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8. Obligations of Borrowing Corporation

8.1 Subject to Chapter 5 of Part 5 of the Commercial Companies Law, where there is a trustee for the holders of any Debt Securities of a borrowing corporation, the directors of the borrowing corporation shall:—
(a) at the end of a period not exceeding 3 months ending on a day (being a day after the date of the issue of the relevant prospectus) which the trustee is hereby required to notify the borrowing corporation in writing; and
(b) at the end of each succeeding period thereafter, being a period of 3 months or such shorter time as the trustee may, in any special circumstances allow, prepare a report that relates to that period and complies with the requirements of 8.2 below, and within one month after the end of each such period submit a copy of the report relating to that period with the Agency and with the trustee.
8.2 The report referred to in 8.1 above, shall be signed by not less than 2 of the directors on behalf of all of them and shall set out in detail any matters adversely affecting the collateral or security or the interests of the holders of the Debt Securities and, without affecting the generality of 8.1 above, shall state:—
(a) whether or not the limitations on the amount that the corporation may borrow have been exceeded;
(b) whether or not the borrowing corporation and each of its guarantor corporations have observed and performed all the covenants and provisions binding upon them respectively by or pursuant to the Debt Securities or any trust deed;
(c) whether or not any event has happened which has caused or could cause the Debt Securities or any provision of the relevant trust deed to become enforceable and, if so, particulars of that event;
(d) whether or not any circumstances affecting the borrowing corporation, its subsidiaries or its guarantor corporation(s) or any of them have occurred which materially affect any collateral or security or charge included in or created by the Debt Securities or any trust deed and, if so, particulars of those circumstances;
(e) whether or not there has been any major change in the nature of the business of the borrowing corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any of its guarantor corporation(s) since the Debt Securities were first issued to the public, which has not previously been reported upon as required by this Chapter and, if so, particulars of that change; and
(f) where the borrowing corporation has deposited money with or lent money to or assumed any liability of a corporation which is related to the borrowing corporation, particulars of:—
(i) the total amounts so deposited or lent and the extent of any liability so assumed during the period covered by the report; and
(ii) the total amounts owing to the borrowing corporation in respect of money so deposited or lent and the extent of any liability so assumed as at the end of the period covered by the report,
distinguishing between deposits, loans and assumptions of liabilities which are secured and those which are unsecured, but not including any deposit with or loan to or any liability assumed on behalf of a corporation if that corporation has guaranteed the repayment of the Debt Securities of the borrowing corporation and has secured the guarantee by a charge over its assets in favour of the trustee for the holders of the Debt Securities of the borrowing corporation.
8.3 Where there is a trustee for the holders of any Debt Securities issued by a borrowing corporation, the borrowing corporation and each of its guarantor corporation(s) which has guaranteed the repayment of the monies raised by the issue of those Debt Securities shall, whether or not any demand therefore has been made:—
(a) in writing furnish the trustee, within 30 days after the creation of the charge, with the particulars of any charge created by the corporation or the guarantor corporation, as the case requires; and
(b) when the amount to be advanced on the collateral or the security of the charge is indeterminate, in writing furnish the trustee, within 10 days after the advance, with particulars of the amount or amounts actually advanced.
8.4 Where any such advance referred to in 8.3 (b) above is merged in a current account with bankers or trade creditors, it shall be sufficient for particulars of the net amount outstanding in respect of any such advance to be furnished every 3 months.
8.5 The directors of every borrowing corporation and of every guarantor corporation shall cause to be made out and submitted to the Agency and with the trustee for the holders of the Debt Securities, if any:—
(a) a profit and loss account for the first 6 months of every financial year of the corporation and a balance sheet as at the end of that period, not less than 3 months after the expiration of the period of 6 months; and
(b) a profit and loss account for every financial year of the corporation and a balance sheet as at the end of that period, not later than 3 months after the end of that financial year.
8.6 Where:—
(a) the directors of a borrowing corporation do not submit to the trustee for the holders of Debt Securities a report as required by 8.1 above; or
(b) the directors of a borrowing corporation or the directors of a guarantor corporation do not submit with the trustee the balance sheets and profit and loss accounts as required by 8.5 above, within the time prescribed,
the trustee shall immediately submit notice of that fact to the Agency.