a) Payment of Interest
From, but excluding, an Issue Date to, and including the relevant Redemption Date, the Notes bear interest at the Interest Rate (as determined below). Interest on each Note will be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date.
If any Interest Payment Date falls on a day which is not a Business Day, the following Business Day shall be substituted for such day, unless such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case the immediately preceding Business Day shall be substituted thereof.
b) Interest Rate
The Notes will either be Fixed Rate Notes or Floating Rate Notes, as specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement.
c) Floating Rate Notes
Each Floating Rate Note will bear interest on its Principal Amount from (and including) the relevant Issue Date at the rate of interest (expressed as a percentage per annum) (the "Floating Rate Notes Rate of Interest") equal to the sum of the applicable Floating Rates Note Reference Rate (hereinafter defined) plus the Floating Rate Notes Margin (hereinafter defined) specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement, payable in arrears on the Interest Payment Date(s) specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement.
The Fiscal and Calculation Agent will on the Interest Determination Date apply the relevant benchmark or index (the "Floating Rate Notes Reference Rate") plus the relevant margin (the "Floating Rate Notes Margin") and aggregate them to form the applicable Interest Rate. The Floating Rate Notes Reference Rate and the Floating Rate Notes Margin will be specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement. The Interest Amount payable from time to time for each Interest Period in respect of the Floating Rate Notes will be determined by the Fiscal and Calculation Agent (unless otherwise specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement) two (2) Business Days before each Interest Payment Date.
Each Floating Rate Note shall cease to bear interest from the date of its redemption unless, on the due date of payment thereof, payment of any Principal Amount due thereunder is improperly withheld or refused. In such event, interest will continue to accrue at the Default Rate (if any) as specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement.
d) Fixed Rate Notes
Each Fixed Rate Note will bear interest on its Principal Amount from (and including) the relevant Issue Date at the rate of interest (expressed as a percentage per annum) equal to the rate of interest specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement, payable in arrears on the Interest Payment Dates specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement.
Each Fixed Rate Note shall cease to bear interest from the date of its redemption unless, on the due date of payment thereof, payment of any Principal Amount due thereunder is improperly withheld or refused. In such event, interest will continue to accrue at the Fixed Rate Notes Default Rate as specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement.
e) Calculation of Interest
The interest payable in respect of any Note for any Interest Period shall be calculated by multiplying the product of the Interest Rate and the outstanding Principal Amount of such Note by the Day Count Fraction, unless interest (or a different formula for its calculation) is specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement in respect of such Interest Period, in which case the interest payable in respect of such Note for such Interest Period shall be the amount specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement (or be calculated in accordance with such formula).
"Day Count Fraction" means, in respect of the calculation of an amount of interest in accordance with this Condition:
if "Actual/364" is specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement, the actual number of days in the Interest Period divided by 364 (or, if any portion of that Interest Period falls in a leap year, the sum of (A) the actual number of days in that portion of the Interest Period falling in a leap year divided by 366 and (B) the actual number of days in that portion of the Interest Period falling in a non-leap year divided by 364);
if "Actual/Actual" or "Actual/365" is specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement, the actual number of days in the Interest Period divided by 365 (or, if any portion of that Interest Period falls in a leap year, the sum of (A) the actual number of days in that portion of the Interest Period falling in a leap year divided by 366 and (B) the actual number of days in that portion of the Interest Period falling in a non-leap year divided by 365);
if "Actual/364 (Fixed)" is specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement, the actual number of days in the Interest Period divided by 364;
For the purpose of any calculation of interest pursuant to these Terms and Conditions (unless otherwise specified in the Conditions or the relevant Pricing Supplement), (i) all percentages resulting from such calculations shall be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (with halves being rounded up), (ii) all figures shall be rounded to seven significant figures (with halves being rounded up) and (iii) all currency amounts that fall due and payable shall be rounded to the nearest unit of such currency (with halves being rounded up). For these purposes "unit" means the lowest denominated amount of the currency.
f) Notification of Rate of Interest and Interest
As soon as practicable after an Interest Determination Date, the Fiscal and Calculation Agent will cause the Interest Rate, the interest payable in respect of each Interest Period and the relevant Interest Payment Dates and, if required to be calculated, the amounts due on the Final Redemption Amount, the Early Redemption Amount, or the Optional Redemption Amount, to be notified to (i) the Issuer, (ii) the Noteholders, (iii) the Note Trustee (iv) any other agent appointed in respect of the Notes, and (v) if the Notes are listed on a stock exchange and the rules of such exchange so require, such exchange, as soon as possible after their determination, but in no event later than the 5th Business Day after all such determinations are complete.
Where any Interest Payment Date or Interest Period is subject to adjustment pursuant to Condition 4.4(a), the interest and the Interest Payment Date so published may subsequently be amended (or appropriate alternative arrangements made by way of adjustment) and such amendment will be promptly notified to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 4.11 (Notices).
If the Notes become due and payable under an Event of Default, the accrued interest and the Interest Rate payable in respect of the Notes shall nevertheless continue to be calculated in accordance with this Condition but no publication of the Interest Rate or the interest so calculated shall be required to be made. The calculation and determination of the Interest Rate or the interest by the Fiscal and Calculation Agent shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding upon all parties.
g) Fall-back Rate of Interest
If the Fiscal and Calculation Agent is unable to determine the Floating Rate Notes Reference Rate for any particular Interest Period in accordance with the provisions of Condition 4.4 (c) above or the relevant Pricing Supplement, then unless otherwise specified in the relevant Pricing Supplement, the Floating Rate Notes Reference Rate for that particular Interest Period shall be deemed to be the Interest Rate that applied to the that Tranche of the Notes during the immediately preceding Interest Period, subject to any adjustments to reflect the change in the Floating Rate Margin.
h) Certificate to be Final
All certificates, communications, opinions, determinations, calculations, quotations and decisions given, expressed, made or obtained for the purposes of the provisions of this Condition 4.4 (Interest), by the Fiscal and Calculation Agent shall (in the absence of willful default, bad faith or manifest error) be binding on all parties and (in the absence of the aforesaid). The Fiscal and Calculation Agent shall not be liable to the Issuer or the Noteholders in connection with the exercise or failure to exercise by the Fiscal and Calculation Agent of its respective powers, duties and discretions pursuant to such provisions.
i) Accrual of Interest
Each Note will cease to accrue interest from the date of its redemption unless, on the due date of payment thereof, payment of the Principal Amount is improperly withheld or refused. In such event, interest will continue to accrue until the earlier of:
i. the date on which all amounts due in respect of such Note have been paid by the Issuer to the Noteholder (if no Fiscal and Calculation Agent has been appointed under the Agency Agreement); and
ii. the date on which all amounts due in respect of such Note have been received by the Fiscal and Calculation Agent and notice to that effect has been given to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 4.11 (Notices).