MORTGAGE LOANS (ASSIGNMENT) July 2011 ANNEX FOR DWF MORTGAGE LOAN TRANSACTIONS: ASSIGNMENT 1. APPLICATION 1.1 This Annex to the Terms and Conditions applies where the Bank has agreed that Initial Collateral for a DWF Transaction or DWF Additional Collateral may comprise or include DWF Eligible Mortgage Loans and requires such collateral to be provided by way of assignment. 1.2 This Annex forms part of, and amends and supplements, the Terms and Conditions which shall apply to DWF Mortgage Loan Transactions and DWF Additional Collateral provided in the form of DWF Eligible Mortgage Loans as varied by this Annex. In the event of any inconsistency between this Annex and the Terms and Conditions, the terms of this Annex shall prevail. 2. INTERPRETATION In this Annex references to: (a) (b) paragraphs and Schedules are to paragraphs and Schedules of this Annex; and clauses are to clauses of the Terms and Conditions. 3. AGREEMENT FOR ASSIGNMENT, ASSIGNATION OR TRANSFER OF DWF LOANS 3.1 Subject to the Terms and Conditions, the Participant agrees to assign to the Bank on the applicable Transaction Date each of the DWF Loans and its Related Security comprised in a DWF Loan Portfolio. 3.2 It shall be a term of any DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction that the Participant with full title guarantee shall assign to the Bank on the Transaction Date: (a) (subject to the subsisting rights of redemption of Borrowers) all right, title, interest and benefit of the Participant (both present and future) in, to and under the relevant DWF Loans and their Related Security (excluding the Scottish Mortgages and their Related Security) including for the avoidance of doubt as at the Transaction Date: (i) all sums of principal, interest and any other sum payable under such DWF Loans on or after or in respect of any period on or after the Transaction Date, all sums of principal, interest and other sums payable (but not paid before the Transaction Date) in respect of any period before the Transaction Date and the right to demand, sue for, recover, receive and give receipts for all such sums; (ii) the benefit of all security (excluding the Scottish Mortgages and their Related Security) for such principal moneys and interest and other sums payable, the benefit of all consents to mortgage signed by occupiers of the relevant Mortgaged Properties (excluding the Scottish LON14126227/74 006940-1040
Mortgages and their Related Security), the benefit of all rights under Matrimonial Homes Act documentation and the benefit of and the right to sue on all covenants and undertakings in favour of the Participant in each such DWF Loan and any DWF Loan Guarantee (excluding any DWF Loan Guarantee in relation to Scottish Loans) in respect of such DWF Loan and the right to exercise all powers of the Participant in relation to each such DWF Loan; (iii) all the estate and interest in the relevant Mortgaged Properties (excluding any Scottish Property) in favour of the Participant subject to redemption or cesser; (iv) to the extent that they are assignable all causes and rights of action in favour of the Participant against any person in connection with any report, valuation, opinion, certificate, consent or other statement of fact or opinion given in connection with any such DWF Loans or received by the Participant in connection with the origination of any such DWF Loan; and (v) all proceeds from the enforcement of such DWF Loans and their Related Security; and (b) all right, title, interest and benefit in favour of the Participant (both present and future) in the Insurance Contracts (including the right to receive the proceeds of any claims, including any Criminal Damage Claims) in so far as they relate to such DWF Loans. 3.3 It shall be a term of any DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction relating to a Scottish Loan, that the Participant shall on the Transaction Date: (a) (b) enter into and deliver to the Bank (or its solicitors) a fully executed Scottish Declaration of Trust substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3B (Scottish Declaration of Trust) declaring a trust over the Scottish Loans, the related Scottish Mortgages and their Related Security including any DWF Loan Guarantees in relation thereto and undertaking to take such further action as may be required to perfect the trust created or intended to be created thereunder; and enter into and deliver to the Bank (or its solicitors) a fully executed Scottish Transfer substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3A Part A (Form of Transfer (Land Register-Scotland)) in the case of Scottish Mortgages registered (or subject to an application for registration) in the Land Register of Scotland, or substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3A Part B (Form of Transfer (Sasine Register-Scotland)) in the case of Scottish Mortgages recorded (or subject to an application for recording) in the General Register of Sasines assigning the relevant Participant's whole interest in the Scottish Mortgages in favour of the Bank. The Bank acknowledges that such Scottish Transfers will be held by it (or its solicitors) as undelivered, pending the occurrence of an Event of Default whereupon such Scottish Transfers will be treated as fully and unconditionally delivered to the Bank. The Bank may LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 2
immediately thereafter register such Scottish Transfers at the relevant Land Registry. 3.4 The Participant and the Bank agree that the consideration given for any transfer of DWF Eligible Loans or DWF Equivalent Collateral under the Terms and Conditions and this Annex is given in respect of the transfer of all rights and title comprised in the DWF Eligible Loans and DWF Equivalent Collateral and relevant Related Security, other than any interest in (or rights to the transfer of) shares in a company, to which no consideration is allocated. 4. ELIGIBILITY; INITIATION OF DWF MORTGAGE LOAN TRANSACTIONS Eligibility 4.1 A Participant may not provide collateral in the form of DWF Loans unless it shall have delivered to the Bank, duly executed by the parties thereto (other than the Bank, which shall, where relevant, thereupon duly execute or where otherwise stated) in accordance with the Operating Procedures: (a) details of one or more DWF Provisional Portfolios, which have been agreed with the Bank, including a list of the DWF Loans in each DWF Provisional Portfolio, in the form and containing the details required by the Bank; (b) an original power of attorney substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1 (Form of Power of Attorney); (c) (d) (e) (f) a form of Scottish Declaration of Trust and Scottish Transfers described in paragraph 3.3 (but unexecuted); a legal opinion in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank in respect of each relevant jurisdiction; an audit report and a legal due diligence report in respect of each relevant jurisdiction on the DWF Provisional Portfolio, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank; and such other documentation as the Bank may require. 4.2 The Participant shall update the information provided under paragraph 4.1 on a monthly basis and at such other times as the Bank may require. Initiation of DWF Mortgage Loan Transactions 4.3 Where the Participant sends a DWF Transaction Notice to the Bank in respect of a DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction, in addition to the matters specified in clause E.4.2, the DWF Transaction Notice shall specify the DWF Loan Portfolio or DWF Loan Portfolios to be assigned to the Bank on the Transaction Date. 4.4 Clause E.4.5 shall not apply to a DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction. On the Transaction Date for a DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction, and provided that, where the Initial Collateral includes DWF Collateral Securities, the Participant shall have LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 3
transferred to the Bank DWF Collateral Securities with an Adjusted Value agreed with the Bank: (a) (b) (c) the beneficial interest in the DWF Loans; the beneficial interest in the Mortgages relating to the DWF Loans; and the beneficial interest in any Insurance Contract, any DWF Loan Guarantee and any other right, title, interest and benefit of the Participant referred to in paragraph 3.2, are assigned by the Participant to the Bank with full title guarantee. Such assignment shall occur immediately upon and by virtue of the transfer by the Bank to the Participant of DWF Swap Securities with a Value equal to the Value notified to the Participant by the Bank or, where clause E.2.2 applies, upon and by virtue of payment by the Bank to the Participant of the Cash Equivalent Amount. 4.5 The Participant shall take such action as the Bank may require to ensure that the respective interests of the Bank are noted by the relevant insurers in relation to each Insurance Contract relating to the DWF Loans that have been assigned. 4.6 With effect from the assignment of the beneficial interest in the Mortgages relating to the DWF Loans in accordance with paragraph 4.4 and until re-assignment of the Mortgages or such other time as the Bank may determine, the Participant shall hold the deeds and documents constituting the Title Deeds and the Mortgage Loan Files and all other certificates, notices, policies, endorsements and other matters necessary to establish title thereto which it may now or in the future have in its possession and which relate to the DWF Loans assigned to the Bank on the Transaction Date or ensure that such deeds and documents are held to the Bank s order. 4.7 With effect from the Transaction Date and until re-assignment of the relevant DWF Loans or such other time as the Bank may determine, the Participant will account to the Bank for all Income received by the Participant on or after the Transaction Date which belongs to the Bank (but excluding any fees, charges and expenses which are payable to the Administrator for its own account) under or in respect of the DWF Loans in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and the Participant will hold the same on trust for the Bank and such amounts will be paid to the Bank in accordance with the Operating Procedures or otherwise at the Bank s direction. 4.8 Clause E.8.2 shall apply on the basis that, provided that the relevant Income has been received and is being held on trust in accordance with paragraph 4.7, no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Participant and no obligation owed by the Participant to the Bank under these Terms and Conditions is outstanding, the amount payable by the Bank under clause E.8.2 in respect of the relevant DWF Loans shall be offset against the relevant Income in respect of which the Participant is required to account to the Bank under paragraph 4.7 and such amount shall thereby be released from the trust established under paragraph 4.7. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 4
5. ADMINISTRATION 5.1 The Bank appoints the Participant (and the Participant agrees to act) as its sole and exclusive Administrator on the terms set out in Schedule 2. 5.2 The Administrator may delegate any of the administration services set out in Schedule 2 to a third party; provided that it shall have given to the Bank prior notification of that delegation (including the identity of the delegate and such other details as the Bank may require) and provided further that the Administrator shall remain responsible for the provision of the administration services. The Participant shall, as soon as practicable after entry into the DWF Transaction, supply to the Bank copies of all the Participant s policies and procedures relating to the DWF Loans and shall give copies of any material amendments made prior to any legal transfer of the DWF Loans to those policies and procedures to the Bank on a regular basis. 5.3 The Bank may terminate the appointment at any time: (a) (b) after the occurrence of an Event of Default; or if the Participant fails to provide the administration services in accordance with Schedule 2 and the Bank considers it necessary to terminate the appointment to protect its interests. Following such termination, the Participant undertakes to co-operate with and provide at its own expense all assistance that the Bank may require to ensure an orderly transfer of administration functions to any replacement Administrator. The Participant agrees to pay or reimburse to the Bank all of its costs and expenses (including legal expenses) together with any value added tax thereon in connection with the termination of the Participant s appointment as Administrator and the appointment of any replacement Administrator. 5.4 The Bank agrees with the Participant that, in respect of any DWF Loan, the Bank (or a person acting on behalf of the Bank) will exercise the rights and perform the obligations of the Participant, in each case under the applicable DWF Loan Conditions, in a manner no less favourable to the relevant Borrowers than that which applies under the Participant s policies and procedures (including any amendments made to them) disclosed to the Bank under paragraph 5.2 above. 5.5 For as long as the Participant, or any person acting on behalf of the Participant, is appointed as Administrator in accordance with the terms of this Annex, or any third party is appointed as a replacement Administrator on terms requiring the replacement Administrator to comply with the policies and procedures (including any amendments to them) disclosed to the Bank under paragraph 5.2 above, the Participant confirms to the Bank that the undertaking given by the Bank in paragraph 5.4 above shall be complied with. 5.6 The Participant agrees with the Bank that the Bank shall be released from the undertaking given in paragraph 5.4 above: LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 5
(a) (b) in relation to any DWF Loan re-assigned to the Participant in accordance with the terms of this Annex, immediately upon such re-assignment; or in relation to any DWF Loan that the Bank assigns its interest in to any person who enters into a deed of covenant in favour of the Participant, on substantially the same terms as the covenant provided by the Bank in paragraph 5.4 above, immediately upon entry into such deed of covenant. 6. TERMINATION OF DWF MORTGAGE LOAN TRANSACTIONS 6.1 Clause E.4.6 shall not apply to a DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction. On the Termination Date for a DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction, subject to paragraph 6.2, the Bank shall re-assign to the Participant (and the Participant shall then accept a re-assignment of) its Assigned Rights in relation to the DWF Loans the subject of that DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction. Such re-assignment shall occur upon and by virtue of receipt by the Bank of the DWF Equivalent Securities and payment of any DWF Swap Fees due and payable. Following such receipt and payment, the Bank shall transfer securities equivalent to any DWF Collateral Securities transferred by the Participant under that DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction in respect of which DWF Equivalent Securities have not been transferred. 6.2 The Bank may, instead of re-assigning to the Participant its Assigned Rights under paragraph 6.1 pay to the Participant an amount in cash equal to the Value of the DWF Loans determined by the Bank in a commercially reasonable manner. Such payment shall discharge in full the Bank s obligations under paragraph 6.1 in respect of the Assigned Rights. If the Bank elects to make such payment it shall notify the Participant accordingly but shall only be obliged to make such payment upon transfer to the Bank from the Participant of the DWF Equivalent Securities and payment of any DWF Swap Fees due and payable. 6.3 Any reference in this paragraph 6 or in paragraphs 7 and 9 below to reassign, reassignment, re-assigning or re-assignable shall, in the context of any Scottish Property, Scottish Loans, Scottish Mortgages or Related Security, be construed to mean: (a) (b) re-transfer of the Bank's interest under the Scottish Declarations of Trust by the entry into of a deed of termination terminating the Bank's interest in the relevant Scottish Property, Scottish Loans or their Related Security which are to be re-assigned or re-transferred; and delivery by the Bank of the relevant Scottish Transfers in relation to such Scottish Mortgages, Scottish Loans or Related Security which are to be reassigned or re-transferred. 7. DWF ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL 7.1 Where the Bank has served notice under clause E.6.1 requiring the Participant to transfer DWF Eligible Securities or DWF Eligible Loans, the Participant may, subject to paragraph 4.1 and if the Bank so agrees, notify the Bank that it wishes to assign one or more DWF Loan Portfolios as DWF Additional Collateral. If the Bank LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 6
agrees to such assignment it shall notify the Participant. notification: On the date of such (a) (b) (c) the beneficial interest in the DWF Loans; the beneficial interest in the Mortgages relating to the DWF Loans; and, the beneficial interest in any Insurance Contract, any DWF Loan Guarantee and any other right, title, interest and benefit of the Participant referred to in paragraph 3.2, are assigned by the Participant to the Bank with full title guarantee. Such assignment shall occur immediately upon and by virtue of such notification. 7.2 The provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4.5 to 4.8 shall apply mutatis mutandis to DWF Loans assigned as DWF Additional Collateral. 7.3 Where the Bank is required to transfer DWF Equivalent Collateral under clause E.6.2 and the Participant has assigned as DWF Additional Collateral DWF Loans which have not been re-assigned, subject to paragraph 6.2, which shall apply mutatis mutandis, the Bank may re-assign to the Participant (and the Participant shall then accept a re-assignment of) its Assigned Rights in relation to such DWF Loans. The Bank shall notify the Participant of such re-assignment which shall occur upon and by virtue of such notification. 8. FURTHER ASSURANCE 8.1 If an Event of Default occurs and the Bank so requests, then, without prejudice to the Bank s rights under clauses A.12 and A.13 following the occurrence of an Event of Default or Default Termination, the Participant shall in relation to all DWF Loans then in the DWF Loan Portfolio promptly: (a) (b) (c) (d) deliver to the Bank or its agent (as the Bank may require) all Title Deeds; give formal notice of the transfers to the relevant Borrowers, the relevant guarantors under any DWF Loan Guarantee (save for any DWF Loan Guarantee governed by Scots law), the relevant insurers under any Insurance Contract (save for any Insurance Contract governed by Scots law) and any other persons (all such notices being in such form or forms as may be required by the Bank); enter into an assignation of any Insurance Contracts governed by Scots law (including the right to receive the proceeds of any claims) in so far as they relate to such DWF Loans and give formal notice thereunder to the relevant insurers; deliver transfers of the Mortgages (excluding any Scottish Mortgages) in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Form of Transfer) or Schedule 3C (Part A) (Form of Northern Irish Transfer - Registered Land) or (Part B) (Form of Northern Irish Transfer - Unregistered Land), as appropriate, and release the Bank (or LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 7
its solicitors) from having to hold the Scottish Transfers as undelivered and enter into such further Scottish Transfers as may be required by the Bank to effect the transfer of the Scottish Mortgages; (e) (f) in the case of any DWF Loan Guarantees governed by Scots law, assign the Participant's interest in such DWF Loan Guarantees and procure the intimation of such assignation to the relevant guarantor under such DWF Loan Guarantees relating to any relevant DWF Loan, in the form of the Assignation of DWF Loan Guarantee set out in Schedule 4 (Assignation of Scottish DWF Loan Guarantee); and deliver transfers or assignations of any other Related Security assigned to the Bank in such form as the Bank may require. 8.2 The Bank may require that the form of any transfer or assignment referred to in paragraph 8.1 be changed at any time to reflect changes in law or relevant registry practice or requirements. 8.3 The Bank may, following an Event of Default, register any transfer of the legal title to a Mortgage at the relevant Land Registry at any time after receipt (or execution by the Bank) of the same. 8.4 The Participant undertakes to the Bank that, for so long as the Bank has not obtained legal title to the DWF Loans, the Participant will promptly when required by the Bank, lend its name to, and take such other steps as may be required by the Bank in relation to, any legal proceedings in respect of the DWF Loans and their Related Security. 8.5 The Participant will co-operate fully with the Bank promptly to do all such further acts and things and execute any further documents that may be necessary or desirable to give full effect to the transactions contemplated by this Annex (but subject always to the other provisions of this paragraph 8). 9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 9.1 The Participant represents and warrants to the Bank on a continuing basis that: (a) (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this Annex and each DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction will not breach (including, without limitation, breach any negative pledge) or conflict with any instrument or agreement by which it is bound; at the time of assignment to the Bank of the beneficial interest in any DWF Loan and its related Mortgage, it will have the full and unqualified right to make such assignment and that upon such assignment and transfer the Bank will receive the same free and clear of any lien, claim, charge or encumbrance; and LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 8
(c) at the time of any re-assignment to the Participant of any DWF Loan and its related Mortgage it will have the full and unqualified right to acquire such DWF Loan and its related Mortgage. 9.2 The Participant represents and warrants to the Bank in relation to each DWF Loan and its Related Security the subject of a DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction, in the form of the representations and warranties set out in Schedule 5 (Loan Representations and Warranties) as at the Transaction Date for that DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction. 9.3 The Participant acknowledges that the representations and warranties set out in paragraph 9.1 and the DWF Loan Warranties are made with a view to inducing the Bank to enter into the DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction and that the Bank will enter into the DWF Mortgage Loan Transaction, among other things, in reliance thereon and will rely upon such representations and warranties notwithstanding any information possessed or discoverable by it. 9.4 In respect of any actual or alleged breach of any DWF Loan Warranty the Participant shall: (a) (b) (c) notify the Bank of any actual or alleged breach of a DWF Loan Warranty as soon as it becomes aware of such breach which could have a material adverse effect on any DWF Loan or its Related Security or which could have an effect on a significant proportion of the DWF Loans or their Related Security; notify the Bank as soon as reasonably practicable following any claim or intimation of claim by any person of or arising from such actual or alleged breach, or arising from any dispute in relation to the DWF Loans or their Related Security which could have a material adverse effect on any DWF Loan or its Related Security or which could have an effect on a significant proportion of the DWF Loans or their Related Security, and thereafter keep the Bank informed in relation to such claim or intimation; and indemnify the Bank and hold it harmless in respect of all losses, costs and expenses suffered or incurred by the Bank in connection with any such breach. 9.5 For the purposes of Clause A.11.2(g), a DWF Loan Warranty shall be incorrect in a material respect only if, in the Bank s opinion, such incorrectness could have a material adverse effect on a significant proportion of DWF Loans or their Related Security. 9.6 At any time the Bank shall be entitled to request from the Participant a certificate of compliance with regards to the Participant s obligations hereunder. 9.7 The Participant shall notify the Bank as soon as it becomes aware of the breach of any of its obligations hereunder and shall provide the Bank with such information relating to the breach as the Bank shall require. The Bank shall, in the absence of receipt of any such notice, be entitled to assume that the Participant is complying with such obligations. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 9
9.8 The Bank represents and warrants to the Participant that at the time of the re-assignment to the Participant of any DWF Loan and its Related Security it will have the full and unqualified right to make such re-assignment and that upon such reassignment the Participant will receive the same free and clear of any lien, claim, charge or encumbrance. 10. DATA PROTECTION 10.1 Each party shall comply with the notification requirements under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the data protection principles specified in that act, and any equivalent or similar legislation, rules, regulations or principles applicable in any other jurisdiction, to the extent that such party receives any Personal Data in respect of the DWF Loans and their Related Security. 10.2 For such time as the Participant remains the data controller (as that term is defined in the Data Protection Act 1998) in respect of personal data relating to the DWF Loans and Borrowers that are provided to it, the Bank shall, in respect of all such personal data that it receives in connection with any DWF Loan Transaction: (a) (b) (c) process that personal data only for the purposes of fulfilling its obligations in respect of any DWF Loan Transaction and in accordance with the reasonable instructions of the Participant and shall ensure that appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of the personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, the personal data; from time to time comply with any reasonable request made by the Participant to ensure compliance with the measures mentioned in (a); and take the measures mentioned in (a) and (b), having regard to the state of technological development and the cost of implementing the measures, so as to ensure a level of security appropriate to: (i) the harm that may result from breach of those measures; and (ii) the nature of the personal data to be protected. IN WITNESS whereof the parties have caused this Annex to be executed and delivered as a Deed on the date which appears below. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 10
EXECUTED and DELIVERED ). as a DEED by [ ] 1 ) Director acting by two directors/a ) director and the secretary: ). on ) Director/Secretary For and on behalf of ) the GOVERNOR AND COMPANY ) of the BANK OF ENGLAND ) Authorised Signatory 1 Insert name of Participant LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 11
This Power of Attorney is made on BETWEEN: (1) [ ] (the Participant) IN FAVOUR OF: SCHEDULE 1 Form of Power of Attorney (2) THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Threadneedle Street, London EC2R 8AH (the Bank); (3) [ ] (the Administrator which expression shall include such company or companies and all other persons for the time being acting as the administrator under the Terms and Conditions). WHEREAS: (A) By the Bank s Terms and Conditions for Participation in the Bank of England s Sterling Monetary Framework (the Terms) including the Annex to the Terms for DWF Mortgage Loan Transactions (the Annex), the Participant agreed (i) to assign and transfer to the Bank the Mortgages and the collateral security therefor; and (ii) in the case of Scottish Mortgages, to declare a trust over the Scottish Mortgages and assign the Participant s interest therein to the Bank. (B) At the request of the Bank, the Participant has agreed to enter into this Power of Attorney for the purposes hereinafter appearing. (C) The expressions defined in the Terms shall, unless otherwise defined herein or the context requires otherwise, bear the same meanings herein (including these recitals). NOW THIS DEED WITNESSES as follows: 1. For good and valuable consideration and by way of security for the obligations of the Participant under the Terms the Participant hereby appoints the Bank to be its true and lawful attorney (with power to sub-delegate) and to be its agent and in its name to do the following acts and things or any of them: (a) (b) (c) to exercise its rights, powers and discretions under the DWF Loans; subject to paragraph (a) above to exercise all the powers exercisable by the Participant by reason of its remaining for the time being the registered owner at the relevant Land Registry of any of the Mortgages; to demand sue for and receive all moneys due or payable under the DWF Loans or any such collateral security or related rights; LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 12
(d) (e) (f) (g) upon payment of such moneys or any part thereof, to give good receipts and discharges for the same and to execute such receipts, discharges, releases, reassignments, retrocessions, surrenders, instruments and deeds as may be requisite or advisable; to execute and deliver such of the transfers and notices referred to in paragraph 8 (Further Assurance) of the Annex and such other documents (including further Scottish Transfers) as the Bank considers necessary as and when the Participant is required to do so, in accordance with paragraph 8 (Further Assurance) of the Annex; subject to paragraph (a) above to exercise any other rights, discretions and powers under the Mortgages and for that purpose to execute, sign and do any deeds, documents, acts or things; and from time to time substitute and appoint severally one or more attorney or attorneys for all or any of the purposes aforesaid. 2. The Participant hereby agrees at all times hereafter to ratify and confirm whatsoever any act matter or deed any attorney or substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done under or concerning these presents. 3. The Participant hereby declares that these presents having been given for security purposes and to secure a continuing obligation, the powers hereby created shall be irrevocable. 4. The parties to this Power of Attorney do not intend that any of its terms shall be enforceable by any third party who would not be able to enforce such terms other than by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. 5. This Power of Attorney and any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in relation to this Power of Attorney shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England. IN WITNESS of which [ ] has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed and delivered as a Deed on the date which first appears above. EXECUTED as a DEED ) for and on behalf of ) ) acting by two directors, or a director and its ) secretary in the presence of a witness ) Director Name: Director/Secretary Name: LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 13
SCHEDULE 2 Administration Services 1. APPOINTMENT OF THE PARTICIPANT AS ADMINISTRATOR 1.1 The Bank hereby appoints the Participant in relation to each DWF Loan assigned to the Bank to administer on its behalf and as its lawful agent on its behalf to provide certain other administration and management services and to exercise its respective rights, powers and discretions, and to perform its respective duties, under and in relation to each such DWF Loan Portfolio (including, without limitation, the collection of payments due from Borrowers under DWF Loans and calculation of amounts of interest and principal due under such DWF Loans); provided that the Participant may at all times service the DWF Loans in accordance with its normal business practice as a reasonable, prudent mortgage servicer. 1.2 In respect of each DWF Loan assigned to the Bank, and subject to paragraph 5.3, the appointment shall commence on the relevant Transaction Date and shall cease immediately following the re-assignment by the Bank of its Assigned Rights in relation to that DWF Loan in accordance with paragraph 6.1. 1.3 The Administrator shall not be entitled to charge a fee except where the Bank has exercised its rights under paragraphs 5.3 or 6.2 in which case the Administrator may charge such commercially reasonable fee as the Administrator and the Bank may agree. 1.4 The Participant in each case hereby accepts such appointment on the terms and subject to the conditions of these Terms and Conditions. 2. THE SERVICES The Participant shall provide the services as set forth below: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) keeping records (written or computerised)/books of account/documents for the Bank in relation to the DWF Loans and their Related Security and keeping all key loan details in computerised form; keeping records for all taxation purposes including VAT; notifying relevant Borrowers of any changes in payments under the DWF Loans; providing a redemption statement to a Borrower or any person acting on the Borrower s behalf, in each case upon written request or otherwise at the discretion of the Participant; notifying relevant Borrowers of any other matter or thing which the applicable DWF Loan Conditions or offer conditions require them to be notified of in the manner and at the time required by the relevant DWF Loan Conditions; LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 14
(f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (l) (m) subject to the provisions of these Terms and Conditions, taking all reasonable steps to recover all sums due to the Bank including without limitation by the institution of proceedings or enforcement of any DWF Loan or any Related Security; taking all other action and doing all other things which it would be reasonable to expect a prudent mortgage lender acting reasonably to do in administering its DWF Loans, including monitoring performance of the DWF Loans and the Borrowers and monitoring and take such action as is necessary in relation to DWF Loan in arrears; keeping a Mortgage Account for each DWF Loan which shall record all proceeds received in respect of that DWF Loan and all amounts debited to such Mortgage Account; if required by the relevant DWF Loan Conditions but otherwise at its discretion, preparing and sending on request an annual statement to Borrowers in relation to each calendar year in the agreed form; arranging for the renewal and continuation at all times of the Insurance Contracts; providing the reports and other information which it is required to provide under these Terms and Conditions; and maintaining adequate insurance against loss or damage to any documents or information held under these Terms and Conditions. 3. AUTHORITY TO SET INTEREST RATES Subject to applicable law and regulation and any regulatory undertaking binding on the Administrator from time to time and subject to the provisions of this paragraph 3, the Bank grants the Administrator full right, liberty and authority from time to time to determine, in accordance with the applicable DWF Loan Conditions, the Mortgage Rate or Mortgage Rates and any other discretionary rate of margin applicable to the DWF Loans chargeable to Borrowers from time to time. The Administrator shall take the steps necessary by the relevant DWF Loan Conditions and/or applicable law (including, without limitation, applicable guidelines of the Office of Fair Trading and applicable statements of good practice of the Financial Services Authority) to bring each change in such rate or rates of interest or margins and any consequential change in payments that Borrowers are required to make to the attention of the relevant Borrowers and shall, if so requested, provide details of such change to the Bank. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 15
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SCHEDULE 3A Part A: Form of Scottish Transfer Land Register We, [Participant] (the Transferor) CONSIDERING THAT in terms of the Terms and Conditions for Participation in the Bank of England s Operations under the Sterling Monetary Framework the Transferor and The Bank of England of Threadneedle Street, London EC2R 8AH (the Transferee) (the Terms) we have agreed to transfer our whole right, title and interest in and to the Standard Securities and others hereinafter mentioned to the Transferee NOW THEREFORE we the Transferor IN CONSIDERATION of the sums payable in terms of and in implement pro tanto of the Terms HEREBY ASSIGN to the Transferee and that with effect from [ ], 20[ ] (the Relevant Date) notwithstanding the date hereof: 1. the Standard Securities granted by the respective parties whose names are specified in the relevant entry in Column 3 of the Schedule annexed and executed as relative hereto (the Schedule) in favour of the party specified in the relative entry in Column 2 of the Schedule over the property specified in the relative entry in Column 4 of the Schedule and the creditor's interest in which is currently vested in the Transferor for all sums due and to become due, in each case to the extent of the sum specified in the relevant entry in Column 6 of the Schedule being the whole amount of principal due to the Transferor as at the Relevant Date together with all interest due and to become due thereon from the Relevant Date and also all arrears and accumulations of interest due and unpaid as at the Relevant Date, the said Standard Securities being registered in the Land Register of Scotland under the Title Number specified in the relative entry in Column 5 of the Schedule; and 2. the whole rights, titles, interests and benefits (both present and future) of us the Transferor in and under all and any personal bonds or loan agreements or accepted offers of loans (and any supplemental agreements thereto or variations thereof) howsoever constituted in relation to the whole sums due and to become due to the Transferor secured by the said Standard Securities and granted by or entered into with the said respective parties whose names are specified in Column 3 of the said Schedule. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 19
AND declaring for the avoidance of doubt that, by virtue of these presents, the Transferee is substituted in the full right and place of us the Transferor in the said Standard Securities and the said personal bonds, loan agreements and accepted offers of loan: And we the Transferor grant warrandice to the Transferee: And we the Transferor declare that we retain no title in the said Standard Securities in the event that we are owed any other sums by the Borrower specified in the Schedule IN WITNESS WHEREOF these presents typewritten on this and the preceding page are, together with the Schedule annexed hereto, executed as follows: LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 20
This is the Schedule referred to in the foregoing Assignation by [ ] in favour of [ ] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Account No. Originator Borrowers' Full Names Secured Property Title Number Amount Due LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 21
Part B: Form of Scottish Transfer General Register of Sasines We, [Participant] (the Transferor) CONSIDERING THAT in terms of the Terms and Conditions for Participation in the Bank of England s Operations under the Sterling Monetary Framework the Transferor and The Bank of England of Threadneedle Street, London EC2R 8AH (the Transferee) (the Terms) we have agreed to transfer our whole right, title and interest in and to the Standard Securities and others hereinafter mentioned to the Transferee NOW THEREFORE we the Transferor IN CONSIDERATION of the sums payable in terms of and in implement pro tanto of the Terms HEREBY ASSIGN to the Transferee and that with effect from [ ], 20[ ] (the Relevant Date) notwithstanding the date hereof: 1. the Standard Securities granted by the respective parties whose names are specified in the relevant entry in Column 3 of the Schedule annexed and executed as relative hereto (the Schedule) in favour of the party specified in the relative entry in Column 2 of the Schedule over the property specified in the relative entry in Column 4 of the Schedule and the creditor's interest in which is currently vested in the Transferor for all sums due and to become due, in each case to the extent of the sum specified in the relevant entry in Column 7 of the Schedule being the whole amount of principal due to the Transferor as at the Relevant Date together with all interest due and to become due thereon from the Relevant Date and also all arrears and accumulations of interest due and unpaid as at the Relevant Date, the said Standard Securities being recorded in the Register for the County specified in the relative entry in Column 5 of the Schedule on the date specified in the relative entry in Column 6 of the Schedule; and 2. the whole rights, title, interests and benefits (both present and future) of us the Transferor in and under all and any personal bonds or loan agreements or accepted offers of loans (and any supplemental agreements thereto or variations thereof) howsoever constituted in relation to the whole sums due and to become due to the Transferor secured by the said Standard Securities and granted by or entered into with the said respective parties whose names are specified in Column 3 of the Schedule: LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 22
AND declaring for the avoidance of doubt that, by virtue of these presents, the Transferee is substituted in the full right and place of us the Transferor in the said Standard Securities and the said personal bonds, loan agreements and accepted offers of loan: And we the Transferor grant warrandice to the Transferee: And we the Transferor declare that we retain no title in the said Standard Securities in the event that we are owed any other sums by the parties whose names are specified in Column 3 of the Schedule. IN WITNESS WHEREOF these presents typewritten on this and the preceding page are, together with the Schedule annexed hereto, executed as follows: LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 23
This is the Schedule referred to in the foregoing Assignation by [ [ ] ] in favour of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Account No. Originator Borrowers' Full Names Secured Property County Recording Date Amount Due LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 24
DECLARATION OF TRUST by SCHEDULE 3B Form of Scottish Declaration of Trust [ ] [Participant] (the Transferor); in favour of THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND of Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH (the Bank). WHEREAS: (A) Title to the Scottish Trust Property (as hereinafter defined) is held by and vested in the Transferor; (B) (C) In terms of the Terms and Conditions for Participation in the Bank of England s Operations under the Sterling Monetary Framework (the Terms) the Transferor has agreed to create a trust in favour of the Bank over its whole right, title and interest in and to the Scottish Mortgages and the Scottish Loans secured by those Scottish Mortgages and other Related Security for such Scottish Loans comprising the Scottish Trust Property. In order to constitute and protect the Bank's interest in and to the Scottish Trust Property and in implement of the Terms, the Transferor has agreed to grant this declaration of trust in favour of the Bank. NOW THEREFORE the parties HEREBY AGREE and DECLARE as follows: 1. Definitions and Interpretation (a) (b) The expressions defined in the Terms shall, except where the context otherwise requires and save where otherwise defined herein, have the same meanings in this Declaration of Trust and this Declaration of Trust shall be construed in accordance with Part F (Glossary) of the Terms. Scottish Trust Property shall mean the Scottish Loans, the Scottish Mortgages relative thereto and their Related Security, details of which are specified in the Schedule annexed and executed as relative hereto (the Schedule), together with all principal sums, including any further advances present or future, interest and expenses comprised therein and secured thereby and the whole rights pertaining thereto including, without limitation: (i) all payments of principal and interest (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all accrued interest, arrears of interest and further advances) and LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 25
other sums due or to become due in respect of such Scottish Loans, Scottish Mortgages and Related Security including, without limitation, the right to demand, sue for, recover and give receipts for all principal monies, interest and costs and the right to sue on all covenants and undertakings made or expressed to be made in favour of the Transferor; (ii) any affidavit, declaration, consent or renunciation granted in terms of the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 and/or (as applicable) Civil Partnership Act 2004 in relation to any such Scottish Loan or Scottish Mortgage, and all third party guarantees, all ranking agreements or any other collateral security for the repayment of the relevant Scottish Loans and the right to exercise all the powers held by the Transferor in relation thereto; (iii) the right to exercise all powers of Transferor in relation thereto; (iv) each Certificate of Title and valuation report and any right of action of the Transferor against any solicitor, qualified conveyancer, valuer or other person in connection with any report, valuation, opinion, certificate or other statement of fact or opinion given in connection with such Scottish Loans, Scottish Mortgages and their Related Security, or any part thereof or affecting the decision of the Transferor to make or offer to make any such Scottish Mortgage or part thereof; (v) any title insurance policies, so far as they relate to such Scottish Mortgages and/or Scottish Properties, including the right to receive the proceeds of any claim; and (vi) all proceeds resulting from the enforcement of any of such Scottish Loans, Scottish Mortgages and their Related Security. 2. Declaration of Trust The Transferor hereby DECLARES that from and after the date hereof, the Transferor and its successors as trustee or trustees hereunder (together the Trustees) holds and, shall henceforth hold the Scottish Trust Property and its whole right, title and interest, present and future therein and thereto in trust absolutely for the Bank and its successors assignees (whether absolutely or in security) whomsoever and the Trustees shall act in accordance with the instructions set out in Clause 4 (Instructions) below. 3. Intimation The Transferor hereby intimates to the Bank the coming into effect of the trust hereby declared and created and the Bank by its execution hereof immediately subsequent to the execution hereof by the Transferor acknowledges such intimation. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 26
4. Instructions The Transferor shall act at all times in accordance with the provisions of the Terms in respect of the Scottish Trust Property and the instructions (if any) of the Bank and shall take, any such action as may be necessary (including for the avoidance of doubt of the raising or defending of any proceedings in any court of law whether in Scotland or elsewhere) to secure or protect the title to the Scottish Trust Property but only in accordance with the specific written instructions (if any) of the Bank 5. Representations, warranties and undertakings 5.1 The Transferor represents and warrants as at the date hereof it holds the Scottish Mortgages to the Scottish Trust Property unencumbered by any fixed or floating charge or other security interest (other than in favour of the Bank). 5.2 The Transferor undertakes that: (a) (b) it shall not create or agree to create any fixed or floating charge or other security over or which may attach to or affect the whole or any part of the Scottish Trust Property at any time when such property or part thereof remains subject to the trust hereby created (other than in favour of the Bank); and it shall enter into such further documents and deeds forthwith upon request by the Bank in order to give effect to the Terms. 6. Powers of the Bank The provisions of the Terms shall be deemed to be incorporated herein insofar as the same pertain to the Scottish Trust Property and during the continuance of the trust hereby declared and created the Bank as beneficiary hereunder shall have the benefit of all rights and powers thereby conferred, including without limitation the right to perfect legal title to the Scottish Trust Property or any part thereof, including the right to create a valid assignation of any Scottish Trust Property in favour of the Bank, and to call upon the Transferor to undertake all acts and things and execute all documents and deeds as may be required to effect the same. 7. Termination of Trust If the Bank determines that all of the Transferor's obligations to the Bank under the Terms have been fully and finally discharged, the trust hereby declared and created shall ipso facto fall and cease to be of effect in respect of the Scottish Trust Property. 8. Change of Trustee Except with the prior consent of the Bank, the Transferor shall not be entitled to resign office as a trustee or assume a new trustee or trustees under this Declaration of Trust. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 27
9. Variation This Declaration of Trust and the trust hereby declared and created shall not be varied in any respect without the consent in writing of the Bank. 10. Governing law This Declaration of Trust shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Scotland and each of the parties hereby prorogates the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts insofar as not already subject thereto and waives any right or plea of forum non conveniens in respect of such jurisdiction. 11. Registration The parties hereto consent to the registration of these presents for preservation: IN WITNESS WHEREOF these presents consisting of this and the preceding three pages are together with the Schedule annexed hereto executed as follows SUBSCRIBED for and on behalf of [ ] at on the of by day Director Full Name Director Full Name SUBSCRIBED for and on behalf of THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND at on the day of by Authorised Signatory Full Name before this witness Witness Full Name LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 28
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MORTGAGE LOANS (ASSIGNMENT) June 2011 This is the Schedule referred to in the foregoing Scottish Declaration of Trust by [ ] in favour of THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND dated [ ] 1 2 3 Account Number Sum Due Date of Loan Agreement [When completing the Scottish Declaration of Trust, please ensure that the pro forma signing details appear on the final page of the Scottish Declaration of Trust, i.e. on a page containing part of the text of the Scottish Declaration of Trust.] For and on behalf of [ ]... Director... Director For and on behalf of THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND... Authorised Signatory... Witness LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 30
SCHEDULE 3C Part A: Form of Northern Irish Transfer Registered Land Land Registry of Northern Ireland Transfer of Charges Folio Numbers and Counties: Registered Owner(s): As listed in Column 3 of the Schedule hereto As listed in Column 5 of the Schedule hereto Registered Owner of Charges: Properties: As listed in Column 2 of the Schedule hereto Pursuant to the Terms and Conditions for Participation in the Bank of England s Operations under the Sterling Monetary Framework (the Terms) made between [Participant] (registered number [] whose registered office is at []) (the Transferor) (the above named registered owner of the charges described in the Schedule hereto (the Charges)) and The Governor and Company of the Bank of England of Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH (the Transferee), the Transferor as beneficial owner, hereby transfers to the Transferee each of the Charges of which it is registered owner to hold the same absolutely together with any rights, title, interest and benefits arising under the Charges and together with the benefit of all securities given in connection with the Charges including for the avoidance of doubt: (a) (b) (c) (d) the right to receive, demand, sue for, recover and give receipts for all principal sums and other sums payable or to become payable under such mortgage loans, related mortgages and related security or the unpaid part thereof and the interest and other sums due or to become due thereon; the benefit of such mortgage loans, related mortgages and related security and the right to sue on all covenants and undertakings in favour of the Transferor in each related mortgage and related security in respect thereof and the right to exercise all powers of the Transferor in relation to each mortgage loan, related mortgage and its related security; all the estate, right and interest in the related properties vested in the Transferor subject to redemption or cesser; and the benefit of any right of the Transferor to apply for or receive compensation in respect of criminal damage pursuant to the Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 in respect of the Properties (as detailed in the Schedule hereto). LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 31
This Transfer shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Northern Ireland. DATED the [] of [] 20[ ] LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 32
Schedule hereinbefore referred to 1. Account No 2. Property 3. Folio No. and County 4. Date of Registration of Charge 5. Registered Owner IN WITNESS whereof the Transferor has executed and delivered this deed on the day and the year first before written. Executed as a deed by ) [ ] ) acting by: ) Director Director LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 33
Part B: Form of Northern Irish Transfer Unregistered Land THIS INDENTURE is made on [] [] 20[ ] between [Participant] (registered number [] whose registered office is at []) (the Transferor) on the one part and The Governor and Company of the Bank of England of Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH (the Transferee) of the other part. WHEREAS: (A) (B) By the mortgages (Mortgages) brief particulars of which are set out in the Schedule hereto the properties, brief particulars of which are similarly set out in the Schedule (the Properties) were demised as set out therein as security for the repayment of the monies therein mentioned. Under the Terms and Conditions for Participation in the Bank of England s Operations under the Sterling Monetary Framework (the Terms) the Transferor to transfer and the Transferee has agreed to accept the transfer of all right, title, interest, benefit and obligation (both present and future) of the Transferor in and under the Mortgages and the hereditaments and premises expressed to be granted by the Mortgages for the consideration hereinafter mentioned. NOW THIS DEED WITNESSES as follows: The Transferor as beneficial owner hereby grants assigns and conveys unto the Transferee its successors and assigns all right, title, interest, benefit and obligation (both present and future) of the Transferor in the Mortgages to hold the same unto the Transferee absolutely including, for the avoidance of doubt: (a) (b) (c) all the Properties demised or assured by the Mortgages which are now or by any means vested in the Transferor together with all other rights, powers, provisions, titles, interests and benefits (including particularly any reversionary interest) in relation to or arising under the Mortgages and hereby substitutes for the Transferor, the Transferee (so far as it is lawful) as the attorney of the Mortgagors under the Mortgages for the purposes of the power of attorney contained in each of the Mortgages to HOLD the same unto the Transferee for the unexpired residues of the terms of years demised by the Mortgages subject as to all Properties to such rights of equity of redemption as are now subsisting therein by virtue of the Mortgages; the right to receive, demand, sue for, recover and give receipts for all principal sums and other sums payable under such mortgage loans, related mortgages and related security or the unpaid part thereof and the interest due or to become due thereon; the benefit of such mortgage loans, related mortgages and related security and the right to sue on all covenants and undertakings in favour of the Transferor in each related mortgage and related security in respect thereof and the right to exercise all powers of the Transferor in relation to each mortgage loan, related mortgage and its related security; and LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 34
(d) the benefit of any right of the Transferor to apply for or receive compensation in respect of criminal damage pursuant to the Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 in respect of the Properties. This Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Northern Ireland. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 35
Schedule hereinbefore referred to 1 2 3 4 5 6 Account No Date of Mortgage Serial Number of Mortgage at Registry of Deeds County Parties/ Borrowers Property IN WITNESS whereof the Transferor has executed and delivered this deed on the day and the year first herein written. Executed as a deed by ) [ ] ) acting by: ) Director Director LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 36
This Assignation is made BY: SCHEDULE 4 Assignation of Scottish DWF Loan Guarantees (1) [ ] (the Participant); IN FAVOUR OF (2) THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Threadneedle Street, London EC2R 8AH (the Bank). WHEREAS: (A) By the Bank s Terms and Conditions for Participation in the Bank of England s Sterling Monetary Framework (the Terms) including the Annex to the Terms for DWF Mortgage Loan Transactions (the Annex), the Participant agreed to assign and transfer to the Bank the Mortgages and the collateral security therefor or in the case of Scottish Mortgages declare a trust over the Scottish Mortgages and assign the Participant's interest therein to the Bank. (B) The Participant has the benefit of the DWF Loan Guarantees as detailed in the Schedule hereto which relate to certain of the Mortgages. (C) This Assignation is made pursuant to the Terms. Now this Assignation witnesses as follows: 1. The Participant with absolute warrandice hereby assigns to the Bank all its right, title, interest and benefit (both present and future) in the DWF Loan Guarantees governed by Scots law relating to the Mortgages the subject of a transfer of even date herewith including for the avoidance of doubt: (a) the benefit of and the right to sue on all covenants with and undertakings to the Participant in each DWF Loan Guarantee and the right to exercise all powers of the Participant in relation to each DWF Loan Guarantee; and (b) all the rights and interest in the DWF Loan Guarantees vested in the Participant to hold the same unto the Bank absolutely. 2. The Participant undertakes immediately following its execution of this Assignation to intimate the terms hereof to the relevant Guarantors detailed in the Schedule hereto. 3. The parties to this Assignation do not intend that any of its terms shall be enforceable by any third party. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 37
4. This Assignation and any obligations arising out of or in relation to this Assignment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Scotland. In witness whereof these presents consisting of this and the preceding page and the Schedule annexed hereto are executed as follows:- SUBSCRIBED for and on behalf of [PARTICIPANT] acting by two directors, or a director and its secretary Director Full Name: Director/Secretary Full Name: Director Signature: Director/Secretary Signature: LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 38
This is the Schedule referred to in the foregoing Assignation by [the Participant] in favour of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England Scottish DWF Loan Guarantees [List of all Scottish DWF Loan Guarantees to be assigned to be provided] Guarantor Date of DWF Loan Guarantee Amount of Guarantee LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 39
SCHEDULE 5 Loan Representations and Warranties 1. Each DWF Loan included in a DWF Loan Portfolio is a DWF Eligible Mortgage Loan. 2. The particulars of each DWF Loan and its related Mortgage in the DWF Loan Portfolio provided to the Bank are complete, true and accurate in all material respects. 3. Immediately prior to the Transaction Date, subject to completion of any registration or recording of the Mortgage of the Participant s title in the Mortgage, which may be pending at the relevant Land Registry, the Participant was the absolute beneficial and legal owner (or in the case of assets situated in Scotland or governed by Scots law, the absolute owner) of the DWF Loans, the Related Security and the other property to be assigned or transferred by the Participant to the Bank under these Terms and Conditions at the Transaction Date and the Participant has not assigned (whether by way of absolute assignment or assignation or by way of security only), transferred, charged, disposed of or dealt with the benefit of (or in the case of assets situated in Scotland or governed by Scots law, any right, title or interest in relation to) any of the DWF Loans or their related Mortgages, any of the other rights relating thereto or any of the property, rights, titles, interests or benefits to be transferred or assigned pursuant to these Terms and Conditions other than pursuant to these Terms and Conditions. 4. The DWF Loan Conditions and the DWF Loan Agreement for each DWF Loan and its related Mortgage and the Related Security constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable in accordance with its terms (save any term which is not binding by virtue of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1994 or the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999) and is non-cancellable and each such related Mortgage and the Related Security secures the repayment of all advances, interest, costs and expenses payable by the relevant Borrower to the Participant under the relevant DWF Loan in priority to any other charges registered against the relevant Mortgaged Property. 5. At the time that it was made, each DWF Loan complied in all respects with applicable laws, regulations and rules including, without limitation, consumer protection, data protection and contract law other than the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1994 or the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999. 6. Subject to completion of any registration or recording which may be pending at the relevant Land Registry, each Mortgage either constitutes, or will constitute, following registration or recording at the Land Registry a first ranking charge by way of legal mortgage (or, in relation to the Scottish Mortgages, by way of Standard Security) over the relevant Mortgaged Property. 7. Each relevant Mortgaged Property is located in the United Kingdom. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 40
8. All steps necessary to perfect the Participant s title to each DWF Loan and its related Mortgage have been duly taken, or are in the process of being taken with all due diligence, in accordance with standards consistent with those of a reasonable and prudent mortgage lender. 9. Prior to making a DWF Loan to a Borrower, the Originator carried out or instructed or required to be instructed on its behalf solicitors or other advisers to carry out in relation to the relevant Mortgaged Property all investigations, searches, due diligence and other actions that would have been undertaken by the Originator acting in accordance with standards consistent with those of a reasonable and prudent mortgage lender, lending to Borrowers in the United Kingdom when advancing money in an amount equal to such advance to be secured on a property of the relevant kind and such investigations, searches due diligence and other actions did not, either initially or after further investigation, revealed any material matter which would cause the Originator, acting reasonably, to decline the DWF Loan having regard to its Lending Criteria in force at that time. 10. Prior to making the initial advance under each DWF Loan that is secured on commercial property, the Originator undertook such environmental due diligence as a reasonable and prudent lender of money secured on commercial property would have taken, the results of which would, as at that date, have been acceptable to such lender and have been taken into account in the valuation report obtained by such lender. 11. In relation to each DWF Loan the Borrower has a good, valid and marketable title to the relevant Mortgaged Property. 12. Prior to making a DWF Loan, the nature and amount of such DWF Loan, the circumstances of the relevant Borrower and nature of the relevant Mortgaged Property satisfied the Lending Criteria in force at that time in all material respects. 13. The exercise of any discretion by the Originator in the making of any DWF Loan has been consistent with the practice of a reasonable and prudent mortgage lender. 14. Each DWF Loan and its related Mortgage has been made on the terms of the DWF Standard Loan Documentation (so far as applicable) which has not been varied in any material respect. 15. No agreement for any DWF Loan (other than to the extent it relates to the funding of buildings insurance premia) is or has ever been, wholly or partly regulated by the CCA (other than by Sections 137 to 140 of the CCA) or constitutes an unfair relationship or, to the extent it is so regulated or partly regulated, all the requirements of the CCA have been met in full. No DWF Loan is, or has ever been, a linked transaction within Section 19 of the CCA. 16. Interest on each DWF Loan is charged on the capital balance of each DWF Loan in accordance with the provisions of the applicable DWF Loan Conditions and the DWF Loan Agreement and its related Mortgage. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 41
17. So far as the Participant is aware, no Borrower is in material breach of its DWF Loan Conditions, other than with respect to arrears. 18. So far as the Participant is aware, the underwriting, origination and completion of each DWF Loan is not the subject of fraud by any person (including, without limitation, the Borrower or any professional or third party employed or engaged on behalf of the Originator). 19. Where any Borrower is or was entitled to repayment of any early repayment charge in respect of any mortgage previously held by the Borrower with the Originator, that repayment has been or will be made by the Originator. 20. Each Mortgage Property is, under the DWF Loan Conditions, required to be insured under an appropriate policy. 21. To the extent that a DWF Loan Guarantee was required under the Lending Criteria in force at that time in relation to a particular DWF Loan, that DWF Loan Guarantee constitutes the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the guarantor thereunder (save to the extent that any term of the DWF Loan Guarantee is not valid, binding or enforceable by virtue of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1994 or the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999). 22. If a Mortgaged Property is leasehold or long leasehold, written notice has been given to the landlord of the creation of the Mortgage. 23. Other than in the case of a DWF Loan that is a buy-to-let mortgage loan or a loan secured on commercial property, any person who at the date when the DWF Loan was made has been identified by the Borrower to the Originator as residing or about to reside in the relevant Mortgaged Property and was at that time aged 18 or over is either named as joint Borrower or has signed a form of consent declaring that he or she agrees that any present or future rights or interests as he or she may have or acquire over or in respect of the relevant Mortgaged Property shall be postponed and made subject to the rights, interests and remedies of the Originator under the relevant Mortgage and that he or she shall not claim any such rights or interests against the Originator. 24. No Borrower who is an individual was under 18 years of age at the time of completion of the relevant DWF Loan. 25. In the case of a DWF Loan secured on commercial property, the Participant has not received written notice of the bankruptcy, liquidation, winding-up, receivership, administration or administrative receivership (or any analogous event) of any Borrower. 26. The Participant has procured that full and proper accounts, books and records have been kept showing clearly all material transactions, payments, receipts and proceedings relating to that DWF Loan and its Mortgage and all such accounts, books and records are up to date and in the possession of the Participant or held to its order. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 42
27. The origination practices employed by the Originator, and the Lending Criteria in force with respect to the DWF Loans have been, in all respects, legal and consistent with the practice of a reasonable and prudent mortgage lender. 28. The collection practices employed by the Participant with respect to the DWF Loans have been, in all respects, legal and consistent with the practice of a reasonable and prudent mortgage lender. 29. The Participant is not aware of any litigation or claim calling into question in any material way its title to any DWF Loan and its Mortgage or the value of any security. Neither the Participant nor, so far as the Participant is aware, the third party lender of any DWF Loan is engaged in any litigation, and no litigation is pending or threatened by the Participant or, so far as the Participant is aware, the third party lender of any DWF Loan against any person in connection with any report, valuation, opinion, certificate, consent or other statement of fact or opinion given in connection with any DWF Loan received by the Originator in connection with the origination of any DWF Loan. 30. In respect of any Mortgaged Property which is subject to a second or subsequent mortgage or standard security, the Participant has first priority for the full amount of the DWF Loan and all costs, fees and expenses relative thereto. 31. Subject to completion of any registration or recording which may be pending at the Land Registry, all Property Deeds and Mortgage Loan Files are held by, or to the order of, the Participant. 32. The Participant has performed in all material respects all of its obligations under each DWF Loan and its Related Security and so far as the Participant is aware no Borrower has taken or threatened to take any action against the Originator for any material failure on the part of the Originator under any DWF Loan or its Related Security to perform any such obligation. 33. The DWF Loan Conditions and the DWF Loan Agreement in relation to each DWF Loan contain no obligation on the part of the Originator to make any further advance and all costs, fees and expenses incurred in making, closing or registering the DWF Loans and the Related Security have been paid in full. 34. All formal approvals, consents and other steps necessary to permit a legal or equitable or beneficial transfer or a transfer of servicing away from the Participant of the DWF Loans and their related Mortgages to be transferred under these Terms and Conditions have been obtained or taken and there is no requirement in order for the transfer to be effective to notify the Borrower before, on or after any equitable or beneficial transfer of the DWF Loans and their related Mortgages. 35. So far as the Participant is aware, none of the terms in any DWF Loan Conditions and the DWF Loan Agreement in relation to each DWF Loan and its related Mortgage are unfair terms within the meaning of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1994 or the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 in any material respect save those which impose early Repayment Charges. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 43
36. Each DWF Loan was originated in a currency specified in the Operating Procedures as an eligible currency, is denominated in and is currently repayable in such a currency. 37. The Participant has not received written notice of any default that has not been remedied under, or any forfeiture of any occupational leases granted in respect of, a Mortgaged Property, which would render the relevant Mortgaged Property unacceptable as security for the DWF Loan in the context of the applicable Lending Criteria. 38. The Participant has not received written notice of any default that has not been remedied under, or any forfeiture or irritancy of any occupational leases granted in respect of, a Mortgaged Property, which would render the relevant Mortgaged Property unacceptable as security for the DWF Loan in the context of the applicable Lending Criteria. 39. Each DWF Loan is governed by the laws of England and Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland. 40. The Participant is authorised to transfer to the Bank personal data relating to the Borrowers and in doing so is not in breach of any of its obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998. 41. The Participant is not in breach of any of its confidentiality obligations under the terms of the DWF Loans. 42. With respect to each DWF Loan, the whole balance of the DWF Loan is secured by the Related Security. LON14126227/74 006940-1040 Page 44