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IFC SUKUK COMPANY (incorporated as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
U.S.$100,000,000 TRUST CERTIFICATES DUE 2020
The U.S.$100,000,000 trust certificates due 2020 (the "Certificates") issued by IFC Sukuk Company (in its capacity as issuer and in its capacity as trustee for and
on behalf of the holders of the Certificates (the "Certificateholders"), the "Trustee") will be constituted by a declaration of trust (the "Declaration of Trust")
dated 15 September 2015 (the "Issue Date") entered into between the Trustee, International Finance Corporation ("IFC") and Citicorp Trustee Company Limited
(in its capacity as delegate of the Trustee pursuant to clause 6 of the Declaration of Trust, the "Delegate"). Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee will
declare that it will hold the Trust Assets (as defined herein) upon trust absolutely for the Certificateholders pro rata according to the face amount of Certificates
held by each Certificateholder in accordance with the Declaration of Trust and the terms and conditions of the Certificates (the "Conditions").
On 15 March and 15 September in each year commencing on 15 March 2016 (each, a "Periodic Distribution Date"), the Trustee will pay Periodic Distribution
Amounts (as defined in the Conditions) to Certificateholders calculated as the aggregate of Periodic Principal Amounts (as defined herein) and Periodic Profit
Amounts (as defined herein).
The Trustee will pay such Periodic Distribution Amounts solely from the proceeds received in respect of the Trust Assets which include payments by IFC in its
capacity as service agent under the Service Agency Agreement and as obligor under the Purchase Undertaking (each as defined herein). Unless previously
redeemed in the circumstances described in Condition 9 (Capital Distributions) and Condition 12 (Dissolution Events), the Certificates will be redeemed on 15
September 2020 (the "Scheduled Dissolution Date") at the Dissolution Distribution Amount (as defined herein). The Trustee will pay the Dissolution Distribution
Amount solely from the proceeds received in respect of the Trust Assets, which include payments by IFC under the Service Agency Agreement and the Purchase
Undertaking (each as defined herein). All payments in respect of the Certificates will be made in accordance with, and subject to the provisions of, the Conditions.
The Certificates will be limited recourse obligations of the Trustee. An investment in the Certificates involves certain risks. For a discussion of these
risks, see "Risk Factors".
This Prospectus does not comprise either a prospectus for the purposes of Article 5.3 of Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended (which includes the amendments made
by Directive 2010/73/EU to the extent that such amendments have been implemented in a relevant Member State) (the "Prospectus Directive") or a prospectus for
the purposes of Part VI of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the "FSMA"), nor listing particulars given in compliance with the listing rules made
under Part VI of the FSMA by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority as the competent authority under the FSMA (the "FCA").
Applications have been made to the Dubai Financial Services Authority (the "DFSA") for the Certificates to be admitted to the official list of securities maintained
by the DFSA and to NASDAQ Dubai Limited ("NASDAQ Dubai") for such Certificates to be admitted to trading on NASDAQ Dubai. Each of the Trustee and
IFC is an "Exempt Offeror" for the purposes of Article 13(1) of the DIFC Markets Law 2012 (the "Markets Law 2012"). Accordingly, the Trustee and IFC are
exempt from the requirement to produce a prospectus under Article 14 of the Markets Law 2012 and this Prospectus has not been approved by the DFSA for the
purposes of the Markets Law 2012.
IFC currently intends to apply to the FCA for the Certificates to be admitted to listing on the official list of the FCA (the "Official List") and to the London Stock
Exchange plc (the "London Stock Exchange") for the Certificates to be admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange. The
Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange is a regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2004/39/EC on markets in financial instruments. However,
prospective investors should note that there can be no assurance that such admission to listing and trading will occur.
References in this Base Prospectus to Certificates being "listed" (and all related references) shall mean that such Certificates have been admitted to the official list
of securities maintained by the DFSA.
The Certificates may only be offered, sold or transferred in registered form in minimum face amounts of U.S.$200,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in
excess thereof.
The Certificates have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or with any securities
regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States (as defined in
Regulation S under the Securities Act ("Regulation S")) except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of
the Securities Act and applicable state or local securities laws. Accordingly, the Certificates are being offered or sold solely to persons outside the United States in
reliance on Regulation S. Each purchaser of the Certificates is hereby notified that the offer and sale of Certificates to it is being made in reliance on the exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Regulation S.
The Certificates will be represented by interests in a global certificate in registered form (the "Global Certificate") deposited on or about the Issue Date with, and
registered in the name of a nominee for, a common depositary (the "Common Depositary") for Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. ("Euroclear") and Clearstream
Banking, société anonyme ("Clearstream, Luxembourg"). Interests in the Global Certificate will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only through,
records maintained by Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg. Definitive Certificates evidencing holdings of interests in the Certificates will be issued in
exchange for interests in the Global Certificate only in certain limited circumstances described herein.
The transaction structure relating to the Certificates (as described in this Prospectus) has been approved by the Fatwa and Shari'a Supervision Board of Dubai
Islamic Bank and Dar Al Sharia Legal and Financial Consultancy, the Executive Shariah Committee of HSBC Saudi Arabia Limited and the Shariah Supervisory
Committee of Standard Chartered Bank. Prospective Certificateholders should not rely on such approvals in deciding whether to make an investment in the
Certificates and should consult their own Shari'a advisers as to whether the proposed transaction described in such approvals referred to above is in compliance
with Shari'a principles.
Joint Lead Managers
Dubai Islamic Bank P.J.S.C. HSBC National Bank of Abu Dhabi Standard Chartered Bank
The date of this Prospectus is 14 September 2015
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Each of the Trustee and IFC accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Prospectus. To
the best of the knowledge of each of the Trustee and IFC (each having taken all reasonable care to ensure
that such is the case) the information contained in this Prospectus is in accordance with the facts and does
not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.
No person is or has been authorised to give any information or to make any representation not contained
in or not consistent with this Prospectus or any other document entered into in connection with the
offering of the Certificates and, if given or made, such information or representation must not be relied
upon as having been authorised by the Trustee, IFC, the Joint Lead Managers (as defined under
"Subscription and Sale"), the Delegate, the Agents (as defined herein) or any other person. Neither the
delivery of this document nor any sale of any Certificates shall, under any circumstances, constitute a
representation or create any implication that the information contained herein is correct as of any time
subsequent to the date hereof or that any other information supplied in connection with the offering of the
Certificates is correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof or the date upon which this Prospectus
has been most recently amended or supplemented or that there has been no adverse change, or any event
reasonably likely to involve any adverse change, in the prospects or the financial or trading position of the
Trustee or IFC since the date hereof or, if later, the date upon which this Prospectus has been most
recently amended or supplemented or that any other information supplied in connection with the
Certificates is correct at any time subsequent to the date on which it is supplied or, if different, the date
indicated in the document containing the same. The Joint Lead Managers expressly do not undertake to
review the financial condition or affairs of the Trustee or IFC during the life of the Certificates or to
advise any investor in the Certificates of any information coming to their attention or that there has been
no change in the affairs of any party mentioned herein since that date.
None of the Joint Lead Managers, the Delegate or the Agents has independently verified the information
contained herein. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Joint Lead Managers accept no responsibility
whatsoever for the contents of this Prospectus, or for any other statement made or purported to be made
by a Joint Lead Manager or on its behalf in connection with the Trustee, IFC or the issue and offering of
the Certificates. Each Joint Lead Manager accordingly disclaims all and any liability whether arising in
tort or contract or otherwise (save as referred to above) which it might otherwise have in respect of this
Prospectus or any such statement. Accordingly, no representation, warranty or undertaking, express or
implied, is made and no responsibility or liability is accepted by any of them as to the accuracy,
adequacy, reasonableness or completeness of the information contained in this Prospectus or any other
information provided by the Trustee or IFC in connection with the issuance of the Certificates.
Neither this Prospectus nor any other information supplied in connection with the Certificates: (a) is
intended to provide the basis of any credit or other evaluation; or (b) should be considered as a
recommendation by the Trustee, IFC, the Joint Lead Managers, the Delegate or the Agents that any
recipient of this Prospectus or any other information should purchase any of the Certificates. Each
investor contemplating purchasing any Certificates should make its own independent investigation of the
financial condition and affairs, and its own appraisal of the creditworthiness, of the Trustee and IFC.
None of the Joint Lead Managers undertakes to review the financial condition or affairs of the Trustee or
IFC during the life of the arrangements contemplated by this Prospectus, nor to advise any investor or
potential investor in the Certificates of any information coming to the attention of any of the Joint Lead
Managers.
No comment is made or advice given by the Trustee, IFC, the Joint Lead Managers, the Delegate or the
Agents in respect of taxation matters relating to the Certificates or the legality of the purchase of the
Certificates by an investor under any applicable law.
EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IS ADVISED TO CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISER,
LEGAL ADVISER AND BUSINESS ADVISER AS TO TAX, LEGAL, BUSINESS AND
RELATED MATTERS CONCERNING THE PURCHASE OF THE CERTIFICATES.
This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any Certificates in
any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make the offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
The distribution of this Prospectus and the offer and sale of the Certificates may be restricted by law in
certain jurisdictions. None of the Trustee, IFC, the Joint Lead Managers, the Delegate or the Agents
represents that this Prospectus may be lawfully distributed, or that any Certificates may be lawfully
offered, in compliance with any applicable registration or other requirements in any such jurisdiction, or
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pursuant to an exemption available thereunder, or assumes any responsibility for facilitating any such
distribution or offering. In particular, no action has been taken by the Trustee, IFC, the Joint Lead
Managers, the Delegate or the Agents which is intended to permit a public offering of any Certificates or
distribution of this Prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly,
no Certificates may be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, and neither this Prospectus nor any
advertisement or other offering material may be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under
circumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations. Persons into whose
possession this Prospectus or any Certificates may come must inform themselves about, and observe, any
such restrictions on the distribution of this Prospectus and the offering and sale of the Certificates. In
particular, there are restrictions on the distribution of this Prospectus and the offer or sale of Certificates
in the Cayman Islands, the Dubai International Financial Centre, Hong Kong, the Kingdom of Bahrain,
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, the Qatar Financial Centre, Singapore, the State of Kuwait, the
State of Qatar (excluding the Qatar Financial Centre), Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates (excluding
the Dubai International Financial Centre), the United Kingdom and the United States of America, see
"Subscription and Sale".
The Certificates may not be a suitable investment for all investors. Each potential investor in Certificates
must determine the suitability of that investment in light of its own circumstances. In particular, each
potential investor should consider, either on its own or with the help of its financial and other professional
advisers, whether it:
(a) has sufficient knowledge and experience to make a meaningful evaluation of the Certificates, the
merits and risks of investing in the Certificates and the information contained in this Prospectus;
(b) has access to, and knowledge of, appropriate analytical tools to evaluate, in the context of its
particular financial situation, an investment in the Certificates and the impact the Certificates will
have on its overall investment portfolio;
(c) has sufficient financial resources and liquidity to bear all of the risks of an investment in the
Certificates, including where the currency for payments of principal or profit is different from the
potential investor's currency;
(d) understands thoroughly the terms of the Certificates and is familiar with the behaviour of any
relevant indices and financial markets; and
(e) is able to evaluate possible scenarios for economic, profit rate and other factors that may affect its
investment and its ability to bear the applicable risks.
The Certificates are complex financial instruments. Sophisticated institutional investors generally do not
purchase complex financial instruments as standalone investments. They purchase complex financial
instruments as a way to reduce risk or enhance yield with an understood, measured, appropriate addition
of risk to their overall portfolios. A potential investor should not invest in the Certificates unless it has the
expertise (either alone or with the help of a financial adviser) to evaluate how the Certificates will
perform under changing conditions, the resulting effects on the value of the Certificates and the impact
this investment will have on the potential investor's overall investment portfolio.
Legal investment considerations may restrict certain investments. The investment activities of certain
investors are subject to legal investment laws and regulations or review or regulation by certain
authorities. Each potential investor should consult its legal advisers to determine whether and to what
extent: (a) the Certificates are legal investments for it; (b) the Certificates can be used as collateral for
various types of borrowing; and (c) other restrictions apply to its purchase or pledge of any Certificates.
Financial institutions should consult their legal advisers or the appropriate regulators to determine the
appropriate treatment of Certificates under any applicable risk based capital or similar rules.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Prospectus contains "forward-looking statements", i.e., statements related to future, not past, events.
In this context, forward-looking statements include statements concerning IFC's expected future business
and financial performance and the assumptions underlying those forward-looking statements, and often
contain words such as "expect, "estimate", "aim", "anticipate", "intend", "plan", "believe", "seek", "may",
"should" or "will". Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different
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degrees, uncertain. These forward-looking statements are contained in the sections entitled "Risk
Factors", "Description of International Finance Corporation" and other sections of this Prospectus. IFC
has based these forward-looking statements on its current view with respect to future events and financial
performance. Although IFC believes that the expectations, estimates and projections reflected in its
forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date of this Prospectus, if one or more of the risks or
uncertainties materialise, including those identified below or which IFC has otherwise identified in this
Prospectus, or if any of IFC's underlying assumptions prove to be incomplete or inaccurate, events
relating to IFC and IFC and its subsidiaries (the "Group") and IFC's and the Group's actual results may
be materially different from those expected, estimated or predicted.
The forward-looking statements in this Prospectus speak only as at the date of this Prospectus. Without
prejudice to any requirements under applicable laws and regulations, IFC expressly disclaims any
obligation or undertaking to disseminate after the date of this Prospectus any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in expectations thereof or any change
in events, conditions or circumstances on which any forward-looking statement is based. Given the
uncertainties of forward-looking statements, the Trustee and IFC cannot assure potential investors that
projected results or events will be achieved and the Trustee and IFC caution potential investors not to
place undue reliance on these statements.
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PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION
Availability of Information
IFC prepares:
(a) unaudited consolidated quarterly financial statements and audited consolidated annual financial
statements;
(b) an annual information statement which describes IFC, including its capital, operations and
administration, the Articles of Agreement of IFC (the "Articles of Agreement"), IFC's legal status
and its principal financial policies and contains IFC's most recent audited consolidated annual
financial statements; and
(c) an annual report, which contains IFC's most recent audited consolidated annual financial
statements,
(the documents referred to in (a) to (c) (inclusive), collectively the "IFC Information").
IFC is subject to certain information requirements of Regulation IFC, promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the United States International Finance Corporation
Act of 1955, as amended, and in accordance therewith files the IFC Information with the Commission.
For so long as the Certificates are outstanding, the IFC Information will also be filed with any stock
exchange on which the Certificates are listed and which requires such a filing. The IFC Information may
be inspected and copies may be obtained (without charge other than for the IFC Information obtained
from the Commission, which must be paid for at prescribed rates) at the following addresses:
Securities and Exchange Commission International Finance Corporation
100F Street, N.E. 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549. Washington, DC 20433
U.S.A. U.S.A.
Citibank N.A., London Branch
Citigroup Centre
Canary Wharf
London, E14 5LB
United Kingdom
Presentation of Financial Information
Unless otherwise indicated, the IFC Information, the audited consolidated annual financial statements and
the unaudited consolidated quarterly financial statements of IFC are prepared in accordance with United
States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("US GAAP").
The first financial year of the Trustee will end on 31 December 2015.
Certain Publicly Available Information
Certain statistical data and other information appearing in this Prospectus have been extracted from public
sources. Neither the Trustee nor IFC accepts responsibility for the factual correctness of any such
statistics or information but each of the Trustee and IFC confirms that third party information contained
in this Prospectus has been accurately reproduced and that, so far as it is aware, and is able to ascertain
from information published by the relevant sources referred to, no facts have been omitted which would
render the reproduced information inaccurate or misleading.
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The following documents (collectively the "Incorporated Information") shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in, and to form part of, this Prospectus:
(a) IFC's audited consolidated annual financial statements for the fiscal years ended 30 June 2015,
2014 and 2013 (the "Audited Accounts");
(b) IFC's annual information statement dated 9 October 2014; and
(c) IFC's annual report for 2014 (the "Annual Report").
Unless the context requires otherwise, any reference herein to "this Prospectus" shall mean this
document and any documents incorporated by reference in, and forming part of, this document. Any parts
of the documents referred to in (a) to (c) (inclusive) above which are not expressly incorporated by
reference in this Prospectus as provided above are not relevant to an investor. Any documents themselves
incorporated by reference in the documents incorporated by reference in this Prospectus shall not form
part of this Prospectus.
Any statement contained in any Incorporated Information shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for the purpose of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein modifies or supersedes
such earlier statement (whether expressly, by implication or otherwise). Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Prospectus.
Copies of this Prospectus may be obtained from the registered office of the Trustee and from the specified
office of the Principal Paying Agent for the time being in London. In addition, copies of such documents
will be available on the website of NASDAQ Dubai. Copies of Incorporated Information may be obtained
from the office of IFC set out at the end of this Prospectus and the website of IFC (www.ifc.org).
CAYMAN ISLANDS NOTICE
No invitation may be made, directly or indirectly, to any member of the public of the Cayman Islands to
subscribe for the Certificates.
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN
In relation to investors in the Kingdom of Bahrain, securities issued in connection with this Prospectus
and related offering documents may only be offered in registered form to existing account holders and
accredited investors as defined by the Central Bank of Bahrain (the "CBB") in the Kingdom of Bahrain
where such investors make a minimum investment of at least U.S.$100,000 or the equivalent amount in
any other currency or such other amount as the CBB may determine.
This offer does not constitute an offer of securities in the Kingdom of Bahrain in terms of Article (81) of
the Central Bank and Financial Institutions Law 2006 (decree Law No. 64 of 2006). This Prospectus and
related offering documents have not been and will not be registered as a prospectus with the CBB.
Accordingly, no securities may be offered, sold or made the subject of an invitation for subscription or
purchase, nor will this Prospectus or any other related document or material be used in connection with
any offer, sale or invitation to subscribe for or purchase securities, whether directly or indirectly, to
persons in the Kingdom of Bahrain, other than to accredited investors for an offer outside the Kingdom of
Bahrain.
The CBB has not reviewed, approved or registered this Prospectus or related offering documents and it
has not in any way considered the merits of the securities to be offered for investment, whether inside or
outside the Kingdom of Bahrain. Therefore, the CBB assumes no responsibility for the accuracy and
completeness of the statements and information contained in this Prospectus and expressly disclaims any
liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from reliance upon the whole or any part of the
content of this Prospectus. No offer of securities will be made to the public in the Kingdom of Bahrain
and this Prospectus must be read by the addressee only and must not be issued, passed to, or made
available to the public generally.
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NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
This Prospectus may not be distributed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia except to such persons as are
permitted under the Offers of Securities Regulations issued by the Capital Market Authority of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the "Capital Market Authority"). The Capital Market Authority does not
make any representations as to the accuracy or completeness of this Prospectus and expressly disclaims
any liability whatsoever for any loss arising from, or incurred in reliance upon, any part of this
Prospectus. Prospective purchasers of the Certificates should conduct their own due diligence on the
accuracy of the information relating to the Certificates. If a prospective purchaser does not understand the
contents of this Prospectus he or she should consult an authorised financial adviser.
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF MALAYSIA
The Certificates may not be offered for subscription or purchase and no invitation to subscribe for or
purchase the Certificates in Malaysia may be made, directly or indirectly, and this Prospectus or any
document or other materials in connection therewith may not be distributed in Malaysia other than to
persons falling within the categories set out in Schedule 6 or Section 229(1)(b), Schedule 7 or Section
230(1)(b) and Schedule 8 or Section 257(3) of the Capital Market and Services Act 2007 of Malaysia.
The Securities Commission of Malaysia shall not be liable for any non-disclosure on the part of the
Trustee or IFC and assumes no responsibility for the correctness of any statements made or opinions or
reports expressed in this Prospectus.
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF KUWAIT
Unless all necessary approvals from the Kuwait Capital Markets Authority pursuant to Law No. 7 of
2010, its Executive Regulations (as amended) and the various resolutions, instructions and
announcements issued pursuant thereto, or in connection therewith, have been given in relation to the
marketing of, and sale of, the Certificates, the Certificates may not be offered for sale, nor sold, in the
State of Kuwait. No such approvals have been received or applied for in respect of the Certificates.
Neither this Prospectus nor any of the information contained herein is intended to lead to the conclusion
of any contract of whatsoever nature within the State of Kuwait.
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF QATAR
This Prospectus does not and is not intended to constitute an offer, sale or delivery of the Certificates
under the laws of the State of Qatar and has not been and will not be reviewed or approved by or
registered with the Qatar Financial Markets Authority, the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority
or the Qatar Central Bank. The Certificates are not and will not be traded on the Qatar Exchange.
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
The Certificates constitute "alternative finance investment bonds" within the meaning of Article 77A of
the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 as amended by the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2010. This
Prospectus is not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United
Kingdom.
The distribution in the United Kingdom of this Prospectus and any other marketing materials relating to
the Certificates is being addressed to, or directed at, only the following persons: (i) persons who are
Investment Professionals as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Financial Promotion Order"); (ii) persons falling within any of
the categories of persons described in Article 49 of the Financial Promotion Order; and (iii) any other
person to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made in accordance with the Financial Promotion Order.
Persons of any other description in the United Kingdom may not receive and should not act or rely on this
Prospectus or any other marketing materials in relation to the Certificates.
Potential investors in the Certificates in the United Kingdom are advised that all, or most, of the
protections afforded by the United Kingdom regulatory system will not apply to an investment in the
Certificates and that compensation will not be available under the United Kingdom Financial Services
Compensation Scheme.
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Any individual intending to invest in the Certificates should consult his professional adviser and ensure
that he fully understands all the risks associated with making such an investment and that he has sufficient
financial resources to sustain any loss that may arise from such investment.
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CONTENTS
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RISK FACTORS .......................................................................................................................................... 1
STRUCTURE DIAGRAM AND CASH FLOWS ....................................................................................... 8
OVERVIEW OF THE OFFERING ........................................................................................................... 11
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CERTIFICATES ........................................................................ 16
GLOBAL CERTIFICATE ......................................................................................................................... 40
USE OF PROCEEDS ................................................................................................................................. 42
DESCRIPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION ................................................... 43
DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUSTEE ......................................................................................................... 44
SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS .................................................... 46
TAXATION ............................................................................................................................................... 54
SUBSCRIPTION AND SALE ................................................................................................................... 56
GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 61
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RISK FACTORS
The purchase of Certificates may involve substantial risks and is suitable only for sophisticated investors who
have the knowledge and experience in financial and business matters necessary to enable them to evaluate the
risks and merits of an investment in the Certificates. Before making an investment decision, prospective
purchasers of Certificates should consider carefully, in the light of their own financial circumstances and
investment objectives, all of the information in this Prospectus.
Each of the Trustee and IFC believes that the factors described below represent the principal risks inherent in
investing in the Certificates, but the inability of the Trustee to pay any amounts on or in connection with any
Certificate may occur for other reasons and neither the Trustee nor IFC represents that the statements below
regarding the risks of holding any Certificate are exhaustive.
Prospective investors should also read the detailed information set out elsewhere in this Prospectus and reach
their own views prior to making any investment decision. Words and expressions defined in "Terms and
Conditions of the Certificates" shall have the same meanings in this section.
Risk Factors Relating to the Trustee
The Trustee is an exempted limited company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on 5 August 2015. The
Trustee has not as at the date of this Prospectus engaged, and will not engage, in any business activity other than
the issuance of the Certificates, the acquisition of the Trust Assets as described herein, acting in the capacity as
Trustee and other activities incidental or related to the foregoing as required under the Transaction Documents.
The Trustee's only material assets, which will be held on trust for Certificateholders, will be the Trust Assets,
including the right to receive amounts paid by IFC under the Transaction Documents. Accordingly, the Trustee's
ability to pay amounts due on the Certificates will be dependent upon receipt from IFC of amounts paid under
the Transaction Documents which, in the aggregate, may not be sufficient to meet all claims under the
Certificates and the Transaction Documents. As a result, the Trustee is subject to all the risks to which IFC is
subject, to the extent such risks could limit IFC's ability to satisfy in full and on a timely basis, its obligations
under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
Risk Factors Relating to IFC
As described in more detail in the Incorporated Information, IFC is an experienced supranational organisation
providing financing and financial services primarily to the private sector in developing countries that are
members of IFC. IFC's investment products include, among others, loans, equity and quasi-equity investments,
guarantees and partial credit guarantees and client risk management products. IFC's disbursed investment
portfolio is diversified by country, region, industry, sector and project type, and it operates under a
comprehensive enterprise risk management framework. The value of IFC's investments, and financial returns on
them, are subject to the risk of adverse changes in the financial condition of IFC's clients, which may arise from
factors specific to a particular client or industry or from changes in the macroeconomic environment or the
financial markets in the countries in which a client operates.
Risk Factors Relating to the Trust Assets
Ownership of the Portfolio Assets
In order to comply with the requirements of Shari'a, the proceeds of issuance of the Certificates are required to
be applied by the Trustee towards the acquisition of the Portfolio and, once the Trustee acquires the Portfolio (in
the manner described herein), the Certificateholders will have the right to receive from the Trustee the economic
benefit of the use of the Portfolio. Each Certificate will evidence the entitlement of each Certificateholder to an
undivided interest in the Portfolio on a pro rata basis unless transfer of such interests and rights in, to and under
the Portfolio is prohibited by, or ineffective under, any law that may be applicable (see "Risk Factors Relating to
the Trust Assets – Transfer of the Portfolio Assets"). However, the Certificateholders will have no direct
recourse over the Portfolio under any applicable law. The income from the Portfolio, together with any capital
arising from the disposal of any Portfolio Assets, shall be for the Trustee and for the account and benefit of the
Certificateholders.
No investigation or enquiry will be made and no due diligence will be conducted in respect of any Portfolio
Asset. Only limited representations will be obtained from IFC in respect of the Portfolio Assets. In particular,
the precise terms of the Portfolio Assets sold will not be known (including whether there are any restrictions on
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transfer or any further obligations required to be performed by IFC to give effect to the transfer of its interests in
the Portfolio Assets). No steps will be taken to perfect any transfer of any interests or rights in the Portfolio
Assets or otherwise give notice to any lessee or obligor in respect thereof. Obligors and lessees may have rights
of set-off or counterclaim against IFC in respect of the Portfolio Assets.
In addition, if and to the extent that a third party is able to establish a direct claim against the Trustee, the
Delegate or any Certificateholders on the basis of a legal or other interest in the Portfolio Assets, IFC has agreed
in the Declaration of Trust to indemnify the Trustee, the Delegate and the Certificateholders against any such
liabilities. In the event that IFC is unable to meet any such claims then the Certificateholders may suffer losses
in respect of both the principal amount invested in the Certificates, as well as any profit amounts that would
have been payable in respect of the Certificates.
Transfer of the Portfolio Assets
No assurance has been or will be given as to whether any interest, rights, benefits and entitlements in, to and
under any of the Portfolio Assets may be transferred as a matter of the law governing the Portfolio Assets, the
law of the jurisdiction where such Portfolio Assets are located or any other relevant law. Furthermore, no
opinion will be provided by counsel that the Sale and Purchase Agreement is effective to transfer any interests,
rights, benefits and entitlements in, to and under the assets described therein. In any event, the Certificateholders
will not have any rights of enforcement as against the Portfolio Assets and their rights are limited to the
proceeds of enforcement against IFC of its obligation to purchase the Trustee's interests, rights, benefits and
entitlements in, to and under the Portfolio Assets pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Undertaking.
In the event that the transfer to the Trustee of specified interests, rights, benefits and entitlements in, to and
under the Portfolio Assets is for any reason found to have been, or is alleged to have been, ineffective, IFC has
agreed in the Purchase Undertaking to fully indemnify the Trustee. In such a situation, the Certificateholders
will not have any rights of enforcement as against the Portfolio Assets and their rights are limited to the
proceeds of enforcement against IFC of its obligation to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the
Purchase Undertaking, and consequently the effectiveness of any transfer of any interests, rights, benefits and
entitlements in, to and under the Portfolio Assets to the Trustee is likely to be of limited consequence to the
rights of the Certificateholders.
In the event that the Portfolio Assets are not repurchased by IFC for any reason, the Delegate will seek to
enforce the payment and indemnity obligations of IFC under the Purchase Undertaking. To the extent that it
obtains an English judgment in its favour, it may seek to enforce that judgment or award in a jurisdiction where
IFC has assets. This will be subject to general enforcement risks (see "Risk Factors Relating to Enforcement").
Risk Factors Relating to the Certificates
The Certificates are limited recourse obligations
The Certificates are not debt obligations of the Trustee. Instead, the Certificates represent an undivided
ownership interest solely in the Trust Assets. The proceeds of the Trust Assets are the sole source of payments
on the Certificates. Save as provided in Condition 4.2 (Status and Limited Recourse – Limited Recourse), the
Certificates do not represent an interest in or obligation of any of the Trustee, the Delegate or IFC or any of their
respective affiliates. Accordingly, Certificateholders, by subscribing for or acquiring the Certificates,
acknowledge that they will have no recourse to any of the assets of the Trustee (other than the Trust Assets),
IFC (to the extent that it fulfils all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents) or the Delegate or any of
their respective affiliates or any director or officer or corporate services provider of the Trustee in respect of any
shortfall in the expected amounts from the Trust Assets when the Trust Assets have been exhausted, following
which all obligations of the Trustee shall be extinguished.
IFC is obliged to make certain payments under the Transaction Documents directly to or to the order of the
Trustee. Such payment obligations form part of the Trust Assets and the Trustee and/or the Delegate (acting in
the name and on behalf of the Trustee) will, subject to Condition 13.2 (Enforcement and Exercise of Rights –
Trustee and Delegate not bound to act), have direct recourse against IFC to recover payments due to the Trustee
from IFC pursuant to such Transaction Documents notwithstanding any other provision of Condition 4.2 (Status
and Limited Recourse – Limited Recourse). Such right of the Trustee and the Delegate shall constitute an
unsecured claim against IFC. None of the Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Delegate shall be entitled to
claim any priority right in respect of any specific assets of IFC in connection with the enforcement of any such
claim.
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The net proceeds of the realisation of, or enforcement with respect to, the Trust Assets may not be sufficient to
make all payments due in respect of the Certificates. If, following the distribution of such proceeds, there
remains a shortfall in payments due under the Certificates, no holder of Certificates will have any claim against
the Trustee (to the extent the Trust Assets have been exhausted), the Delegate or IFC (to the extent that it fulfils
all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents) or any of their respective affiliates or any director,
officer or corporate services provider of the Trustee or against any assets (other than the Trust Assets to the
extent not exhausted) in respect of such shortfall and any unsatisfied claims of Certificateholders shall be
extinguished. In particular, no holder of Certificates will be able to petition for, or join any other person in
instituting proceedings for, the reorganisation, liquidation, winding-up or receivership of the Trustee or their
respective affiliates as a consequence of such shortfall or otherwise.
Absence of secondary market/limited liquidity
There is no assurance that a secondary market for the Certificates will develop or, if it does develop, that it will
provide the Certificateholders with liquidity of investment or that a secondary market will continue for the life
of the Certificates. Accordingly, a Certificateholder may not be able to find a buyer to buy its Certificates
readily or at prices that will enable the Certificateholder to realise a desired yield. The market value of the
Certificates may fluctuate and a lack of liquidity, in particular, can have a material adverse effect on the market
value of the Certificates.
Applications have been made for the listing of the Certificates on NASDAQ Dubai but there can be no
assurance that any such listing will occur on or prior to the Issue Date or at all or, if it does occur, that it will
enhance the liquidity of the Certificates. In addition, IFC currently intends to apply to the FCA for the
Certificates to be admitted to listing on the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for the Certificates
to be admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange. However, prospective
investors should note that there can be no assurance that such admission to listing and trading will occur.
Accordingly, the purchase of the Certificates is suitable only for investors who can bear the risks associated with
a lack of liquidity in the Certificates and the financial and other risks associated with an investment in the
Certificates. An investor in the Certificates must be prepared to hold the Certificates for an indefinite period of
time.
Certificates which have a denomination that is not an integral multiple of U.S.$200,000 may be illiquid and
difficult to trade
The denomination of the Certificates is U.S.$200,000 and integral multiple amounts of U.S.$1,000 in excess
thereof. It is therefore possible that the Certificates may be traded in amounts in excess of U.S.$200,000 that are
not integral multiples of U.S.$200,000. In such a case a holder who, as a result of trading such amounts, holds a
face amount which is less than U.S.$200,000 in his account with the relevant clearing system at the relevant
time may not be able to trade such Certificates and may not receive a Definitive Certificate in respect of such
holding (should Definitive Certificates be printed), and would need to purchase a face amount of Certificates
such that its holding amounts to at least U.S.$200,000 to do so in order to be eligible to receive a Definitive
Certificate.
If Definitive Certificates are issued, holders should be aware that Definitive Certificates which have a
denomination that is not an integral multiple of U.S.$200,000 may be illiquid and difficult to trade.
No third party guarantees
Investors should be aware that no guarantee is or will be given in relation to the Certificates by IFC or any other
person.
Neither the Certificates nor any obligations under the Transaction Documents are obligations of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or of any Government.
The Certificates are subject to modification by a majority of Certificateholders without the consent of all
Certificateholders
The Conditions contain provisions for calling meetings of Certificateholders to consider matters affecting their
interests generally. These provisions permit defined majorities to bind all Certificateholders including
Certificateholders who did not attend and vote at the relevant meeting or otherwise exercise their voting rights
and Certificateholders who voted in a manner contrary to the majority. The Delegate may agree to modify the
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Conditions of the Certificates without the consent of the Certificateholders where the modifications are, in the
opinion of the Delegate, not materially prejudicial to the interests of the Certificateholders, required to effect a
cancellation of Certificates in accordance with Condition 9.4(b) (Capital Distributions – Cancellation), of a
formal, minor or technical nature or are made to correct a manifest error. For further details of such matters and
the relevant majorities required at meetings of Certificateholders, see Condition 16 (Meetings of
Certificateholders, Modification, Waiver, Authorisation and Determination) and the corresponding provisions
of the Declaration of Trust.
The Certificates may be subject to early redemption
If the amount payable on the Certificates is required to be increased to include additional amounts in certain
circumstances and/or IFC is required to pay additional amounts pursuant to certain Transaction Documents, in
each case as a result of certain changes affecting taxation in the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or
any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, the Trustee may redeem all but not some only of the
Certificates upon giving notice in accordance with the Conditions.
The exercise of such early redemption option is likely to limit the market value of the Certificates. During any
period when the Trustee may elect to redeem the Certificates, the market value of the Certificates generally will
not rise substantially above the Dissolution Distribution Amount payable. While any such early redemption
option is in effect, the Trustee may be expected to redeem the Certificates if IFC is able to raise funds at a cost
of financing which is lower than the profit rate (including such additional amounts as are referred to above) on
the Certificates. At those times, an investor generally would not be able to reinvest the redemption proceeds at
an effective profit rate as high as the profit rate on the Certificates and may only be able to do so at a
significantly lower rate. Potential investors should consider re-investment risk in light of other investments
available at that time.
Risk Factors Relating to Enforcement
A change of law may adversely affect the Certificates
The structure of the issue of the Certificates is based on English law and administrative practices in effect as at
the date of this Prospectus. No assurance can be given as to the impact of any possible change to English law or
administrative practices after the date of this Prospectus, nor can any assurance be given as to whether any such
change could adversely affect the ability of the Trustee to make payments under the Certificates or of IFC to
comply with its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
Risk Factors Relating to Taxation
Taxation risks on payments
Payments made by IFC to the Trustee under the Transaction Documents or by the Trustee in respect of the
Certificates could become subject to taxation. Each of the Service Agency Agreement and the Purchase
Undertaking requires IFC to pay additional amounts to the Trustee in the event that any withholding or
deduction is required to be made in respect of payments made by it to the Trustee. Condition 10 (Taxation)
provides that the Trustee is required to pay additional amounts in respect of any such withholding or deduction
imposed by or on behalf of any Relevant Jurisdiction in certain circumstances. IFC has pursuant to the
Declaration of Trust undertaken to pay to the Trustee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders) an amount equal
to the liabilities of the Trustee in respect of any additional amounts required to be paid in respect of the
Certificates pursuant to Condition 10 (Taxation).
The circumstances described above may entitle the Trustee (acting on the instructions of IFC) to redeem the
Certificates pursuant to Condition 9.3 (Capital Distributions – Redemption following a Tax Event). See further
"Risk Factors Relating to the Certificates – The Certificates may be subject to early redemption".
EU Savings Directive
Under EC Council Directive 2003/48/EC (the "EU Savings Directive") on the taxation of savings income, each
Member State is required to provide to the tax authorities of another Member State details of payments of
interest or other similar income paid by a person within its jurisdiction to, or collected by such a person for, an
individual resident or certain limited types of entity established in that other Member State. However, for a
transitional period, Austria may instead apply a withholding system in relation to such payments, deducting tax
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at 35 per cent. The transitional period is to terminate at the end of the first full fiscal year following agreement
by certain non-EU countries to the exchange of information relating to such payments.
The Council of the European Union formally adopted a Council Directive amending the EU Savings Directive
on 24 March 2014 (the "Amending Directive"). The Amending Directive broadens the scope of the
requirements described above. Member States have until 1 January 2016 to adopt the national legislation
necessary to comply with the Amending Directive. The changes made under the Amending Directive include
extending the scope of the EU Savings Directive to payments made to, or collected for, certain other entities and
legal arrangements. They also broaden the definition of "interest payment to cover income that is equivalent to
interest".
However, the European Commission has proposed the repeal of the EU Savings Directive from 1 January 2017
in the case of Austria and from 1 January 2016 in the case of all other Member States (subject to on-going
requirements to fulfil administrative obligations such as the reporting and exchange of information relating to,
and accounting for withholding taxes on, payments made before those dates). This is to prevent overlap between
the EU Savings Directive and a new automatic exchange of information regime to be implemented under
Council Directive 2011/16/EU on Administrative Cooperation in the field of Taxation (as amended by Council
Directive 2014/107/EU). The proposal also provides that, if it proceeds, Member States will not be required to
apply the new requirements of the Amending Directive.
If a payment were to be made or collected through a Member State where a withholding or deduction is imposed
on a payment to an individual and is required to be made pursuant to the EU Savings Directive or any law
implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, the EU Savings Directive, neither the
Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any other person would be obliged to pay additional amounts with respect to
any Certificate as a result of the imposition of such withholding tax.
The Trustee is required to maintain a Paying Agent in a Member State that will not be obliged to withhold or
deduct tax pursuant to any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, the EU
Savings Directive or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26-
27 November 2000.
Investors who are in any doubt as to their position should consult their professional advisers.
Payments on the Certificates may be subject to U.S. withholding tax under FATCA
The United States has enacted rules, commonly referred to as "FATCA", that generally impose a new reporting
and withholding regime with respect to certain payments made after 31 December 2016 by entities that are
classified as financial institutions under FATCA. The United States has entered into a Model I
intergovernmental agreement regarding the implementation of FATCA with the Cayman Islands (the "IGA").
Under the IGA, as currently drafted, the Trustee does not expect payments made on or with respect to the
Certificates to be subject to withholding under FATCA. Significant aspects of when and how FATCA will apply
remain unclear, and no assurance can be given that withholding under FATCA will not become relevant with
respect to payments made on or with respect to the Certificates in the future. Prospective investors should
consult their own tax advisors regarding the potential impact of FATCA.
Additional risk factors
Investors in the Certificates must rely on Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg procedures
The Certificates will be represented on issue by the Global Certificate that will be deposited with a common
depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg. Except in the circumstances described in the Global
Certificate, investors will not be entitled to receive Certificates in definitive form. Each of Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg and their respective direct and indirect participants will maintain records of the
ownership interests in the Global Certificate. While the Certificates are represented by the Global Certificate,
investors will be able to trade their ownership interests only through Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg
and their respective participants.
While the Certificates are represented by the Global Certificate, the Trustee will discharge its payment
obligation under the Certificates by making payments through the relevant clearing systems. A holder of an
ownership interest in the Global Certificate must rely on the procedures of the relevant clearing system and its
participants to receive payments under the Certificates. The Trustee has no responsibility or liability for the
records relating to, or payments made in respect of, ownership interests in the Global Certificate.
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Holders of ownership interests in the Global Certificate will not have a direct right to vote in respect of the
Certificates so represented. Instead, such holders will be permitted to act only to the extent that they are enabled
by the relevant clearing system and its participants to appoint appropriate proxies.
Exchange rate risks and exchange controls
The Trustee will make all payments on the Certificates in U.S. dollars. This presents certain risks relating to
currency conversions if an investor's financial activities are denominated principally in a currency or currency
unit (the "Investor's Currency") other than U.S. dollars. These include the risk that exchange rates may
significantly change (including changes due to devaluation of U.S. dollars or revaluation of the Investor's
Currency) and the risk that authorities with jurisdiction over the Investor's Currency may impose or modify
exchange controls. An appreciation in the value of the Investor's Currency relative to U.S. dollars would
decrease: (a) the Investor's Currency equivalent yield on the Certificates; (b) the Investor's Currency equivalent
value of the principal payable on the Certificates; and (c) the Investor's Currency equivalent market value of the
Certificates.
Government and monetary authorities may impose (as some have done in the past) exchange controls that could
adversely affect an applicable exchange rate, the availability of a specified foreign currency and/or the ability of
the Trustee to make payments in respect of the Certificates. As a result, investors may receive less amounts
under the Certificates than expected, or no such amounts.
No assurance can be given as to Shari'a rules
The Fatwa and Shari'a Supervision Board of Dubai Islamic Bank and Dar Al Sharia Legal and Financial
Consultancy, the Executive Shariah Committee of HSBC Saudi Arabia Limited and the Shariah Supervisory
Committee of Standard Chartered Bank have confirmed that the Transaction Documents are, in their view,
Shari'a-compliant. However, there can be no assurance that the Transaction Documents or the issue and trading
of the Certificates will be deemed to be Shari'a-compliant by any other Shari'a board or Shari'a scholars. None
of the Trustee, IFC, the Delegate, the Agents or the Joint Lead Managers makes any representation as to the
Shari'a compliance of the Certificates and/or any trading thereof and potential investors are reminded that, as
with any Shari'a views, differences in opinion are possible. Potential investors should obtain their own
independent Shari'a advice as to the compliance of the Transaction Documents and the issue and trading of the
Certificates with Shari'a principles.
In addition, prospective investors are reminded that IFC has agreed under the Transaction Documents to submit
to the jurisdiction of the English courts. In such circumstances, the judge is likely to first apply the relevant law
of the relevant Transaction Document rather than Shari'a principles in determining the obligation of the parties.
Shari'a requirements in relation to interest awarded by a court
In accordance with applicable Shari'a principles, each of the Trustee and the Delegate will waive all and any
entitlement it may have to interest awarded in its favour by any court in connection with any dispute under the
Certificates and any of the Transaction Documents. Should there be any delay in the enforcement of a judgment
given against IFC, judgment interest may accrue in respect of that delay and, as a result of the waiver referred to
above, Certificateholders will not be entitled to receive any part of such interest.
Credit ratings may not reflect all risks
Upon issue, the Certificates are expected to be assigned a rating of "AAA" by Standard & Poor's Credit Market
Services Europe Limited ("Standard & Poor's"). Such ratings may not reflect the potential impact of all risks
related to structure, market, additional factors discussed above and other factors that may affect the value of the
Certificates. A credit rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be revised or
withdrawn by its assigning rating agency at any time.
In general, European regulated investors are restricted under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended) (the
"CRA Regulation") from using credit ratings for regulatory purposes, unless such ratings are issued by a credit
rating agency established in the European Union ("EU") and registered under the CRA Regulation (and such
registration has not been withdrawn or suspended). Such general restriction will also apply in the case of credit
ratings issued by non-EU credit rating agencies, unless the relevant credit ratings are endorsed by an EU-
registered credit rating agency or the relevant non-EU rating agency is certified in accordance with the CRA
Regulation (and such endorsement action or certification, as the case may be, has not been withdrawn or
suspended). Standard & Poor's is established in the European Union and is registered under the CRA
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Regulation. As such, Standard & Poor's is included in the list of credit rating agencies published by the
European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") on its website in accordance with the CRA Regulation.
The list of registered and certified rating agencies published by ESMA on its website in accordance with the
CRA Regulation is not conclusive evidence of the status of the relevant rating agency included in such list, as
there may be delays between certain supervisory measures being taken against a relevant rating agency and
publication of an updated ESMA list.
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STRUCTURE DIAGRAM AND CASH FLOWS
Set out below is a simplified structure diagram and description of the principal cash flows relating to the
Certificates. This does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, and must be
read in conjunction with, the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. Potential
investors are referred to the Conditions and the detailed descriptions of the relevant Transaction Documents set
out elsewhere in this Prospectus for a fuller description of certain cash flows and for an explanation of the
meaning of certain capitalised terms used below. Potential investors should read this entire Prospectus
carefully, especially the risks of investing in the Certificates discussed under "Risk Factors". See also "Summary
of the Principal Transaction Documents".
Structure Diagram
Principal Cash Flows
Payments by the Certificateholders and the Trustee
On the Issue Date, the Certificateholders will pay the issue price in respect of the Certificates to the Trustee.
Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee will declare a trust, in favour of the Certificateholders, over the
proceeds of the issuance of the Certificates (the "Issuance Proceeds"), any and all of its rights, title, interest and
benefit, present and future, in, to and under the Transaction Documents (other than in relation to any
representations given by IFC (acting in any capacity) pursuant to any of the Transaction Documents) and any
and all amounts standing to the credit of the Transaction Account from time to time.
The Trustee will use the Issuance Proceeds (as the "Purchase Price") to purchase, and accept the transfer and
conveyance of, IFC's interests, rights, title, benefits and entitlements, present and future, in, to and under a
portfolio of assets (the "Initial Portfolio Assets") specified in the Sale and Purchase Agreement (the "Initial
Portfolio"). The Trustee shall represent and warrant in the Sale and Purchase Agreement that the Value (as
defined below) of the Tangible Assets (as defined below) comprised in the Initial Portfolio is at least equal to 51
per cent. of the Purchase Price.
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The Portfolio Assets and the amounts standing to the credit of the Principal Collection Account (each as defined
below), the Profit Collection Account (as defined below) and the Reserve Account (as defined below) from time
to time shall together constitute the assets of the Certificates (the "Sukuk Assets").
Periodic Distribution Payments by the Trustee
The Service Agent will credit: (a) all revenues in the nature of sale proceeds or capital, principal or investment
amounts or total loss/expropriation proceeds in respect of any Eligible Asset comprised in the Portfolio from
time to time (such Eligible Assets being the "Portfolio Assets") (the "Principal Revenues") to a book-entry
ledger account (the "Principal Collection Account"); and (b) all revenues in respect of the Portfolio Assets
(other than Principal Revenues) (the "Profit Revenues") to a book-entry ledger account (the "Profit Collection
Account").
On the business day prior to each Periodic Distribution Date (each such date being a "Periodic Distribution
Determination Date"), the Service Agent shall:
(a) after payment to itself for any unpaid Service Agent Liabilities Amounts, use amounts standing to the
credit of the Profit Collection Account to pay to the Transaction Account an amount which is intended
to be sufficient to fund the Periodic Profit Amount payable by the Trustee under the Certificates on the
Periodic Distribution Date falling one business day after such date (the "Periodic Profit Amount");
and
(b) use amounts standing to the credit of the Principal Collection Account to pay to the Transaction
Account an amount which is intended to be sufficient to fund the Periodic Principal Amount payable by
the Trustee under the Certificates on the Periodic Distribution Date falling one business day after such
date (the "Periodic Principal Amount"),
and, in each case, any such amounts paid into the Transaction Account shall be applied by the Trustee for that
purpose.
If on a Periodic Distribution Determination Date the amounts standing to the credit of the Profit Collection
Account are, after being applied towards payment to the Service Agent for any unpaid Service Agent Liabilities
Amounts, greater than the relevant Periodic Profit Amount, such excess returns shall, after repayment of any
Liquidity Facility (as defined below), be credited by the Service Agent to a separate book-entry ledger account
(such account, the "Reserve Account"). If on a Periodic Distribution Determination Date the amounts standing
to the credit of the Profit Collection Account are less than the relevant Periodic Profit Amount, the Service
Agent shall deduct amounts standing to the credit of the Reserve Account towards funding such shortfall and, if
such amounts standing to the credit of the Reserve Account are insufficient for such purpose, the Service Agent
may provide to the Trustee Shari'a-compliant funding in an amount equal to the remaining shortfall (a
"Liquidity Facility").
If on the business day prior to a Periodic Distribution Date the amounts standing to the credit of the Principal
Collection Account are less than the relevant Periodic Principal Amount (the difference between such amounts
on such date being the "Principal Shortfall Amount"), the Service Agent shall notify the Trustee one Business
Day before such date of: (a) the Principal Shortfall Amount; and (b) the Portfolio Value at such Periodic
Distribution Determination Date. Following receipt of such notice or the Trustee otherwise becoming aware of a
Principal Shortfall Amount, the Trustee shall exercise the rights granted to it under the Purchase Undertaking to
require IFC to purchase and accept the transfer of the Trustee's interests, rights, title, benefits and entitlements,
present and future, in, to and under a portion of the portfolio of Portfolio Assets that has a Portfolio Value equal
to the Principal Shortfall Amount.
Dissolution Payments
The Trust may be dissolved prior to the Scheduled Dissolution Date for the following reasons: (a) redemption
following a Dissolution Event; and (b) redemption following the occurrence of a Tax Event.
On the business day prior to the Scheduled Dissolution Date:
(a) the Service Agent shall pay all amounts standing to the credit of the Principal Collection Account and
the Profit Collection Account to the Transaction Account; and
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(b) the Trustee will have the right under the Purchase Undertaking to require IFC to purchase and accept
the transfer of all of the Trustee's interests, rights, title, benefits and entitlements, present and future, in,
to and under the Portfolio in consideration for payment by IFC of the Exercise Price,
and, in each case, any such amounts paid into the Transaction Account shall be applied by the Trustee for
payment of the relevant Dissolution Distribution Amount payable on the Scheduled Dissolution Date.
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OVERVIEW OF THE OFFERING
The following overview should be read as an introduction to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the
more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. This overview does not contain all of the
information that prospective investors should consider before deciding to invest in the Certificates. Accordingly,
any decision by a prospective investor to invest in the Certificates should be based on a consideration of this
Prospectus as a whole especially the risks of investing in the Certificates discussed under "Risk Factors".
Words and expressions defined in "Terms and Conditions of the Certificates" and "Summary of the Principal
Transaction Documents" shall have the same meanings in this overview. Each reference to a Condition is to a
numbered condition of the Conditions.
Certain Transaction Documents are described in more detail in "Summary of the Principal Transaction
Documents" below.
Certificates: U.S.$100,000,000 Trust Certificates due 2020.
Issuer, Trustee and Purchaser: IFC Sukuk Company, an exempted company with limited liability
incorporated on 5 August 2015 in accordance with the laws of, and
formed and registered in, the Cayman Islands with company registration
number 302760 with its registered office c/o MaplesFS Limited, P.O.
Box 1093, Queensgate House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman
Islands. IFC Sukuk Company has been incorporated solely for the
purpose of participating in the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
Ownership of the Trustee: The authorised share capital of the Trustee is U.S.$50,000 consisting of
50,000 shares of U.S.$1.00 nominal or par value each, of which 250
shares are fully paid up and issued. The Trustee's entire issued share
capital is held or will be held by MaplesFS Limited on trust for charitable
purposes.
Administration of the Trustee: The affairs of the Trustee are managed by MaplesFS Limited (the
"Corporate Administrator"), who will provide, amongst other things,
certain administrative services for and on behalf of the Trustee pursuant
to the corporate services agreement dated 7 September 2015 between the
Trustee and the Corporate Administrator (the "Corporate Services
Agreement").
Obligor, Seller and Service
Agent:
International Finance Corporation.
Joint Lead Managers: Dubai Islamic Bank P.J.S.C., HSBC Bank plc, National Bank of Abu
Dhabi P.J.S.C. and Standard Chartered Bank.
Delegate: Citicorp Trustee Company Limited in its capacity as Delegate under the
Declaration of Trust.
Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee shall delegate to the
Delegate certain of the present and future duties, powers, authorities and
discretions vested in the Trustee by certain provisions of the Declaration
of Trust. In particular, the Delegate shall be entitled to (and, in certain
circumstances, shall, subject to being indemnified and/or secured and/or
pre-funded to its satisfaction, be obliged to), following a Dissolution
Event, take the actions referred to in Condition 13.2 (Enforcement and
Exercise of Rights – Trustee and Delegate not bound to act).
Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the Delegate shall also have certain
other powers granted to it, and shall also have such other duties, powers,
authorities and discretions as expressly specified in the Declaration of
Trust and in the other Transaction Documents. The powers conferred by
the Declaration of Trust upon the Delegate shall be in addition to any
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powers which may from time to time be vested in it by general law or as
a Certificateholder.
Principal Paying Agent: Citibank N.A., London Branch.
Registrar and Transfer Agent: Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland AG.
Issue Date: 15 September 2015.
Issue Price: 100 per cent. of the aggregate face amount of the Certificates.
Periodic Distribution Dates: 15 March and 15 September in each year commencing on 15 March
2016.
Periodic Distribution Amounts: On each Periodic Distribution Date, Certificateholders will receive a
Periodic Distribution Amount in U.S. dollars equalling the aggregate of:
(a) the Periodic Profit Amount; and
(b) the Periodic Principal Amount,
in respect of their Certificates. See also Condition 9 (Capital
Distributions).
Trust Assets: Each Certificate evidences an undivided ownership interest in the Trust
Assets, subject to the terms of the Transaction Documents and the
Conditions, and is a limited recourse obligation of the Trustee. The Trust
Assets are:
(a) all of the Trustee's rights, title, interest and benefit, present and
future, in, to and under the Portfolio Assets from time to time
constituting the Portfolio, the Profit Collection Account, the
Principal Collection Account and the Reserve Account;
(b) all of the Trustee's rights, title, interest and benefit, present and
future, in, to and under the Transaction Documents (other than in
relation to any representations given by IFC (acting in any
capacity) pursuant to any of the Transaction Documents);
(c) all monies standing to the credit of the Transaction Account from
time to time; and
(d) all proceeds of the foregoing,
held upon trust absolutely for the Certificateholders pro rata according to
the face amount of the Certificates held by each such holder in
accordance with the Declaration of Trust and the Conditions.
Scheduled Dissolution: The Scheduled Dissolution Date is 15 September 2020. The Trustee shall
use the Exercise Price payable in accordance with the terms of the
Purchase Undertaking and any amounts standing to the credit of the
Principal Collection Account in accordance with the Service Agency
Agreement to redeem the outstanding Certificates at the Dissolution
Distribution Amount.
Dissolution Events: Subject to Condition 13 (Enforcement and Exercise of Rights) and the
Delegate being indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its
satisfaction, upon the occurrence of a Dissolution Event and being
directed by the Certificateholders of at least 25 per cent. of the then
aggregate face amount of Certificates outstanding or being directed by an
Extraordinary Resolution of the Certificateholders in accordance with
Condition 12 (Dissolution Events), the Trustee and/or the Delegate shall,
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subject to Condition 13.2 (Enforcement and Exercise of Rights – Trustee
and Delegate not bound to act), take the actions referred to in Condition
13.1 (Enforcement and Exercise of Rights – Actions by Delegate).
Early Dissolution for Tax
Reasons:
Where the Trustee has or will become obliged to pay any additional
amounts in respect of the Certificates pursuant to Condition 10
(Taxation) or IFC has or will become obliged to pay any additional
amounts in respect of amounts payable under the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party as a result of a change in the laws of the Relevant
Jurisdiction and such obligation cannot be avoided by the Trustee or IFC,
as applicable, taking reasonable measures available to it, the Trustee
shall, following receipt of a duly completed Exercise Notice from IFC
pursuant to the Sale Undertaking and payment by IFC of the Exercise
Price under the Sale Undertaking and any amounts standing to the credit
of the Principal Collection Account under the Service Agency
Agreement, redeem the Certificates in whole but not in part at an amount
equal to the Dissolution Distribution Amount on the relevant Dissolution
Date.
Dissolution Distribution Amount: The aggregate outstanding face amount of the Certificates plus all
accrued and unpaid Periodic Profit Amounts in respect of such
Certificates.
Purchase and Cancellation: Pursuant to Condition 9.4 (Capital Distributions – Cancellation), IFC
may at any time purchase Certificates in the open market or otherwise at
any price and such Certificates may be held, resold or, at the option of
IFC, surrendered to the Registrar for cancellation. Any Certificates so
surrendered for cancellation may not be re-issued or resold and the
obligations of the Trustee in respect of any such Certificates shall be
discharged.
Portfolio Asset Substitution: IFC may substitute Portfolio Assets in accordance with the relevant
provisions of the Sale Undertaking and the Trustee may substitute
Portfolio Assets in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
Purchase Undertaking, in each case provided that: (a) the aggregate value
of any new assets is equal to or greater than the aggregate value of the
substituted assets; (b) any new assets are Eligible Assets; and (c) where
the Portfolio Asset to be substituted is an Intangible Asset the relevant
new asset is not an Intangible Asset.
Withholding Tax: All payments in respect of the Certificates shall be made without
withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any Taxes (as defined in
Condition 10 (Taxation)), unless the withholding or deduction of Taxes is
required by law. In such event, the Trustee will pay the additional
amounts referred to in Condition 10 (Taxation) so that the full amount
which otherwise would have been due and payable under the Certificates
is received by the parties entitled thereto.
Each of the Purchase Undertaking and the Service Agency Agreement
provides that payments thereunder by IFC (in its applicable capacity) to
the Trustee shall be made without withholding or deduction of Taxes
except where required by law and, in such case, provide for the payment
by IFC (in its applicable capacity) of additional amounts so that the full
amount which would otherwise have been due and payable is received by
the Trustee.
Form and Delivery of the
Certificates:
The Certificates will be issued in registered form only.
The Certificates will be represented on issue by beneficial interests in the
Global Certificate which will be deposited with, and registered in the
name of a nominee of, a common depositary for Euroclear and
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Clearstream, Luxembourg. Definitive Certificates evidencing holdings of
Certificates will be issued in exchange for interests in the Global
Certificate only in the limited circumstances described under "Global
Certificate".
Clearance and Settlement: Certificateholders must hold their interest in the Global Certificate in
book-entry form through Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the
case may be. Transfers within and between Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg will be in accordance with the usual rules and operating
procedures of the relevant clearance systems.
Denomination: The Certificates will be issued in minimum face amounts of
U.S.$200,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.
Status of the Certificates: Each Certificate represents an undivided ownership interest in the Trust
Assets (subject to the terms of the Transaction Documents and the
Conditions) and is a direct, unsecured, unsubordinated and limited
recourse obligation of the Trustee. Each Certificate ranks pari passu,
without any preference or priority, with the other Certificates.
The payment obligations of IFC under the Purchase Undertaking and the
Service Agency Agreement will constitute direct, unconditional,
unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of IFC which rank at least pari
passu with all other unconditional, unsecured and unsubordinated
obligations of IFC, present and future.
Limited Recourse: Each Certificate represents solely an undivided ownership interest in the
Trust Assets. No payment of any amount whatsoever shall be made in
respect of the Certificates except to the extent that funds for that purpose
are available from the Trust Assets.
Certificateholders shall have no recourse to the Sukuk Assets, the Trustee
(other than the Trust Assets), IFC (to the extent that it fulfils all of its
obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party) or
the Delegate in respect of any shortfall in the expected amounts from the
Trust Assets to the extent the Trust Assets have been exhausted,
following which all obligations of the Trustee and its directors, officers
and corporate administrator shall be extinguished.
Listing and Admission to
Trading:
Applications have been made for the Certificates to be admitted to the
official list of securities maintained by the DFSA and to be admitted to
trading on NASDAQ Dubai.
IFC currently intends to apply to the FCA for the Certificates to be
admitted to listing on the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange
for the Certificates to be admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of
the London Stock Exchange. However, prospective investors should note
that there can be no assurance that such admission to listing and trading
will occur.
Ratings: Upon issue, the Certificates are expected to be assigned a rating of
"AAA" by Standard & Poor's.
Standard & Poor's is established in the European Union and is registered
under the CRA Regulation. As such, Standard & Poor's is included in the
list of credit rating agencies published by ESMA on its website in
accordance with the CRA Regulation.
A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold the Certificates (or
beneficial interests therein) and may be subject to revision, suspension or
withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organisation.
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Certificateholder Meetings: A summary of the provisions for convening meetings of
Certificateholders to consider matters relating to their interests as such is
set out in Condition 16 (Meetings of Certificateholders, Modification,
Waiver, Authorisation and Determination).
Tax Considerations: See "Taxation" for a description of certain tax considerations applicable
to the Certificates.
Governing Law and Dispute
Resolution:
Each Transaction Document, the Certificates and any non-contractual
obligations arising out of or in connection with the same are governed by
English law.
IFC has agreed to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdictions of the courts
of England in respect of any dispute under the Transaction Documents.
Selling Restrictions: There are restrictions on the distribution of this Prospectus and the offer
or sale of Certificates in the Cayman Islands, the Dubai International
Financial Centre, Hong Kong, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, the Qatar Financial Centre, Singapore, the State
of Kuwait, the State of Qatar (excluding the Qatar Financial Centre),
Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates (excluding the Dubai
International Financial Centre), the United Kingdom and the United
States of America and such other restrictions as may be required in
connection with the offering and sale of the Certificates. See
"Subscription and Sale".
Use of Proceeds: The proceeds of the issue of the Certificates will be paid to IFC as
described in "Use of Proceeds".
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CERTIFICATES
The following are the terms and conditions of the Certificates (the "Conditions") which will be incorporated by
reference into the global Certificate (the "Global Certificate") and will be attached and apply to each Certificate
in the definitive form (each a "Definitive Certificate").
IFC Sukuk Company (in its capacity as issuer and trustee, the "Trustee") has authorised the issue of
U.S.$100,000,000 trust certificates due 2020 (the "Certificates"). Each Certificate represents an undivided
ownership interest in the Trust Assets held on trust for the holders of such Certificates pursuant to a declaration
of trust (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Declaration of Trust") dated on or about 15
September 2015 (the "Issue Date") made between the Trustee, International Finance Corporation ("IFC") and
Citicorp Trustee Company Limited (the "Delegate").
Payments relating to the Certificates will be made in accordance with a paying agency agreement dated on or
about the Issue Date (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Agency Agreement") made between
the Trustee, the Delegate, and Citibank N.A., London Branch as principal paying agent (in such capacity, the
"Principal Paying Agent" and, together with any further or other paying agents appointed from time to time in
respect of the Certificates, the "Paying Agents") and Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland AG as registrar (in
such capacity, the "Registrar") and as transfer agent (in such capacity, the "Transfer Agent" and, together with
any further or other transfer agents appointed from time to time in respect of the Certificates, the "Transfer
Agents") in each case in respect of the Certificates. References to the Delegate, the Principal Paying Agent, the
Paying Agents, the Transfer Agents and the Registrar shall include any successor thereto in each case in such
capacity.
The Certificateholders have the benefit of, are bound by, and are deemed to have notice of the following
documents (copies of which are available for inspection during usual business hours at the designated office of
the Trustee at MaplesFS Limited, P.O. Box 1093, Boundary Hall, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman KY1-1102,
Cayman Islands and at the Specified Offices of the Principal Paying Agent):
(a) the Declaration of Trust;
(b) the Agency Agreement;
(c) a sale and purchase agreement between the Trustee (in its capacity as purchaser, the "Purchaser") and
IFC (in its capacity as seller, the "Seller") to be dated on or about the Issue Date (the "Sale and
Purchase Agreement");
(d) a service agency agreement between the Trustee and IFC (in its capacity as service agent, the "Service
Agent") to be dated on or about the Issue Date (the "Service Agency Agreement");
(e) a purchase undertaking granted by IFC in favour of the Trustee and the Delegate to be dated on or about
the Issue Date (the "Purchase Undertaking"); and
(f) a sale undertaking granted by the Trustee in favour of IFC to be dated on or about the Issue Date (the
"Sale Undertaking"),
each as may be amended and restated from time to time (together with the Certificates and any other
agreements, deeds, undertakings, or documents entered into pursuant to any of the foregoing or which can be
entered into by the parties to any of the foregoing from time to time and are designated as such by the parties
thereto and the Delegate, the "Transaction Documents").
The Trustee will, and by its acquisition and holding of the Certificates each of the Certificateholders shall be
deemed to authorise and direct the Trustee to: (a) apply the Issuance Proceeds towards the acquisition of the
Initial Portfolio; and (b) enter into each other Transaction Document to which it is a party. The Trustee will hold
its interests in the Trust Assets in its own name and on its own behalf and for the account and benefit of the
Certificateholders and the income accruing to the Trustee from the Sukuk Assets, together with any capital
arising from the disposal of such Sukuk Assets, shall be for the benefit of, and shall be accounted by the Trustee
to, the Certificateholders.
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Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust the Delegate shall: (a) enter into the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party and; (b) enforce its rights thereunder, subject to the terms and conditions of the Declaration of Trust as
supplemented by these Conditions.
These Conditions include summaries of, and are subject to, the detailed provisions of the Declaration of Trust
and the Agency Agreement.
1. INTERPRETATION
Words and expressions defined in the Declaration of Trust and the Agency Agreement shall have the
same meanings where used in these Conditions unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise
stated. In addition, in these Conditions the following expressions have the following meanings:
"Appointee" means any attorney, manager, agent, delegate, nominee, custodian or other person
appointed or employed by the Delegate in connection with the performance by the Delegate of its
obligations under the Declaration of Trust;
"authorisation" means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing,
notarisation or registration;
"Business Day" means a day (other than Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks and foreign
exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business (including dealings in foreign
exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London, New York and Dubai;
"Cancellation Amount" has the meaning given to it in Condition 9.4;
"Certificateholder" means a person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Register (or in the
case of joint holders, the first person named thereof) and the expressions "holder" and "holder of
Certificates" and related expressions shall (where appropriate) be construed accordingly;
"Corporate Administrator" means MaplesFS Limited in its capacity as the corporate administrator of
the Trustee;
"Corporate Services Agreement" means the corporate services agreement entered or to be entered into
between the Trustee and the Corporate Administrator;
"Day Count Fraction" means, in relation to a Periodic Distribution Period or any other period in respect
of which a payment is due to be made, the actual number of days in that period divided by 360;
"Dissolution Date" means any of the Dissolution Redemption Date, the Tax Redemption Date, the
Scheduled Dissolution Date or any other date specified in accordance with these Conditions for the
redemption of all of the Certificates;
"Dissolution Distribution Amount" means, as of any date, the aggregate face amount of the Certificates
then outstanding plus all unpaid accrued Periodic Profit Amounts and all other unpaid accrued amounts
(if any) due and payable under these Conditions as of the relevant Dissolution Date, including such
additional amounts as may be payable pursuant to Condition 10;
"Dissolution Event" has the meaning given to it in Condition 12;
"Dissolution Redemption Date" has the meaning given to it in Condition 12;
"Distribution Period" means the period beginning on (and including) the Issue Date and ending on (but
excluding) the first Periodic Distribution Determination Date and each successive period beginning on
(and including) a Periodic Distribution Determination Date and ending on (but excluding) the next
succeeding Periodic Distribution Determination Date;
"Eligibility Criteria" means:
(a) in respect of any Portfolio Assets (other than Shares), the relevant Portfolio Asset is an asset:
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(i) which constitutes legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Portfolio Asset
Obligor thereof in the jurisdiction in which such Portfolio Asset Obligor is located and,
in the case of an Ijara Asset, in the jurisdiction in which the related asset in respect of
such Ijara Asset is located;
(ii) in respect of which the Seller is entitled to receive all payments or proceeds of sale (as
the case may be);
(iii) which was originated and/or acquired by the Seller in a manner consistent with its usual
credit, origination and investment policies;
(iv) in respect of which the Seller's rights, title, interests, benefits and entitlements therein are
capable of being sold, transferred and assigned by the Seller to the Purchaser in
accordance with all applicable laws, its own terms and the terms set out in the Sale and
Purchase Agreement; and
(v) which has been originated and/or acquired by the Seller pursuant to documentation
approved by a Shari'a board or advisor; and
(b) in respect of any Share:
(i) the relevant company that has issued such Share (the "Relevant Company") complies
with the following requirements:
(A) its core business activities comply with the principles of Shari'a and, in
particular, the Relevant Company does not undertake core business activities or
core investments in the following industry sectors:
(1) conventional finance, conventional insurance or alcohol;
(2) pork-related products and production, packaging and processing of
food that is prohibited under Shari'a or any other activities related to
pork and food that is prohibited under Shari'a;
(3) advertising and media (excluding media and advertising companies
generating revenues in excess of 65 per cent. of total income from the
member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, newspapers,
news channels and sports channels);
(4) tobacco, cloning, gambling or pornography; and
(5) trading of gold and silver as cash on deferred basis;
(B) it has not issued any preference shares;
(C) its total conventional finance debt obligations are:
(1) if the Shares are unlisted, less than 33 per cent. of its total assets; or
(2) if the Shares are listed, less than 33 per cent. of its average market
capitalisation over the past 36 months,
(in each case, as specified in its most recent set of audited financial statements)
(for the avoidance of doubt, this ratio excludes the Islamic finance debt
obligations of the Relevant Company);
(D) its total cash plus interest bearing investments and deposits are:
(1) if the Shares are unlisted, less than 33 per cent. of its total assets; or
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(2) if the Shares are listed, less than 33 per cent. of its average market
capitalisation over the past 36 months,
(in each case, as specified in its most recent set of audited financial statements);
(E) its accounts receivables are:
(1) if the Shares are unlisted, less than 49 per cent. of its total assets; or
(2) if the Shares are listed, less than 49 per cent. of its average market
capitalisation over the past 36 months,
(in each case, as specified in its most recent set of audited financial statements);
and
(F) its total revenue per annum from non-permissible income (other than interest
income) that does not comply with Shari'a does not exceed more than 5 per cent.
of its total revenues per annum (as specified in its most recent set of audited
financial statements);
(ii) the Shares are fully paid; and
(iii) all Taxes and other outstanding monetary obligations due and payable in respect of the
Shares have been paid in full;
"Eligible Asset" means Tangible Assets and Intangible Assets which comply, in each case, with the
Eligibility Criteria;
"Exercise Price" means the aggregate of:
(a) the aggregate face amount of Certificates then outstanding; plus
(b) all accrued but unpaid Periodic Profit Amounts (if any); plus
(c) an amount equal to the Outstanding Liquidity Amount (if any); plus
(d) without duplication or double counting, an amount representing any amounts payable by the
Trustee (in any capacity) under the Transaction Documents (including but not limited to costs and
expenses due but unpaid to the Delegate, any unpaid Service Agent Liabilities Amounts and any
other Priority Amounts which remain outstanding as at the applicable Dissolution Date);
less
(e) the amounts (if any) that were standing to the credit of the Principal Collection Account and Profit
Collection Account and which have been paid into the Transaction Account in accordance with
the Service Agency Agreement and which shall be available on the applicable Dissolution Date to
pay a proportion of the aggregate amounts payable on redemption of the Certificates;
"Extraordinary Resolution" has the meaning given to it in schedule 4 to the Declaration of Trust;
"Ijara Asset" means an asset in relation to which IFC or any person on its behalf has entered into an
Ijara Contract (and includes that Ijara Contract and all rights of the lessor under such Ijara Contract),
provided that such asset is in existence on the date on which it forms part of the Portfolio;
"Ijara Contract" means an ijara contract entered into by IFC or any person on its behalf (as lessor) and
another person (as lessee) pursuant to which the lessor leases an asset to the lessee, and in respect of
which payments are due from the lessee to the lessor, including any other agreements or documents
associated with that contract;
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"Initial Portfolio" means the initial portfolio of assets described in schedule 1 to the Sale and Purchase
Agreement as established pursuant to a certificate dated on or about 15 September 2015 signed by an
authorised officer of the Seller in accordance with the powers delegated to such authorised officer by the
board of directors of the Seller (including, without limitation, the right to receive payment of any
amounts due in relation to such assets, the right to demand, sue for, recover, receive and give receipts for
all amounts payable or to become payable in relation to such assets and the benefit of and the right to sue
on all covenants in favour of the Seller and the right to exercise all powers of the Seller in relation to
such assets);
"Initial Portfolio Assets" means the Eligible Assets forming part of the Initial Portfolio as specified in
schedule 1 to the Sale and Purchase Agreement;
"Intangible Asset" means murabaha receivables under a murabaha (sale of commodities or goods on a
cost plus basis) contract;
"Issuance Proceeds" means the proceeds of issuance of the Certificates;
"Liability" means any actual loss, damage, fees, cost (excluding costs of funding), charge, claim,
demand, expense, judgment, action, proceeding or other liability whatsoever (including, without
limitation, in respect of taxes, duties, levies, imposts and other charges) and including any value added
tax or other tax charged or chargeable in respect thereof and properly incurred legal fees and expenses on
a full indemnity basis;
"Liquidity Facility" has the meaning given to it in the definition of Outstanding Liquidity Amount;
"London Banking Day" means a day on which commercial banks are open for general business
(including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London;
"Outstanding Liquidity Amount" means the amount (if any) of funding provided under a liquidity
facility pursuant to the terms of the Service Agency Agreement (the "Liquidity Facility") and which has
not been repaid in accordance with the provisions of the Service Agency Agreement;
"Payment Grace Period" means the aggregate of: (a) 90 days; and (b) a further 30 days after notice is
given by the Trustee to IFC of the failure to pay within that 90 day period;
"Periodic Distribution Amount" has the meaning given to it in Condition 7.1;
"Periodic Distribution Date" means 15 March and 15 September in each year, commencing on 15
March 2016 up to and including 15 September 2020 (or if any such day is not a Business Day, the
following Business Day unless it would thereby fall into the next calendar month, in which event such
day shall be the immediately preceding Business Day);
"Periodic Distribution Determination Date" means the Business Day immediately preceding each
Periodic Distribution Date;
"Periodic Distribution Period" means the period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the
first Periodic Distribution Date, and thereafter each successive period from and including a Periodic
Distribution Date to but excluding the immediately following Periodic Distribution Date or the
Dissolution Date (if such date is not a Periodic Distribution Date);
"Periodic Principal Amount" means the amount so specified in Schedule 1 in respect of the relevant
Periodic Distribution Date;
"Periodic Profit Amount" means the amount equal to the product of: (a) the Profit Rate; (b) the
aggregate face amount of the Certificates outstanding on the final day of the relevant Periodic
Distribution Period; and (c) the Day Count Fraction, plus such additional amounts as may be payable
pursuant to Condition 10;
"person" means any individual, company, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association,
organisation, state or agency of a state or other entity, whether or not having separate legal personality;
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"Portfolio" means the Initial Portfolio together with any Eligible Assets which: (a) have been acquired
by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Purchase Agreement; or (b) may have been
substituted for any Portfolio Assets, from time to time, in accordance with the terms of the Service
Agency Agreement, the Purchase Undertaking and any related Sale Agreement or the Sale Undertaking
and any related Sale Agreement but excluding (i) any Portfolio Assets in relation to which clause 2.3 of
the Sale and Purchase Agreement or any equivalent provision in any sale and purchase agreement
relating to any Eligible Assets acquired by the Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Undertaking or the
Sale Undertaking has become applicable and the Seller has paid an amount equal to the relevant purchase
price for such Portfolio Asset to the Purchaser; and (ii) any Principal Shortfall Portfolio Interest
transferred to IFC in accordance with the Purchase Undertaking;
"Portfolio Asset Obligor" means the entity or entities obliged to make payments in respect of a Portfolio
Asset in accordance with applicable laws and the terms of the Portfolio Asset;
"Portfolio Assets" means:
(a) the Initial Portfolio Assets; and
(b) any Eligible Assets acquired by the Trustee or on the Trustee's behalf in accordance with the
terms of the Sale Undertaking or the Purchase Undertaking,
but excluding any Portfolio Asset that has been substituted, sold or transferred and conveyed to IFC in
accordance with the terms of the Sale and Purchase Agreement, the Purchase Undertaking or the Sale
Undertaking;
"Principal Collection Account" means the principal collection account ledger maintained by the Service
Agent in accordance with the Service Agency Agreement;
"Principal Shortfall Portfolio Interest" has the meaning given to it in the Purchase Undertaking;
"Priority Amounts" means any amounts described in Condition 5.2(a) and Condition 5.2(b);
"Profit Collection Account" means the profit collection account ledger maintained by the Service Agent
in accordance with the Service Agency Agreement;
"Profit Rate" means the rate applicable to the Certificates for each Periodic Distribution Period and
determined by the Principal Paying Agent on the following basis:
(a) the Principal Paying Agent will determine the rate for deposits in U.S. dollars for a period equal to
the relevant Periodic Distribution Period which appears on the display page designated LIBOR01
on Reuters (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or such other service as
may be nominated as the information vendor, for the purpose of displaying comparable rates) as
of 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the second London Banking Day before the Periodic Distribution
Determination Date;
(b) if such rate does not appear on that page, the Principal Paying Agent will:
(i) request the principal London office of each of four major banks in the London interbank
market to provide a quotation of the rate at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by it
in the London interbank market at approximately 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the Periodic
Distribution Determination Date to prime banks in the London interbank market for a
period equal to the relevant Periodic Distribution Period and in an amount that is
representative for a single transaction in that market at that time; and
(ii) determine the arithmetic mean (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred
thousandth of a percentage point, 0.000005 being rounded upwards) of such quotations;
and
(c) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested, the Principal Paying Agent will
determine the arithmetic mean (rounded, if necessary, as aforesaid) of the rates quoted by major
banks in New York City, selected by the Principal Paying Agent, at approximately 11.00 a.m.
(New York City time) on the first day of the relevant Periodic Distribution Period for loans in
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U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a period equal to the relevant Periodic Distribution
Period and in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in that market at that time,
and the Profit Rate for such Periodic Distribution Period shall be the the rate or (as the case may be) the
arithmetic mean so determined minus 0.1 per cent. per annum; provided, however, that if the Principal
Paying Agent is unable to determine a rate or (as the case may be) an arithmetic mean in accordance with
the above provisions in relation to any Periodic Distribution Period, the Profit Rate applicable to the
Certificates during such Periodic Distribution Period will be the rate or (as the case may be) arithmetic
mean last determined in relation to the Certificates in respect of a preceding Periodic Distribution Period
minus 0.1 per cent. per annum;
"Purchase Price" has the meaning given to it in Condition 5.1;
"Record Date" has the meaning given in Condition 8.1;
"Register" has the meaning given to it in Condition 2.1;
"Registered Office Agreement" means the registered office agreement entered or to be entered into
between the Trustee and the Corporate Administrator;
"Relevant Company" has the meaning given to it in the definition of Eligibility Criteria;
"Relevant Date" means the date on which the payment first becomes due but, if the full amount of the
money payable has not been received by the relevant Paying Agent or the Trustee or the Registrar on or
before the due date, it means the date on which the full amount of the money having been so received,
notice to that effect shall have been duly given to Certificateholders by the Trustee in accordance with
Condition 15;
"Relevant Jurisdiction" means the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or authority thereof or
therein having the power to tax;
"Reserved Matter" has the meaning given to it in schedule 4 to the Declaration of Trust;
"Sale Agreement" means an agreement substantially in the form set out at schedule 4 of the Purchase
Undertaking or at schedule 4 of the Sale Undertaking, as applicable;
"Scheduled Dissolution Date" means 15 September 2020;
"Service Agent Liabilities Amount" means, in relation to each Periodic Distribution Determination
Date, the amount of any claims, losses, costs and expenses properly incurred or suffered by the Service
Agent or other payments made by the Service Agent on behalf of the Trustee, in each case in providing
the Services during the Distribution Period ending on such Periodic Distribution Determination Date,
but, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include any amount due to the Service Agent under the Service
Agency Agreement in respect of any Liquidity Facility;
"Services" means the services specified in clause 4 of the Service Agency Agreement, relating to the
Portfolio Assets to be provided by the Service Agent on behalf of the Trustee, in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the Service Agency Agreement;
"Services Term" means the period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on the date on which all of
the Certificates have been redeemed in full;
"Shares" means the shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether
voting or non-voting) of the equity of a company that satisfy the applicable Eligibility Criteria;
"Specified Denomination" has the meaning given to it in Condition 2.1;
"Specified Office" means the initial specified offices of the Agents as set out in Condition 8.4 or any
other specified offices notified pursuant to Condition 8.4;
"Sukuk Assets" means the Portfolio Assets and the amounts standing to the credit of the Principal
Collection Account, the Profit Collection Account and the Reserve Account from time to time;
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"Tangible Asset" means an Ijara Asset, a Tangible Sukuk and/or Shares;
"Tax Event" has the meaning given to it in Condition 9.3;
"Tax Redemption Date" has the meaning given to it in Condition 9.3;
"Taxes" has the meaning given to it in Condition 10;
"Tangible Sukuk" means Shari'a compliant tradable sukuk certificates which are owned by IFC;
"Transaction Account" means the account corresponding to the following details:
Correspondent bank: Citibank NA New York
Correspondent bank SWIFT: CITIUS33 (ABA: 021000089)
Beneficiary bank: Citibank NA London
Beneficiary bank SWIFT: CITIGB2L
Final beneficiary name: IFC Sukuk Transaction Account
Final beneficiary account (account number): 17690436
being the account opened by the Trustee with the Principal Paying Agent prior to the Issue Date and
operated by the Principal Paying Agent on behalf of the Trustee;
"Trust" has the meaning given to it in Condition 5.1;
"Trust Assets" means:
(a) all of the Trustee's rights, title, interest and benefit, present and future, in, to and under the
Portfolio Assets from time to time constituting the Portfolio, the Profit Collection Account, the
Principal Collection Account and the Reserve Account;
(b) all of the Trustee's rights, title, interest and benefit, present and future, in, to and under the
Transaction Documents (other than in relation to any representations given by IFC (acting in any
capacity) pursuant to any of the Transaction Documents);
(c) all monies standing to the credit of the Transaction Account from time to time; and
(d) all proceeds of the foregoing; and
"U.S. dollar" and "U.S.$" means the lawful currency for the time being of the United States of America.
The rules of interpretation set out in the Declaration of Trust shall apply to these Conditions as if set out
herein, mutatis mutandis.
2. FORM, DENOMINATION AND TITLE
2.1. Form and Denomination
The Certificates are issued in registered form in face amounts of U.S.$200,000 and integral multiples of
U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof (the "Specified Denomination").
A Certificate will be issued to each Certificateholder in respect of its registered holding of Certificates.
Each Certificate will be numbered serially with an identifying number which will be recorded on the
relevant Certificate and in the register of Certificateholders (the "Register") which the Trustee will cause
to be kept by the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of the Agency Agreement. Each Certificate
will bear the following legend:
"The Certificates are not obligations of the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development or of any Government."
Upon issue, the Certificates will be represented by interests in the Global Certificate, in fully registered
form, which will be deposited with, and registered in the name of a nominee for, a common depositary
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for Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. ("Euroclear") and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme ("Clearstream,
Luxembourg"). Interests in the Global Certificate will be shown on, and transfers thereof will only be
effected through, records maintained by Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg (as applicable), and
their respective participants.
2.2. Title
Title to the Certificates passes only by registration in the Register. Subject to the terms of any relevant
Global Certificate, the registered holder of any Certificate will (except as otherwise required by law) be
treated as the absolute owner of the Certificates represented by the Certificate for all purposes (whether
or not any payment thereon is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, obligation or any
interest or any writing on, or the theft or loss of, the Certificate) and no person will be liable for so
treating the holder of any Certificate.
3. TRANSFERS OF CERTIFICATES
3.1. Transfers
Subject to Condition 3.4, Condition 3.5, the limitations as to transfer set out in Condition 2.2 and the
provisions of the Agency Agreement, a Certificate may be transferred in whole or in an amount equal to
the Specified Denomination or any integral multiple thereof by depositing the Certificate, with the form
of transfer on the back duly completed and signed, at the Specified Office of the Registrar or the Transfer
Agent together with such evidence as the Registrar or (as the case may be) such Transfer Agent may
reasonably require to prove the title of the transferor and the individuals who have executed the forms of
transfer.
Transfers of interests in the Certificates represented by a Global Certificate will be effected in accordance
with the rules of the relevant clearing system through which the interest is held.
3.2. Delivery of New Certificates
Each new Certificate to be issued upon any transfer of Certificates will, within five business days of
receipt by the Registrar or the Transfer Agent of the duly completed form of transfer endorsed on the
relevant Certificate, be mailed by uninsured mail at the risk of the holder entitled to the Certificate to the
address specified in the form of transfer.
Where some but not all of the Certificates in respect of which a Certificate is issued are to be transferred,
a new Certificate in respect of the Certificates not so transferred will, within five business days of receipt
by the Registrar or the Transfer Agent of the original Certificate, be mailed by uninsured mail at the risk
of the holder of the Certificates not so transferred to the address of such holder appearing on the Register
or as specified in the form of transfer.
Except in the limited circumstances described in the Global Certificate, owners of interests in a Global
Certificate will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of individual certificates in respect of their
individual holdings of Certificates.
For the purposes of this Condition 3.2, "business day" shall mean a day on which banks are open for
business in the city in which the Specified Office of the Registrar or the Transfer Agent with whom a
Certificate is deposited in connection with a transfer is located.
3.3. Formalities Free of Charge
Registration of any transfer of Certificates will be effected without charge on behalf of the Trustee by the
Registrar or any Transfer Agent but upon payment (or the giving of such indemnity as the Trustee, the
Registrar or any Transfer Agent may reasonably require) by the transferee in respect of any stamp duty,
tax or other governmental charges which may be imposed in relation to such transfer.
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3.4. Closed Periods
No Certificateholder may require the transfer of a Certificate to be registered during the period of seven
days ending on (and including) any Periodic Distribution Date or, as the case may be, any Dissolution
Date.
3.5. Regulations
All transfers of Certificates and entries on the Register will be made subject to the detailed regulations
concerning transfer of Certificates scheduled to the Declaration of Trust (as amended from time to time).
A copy of the current regulations will be mailed (free of charge) by the Registrar to any Certificateholder
who requests in writing a copy of such regulations.
4. STATUS AND LIMITED RECOURSE
4.1. Status
Each Certificate represents an undivided ownership interest in the Trust Assets and is a direct, unsecured,
unsubordinated and limited recourse obligation of the Trustee. Each Certificate will rank pari passu,
without preference or priority, with all other Certificates issued in accordance with these Conditions.
4.2. Limited Recourse
Save as provided in this Condition 4.2, the Certificates do not represent an interest in or obligation of any
of the Trustee, IFC, the Delegate, any of the Agents or any of their respective affiliates. The proceeds of
the Trust Assets are the sole source of payments on the Certificates. The net proceeds of the realisation
of, or enforcement with respect to, the Trust Assets may not be sufficient to make all payments due in
respect of the Certificates. Subject to Condition 13, each Certificateholder, by subscribing for or
acquiring the Certificates, acknowledge that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these
Conditions or any Transaction Document:
(a) no payment of any amount whatsoever under or in connection with these Conditions or under any
relevant Transaction Document shall be made by the Trustee or the Delegate or any of their
directors, officers, employees or agents on their behalf except to the extent funds are available
therefor from the relevant Trust Assets and further acknowledges and agrees that no recourse shall
be had for the payment of any amount due and owing hereunder, whether for the payment of any
fee or other amount under, or any other obligation or claim arising out of or based upon, these
Conditions or under any relevant Transaction Document, against the Trustee or the Delegate to the
extent the Trust Assets have been exhausted following which all obligations of the Trustee shall
be extinguished;
(b) it will not petition for, institute, or join with any other person in instituting proceedings for, the
reorganisation, arrangement, liquidation, bankruptcy, winding-up or receivership or other
proceedings under any bankruptcy or similar law against the Trustee (and/or its directors), the
Delegate, the Agents or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders
or affiliates;
(c) no recourse (whether by institution or enforcement of any legal proceedings or assessment or
otherwise) in respect of any breaches of any duty, obligation or undertaking of the Trustee or the
Delegate arising under or in connection with these Conditions or under any relevant Transaction
Document by virtue of any customary law, statute or otherwise shall be had against any
shareholder, officer, employee, agent, director or corporate services provider of the Trustee or the
Delegate in their capacity as such for any breaches by the Trustee or the Delegate and any and all
personal liability of every such shareholder, officer, employee, agent, director or corporate
services provider of the Trustee or the Delegate in its capacity as such for any breaches by the
Trustee or the Delegate of any such duty, obligation or undertaking is hereby expressly waived
and excluded to the extent permitted by law. The obligations of the Trustee and the Delegate
under these Conditions or under any relevant Transaction Document are corporate or limited
liability obligations of the Trustee and no personal liability shall attach to or be incurred by the
shareholders, members, officers, employees, agents, directors or corporate services provider of the
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Trustee or the Delegate (in their capacity as such), save in the case of their wilful default or actual
fraud; and
(d) it shall not be entitled to claim or exercise any right of set-off, counterclaim, abatement or other
similar remedy which it might otherwise have, under the laws of any jurisdiction, in respect of any
sums due under these Conditions or under any relevant Transaction Document with respect to any
liability owed by it to the Trustee or claim any lien or other rights over any property held by it on
behalf of the Trustee.
Reference in this Condition 4.2 to wilful default or actual fraud means a finding to such effect by a court
of competent jurisdiction in relation to the conduct of the relevant party.
Pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents, IFC is obliged to make payments under the relevant
Transaction Documents to which it is a party directly to or to the order of the Trustee. Such payment
obligations form part of the Trust Assets and the Trustee and the Delegate (acting in the name and on
behalf of the Trustee) will thereby have direct recourse against IFC to recover payments due to the
Trustee from IFC pursuant to such Transaction Documents notwithstanding any other provision of this
Condition 4.2. Such right of the Trustee and the Delegate shall constitute an unsecured claim against
IFC. None of the Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Delegate shall be entitled to claim any priority
right in respect of any specific assets of IFC in connection with the enforcement of any such claim.
5. TRUST
5.1. Summary
Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee will declare a trust (the "Trust") for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and will hold the Trust Assets upon trust absolutely for and on behalf of the
Certificateholders pro rata according to the face amount of Certificates held by each holder.
On the Issue Date, the Trustee will apply the Issuance Proceeds (as the "Purchase Price") to purchase
IFC's interests, rights, title, benefits and entitlements, present and future, in, to and under the Initial
Portfolio pursuant to the Sale and Purchase Agreement.
Under the Service Agency Agreement, the Trustee will appoint IFC as the Service Agent to perform
certain Services in respect of the Sukuk Assets for the duration of the Services Term.
On the business day prior to each Periodic Distribution Date, the Service Agent shall:
(i) after payment to itself for any unpaid Service Agent Liabilities Amounts, use amounts standing
to the credit of the Profit Collection Account to pay to the Transaction Account an amount
which is intended to be sufficient to fund the Periodic Profit Amount due on such Periodic
Distribution Date; and
(ii) use amounts standing to the credit of the Principal Collection Account to pay to the Transaction
Account an amount which is intended to be sufficient to fund the Periodic Principal Amount due
on such Periodic Distribution Date,
and, in each case, any such amounts paid into the Transaction Account shall be applied by the Trustee for
that purpose.
On the business day prior to a Dissolution Date:
(1) the Service Agent shall pay all amounts standing to the credit of the Principal Collection Account
and the Profit Collection Account to the Transaction Account; and
(2) the Trustee will have the right under the Purchase Undertaking to require IFC to purchase and
accept the transfer of all of the Trustee's interests, rights, title, benefits and entitlements, present
and future, in, to and under the Portfolio in consideration for payment by IFC of the Exercise
Price,
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and, in each case, any such amounts paid into the Transaction Account shall be applied by the Trustee for
payment of the relevant Dissolution Distribution Amount payable on such Dissolution Date.
5.2. Application of Proceeds from Trust Assets
On each Periodic Distribution Date or any Dissolution Date the relevant Paying Agent will apply the
monies standing to the credit of the Transaction Account in the following order of priority:
(a) first, (to the extent not previously paid) to the Delegate in respect of all amounts owing to it or any
Appointee under, or which it is entitled to receive pursuant to, the Transaction Documents in its
capacity as Delegate in accordance with the terms of the Declaration of Trust and to any receiver,
manager or administrative receiver or any other analogous officer and any agent approved or
employed in respect of the Trust by the Delegate in accordance with the Declaration of Trust;
(b) second, (to the extent not previously paid) to pay pro rata and pari passu: (i) to the Trustee in
respect of all properly incurred and documented amounts payable to it under the Transaction
Documents in its capacity as Trustee; (ii) to each Agent in respect of all amounts owing to such
Agent on account of its fees, costs, charges and expenses and the payment or satisfaction of any
liability properly incurred by such Agent pursuant to the Agency Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents in its capacity as Agent; and (iii) the Corporate Administrator in respect
of all amounts payable to it on account of its fees, costs, charges and expenses and the payment or
satisfaction of any Liability incurred by the Corporate Administrator pursuant to the Corporate
Services Agreement and the Registered Office Agreement;
(c) third, (to the extent not previously paid) in or towards payment pari passu and rateably of all
Periodic Distribution Amounts due and unpaid;
(d) fourth, only if such payment is made on a Dissolution Date, in or towards payment pari passu and
rateably of the Dissolution Distribution Amount; and
(e) fifth, only after all necessary payments above have been made in full, to IFC.
6. COVENANTS
The Trustee covenants that, among other things, for so long as any Certificate is outstanding (as defined
in the Declaration of Trust), it shall not:
(a) incur any indebtedness in respect of any financing whatsoever, or give any guarantee in respect of
any obligation of any person other than those in issue as at the Issue Date or as permitted pursuant
to any Transaction Document;
(b) secure any of its present or future indebtedness for any financing by any lien, pledge, charge or
other security interest upon any of its present or future assets, properties or revenues (other than
those arising by operation of law) except pursuant to any Transaction Document;
(c) sell, transfer, assign, participate, exchange, or pledge, mortgage, hypothecate or otherwise
encumber (by security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), preference, priority or other security
agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever or otherwise) (or permit
such to occur or suffer such to exist), any part of its title to any of the Trust Assets or any interest
therein except pursuant to any Transaction Document;
(d) use the Issuance Proceeds for any purpose other than as provided for under the Transaction
Documents;
(e) subject to Condition 16, amend or agree to any amendment of any of the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party other than in accordance with the terms thereof;
(f) exercise its option under the Purchase Undertaking except in its capacity as Trustee;
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(g) act as trustee in respect of any trust other than the Trust, or in respect of any parties other than the
Certificateholders and/or act as agent for any trust arrangement (other than the Trust);
(h) have any subsidiaries or employees;
(i) redeem any of its shares or pay any dividend or make any other distribution to its shareholders;
(j) put to its directors or shareholders any resolution for or appoint any liquidator for its winding up
or any resolution for the commencement of any other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings with
respect to it; or
(k) enter into any contract, transaction, amendment, obligation or liability other than the Transaction
Documents and any subscription agreement connected to the issue of the Certificates or engage in
any business or activity other than:
(i) as provided for or permitted in the Transaction Documents;
(ii) the ownership, management and disposal of the Trust Assets as provided in the
Transaction Documents; and
(iii) such other matters which are incidental thereto.
7. PERIODIC DISTRIBUTION PROVISIONS
7.1. Periodic Distribution Amount
Subject to Condition 5.2 and Condition 8, the Principal Paying Agent shall distribute to holders of the
Certificates, out of amounts transferred to the Transaction Account, a distribution in relation to the
Certificates on each Periodic Distribution Date equal to the applicable Periodic Distribution Amount.
The Periodic Distribution Amount payable on any Periodic Distribution Date shall be distributed pro rata
to each Certificateholder (in an amount calculated by multiplying the Periodic Distribution Amount by a
fraction of which the numerator is the face amount of the relevant Certificateholder's Certificates and the
denominator is the aggregate face amount of the Certificates outstanding on the relevant Periodic
Distribution Date, and rounding the resultant figure to the nearest U.S.$0.01 with U.S.$0.005 being
rounded upwards).
The "Periodic Distribution Amount" payable on each Periodic Distribution Date shall be the aggregate
of the Periodic Principal Amount and the Periodic Profit Amount payable on such Periodic Distribution
Date.
7.2. Publication
Following determination of the Periodic Distribution Amount for the forthcoming Periodic Distribution
Period and the related Periodic Distribution Date by the Principal Paying Agent, the Principal Paying
Agent shall, if required to do so by the rules of the relevant stock exchange, listing authority and/or
quotation system, notify, or shall procure the notification to, the stock exchange or quotation system on
which the Certificates are listed and/or traded at the relevant time, as soon as practicable after the
determination thereof but in no event later than the first day of the relevant Periodic Distribution Period,
details of such Periodic Distribution Amount. In addition, the Principal Paying Agent shall arrange for
such Periodic Distribution Amount to be published in accordance with Condition 15 as soon as
practicable after its determination but in no event later than the fourth Business Day thereafter.
Each Periodic Distribution Amount and Periodic Distribution Date may subsequently be amended (or
appropriate alternative arrangements made by way of adjustment) without notice in the event of an
extension or shortening of the related Periodic Distribution Period. In the event of any such amendment,
the Principal Paying Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, notify the stock exchange, listing
authority and/or quotation system, on which the Certificates are listed and/or traded at the relevant time
of the amended Periodic Distribution Amount and Periodic Distribution Date, and shall arrange for such
amended Periodic Distribution Amount and Periodic Distribution Date to be published in accordance
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with Condition 15 as soon as practicable after determination of such amendment but in no event later
than the fourth Business Day thereafter.
7.3. Notifications etc.
All notifications, opinions, determinations, certificates, calculations, quotations and decisions given,
expressed, made or obtained for the purposes of this Condition 7 by the Principal Paying Agent on behalf
of the Trustee will (in the absence of manifest error) be binding on the Trustee, IFC, the Delegate, the
Agents and the Certificateholders. No liability to the Trustee, IFC, the Delegate, the Agents or the
Certificateholders shall attach to the Principal Paying Agent in connection with the exercise or non-
exercise by it of its powers, duties and discretions for such purposes.
7.4. Cessation of Accrual
No further amounts will be payable on any Certificate from and including its due date for redemption.
8. PAYMENT
8.1. Payments in Respect of Certificates
Payment of each Periodic Distribution Amount and, subject to Condition 8.3, the relevant Dissolution
Distribution Amount will be made to the holder shown on the Register at the close of business on the
relevant Record Date and will be made by the relevant Paying Agent in U.S. dollars by wire transfer in
same day funds to the registered account of each Certificateholder. Payments of the Periodic Distribution
Amount will only be made against write-down of the aggregate face amount of the Certificates then
outstanding to the amount so specified in Schedule 1 in respect of the relevant Periodic Distribution
Date. Payments of the Dissolution Distribution Amount will only be made against surrender of the
relevant Certificate at the Specified Office of the relevant Paying Agent.
For the purposes of these Conditions:
(a) a Certificateholder's "registered account" means an account denominated in U.S. dollars
maintained by or on behalf of it with a bank that processes payments in U.S. dollars, details of
which appear on the Register at the close of business on the relevant Record Date;
(b) a Certificateholder's "registered address" means its address appearing on the Register at that
time; and
(c) "Record Date" means:
(i) in the case of the payment of a Periodic Distribution Amount, the close of business on the
day prior to the relevant Periodic Distribution Date; and
(ii) in the case of the payment of the Dissolution Distribution Amount, the date falling two
Payment Business Days before the Dissolution Date or other due date for the payment of
the Dissolution Distribution Amount.
8.2. Payments Subject to Applicable Laws
Payments in respect of Certificates are subject in all cases to any fiscal or other laws, regulations and
directives applicable in the place of payment, but without prejudice to the provisions of Condition 10.
8.3. Payment only on a Business Day
Where payment is to be made by transfer to a registered account, payment instructions (for value the due
date or, if that is not a Business Day, for value the first following day which is a Business Day) will be
initiated by the relevant Paying Agent, on the due date for payment or, in the case of a payment of the
Dissolution Distribution Amount, if later, on the Business Day on which the relevant Certificate is
surrendered at the Specified Office of the relevant Paying Agent.
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Certificateholders will not be entitled to any additional Periodic Distribution Amount, Dissolution
Distribution Amount or other payment for any delay after the due date in receiving the amount due if the
due date is not a Business Day, if the relevant Certificateholder is late in surrendering its Certificate (if
required to do so).
If the amount of any Periodic Distribution Amount or the Dissolution Distribution Amount is not paid in
full when due, the Registrar will annotate the Register with a record of the amount actually paid.
8.4. Agents
In acting under the Agency Agreement and in connection with the Certificates, the Agents act solely as
agents of the Trustee and (to the extent provided in the Declaration of Trust and the Agency Agreement)
the Delegate and do not assume any obligations towards or relationship of agency with any of the
Certificateholders or any other party to the Transaction Documents.
The names of the initial Agents and their initial Specified Offices are set out in this Condition 8. The
Trustee reserves the right at any time to vary or terminate the appointment of any Agent and/or to appoint
additional or other Agents provided that: (a) it will at all times maintain a Principal Paying Agent and a
Registrar; (b) so long as any Certificates are admitted to listing, trading and/or quotation on any listing
authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system, there will at all times be a Paying Agent and a
Transfer Agent having its Specified Office in such place (if any) as may be required by the rules of such
listing authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system; and (c) there will at all times be a Paying
Agent (which may be the Principal Paying Agent) located in an EU Member State that is not obliged to
withhold or deduct tax pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC on the taxation of savings
income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such
Directive.
Notice of any such change or any change of any Specified Office shall be given to the Certificateholders
in accordance with Condition 15 and to the Trustee and the Delegate in accordance with the provisions of
the Agency Agreement.
The name and Specified Office of the Principal Paying Agent and Transfer Agent:
Citibank N.A., London Branch
Citigroup Centre
Canary Wharf
London E14 5LB
United Kingdom
The name and Specified Office of the Registrar:
Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland AG
Reuterweg 16
D-60323 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
9. CAPITAL DISTRIBUTIONS
9.1. Redemption on the Scheduled Dissolution Date
Unless previously redeemed, the Certificates shall be redeemed in full by the Trustee on the Scheduled
Dissolution Date at the Dissolution Distribution Amount as of such date, and the Trust shall be dissolved
following such payment in full.
The Dissolution Distribution Amount payable on the Scheduled Dissolution Date shall be distributed pro
rata to each Certificateholder (in an amount calculated by multiplying the Dissolution Distribution
Amount by a fraction of which the numerator is the face amount of the relevant Certificateholder's
Certificates and the denominator is the aggregate face amount of the Certificates outstanding on the
Scheduled Dissolution Date, and rounding the resultant figure to the nearest U.S.$0.01 with U.S.$0.005
being rounded upwards).
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9.2. Redemption following a Dissolution Event
Following the occurrence of a Dissolution Event, the Certificates may, subject to Condition 12, be
redeemed by the Trustee in full on the Dissolution Redemption Date at the Dissolution Distribution
Amount as of such date and the Trust shall be dissolved following such payment in full.
The Dissolution Distribution Amount payable on any Dissolution Redemption Date shall be distributed
pro rata to each Certificateholder (in an amount calculated by multiplying the Dissolution Distribution
Amount by a fraction of which the numerator is the face amount of the relevant Certificateholder's
Certificates and the denominator is the aggregate face amount of the Certificates outstanding on the
Dissolution Redemption Date and rounding the resultant figure to the nearest U.S.$0.01 with U.S.$0.005
being rounded upwards).
9.3. Redemption following a Tax Event
Upon the occurrence of a Tax Event and the exercise by IFC of its option under the Sale Undertaking and
the Trustee giving Certificateholders not less than 30 days' and not more than 65 days' notice prior to the
Periodic Distribution Date specified in the notice (the "Tax Redemption Date") given by the Trustee to
the Certificateholders in accordance with Condition 15 (which notice shall be irrevocable), all, but not
some only, of the Certificates will be redeemed in whole at the Dissolution Distribution Amount,
provided that no such notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 30 days prior to the earliest date on
which the Trustee would be obliged to pay such additional amounts were a payment in respect of the
Certificates then due.
Prior to the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this Condition 9.3, the Trustee shall
deliver to the Delegate: (a) a certificate signed by two directors of the Trustee stating that the obligation
referred to above cannot be avoided by the Trustee (having taken reasonable measures available to it);
and (b) an opinion of independent legal or tax advisers of recognised international standing to the effect
that such Tax Event has occurred (irrespective of whether the relevant amendment or change is then
effective), and the Delegate shall (without any investigation required of it) accept such certificate and
opinion as sufficient evidence of the conditions set out above without liability to any person in which
event it shall be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders.
Following the occurrence of a Tax Event, the Certificates shall be redeemed in full by the Trustee on the
Tax Redemption Date at the Dissolution Distribution Amount as of such date and the Trust shall be
dissolved following such payment in full.
The Dissolution Distribution Amount payable on any Tax Redemption Date shall be distributed pro rata
to each Certificateholder (in an amount calculated by multiplying the Dissolution Distribution Amount
by a fraction of which the numerator is the face amount of the relevant Certificateholder's Certificates
and the denominator is the aggregate face amount of the Certificates outstanding on the Tax Redemption
Date and rounding the resultant figure to the nearest U.S.$0.01 with U.S.$0.005 being rounded upwards).
For the purposes of this Condition 9.3, "Tax Event" means:
(a) the Trustee has or will become obliged to pay additional amounts as provided or referred to in
Condition 10 as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws or regulations of a Relevant
Jurisdiction or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws or regulations
(including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment becomes
effective on or after the Issue Date, and such obligation cannot be avoided by the Trustee taking
reasonable measures available to it; or
(b) the Trustee has received notice from IFC or the Service Agent (as the case may be) that it has or
will become obliged to pay additional amounts pursuant to the terms of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws or
regulations of a Relevant Jurisdiction or any change in the application or official interpretation of
such laws or regulations (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change
or amendment becomes effective on or after the Issue Date, and such obligation cannot be avoided
by IFC taking reasonable measures available to it.
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9.4. Cancellation
All Certificates which are:
(a) redeemed in full will forthwith be cancelled and accordingly may not be held, re-issued or sold; or
(b) surrendered for cancellation by IFC on a Periodic Distribution Date shall be cancelled by the
Trustee following notice of such cancellation by the Trustee to the Principal Paying Agent, the
Registrar and any other relevant Agent. The Trustee shall make any necessary or desirable
modifications to Schedule 1 and the Transaction Documents reflecting the reduction in the
outstanding face amount of the Certificates resulting from such cancellation, subject to IFC being
solely responsible for the payment of all fees, costs and expenses arising from any cancellation of
its Certificates or such modifications, including any legal fees for the issuances of legal opinions
and assurances required by the Trustee.
Subject to certain conditions, IFC shall be entitled to exercise its rights under the Sale Undertaking to
require the Trustee to cancel the relevant Certificates so purchased in consideration for:
(i) the transfer to IFC of certain Portfolio Assets; and/or
(ii) payment by the Trustee of a cash amount (the "Cancellation Amount").
9.5. No other Redemption or Capital Distributions
The Trustee shall not be entitled to redeem the Certificates, and the Certificateholders shall not be
entitled to receive capital distributions, otherwise than as provided in this Condition 9.
10. TAXATION
All payments in respect of the Certificates by the Trustee shall be made free and clear of, and without
withholding or deduction for or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or
governmental charges of whatever nature, imposed or levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on
behalf of any Relevant Jurisdiction ("Taxes"), unless the withholding or deduction of the Taxes is
required by law. In such event, the Trustee will pay such additional amounts as shall be necessary in
order that the full amount which otherwise would have been due and payable under the Certificates (if no
such withholding or deduction had been made or required to be made) is received by the
Certificateholders, except that no such additional amount shall be payable by the Trustee in relation to
any payment in respect of any Certificate:
(a) presented for payment (where presentation is required) by or on behalf of a holder who is liable
for such Taxes in respect of such Certificate by reason of having some connection with the
Relevant Jurisdiction other than the mere holding of such Certificate; or
(b) presented for payment (where presentation is required) more than 30 days after the due date for
payment of the Dissolution Distribution Amount except to the extent that a holder would have
been entitled to additional amounts on presenting the same for payment on the last day of the
period of 30 days assuming, whether or not such is in fact the case, that day to have been a
Business Day; or
(c) presented for payment (where presentation is required) by or on behalf of a holder who would not
be liable or subject to the withholding or deduction by making a declaration of non-residence or
other similar claim for exemption to the relevant tax authority; or
(d) where such withholding or deduction is imposed on a payment to an individual and is required to
be made pursuant to the European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any law implementing or
complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive; or
(e) presented for payment (where presentation is required) by or on behalf of a Certificateholder who
would be able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant Certificate to
another Paying Agent in a Member State of the European Union.
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IFC has pursuant to the Declaration of Trust undertaken to pay to the Trustee (for the benefit of the
Certificateholders) an amount equal to the liabilities of the Trustee in respect of any additional amounts
required to be paid in respect of the Certificates pursuant to this Condition 10.
11. PRESCRIPTION
The right to receive distributions in respect of the Certificates will be forfeited unless claimed within a
period of 10 years (in the case of the Dissolution Distribution Amount) and five years (in the case of
Periodic Distribution Amounts) from the Relevant Date in respect thereof. None of the Trustee, the
Agents or the Delegate shall be responsible or liable for any amounts so prescribed.
12. DISSOLUTION EVENTS
The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute a "Dissolution Event":
(a) a default is made in the payment of any Periodic Distribution Amount or the Dissolution
Distribution Amount, as applicable, on the date fixed for payment thereof and such default
continues unremedied for a period of the lesser of: (i) two Business Days after an amount equal to
that Periodic Distribution Amount or Dissolution Distribution Amount, as applicable, has been
paid into the Transaction Account; and (ii) the expiry of the Payment Grace Period; or
(b) an Event of Default occurs and is continuing; or
(c) at any time it is or will become unlawful for the Trustee to perform or comply with any of its
obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any of the obligations of the
Trustee under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are not, or cease to be, legal, valid,
binding and enforceable; or
(d) either:
(i) the Trustee becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due; or
(ii) an administrator or liquidator of the whole or substantially the whole of the undertaking,
assets and revenues of the Trustee is appointed (or application for any such appointment
is made); or
(iii) the Trustee takes any action for a readjustment or deferment of any of its obligations or
makes a general assignment or an arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of
its creditors; or
(iv) the Trustee ceases or threatens to cease to carry on all or substantially the whole of its
business (otherwise than for the purposes of or pursuant to an amalgamation,
reorganisation or restructuring whilst solvent); or
(e) an order or decree is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding up, liquidation or
dissolution of the Trustee; or
(f) any event occurs which under the laws of the Cayman Islands has an analogous effect to any of
the events referred to in paragraph (d) and paragraph (e) above.
Upon the occurrence of a Dissolution Event, the Trustee shall give notice of the occurrence of such
Dissolution Event to the Delegate and the Certificateholders in accordance with Condition 15 with a
request to such Certificateholders to indicate if they wish the Trust to be dissolved.
Upon the occurrence of a Dissolution Event following the issuance of a notice pursuant to the preceding
paragraph, the Delegate in its sole discretion may, and if so requested in writing by the holders of at least
25 per cent. of the aggregate face amount of the Certificates then outstanding or if so directed by an
Extraordinary Resolution of the holders of the Certificates shall (subject in each case to being
indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction), give notice to all the holders of such
Certificates in accordance with Condition 15 that the Certificates are immediately due and payable at the
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Dissolution Distribution Amount on the date specified in such notice (the "Dissolution Redemption
Date") and that the Trust is to be dissolved on the day after the last outstanding Certificate has been paid
in full.
IFC has agreed in the Purchase Undertaking that if any of the following events occurs and is continuing
it will constitute an "Event of Default":
(1) IFC fails to pay any amount due under any Transaction Document when due, and such failure
continues unremedied beyond the Payment Grace Period; or
(2) IFC fails to make any payment when due in respect of any notes, bonds or similar obligations
which shall have been issued, assumed or guaranteed by IFC, provided that the aggregate of such
amounts due but unpaid equals or exceeds U.S.$20,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other
currency or currencies) and such failure continues unremedied for a period of 90 days.
13. ENFORCEMENT AND EXERCISE OF RIGHTS
13.1. Actions by Delegate
Subject to Condition 13.2, upon the occurrence of a Dissolution Event, to the extent that the amounts
payable in respect of the Certificates have not been paid in full in accordance with these Conditions, the
Delegate shall take one or more of the following steps:
(a) enforce the provisions of the Purchase Undertaking against IFC in accordance with the provisions
of the Declaration of Trust; and/or
(b) enforce the provisions of the Service Agency Agreement against IFC in its capacity as Service
Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Declaration of Trust; and/or
(c) take such other steps as the Delegate may consider necessary to recover amounts due to the
Certificateholders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Delegate may at any time, at its discretion and without notice, take
such proceedings and/or other steps as it may think fit against or in relation to the Trustee and/or IFC to
enforce its respective obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Conditions and the Certificates.
13.2. Trustee and Delegate not bound to act
Neither the Trustee nor the Delegate shall be bound to take any action in relation to the Trust Assets or
any Dissolution Event or to take any proceedings or any other steps under these Conditions or the
Transaction Documents unless required to do so: (a) by an Extraordinary Resolution; or (b) in writing by
Certificateholders holding at least 25 per cent. of the aggregate face amount of the Certificates then
outstanding, and in either case, then only if it shall be indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its
satisfaction against any Liability to which it may render itself liable or which it may incur by so doing.
13.3. Certificateholders not entitled to proceed directly
No Certificateholder shall be entitled to proceed directly against the Trustee or IFC arising under the
Trust Assets or the Certificates or to enforce the performance of any provisions of any of the Transaction
Documents or for any other reason unless: (a) the Delegate has resigned its appointment in accordance
with the terms of the Declaration of Trust; and (b) no successor or replacement has been appointed in its
place (in accordance with the terms of the Declaration of Trust). Under no circumstances shall the
Trustee, the Delegate or any Certificateholder have any right to cause the sale or other disposition of any
of the Trust Assets except pursuant to the Purchase Undertaking and the only right of the Trustee and the
Delegate against IFC shall be to enforce IFC's obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it
is a party.
13.4. Satisfaction of Obligation of Trustee and Delegate
Condition 13.1, Condition 13.2 and Condition 13.3 are subject to this Condition 13.4. After enforcing
and distributing or realising the Trust Assets and distributing the net proceeds of the Trust Assets in
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accordance with Condition 5.2, the obligations of the Delegate and the Trustee in respect of the
Certificates shall be satisfied and no Certificateholder may take any steps against the Trustee or the
Delegate to recover any sums in respect of the Certificates and the right to receive any such sums unpaid
shall be extinguished. In particular, no Certificateholder shall be entitled in respect thereof to petition or
to take any other steps for the winding-up of the Trustee or the Delegate, nor shall any of them have any
claim in respect of the Trust Assets of any other trust established by the Trustee.
14. REPLACEMENT OF CERTIFICATES
If any Definitive Certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed, it may be replaced at the
Specified Office of the Registrar and/or the relevant Paying Agent upon payment by the claimant of the
expenses incurred in connection with the replacement and on such terms as to evidence, security and
indemnity as the Trustee, the Delegate and the Registrar and/or the relevant Paying Agent may
reasonably require. Mutilated or defaced Definitive Certificates must be surrendered before replacements
will be issued.
15. NOTICES
All notices to the Certificateholders will be valid if:
(a) published in a daily newspaper (which will be in a leading English language newspaper having
general circulation) in London approved by the Trustee; or
(b) mailed to them by first class pre-paid registered mail (or its equivalent) or (if posted to an
overseas address) by air mail at their respective addresses in the Register.
In addition, the Trustee shall also ensure that notices are duly given or published in a manner which
complies with the rules and regulations of any listing authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system
(if any) by which the Certificates have then been admitted to listing, trading and/or quotation. Any notice
shall be deemed to have been given on the second day after being so mailed or on the date of publication
or, if so published more than once or on different dates, on the date of the first publication.
So long as all the Certificates are represented by the Global Certificate and the Global Certificate is held
on behalf of a clearing system, notices to Certificateholders may be given by delivery of the relevant
notice to that clearing system for communication by it to entitled Certificateholders in substitution for
notification as required by the Conditions except that, so long as the Certificates are listed on any stock
exchange, notices shall also be published in accordance with the rules of such stock exchange. Any such
notice shall be deemed to have been given to the Certificateholders on the day after the day on which
such notice is delivered to the relevant clearing system.
16. MEETINGS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS, MODIFICATION, WAIVER, AUTHORISATION
AND DETERMINATION
16.1. Meetings of Certificateholders
The Delegate and/or the Trustee may convene meetings of Certificateholders in accordance with the
provisions contained in the Declaration of Trust to consider any matter affecting their interests, including
the modification or abrogation by Extraordinary Resolution of these Conditions or the provisions of the
Declaration of Trust or any other Transaction Documents. The quorum at any meeting for passing an
Extraordinary Resolution (other than in respect of a Reserved Matter) will be one or more
Certificateholders, proxies or representatives holding or representing in the aggregate more than 50 per
cent. in face amount of the Certificates for the time being outstanding or, at any adjourned such meeting,
one or more Certificateholders, proxies or representatives holding or representing whatever the
outstanding face amount of the Certificates held or represented by him or them. To be passed, an
Extraordinary Resolution requires a majority in favour consisting of not less than 75 per cent. of the
persons voting on a show of hands or, if a poll is demanded, a majority of not less than 75 per cent. of the
votes cast on such poll. An Extraordinary Resolution duly passed at any meeting of Certificateholders
will be binding on all holders of the Certificates, whether or not they are present at the meeting and
whether or not voting.
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16.2. Modification
The Trustee or, as the case may be, the Delegate may agree, without the consent or sanction of the
Certificateholders, to any modification of, or to the waiver or authorisation of any breach or proposed
breach of, any of the Conditions or any of the provisions of the Declaration of Trust or of any other
Transaction Documents, or determine, without any such consent as aforesaid, that any Dissolution Event
shall not be treated as such, if, in the opinion of the Trustee or, as the case may be, the Delegate:
(a) such modification is of a formal, minor or technical nature; or
(b) such modification is made to correct a manifest error; or
(c) such modification is required to effect cancellation of Certificates in accordance with Condition
9.4(b); or
(d) (other than in respect of a Reserved Matter) such modification, waiver, authorisation or
determination is not materially prejudicial to the interests of Certificateholders.
Any such modification, waiver, authorisation or determination may be made on such terms and subject to
such conditions (if any) as the Trustee or, as the case may be, the Delegate may determine, shall be
binding upon the Certificateholders and, unless the Trustee or the Delegate, as the case may be, otherwise
decides, shall as soon as practicable thereafter be notified to Certificateholders in accordance with
Condition 15.
16.3. Entitlement of Trustee
In connection with the exercise by it of any of its trusts (in the case of the Trustee only), powers,
authorities and discretions (including, without limitation, any modification, waiver, authorisation or
determination), the Trustee or, as the case may be, the Delegate (acting on behalf of the
Certificateholders) shall have regard to the general interests of Certificateholders as a class but shall not
have regard to any interests arising from circumstances particular to individual Certificateholders
(whatever their number) and, in particular but without limitation, shall not have regard to the
consequences of any such exercise for individual Certificateholders or groups of Certificateholders
(whatever their number) resulting from their being for any purpose domiciled or resident in, or otherwise
connected with, or subject to the jurisdiction of, any particular territory or any political subdivision
thereof and neither the Trustee nor the Delegate shall be entitled to require, nor shall any
Certificateholder be entitled to claim, from the Trustee, the Delegate or any other person any
indemnification or payment in respect of any tax consequence of any such exercise upon individual
Certificateholders except to the extent provided in Condition 10.
16.4. Determinations etc. binding
Any modification, abrogation, waiver, authorisation or determination shall be binding on
Certificateholders and any modification, abrogation, waiver, authorisation or determination shall be
notified by the Trustee (unless the Delegate agrees otherwise) to Certificateholders as soon as practicable
thereafter in accordance with Condition 15.
17. INDEMNIFICATION AND LIABILITY OF THE TRUSTEE AND THE REPRESENTATIVE
17.1. Indemnification of Trustee and Delegate
The Declaration of Trust contains provisions for the indemnification of the Trustee and the Delegate, in
each case in certain circumstances, and for relief from responsibility, including provisions relieving each
of them from taking action (in particular, in connection with the exercise of any of their respective rights
in respect of the Trust Assets) unless indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction.
Prior to taking any such action, the Delegate may demand that there be paid in advance such sums as it
considers (without prejudice to any further demand) shall be sufficient to indemnify it. Neither the
Trustee nor the Delegate shall in any circumstances take any action unless directed to do so in
accordance with Condition 13, and then only if the Trustee and/or the Delegate (as the case may be) shall
have been indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to their satisfaction.
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17.2. No liability to Certificateholders for payments
Each of the Delegate and the Trustee (solely in its capacity as such) makes no representation and assumes
no responsibility for the validity, sufficiency or enforceability of the obligations of IFC under any
Transaction Document to which it is a party and shall not under any circumstances have any liability or
be obliged to account to Certificateholders in respect of any payment which should have been made by
IFC (in each of its relevant capacities under the Transaction Documents) but is not so made, and shall not
in any circumstances have any liability arising from the Trust Assets other than as expressly provided in
these Conditions or the Declaration of Trust. The Delegate is not responsible for monitoring compliance
by IFC with its obligations. IFC is obliged to notify the Delegate of the occurrence of a Dissolution
Event, but is not required to provide regular compliance certificates to the Delegate.
17.3. No liability in respect of Trust Assets
The Delegate and the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any loss or theft of the Trust Assets or any
cash or for failure in any obligation to insure the Trust Assets or any cash or for any claim arising from
the fact that the Trust Assets or any cash are held by or on behalf of the Trustee or on deposit or in an
account with any depositary or clearing system or are registered in the name of the Trustee or its
nominee.
17.4. Delegate and Trustee not required to incur any Liability
Nothing contained in any Transaction Document, the Certificates or these Conditions shall require the
Delegate or the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any Liability in the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights, powers, authorities or discretions if
it considers that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against, or security for, such risk or
Liability is not assured to it.
17.5. Delegate's Rights
The Declaration of Trust also contains provisions pursuant to which no director or officer of the Delegate
or of any holding, affiliated or associated company of the Delegate shall be precluded from underwriting
the Certificates with or without a commission or other remuneration, or from purchasing or otherwise
acquiring, holding, dealing in or disposing of any securities whatsoever or from being interested in any
contract or transaction or from accepting and holding the office of trustee or administrator for the holders
of any other securities, and in any case neither the Delegate nor any director or officer of the Delegate
shall be liable to the Certificateholders for any profit made by it or him thereby or in connection
therewith.
18. CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
No rights are conferred on any person under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce
any term of these Conditions, except and to the extent that these Conditions expressly provide for such
Act to apply to any of its terms, but this does not affect any right or remedy of any person which exists or
is available apart from that Act.
19. GOVERNING LAW
19.1. Governing Law
The Certificates (including these Conditions), the Declaration of Trust, the Agency Agreement and any
non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
19.2. Jurisdiction
The courts of England have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute (a "Dispute"), arising out of
or in connection with the Certificates (including these Conditions), the Declaration of Trust and the
Agency Agreement (including a dispute relating to its existence, validity or termination or any non-
contractual obligation arising out of or in connection therewith) or the consequences of their nullity.
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Nothing in this Condition shall limit any right to take proceedings relating to a Dispute ("Proceedings")
against the Trustee or IFC in any other courts with jurisdiction, nor shall the taking of Proceedings in one
or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any other jurisdiction, whether concurrently
or not.
19.3. Process agent
Each of IFC and the Trustee agrees that the documents which start any Proceedings and any other
documents required to be served in relation to those Proceedings may be served on it by being delivered
to International Finance Corporation at 12th
Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP,
United Kingdom (for the attention of Deputy Treasurer), or to such other person with an address in
England or Wales and/or at such other address in England or Wales as IFC and/or the Trustee may
specify by notice in writing pursuant to Condition 15. Nothing in this Condition 19.3 shall affect the right
of the Delegate and (only where permitted to do so in accordance with the terms of the Declaration of
Trust) the Certificateholders to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. This Condition 19.3
applies to Proceedings in England and to Proceedings elsewhere.
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SCHEDULE 1
PERIODIC PRINCIPAL AMOUNTS
Periodic Distribution Date Periodic Principal Amount (U.S.$) Aggregate face amount of
Certificates outstanding (U.S.$)
Issue Date — 100,000,000
15 March 2016 — 100,000,000
15 September 2016 — 100,000,000
15 March 2017 — 100,000,000
15 September 2017 — 100,000,000
15 March 2018 50,000,000 50,000,000
15 September 2018 — 50,000,000
15 March 2019 — 50,000,000
15 September 2019 — 50,000,000
15 March 2020 — 50,000,000
Scheduled Dissolution Date 50,000,000 —
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GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
The Global Certificate contains the following provisions which apply to the Certificates in respect of
which it is issued whilst they are represented by the Global Certificate, some of which modify the effect of
the Conditions. Unless otherwise defined, terms defined in the Conditions have the same meaning in
paragraphs 1 to 7 below.
1. CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
For so long as all of the Certificates are represented by the Global Certificate and the Global
Certificate is held on behalf of Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg, the registered holder of
the Global Certificate shall, except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or as required
by law, be treated as the owner thereof and the expression "Certificateholder" shall be construed
accordingly. Each of the persons (other than another clearing system) who is for the time being
shown in the records of either such clearing system as the holder of a particular aggregate face
amount of such Certificates (the "Accountholders") (in which regard any certificate or other
document issued by a clearing system as to the aggregate face amount of such Certificates standing
to the account of any person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes save in the case of
manifest error) must look solely to Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be, for
its share of each payment made to the Certificateholder. In addition, holders of beneficial interests
in the Global Certificate will not have a direct right to vote in respect of the relevant Certificates.
Instead, such holders will be permitted to act only to the extent that they are enabled by the
relevant clearing system and its participants to appoint appropriate proxies.
2. CANCELLATION
Cancellation of any Certificate represented by the Global Certificate will be effected by reduction
in the aggregate face amount of the Certificates in the Register.
3. PAYMENTS
Payments of the Dissolution Distribution Amount in respect of Certificates represented by the
Global Certificate will be made upon presentation and surrender of the Global Certificate to or to
the order of the Registrar or such other Agent as shall have been notified to the Certificateholder
for such purpose. Distributions of amounts with respect to book-entry interests in the Certificates
held through Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg will be credited to the cash accounts of
participants in the relevant clearing system in accordance with the relevant clearing system's rules
and procedures. A record of each payment made in respect of the Certificates will be entered into
the Register by or on behalf of the Registrar and shall be prima facie evidence that payment has
been made.
4. NOTICES
So long as all the Certificates are represented by the Global Certificate and the Global Certificate
is held on behalf of Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg, notices may be given by delivery
of the relevant notice to those clearing systems for communication to their Accountholders in
substitution for notification as required by the Conditions, except that, so long as the Certificates
are listed on any stock exchange, notices shall also be published in accordance with the rules of
such stock exchange. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the day after the day
on which such notice is delivered to the relevant clearing systems.
Whilst any of the Certificates held by a Certificateholder are represented by the Global Certificate,
notices to be given by such Certificateholder may be given (where applicable) through Euroclear
and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg and otherwise in such manner as the Registrar and Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg may approve for this purpose.
5. REGISTRATION OF TITLE
The Registrar will not register title to the Certificates in a name other than that of a nominee for
the Common Depositary for a period of seven calendar days preceding the due date for any
payment of any Periodic Distribution Amount or the Dissolution Distribution Amount in respect of
the Certificates.
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Record dates will be determined in accordance with the standard practices of Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg.
6. TRANSFERS
Transfers of book-entry interests in the Certificates will be effected through the records of
Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg and their respective direct and indirect participants in
accordance with their respective rules and procedures.
7. EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES
Interests in the Global Certificate will be exchanged (free of charge) for Certificates in definitive
form upon the occurrence of an Exchange Event.
For these purposes, "Exchange Event" means that: (a) the Delegate has given notice in
accordance with Condition 12 (Dissolution Events) that a Dissolution Event has occurred and is
continuing; or (b) the Trustee has been notified that both Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg
have been closed for business for a continuous period of 14 days (other than by reason of holiday,
statutory or otherwise) or have announced an intention permanently to cease business or have in
fact done so and no successor or alternative clearing system satisfactory to the Trustee is available.
Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Event, the Trustee will issue Definitive Certificates in
exchange for the whole of the Global Certificate within 30 days of the occurrence of the relevant
Exchange Event upon presentation of the Global Certificate by the person in whose name it is
registered in the Register on any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open
for business in the city in which the Registrar has its specified office.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
The proceeds from the issuance of the Certificates will be applied by the Trustee to purchase and accept
the transfer and conveyance from IFC of IFC's interests, rights, title, benefits and entitlements, present
and future, in, to and under the Initial Portfolio.
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DESCRIPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION
IFC is an international organisation established in 1956 to further economic growth in its member
countries by promoting private sector development. IFC is a member of the World Bank Group but is a
legal entity separate and distinct from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
("IBRD"), the International Development Association, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency and
the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, with its own Articles of Agreement, share
capital, financial structure, management and staff. Membership in IFC is open only to member countries
of IBRD. The obligations of IFC are not obligations of, or guaranteed by, IBRD or any government.
IFC's principal office is located at 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433, United
States of America. Its telephone number is +1 202 458 9230.
IFC is an experienced supranational organisation providing financing and financial services primarily to
the private sector in developing countries that are members of IFC. It combines the characteristics of a
multilateral development bank with those of a private financial institution.
As of 30 June 2015, IFC's entire share capital was held by 184 member countries. The five largest of
IFC's 184 shareholders as of such date were the United States (20.99 per cent. of the total voting power),
Japan (6.01 per cent.), Germany (4.77 per cent.), United Kingdom (4.48 per cent.) and France (4.48 per
cent.). Generally, IFC charges market-based rates for its loans and seeks market returns on its equity
investments and investments in debt securities. Unlike most other multilateral institutions, IFC does not
accept host government guarantees of its loans. The financial strength of IFC is based principally on the
quality of its investment portfolio, its substantial paid-in capital and retained earnings, low debt to equity
ratio, the size of its liquid assets portfolio, its diversified earnings base and its profitability.
IFC helps developing countries achieve sustainable growth by financing private sector investment,
mobilising capital in international financial markets and providing advisory services to businesses and
governments. IFC's principal investment products are loans and equity investments, with smaller debt
securities and guarantee portfolios. IFC also plays an active and direct role in mobilising additional
funding from other investors and lenders through a variety of means. Such means principally comprise
loan participations, parallel loans, sales of loans, the non-IFC portion of structured finance transactions
which meet core mobilisation criteria, the non-IFC portion of commitments in IFC's initiatives and the
non-IFC investment portion of commitments in funds managed by IFC's wholly-owned subsidiary, IFC
Asset Management Company LLC. IFC raises virtually all of the funds for its lending activities through
the issuance of debt obligations in the international capital markets, while maintaining a small borrowing
window with IBRD. Equity investments are funded from capital (or net worth).
Further information on IFC, its capital, operations and administration, the Articles of Agreement, IFC's
legal status, its principal financial policies and its financial statements are contained in the Incorporated
Information, which is deemed to be incorporated by reference in, and form part of, this Prospectus. See
"Incorporation by Reference".
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DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUSTEE
General
The Trustee, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability, was incorporated on 5 August
2015 under the Companies Law (2013 Revision) of the Cayman Islands with company registration
number 302760. The Trustee was established for the sole purpose of issuing the Certificates and entering
into the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is (or will be) a party. The
registered office of the Trustee is at the offices of MaplesFS Limited at P.O. Box 1093, Queensgate
House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman Islands and its telephone number is +1 345 945 7099.
The authorised share capital of the Trustee is U.S.$50,000 consisting of 50,000 ordinary shares of a par
value of U.S.$1.00 each, 250 of which have been issued. All of the issued shares (the "Shares") are fully-
paid and are or will be held by MaplesFS Limited as share trustee (the "Share Trustee") under the terms
of a declaration of trust (the "Trustee Share Declaration of Trust") under which the Share Trustee will
hold the Shares in trust until the Termination Date (as defined in the Trustee Share Declaration of Trust).
Prior to the Termination Date, the trust is an accumulation trust, but the Share Trustee has the power to
benefit a Qualified Charity (as defined in the Trustee Share Declaration of Trust). It is not anticipated that
any distribution will be made whilst any Certificate is outstanding. Following the Termination Date, the
Share Trustee will wind up the trust and make a final distribution to such Qualified Charity. The Share
Trustee has no beneficial interest in, and derives no benefit (other than its fee for acting as Share Trustee)
from, its holding of the Shares.
Business of the Trustee
The Trustee has no prior operating history or prior business and will not have any substantial liabilities
other than in connection with the Certificates and further certificates issued in accordance with the
Conditions. The Certificates are the obligations of the Trustee alone and not the Share Trustee.
The objects for which the Trustee is established are set out in clause 3 of its Memorandum of Association
as registered or adopted on 5 August 2015.
Financial Statements
Since its date of incorporation, no financial statements of the Trustee have been prepared. The Trustee is
not required by Cayman Islands law, and does not intend, to publish audited financial statements.
Directors of the Trustee
The directors of the Trustee (the "Directors") are as follows:
Name Function at the Trustee Other appointments outside Trustee
Nishma Sanghvi Director Assistant Vice President of Maples Fund Services (Middle East) Limited
Cleveland Stewart Director Senior Vice President of MaplesFS Limited
The business address for Nishma Sanghvi is c/o Maples Fund Services (Middle East) Limited, Liberty
House, 6th Floor, Office 616, Dubai International Financial Centre, P.O. Box 506734, Dubai, United
Arab Emirates.
The business address for Cleveland Stewart is c/o MaplesFS Limited, P.O. Box 1093, Boundary Hall,
Cricket Square, Grand Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman Islands.
The Trustee has no subsidiaries or employees.
Conflicts
There are no conflicts of interest between the private interests or other duties of the Directors listed above
and their duties to the Trustee.
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The Corporate Administrator
MaplesFS Limited also acts as the corporate administrator of the Trustee (in such capacity, the
"Corporate Administrator"). The office of the Corporate Administrator serves as the general business
office of the Trustee. Through the office, and pursuant to the terms of a corporate services agreement
dated 7 September 2015 and entered into between the Trustee and the Corporate Administrator (the
"Corporate Services Agreement"), the Corporate Administrator has agreed to perform in the Cayman
Islands, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the United States and/or such other jurisdiction as may be agreed
by the parties from time to time various management functions on behalf of the Trustee and to provide
certain clerical, administrative and other services until termination of the Corporate Services Agreement.
The Trustee and the Corporate Administrator have also entered into a registered office agreement (the
"Registered Office Agreement") for the provision of registered office facilities to the Trustee. In
consideration of the foregoing, the Corporate Administrator will receive various fees payable by the
Trustee at rates agreed upon from time to time, plus expenses.
The terms of the Corporate Services Agreement provide that either the Trustee or the Corporate
Administrator may terminate such agreement upon the occurrence of certain stated events, including any
breach by the other party of its obligations under such agreement. In addition, the Registered Office
Agreement provides that either party shall be entitled to terminate such agreement by giving at least one
months' notice in writing to the other party.
The terms of the Registered Office Agreement provide that either the Trustee or the Corporate
Administrator may terminate such agreement upon the occurrence of certain stated events, including any
breach by the other party of its obligations under such agreement. In addition, the Registered Office
Agreement provides that either party shall be entitled to terminate such agreement by giving at least three
months' notice in writing to the other party.
The Corporate Administrator will be subject to the overview of the Trustee's Directors.
The Corporate Administrator's principal office is P.O. Box 1093, Boundary Hall, Cricket Square, Grand
Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman Islands.
The Directors of the Trustee are all employees or officers of the Corporate Administrator or an affiliate
thereof. The Trustee has no employees and is not expected to have any employees in the future.
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SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS
The following is a summary of certain provisions of the principal Transaction Documents and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of the principal Transaction Documents. Physical
copies of the Transaction Documents will be available for inspection at the specified offices of the
Principal Paying Agent.
Sale and Purchase Agreement
The Sale and Purchase Agreement will be entered into on the Issue Date between the Trustee (in its
capacity as "Purchaser") and IFC (in its capacity as "Seller") and will be governed by English law.
Pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Purchase Agreement, the Seller agrees to sell, transfer and convey to
the Purchaser, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase and accept the transfer and conveyance from the
Seller of, the Seller's interests, rights, title, benefits and entitlements, present and future, in, to and under
the Initial Portfolio on the Issue Date.
The Purchaser will use the proceeds of issuance of the Certificates to purchase the Initial Portfolio (the
"Purchase Price"). The relevant Initial Portfolio Assets will be set out in the schedule to the Sale and
Purchase Agreement.
The proportion of the Purchase Price payable in respect of each such Initial Portfolio Asset shall be an
amount equal to the Value of that Portfolio Asset.
Service Agency Agreement
The Service Agency Agreement will be entered into on the Issue Date between the Trustee and IFC (in its
capacity as service agent of the Trustee, the "Service Agent") and will be governed by English law.
Pursuant to the Service Agency Agreement, the Trustee will appoint the Service Agent to manage the
Portfolio. In particular, the Service Agent shall:
(a) manage the Portfolio in accordance with the terms of the Service Agency Agreement;
(b) do all acts and things (including execution of such documents, issue of notices and
commencement of any proceedings) in accordance with its usual practices that it considers
reasonably necessary to ensure the assumption of, and compliance by, each Portfolio Asset
Obligor with its covenants, undertakings or other obligations under the relevant Portfolio Asset in
accordance with applicable law and the terms of the Portfolio Asset;
(c) discharge or procure the discharge of all obligations to be discharged by the Trustee in respect of
any of the Portfolio Assets, it being acknowledged that the Service Agent may appoint one or
more agents to discharge these obligations on its behalf;
(d) pay on behalf of the Trustee any actual costs, expenses, losses and Taxes which would otherwise
be payable by the Trustee as a result of the Trustee's ownership of the Portfolio Assets;
(e) use its reasonable endeavours to ensure the timely receipt of all Portfolio Revenues (free and
clear of, and without withholding or deduction for, Taxes), investigate non-payment of Portfolio
Revenues and generally make all efforts to collect or enforce the collection of such Portfolio
Revenues under all Portfolio Assets as and when the same shall become due;
(f) use its best endeavours to ensure that at all times the aggregate of the Portfolio Value at the
relevant time is at least equal to the aggregate face amount of the Certificates then outstanding;
(g) ensure that each Portfolio Asset Obligor is in compliance with their obligations in respect of the
Portfolio Assets (including those of maintenance and insurance in the case of any Ijara Assets);
(h) maintain the Principal Collection Account, the Profit Collection Account and the Reserve
Account in accordance with the terms of the Service Agency Agreement;
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(i) notify the Trustee promptly if in respect of any Portfolio Asset any of the representations and
warranties contained in clause 4 of the Sale and Purchase Agreement cease to be true and correct
(the occurrence of such event or circumstance being an "Impaired Portfolio Asset Event");
(j) together with any notice delivered in accordance with paragraph (i) above, notify the Trustee of
the availability (if any), together with all necessary details, of any Eligible Assets for the
purposes of substituting the Portfolio Asset in respect of which an Impaired Portfolio Asset Event
has occurred in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Undertaking;
(k) keep, in accordance with its usual practices, and maintain all documents, books, records and
other information necessary or advisable for the collection of all amounts due in respect of the
Portfolio Assets (including, without limitation, records adequate to permit the identification of all
amounts received in respect of each Portfolio Asset) and, except to the extent it is under any duty
or obligation imposed by applicable law, regulation or contract to keep such information
confidential, make such documents, books, records and other information available to the Trustee
or such other person as the Trustee may reasonably request; and
(l) at all times manage the Portfolio Assets in a Shari'a-compliant manner.
In relation to each of the Ijara Assets comprised in the Portfolio, the Service Agent shall ensure that:
(i) such Ijara Assets are insured at all times against total loss and expropriation in an amount at least
equal to the Value of that Ijara Asset (the "Insurance Coverage Amount") and that such
insurance policies are maintained on a Shari'a-compliant takaful basis and with reputable insurers
in good financial standing; and
(ii) in the event of a total loss or expropriation of any such Ijara Assets, the insurance policies relating
to such Ijara Assets provide for an amount at least equal to the Insurance Coverage Amount of the
relevant Ijara Asset to be paid to the Service Agent to the Principal Collection Account in U.S.
dollars by no later than close of business on the date falling 30 calendar days after the occurrence
of such total loss or expropriation.
Without prejudice to the requirements of the following paragraph, for the avoidance of doubt, the parties
to the Service Agency Agreement acknowledge that a failure by the Service Agent to comply with the
insurance obligations set out above shall not constitute a Dissolution Event and the sole remedy of the
Trustee for any failure by the Service Agent to comply with the provisions set out in the paragraph above
shall be to claim against the Service Agent for any Insurance Shortfall Amount (as defined below).
If the Insurance Coverage Amount is not credited to the Principal Collection Account within 30 calendar
days of a total loss or expropriation of that Ijara Asset and the Service Agent is unable to unequivocally
prove that it complied with all of its obligations set out above or where the Service Agent has failed to
maintain or ensure the maintenance of any insurances over the Ijara Assets, the Service Agent irrevocably
and unconditionally undertakes to pay in U.S. dollars on the 31st calendar day after the occurrence of the
total loss or expropriation, in same day funds (free and clear of any withholding or deduction or any set
off or any counterclaim), an amount equal to the difference between the insurance proceeds credited to
the Principal Collection Account and the Insurance Coverage Amount, in each case, in respect of the
relevant Ijara Asset, directly into the Principal Collection Account (the "Insurance Shortfall Amount").
In relation to each of the Shares comprised in the Portfolio, the Service Agent shall:
(a) monitor the activities and financial information of the Relevant Company in which the Shares are
issued in order to check on an annual basis whether such Shares satisfy the Eligibility Criteria;
(b) do all acts and things as are necessary to ensure that any substitution of Shares for new Shares is
valid and effective and appropriately transfers the relevant interests relating to such new Shares to
the Trustee; and
(c) exercise (or refrain from exercising) all voting rights and take (or refrain from taking) all corporate
actions in relation to the Shares in its absolute discretion on behalf of the Trustee, provided that
such action or exercise of such voting rights is not prejudicial to the interests of the
Certificateholders.
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The Service Agent shall ensure that:
(i) on the Issue Date, at least 51 per cent. of the Portfolio Value is derived from the Tangible Assets;
and
(ii) at all times thereafter, at least 40 per cent. of the Portfolio Value is derived from the Tangible
Assets,
(the "Tangibility Requirement"), provided that a failure by the Service Agent to comply with the
Tangibility Requirement shall not constitute a Dissolution Event.
The Service Agent shall provide the Services in relation to the Portfolio Assets in accordance with all
applicable laws and regulations and with the degree of skill and care that it would exercise in respect of
its own assets.
The Service Agent will maintain three book-entry ledger accounts (such accounts being referred to as the
"Principal Collection Account", the "Profit Collection Account" and the "Reserve Account") in its
books, each of which will be denominated in U.S. dollars. All monies received by the Service Agent will
be credited, promptly after receipt, to:
(1) if any such amounts comprise Profit Revenues, the Profit Collection Account; and
(2) if any such amounts comprise Principal Revenues, the Principal Collection Account.
The Service Agent will be entitled to deduct amounts standing to the credit of the Profit Collection
Account at any time during the Services Term and to use such amounts for its own account, provided that
any Profit Revenues so deducted are re-credited to the Profit Collection Account on or prior to each
Periodic Distribution Determination Date for the purposes of application by the Service Agent pursuant to
the payment waterfall set out below.
Amounts standing to the credit of the Principal Collection Account will be applied by the Service Agent
on each Periodic Distribution Determination Date in payment into the Transaction Account of an amount
equal to the Periodic Principal Amount payable on the Periodic Distribution Date falling one Business
Day after such Periodic Distribution Determination Date. Any amounts standing to the credit of the
Principal Collection Account which are in excess of the relevant Periodic Principal Amount shall remain
in the Principal Collection Account. If there will be a shortfall on a Periodic Distribution Determination
Date (after payment into the Transaction Account of the relevant amount in accordance with this
provision) between: (a) the amount standing to the credit of the Transaction Account; and (b) the Periodic
Principal Amount payable on the Periodic Distribution Date falling one Business Day after such Periodic
Distribution Determination Date (the difference between such amounts being referred to in this
Agreement as a "Principal Shortfall Amount"), the Service Agent shall notify the Trustee one Business
Day before such Periodic Distribution Determination Date of: (i) the Principal Shortfall Amount; and (ii)
the Portfolio Value at such Periodic Distribution Determination Date.
Amounts standing to the credit of the Profit Collection Account will be applied by the Service Agent on
each Periodic Distribution Determination Date in the following order of priority:
(a) first, in payment to the Service Agent on behalf of the Trustee of any Service Agent Liabilities
Amounts for the Distribution Period ending on the immediately following Periodic Distribution
Date and (if applicable) any Service Agent Liabilities Amounts for any previous Distribution
Period that remain unpaid;
(a) second, in payment into the Transaction Account of an amount equal to the Periodic Profit
Amount payable on the Periodic Distribution Date falling one Business Day after such Periodic
Distribution Determination Date;
(b) third, in repayment to the Service Agent of any amounts advanced by it to the Trustee by way of
a Liquidity Facility; and
(c) fourth, to the Reserve Account.
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On the date falling one Business Day prior to a Dissolution Date, the Service Agent shall transfer all
amounts standing to the credit of the Principal Collection Account and the Profit Collection Account to
the Transaction Account or, where the Dissolution Date is a Dissolution Redemption Date, to such other
account as the Delegate may specify.
Amounts standing to the credit of the Reserve Account shall be applied by the Service Agent as follows:
(i) if there will be a shortfall on a Periodic Distribution Determination Date (after payment into the
Transaction Account of the relevant amount in accordance with paragraph (b) above) between: (X)
the amount standing to the credit of the Transaction Account; and (Y) the Periodic Profit Amount
payable on the Periodic Distribution Date falling one Business Day after such Periodic
Distribution Determination Date (the difference between such amounts being referred to as a
"Profit Shortfall Amount"), by paying into the Transaction Account on that Periodic Distribution
Determination Date from the amounts standing to the credit of the Reserve Account (if any) an
amount equal to the Profit Shortfall Amount (or such lesser amount as is then standing to the credit
of the Reserve Account);
(ii) the Service Agent will be entitled to deduct amounts standing to the credit of the Reserve Account
at any time during the Services Term and use such amounts for its own account, provided that such
amounts shall be immediately repaid by it if so required to fund a Profit Shortfall Amount in
accordance with paragraph (i) above; and
(iii) following payment of all amounts due and payable under the Certificates, the Service Agent shall
be entitled to retain any amounts that remain standing to the credit of the Reserve Account for its
own account as an incentive payment for acting as Service Agent (the "Incentive Payment").
If, following payment of amounts standing to the credit of the Reserve Account, a Profit Shortfall
Amount remains on any Periodic Distribution Determination Date, the Service Agent may provide
Shari'a-compliant funding to the Trustee to the extent necessary to ensure that the Trustee receives on
each Periodic Distribution Determination Date the Periodic Profit Amount payable by it in accordance
with the Conditions on the immediately following Periodic Distribution Date, by payment of the same
into the Transaction Account and on terms that such funding is repayable: (a) in accordance with the
provisions of the Service Agency Agreement; or (b) on the Dissolution Date (such funding being a
"Liquidity Facility").
The Service Agent shall use its best endeavours to keep detailed records of all Eligible Assets purchased
by the Trustee and all movements in the Principal Collection Account, the Profit Collection Account and
the Reserve Account and, if so requested, and except to the extent it is under any duty or obligation
imposed by applicable law, regulation or contract to keep such information confidential, provide the
Trustee with copies of such records and any other information or details in relation to the Principal
Collection Account, the Profit Collection Account, the Reserve Account and the Portfolio Assets as the
Trustee may reasonably request.
Except as provided in clause 7.2 of the Service Agency Agreement, all payments by the Service Agent to
the Trustee under the Service Agency Agreement must be made without any deduction or withholding for
or on account of any present or future Taxes imposed by the Relevant Jurisdiction unless required by law
and without set-off or counterclaim of any kind. If there is any such deduction or withholding, the Service
Agent shall pay all additional amounts as will result in the receipt by the Trustee of such net amounts as
would have been received by it if no withholding or deduction had been made and accordingly the
Service Agent undertakes to pay to the Trustee or such other persons as the Trustee may direct such
additional amounts forthwith upon demand and in the manner and currency prescribed hereunder. In
addition, if additional amounts are payable by the Trustee in respect of the Certificates in accordance with
Condition 10 (Taxation), the Service Agent will pay to the Trustee an amount equal to such additional
amounts by payment to the Transaction Account by wire transfer for same day value so that the full
amount which would otherwise have been due and payable under the Certificates is received by the
Trustee.
The payment obligations of the Service Agent under the Service Agency Agreement will be direct,
unsubordinated and unsecured obligations of the Service Agent and shall, save for such exceptions as
may be provided by applicable legislation, at all times rank at least equally with all other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness and monetary obligations of the Service Agent, present and future.
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Purchase Undertaking
The Purchase Undertaking will be executed as a deed on the Issue Date by IFC as obligor in favour of the
Trustee and the Delegate and will be governed by English law.
IFC will irrevocably undertake in favour of the Trustee and the Delegate to purchase and accept the
transfer and conveyance of all of the Trustee's interests, rights, title, benefits and entitlements, present and
future, in, to and under the Portfolio on the Scheduled Dissolution Date or any earlier due date for
dissolution following the occurrence of a Dissolution Event, as the case may be, at the Exercise Price by
entering into a sale agreement.
If the Trustee or the Delegate (acting in the name and on behalf of the Trustee) exercises its option prior
to the Scheduled Dissolution Date, an Exercise Notice will be required to be delivered by the Delegate
under the Purchase Undertaking.
The Trustee will also be entitled to exercise the Purchase Undertaking if the Trustee has received notice,
or otherwise become aware, of the occurrence of an Impaired Portfolio Asset Event, in which case IFC
shall purchase and accept the transfer and conveyance from the Trustee on the relevant Impaired Portfolio
Asset Exercise Date of all of the Trustee's interests, rights, benefits and entitlements, present and future,
in, to and under the relevant Impaired Portfolio Assets:
(a) against the transfer and conveyance to the Trustee of all of the IFC's interests, rights, title, benefits
and entitlements, present and future, in, to and under certain New Assets; or
(b) in the event that IFC does not have New Assets available for such purpose, payment of the
Impaired Portfolio Asset Exercise Price.
The Trustee will also be entitled to exercise the Purchase Undertaking if the Trustee has received notice,
or otherwise become aware, of the occurrence of a Principal Shortfall Amount, in which case IFC shall
purchase and accept the transfer and conveyance from the Trustee on the relevant Periodic Distribution
Date of all of the Trustee's interests, rights, benefits and entitlements, present and future, in, to and under
the relevant Principal Shortfall Portfolio Interest in consideration for payment by IFC of the Principal
Shortfall Exercise Price.
IFC will agree in the Purchase Undertaking that all payments by it under the Purchase Undertaking will
be made without any deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future Taxes imposed
by the Relevant Jurisdiction unless required by law and without set-off (except for an amount which
represents Service Agent Liabilities Amounts and the Outstanding Liquidity Amount component of the
Exercise Price which shall be set off against the Service Agent Liabilities Amounts and Outstanding
Liquidity Amounts payable to the Service Agent under the Service Agency Agreement) or counterclaim
of any kind and, in the event that there is any deduction or withholding, IFC shall pay all additional
amounts as will result in the receipt by the Trustee of such net amounts as would have been received by it
if no deduction or withholding had been made. In addition, if additional amounts are payable by the
Trustee in respect of the Certificates in accordance with Condition 10 (Taxation), IFC will agree in the
Purchase Undertaking to pay to the Trustee an amount equal to such additional amounts by payment to
the Transaction Account by wire transfer for same day value so that the full amount which would
otherwise have been due and payable under the Certificates is received by the Trustee.
The payment obligations of IFC under the Purchase Undertaking will be direct, unsubordinated and
unsecured obligations of IFC and shall, save for such exceptions as may be provided by applicable
legislation, at all times rank at least equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and
monetary obligations of IFC, present and future.
Sale Undertaking
The Sale Undertaking will be executed as a deed on the Issue Date by the Trustee in favour of IFC and
will be governed by English law.
Pursuant to the Sale Undertaking, the Trustee will irrevocably grant to IFC the right:
(a) on the conditions described in Condition 9.3 (Capital Distributions – Redemption following a Tax
Event), to require the Trustee to sell, transfer and convey to IFC on the Tax Redemption Date all
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of the Trustee's interests, rights, title, benefits and entitlements, present and future, in, to and under
the Portfolio at the Exercise Price by executing a sale agreement;
(b) if and to the extent that any Certificates have been purchased and are to be cancelled pursuant to
Condition 9.4 (Capital Distributions – Cancellation), to require the Trustee to transfer and convey
to IFC all of the Trustee's interests, rights, title, benefits and entitlements, present and future, in, to
and under a proportion of the Portfolio not exceeding such proportion as is determined by dividing
(i) the aggregate outstanding face amount of Certificates to be cancelled pursuant to Condition 9.4
(Capital Distributions – Cancellation) by (ii) the aggregate outstanding face amount of the
Certificates, by executing a sale agreement; and
(c) to require, from time to time at IFC's sole discretion, the Trustee to sell, transfer and convey all of
the Trustee's interests, rights, title, benefits and entitlements, present and future, in, to and under
any or all of the Portfolio Assets (the "Substituted Assets") to it in exchange for New Assets of a
Value which is equal to or greater than the Value of the Substituted Assets (as certified by IFC in
the relevant Substitution Notice), and provided that the New Assets are Eligible Assets and where
the Substituted Assets are Intangible Assets the relevant New Asset is not an Intangible Asset. The
substitution of the Substituted Assets with the New Assets will become effective on the date
specified in the substitution notice to be delivered by IFC, by the Trustee and IFC entering into a
sale agreement. The New Assets and any Portfolio Assets not replaced on the Substitution Date
will constitute the Portfolio Assets for the purposes of the Service Agency Agreement.
Upon exercise of the rights granted to IFC under the Sale Undertaking and outlined in paragraph (a)
above, IFC will agree in the relevant Exercise Notice that it will make payment of the Exercise Price in
full made without any deduction or withholding for or on account of present or future Taxes imposed by
the Relevant Jurisdiction unless required by law and without set-off (except for an amount which
represents Service Agent Liabilities Amounts and the Outstanding Liquidity Amount component of the
Exercise Price which shall be set off against the Service Agent Liabilities Amounts and Outstanding
Liquidity Amounts payable to the Service Agent under the Service Agency Agreement) or counterclaim
of any kind and, in the event that there is any deduction or withholding, IFC shall pay all additional
amounts as will result in the receipt by the Trustee of such net amounts as would have been received by it
if no deduction or withholding had been made.
The Declaration of Trust
The Declaration of Trust will be entered into on the Issue Date between IFC, the Trustee and the Delegate
and will be governed by English law.
The Declaration of Trust shall provide that, on or after any Dissolution Date, the rights of recourse in
respect of Certificates shall be limited to the amounts from time to time available and comprising the
Trust Assets, subject to the priority of payments set out in the Agency Agreement. The Certificateholders
have no claim or recourse against the Trustee or the Delegate in respect of any amount which is or
remains unsatisfied and any such amounts will be extinguished.
Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee will, inter alia:
(a) hold the Trust Assets on trust absolutely for the Certificateholders pro rata according to the face
amount of Certificates held by each Certificateholder; and
(b) act as trustee in respect of the Trust Assets, distribute the income from such Trust Assets and
perform its duties in accordance with the provisions of the Declaration of Trust and the Conditions.
In the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee shall irrevocably and unconditionally appoint the Delegate to be
its attorney in the performance of certain present and future duties, powers, authorities and discretions
vested in the Trustee by the relevant provisions of the Declaration of Trust upon the occurrence of a
Dissolution Event (including but not limited to the authority to request instructions from any
Certificateholders and the power to make any determinations to be made under the Declaration of Trust)
and any of the other Transaction Documents (provided that no obligations, liabilities, duties or covenants
of the Trustee pursuant to the Declaration of Trust or any other Transaction Documents shall be imposed
on the Delegate by virtue of such delegation) and make such distributions from the Trust Assets as the
Trustee is bound to make in accordance with the Declaration of Trust. The appointment of such Delegate
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by the Trustee is intended to be in the interests of the Certificateholders and does not affect the Trustee's
continuing role and obligations as trustee.
Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust upon the occurrence of a Dissolution Event and the delivery of a
dissolution notice by the Delegate to the Trustee pursuant to Condition 12 (Dissolution Events), the
Trustee or the Delegate may at its discretion and the Delegate shall if so requested in writing by holders
of at least 25 per cent. of the aggregate face amount of the Certificates then outstanding or if so directed
by an Extraordinary Resolution of the holders of the Certificates (subject in each case to being
indemnified and/or secured and/or prefunded to its satisfaction) take one or more of the following steps:
(i) enforce the provisions of the Purchase Undertaking against IFC; and/or
(ii) enforce the provisions of the Service Agency Agreement against IFC in its capacity as Service
Agent; and/or
(iii) take such other steps as the Delegate may consider necessary to recover amounts due to the
Certificateholders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to Condition 13.2 (Enforcement and Exercise of Rights –
Trustee and Delegate not bound to act), the Delegate may at any time, at its discretion and without notice,
take such proceedings and/or other steps as it may think fit against or in relation to each of the Trustee
and/or IFC to enforce their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Conditions and
the Certificates.
Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, IFC will pay certain fees and expenses of, and indemnify against
certain losses of, the Delegate.
Defined Terms
Words and expressions defined in the Conditions shall have the same meanings where used in this
summary of the principal transaction documents unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise
stated. In addition, the following expressions have the following meanings:
"Impaired Portfolio Asset" means the Portfolio Assets in respect of which an Impaired Portfolio Asset
Event has occurred and specified as such in an Impaired Portfolio Asset Exercise Notice;
"Impaired Portfolio Asset Exercise Date" means the date specified as such in an Impaired Portfolio
Asset Exercise Notice;
"Impaired Portfolio Asset Exercise Notice" means a notice substantially in the form set out in schedule
2 of the Purchase Undertaking;
"Impaired Portfolio Asset Exercise Price" means the amount specified as such in an Impaired Portfolio
Asset Exercise Notice which shall be no less than the Value of the Impaired Portfolio Asset(s) specified
in such Impaired Portfolio Asset Exercise Notice;
"New Assets" means Eligible Assets specified as such in a Sale Agreement or Substitution Notice (as the
case may be), the identity of which shall be determined by IFC in its sole and absolute discretion subject
to the terms of the Purchase Undertaking or Sale Undertaking (as applicable);
"Portfolio Revenues" means all Profit Revenues and all Principal Revenues;
"Portfolio Value" means the value of the Portfolio, being the sum of: (a) the aggregate of the Value of
each Portfolio Asset comprised in the Portfolio at the relevant time; and (b) any Principal Revenues
standing to the credit of the Principal Collection Account at the relevant time;
"Principal Revenues" means all revenues in respect of the Portfolio Assets which comprise amounts in
the nature of sale, capital or principal payments (including, without limitation, any total loss and
expropriation related insurance proceeds and any indemnity payments), all amounts payable by the
Service Agent under certain provisions of the Service Agency Agreement and all amounts in respect of an
Impaired Portfolio Asset Exercise Price;
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"Principal Shortfall Exercise Notice" means a notice substantially in the form set out in schedule 3 of
the Purchase Undertaking;
"Principal Shortfall Exercise Price" means the amount specified as such in a Principal Shortfall
Exercise Notice which shall be equal to the amount of the corresponding Principal Shortfall Amount;
"Profit Revenues" means all revenues in respect of the Portfolio Assets other than Principal Revenues;
"Substitution Notice" means a notice substantially in the form set out in schedule 3 of the Sale
Undertaking; and
"Value" means, on any date, the amount in U.S. dollars determined by the Service Agent on the relevant
date as being equal to:
(a) in respect of an Ijara Asset which is leased on an ijara muntahiah bittamleek basis, the aggregate
of all outstanding fixed rentals;
(b) in respect of an Ijara Asset which is not leased on an ijara muntahiah bittamleek basis, the
outstanding base amounts;
(c) in respect of Tangible Sukuk, the outstanding face amount of such Tangible Sukuk;
(d) in respect of the Intangible Assets:
(i) on the Issue Date, the outstanding principal amount due under the associated murabaha
contract; and
(ii) at any time after the Issue Date, the outstanding principal amount and profit amount due
under the associated murabaha contract; and
(e) in respect of any Shares, the market value (if they are listed) or the book value (if they are
unlisted).
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TAXATION
The following is a general description of certain Cayman Islands and European Union tax considerations
relating to the Certificates as in effect on the date of this Prospectus and is subject to any change in law
or relevant fiscal rules and practice and their interpretation that may take effect after such date (possibly
with retrospective effect). It does not purport to be a complete analysis of all tax considerations relating
to the Certificates and does not constitute legal or tax advice. Prospective purchasers of the Certificates
should consult their own tax advisers as to the consequences under the tax laws of the country of which
they are resident for tax purposes and the tax laws of the Cayman Islands of acquiring, holding and
disposing of Certificates and receiving payments under the Certificates.
Cayman Islands
Under existing Cayman Islands laws, payments by the Trustee on the Certificates will not be subject to
taxation in the Cayman Islands and no withholding will be required on the payments to any holder of the
Certificates, nor will gains derived from the disposal of the Certificates be subject to Cayman Islands
income or corporation tax. The Cayman Islands currently have no income, corporation or capital gains tax
and no estate duty, inheritance or gift tax.
The Trustee has applied for and expects to receive an undertaking from the Governor-in-Cabinet of the
Cayman Islands, pursuant to the Tax Concessions Law (2011 Revision) of the Cayman Islands, that for a
period of 20 years from the date of the grant of that undertaking no law which is enacted in the Cayman
Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profit, income, gains or appreciation shall apply to the Trustee or
its operations and, in addition, that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which
is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall be payable on or in respect of the shares, debentures
or other obligations (which would include the Certificates) of the Trustee or by way of the withholding in
whole or part of any relevant payment (as defined in section 6(3) of the Tax Concessions Law (2011
Revision)). No capital or stamp duties are levied in the Cayman Islands on the issue or redemption of
Certificates. An instrument of transfer in respect of a Certificate will be stampable if executed in or
brought into the Cayman Islands. An annual registration fee is payable by the Trustee to the Cayman
Islands Registrar of Companies which is calculated by reference to the nominal amount of its authorised
capital. At current rates, this annual registration fee is approximately U.S.$853.66. The foregoing is based
on current law and practice in the Cayman Islands and this is subject to change therein.
EU Savings Directive
Under EC Council Directive 2003/48/EC (the "EU Savings Directive") on the taxation of savings
income, each Member State is required to provide to the tax authorities of another Member State details
of payments of interest or other similar income paid by a person within its jurisdiction to, or collected by
such a person for, an individual resident or certain limited types of entity established in that other
Member State; however, for a transitional period, Austria may instead apply a withholding system in
relation to such payments, deducting tax at 35 per cent. The transitional period is to terminate at the end
of the first full fiscal year following agreement by certain non-EU countries to the exchange of
information relating to such payments.
The Council of the European Union formally adopted a Council Directive amending the EU Savings
Directive on 24 March 2014 (the "Amending Directive"). The Amending Directive broadens the scope
of the requirements described above. Member States have until 1 January 2016 to adopt the national
legislation necessary to comply with the Amending Directive. The changes made under the Amending
Directive include extending the scope of the EU Savings Directive to payments made to, or collected for,
certain other entities and legal arrangements. They also broaden the definition of "interest payment" to
cover income that is equivalent to interest.
However, the European Commission has proposed the repeal of the EU Savings Directive from 1 January
2017 in the case of Austria and from 1 January 2016 in the case of all other Member States (subject to on-
going requirements to fulfil administrative obligations such as the reporting and exchange of information
relating to, and accounting for withholding taxes on, payments made before those dates). This is to
prevent overlap between the EU Savings Directive and a new automatic exchange of information regime
to be implemented under Council Directive 2011/16/EU on Administrative Cooperation in the field of
Taxation (as amended by Council Directive 2014/107/EU). The proposal also provides that, if it proceeds,
Member States will not be required to apply the new requirements of the Amending Directive.
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Prospective holders of the Certificates who are in any doubt as to their position should consult their
professional advisers.
The Proposed Financial Transactions Tax
On 14 February 2013, the European Commission published a proposal (the "Commission's Proposal")
for a directive for a common financial transaction tax ("FTT") in Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Greece,
Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia (the "participating Member States").
The Commission's Proposal has very broad scope and could, if introduced, apply to certain dealings in
Certificates (including secondary market transactions) in certain circumstances. The issuance and
subscription of Certificates should, however, be exempt.
Under the Commission's Proposal, the FTT could apply in certain circumstances to persons both within
and outside of the participating Member States. Generally, it would apply to certain dealings in
Certificates where at least one party is a financial institution, and at least one party is established in a
participating Member State. A financial institution may be, or be deemed to be, "established" in a
participating Member State in a broad range of circumstances, including: (a) by transacting with a person
established in a participating Member State; or (b) where the financial instrument which is subject to the
dealings is issued in a participating Member State.
Joint statements issued by participating Member States indicate an intention to implement the FTT by 1
January 2016.
However, the FTT proposal remains subject to negotiation between the participating Member States and
the scope of any such tax is uncertain. Additional EU Member States may decide to participate.
Prospective holders of the Certificates are advised to seek their own professional advice in relation to the
FTT.
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SUBSCRIPTION AND SALE
Pursuant to a subscription agreement (the "Subscription Agreement") dated 14 September 2015 between
the Trustee, IFC, Dubai Islamic Bank P.J.S.C., HSBC Bank plc, National Bank of Abu Dhabi P.J.S.C.
and Standard Chartered Bank (together, the "Joint Lead Managers" and each, a "Joint Lead
Manager"), the Trustee has agreed to issue and sell to the Joint Lead Managers U.S.$100,000,000 in
aggregate face amount of the Certificates and, subject to certain conditions, the Joint Lead Managers have
jointly and severally agreed to subscribe for the Certificates.
The Subscription Agreement provides that the obligations of the Joint Lead Managers to pay for and
accept delivery of the Certificates are subject to certain conditions. The Joint Lead Managers will be paid
certain expenses in respect of their services for managing the issue and sale of the Certificates. To the
extent permitted by law, the Trustee, IFC and the Joint Lead Managers may agree that commissions or
fees may be paid to certain brokers, financial advisors and other intermediaries based upon the amount of
investment in the Certificates purchased by such intermediary and/or its customers. Any disclosure and
other obligations in relation to the payment of such commission to such intermediary are solely the
responsibility of the relevant intermediary and none of the Trustee, IFC and the Joint Lead Managers or
any of their affiliates, nor any person who controls or is a director, officer, employee or agent of any such
person accepts any liability or responsibility whatsoever for compliance with such obligations. Each
customer of any such intermediary is responsible for determining for itself whether an investment in the
Certificates is consistent with its investment objectives. Each of the Trustee and IFC has agreed to
indemnify the Joint Lead Managers against certain liabilities incurred in connection with the issue and
offering of the Certificates.
Certain of the Joint Lead Managers and their affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in
investment banking and/or commercial banking transactions with, and may perform services to, IFC
and/or its affiliates in the ordinary course of business for which they received or will receive customary
fees and expenses.
In connection with the offering of the Certificates, the Joint Lead Managers may purchase and sell the
Certificates in the open market. These activities by the Joint Lead Managers, as well as other purchases
by the Joint Lead Managers for their own accounts, may affect the market price of the Certificates.
In connection with the offering of the Certificates, any related party of IFC may invest in and may take up
Certificates in the offering and may retain, purchase or sell for its own account such Certificates.
Accordingly, references herein to the Certificates being offered should be read as including any offering
of the Certificates to any related party of IFC. Such persons do not intend to disclose the extent of any
such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligation to do
so.
Selling Restrictions
Cayman Islands
No invitation may be made, directly or indirectly, to any member of the public of the Cayman Islands to
subscribe for the Certificates.
Dubai International Financial Centre
Each Joint Lead Manager has represented and agreed that it has not offered and will not offer the
Certificates to any person in the Dubai International Financial Centre unless such offer is:
(a) an "Exempt Offer" in accordance with the Markets Rules (MKT) module of the Dubai Financial
Services Authority (the "DFSA"); and
(b) made only to persons who meet the Professional Client criteria set out in Rule 2.3.3 of the DFSA
Conduct of Business Module.
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Hong Kong
Each Joint Lead Manager has represented and agreed that:
(a) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any
Certificates, except for Certificates which are a "structured product" as defined in the Securities
and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong (the "SFO"), other than: (i) to "professional
investors" as defined in the SFO and any rules made under the SFO; or (ii) in other circumstances
which do not result in the document being a "prospectus" as defined in the Companies (Winding
Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute
an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and
(b) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its
possession for the purposes of issue, in each case, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any
advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Certificates, which is directed at, or the
contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if
permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Certificates
which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to
"professional investors" as defined in the SFO and any rules made under the SFO.
Kingdom of Bahrain
Each Joint Lead Manager has represented and agreed that it has not offered or sold, and will not offer or
sell, any Certificates except on a private placement basis to persons in the Kingdom of Bahrain who are
"accredited investors".
For this purpose, an "accredited investor" means:
(a) an individual holding financial assets (either singly or jointly with a spouse) of U.S.$1,000,000 or
more;
(b) a company, partnership, trust or other commercial undertaking which has financial assets available
for investment of not less than U.S.$1,000,000; or
(c) a government, supranational organisation, central bank or other national monetary authority or a
state organisation whose main activity is to invest in financial instruments (such as a state pension
fund).
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
No action has been or will be taken in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that would permit a public offering
of the Certificates. Any investor in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (a "Saudi Investor") who acquires
Certificates pursuant to any offering should note that the offer of Certificates is an offer to "Sophisticated
Investors" (as defined in Article 10 of the "Offers of Securities Regulations" as issued by the Board of the
Capital Market Authority resolution number 2-11-2004 dated 4 October 2004 and amended by the Board
of the Capital Market Authority resolution number 1-28-2008 dated 18 August 2008 (the "KSA
Regulations")) for the purposes of Article 9 of the KSA Regulations. Each Joint Lead Manager has
represented and agreed that the offer of the Certificates will only be directed at Sophisticated Investors.
The offer of Certificates shall not therefore constitute a "public offer" pursuant to the KSA Regulations,
but is subject to the restrictions on secondary market activity under Article 17 of the KSA Regulations,
which are summarised as follows:
(a) a Saudi Investor (referred to as a "transferor") who has acquired Certificates pursuant to a private
placement may not offer or sell Certificates to any person (referred to as a "transferee") unless the
offer or sale is made through an authorised person where one of the following requirements is met:
(i) the price to be paid for the Certificates in any one transaction is equal to or exceeds Saudi
Riyals one million or an equivalent amount;
(ii) the Certificates are offered or sold to a sophisticated investor; or
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(iii) the Certificates are being offered or sold in such other circumstances as the Capital Market
Authority may prescribe for these purposes;
(b) if the requirement of paragraph (a)(i) above cannot be fulfilled because the price of the Certificates
being offered or sold to the transferee has declined since the date of the original private placement,
the transferor may offer or sell the Certificates to the transferee if their purchase price during the
period of the original private placement was equal to or exceeded Saudi Riyals one million or an
equivalent amount;
(c) if the requirement in paragraph (b) above cannot be fulfilled, the transferor may offer or sell
Certificates if he/she sells his/her entire holding of Certificates to one transferee; and
(d) the provisions of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) (inclusive) above shall apply to all subsequent
transferees of the Certificates.
Malaysia
Each Joint Lead Manager has represented and agreed that:
(a) this Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Securities Commission of
Malaysia (the "SC") under the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 of Malaysia (the "CMSA");
and
(b) accordingly, the Certificates have not been and will not be offered or sold, and no invitation to
subscribe for or purchase the Certificates has been or will be made, directly or indirectly, nor may
any document or other material in connection therewith be distributed in Malaysia, other than to
persons falling within any one of the categories of persons specified under Schedule 6 or Section
229(1)(b) and Schedule 7 or Section 230(1)(b) read together with Schedule 8 or Section 257(3) of
the CMSA, subject to any law, order, regulation or official directive of the Central Bank of
Malaysia, the SC and/or any other regulatory authority from time to time.
Residents of Malaysia may be required to obtain relevant regulatory approvals, including approval from
the Controller of Foreign Exchange, to purchase the Certificates. The onus is on the Malaysian residents
concerned to obtain such regulatory approvals and none of the Joint Lead Managers is responsible for any
invitation, offer, sale or purchase of the Certificates as aforesaid without the necessary approvals being in
place.
Qatar Financial Centre
Each Joint Lead Manager has represented and agreed that this Prospectus: (a) has not been, and will not
be, registered with or approved by the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority and may not be
publicly distributed in the Qatar Financial Centre; (b) is intended for the original recipient only and must
not be provided to any other person; and (c) is not for general circulation in the Qatar Financial Centre
and may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose.
Singapore
Each Joint Lead Manager has acknowledged that this Prospectus has not been and will not be registered
as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore under the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter
289 of Singapore (the "SFA"). Accordingly, each Joint Lead Manager has represented and agreed that it
has not offered or sold any Certificates or caused the Certificates to be made the subject of an invitation
for subscription or purchase and will not offer or sell any Certificates or cause the Certificates to be made
the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and has not circulated or distributed, nor will it
circulate or distribute, this Prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or
sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Certificates, whether directly or indirectly, to any
person in Singapore other than: (a) to an institutional investor (as defined in Section 4A of the Securities
and Futures Act (Chapter 289 of Singapore) (the "SFA")) pursuant to Section 274 of the SFA; (b) to a
relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA) pursuant to Section 275(1) of the SFA, or any
person pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in
Section 275 of the SFA; or (c) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other
applicable provision of the SFA.
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Where the Certificates are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person
which is:
(a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole
business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or
more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or
(b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments
and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor,
securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries' rights and
interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that
corporation or that trust has acquired the Certificates pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the
SFA except:
(i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any
person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA;
(ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer;
(iii) where the transfer is by operation of law;
(iv) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA; or
(v) as specified in Regulation 32 of the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Shares and
Debentures) Regulations 2005 of Singapore.
State of Kuwait
Each Joint Lead Manager has represented and agreed that the Certificates have not been and will not be
offered, sold, promoted or advertised by it in the State of Kuwait other than in compliance with Decree
Law No. 31 of 1990 and the implementing regulations thereto, as amended, and Law No. 7 of 2010 and
the bylaws thereto, as amended, governing the issue, offering and sale of securities.
No private or public offering of the Certificates is being made in the State of Kuwait, and no agreement
relating to the sale of the Certificates will be concluded in the State of Kuwait. No marketing or
solicitation or inducement activities are being used to offer or market the Certificates in the State of
Kuwait.
State of Qatar (excluding the Qatar Financial Centre)
Each Joint Lead Manager has represented and agreed that it has not offered or sold, and will not offer or
sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any Certificates in the State of Qatar, except: (a) in compliance with
all applicable laws and regulations of the State of Qatar; and (b) through persons or corporate entities
authorised and licensed to provide investment advice and/or engage in brokerage activity and/or trade in
respect of foreign securities in the State of Qatar.
Switzerland
This Prospectus is not intended to constitute an offer or solicitation to purchase or invest in the
Certificates. The Certificates may not be publicly offered, sold or advertised, directly or indirectly, in,
into or from Switzerland and will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange or on any other exchange or
regulated trading facility in Switzerland. Neither this Prospectus nor any other offering or marketing
material relating to the Certificates constitutes a prospectus as such term is understood pursuant to article
652a or article 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or a listing prospectus within the meaning of the
listing rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange or any other regulated trading facility in Switzerland and neither
this Prospectus nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the Certificates may be publicly
distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.
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United Arab Emirates (excluding the Dubai International Financial Centre)
Each Joint Lead Manager has represented and agreed that the Certificates have not been and will not be
offered, sold or publicly promoted or advertised by it in the United Arab Emirates other than in
compliance with any laws applicable in the United Arab Emirates governing the issue, offering and sale
of securities.
United Kingdom
Each Joint Lead Manager has represented and agreed that:
(a) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be
communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning
of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended ("FSMA")) received by
it in connection with the issue or sale of any Certificate in circumstances in which section 21(1) of
the FSMA does not apply to the Trustee or IFC; and
(b) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to
anything done by it in relation to the Certificates in, from or otherwise involving the United
Kingdom.
United States of America
The Certificates have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered
or sold within the United States except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Each Joint Lead Manager has represented and agreed that it has not offered and sold any Certificates and
will not offer or sell any Certificates as part of its distribution at any time except in accordance with Rule
903 of Regulation S.
The foregoing restrictions apply to holders of beneficial interests in the Certificates as well as holders of
the Certificates.
Each Joint Lead Manager has represented and agreed that it, its affiliates or any persons acting on its or
their behalf have not engaged and will not engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to any
Certificates.
Until 40 days after the commencement of the offering of the Certificates, an offer or sale of the
Certificates within the United States by any dealer/manager (whether or not participating in the offering)
may violate the registration requirements of the Securities Act if such offer or sale is made otherwise than
in accordance with an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to them by Regulation S of the Securities Act.
General
None of the Trustee, IFC or any Joint Lead Manager has made any representation that any action will be
taken in any jurisdiction by the Joint Lead Managers or the Trustee or IFC that would permit a public
offering of the Certificates or possession or distribution of this Prospectus (in preliminary, proof or final
form) or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Certificates (including roadshow materials
and investor presentations) in any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Each
Joint Lead Manager has agreed that it will comply to the best of its knowledge and belief in all material
respects with all applicable laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which it acquires, offers, sells or
delivers any Certificates or has in its possession or distributes this Prospectus (in preliminary, proof or
final form) or any such other material, in all cases, at its own expense.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Approval of Prospectus, Admission to Trading and Listing of Certificates
Applications have been made to the DFSA for the Certificates to be admitted to the official list of
securities maintained by the DFSA and to NASDAQ Dubai for the Certificates to be admitted to trading
on NASDAQ Dubai. Each of the Trustee and IFC is an "Exempt Offeror" for the purposes of Article
13(1) of the DIFC Markets Law 2012 (the "Markets Law 2012"). Accordingly, the Trustee and IFC are
exempt from the requirement to produce a prospectus under Article 14 of the Markets Law 2012 and this
Prospectus has not been approved by the DFSA for the purposes of the Markets Law 2012.
In addition, IFC currently intends to apply to the FCA for the Certificates to be admitted to listing on the
Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for the Certificates to be admitted to trading on the
Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange. However, prospective investors should note that there
can be no assurance that such admission to listing and trading will occur.
Authorisation
The issue of the Certificates has been duly authorised by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the
Trustee dated 7 September 2015. IFC Sukuk Company, in its capacity as the issuer and the Trustee, has
obtained all necessary consents, approvals and authorisations in the Cayman Islands in connection with
the issue and performance of the Certificates and the execution and performance of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party.
IFC has obtained all necessary consents, approvals and authorisations in connection with the Transaction
Documents.
Clearing Systems
The Certificates have been accepted for clearance through Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg
(which are the entities in charge of keeping the records) under common code 128457429 and ISIN
XS1284574297.
The address of Euroclear is Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., 1 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, B-1210 Brussels
and the address of Clearstream, Luxembourg is Clearstream Banking, 42 Avenue JF Kennedy, LI 855
Luxembourg.
Significant or Material Change
Since:
(a) 30 June 2015 (the last day of the financial period in respect of which the most recent audited
consolidated annual financial statements of IFC have been prepared), there has been no material
adverse change in the consolidated financial position or prospects of IFC; and
(b) the date of its incorporation, there has been no significant change in the financial or trading
position of the Trustee and no material adverse change in the financial position or prospects of the
Trustee.
Litigation
The Trustee is not and has not been involved in any governmental, legal or arbitration proceedings
(including any such proceedings which are pending or threatened of which the Trustee is aware) since
incorporation which may have or have in such period had a significant effect on the financial position or
profitability of the Trustee.
In the normal course of its business, IFC is from time to time named as defendant or co-defendant in
various legal actions on different grounds in various jurisdictions. Although there can be no assurances,
based on the information currently available, IFC's management does not believe the outcome of any of
the various existing legal actions will have a material adverse effect of IFC's financial position, results of
operations or cash flows.
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Auditors
The Trustee is not required by Cayman Islands law, and does not intend, to publish audited financial
statements or appoint any auditors.
The auditors of IFC are KPMG LLP, 1801 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States of
America, independent auditors, who have audited the consolidated financial statements of IFC for the
fiscal year ended 30 June 2015 as stated in the auditor's reports incorporated by reference into this
Prospectus. The consolidated financial statements of IFC for the fiscal years ended 30 June 2014 and
2013 were also audited by KPMG LLP. KPMG does not have, or had at the time it was IFC's auditors,
any material interest in IFC.
Documents Available
For so long as any Certificates remain outstanding, physical copies (and English translations, which will
be accurate and direct translations, where the documents in question are not in English) of the following
documents will, when published, be available, during usual business hours on any weekday (excluding
Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays), for inspection by Certificateholders at the specified offices of
the Principal Paying Agent:
(a) the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Trustee;
(b) the most recently publicly available audited financial statements of the Trustee (if any);
(c) the audited consolidated annual financial statements of IFC for the fiscal years ended 30 June 2015,
2014 and 2013, and the respective auditor's report thereon;
(d) the Transaction Documents;
(e) the pronouncements dated on or before the Issue Date and issued by the each of the Fatwa and
Shari'a Supervision Board of Dubai Islamic Bank and Dar Al Sharia Legal and Financial
Consultancy, the Executive Shariah Committee of HSBC Saudi Arabia Limited and the Shariah
Supervisory Committee of Standard Chartered Bank; and
(f) this Prospectus (including the Incorporated Information).
Shari'a Approvals
The transaction structure relating to the Certificates (as described in this Prospectus) has been approved
by the Fatwa and Shari'a Supervision Board of Dubai Islamic Bank and Dar Al Sharia Legal and
Financial Consultancy, the Executive Shariah Committee of HSBC Saudi Arabia Limited and the Shariah
Supervisory Committee of Standard Chartered Bank. Prospective Certificateholders should not rely on
any of the approvals referred to above in deciding whether to make an investment in the Certificates and
should consult their own Shari'a advisers as to whether the proposed transaction is in compliance with
Shari'a principles.
Websites
The contents of any website referred to in this Prospectus do not form part of this Prospectus.
TRUSTEE
IFC SUKUK COMPANY
c/o MaplesFS Limited
P.O. Box 1093, Queensgate House
Grand Cayman KY1-1102
Cayman Islands
OBLIGOR
International Finance Corporation
2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20433
United States of America
DELEGATE
Citicorp Trustee Company Limited
Citigroup Centre
Canary Wharf
London, E14 5 LB
United Kingdom
PRINCIPAL PAYING AGENT AND PAYING AGENT
Citibank N.A., London Branch
Citigroup Centre
Canary Wharf
London, E14 5 LB
United Kingdom
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland AG
Reuterweg 16
D-60323 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
JOINT LEAD MANAGERS
Dubai Islamic Bank P.J.S.C.
P.O. Box 1080
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
HSBC Bank plc
8 Canada Square
London, E14 5HQ
United Kingdom
National Bank of Abu Dhabi P.J.S.C.
NBAD One Tower
Sheikh Khalifa Street
P.O. Box 4
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Standard Chartered Bank
P.O. Box 999
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
LEGAL ADVISERS
To the Joint Lead Managers as to English law To the Delegate as to English law
Clifford Chance LLP
Level 15, Burj Daman
Dubai International Financial Centre
P.O. Box 9380
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Clifford Chance LLP
10 Upper Bank Street
London, E14 5JJ
United Kingdom
To the Trustee as to Cayman Islands law
Maples and Calder
The Exchange Building, 5th
Floor
Dubai International Financial Centre
P.O. Box 119980
Dubai
United Arab Emirates