EX-10.5 15 file15.htm BANK ACCOUNT OPERATING AGREEMENT


CLIFFORD                                           LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
CHANCE

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                      TURQUOISE CARD BACKED SECURITIES PLC
                                    as Issuer

                           TURQUOISE FUNDING 1 LIMITED
                  as Loan Note Issuer and Investor Beneficiary

                                       and

                                  HSBC BANK PLC
                    as Bank Account Operator and Account Bank

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                        BANK ACCOUNT OPERATING AGREEMENT

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                                    CONTENTS

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1.    Interpretation.....................................................     1
2.    Services Provided By The Bank Account Operator.....................     2
3.    Sub-Contracting....................................................     4
4.    Agency Provisions..................................................     5
5.    Retirement Of The Bank Account Operator............................     5
6.    Representations Of The Loan Note Issuer............................     6
7.    Undertakings Of The Bank Account Operator..........................     7
8.    Bank Account Operator's Liability And Indemnity....................     8
9.    Records And Reports................................................     8
10.   Fees Of The Bank Account Operator..................................     9
11.   No Liability And No Petition.......................................     9
12.   Assignment And Sub-Contracting.....................................    10
13.   No Conflict Of Interest............................................    10
14.   Jurisdiction.......................................................    10



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THIS AGREEMENT is made on 23 May 2006

BETWEEN:

(1)  TURQUOISE CARD BACKED SECURITIES PLC (registered number 5506646), whose
     principal place of business is at c/o Wilmington Trust SP Services (London)
     Limited, Tower 42 (Level 11), 25 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1HQ (the
     "ISSUER").

(2)  TURQUOISE FUNDING 1 LIMITED, a private limited liability company
     incorporated in Jersey with registration number 92327 and having its
     registered office at 26 New Street, St Helier, Jersey, in its capacities as
     the loan note issuer (the "LOAN NOTE ISSUER") and as investor beneficiary
     (the "INVESTOR BENEFICIARY"); and

(3)  HSBC BANK PLC, whose registered office is at 8 Canada Square, London, E14
     5HQ, in it capacities as the account bank and bank account operator (acting
     through its registered office as "ISSUER ACCOUNT BANK" and "ISSUER ACCOUNT
     BANK OPERATOR" and through its Jersey Branch (PO Box 14, 8 Library Place,
     St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8NJ) as "LNI ACCOUNT BANK" (together with the Issuer
     Account Bank, the "ACCOUNT BANK") and "LNI ACCOUNT BANK OPERATOR" (together
     with the Issuer Account Bank Operator, the "ACCOUNT BANK OPERATOR").

WHEREAS

(A)  In various circumstances the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer will exercise
     certain rights and powers in relation to all their bank accounts and any
     other account opened by them in connection with the Programme from time to
     time (collectively the "ACCOUNTS") and other matters referred to herein.

(B)  Pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Issuer, the
     Loan Note Issuer and the Bank Account Operator have agreed that the Issuer
     and the Loan Note Issuer will each appoint the Bank Account Operator as the
     bank account operator of their Accounts and the Issuer and the Loan Note
     Issuer will accordingly each entrust the matters referred to in recital (A)
     above to the Bank Account Operator.

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

1.   INTERPRETATION

1.1  DEFINITIONS

     Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement or the context requires
     otherwise, words and expressions used in this Agreement have the meanings
     and constructions ascribed to them in the Master Definitions Schedule set
     out in Schedule 1 (Master Definitions Schedule) (the "MASTER DEFINITIONS
     SCHEDULE") of the Issuer Master Framework Agreement relating to the
     Turquoise Card Backed Securities Medium Term Note Programme (the "MASTER
     FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT") which is dated on or about the date of this Agreement
     and signed for the purpose of identification by, amongst others, each of
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1.2  INCORPORATION OF COMMON TERMS

     The Common Terms apply to this Agreement and shall be binding on the
     parties to this Agreement as if set out in full in this Agreement.

1.3  CONFLICT WITH COMMON TERMS

     If there is any conflict between the provisions of the Common Terms and the
     provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall
     prevail.

1.4  OBLIGOR/OBLIGEE

     Paragraph 1 (Further Assurance) of the Common Terms applies to this
     Agreement as if set out in full in this Agreement and as if the Issuer were
     the Obligor and the Bank Account Operator an Obligee for the purposes of
     such Paragraph.

1.5  GOVERNING LAW

     This Agreement and all matters arising from or connected with it shall be
     governed by English law in accordance with Paragraph 26 (Governing Law) of
     the Common Terms.

1.6  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     The Issuer gives certain representations and warranties to the Note Trustee
     on the terms set out in Schedule 4 (Issuer's Representations and
     Warranties) of the Master Framework Agreement.

1.7  COVENANTS

     The Issuer covenants with the Note Trustee on the terms set out in Schedule
     5 (Issuer Covenants) of the Master Framework Agreement.

2.   SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE BANK ACCOUNT OPERATOR

2.1

     2.1.1 Each of the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer appoints the Bank Account
           Operator to (1) act as its bank account operator in order to
           implement, administer and carry out those responsibilities and
           obligations of, or with respect to, the Issuer and the Loan Note
           Issuer which are set out in paragraph 2.1.2 of this Agreement, under
           and in connection with the Receivables Trust Deed and Servicing
           Agreement, any related supplement thereto, the Security Trust Deed,
           any related supplement thereto and any related Loan Note, the Note
           Trust Deed, any related supplement thereto, the Notes, the Issuer
           Distribution Account Bank Agreement, the Loan Note Issuer Account
           Bank Agreement, the Agency Agreement and any Related Documents and/or
           any matter contemplated by any of the said documents, and (2)
           provide, from time to time, copies to any Rating Agency of any report
           (in connection with the Security Trust Deed and any related Loan
           Note) prepared and/or provided by the Servicer, the Issuer or the
           Loan Note Issuer to the Bank Account Operator.

     2.1.2 Subject to the security created over each Issuer Distribution Account
           pursuant to the Note Trust Deed and any related supplement and each
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           Issuer Distribution Account pursuant to the Security Trust Deed and
           any related supplement, the authority granted to and obligations
           accepted by the Bank Account Operator pursuant to Clause 2.1.1 shall
           comprise the following:

           (a)  giving directions on behalf of the Issuer and the Loan Note
                Issuer, as the case may be, in relation to the movement of
                monies from the Accounts in accordance with the Issuer's and
                Loan Note Issuer's respective obligations under the documents
                and arrangements referred to in Clause 2.1.1 taking into account
                all information received from the Issuer, the Loan Note Issuer,
                the Account Bank and the Servicer and taking into account any
                expenses loan agreement or swap agreement entered into by the
                Issuer;

           (b)  calculating payments to be made (a) by the Loan Note Issuer and
                (b) by the Issuer in accordance with the Issuer's and Loan Note
                Issuer's respective obligations under the documents and
                arrangements referred to in Clause 2.1.1;

           (c)  recording credit and debit entries (as applicable) to each
                relevant ledger of the Accounts and make the records of such
                entries available to the Account Bank at all times;

           (d)  subject to this Agreement, implementing any directions of the
                Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer in relation to the Accounts and
                the matters arising from this Agreement;

           (e)  subject to this Agreement, providing copies of reports to third
                parties, in accordance with the Issuer's and Loan Note Issuer's
                respective obligations under the documents and arrangements
                referred to in Clause 2.1.1;

           (f)  dealing with third parties (including any expenses loan
                provider, any Rating Agency, the Note Trustee, the Security
                Trustee, the Receivables Trustee, the Account Bank, the
                Servicer, any substitute servicer and any other Person) in
                relation to any amount received or payable by or to the Loan
                Note Issuer or the Issuer;

           (g)  subject always to the Relevant Documents, taking or refraining
                from taking any other action whatsoever in relation to the
                Accounts and the movement of monies thereon which may be taken
                or not taken, pursuant to the Relevant Documents, by the Issuer,
                the Loan Note Issuer or the Bank Account Operator;

           (h)  using all reasonable endeavours to ensure that each Mandate
                relating to each Account will continue to be operative and will
                not be changed without the prior written consent of the Issuer
                or the Loan Note Issuer (as applicable);

           (i)  at the close of business of each Business Day, procuring that
                the funds standing to the credit of any Account are invested in
                Permitted Investments in accordance with the instructions of the
                Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer (as applicable, but subject at
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                obligations under the documents and arrangements referred to in
                Clause 2.1.1);

           (j)  procuring that all amounts standing to the credit of any Account
                from time to time which are not invested will carry interest at
                such rate as may be agreed with the Account Bank pursuant to the
                relevant Issuer Distribution Account Bank Agreement or the
                relevant Loan Note Issuer Account Bank Agreement (as applicable)
                and the relevant Mandate corresponding to such Account; and

           (k)  conducting, any other activities by agreement between the
                Issuer, the Loan Note Issuer (or any Person acting on each of
                their behalf) and the Bank Account Operator,

           in each case for and on behalf of the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer
           as contemplated in the Security Trust Deed, any related supplement
           thereto and any related Loan Note, the Note Trust Deed and any
           related supplement thereto and the Expenses Loan Agreement.

2.2  The Bank Account Operator hereby agrees:

     2.2.1 save as provided herein, not to enter into, on behalf of the Issuer
           or the Loan Note Issuer, any commitments, loans or obligations or
           otherwise restrict or dispose of the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer's
           property or assets and subject to any applicable law, regulation or
           order of any court generally not to take any action which would be
           inconsistent with the business of the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer
           or in breach of the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer's constitutive
           documents or in breach of any of the Relevant Documents to which the
           Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer is or becomes a party; and

     2.2.2 to keep confidential all documents, materials and other information
           (including any reports described in Clause 2.1.1 relating to the
           business of the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer and not to disclose
           any of the aforesaid to any person other than the Issuer or the Loan
           Note Issuer without the prior consent of the Issuer or the Loan Note
           Issuer unless required to do so by any applicable law, regulation or
           order of any court PROVIDED THAT disclosure to any person for the
           purposes of the performance of their contractual obligations towards
           the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer (or the Bank Account Operator)
           pursuant to the Relevant Documents, or the exercise of their rights
           thereunder, is permitted,

           PROVIDED THAT nothing in this Clause 2.2 shall obligate the Bank
           Account Operator to carry out any duties in relation to the Relevant
           Documents to which the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer is or becomes a
           party which have been delegated by the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer
           specifically to other persons pursuant to such Relevant Documents.

3.   SUB-CONTRACTING

     The Bank Account Operator may appoint any company in the same group of
     companies as the Bank Account Operator as its sub-agent, sub-contractor or
     representative to carry out or to assist the Bank Account Operator to carry
     out all or any part of the services to


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     be provided by it under this Agreement PROVIDED THAT no such delegation
     shall relieve the Bank Account Operator of its obligations under this
     Agreement.

4.   AGENCY PROVISIONS

4.1  The Bank Account Operator may rely upon any communication or document
     reasonably believed by it to be genuine.

4.2  The Bank Account Operator shall promptly inform the Issuer or the Loan Note
     Issuer of the contents of any notice or document received by it from any of
     the parties to any of the Relevant Documents to which the Issuer or the
     Loan Note Issuer is or becomes a party which the Bank Account Operator
     considers to be extraordinary in the context of the Issuer or the Loan Note
     Issuer's day-to-day operation.

4.3  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary expressed or implied herein, the
     Bank Account Operator shall not:

     4.3.1 be bound to account to the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer for any sum
           or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account;
           or

     4.3.2 be bound to disclose to any other person any information relating to
           the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer if such disclosure would or might
           in its opinion constitute a breach of the law or regulation or be
           otherwise actionable at the suit of any person.

4.4  The Bank Account Operator does not accept any responsibility for the
     legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any of the
     Relevant Documents save as regards matters relevant to its own capacity to
     enter into and perform its obligations thereunder.

5.   RETIREMENT OF THE BANK ACCOUNT OPERATOR

5.1  The Bank Account Operator may retire its appointment hereunder at any time
     without assigning any reason therefor by giving written notice to that
     effect to the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer PROVIDED THAT the retirement
     of the Bank Account Operator shall not be effective until a replacement
     acceptable to the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer (such acceptance not to
     be unreasonably withheld) for the Bank Account Operator is appointed and
     such replacement has agreed to act as the Bank Account Operator for the
     purposes hereof.

5.2  The Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer:

     5.2.1 may require the Bank Account Operator to retire its appointment
           hereunder at any time by giving written notice to that effect to the
           Bank Account Operator (PROVIDED THAT the retirement shall not be
           effective until a replacement acceptable to the Issuer and the Loan
           Note Issuer has been appointed); and

     5.2.2 shall require the Bank Account Operator to so retire (PROVIDED THAT
           the retirement shall not be effective until a replacement acceptable
           to the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer has been appointed) if:


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           (a)  the Bank Account Operator defaults in the payment on the due
                date of any payment to be made by it under this Agreement and
                such default continues unremedied for a period of two Business
                Days;

           (b)  the Bank Account Operator defaults in any material respect in
                the performance or observance of any of its other undertakings
                and obligations under this Agreement and such default continues
                unremedied for a period of ten Business Days after the receipt
                by the Bank Account Operator of written notice from the Issuer
                or the Loan Note Issuer requiring the same to be remedied;

           (c)  the Bank Account Operator becomes insolvent or bankrupt or
                unable to pay, or generally is not paying, its debts as such
                debts become due, or takes any action for the purposes of
                entering into any winding-up, dissolution, bankruptcy,
                reorganisation, receivership or similar proceedings analogous in
                purpose or effect, or any order is made by any competent court
                or any resolution is passed for the appointment of a liquidator,
                trustee in bankruptcy or similar officer of the Bank Account
                Operator, or the Bank Account Operator appoints or suffers the
                appointment of any receiver, trustee or similar officer of the
                whole or a substantial part of its assets or business or enters
                into any composition, restructuring or renegotiation of debt
                with its general creditors; or

           (d)  the Bank Account Operator is subject to any material litigation,
                arbitration or administrative proceeding or claim which would,
                if adversely determined, be in the opinion of the Issuer or the
                Loan Note Issuer, acting reasonably, materially prejudicial to
                its interests.

5.3  If a successor to the Bank Account Operator is appointed pursuant to
     Clauses 5.1 or 5.2 then, upon a replacement Bank Account Operator agreeing
     to act as such:

     5.3.1 the retiring Bank Account Operator shall be discharged from any
           further obligation hereunder other than any liability or obligation
           accrued at the date of its retirement; and

     5.3.2 its successor and each of the other parties hereto shall have the
           same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had
           if such successor had been an original party hereto.

6.   REPRESENTATIONS OF THE LOAN NOTE ISSUER

     The Loan Note Issuer represents and warrants to the Bank Account Operator
     that:

6.1  the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Note Issuer of this
     Agreement (a) are within its corporate powers, (b) has been duly authorised
     by all necessary corporate action and (c) does not contravene its
     memorandum and articles of association or any law or any contractual
     restriction binding on or affecting it;


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6.2  no authorisation or approval or other action by and no notice to or filing
     with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due
     execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement; and

6.3  this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Loan Note
     Issuer (except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and
     other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally).

7.   UNDERTAKINGS OF THE BANK ACCOUNT OPERATOR

     The Bank Account Operator undertakes with each of the Issuer and the Loan
     Note Issuer that, without prejudice to any of its specific obligations
     under this Agreement:

7.1  it will devote to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement
     at least the same amount of time and attention, and exercise at least the
     same level of skill, care and diligence, in the performance of those
     obligations as it would if it were administering its own rights and
     obligations as opposed to those of each of the Issuer and the Loan Note
     Issuer;

7.2  it will comply with any proper directions, orders and instructions which
     either of the Issuer or the Loan Note Issuer may from time to time give to
     it in connection with the performance of its obligations under this
     Agreement;

7.3  it will use its reasonable endeavours to keep in force all licences,
     approvals, authorisations and consents which may be necessary in connection
     with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and shall, so
     far as it can reasonably do so, perform its obligations under this
     Agreement in such a way as not to prejudice the continuation of any such
     approval, authorisation, consent or licence;

7.4  it will observe and perform all the duties and obligations as required by
     any Relevant Document to which it is a party to be performed by it in its
     capacity as Bank Account Operator;

7.5  it will promptly upon becoming aware thereof notify each of the Issuer and
     the Loan Note Issuer in writing of any condition, event, act, matter or
     thing which is a breach of any of the representations, warranties,
     covenants and undertakings of any of the parties to the Relevant Documents
     to which either of the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer is or becomes a
     party contained therein;

7.6  it will make available office facilities, equipment and staff sufficient to
     enable it to fulfil its obligations under this Agreement;

7.7  it will not fail in any material respect to comply with any legal,
     administrative and regulatory requirements in the performance of its
     obligations under this Agreement;

7.8  subject to timely receipt by the Bank Account Operator of sufficient funds
     it will make or give directions for the making of all payments on behalf of
     each of the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer required to be made by the Bank
     Account Operator pursuant to the Relevant Documents to which each of the
     Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer is or becomes a party on their due date and
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     counterclaim and (unless required by law to deduct or withhold) without
     deduction or withholding for any taxes; and

7.9  it will execute and do all such further documents, acts and things as may
     be necessary at any time or times to give effect to this Agreement, of
     which it has notice.

8.   BANK ACCOUNT OPERATOR'S LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY

8.1  The Bank Account Operator hereby indemnifies and undertakes to keep each of
     the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer and its directors, officers, employees
     and agents indemnified against all actions, proceedings, claims, costs and
     demands (including costs and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or
     incidental thereto) which may be brought against, suffered or incurred by
     it or any of them as a result of any failure by the Bank Account Operator
     to comply with any of its obligations hereunder where such failure arises
     from the negligence, wilful default, dishonesty or fraud of the Bank
     Account Operator. This indemnity is, for the avoidance of doubt, in
     addition to and without prejudice to any indemnity allowed under any
     applicable law.

8.2  The Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer respectively and severally but not
     jointly shall, from time to time on demand of the Bank Account Operator,
     indemnify and hold harmless the Bank Account Operator, its directors,
     officers, employees and agents and any person providing services relating
     to its role hereunder at the time of such demand, against any liabilities,
     actions, proceedings, claims or demands which it or any of them may incur
     or be subject to arising out of or in consequence of this Agreement or as a
     result of the performance of the functions and the services provided for
     hereunder except as a result of the negligence, wilful default, dishonesty
     or fraud of the Bank Account Operator of any of its directors, officers,
     employees or agents and any person providing services relating to its role
     hereunder as the case may be. This indemnity shall expressly inure to the
     benefit of any director, officer, employee or agent existing or future and
     to the benefit of any successor of the Bank Account Operator hereunder.

8.3  The termination of this Agreement shall not affect the rights and
     obligations of the parties arising hereunder prior to such termination.

9.   RECORDS AND REPORTS

9.1  The Bank Account Operator shall keep, for and on behalf of each of the
     Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer, any computer and/or physical records
     relating to each of the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer and/or the Accounts
     or delivered to the Bank Account Operator on behalf of each of the Issuer
     and the Loan Note Issuer (the "RELEVANT FILES") and maintain them in an
     adequate form and in such a way that they can clearly be distinguished from
     the records relating to other companies maintained by the Bank Account
     Operator. The Bank Account Operator shall ensure that the Relevant Files
     held by the Bank Account Operator (or to its order) shall at all reasonable
     hours be made available for inspection by each of the Issuer and the Loan
     Note Issuer or any person acting on its behalf and shall procure that each
     of the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer or any person acting on its behalf
     shall be provided with such assistance as either of them may reasonably
     require to properly perform their duties. All Relevant Files held by the
     Bank Account Operator shall be held by it to the order of each of the
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     Note Issuer. The Bank Account Operator hereby waives any lien to which it
     would otherwise be entitled in relation thereto. The Bank Account Operator
     shall, on demand by each of the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer or any
     person on its behalf, provide copies (and where copies are not available,
     the originals) of the Relevant Files to each of the Issuer and the Loan
     Note Issuer.

10.  FEES OF THE BANK ACCOUNT OPERATOR

10.1 Any fees payable by each of the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer to the Bank
     Account Operator shall be set out in a letter sent by the Bank Account
     Operator to the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer (as the same may be varied,
     amended or replaced from time to time), in the amounts and at the times set
     out in such letter.

11.  NO LIABILITY AND NO PETITION

11.1 No recourse under any obligation, covenant, or agreement of any party
     contained in this Agreement shall be had against any shareholder, officer
     or director of the relevant party as such, by the enforcement of any
     assessment or by any proceeding, by virtue of any statute or otherwise; it
     being expressly agreed and understood that this Agreement is a corporate
     obligation of the relevant party and no personal liability shall attach to
     or be incurred by the shareholders, officers, agents or directors of the
     relevant party as such, or any of them, under or by reason of any of the
     obligations, covenants or agreements of such party contained in this
     Agreement, or implied therefrom, and that any and all personal liability
     for breaches by such party of any such obligations, covenants or
     agreements, either at law or by statute or constitution, of every such
     shareholder, officer, agent or director is hereby expressly waived by the
     other party as a condition of and consideration for the execution of this
     Agreement.

11.2 The Bank Account Operator hereby undertakes to each of the Issuer and the
     Loan Note Issuer that it will not take any corporate action or other steps
     or legal proceedings for the winding up, dissolution or re-organisation or
     for the appointment of a receiver, administrative receiver, trustee,
     liquidator, sequestrator or similar officer of each of the Issuer and the
     Loan Note Issuer or any or all of the revenues and assets of each of the
     Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer nor participate in any ex parte proceedings
     nor seek to enforce any judgment against each of the Issuer and the Loan
     Note Issuer.

11.3 The Bank Account Operator acknowledges that the obligations of each of the
     Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer under this Agreement at any time are
     limited to the lesser, at such time, of (a) the nominal amount thereof (the
     "NOMINAL AMOUNT") and (b) an amount (the "AVAILABLE AMOUNT") equivalent to
     the cash amounts deposited in their own relevant Accounts of each of the
     Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer at such time or realised by the Note
     Trustee or the Security Trustee following the enforcement of security
     pursuant to the Note Trust Deed or the Security Trust Deed (as applicable).
     The Bank Account Operator shall not have a right to have recourse to, or
     make demand or initiate proceedings against each of the Issuer and the Loan
     Note Issuer at any time whilst the nominal amount exceeds the available
     amount. Each of the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer shall incur no
     liability and be under no additional duty to any person solely as a result
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     this Agreement, which inability results from the operation of the foregoing
     provisions of this Clause 11.3.

11.4 The Bank Account Operator agrees that it shall have no recourse, in respect
     of any obligation, covenant or agreement of each of the Issuer and the Loan
     Note Issuer, against any shareholder, officer, agent or director of each of
     the Issuer and the Loan Note Issuer.

12.  ASSIGNMENT AND SUB-CONTRACTING

     The Bank Account Operator shall not be entitled to assign, transfer or
     (save as provided in Clause 3 (Sub-Contracting) above) delegate or
     sub-contract all or any of its rights, benefits and obligations hereunder
     without the prior written consent of each of the Issuer and the Loan Note
     Issuer.

13.  NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST

     The services of the Bank Account Operator to each of the Issuer and the
     Loan Note Issuer hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and the Bank
     Account Operator shall be free to render similar services to any other
     person for so long as its services hereunder are not impaired thereby and
     shall not be liable to account for any profits arising therefrom.

14.  JURISDICTION

14.1 The parties hereto irrevocably agree for the benefit of each of them that
     the courts of England shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any
     suit, action or proceeding, and to settle any disputes, which may arise out
     of or in connection with this Agreement and, for such purposes, irrevocably
     submit to the jurisdiction of such courts.

14.2 The parties hereto irrevocably waive any objection which they might now or
     hereafter have to the courts referred to in Clause 14.1 being nominated as
     the forum to hear and determine any suit, action or proceeding, and to
     settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with this
     Agreement and agree not to claim that any such court is not a convenient or
     appropriate forum.

IN SIGNATURE HEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be duly
executed and delivered in Jersey by their duly authorised representatives, on
the day and year first written above.


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THE ISSUER

Executed for and on behalf of                  )
TURQUOISE CARD                                 )
BACKED SECURITIES PLC                          )
by one of its directors/Authorised Signatory


By: RUTH SAMSON                                )

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PROCESS AGENT:

Clifford Chance Secretaries Limited
10 Upper Bank Street
London E14 5JJ

LOAN NOTE ISSUER AND INVESTOR BENEFICIARY

Executed for and on behalf of                  )
TURQUOISE FUNDING 1 LIMITED                    )


By: S.M. HOLLYWOOD                             )
    Director                                   )

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PROCESS AGENT:

Clifford Chance Secretaries Limited
10 Upper Bank Street

London E14 5JJ

BANK ACCOUNT OPERATOR AND LNI ACCOUNT BANK

Signed on behalf of
HSBC BANK PLC


By: MICHAEL WORSFOLD                          Authorised Signatory
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ISSUER ACCOUNT BANK

Signed on behalf of
HSBC BANK PLC


By: JULIE FORT                                Authorised Signatory
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