●
Failure to pay
any principal or interest on any Senior Debt Securities of
that series within 14 days from
the due date for payment and such
failure to pay persists for a
further 14
days following written notice from the Trustee or
from holders of 25%
in principal amount of the Senior
Debt Securities of that series requiring
us to make payment, unless such payment was withheld in order
to comply with a law, regulation or
order
of any court of competent jurisdiction;
●
Breach of any covenant
or warranty
of the relevant Senior Debt Securities
Indenture
(other than payment, as stated above) and
that breach is
not remedied within 21
days following written notice from
the Trustee or from holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the Senior Debt
Securities of that series requiring
us to remedy the breach; or
●
Either an English court of competent jurisdiction issues an order
which is not successfully
appealed within 30 days, or
an effective shareholders’
resolution is validly adopted, for
our winding
-up (other than under or in connection with a scheme of reconstruction, merger or amalgamation
not involving bankruptcy
or insolvency).
If a Senior Event of Default occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in outstanding principal amount of the affected
series of Senior Debt Securities may declare such Senior Debt Securities to
be due and repayable
immediately (and such Senior Debt Securities
shall
thereby become
due and repayable)
at their outstanding principal amount (or at such other repayme
nt amount as may be specified
in or
determined in accordance
with the relevant indenture) together with accrued
interest, if
any. The Trustee
may at its discretion and without further
notice institute such proceedings
as it may think suitable against us to enforce payment.
Subject to the
provisions included in the relevant
indenture for
the indemnification of the Trustee, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Senior Debt Securities
of the affected series have
the right to
direct the Trustee to take enforcement
action with respect to that series; provided
that such direction does
not conflict with any rule of law or
the relevant indenture, and is not unjustly prejudicial to the holder(s)
of any Senior Debt Securities of that series
not taking part in the direction, in either case as determined
by the Trustee in its sole discretion. The Trustee may also
take any other action, not
inconsistent with the direction, that it deems proper.
The holders of a majority of the aggregat
e
principal amount of the outstanding Senior Debt Securities of any affected series
may also waive any
past Event of Default with respect to the affected
series, except any default in respect of either:
●
the payment of principal of,
or any premium
or interest on, any Senior Debt Securities; or
●
a covenant
or provision
of the relevant indenture which cannot be modified or amended
without the
consent of each holder of Senior Debt
Securities of the series.
Subject to exceptions, the Trustee may (but
is not obligated to), without the consent of the holders, waive or authorize
an Event of Default if, in the
opinion of the Trustee, such waiver
or authorization would
not be materially prejudicial to the
interests of the holders.
The Trustee must give notice to
each affected holder within 90 days of a default
with respect to the Senior Debt Securities of any series, unless the
default has been cured
or waived. However,
except in the case
of a default in the payment
of the principal of, or premium, if any,
or interest, if any,
on the Senior Debt Securities, the Trustee will be entitled to withhold notice if a
trust committee of responsible officers of
the Trustee determine in
good faith that withholding
of notice is in the interest of the holders.
We are required
to
furnish to the Trustee annually a statement as to our compliance with all conditions and covenants under
the relevant Senior
Debt Securities Indenture.
Notwithstanding any contrary
provisions, nothing shall impair the right of a holder,
absent the holder’s consent, to sue for any payments due but
unpaid with respect to the Senior Debt Securities.
Senior Enforcement
Events
With respect to the Senior Debt Securities for
which “Senior Events of Default, Senior Enforcement Events” or “Senior Enforcement
Events” is
indicated in the table above, “Senior Enforcement
Events” means:
●
Winding-up – If (i) a court of competent jurisdiction in England (or such other
jurisdiction in which we may be organized)
makes an order for
our winding
-up which is not successfully
appealed within 30 days
of the making of such order,
(ii) our shareholders
adopt an effective
resolution for our
winding-
up (other than, in the
case of either (i)
or (ii) above, under
or in connection with a scheme of reconstruction, merger
or amalgamation not involving
a bankruptcy or
insolvency) or (iii) following the appointment of an administrator of Barclays, the administrator
gives notice that it intends to declare and
distribute a dividend (each a “Senior Winding-up Event”), the outstanding principal amount
of the
Senior Debt Securities together with any accrued
but unpaid interest thereon will become immediately due and payable.
●
Non-payment
– If we fail to pay any amount that has become due and payable
under the Senior Debt Securities and such failure continues for
14 days, the Trustee
may give us notice of such
failure. If within a period
of 14 days following
the provision of such notice, the failure continues
and has not been cured
or waived (a “Non-
Payment Event”), the Trustee may at its discretion and without further notice to us institute
proceedings
in England (or such other
jurisdiction in which we may be organized)
(but not elsewhere) for our winding-up and/or prove in our
winding-
up and/or
claim in our liquidation or administration.
●
Breach of a Performance
Obligation – The Trustee may also, without further notice, institute such proceedings
against us
as the Trustee may
deem fit to enforce any other
term, obligation or condition binding
on us under the Senior Debt Securities
or the relevant Senior Debt Securities
Indenture
(i.e.,
other than any payment
obligation of Barclays under
or arising from the Senior Debt Securities or the relevant Senior Debt
Securities Indenture, including,
without limitation, payment of any principal or interest, including Debt Security Additional Amounts)
(such
obligation, a “Performance
Obligation”); provided always that the Trustee (acting on behalf of the holders of the Senior Debt Securities) and the
holders of the Senior Debt Securities may not enforce,
and may not
be entitled to enforce or
otherwise claim, against us
any judgment or
other
award given
in such proceedings that requires the payment
of money by us, whether by
way of damages or otherwise (a “Monetary
Judgment”), except by
proving
such Monetary Judgment in our winding-up and/or by claiming such Monetary Judgment in our administration.
With respect to the Senior Debt Securities for
which “Senior Events of Default, Senior Enforcement Events” is indicated in the table above,
if
inclusion of the Senior Events of Default set out above
under “
Senior Events of Default
” in the terms of the Senior Debt Securities results, or would
be likely to (in the opinion of Barclays, the
PRA or any other
relevant national or European
authority) result,
in a Loss Absorption Disqualification
Event following a Loss Absorption
Regulations Event that occurs on or after the issue date of such Senior Debt Securities, then we may,
at our
option, without the need for us to obtain any consent from
any holder of the Senior Debt Securities, determine that the Senior Events of Default will
no longer
apply to the Senior Debt Securities and will be replaced in their entirety by the Senior Enforcement
Events.
In respect of all series of Senior Debt Securities to which Senior Enforcement
Events apply, other than as set out above and subject to the Trust
Indenture
Act remedies specified below, no remedy
against us
will be available to the Trustee (acting on
behalf of the holders of the Senior Debt
Securities) or the holders of the Senior Debt Securities whether
for the recovery
of amounts owing in respect of such Senior Debt Securities or