Version 1 - Released and Dated 14th November 2022
Subject to and in accordance with the applicable Final Terms, in respect of any single Series of Notes issued by a Compartment of the Issuer, among other things, a security interest in any and all securities and other financial instruments owned by such Compartment (at any time), together with any and all claims that such Compartment has or may assert against any party (at any time arising), may be created in favour of the Security Trustee for itself and on behalf of the relevant secured creditors identified in the Final Terms, as security for the financial obligations owed by the relevant Compartment of the Issuer to such secured creditors of such Series.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Final Terms, such security interest shall be in the form of:
a first fixed charge over the Underlying Assets and all property, assets and sums derived therefrom, in each case from time to time;
an assignment by way of security of all the Issuer’s rights, titles and interests attaching or relating to the Underlying Assets and all property, sums or assets derived therefrom, including, without limitation, any right to delivery thereof or to an equivalent number or nominal value thereof which arises in connection with any such assets being held in a clearing system or through a financial intermediary;
an assignment by way of security of the Issuer’s rights, title and interest against the Custodian and any relevant sub-custodian, to the extent that they relate to the Underlying Assets and/or the Notes;
an assignment by way of security of the Issuer’s rights, title and interest under the Agency Agreement, the Custody Agreement and the Calculation Agency Agreement, to the extent they relate to the Underlying Assets and/or Notes;
an assignment by way of security of the Issuer’s rights, titles and interests under the Custody Agreement, to the extent that they relate to any assets held by the Custodian and any relevant sub-custodian in respect of the Notes; and
a first fixed charge over all sums held by the Paying Agent to meet payments due in respect of any amount owed to a Secured Creditor under the relevant Series.
Specific information on security arrangements is to be specified in any relevant Final Terms.