected by the Company, in consultation with the Independent Adviser, as the replacement
for the then-current SOFR Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to any industry-accepted rate as
a replacement for the then-current SOFR Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time and (b) the SOFR
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
“SOFR
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Company,
following consultation with its Independent Adviser:
(a) the
spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero)
that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the applicable Unadjusted SOFR Benchmark Replacement;
(b) if
the applicable Unadjusted SOFR Benchmark Replacement is equivalent to the ISDA Fallback Rate, then the ISDA Spread Adjustment;
(c) the
spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) determined by the Company, following consultation with its Independent
Adviser, giving due consideration to any industry accepted spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment,
for the replacement of the then-current SOFR Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted SOFR Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated
floating rate notes at such time;
“SOFR
Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current SOFR Benchmark
(including the daily published component used in the calculation thereof):
(1) in
the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “SOFR Benchmark Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public
statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of the SOFR Benchmark permanently
or indefinitely ceases to provide the SOFR Benchmark (or such component); or
(2) in
the case of clause (3) of the definition of “SOFR Benchmark Event,” the date of the public statement or publication
of information referenced therein; and
“Unadjusted
SOFR Benchmark Replacement” means the SOFR Benchmark Replacement excluding the applicable SOFR Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
All
calculations of the Calculation Agent, in the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company,
the Trustee, the Paying Agent and on the Holders of the Senior Notes.
By
its acquisition of Senior Notes or an interest therein, each holder and beneficial owner of Senior Notes and each subsequent holder and
beneficial owner waives any and all claims in law and/or equity against the Trustee, the Calculation Agent or any paying agent for, agrees
not to initiate a suit against the Trustee, the Calculation Agent and any paying agent in respect of, and agrees that none of the
Trustee,
the Calculation Agent or any paying agent will be liable for, any action that the Trustee, the Calculation Agent or any paying agent,
as the case may be, takes, or abstains from taking, in each case in accordance herewith or any losses suffered in connection therewith.
Subject
to Section 11.11 of the Indenture and on at least 5 Business Days but no more than 30 Business Days’ prior written notice delivered
to the Holders of the Senior Notes (with a copy to the Trustee), the Company may in its sole discretion (but subject to, if and to the
extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator
and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission) redeem the Senior Notes, in whole, but not in part, on November 26, 2027
at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption.
If
an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holder
or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes of this series may declare the principal
amount of, and any accrued interest on and any Additional Amounts on, all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
Except
as otherwise provided in Article 5 of the Indenture, during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee may in its discretion
proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of Holders of Senior Notes by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in
the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee
by the Indenture or by law, provided, however, that the Company shall not, as a result of the bringing of such judicial proceedings,
be required to pay any amount representing or measured by reference to the principal of, or any interest on, the Senior Notes prior to
any date on which the principal of, or any interest on, the Senior Notes would have otherwise been payable by the Company.
If
a Default occurs, the Trustee may commence a proceeding for the winding-up of the Company and/or prove in a winding-up of the Company,
provided that the Trustee may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, (except in such winding-up, in accordance with Section 5.01 of the
Indenture) declare the principal amount of any of the Outstanding Senior Notes to be due and payable.
Failure
to make any payment in respect of this Senior Note shall not be a Default if such payment is withheld or refused and an Opinion of Counsel
is delivered to the Trustee concluding that such sums were not paid in order to comply with any fiscal or other law or regulation or
with the order of any court of competent jurisdiction, provided, however, that the Trustee may by notice to the Company require the Company
to take such action (including but not limited to proceedings for a declaration by a court of competent jurisdiction) as the Trustee
may be advised in an Opinion of Counsel, upon which opinion the Trustee may conclusively rely, is appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances
to resolve such doubt, in which case the Company shall forthwith take and expeditiously proceed with such action and
shall
be bound by any final resolution of the doubt resulting therefrom. If any such action results in a determination that the relevant payment
can be made without violating any applicable law, regulation or order then the provisions of the preceding sentence shall cease to have
effect and the payment shall become due and payable on the expiration of 14 days (in the case of payments under Section 5.03(a) of the
Indenture) or seven days (in the case of payments under Section 5.03(b) of the Indenture) after the Trustee gives written notice to the
Company informing it of such resolution.
Subject
to applicable law, no Holder may exercise or claim any right of set-off, counterclaim, combination of accounts, compensation or retention
in respect of any amount owed to it by the Company arising under or in connection with the Senior Notes. The Holders of Senior Notes
by their acceptance thereof will be deemed to have waived any right of set-off, counterclaim, combination of accounts, compensation and
retention with respect to the Senior Notes or the Senior Indenture (or between the obligations under or in respect of the Senior Notes
and any liability owed by a Holder to the Company) that they might otherwise have against the Company.
No
remedy against the Company other than as referred to in Article 5 of the Indenture shall be available to the Trustee or the Holders,
whether for the recovery of amounts owing in respect of the Senior Notes or under the Indenture or in respect of any breach by the Company
of any of its other obligations under or in respect of the Senior Notes or under the Indenture, except that the Trustee and the Holders
shall have such rights and powers as they are required to have under the Trust Indenture Act.
Amounts
to be paid on the Senior Notes of this series will be made without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present
and future income, stamp and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges or fees, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on
behalf of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (the “Taxing
Jurisdiction”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law. If at any time a Taxing Jurisdiction requires the Company
to make such deduction or withholding, the Company will pay additional amounts with respect to interest only on the Senior Notes of this
series (“Additional Amounts”) that are necessary in order that the net amounts of interest paid to the Holders, after the
deduction or withholding, shall equal the amounts of interest only which would have been payable on the Senior Notes if the deduction
or withholding had not been required. However, this will not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge or fee, which would
not have been deducted or withheld but for the fact that:
(i)
the Holder or the beneficial owner of a Senior Note is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining
a permanent establishment or is physically present in, the Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise has some connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction
other than the holding or ownership of a Senior Note, or the collection of any payment of (or in respect of) principal of, or interest
or other payments on, any Senior Note,
(ii)
except in the case of winding-up in the United Kingdom, the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment
in the United Kingdom,
(iii)
the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment more than 30 days after the date payment became due
or was provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to the Additional Amounts on presenting
the same for payment at the close of that 30 day period,
(iv)
the Holder or the beneficial owner of the relevant Senior Note or the beneficial owner of any payment of (or in respect of) principal
of, or interest or other payments on, the Senior Note failed to comply with a request of the Company or its liquidator or other authorized
person addressed to the Holder (x) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such beneficial
owner or (y) to make any declaration or other similar claim to satisfy any requirement, which in the case of (x) or (y), is required
or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from
all or part of the tax, levy, impost, duty, charge or fee,
(v)
the deduction or withholding is imposed by reason of any agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in connection with Sections
1471-1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and the U.S. Treasury regulations thereunder (“FATCA”), any intergovernmental
agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction with respect to FATCA, or any law, regulation or
other official guidance enacted or issued in any jurisdiction implementing, or relating to, FATCA or any intergovernmental agreement;
or
(vi)
any combination of clauses (i) through (v) above,
nor shall Additional
Amounts be paid with respect to interest only on the Senior Notes to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other
than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of any Taxing Jurisdiction to
be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or partner or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such
partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts, had it been the Holder. With respect to
any deduction or withholding made by any of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or another withholding agent from any amount payable
on, or in respect of, the Senior Notes in the events described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, the amounts so deducted or withheld
shall be treated as having been paid to the holder of the Senior Notes, and no additional amounts will be paid on account of any such
deduction or withholding. None of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or another withholding agent shall have any liability in
connection with their compliance with any such withholding obligation under applicable law.
References
herein to the payment of interest on the Senior Notes shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided
for in the foregoing paragraph to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable under the foregoing
provisions.
In
addition to the Company’s right to redeem the Senior Notes on November 26, 2027, the Senior Notes of this series are redeemable,
as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company (subject to, if and to the extent required by the Relevant Regulator or the
Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission),
on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, on any Payment Date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount,
together with accrued but unpaid interest, in respect of the Senior Notes to the date fixed for redemption, if, at any time, the Company
shall determine that as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws or regulations of the Taxing Jurisdiction (including any treaty
to which such Taxing Jurisdiction is a party), or any change in the application or interpretation of such laws or regulations (including
a decision of any court or tribunal) which change or amendment becomes effective on or after November 26, 2024:
(a)
in making payment under the Senior Notes the Company has or will or would on the next Payment Date become obligated to pay Additional
Amounts;
(b)
the payment of interest on the next Payment Date in respect of the Senior Notes would be treated as a “distribution” within
the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 23 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 of the United Kingdom (or any statutory modification or re-enactment
thereof for the time being); or
(c)
on the next Payment Date the Company would not be entitled to claim a deduction in respect of such payment of interest in computing its
United Kingdom taxation liabilities (or the value of such deduction to the Company would be materially reduced).
In
any case where the Company shall determine that, in accordance with Section 11.08 of the Senior Indenture, it is entitled to redeem the
Senior Notes of this series, the Company shall be required to deliver to the Trustee prior to the giving of any notice of redemption
(i) a written legal opinion of independent United Kingdom counsel of recognized standing (selected by the Company) in a form satisfactory
to the Trustee confirming that the relevant change or amendment has occurred and that the Company is entitled to exercise its right of
redemption and (ii) an Officer’s Certificate, evidencing compliance with such provisions and stating that the Company is entitled
to redeem the Senior Notes pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes.
The
Company may, at the Company’s option (but subject to, if and to the extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss
Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission),
having given not less than 15 nor more than 30 days’ notice to holders, redeem all but not some only of the Senior Notes outstanding
at any time at 100% of their principal amount together with any accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption, if immediately
prior to the giving of the notice referred to above, the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that
a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event has occurred. Any redemption or purchase of Senior Notes (other than redemption on the relevant
maturity date), and any modification to the terms of the Senior Notes or any indenture relating thereto, is subject to, if and to the
extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator
and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission therefor and otherwise to
compliance
with the Loss Absorption Regulations if and to the extent then required thereunder.
If
the Company elects to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Senior Notes will cease to accrue interest from the date of redemption,
provided the redemption price has been paid in accordance with the Indenture.
Upon
payment of (i) the amount of principal (and premium, if any) so declared due and payable and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest, all of
the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and accrued and unpaid interest
on, the Senior Notes of this series shall terminate.
Notwithstanding
any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the Company and any Holder or beneficial owner of the Senior Notes, by
purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes each Holder (including each beneficial owner) of the Senior Notes acknowledges, accepts, agrees
to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority that may result in (i)
the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes; (ii) the conversion
of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes into shares or other securities or other obligations
of the Company or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the holder of such shares, securities or obligations, including by
means of amendment, modification or variation of the terms of the Senior Notes); and/or (iii) the amendment or alteration of the maturity
of the Senior Notes, or amendment of the amount of interest due on the Senior Notes, or the dates on which interest becomes payable,
including by suspending payment for a temporary period; any U.K. bail-in power may be exercised by means of variation of the terms of
the Senior Notes solely to give effect to the exercise by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of such U.K. bail-in power. With respect
to (i), (ii) and (iii) above, references to principal and interest shall include payments of principal and interest that have become
due and payable (including principal that has become due and payable at the maturity date), but which have not been paid, prior to the
exercise of any U.K. bail-in power. Each Holder and each beneficial owner of the Senior Notes further acknowledges and agrees that the
rights of the Holders and/or beneficial owners under the Senior Notes are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, solely to give
effect to, the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority.
By
purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes, each Holder and each beneficial owner of the Senior Notes:
(i)
acknowledges and agrees that no exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority in respect of the Senior
Notes shall give rise to a default or an Event of Default for purposes of Section 315(b) (Notice of Default) and Section 315(c) (Duties
of the Trustee in Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act;
(ii)
to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims against the Trustee for, agrees not to initiate a suit
against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee shall not be liable for, any action that the Trustee takes, or abstains
from taking, in either case in
accordance
with the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Senior Notes; and
(iii)
acknowledges and agrees that, upon the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, (a) the Trustee
shall not be required to take any further directions from Holders or beneficial owners of the Senior Notes under Section 5.12 of the
Senior Indenture, and (b) neither the Senior Indenture nor the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture shall impose any duties upon the Trustee
whatsoever with respect to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if, following the completion of the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, any of the Senior Notes
remain outstanding (for example, if the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power results in only a partial write-down of the principal of the
Senior Notes), then the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture shall remain applicable with respect to the Senior Notes following
such completion to the extent that the Company and the Trustee shall agree pursuant to a supplemental indenture or an amendment to the
Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, unless the Company and the Trustee agree in writing that a supplemental indenture is not necessary.
Each
Holder or beneficial owner that acquires its Senior Notes in the secondary market shall be deemed to acknowledge, agree to be bound by
and consent to the same provisions specified in the Indenture to the same extent as the Holders and beneficial owners of the Senior Notes
that acquire the Senior Notes upon their initial issuance, including, without limitation, with respect to the acknowledgement and agreement
to be bound by and consent to the terms of the Senior Notes, including in relation to the U.K. bail-in power.
By
purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes, each Holder and each beneficial owner shall be deemed to have (i) consented to the exercise
of any U.K. bail-in power as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of its decision to
exercise such power with respect to the Senior Notes and (ii) authorized, directed and requested DTC and any direct participant in DTC
or other intermediary through which it holds such Senior Notes to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement the exercise
of any U.K. bail-in power with respect to the Senior Notes as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on the part
of such Holder or beneficial owner or the Trustee.
No
repayment of the principal amount of the Senior Notes or payment of interest on the Senior Notes shall become due and payable after the
exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority unless, at the time that such repayment or payment, respectively,
is scheduled to become due, such repayment or payment would be permitted to be made by the Company under the laws and regulations of
the United Kingdom applicable to the Company and the Group.
Upon
the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Senior Notes, the Company shall
provide a written notice to DTC as soon as practicable regarding such exercise of the U.K. bail-in power for purposes of notifying Holders
of such occurrence. The Company shall also deliver a copy of such notice to the Trustee for information purposes. Any delay or failure
by
the
Company in delivering the notices referred to in this paragraph shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the U.K. bail-in
power.
The
Company’s obligations to indemnify the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.07 of the Indenture shall survive any exercise of the
U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Senior Notes.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations
of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Senior Notes to be affected thereby by the Company and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Senior Notes at the time outstanding of each such series. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes, on behalf
of the Holders of all Senior Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued in exchange herefor or in
lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay, if and when due and payable, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on, this Senior Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As
set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of the Senior Notes will have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture, this Senior Note or any remedy thereunder; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply
to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal or interest as and when the same shall have
become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof and the Indenture.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the right of the Holder
of this Senior Note, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on,
this Senior Note when due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this Senior Note and the Indenture.
This
Senior Note is governed by the laws of the State of New York, except for the waiver of set-off provisions relating to the Senior Notes
which are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland.
Unless
otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Senior Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture.
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