Regulatory Filings • Aug 6, 2010
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(Incorporated with limited liability in Japan)
(Incorporated with limited liability in Australia, ABN 15 003 968 401)
(Incorporated with limited liability in the Netherlands Antilles and having its statutory seat in Curaçao)
and
(Incorporated with limited liability in the State of Delaware)
With a maximum maturity of 30 years from the date of original issue Unconditionally guaranteed (in respect of Notes issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED, ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V. and ORIX USA CORPORATION) as to payment of principal and interest by
Under the Euro Medium Term Note Programme described in this Offering Circular (the Programme), ORIX CORPORATION (ORIX), ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED (ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES), ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V. (ORIX CARIBBEAN) and ORIX USA CORPORATION (ORIX USA) (together the Issuers and each, in relation to Notes issued by it, an Issuer), subject to compliance with all relevant laws, regulations and directives, may from time to time issue Euro Medium Term Notes (the Notes). Notes issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by ORIX CORPORATION (in such capacity, the Guarantor, although references to ORIX should be construed as references to ORIX in its capacities as an Issuer or Guarantor, as the context so requires). The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding will not at any time exceed U.S.\$4,000,000,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies). This Offering Circular supersedes the Offering Circular dated 7th August, 2009 in respect of the Programme, as supplemented.
The Notes will be issued to one or more of the Dealers specified below and any additional Dealer appointed under the Programme from time to time, which appointment may be for a specific issue or on an ongoing basis (each a Dealer and together the Dealers).
Application has been made to the Financial Services Authority in its capacity as competent authority (the UK Listing Authority) under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the FSMA) for Notes issued during the period of 12 months from the date of this Offering Circular to be admitted to the official list of the UK Listing Authority (the Official List) and to the London Stock Exchange plc (the London Stock Exchange) for such Notes to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Professional Securities Market, which together with admission to the Official List will constitute official listing on the London Stock Exchange. References in this Offering Circular to the Notes being listed (and all related references) shall mean that such Notes have been admitted to the Official List and are traded on the Professional Securities Market of the London Stock Exchange. The Professional Securities Market of the London Stock Exchange is not a regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2004/39/EC.
Notice of the aggregate nominal amount of Notes, interest (if any) payable in respect of Notes, the issue price of Notes and any other terms and conditions not contained herein which are applicable to each Series and/or Tranche (as defined in "Terms and Conditions of the Notes" below) of Notes will be set out in the final terms (the Final Terms) which, with respect to Notes to be admitted to the Official List and to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Professional Securities Market (Listed Notes) will be delivered to the London Stock Exchange on or before the date of issue of the Notes of such Tranche.
Each Series (as defined in "Key Features of the Programme—Method of Issue" below) of Bearer Notes (as defined in "Key Features of the Programme—Form of Notes" below) will be represented on issue (as indicated in the relevant Final Terms) by either a temporary Global Note or a permanent Global Note (each a Global Note) which in either case will be deposited on the issue date with a common depositary on behalf of Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (Euroclear) and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (Clearstream, Luxembourg) or otherwise delivered as agreed between the relevant Issuer and the relevant Dealer(s). The provisions governing the exchange of Global Notes for other Global Notes and definitive Bearer Notes, and the exchange of Exchangeable Bearer Notes for Registered Notes are described in "Summary of Provisions Relating to the Notes while in Global Form" below. Registered Notes will be represented by registered certificates (each a Certificate), one Certificate being issued in respect of each Noteholder's entire holding of Registered Notes of one Series (subject to the provisions of the Agency Agreement (as defined in "Terms and Conditions of the Notes" below)). Registered Notes which are held in Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg will be registered in the name of a nominee for such system, or a common nominee, and the relative Certificate(s) will be delivered to the appropriate depositary. References in this Offering Circular to Global Certificates are to Certificates issued in respect of Registered Notes which are registered in the name of nominee(s) for Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg.
The Programme has been rated A by Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. (JCR), A by Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I) and (other than issues of market-linked Notes, such as Notes in respect of which interest and/or principal repayments are linked to an equity, currency, commodity, market price index, or to the market value of a particular stock or fund, or to a basket of any of the foregoing) A- by Standard & Poor's Rating Services (S&P). Where a Tranche of Notes is rated, such rating will not necessarily be the same as the ratings assigned to the Programme. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency.
Arranger for the Programme
Daiwa Capital Markets Europe
Dealers
Barclays Capital BNP PARIBAS BofA Merrill Lynch Citi Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Deutsche Bank Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc Mizuho International plc Morgan Stanley Nomura Shinkin International Ltd UBS Investment Bank
This Offering Circular excluding the Excluded Sections (as defined below) constitutes listing particulars of each Issuer and the Guarantor for the purposes of the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rules.
This Offering Circular, save for the Excluded Sections as set out below, comprises listing particulars in relation to Listed Notes to be issued by ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN and ORIX USA, respectively, given in compliance with the listing rules as published by the UK Listing Authority in respect of Notes to be listed on the London Stock Exchange (the Listing Rules) made pursuant to the FSMA by the UK Listing Authority for the purposes of giving information with regard to ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN, ORIX USA, ORIX and its subsidiaries and the Notes and the guarantee of the Notes (the Guarantee). The sections set out in the table below against the relevant Issuer's name (the Excluded Sections) shall be excluded from the Offering Circular of that Issuer:
Issuer Excluded Sections
ORIX Pages 58 to 61 ("ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED", "ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V." and "ORIX USA CORPORATION"), pages 64 to 69 and 71 ("AUSTRALIAN TAXATION", "NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
TAXATION", "CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS", "UNITED KINGDOM TAXATION" and "FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTROLS") and paragraphs 3(ii), (iii) and (iv) and 4(ii), (iii) and
(iv) on page 86 ("GENERAL INFORMATION").
Pages 59 to 61 ("ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V." and "ORIX USA CORPORATION"), pages 67 to 69 and 71 ("NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES
TAXATION", "CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS", "UNITED KINGDOM TAXATION" and "FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTROLS") and paragraphs 3(iii) and (iv) and 4(iii) and (iv) and
paragraph 9 on pages 86 to 88 ("GENERAL INFORMATION").
ORIX CARIBBEAN Page 58 ("ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED"), pages 60 and
61 ("ORIX USA CORPORATION"), pages 64 to 66 ("AUSTRALIAN TAXATION), pages 68 to 69 ("CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS" and "UNITED KINGDOM TAXATION") and paragraphs 3(ii) and (iv) and 4(ii) and (iv) and paragraph 9 on pages 86 to 88
("GENERAL INFORMATION").
ORIX USA Pages 58 and 59 ("ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED" and
"ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V."), pages 64 to 67 ("AUSTRALIAN TAXATION" and "NETHERLANDS ANTILLES TAXATION"), pages 69 and 71 ("UNITED KINGDOM TAXATION" and "FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTROLS") and paragraphs 3(ii) and (iii) and 4(ii) and (iii) and paragraph 9 on pages 86 to 88
("GENERAL INFORMATION").
ORIX accepts responsibility for the information contained in its offering circular. To the best of the knowledge and belief of ORIX (which has taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), such information contained in its offering circular is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. Each of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES and the Guarantor accepts responsibility for the offering circular of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES. Each of ORIX CARIBBEAN and the Guarantor accepts responsibility for the offering circular of ORIX CARIBBEAN. Each of ORIX USA and the Guarantor accepts responsibility for the offering circular of ORIX USA. To the best of the knowledge and belief of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN, ORIX USA and the Guarantor (each of which has taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), such information contained in their respective offering circular is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.
In connection with the issue and offering of the Notes, no person has been authorised to give any information or to make any representation other than those contained in this Offering Circular and, if given or made, such information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorised by any of ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA or any of the Dealers or the Arranger. Neither the delivery of this Offering Circular nor any sale made in connection herewith shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that the information herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof. The Dealers and the Arranger expressly do not undertake to review the financial condition or affairs of ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA during the life of the Programme.
The Arranger and the Dealers have not separately verified the information contained in this Offering Circular. Accordingly, no representation, warranty or undertaking, express or implied, is made and no responsibility is accepted by the Arranger or the Dealers as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this Offering Circular or any other information provided by ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA. Neither the Arranger nor the Dealers accepts any liability in relation to the information contained in this Offering Circular or any other information provided by ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA in connection with the Programme.
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Neither this Offering Circular nor any other information supplied in connection with the Programme (i) is intended to provide the basis of any credit or other evaluation or (ii) should be considered as a recommendation by ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN, ORIX USA or any of the Dealers or the Arranger that any recipient of this Offering Circular or any other information supplied in connection with the Programme should purchase any Notes. Each investor contemplating purchasing any Notes should make its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs, and its own appraisal of the creditworthiness, of ORIX and/or ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES and/or ORIX CARIBBEAN and/or ORIX USA. Neither this Offering Circular nor any other information supplied in connection with the Programme constitutes any offer or invitation by or on behalf of ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN, ORIX USA or the Dealers or the Arranger to any person to subscribe for or to purchase any Notes.
The distribution of this Offering Circular and the offer, sale or delivery of Notes may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Persons into whose possession this Offering Circular or any Notes come must inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and include Notes that are in bearer form that are subject to U.S. tax law requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, the Notes may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to U.S. persons. For a description of certain restrictions on offers and sales of Notes and on distribution of this Offering Circular, see "Subscription and Sale" below. Furthermore, this Offering Circular does not constitute, and may not be used for the purposes of, an offer, invitation or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction or in any circumstances in which such offer, invitation or solicitation is not authorised or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer, invitation or solicitation.
The Notes have not been registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948 as amended, the FIEL) and disclosure under the FIEL has not been made with respect to the Notes. Neither the Notes nor any interest therein may be offered, sold, resold or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, in Japan to or for the account of any resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the FIEL and all other applicable laws, regulations and guidelines promulgated by the relevant Japanese governmental and regulatory authorities. In respect of Notes issued by ORIX, interest payments on the Notes will be subject to Japanese withholding tax unless the holder establishes that the Notes are held by or for the account of a holder that is not an individual resident of Japan or a Japanese corporation for Japanese tax purposes (and is not a "specially-related person" to ORIX, as defined at page 62 — "Japanese Taxation") or is a Japanese designated financial institution described in Article 6 of the Special Taxation Measures Law of Japan.
This Offering Circular has been prepared on the basis that any offer of Notes in any Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC (the Prospectus Directive) (each, a Relevant Member State) will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive, as implemented in that Relevant Member State, from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of Notes. Accordingly any person making or intending to make an offer in that Relevant Member State of Notes which are the subject of an offering contemplated in this Offering Circular as completed by final terms in relation to the offer of those Notes may only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for any of the Issuers, any of the Dealers or the Arranger to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive, in each case, in relation to such offer. None of the Issuers, the Dealers or the Arranger have authorised, nor do they authorise, the making of any offer of Notes in circumstances in which an obligation arises for any of the Issuers, any of the Dealers or the Arranger to publish or supplement a prospectus for such offer.
Under present Australian law, interest and other amounts paid on Notes issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES will not be subject to Australian interest withholding tax if the Notes are issued in accordance with certain prescribed conditions set out in section 128F of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth). One of these conditions is that ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES must not know or have reasonable grounds to suspect that a Note, or an interest in a Note, was being, or would later be, acquired directly or indirectly by Offshore Associates (as defined under "Australian Taxation") of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, other than in the capacity of a dealer, manager or underwriter in relation to the placement of the relevant Notes, or a clearing house, custodian, funds manager or responsible entity of a registered scheme. Accordingly, the Notes must not be acquired by any Offshore Associate of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES. For these purposes, an Offshore Associate of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES is defined broadly and includes, but is not limited to, not only the immediate parent company of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, but also includes its ultimate controlling parent company, any controlled entities of such ultimate parent company and any trusts under which ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, or its immediate or ultimate parent company benefit. Any investor who believes that it may be affiliated with or related to any of the above-mentioned entities or who otherwise believes it may be an Offshore Associate of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, should make appropriate enquiries before investing in any Notes. See "Australian Taxation" below for more information.
In connection with the issue of any Tranche of Notes, the Dealer or Dealers (if any) named as the Stabilising Manager(s) (or persons acting on behalf of any Stabilising Manager(s)) in the applicable Final Terms may over-allot or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the Notes at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail. However, there is no assurance that the Stabilising Manager(s) (or persons acting on behalf of a Stabilising Manager) will undertake stabilisation action. Any stabilisation action may begin on or after the date on which adequate public disclosure of the terms of the offer of the relevant Tranche of Notes is made and, if begun, may be ended at any time, but it must end no later than the earlier of 30 days after the issue date of the relevant Tranche of Notes and 60 days after the date of the allotment of the relevant Tranche of Notes. Any stabilisation action or over-allotment must be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws and rules.
In this Offering Circular, references to U.S. dollars and U.S.\$ are to United States dollars, to A\$ are to Australian dollars, to yen and ¥ are to Japanese yen, to sterling and £ are to pounds sterling, to HK\$ are to Hong Kong dollars and to € and euro are to the currency introduced at the third stage of European economic and monetary union pursuant to the Treaty establishing the European Community (signed in Rome on 25th March, 1957), as amended by the Treaty on European Union (signed in Maastricht on 7th February, 1992) and as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam (signed in Amsterdam on 2nd October, 1997).
For convenience only, the rate of exchange prevailing on 31st March, 2010 (i) between Australian dollars and U.S. dollars was A\$1.0910 = U.S. \$1.00, (ii) between Japanese yen and U.S. dollars was ¥93.04 = U.S. \$1.00 and (iii) between Hong Kong dollars and U.S. dollars was HK\$7.7663 = U.S.\$1.00.
The auditors report and audited consolidated annual financial statements for the two years ended 31st March, 2010, which appear on pages F-1 to F-101 of the Form 20-F for the year ended 31st March, 2010 of ORIX (the Incorporated Documents), and which have previously been published or are provided simultaneously with this Offering Circular and have been approved by the UK Listing Authority or filed with it, shall be incorporated in, and form part of, this Offering Circular. However, any statement contained herein or in a document which is incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this Offering Circular to the extent that a statement contained in any document which is subsequently incorporated by reference herein by way of a supplement prepared by the Issuer and approved by the UK Listing Authority in accordance with section 81 of the FSMA modifies or supersedes such earlier statement (whether expressly, by implication or otherwise). Any statement so modified or superseded shall not, except as so modified or superseded, constitute a part of this Offering Circular.
Each of ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN and ORIX USA has given an undertaking to the Dealers generally and in connection with Listed Notes that if at any time during the duration of the Programme:
ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN and ORIX USA shall publish supplementary offering circulars as may be required by the UK Listing Authority and approved by Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited as Arranger, and shall otherwise comply with the FSMA and the Listing Rules in that regard and shall supply to each Dealer and to the UK Listing Authority such number of copies of those supplementary offering circulars as such Dealer or the UK Listing Authority, as the case may be, may reasonably request. ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN and ORIX USA will during the continuance of the Programme prepare further offering circulars not later than one year after the date of these offering circulars (or any subsequent offering circular).
If the applicable Final Terms specifies any modifications to the Terms and Conditions of the Notes as described below, it is envisaged that, to the extent that such modifications (not being significant for the purposes of section 80(1) of the FSMA or the Listing Rules) relate only to Conditions 1, 5, 6 (except Condition 6(c)) and 7, they will not necessitate the preparation of a supplementary Offering Circular. If the Terms and Conditions of the Notes are to be modified in any other respect, it is envisaged that a supplementary offering circular or, if appropriate, further offering circulars describing the modifications will be prepared. If any of ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA issues Notes where the redemption amount payable in respect of each Note may be less than the principal amount, each of ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA (as the case may be) will prepare a supplemental offering circular or, if appropriate, further offering circulars, the contents of which will be in compliance with Annex XII of PR App 3 of the Financial Services Authority's Prospectus Rules made pursuant to the FSMA (the Prospectus Rules).
Copies of the Incorporated Documents mentioned above, this Offering Circular and any supplementary or further offering circular and any subsequent offering circulars will be available free of charge from the Fiscal Agent and Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited in London.
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| KEY FEATURES OF THE PROGRAMME | 7 |
| RISK FACTORS | 11 |
| TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES | 23 |
| SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE NOTES WHILE IN GLOBAL FORM OR WHILE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A NOMINEE FOR A CLEARING SYSTEM |
47 |
| USE OF PROCEEDS | 51 |
| ORIX CORPORATION | 52 |
| ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED | 58 |
| ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V. | 59 |
| ORIX USA CORPORATION | 60 |
| JAPANESE TAXATION | 62 |
| AUSTRALIAN TAXATION | 64 |
| NETHERLANDS ANTILLES TAXATION | 67 |
| CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS | 68 |
| UNITED KINGDOM TAXATION | 69 |
| EU SAVINGS DIRECTIVE | 70 |
| FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTROLS | 71 |
| SUBSCRIPTION AND SALE | 72 |
| FORM OF FINAL TERMS | 76 |
| GENERAL INFORMATION | 86 |
The following summary does not purport to be complete and is taken from and is qualified by, the remainder of this Offering Circular and in relation to the terms and conditions of any particular Tranche of Notes, the applicable Final Terms.
Issuers: ORIX
ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES
ORIX CARIBBEAN
ORIX USA
ORIX Group: ORIX and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Description: Euro Medium Term Note Programme.
Guarantee: In the case of Notes issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX
CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA, ORIX will unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the due payment of all sums expressed to be payable by the relevant Issuer under the
Notes.
Arranger: Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited
Dealers: Barclays Bank PLC
BNP PARIBAS
Citigroup Global Markets Limited Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
Merrill Lynch International
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc
Mizuho International plc
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
Nomura International plc Shinkin International Ltd.
UBS Limited
The Issuers may from time to time terminate the appointment of any dealer under the Programme or appoint additional dealers either in respect of a single Tranche or in respect of the whole Programme. References in this Offering Circular to Permanent Dealers are to the persons listed above as Dealers and to such additional persons which are appointed as dealers in respect of the whole Programme (and whose appointment has not been terminated) and references to Dealers are to all Permanent Dealers and all persons appointed as a dealer in respect of one or more Tranches.
Fiscal Agent: The Bank of New York Mellon.
Size: Up to U.S.\$4,000,000,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies at the date of issue)
aggregate nominal amount of Notes outstanding at any one time. In calculating the aggregate nominal amount of Notes outstanding, the aggregate nominal amount of notes outstanding at the date of this Offering Circular under the Euro Medium Term Note Programme (as amended from time to time) of ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN, ORIX IRELAND FINANCE PLC, ORIX CAPITAL RESOURCES LIMITED and ORIX USA in existence up to (and including) 10th August, 2005 (the Former Programme) shall be taken into account. At the date of this Offering Circular, an aggregate nominal amount of U.S.\$1,009,744,756.09 was outstanding under the Programme and the Former
Programme.
Currencies: Subject to compliance with all relevant laws, regulations and directives, Notes may
be issued in U.S. dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, euro, Hong Kong dollars, New Zealand dollars, Swiss francs, sterling or yen or in other currencies if the
relevant Issuer and the Dealers so agree.
Maturities: Subject to compliance with all relevant laws, regulations and directives, any maturity
up to 30 years. Bearer Notes issued by ORIX USA with a maturity of 183 days or less must have a denomination of no less than U.S.\$500,000 and must be Zero Coupon
Notes.
Denomination: Definitive Notes will be in such denominations as may be specified in the relevant
Final Terms, save that:
Method of Issue: The Notes will be issued on a syndicated or non-syndicated basis. The Notes will be issued on a continuous basis in series (each a Series) having one or more issue dates and on terms otherwise identical (or identical other than in respect of the first payment of interest), the Notes of each Series being intended to be interchangeable with all other Notes of that Series. Each Series may be issued in tranches (each a Tranche) on the same or different issue dates. The specific terms of each Tranche (which will be supplemented, where necessary, with supplemental terms and conditions and, save in respect of the issue date, issue price, first payment of interest and nominal amount of the Tranche, will be identical to the terms of other Tranches of the same Series) will be set forth in the applicable Final Terms.
Form of Notes: The Notes may be issued in bearer form (Bearer Notes, which expression includes Notes which are specified to be Exchangeable Bearer Notes), in bearer form exchangeable for Registered Notes (Exchangeable Bearer Notes) or in registered form (Registered Notes). Each Tranche of Bearer Notes will initially be represented by a temporary Global Note, if (i) definitive Notes are to be made available to Noteholders following the expiry of 40 days after their issue date or (ii) with respect to Notes issued by ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES or ORIX CARIBBEAN, such Notes have a maturity of more than 365 days and are being issued in compliance with the D Rules (as defined in "Key Features of the Programme — Selling Restrictions" below) and, with respect to Notes issued by ORIX USA, such Notes have a maturity of more than 183 days (in each case taking into account any unilateral rights to rollover or extend the maturity and any postponement in the final payment of principal as a result of the Maturity Date falling on a day which is not a relevant business day). Otherwise such Tranche will be represented on issue by a permanent Global Note. Each Global Note will be deposited (a) in the case of a Tranche intended to be cleared through Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg, on the issue date with a common depositary (which must be outside of the United States or its possessions) on behalf of Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg and (b) in the case of a Tranche intended to be cleared through a clearing system other than or in addition to Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg, or delivered outside a clearing system, as agreed between the relevant Issuer and the relevant Dealer(s), provided that the common depositary or any other depositary or any clearing system or other place to which such Global Note shall be delivered shall be outside the United States or its possessions. No interest will be payable in respect of a temporary Global Note except as described under "Summary of Provisions Relating to the Notes while in Global Form or while Registered in the Name of a Nominee for a Clearing System" below. Interests in temporary Global Notes will be exchangeable for interests in permanent Global Notes or, if so stated in the relevant Final Terms, for definitive Bearer Notes from the date falling 40 days after the issue date upon certification as to non-U.S. beneficial ownership or (in the case of Exchangeable Bearer Notes) Registered Notes at any time after the issue date. Interests in permanent Global Notes will be exchangeable for definitive Bearer Notes or (in the case of Exchangeable Bearer Notes) Registered Notes as described under "Summary of Provisions Relating to the Notes while in Global Form or while Registered in the Name of a Nominee for a Clearing System" below. Registered Notes will be represented by Certificates, one Certificate being issued in respect of each Noteholder's entire holding of Registered Notes of one Series. Registered Notes which are held in Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg will be registered in the names of nominees for Euroclear or for Clearstream, Luxembourg (as the case may be), or a common nominee for both, and the relative Certificate(s) will be delivered to the appropriate depositary or, as the case may be, a common depositary.
Issue Price: Notes may be issued at their nominal amount or at a discount or premium to their
nominal amount. Partly Paid Notes may be issued, the issue price of which will be
payable in two or more instalments.
Fixed Rate Notes: Fixed interest will be payable in arrear on the date or dates in each year specified in
the relevant Final Terms.
Floating Rate Notes: Floating Rate Notes will bear interest determined separately for each Series as
follows: (i) on the same basis as the floating rate under a notional interest rate swap transaction in the relevant Specified Currency governed by an agreement incorporating the 2006 ISDA Definitions, as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or (ii) by reference to LIBOR, LIBID, LIMEAN or EURIBOR (or such other benchmark as may be specified in the relevant Final Terms) as adjusted for any applicable margin. Interest periods will be specified in the relevant
Final Terms.
Zero Coupon Notes: Zero Coupon Notes may be issued at their nominal amount or at a discount to it and
will not bear interest.
Dual Currency Notes: Payments (whether in respect of principal or interest and whether at maturity or
otherwise) in respect of Dual Currency Notes will be made in such currencies, and based on such rates of exchange, as may be specified in the relevant Final Terms.
Index Linked Notes: Payments of principal in respect of Index Linked Redemption Notes or of interest in
respect of Index Linked Interest Notes will be calculated by reference to such index
and/or formula as may be specified in the relevant Final Terms.
The Final Terms issued in respect of each issue of variable coupon amount Notes will specify the basis for calculating the amounts of interest payable, which may be by Variable Coupon Amount Notes:
reference to a stock index or formula or as otherwise provided in the relevant Final
Terms.
The length of the interest periods for the Notes and the applicable interest rate or its Interest Periods and Interest Rates:
method of calculation may differ from time to time or be constant for any Series. Notes may have a maximum interest rate, a minimum interest rate, or both. The use of interest accrual periods permits the Notes to bear interest at different rates in the same interest period. All such information will be set out in the relevant Final Terms.
Redemption: The relevant Final Terms will specify the basis for calculating the redemption
amounts payable. Unless permitted by then current laws and regulations, Notes (including Notes denominated in sterling) which have a maturity of less than one year and in respect of which the issue proceeds are to be accepted by the Issuer in the United Kingdom or whose issue otherwise constitutes a contravention of section 19 of the FSMA will have a minimum denomination of £100,000 (or its equivalent in
other currencies).
The Final Terms issued in respect of each issue of Notes that are redeemable in two or more instalments will set out the dates on which, and the amounts in which, such Redemption by Instalments:
Notes may be redeemed.
Other Notes: Terms applicable to high interest Notes, low interest Notes, step-up Notes, step-down
Notes, reverse dual currency Notes, optional dual currency Notes, partly-paid Notes and any other type of Note which the relevant Issuer and any Dealer or Dealers may agree to issue under the Programme will be set out in the relevant Final Terms.
Optional Redemption: The Final Terms issued in respect of each issue of Notes will state whether such Notes
may be redeemed prior to their stated maturity at the option of the Issuer (either in whole or in part) and/or the holders, and if so the terms applicable to such redemption.
The Notes will constitute unsubordinated and unsecured obligations of the relevant Status of Notes and Guarantee:
Issuer and, in the case of Notes to be issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA, due payment of all sums expressed to be payable by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN and ORIX USA under the Notes will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Guarantor all as described in "Terms and Conditions of the Notes — 3.
[Guarantee and] Status".
Negative Pledge: See "Terms and Conditions of the Notes — 4. Negative Pledge".
Cross Default: See "Terms and Conditions of the Notes — 10. Events of Default".
Rating: Notes to be issued under the Programme have been rated A by Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd., A by Rating and Investment Information, Inc. and (other than issues of market-linked Notes, such as Notes in respect of which interest and/or principal repayments are linked to an equity, currency, commodity, market price index, or to the market value of a particular stock or fund, or to a basket of any of the foregoing) Aby Standard & Poor's Rating Services.
Early Redemption: Except as provided in "Optional Redemption" above, Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Issuer prior to maturity only for tax reasons.
Withholding Tax: Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Final Terms, all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes will be made free and clear of withholding taxes of Australia in the case of Notes issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, the Netherlands Antilles in the case of Notes issued by ORIX CARIBBEAN, the United States in the case of Notes issued by ORIX USA and Japan in the case of payments by ORIX under the Guarantee subject to certain exceptions, all as described in "Terms and Conditions of the Notes — 8. Taxation".
In respect of Notes issued by ORIX, interest payments on the Notes will be subject to Japanese withholding tax unless the holder thereof establishes that the Note is held by or for the account of a holder who is not an individual resident of Japan or a Japanese corporation for Japanese tax purposes (save in the event the relevant individual or corporation is a "specially-related person" to ORIX, as defined at page [62] – "Japanese Taxation") or is a designated Japanese financial institution as provided in Article 6 of the Special Taxation Measures Law of Japan. See "Terms and Conditions of the Notes — 8. Taxation" and "Japanese Taxation".
Governing Law: English.
Listing: Application has been made to list Notes issued under the Programme on the Official List and to admit them to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Professional Securities Market or as otherwise specified in the relevant Final Terms. As specified in the relevant Final Terms, a Series of Notes may be unlisted.
Selling Restrictions: United States of America, Japan, Australia, the Netherlands Antilles and the European Economic Area (including the United Kingdom). See "Subscription and Sale".
The Notes will be issued in compliance with U.S. Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D) (the D Rules) unless (i) in the case of Notes issued by ORIX, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, the relevant Final Terms state that Notes are issued in compliance with U.S. Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(C) (the C Rules) or (ii) the Notes are issued other than in compliance with the D Rules or the C Rules, which circumstances will be referred to in the relevant Final Terms as a transaction to which the United States Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) is not applicable.
Transfer Restrictions: An offer or invitation to transfer a Note may only be made if the transfer resulting from such offer or invitation complies with the laws, regulations and directives of all relevant jurisdictions.
Risk Factors: There are certain risks associated with investing in the Notes. In particular, investors are relying on the creditworthiness of the relevant Issuer and, where applicable, the Guarantor. The terms of the Notes may contain particular risks for investors, including the availability of early redemption of the Notes. The market generally may also present a risk to investors where there is no established market for the Notes or where the true rate of return on the Notes is affected by the exchange rate as between the currency used by the investor and the currency denomination of the Notes. For further details, see the section headed "Risk Factors".
Prospective investors should carefully consider all of the information set forth in this Offering Circular, the applicable Final Terms and any documents incorporated by reference into this Offering Circular as well as their own personal circumstances before deciding to invest in any Notes. Prospective investors should have particular regard to, among other matters, the considerations set out in this section of this document. The following is not intended as, and should not be construed as, an exhaustive list of relevant risk factors. There may be other risks that a prospective investor should consider that are relevant to its own particular circumstances or generally.
Each of the Issuers and the Guarantor believes that the following factors may affect its ability to fulfil its obligations under Notes issued under the Programme. Most of these factors are contingencies which may or may not occur and none of the Issuers or the Guarantor is in a position to express a view on the likelihood of any such contingency occurring. In addition, factors which are material for the purpose of assessing the market risks associated with Notes issued under the Programme are also described below.
Each of the Issuers and the Guarantor believes that the factors described below represent the principal risks inherent in investing in Notes issued under the Programme, but the inability of the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to pay interest, principal or other amounts on or in connection with any Notes may occur for other reasons. Prospective investors should also read the detailed information set out elsewhere in this Offering Circular, including the description of each Issuer and the Guarantor, and reach their own views prior to making any investment decision.
Before making an investment decision with respect to any Notes, prospective investors should consult their financial, legal, tax or other professional advisors and carefully review the risks entailed by an investment in the Notes and consider such an investment decision in the light of the prospective investor's personal circumstances.
Words and expressions defined in the section headed "Terms and Conditions of the Notes" shall have the same meanings in this section.
Although the uncertainty in the European, U.S. and Japanese economies caused by the financial meltdown is gradually subsiding due to successful fiscal measures taken by numerous governments throughout the globe, private demand is still weak, unemployment rates remain high and there are new concerns related to the financial stability of particular countries, such as Greece.
There have been signs of economic recovery in Japan, including an improved business sentiment among large companies for four consecutive quarters as shown in the Bank of Japan's tankan (quarterly survey of business sentiment). However, funding requirements and capital expenditures of domestic companies still remain sluggish amid concerns about Japan's future economic growth, share price and exchange rate volatility, and high unemployment rates.
Despite ORIX's attempts to minimise its exposure to these Japanese and global economic problems through the development and implementation of risk management procedures, continuing weakness in the European, U.S. and Japanese economies could adversely affect ORIX's business activities, financial condition and results of operations.
ORIX's primary sources of funds from financing activities are: borrowings from banks and other institutional lenders, funding from capital markets (such as offerings of commercial paper, or CP, medium-term notes, straight bonds, convertible bonds, asset-backed securities and other debt securities) and deposits. Such sources include a significant amount of short-term debt such as CP and short-term borrowings from various institutional lenders and long-term debt maturing in the current fiscal year ending 31st March, 2011. Some of ORIX's committed credit lines require it to comply with financial covenants and maintain certain credit ratings. In addition, some of the nonrecourse loans under which ORIX borrows funds to finance specific projects require early repayment in the event that the relevant projects experience declines in performance.
The turmoil in the financial and capital markets led to a reduction in liquidity in Europe, the U.S. and Japan. Although currently the turmoil in the financial and capital markets has calmed down and liquidity has gradually recovered, there is no guarantee that such problems will not recur in the future.
The increased risks to ORIX's financial liquidity will increase the possibility that ORIX's ability to raise new funds in the market or to renew existing funding sources may become uncertain; ORIX may be exposed to increased funding costs; ORIX may be more subject to volatility in the credit markets; and its securities may not be attractive to investors in the capital markets. If ORIX's access to liquidity is restricted, or if ORIX is unable to obtain its required funding at acceptable costs, ORIX's financial condition and results of operations would be significantly and adversely affected.
ORIX obtains credit ratings from ratings agencies. A downgrade in ORIX's credit ratings could result in an increase in ORIX's interest expenses and could have an adverse effect on ORIX's fund-raising ability by increasing costs of issuing CP and corporate debt securities, decreasing investor demand for ORIX's securities, increasing ORIX's bank borrowing costs or reducing the amount of bank credit available to it. As a result, ORIX's financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.
ORIX competes with its competitors primarily on the basis of pricing, terms, transaction structure and service quality. Other competitive factors include industry experience and client relationships. ORIX's competitors sometimes seek to aggressively compete on the basis of pricing and terms, without regard to profitability, and ORIX may lose market share if it is unwilling to compete on pricing or terms. Similarly, some of ORIX's competitors are larger than it is and have access to capital at a lower cost than it has, and may be better able to maintain profits at reduced prices. If ORIX tries to compete with its competitors on pricing, terms or service quality, it may experience lower income or reduced profitability.
ORIX's business depends upon the confidence of customers and market participants. Negative press coverage or rumors (including on the Internet) about ORIX's activities, its industry or parties with whom it does business could harm ORIX's reputation and diminish confidence in its business. If ORIX becomes aware of such negative press coverage, ORIX typically assesses the situation and takes action, if appropriate. However, even if ORIX provides appropriate and timely explanations to the press and other interested parties, there is no assurance that ORIX can prevent an adverse effect on ORIX's reputation. If ORIX suffers reputational damage as a result of any negative publicity, there is a chance that ORIX will lose customers or business opportunities, which could adversely affect ORIX's results of operations and cause the market value of ORIX's shares or any Notes to decline.
ORIX conducts business operations in Japan as well as overseas, including in the United States, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East and Europe. Shifts in commodity market prices and consumer demands, political instability or religious strife in any such region could adversely affect ORIX's operations.
Enactment of, or changes in, laws and regulations may affect the way ORIX conducts ORIX's business, the products or services that ORIX may offer in Japan or overseas as well as ORIX's customers, borrowers, invested companies and funding sources. Such enactment or changes are unpredictable and may cause ORIX's costs to increase. As a result of such enactment or changes, ORIX's business activities, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
Enactment of, or changes in, accounting standards may have a significant effect on how ORIX records and reports its financial condition and results of operations, even if its underlying business fundamentals remain the same. As a result of such enactment or changes, ORIX's business activities, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
ORIX's business activities, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected by unpredictable events or any continuing effects caused by such events. Unpredictable events include man-made events, such as accidents, war, terrorism and insurgency, and natural events, such as earthquakes, storms, tsunamis, fires and outbreaks of new strains of influenza or other infectious diseases. These events may, among other things, cause unexpectedly large market price movements or an unexpected deterioration of the economic conditions of a country or region. If such a sudden and unpredictable event occurs in an area where ORIX operates, either as a single event or in combination with other events, ORIX may be unable to respond to such changing economic conditions in a timely manner, and its results of operations may be adversely affected as a result.
ORIX maintains an allowance for doubtful receivables on direct financing leases and probable loan losses. This allowance reflects ORIX's judgment of the loss potential of these items, after considering factors such as:
ORIX cannot be sure that its allowance for doubtful receivables on direct financing leases and probable loan losses will be adequate to cover future credit losses. This allowance may be inadequate due to adverse changes in the Japanese and overseas economies in which it operates, or discrete events which adversely affect specific customers, industries or markets.
Recently, the operating results of many companies have deteriorated due to restricted credit availability, which was caused by the meltdown of the global financial and capital markets and the ensuing economic recession. Additionally, a deterioration of the real estate market has increased the risk of delayed payments of principal and interest on loans to real estate-related companies, particularly nonrecourse loans for which cash flow from real estate is the source of repayment. Similarly, the impaired liquidity of the real estate market has caused the vacancy rate of rental properties to rise and rents to fall, resulting in a decline in real estate values. ORIX has endeavoured to reduce the amount of outstanding loans to real estate-related companies. However, depending on future economic conditions, ORIX may be required to make additional provisions in the future and its results of operations may be adversely affected.
In order to enhance ORIX's collections from debtors, ORIX may forbear from exercising some or all of ORIX's rights as a creditor against companies that are unable to fulfil their repayment obligations, and ORIX may forgive loans or extend additional loans to such companies. Furthermore, if economic or market conditions are adverse, the value of underlying collateral and guarantees may decline. As a result ORIX's credit-related costs might increase. If ORIX needs to increase ORIX's allowance for doubtful receivables on direct financing leases and probable loan losses, or if its credit-related costs increase to cover these changes or events, ORIX's results of operations could be adversely affected.
ORIX holds investments in debt and equity securities, funds, ships, aircraft and real estate in Japan, the United States and other regions. The market values of ORIX's investment assets are volatile and may decline substantially in the current year or future years.
The uncertainty in the European, U.S. and Japanese financial and capital markets has led to significant reductions in the liquidity of securities, greater volatility, widening of credit spreads and a lack of price transparency. In addition, the markets for ships, aircraft and real estate have deteriorated due to economic uncertainty. Although the economic uncertainty in Europe, the United States and Japan has gradually subsided, the recurrence of adverse market conditions could cause ORIX to suffer unexpected losses from declines in the fair market value of securities, funds, ships, aircraft and real estate. ORIX records declines in the fair market value of such assets based on the fair market value as of the fiscal year end in accordance with applicable accounting principles. Due to a decline in liquidity, or to the absence of liquidity, there is no assurance that ORIX would be able to sell any such investments at their recorded price.
ORIX's business activities are subject to risks relating to changes in market interest rates and currency exchange rates in Japan and overseas. Although ORIX conducts asset-liability management (ALM), fixed and variable interest rates and terms of fixed-rate assets and liabilities are not uniform among its assets and liabilities. As such, increases or decreases in market interest rates or changes in the yield curve could adversely affect ORIX's results of operations.
In addition, the value of ORIX's assets may move independently of market interest rates. Where funds procurement costs are increasing due to a significant increase in market interest rates or the perception that an increase may occur, financing lease terms and loan interest rates for new transactions may diverge from the trend in market interest rates.
Furthermore, changes in market interest rates could have an adverse effect on the credit quality of ORIX's assets and its asset structure. With respect to ORIX's floating-rate loan assets, if market interest rates increase, the repayment burdens of ORIX's customers may also increase, which could adversely affect the financial condition of such customers and their ability to repay their obligations to ORIX, possibly resulting in defaults. Alternatively, a decline in interest rates could result in increased prepayments of loans and a decrease in ORIX's assets.
ORIX has subsidiaries and affiliates in the United States and other countries outside of Japan. Although ORIX generally attempts to hedge foreign exchange risks that arise from these business operations through matched funding, foreign exchange contracts, currency swaps and other hedging instruments, not all of ORIX's foreign exchange risks are perfectly hedged. Similarly, any retained earnings accumulated in foreign currencies at ORIX's overseas subsidiaries are also subject to exchange risks. As a result, a significant change in currency exchange rates could have an adverse impact on ORIX's financial condition and results of operations.
ORIX utilises derivative instruments to reduce investment portfolio price fluctuations and to manage interest rate and foreign exchange rate risk. However, ORIX may not be able to successfully manage its risks through the use of derivatives. Counterparties may fail to honour the terms of their derivatives contracts with ORIX. Alternatively, ORIX's ability to enter into derivative transactions may be adversely affected if its credit ratings are downgraded.
ORIX may also suffer losses from trading activities, a part of which includes the use of derivative instruments. As a result, ORIX's financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
ORIX's use of these derivatives may adversely affect its financial condition and results of operations.
As ORIX has proactively expanded the range of its product sales and services in Japan and overseas beyond its traditional businesses, it is exposed to new and increasingly complex risks, some or all of which ORIX may be unable to control, and it may incur substantial losses. In addition, ORIX's efforts to offer new products and services may not achieve the expected results if business opportunities do not increase as expected or if competitive pressures undermine the profitability of the available opportunities. Restructuring of, or withdrawal from, businesses in which ORIX engages could harm its reputation and adversely affect its financial condition and results of operations.
ORIX cannot guarantee that the price it pays for acquisitions will be fair and appropriate. If the results of operations of acquired companies are lower than what ORIX expected at the times it made the acquisitions, its acquisitions could result in large future write-downs of goodwill and other assets.
In recent years, the contribution from consolidated subsidiaries and equity method affiliates to ORIX's consolidated results of operations has increased and has been an important component of ORIX's income. There can be no assurance that this contribution will be maintained. While ORIX will continue to review and selectively pursue investment opportunities, there can be no assurance that it will continue to identify attractive opportunities, or that investments will be as profitable as ORIX originally expected. ORIX's subsidiaries and affiliates have a wide range of business operations, including operations that are very different from financial services, ORIX's core business. Failure to manage investee companies effectively could result in financial losses as well as losses of future business opportunities. In addition, ORIX may not be able to sell or otherwise dispose of investments at times or prices it initially expected. ORIX may also need to provide financial support, including credit support or equity investments, to some investee companies if their financial condition deteriorates. ORIX may lose key personnel in investee companies if such personnel are not satisfied with ORIX's management.
In the event that any subsidiary or affiliate to which ORIX transfers its personnel to serve as directors or officers is implicated in a problem of significant public concern, ORIX's reputation may be adversely affected irrespective of whether such persons perform their obligations appropriately.
ORIX operates joint ventures and enters into alliances with foreign and domestic counterparties, and the success of these operations is often dependent upon the financial and legal stability of these counterparties. If one of the counterparties with whom ORIX operates a joint venture or has a business alliance suffers a decline in its financial condition for any reason, or is subject to instability because of a change of the laws governing its operations after ORIX has invested in the joint venture or the business alliance and begun operations, ORIX may not be able to successfully operate the joint venture or alliance, or it may be required to pay in additional capital or close the operations altogether. Likewise, significant differences in corporate culture between ORIX and these partners may come to light, and may result in significant changes to the assumptions that ORIX made when it decided to begin the operations. If ORIX's alliance counterparties are unable to perform as expected, or if any unexpected events relating to the alliances shall occur, then ORIX may not be able to continue those alliances successfully. ORIX's inability to successfully operate joint ventures or alliances may adversely affect its reputation and results of operations.
ORIX outsources some of its business functions including the management and development of its main information technology system, the maintenance of its leasing assets and the management and safekeeping of its contracts. If any of ORIX's outsourcing vendors are not able to conduct the entrusted business appropriately, whether due to their financial distress, the exposure of misconduct, their lack of ability, the leak or destruction of confidential or personal information owned or held by ORIX or for any other reason, ORIX's business activities or reputation may be adversely affected.
ORIX's businesses entail many types of operational risks. Operational risk is defined as the risk of loss resulting from inadequacies in, or failures of, internal processes, people and systems, or from external events. Examples of operational risk include inappropriate sales practices, the divulging of confidential or personal information, inadequate internal communication of necessary information, misconduct of officers, employees, agents, franchisees, trading associates or third parties, errors in the settlement of accounts, computer system security failures, breaking and entering and conflicts with employees concerning labour and workplace management.
ORIX's management attempts to control operational risk and maintain it at a level that ORIX believes is appropriate. Notwithstanding ORIX's control measures, operational risk is part of the business environment in which ORIX operates and ORIX may incur losses at any time due to this risk. Even if ORIX does not incur direct pecuniary loss, ORIX's reputation may be adversely affected.
Notwithstanding anything in this risk factor, this risk factor should not be taken as implying that either an Issuer or the ORIX Group will be unable to comply with its obligations as a company with securities admitted to the Official List.
ORIX's business and employees in Japan are subject to laws, as well as regulatory oversight of government authorities who implement those laws, relating to the various fields in which ORIX operates. This includes laws and regulations applicable to financial institutions such as the Moneylending Business Act, the Installment Sales Act, the Insurance Business Act, the Banking Act, the Trust Business Act, the Building Lots and Buildings Transaction Business Act and the Building Standards Act as well as general laws applicable to ORIX's business activities such as the Companies Act, the FIEL, the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade and the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.
ORIX's businesses outside of Japan are also subject to the laws and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they operate and are subject to oversight by the regulatory authorities of those jurisdictions. For example, in addition to being subject to U.S. securities laws, ORIX is also prohibited or otherwise restricted by U.S. law from entering into any transactions with countries listed as state sponsors of terrorism. ORIX's compliance and legal risk management structures are designed to prevent violations of such laws and regulations, but they may not be effective in preventing all future violations. ORIX engages in a wide range of businesses and may expand into new businesses through ORIX's acquisition activities. ORIX implements various internal control measures for ORIX's businesses, however, with the expansion of ORIX's operations, these controls may not function adequately. In such cases, ORIX may be subject to sanctions or penalties, and ORIX's reputation may be adversely affected.
Future violations of laws and regulations could result in regulatory action and harm ORIX's reputation, and ORIX's business activities, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. Even if there are no violations of laws, if ORIX is investigated by government authorities and the investigation becomes publicly known, ORIX's reputation may be harmed and ORIX's business activities may be adversely affected.
ORIX utilises computer systems and other information systems for financial transactions, personal information management, business monitoring and processing and as part of ORIX's business decision-making and risk management activities. ORIX also offers data center services for its customers. System shutdowns, malfunctions or failures, the mishandling of data or fraudulent acts by employees or third parties, or infection by a computer virus could have adverse effects on ORIX's operations, for example by causing delay in the receipt and payment of funds, the leak or destruction of confidential or personal information, the generation of errors in information used for business decision-making and risk management, and the suspension of other services provided to ORIX's customers. In such event, ORIX's liquidity could be adversely affected. Alternatively, the liquidity of customers who rely on ORIX for financing or payment or who utilise ORIX's data center services could be adversely affected, and ORIX's relationships with such customers could also be adversely affected. The occurrence of any of these or any other disruptions could result in ORIX's being sued or subject to administrative penalty, or ORIX's reputation or credibility could be adversely affected.
ORIX's information system equipment could suffer damage from a large-scale natural disaster or from terrorism. Since information systems serve an increasingly important role in business activities, there is an increasing risk of stoppage of the network or information systems due to disaster or terrorism. If networks or information systems fail, ORIX could experience interruption of business activity, delay in payment or sales, or substantial costs for recovery of functionality.
ORIX's businesses require a considerable investment in human resources and the retention of such resources in order to successfully compete in markets in Japan and overseas. Many of ORIX's businesses require employment of talented individuals who have experience and knowledge in the financial field. If ORIX cannot develop, hire or retain the necessary human resources, or if such personnel resign, ORIX may not be able to achieve ORIX's strategic goals.
ORIX's continued success relies significantly on the ability and skills of ORIX's senior management. The departure of current senior management could have an adverse effect on ORIX's business activities, financial condition and results of operations.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), as directed by section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, adopted rules requiring each SEC-registered foreign private issuer to include in its Annual Report on Form 20-F a report containing an assessment by management of the effectiveness of the company's internal control over financial reporting. In addition, the company's independent registered public accounting firm must provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of the company's internal controls over financial reporting.
These requirements are reflected in ORIX's Annual Reports filed on Form 20-F for the fiscal years ended 31st March, 2007 and thereafter.
Similarly, the FIEL was enacted in June 2006 in Japan. Article 24-4-4 thereof requires that a listed company shall submit its internal control report with an audit certificate issued by an independent registered public accounting firm together with its annual securities report. These requirements are applicable to annual securities reports issued for the fiscal year ended 31st March, 2009. Pursuant to the provisions of the Cabinet Office Ordinance on the System for Ensuring Appropriateness of Statements on Finance and Accounting and Other Information (2007, No. 62) (the Cabinet Office Ordinance), ORIX's internal control reports required under the FIEL are prepared in conformity with the requirements under U.S. accounting standards for the terms, form and preparation method of internal control reports and by including additional information regarding significant differences between the reports prepared in accordance with Japanese accounting standards.
Although ORIX has established and assessed its internal controls over financial reporting in a manner intended to ensure compliance with the requirements of various laws and regulations, in future periods ORIX's independent registered public accounting firm may identify material weaknesses in ORIX's internal controls over financial reporting and may issue a report that ORIX's internal controls over financial reporting are ineffective. These possible outcomes could have a negative impact on ORIX's reputation, business activities, financial condition or results of operations, or the market value of ORIX's shares or any Notes, due to a loss of investor confidence in the reliability of ORIX's financial statements. Notwithstanding anything in this risk factor, this risk factor should not be taken as implying that either an Issuer or the ORIX Group will be unable to comply with its obligations as a company with securities admitted to the Official List.
ORIX continuously seeks to improve its risk management function. However, due to the rapid expansion of ORIX's business or significant changes in the business environment, ORIX's risk management may not be effective in some cases. ORIX operates in a wide variety of businesses and geographic areas and if ORIX is unable to effectively manage new or existing risks, its financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
ORIX's real estate-related operations include real estate finance and real estate business. Real estate finance is comprised of nonrecourse loans for which cash flow from real estate is the source of repayment, and underwriting specified bonds that are issued by special purpose entities (SPEs) which are secured by real estate. ORIX's real estate business comprises the development and lease of office buildings, rental housing, commercial facilities and logistics warehouses; the construction and sale of condominiums; asset management services for real estate investment trusts (REITs); and real estate investment advisory business.
These operations are associated with the following risks:
ORIX's real estate finance business is suffering due to severe real estate market conditions. A continuation of the present circumstances or further deterioration of real estate market conditions may decrease the estimated collectable amount and the value of real estate held as collateral, which could require ORIX to increase its provisions for doubtful receivables and probable loan losses or purchase the senior portion of debt to protect subordinated debt held by it. If the stagnation of the real estate market continues, the loss on the collection of loans through the sales of the real estate may exceed the amount that ORIX initially estimated. As a result, ORIX's financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.
ORIX's real estate development business is subject to various risks. For example, if ORIX is required to amend initial real estate development plans after obtaining relevant government approvals and licenses as a result of discussions with residents neighboring the project site or otherwise, its reputation as a real estate developer may suffer. Also, if any of ORIX's peer companies are reported to have engaged in misconduct in real estate development projects, the overall creditability of the real estate market could suffer and lead to shifts in consumer preferences. Sales volumes could be adversely affected due to bankruptcy, changes in financial condition or misconduct of ORIX's counterparties to joint ventures. These factors could adversely affect ORIX's financial condition and results of operations.
As real estate market conditions have deteriorated, vacancy rates have risen and rents have dropped. If such trends continue, ORIX's financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
ORIX invests in the acquisition of real estate and real estate development projects through SPEs. If any such SPE has difficulty repaying a third party, ORIX may contribute additional funds or loans for such repayment.
When ORIX commences a building construction project, it tries to obtain an indemnity against any breach of contract or defect of property from the contractor. Also, when ORIX purchases a property, it tries to obtain an indemnity from the seller to cover losses and expenses caused by any defects of geological condition, building structure or material in relation to such property. If construction work is postponed or cancelled due to the contractor's circumstances, or if there is any defect in a building or facility sold or leased by ORIX, and an indemnity is not provided by the contractor or seller or if the indemnity provided is insufficient due to a deterioration of the indemnitor's financial condition, ORIX may be required to indemnify the tenant or purchaser and thereby incur losses. Even if ORIX does not have to indemnify the tenant or purchaser, it may incur additional costs, including additional construction costs, to complete or operate property causing ORIX's expenditures to exceed its initial budget. In addition, even if ORIX does not incur financial loss, property defects may adversely affect its reputation due to its involvement as the seller, owner or original developer.
ORIX may have latent liabilities for soil contamination cleanup costs related to certain of its real estate acquisitions. Before the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act came into effect in February 2003, ORIX did not, at the time of acquisition, investigate land (including land provided as loan collateral) that had been used as a factory site or operating facility in which hazardous materials were used or that otherwise could cause health problems due to soil contamination. If the land is polluted and it is necessary to take countermeasures under the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act, this could adversely affect the value of the land or the amounts collectable on foreclosure from land held as collateral. Although ORIX has conducted investigations at the time of acquisition with respect to land acquired after the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act came into effect, its investigation may have failed to identify risk and a subsequent determination that such land is polluted may have the same adverse consequences.
If the Building Standards Act, the City Planning Act or any other property-related laws and regulations are amended, ORIX may incur additional responsibilities and its expenses may increase.
ORIX generally carries comprehensive property and casualty insurance covering its real estate investments acquired as part of its real estate business, with insured limits that ORIX believes are adequate and appropriate in light of anticipated losses. However, certain types of losses, such as losses caused by wars, acts of terrorism, willful acts or gross negligence, are uninsurable. In addition, ORIX does not usually carry insurance for damages caused by natural disasters such as earthquakes or typhoons because insurance coverage for such damages is limited and the insurance premiums are relatively expensive.
In the event that ORIX's real estate investments suffer uninsured losses, its investment balances in and revenues from such investments could be adversely affected. In addition, in the event that a building or real estate development project in which ORIX has invested is destroyed or otherwise rendered unusable, ORIX would likely remain liable for indebtedness and other financial obligations relating to the relevant property.
ORIX leases equipment to customers under direct financing leases and operating leases. ORIX estimates the residual value at the time of contract, and ORIX may suffer losses if it is unable to sell or re-lease the equipment at the end of the leasing period for the residual value that ORIX estimated at the beginning of the lease. This risk is particularly significant for operating leases. ORIX's estimates of the residual value of equipment are based on current market values of used equipment and assumptions about when and to what extent the equipment will become obsolete; however, ORIX may need to recognise additional valuation losses if ORIX's estimate differs from actual trends in equipment valuation and the secondhand market.
ORIX's leasing business and reputation could be affected by the behaviour of individual distributors of equipment. In 2005, inappropriate sales activity by equipment distributors was a serious problem in the telephone equipment leasing industry, and ORIX received an increased number of customer claims and inquiries. In response to the industry trend, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry altered its position regarding the application of "the Order for Enforcement of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions" in 2005 and has provided guidance to firms in the related industries on compliance measures. If the same problems recur, whether in relation to telephone equipment or other types of equipment leased by ORIX, leasing contracts may be cancelled before maturity, adversely affecting ORIX's business performance, and its reputation may suffer. The measures that ORIX has taken or may take in the future to resolve and address these problems may cause leasing business costs to increase and leasing transactions to decline.
ORIX provides credit to companies in entertainment-related industries, such as pachinko hall operators, primarily through direct financing leases and installment loans. Even though ORIX has accumulated credit knowhow from past experience and obtains collateral that it considers adequate after thorough examination of the risks presented by these industries, ORIX's business activities, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected by an intensification of competition or substantial changes in the regulation of these industries, which may adversely affect the financial condition and credit of ORIX's customers in these industries.
ORIX began operation of an industrial waste disposal facility through ORIX Environmental Resources Management Corporation in June 2006 as a Private Finance Initiative, or PFI, under contract with Saitama prefecture in Yorii-machi, Saitama. In addition, ORIX acquired Kanematsu Environmental Corporation (now Funabashi Environmental Corporation) in March 2008 to develop an industrial waste disposal business mainly in Funabashi, Chiba. In order to minimise the risk of emitting environmental pollutants, ORIX Environmental Resources Management Corporation utilises advanced waste disposal techniques. ORIX Environmental Resources Management Corporation has contracted with the waste disposal specialist firm that constructed the facility to serve as operator of the facility. The Funabashi Environmental Corporation has established a facility that minimises the risk of emitting environmental pollutants. Although ORIX tries to reduce the risks related to operating its industrial waste disposal business, environmental pollution could occur due to an operational error or defect in the disposal facility. To protect against a variety of such accident risks, ORIX Environmental Resources Management Corporation has ensured that the relevant operator bears responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the facility under its operating agreement and responsibility for defects in the facility under the design and construction contracts.
However, in the event that the financial condition of the operator has deteriorated to the point that it cannot perform its contractual obligations or indemnify ORIX for losses, ORIX will be required to bear such losses. Furthermore, ORIX will be responsible for any accident occurring by reason of any event other than those for which the operator is responsible by contract. If such an accident occurs, ORIX will be required to incur loss. Even if ORIX does not incur any direct financial loss, its reputation could be adversely affected.
ORIX rents medical instruments to customers. ORIX contracts for the inspection of such medical instruments with professionals designated by the manufacturers. The manufacturers are responsible for any injuries or damages caused by defects in such medical instruments. However, as a lessor, ORIX also has potential obligations for such defects. Further, even if there is no pecuniary liability, ORIX's reputation could be adversely affected by product defects.
ORIX provides housing and elderly care services to senior citizens, including through the operation of athome nursing care and nursing home facilities. If a nursing service accident occurs, ORIX could be liable for damages and its reputation could be adversely affected. In addition, if the nursing care insurance system is modified to reduce public financial support and the economic burden on the user is thereby increased, the nursing market could shrink and ORIX's results of operations could be adversely affected.
ORIX provides M&A and financial advisory and consulting services to its customers, including through its subsidiaries ORIX M&A Solutions Corporation and Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin. If such services are insufficient and ORIX's customers suffer losses as a consequence, ORIX may be obligated to compensate its customers for those losses.
ORIX also provides various services such as maintenance services for leasing assets and environmentrelated solution services, the operation of hotels, golf courses and training facilities for which ORIX is expected to meet its customers' expectations and standards of value applicable to such high value-added services. Although ORIX strives to provide high quality services, its reputation may be harmed and its business activities may be adversely affected if ORIX fails to meet customer expectations or maintain service quality. If such services are insufficient and ORIX's customers suffer losses as a consequence, ORIX may be obligated to compensate its customers for those losses.
ORIX is exposed to the risk of unpredictable and potentially substantial increases in insurance payments for deaths and hospital benefits, in relation to the business of ORIX Life Insurance Corporation (ORIX Life Insurance). ORIX Life Insurance may incur valuation losses or losses on sales if the value of securities or real estate that it purchases for asset management purposes decreases. It is also subject to strict regulatory oversight, which includes the maintenance of certain specified capital and liability reserve requirements. If ORIX Life Insurance suffers valuation or other losses that affect its ability to maintain its regulatory capital or liability reserve requirements, or changes in regulations which require ORIX Life Insurance to increase its capital or liability reserves, ORIX may be required to provide financial support through capital contributions. In addition, if ORIX Life Insurance fails to conduct reasonable asset liability management, or ALM, to appropriately manage risks and returns on investment assets and underwriting risks on insurance policy benefits, its financial condition and results of operations may suffer.
ORIX Life Insurance is required to make contributions to the Life Insurance Policyholders Protection Corporation of Japan, or the PPC. The PPC was established in 1998 to provide financial support to insolvent life insurance companies. All life insurers in Japan, including ORIX Life Insurance, are members of the PPC and are required to make contributions to the PPC based on their respective share of insurance premiums and policy reserves within the industry. Because a number of life insurers have become insolvent since 1998, the PPC's financial resources have been depleted by financial support provided to those companies. If there are further bankruptcies of life insurers, other members of the PPC, including ORIX Life Insurance, may be required to make additional contributions to the PPC. In such an event, ORIX's financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.
ORIX owns and manages a professional baseball team in Japan, the ORIX Buffaloes. Management of a professional baseball team in Japan, due to its public nature, requires ORIX to consider the various social effects that it may have and the reputation of the team. If the reputation of the baseball team declines, ORIX's business activities, financial condition, results of operations and the market value of ORIX's shares or any Notes could be adversely affected as a consequence.
ORIX operates a ship brokerage business in which ORIX simultaneously places orders for new ships with shipbuilders and enters into purchase agreements with its customers who purchase the ships for use upon completion. As the process of shipbuilding takes several years from the placement of an order to delivery of the ship, if a purchasing customer defaults under its purchase agreement due to a decline in market conditions or deterioration of its cash flow, ORIX is not excused from its obligation to purchase the ship upon completion. Also, if a shipbuilder becomes unable to complete and deliver a ship for financial or other reasons, ORIX will be obliged to repay the deposit received from the customer regardless of whether or not the advance was repaid by the shipbuilder. Any of these above events may adversely affect ORIX's results of operation.
ORIX USA operates in a highly competitive environment and faces significant competition from commercial banks, commercial mortgage companies, investment banks, financial institutions and other finance and leasing companies. The profitability of ORIX USA's operations is impacted by general economic conditions in the countries where ORIX USA conducts business (primarily the United States). A downturn in economic conditions could result in a reduction in loan demand and increases in portfolio credit losses, which would adversely affect profits. In addition, factors such as the liquidity of the global financial markets, interest rates, and the availability and cost of credit could impact ORIX USA's ability to effectively fund new business.
ORIX USA faces a risk of non-payment of interest and/or principal by ORIX. ORIX USA could be adversely affected in relation to liquidity and transaction terms for borrowings and derivatives if (a) any of ORIX's credit ratings significantly deteriorated; (b) ORIX did not meet certain of its financial covenants; or (c) ORIX's guarantee of financial support was removed.
ORIX CARIBBEAN faces a risk of non-payment of interest and/or principal by ORIX. ORIX CARIBBEAN could be adversely affected in relation to liquidity and transaction terms for borrowings and derivatives if (a) any of ORIX's credit ratings significantly deteriorates; (b) ORIX does not meet certain of its financial covenants; or (c) ORIX's guarantee of financial support is removed.
ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES faces a risk of non-payment of interest and/or principal by a group company in the ORIX AUSTRALIA CORPORATION LIMITED group. ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES could be adversely affected in relation to liquidity and transaction terms on borrowings and derivatives if (a) ORIX's S&P credit rating significantly deteriorated; (b) ORIX did not meet certain of its financial covenants; or (c) ORIX's guarantee of financial support was removed. These risks apply to all companies in the ORIX AUSTRALIA CORPORATION LIMITED group and are not particular to ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, which is a financing company for the ORIX AUSTRALIA CORPORATION LIMITED group.
The Notes and the Guarantee (as applicable) will constitute unsubordinated and unsecured obligations of the relevant Issuer and the Guarantor (as applicable) and will rank equally among themselves and equally with all other unsubordinated and unsecured obligations of the relevant Issuer and the Guarantor (as applicable) (other than obligations preferred by mandatory provisions of law). If an investor purchases Notes, it is relying on the creditworthiness of the relevant Issuer and the Guarantor (as applicable) and no other person.
In addition, investment in the Notes involves the risk that subsequent changes in actual or perceived creditworthiness of the relevant Issuer and the Guarantor (as applicable) may adversely affect the market value of the Notes.
A wide range of Notes may be issued under the Programme. A number of these Notes may have features which contain particular risks for potential investors. Set out below is a description of the most common such features:
Notes which are redeemable at the option of the relevant Issuer either (a) upon expiry of the applicable notice period (in the case of any Series of Notes in respect of which "Call Option" is specified in the applicable Final Terms as applicable) or (b) for tax reasons (in the case of each Series of Notes), may be redeemed at times when prevailing interest rates may be lower than the rate borne by such Notes. As a result, the holders of such Notes may not be able to reinvest the redemption proceeds in a comparable security at an interest rate as high as that of the relevant Notes. Prospective investors should consider the related reinvestment risk in light of other investments available to them at the time of their investment in such Notes.
In addition, the relevant Issuer's ability to redeem such Notes at its option is likely to affect the market value of such Notes. In particular, as the redemption date(s) approaches, the market value of such Notes generally will not rise substantially above the redemption price because of the optional redemption feature.
The relevant Issuer may be expected to redeem Notes when its cost of borrowing is lower than the interest rate on the Notes. At those times, an investor generally would not be able to reinvest the redemption proceeds at an effective interest rate as high as the interest rate on the Notes being redeemed and may only be able to do so at a significantly lower rate.
An investment in Index Linked Interest Notes entails significant risks that are not associated with an investment in a conventional fixed-rate debt security. Indexation of the interest rate of a Note may result in an interest rate that is less than the rate payable on a conventional fixed-rate debt security issued by the relevant Issuer at the same time, including the possibility that no interest will be paid. Indexation of the principal of and/or premium on a Note may result in an amount of principal and/or premium payable that is less than the original purchase price of the Note, including the possibility that no principal will be paid.
The value of an index can depend on a number of factors over which the relevant Issuer has no control, including economic, financial and political events. These factors are important in determining the existence, magnitude and longevity of the risks and their results. If the formula used to determine the amount of principal, premium and/or interest payable with respect to Index Linked Interest Notes contains a multiplier or leverage factor, the effect of any change in the index will be magnified. In recent years, values of indices and formulas have been volatile and investors should be aware that volatility may occur in the future. Nonetheless, the historical experience of an index should not be taken as an indication of its future performance. Investors should consult their own financial, tax, legal or other professional advisors as to the risks entailed by an investment in Index Linked Interest Notes and the suitability of the Notes in light of the investors' particular circumstances.
Each series of Notes on issue will comprise a new issue of securities for which there is no trading market. The relevant Issuer and the Guarantor (as applicable) can provide no assurances regarding the future development or maintenance of a market for the Notes or the ability of holders of the Notes to sell their Notes. If such a market were to develop, the Notes could trade at prices which may be higher or lower than the initial offering price depending on many factors independent of the creditworthiness of the relevant Issuer and the Guarantor (as applicable), including, among other things:
Notes issued with specific investment objectives or strategies will have a more limited trading market and may experience more price volatility. Prospective investors should be aware that, at the time they wish to sell their Notes, there may be few or no investors willing to buy the Notes. This limited market may affect an investor's ability to sell the Notes and the price at which they are sold. Prospective investors should not purchase Notes unless they understand, and are able to bear, the investment risks.
The credit rating of ORIX and the Programme and the credit rating for a particular series of Notes, if applicable, are an assessment by the relevant rating agencies of the relevant Issuer's and the Guarantor's (as applicable) ability to pay its debts when due. Consequently, real or anticipated changes in such credit ratings will generally affect the market value of the Notes. These credit ratings may not reflect the potential impact of risks relating to structure, market or other factors discussed in this Offering Circular on the value of the Notes. A credit rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be revised or withdrawn by the rating agency at any time.
An investment in Notes that are denominated in, or the payment of which is to be or may be made in or related to the value of, a currency or composite currency other than the currency of the country in which the purchaser is a resident or the currency in which the purchaser conducts its business or activities (the Home Currency) entails significant risks that are not associated with a similar investment in a security denominated in the Home Currency. Such risks include the possibility of significant changes in rates of exchange between the Home Currency and the various foreign currencies (or composite currencies) after the issuance of such Note and the possibility of the imposition or modification of foreign exchange controls by the relevant government. Such risks generally depend on economic and political events over which the relevant Issuer has no control. In recent years, rates of exchange between certain currencies have been highly volatile and such volatility may be expected to continue in the future. Fluctuations in any particular exchange rate that have occurred in the past are not necessarily indicative, however, of fluctuations in such rate that may occur during the term of any Note. Depreciation of the currency in which a Note is denominated against the relevant Home Currency would result in a decrease in the effective yield of such Note below its coupon rate and, in certain circumstances, could result in a loss to the investor.
Governments have imposed from time to time, and may in the future impose, exchange controls which could affect exchange rates as well as the availability of a specified foreign currency at the time of payment of principal of, and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on a Note.
Investment in Fixed Rate Notes involves the risk that subsequent changes in market interest rates may adversely affect the value of the Fixed Rate Notes.
An investor's total return on an investment in any Notes will be affected by the level of fees charged by an agent, nominee service provider and/or clearing system used by the investor. Such a person or institution may charge fees for the opening and operation of an investment account, transfers of Notes, custody services and on payments of interest and principal. Potential investors are, therefore, advised to investigate the basis on which any such fees will be charged on the relevant Notes.
Potential investors should consider the tax consequences of investing in the Notes and consult their tax advisers about their own tax situation.
The conditions of the Notes contain provisions for calling meetings of Noteholders to consider matters affecting their interests generally. These provisions permit defined majorities to bind all Noteholders including Noteholders who did not attend and vote at the relevant meeting and Noteholders who voted in a manner contrary to the majority.
Under Council Directive 2003/48/EC on the taxation of savings income, Member States are required to provide to the tax authorities of another Member State details of payments of interest (or similar income) paid by a person within its jurisdiction to or for an individual or certain other persons resident in that other Member State. However, for a transitional period, Luxembourg and Austria are instead required (unless during that period they elect otherwise) to operate a withholding system in relation to such payments. The transitional period is to terminate after agreement is reached between the European Union and certain non-European Union countries to the exchange of information relating to such payments. A number of non-European Union countries and territories including Switzerland and certain British and Dutch dependent or associated territories (including the Netherlands Antilles) have adopted or have agreed to adopt similar measures (a withholding system in the case of Switzerland and the Netherlands Antilles).
If a payment were to be made or collected through a Member State which has opted for a withholding system and an amount of, or in respect of, tax were to be withheld from that payment, neither the relevant Issuer nor any Paying Agent nor any other person would be obliged to pay additional amounts with respect to any Note as a result of the imposition of such withholding tax. If a withholding tax is imposed on payment made by a Paying Agent pursuant to this Directive, any law implementing this Directive, or any other Directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26th –27th November, 2000, the relevant Issuer will be required to maintain a Paying Agent in a Member State that will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to such Directive.
The following is the text of the terms and conditions which, subject to completion and amendment and as supplemented or varied in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Final Terms, shall be applicable to the Notes in definitive form (if any) issued in exchange for the Global Note(s) representing each Series. Either (i) the full text of the terms and conditions together with the relevant provisions of the Final Terms or (ii) the terms and conditions as so completed, amended, supplemented or varied (and subject to simplification by the deletion of non-applicable provisions), shall be endorsed on such Bearer Notes or on the Certificates relating to such Registered Notes. All capitalised terms that are not defined in the terms and conditions will have the meanings given to them in the relevant Final Terms. Those definitions will be endorsed on the definitive Notes or Certificates, as the case may be. References in these terms and conditions to "Notes" are to the Notes of one Series only, not to all Notes that may be issued under the Programme.
Where provisions appear in the terms and conditions in square brackets separated by an oblique, the first alternative will appear on Notes issued by ORIX and the second alternative will appear on Notes issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA and guaranteed by ORIX.
The Notes are issued pursuant to a restated and amended agency agreement dated 11th August, 2005 as supplemented by supplemental agency agreements dated 10th August, 2006, 9th August, 2007, 8th August, 2008, 7th August, 2009 and 6th August 2010 (such agency agreement, as amended and/or supplemented and/or restated from time to time, the Agency Agreement) and made between ORIX CORPORATION, ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED, ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V., ORIX USA CORPORATION and The Bank of NewYork Mellon as fiscal agent and the other agents named therein and with the benefit of (i) in the case of Notes issued by ORIX USA CORPORATION, the Deed of Covenant dated 11th August, 2005 as supplemented by Supplemental Deeds dated 10th August, 2006, 9th August, 2007 and 8th August, 2008 executed by ORIX USA CORPORATION and ORIX CORPORATION, (ii) in the case of Notes issued by ORIX CORPORATION, the Deed of Covenant dated 11th August, 2005 as supplemented by Supplemental Deeds dated 10th August, 2006, 9th August, 2007 and 8th August, 2008 executed by ORIX CORPORATION, (iii) in the case of Notes issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED, the Deed of Covenant dated 6th August, 2010 executed by ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED and ORIX CORPORATION, and (iv) in the case of Notes issued by ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V., the Deed of Covenant dated 8th August, 2008 as supplemented by the Supplemental Deed dated 7th August, 2009 executed by ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V. and ORIX CORPORATION (each such Deed of Covenant as amended or supplemented as at the date of issue of the Notes (the Issue Date) and collectively the Deed of Covenant). The fiscal agent, the paying agents, the registrar, the transfer agents and the calculation agent(s) for the time being (if any) are referred to below respectively as the Fiscal Agent, the Paying Agents (which expression shall include the Fiscal Agent), the Registrar, the Transfer Agents and the Calculation Agent(s). The Noteholders (as defined below), the holders of the interest coupons (the Coupons) appertaining to interest-bearing Notes in bearer form and, where applicable in the case of such Notes, talons for further Coupons (the Talons) (the Couponholders) and the holders of the receipts for the payment of instalments of principal (the Receipts) relating to Notes in bearer form of which the principal is payable in instalments are deemed to have notice of all of the provisions of the Agency Agreement applicable to them.
Copies of the Agency Agreement and the Deed of Covenant are available for inspection at the specified offices of each of the Paying Agents, the Registrar and the Transfer Agents.
The Notes are issued in bearer form (Bearer Notes, which expression includes Notes that are specified to be Exchangeable Bearer Notes), in registered form (Registered Notes) or in bearer form exchangeable for Registered Notes (Exchangeable Bearer Notes) in each case in the Specified Denomination(s) shown hereon.
All Registered Notes shall have the same Specified Denomination. Where Exchangeable Bearer Notes are issued, the Registered Notes for which they are exchangeable shall have the same Specified Denomination as the lowest denomination of Exchangeable Bearer Notes.
This Note is a Fixed Rate Note, a Floating Rate Note, a Zero Coupon Note, an Index Linked Interest Note, an Index Linked Redemption Note, an Instalment Note, a Dual Currency Note or a Partly Paid Note, a combination of any of the foregoing or any other kind of Note, depending upon the Interest and Redemption/Payment Basis shown hereon.
Bearer Notes are serially numbered and are issued with Coupons (and, where appropriate, a Talon) attached, save in the case of Zero Coupon Notes in which case references to interest (other than in relation to interest due after the Maturity Date), Coupons and Talons in these Conditions are not applicable. Instalment Notes are issued with one or more Receipts attached.
Registered Notes are represented by registered certificates (Certificates) and, save as provided in Condition 2(d), each Certificate shall represent the entire holding of Registered Notes by the same holder.
Title to the Bearer Notes and the Receipts, Coupons and Talons shall pass by delivery. Title to the Registered Notes shall pass by registration in the register that [ORIX CORPORATION1 /ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED2 /ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V. /ORIX USA CORPORATION4 ] (the Issuer) shall procure to be kept by the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of the Agency Agreement (the Register). Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or as required by law, the holder (as defined below) of any Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon shall be deemed to be and may be treated as its absolute owner for all purposes, whether or not it is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or an interest in it, any writing on it (or on the Certificate representing it) or its theft or loss (or that of the related Certificate), and no person shall be liable for so treating the holder.
In these Conditions, Noteholder means the bearer of any Bearer Note and the Receipts relating to it or the person in whose name a Registered Note is registered (as the case may be), holder (in relation to a Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon) means the bearer of any Bearer Note, Receipt, Coupon or Talon or the person in whose name a Registered Note is registered (as the case may be) and capitalised terms have the meanings given to them hereon, the absence of any such meaning indicating that such term is not applicable to the Notes.
Subject as provided in Condition 2(f), Exchangeable Bearer Notes may be exchanged for the same nominal amount of Registered Notes at the request in writing of the relevant Noteholder and upon surrender of each Exchangeable Bearer Note to be exchanged, together with all unmatured Receipts, Coupons and Talons relating to it, at the specified office of any Transfer Agent; provided, however, that where an Exchangeable Bearer Note is surrendered for exchange after the Record Date (as defined in Condition 7(b)) for any payment of interest, the Coupon in respect of that payment of interest need not be surrendered with it. Registered Notes may not be exchanged for Bearer Notes. Bearer Notes of one Specified Denomination may not be exchanged for Bearer Notes of another Specified Denomination. Bearer Notes that are not Exchangeable Bearer Notes may not be exchanged for Registered Notes.
Subject to Condition 2(c), one or more Registered Notes may be transferred upon the surrender (at the specified office of the Registrar or any Transfer Agent) of the Certificate representing such Registered Notes to be transferred, together with the form of transfer endorsed on such Certificate duly completed and executed and any other evidence as the Registrar or Transfer Agent may reasonably require. In the case of a transfer of part only of a holding of Registered Notes represented by one Certificate, a new Certificate shall be issued to the transferee in respect of the part transferred and a further new Certificate in respect of the balance of the holding not transferred shall be issued to the transferor.
A Noteholder is only entitled to transfer a Note if the transfer complies with the laws, regulations and directives of all relevant jurisdictions.
In the case of an exercise of an Issuer's or Noteholder's option in respect of, or a partial redemption of, a holding of Registered Notes represented by a single Certificate, a new Certificate shall be issued to the holder to reflect the exercise of such option or in respect of the balance of the holding not redeemed. In the case of a partial exercise of an option resulting in Registered Notes of the same holding having different terms, separate Certificates shall be issued in respect of those Notes of that holding that have the same terms. New Certificates shall only be issued against surrender of the existing Certificates to the Registrar or any Transfer Agent. In the case of a transfer of Registered Notes to a person who is already a holder of Registered Notes, a new Certificate representing the enlarged holding shall only be issued against surrender of the Certificate representing the existing holding.
Each new Certificate to be issued pursuant to Condition 2(a), (b) or (d) shall be available for delivery within three business days of receipt of the request for exchange, form of transfer or Exercise Notice (as defined in Condition 6(e)) or surrender of the Certificate for exchange. Delivery of the new Certificate(s) shall be made at the specified office of the Transfer Agent or of the Registrar (as the case may be) to whom delivery or surrender
1 For issues by ORIX
2 For issues by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES
3 For issues by ORIX CARIBBEAN
4 For issues by ORIX USA
of such request for exchange, form of transfer, Exercise Notice or Certificate shall have been made or, at the option of the holder making such delivery or surrender as aforesaid and as specified in the relevant request for exchange, form of transfer, Exercise Notice or otherwise in writing, be mailed by uninsured post at the risk of the holder entitled to the new Certificate to such address as may be so specified, unless such holder requests otherwise and pays in advance to the relevant Agent (as defined in the Agency Agreement) the costs of such other method of delivery and/or such insurance as it may specify. In this Condition 2(e), business day means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks are open for business in the place of the specified office of the relevant Transfer Agent or the Registrar (as the case may be).
Exchange and transfer of Notes and Certificates on registration, transfer, partial redemption or exercise of an option shall be effected without charge by or on behalf of the Issuer, the Registrar or the Transfer Agents, but upon payment of any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation to it (or the giving of such indemnity as the Registrar or the relevant Transfer Agent may require).
No Noteholder may require the transfer of a Registered Note to be registered or an Exchangeable Bearer Note to be exchanged for one or more Registered Note(s) (i) during the period of 15 days ending on the due date for redemption of, or payment of any Instalment Amount in respect of, that Note, (ii) during the period of 15 days before any date on which Notes may be called for redemption by the Issuer at its option pursuant to Condition 6(d), (iii) after any such Note has been called for redemption, or (iv) during the period of seven days ending on (and including) any Record Date. An Exchangeable Bearer Note called for redemption may, however, be exchanged for one or more Registered Note(s) in respect of which the Certificate is simultaneously surrendered not later than the relevant Record Date.
The provisions which appear in square brackets in this Condition 3 will only appear on Notes issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA and guaranteed, in any such case, by ORIX.
ORIX CORPORATION (the Guarantor) has unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed the due payment of all sums expressed to be payable by the Issuer under the Notes, Receipts and Coupons. Its obligations in that respect (the Guarantee) are contained in the Deed of Covenant.
The Notes and the Receipts and Coupons relating to them constitute (subject to Condition 4) unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer and shall at all times rank pari passu and without any preference among themselves. The payment obligations of the Issuer under the Notes and the Receipts and Coupons relating to them [and of the Guarantor under the Guarantee] shall, save for such exceptions as may be provided by applicable legislation and subject to Condition 4, at all times rank at least equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and monetary obligations of the Issuer [and the Guarantor respectively], present and future.
The provisions which appear in square brackets in this Condition 4 will appear on Notes issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA and guaranteed, in any such case, by ORIX unless there are alternative provisions within the square brackets separated by an oblique, in which case the first alternative will only appear on Notes issued by ORIX and the second alternative will only appear on Notes issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA and, in any such case, guaranteed by ORIX.
(a) So long as any of the Notes, Receipts or Coupons remain outstanding (as defined in the Agency Agreement) [the Issuer shall not/neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor shall] create or permit to subsist any pledge, lien or other charge upon the whole or any part of its undertaking, assets or revenues present or future to secure for the benefit of the holders thereof, payment of any External Indebtedness without according or procuring to be accorded to the Notes, Receipts and Coupons (i) the same security as is granted to such External Indebtedness or (ii) such other security or guarantee as shall be approved by an Extraordinary Resolution (as defined in the Agency Agreement) of Noteholders.
External Indebtedness means any indebtedness of the Issuer [or, as the case may be, the Guarantor] (with a stated maturity of more than one year from the creation thereof) which is represented by bonds, debentures, notes or any other similar debt securities which are quoted, listed or ordinarily dealt in or are intended to be
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quoted, listed or ordinarily dealt in on a stock exchange or on any over-the-counter or any other similar securities market and which are by their terms repayable or confer a right to receive repayment in any currency other than [yen5 /Australian dollars6 /Netherlands Antilles guilders7 /United States dollars8 ] [(in the case of the Issuer) or yen (in the case of the Guarantor)] or are denominated in [yen5 /Australian dollars6 /Netherlands Antilles guilders7 /United States dollars8 ] [(in the case of the Issuer) or yen (in the case of the Guarantor)] if a majority of the nominal amount thereof is initially distributed [outside Japan5 /Australia6 /the Netherlands Antilles7 /the United States8 ] by or with the authorisation of the Issuer [and/or outside Japan by or with the authorisation of the Guarantor, as the case may be] (or guarantees, indemnities or other like obligations (in each case granted or undertaken for the benefit of the holders of such securities to secure the payment of such indebtedness) in respect of such indebtedness).
Each Fixed Rate Note bears interest on its outstanding nominal amount from the Interest Commencement Date at the rate per annum (expressed as a percentage) equal to the Rate of Interest, such interest being payable in arrear on each Interest Payment Date.
If a Fixed Coupon Amount or a Broken Amount is specified hereon, the amount of interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will amount to the Fixed Coupon Amount or, if applicable, the Broken Amount so specified and in the case of the Broken Amount will be payable on the particular Interest Payment Date(s) specified hereon.
Each Floating Rate Note and Index Linked Interest Note bears interest on its outstanding nominal amount from the Interest Commencement Date at the rate per annum (expressed as a percentage) equal to the Rate of Interest, such interest being payable in arrear on each Interest Payment Date. Such Interest Payment Date(s) is/are either shown hereon as Specified Interest Payment Dates or, if no Specified Interest Payment Date(s) is/are shown hereon, Interest Payment Date shall mean each date on which falls the number of months or other period shown hereon as the Specified Period after the preceding Interest Payment Date or, in the case of the first Interest Payment Date, after the Interest Commencement Date.
Interest shall cease to accrue on each Note on the due date for redemption unless, upon due presentation, payment of principal is improperly withheld or refused, in which event interest shall continue to accrue (as well after as before judgment) at the Interest Rate in the manner provided in this Condition 5 to the Relevant Date (as defined in Condition 8).
If any date referred to in these Conditions that is specified to be subject to adjustment in accordance with a Business Day Convention would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, then, if the Business Day Convention specified is (A) the Floating Rate Business Day Convention, such date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day unless it would thereby fall into the next calendar month, in which event (x) such date shall be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day and (y) each subsequent such date shall be the last Business Day of the month in which such date would have fallen had it not been subject to adjustment, (B) the Following Business Day Convention, such date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, (C) the Modified Following Business Day Convention, such date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day unless it would thereby fall into the next calendar month, in which event such date shall be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day, or (D) the Preceding Business Day Convention, such date shall be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day.
The Rate of Interest in respect of Floating Rate Notes for each Interest Accrual Period shall be determined in the manner specified hereon and the provisions below relating to either ISDA Determination or Screen Rate Determination shall apply, depending upon which is specified hereon.
5 For issues by ORIX
6 For issues by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES
7 For issues by ORIX CARIBBEAN
8 For issues by ORIX USA
Where ISDA Determination is specified hereon as the manner in which the Rate of Interest is to be determined, the Rate of Interest for each Interest Accrual Period shall be determined by the Calculation Agent as a rate equal to the relevant ISDA Rate plus or minus (as indicated hereon) the Margin (if any). For the purposes of this sub-paragraph (A), ISDA Rate for an Interest Accrual Period means a rate equal to the Floating Rate that would be determined by the Calculation Agent under a Swap Transaction under the terms of an agreement incorporating the ISDA Definitions and under which:
For the purposes of this sub-paragraph (A), Floating Rate, Calculation Agent, Floating Rate Option, Designated Maturity, Reset Date and Swap Transaction have the meanings given to those terms in the ISDA Definitions.
(B) Screen Rate Determination for Floating Rate Notes
Where Screen Rate Determination is specified hereon as the manner in which the Rate of Interest is to be determined, the Rate of Interest for each Interest Accrual Period shall be determined by the Calculation Agent at or about the Relevant Time on the Interest Determination Date in respect of such Interest Accrual Period in accordance with the following:
The Rate of Interest in respect of Index Linked Interest Notes for each Interest Accrual Period shall be determined in the manner specified hereon and interest will accrue by reference to an Index or Formula as specified hereon.
Where a Note the Interest Basis of which is specified to be Zero Coupon is repayable prior to the Maturity Date and is not paid when due, the amount due and payable prior to the Maturity Date shall be the Early Redemption Amount of such Note. As from the Maturity Date, the Rate of Interest for any overdue principal of such a Note shall be a rate per annum (expressed as a percentage) equal to the Amortisation Yield (as defined in Condition 6(b)(i)).
In the case of Dual Currency Notes, if the rate or amount of interest falls to be determined by reference to a Rate of Exchange or a method of calculating Rate of Exchange, the rate or amount of interest payable shall be determined in the manner specified hereon.
In the case of Partly Paid Notes (other than Partly Paid Notes which are Zero Coupon Notes), interest will accrue as aforesaid on the paid-up nominal amount of such Notes and otherwise as specified hereon.
Interest shall cease to accrue on each Note on the due date for redemption unless, upon due presentation, payment is improperly withheld or refused, in which event interest shall continue to accrue (as well after as before judgment) at the Rate of Interest in the manner provided in this Condition 5 to the Relevant Date (as defined in Condition 8).
The amount of interest payable in respect of any Note for any period shall be calculated by multiplying the product of the Rate of Interest and the outstanding nominal amount of such Note by the Day Count Fraction, unless an Interest Amount (or a formula for its calculation) is specified in respect of such period, in which case the amount of interest payable in respect of such Note for such period shall equal such Interest Amount (or be calculated in accordance with such formula). Where any Interest Period comprises two or more Interest Accrual Periods, the amount of interest payable in respect of such Interest Period shall be the sum of the amounts of interest payable in respect of each of those Interest Accrual Periods.
As soon as practicable after the relevant time on such date as the Calculation Agent may be required to calculate any rate or amount, obtain any quotation or make any determination or calculation, it shall determine such rate and calculate the Interest Amounts in respect of each Specified Denomination of the Notes for the relevant Interest Accrual Period, calculate the Final Redemption Amount, Early Redemption Amount, Optional Redemption Amount or Instalment Amount, obtain such quotation or make such determination or calculation, as the case may be, and cause the Rate of Interest and the Interest Amounts for each Interest Period and the relevant Interest Payment Date and, if required to be calculated, the Final Redemption Amount, Early Redemption Amount, Optional Redemption Amount or any Instalment Amount to be notified to the Fiscal Agent, the Registrar (if applicable), the Issuer, each of the Paying Agents, the Noteholders, any other Calculation Agent appointed in respect of the Notes that is to make a further calculation upon receipt of such information and, if the Notes are listed on a stock exchange and the rules of such exchange so require, such exchange as soon as possible after their determination but in no event later than (i) the commencement of the relevant Interest Period, if determined prior to such time, in the case of notification to such exchange of a Rate of Interest and Interest Amount, or (ii) in all other cases, the fourth Business Day after such determination. Where any Interest Payment Date or Interest Period Date is subject to adjustment pursuant to Condition 5(b)(ii), the Interest Amounts and the Interest Payment Date so published 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 Interest Period. If the Notes become due and payable under Condition 10, the accrued interest and the Rate of Interest payable in respect of the Notes shall nevertheless continue to be calculated as previously in accordance with this Condition but no publication of the Rate of Interest or the Interest Amount so calculated need be made. The determination of any rate or amount, the obtaining of each quote and the making of each determination or calculation by the Calculation Agent(s) shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding upon all parties.
In these Conditions, unless the context otherwise requires, the following defined terms shall have the meanings set out below:
Day Count Fraction means, in respect of the calculation of an amount of interest on any Note for any period of time (from and including the first day of such period to, but excluding, the last) (whether or not constituting an Interest Period, the Calculation Period):
Day Count Fraction =
$$\frac{[360 \text{ x } (Y_2 - Y_1)] + [30 \text{ x } (M_2 - M_1)] + (D_2 - D_1)}{360}$$
where:
"Y1" is the year, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation Period falls;
"Y2" is the year, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;
"M1" is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation Period falls:
"M2" is the calendar month, expressed as number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;
"D1" is the first calendar day, expressed as a number, of the Calculation Period, unless such number would be 31, in which case D1 will be 30; and
"D2" is the calendar day, expressed as a number, immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period, unless such number would be 31 and D1 is greater than 29, in which case D2 will be 30; and
(e) if 30E/360 or Eurobond Basis is specified hereon, the number of days in the Calculation Period divided by 360, calculated on a formula basis as follows:
Day Count Fraction =
$$\frac{[360 \text{ x } (Y_2 - Y_1)] + [30 \text{ x } (M_2 - M_1)] + (D_2 - D1)}{360}$$
where:
"Y1" is the year, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation Period falls;
"Y2" is the year, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls:
"M1" is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation Period falls:
"M2" is the calendar month, expressed as number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;
"D1" is the first calendar day, expressed as a number, of the Calculation Period, unless such number would be 31, in which case D1 will be 30; and
"D2" is the calendar day, expressed as a number, immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period, unless such number would be 31, in which case D2 will be 30.
(f) if 30E/360 (ISDA) is specified hereon, the number of days in the Calculation Period divided by 360, calculated on a formula basis as follows:
Day Count Fraction =
$$\frac{[360 \text{ x } (Y_2 - Y_1)] + [30 \text{ x } (M_2 - M_1)] + (D_2 - D_1)}{360}$$
where:
"Y1" is the year, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation Period falls;
"Y2" is the year, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;
"M1" is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation Period falls;
"M2" is the calendar month, expressed as number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;
"D1" is the first calendar day, expressed as a number, of the Calculation Period, unless (i) that day is the last day of February or (ii) such number would be 31, in which case D1 will be 30; and
"D2" is the calendar day, expressed as a number, immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period, unless (i) that day is the last day of February but not the Maturity Date or (ii) such number would be 31, in which case D2 will be 30.
(g) if Actual/Actual-ICMA is specified hereon, a fraction equal to "number of days accrued/number of days in year", as such terms are used in Rule 251 of the statutes, by-laws, rules and recommendations of the International Capital Market Association (the ICMA Rule Book), calculated in accordance with Rule 251 of the ICMA Rule Book as applied to non U.S. dollar denominated straight and convertible bonds issued after 31st December, 1998, as though the interest coupon on a bond were being calculated for a coupon period corresponding to the Calculation Period in respect of which payment is being made;
Effective Date means, with respect to any Floating Rate to be determined on an Interest Determination Date, the date specified as such hereon or, if none is so specified, the first day of the Interest Accrual Period to which such Interest Determination Date relates.
Interest Accrual Period means the period beginning on (and including) the Interest Commencement Date and ending on (but excluding) the first Interest Period Date and each successive period beginning on (and including) an Interest Period Date and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Interest Period Date.
Interest Amount means the amount of interest payable, and in the case of Fixed Rate Notes, means the Fixed Coupon Amount or Broken Amount, as the case may be, and in the case of Index Linked Interest Notes, includes the Coupon.
Interest Commencement Date means the Issue Date or such other date as may be specified hereon.
Interest Determination Date means, with respect to a Rate of Interest and Interest Accrual Period, the date specified as such hereon or, if none is so specified, (i) the first day of such Interest Accrual Period if the Specified Currency is Sterling or (ii) the day falling two Business Days in London for the Specified Currency prior to the first day of such Interest Accrual Period if the Specified Currency is neither Sterling nor euro or (iii) the day falling two TARGET Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Accrual Period if the Specified Currency is euro.
Interest Period means the period beginning on (and including) the Interest Commencement Date and ending on (but excluding) the first Interest Payment Date and each successive period beginning on (and including) an Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
Interest Period Date means each Interest Payment Date unless otherwise specified hereon.
ISDA Definitions means the 2006 ISDA Definitions as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., unless otherwise specified hereon.
Page means such page, section, caption, column or other part of a particular information service (including, but not limited to, Reuters Markets 3000 (Reuters)) as may be specified for the purpose of providing a Relevant Rate, or such other page, section, caption, column or other part as may replace it on that information service or on such other information service, in each case as may be nominated by the person or organisation providing or sponsoring the information appearing there for the purpose of displaying rates or prices comparable to that Relevant Rate.
Rate of Interest means the rate of interest payable from time to time in respect of this Note and that is either specified or calculated in accordance with the provisions hereon.
Reference Banks means the institutions specified as such hereon or, if none, four major banks selected by the Calculation Agent in the interbank market (or, if appropriate, money, swap or over-the-counter index options market) that is most closely connected with the Benchmark (which, if EURIBOR is the relevant Benchmark, shall be Europe).
Relevant Financial Centre means, with respect to any Floating Rate to be determined in accordance with a Screen Rate Determination on an Interest Determination Date, the financial centre as may be specified as such hereon or, if none is so specified, the financial centre with which the relevant Benchmark is most closely connected (which, in the case of EURIBOR, shall be Europe) or, if none is so connected, London.
Relevant Rate means the Benchmark for a Representative Amount of the Specified Currency for a period (if applicable or appropriate to the Benchmark) equal to the Specified Duration commencing on the Effective Date.
Relevant Time means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date, the local time in the Relevant Financial Centre specified hereon or, if no time is specified, the local time in the Relevant Financial Centre at which it is customary to determine bid and offered rates in respect of deposits in the Specified Currency in the interbank market in the Relevant Financial Centre and for this purpose "local time" means, with respect to Europe as a Relevant Financial Centre, Central European Time.
Representative Amount means, with respect to any Floating Rate to be determined in accordance with a Screen Rate Determination on an Interest Determination Date, the amount specified as such hereon or, if none is specified, an amount that is representative for a single transaction in the relevant market at the time.
Specified Currency means the currency specified as such hereon or, if none is specified, the currency in which the Notes are denominated.
Specified Duration means, with respect to any Floating Rate to be determined in accordance with a Screen Rate Determination on an Interest Determination Date, the duration specified hereon or, if none is specified, a period of time equal to the relative Interest Accrual Period, ignoring any adjustment pursuant to Condition 5(b)(ii).
TARGET2 System means the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) System or any successor thereto.
The Issuer shall procure that there shall at all times be four Reference Banks (or such other number as may be required) with offices in the Relevant Financial Centre and one or more Calculation Agents if provision is made for them hereon and for so long as any Note is outstanding (as defined in the Agency Agreement). If any Reference Bank (acting through its relevant office) is unable or unwilling to continue to act as a Reference Bank, then the Issuer shall appoint another Reference Bank with an office in the Relevant Financial Centre to act as such in its place. Where more than one Calculation Agent is appointed in respect of the Notes, references in these Conditions to the Calculation Agent shall be construed as each Calculation Agent performing its respective duties under the Conditions. If the Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act as such or if the Calculation Agent fails duly to establish the Rate of Interest for an Interest Period or to calculate any Interest Amount, Instalment Amount, Final Redemption Amount, Early Redemption Amount or Optional Redemption Amount, as the case may be, or to comply with any other requirement, the Issuer shall appoint a leading bank or investment banking firm engaged in the interbank market (or, if appropriate, money, swap or over-the-counter index options market) that is most closely connected with the calculation or determination to be made by the Calculation Agent (acting through its principal London office or any other office actively involved in such market) to act as such in its place. The Calculation Agent may not resign its duties without a successor having been appointed as aforesaid.
Where such calculation is to be made for a period of less than one year, it shall be made on the basis of the Day Count Fraction shown hereon.
The Early Redemption Amount payable in respect of any Note (other than Notes described in (i) above), upon redemption of such Note pursuant to Condition 6(c) or upon it becoming due and payable as provided in Condition 10, shall be the Final Redemption Amount unless otherwise specified hereon.
In this Condition 6(c), the paragraph appearing in square brackets will only appear on Notes issued by ORIX USA and guaranteed by ORIX and the paragraph which does not appear in square brackets will only appear on Notes issued by any of ORIX, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES (as qualified therein).
The Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Issuer in whole, but not in part, on any Interest Payment Date or, if so specified, at any time, on giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice to the Noteholders (which notice shall be irrevocable), at their Early Redemption Amount (as described in Condition 6(b) above) (together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption), if the Issuer [(or, if the Guarantee were called, the Guarantor)] 9 has or will become obliged to pay additional amounts as provided or referred to in Condition 8 as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws or regulations of [[Australia10 ], [the Netherlands Antilles11 ] or the jurisdiction of the Substitute in accordance with Condition 11(c) or] Japan or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the Issue Date (or, in the event of a substitution of the issuer in accordance with Condition 11(c), the date of such substitution), provided that no such notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer [(or the Guarantor, as the case may be)] 9 would be obliged to pay such additional amounts were a payment in respect of the Notes [(or the Guarantee, as the case may be)] 9 then due. Before the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph, the Issuer shall deliver to the Fiscal Agent a certificate signed by two directors of the Issuer [(or the Guarantor, as the case may be)] 9 stating that the Issuer is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer so to redeem have occurred, and an opinion of independent legal advisers of recognised standing to the effect that the Issuer [(or the Guarantor, as the case may be)] 9 has or will become obliged to pay such additional amounts as a result of such change or amendment.
[The Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Issuer in whole, but not in part, on any Interest Payment Date or, if so specified hereon, at any time, on giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice to the Noteholders (which notice shall be irrevocable), at their Redemption Amount (together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption), if the Issuer (or, if the Guarantee were called, the Guarantor) has or will become obliged to pay additional amounts as provided or referred to in Condition 8 as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws or regulations of Japan or the United States of America or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the Issue Date (or, in the event of a substitution of the Issuer in accordance with Condition 11(c), the date of such substitution), provided that no such notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer (or the Guarantor, as the case may be) would be obliged to pay such additional amounts were a payment in respect of the Notes (or Guarantee, as the case may be) then due. Before the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph, the Issuer shall deliver to the Fiscal Agent a certificate signed by two directors of the Issuer (or the Guarantor, as the case may be) stating that the Issuer is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer so to redeem have occurred, and an opinion of independent legal advisers of recognised standing to the effect that the Issuer (or the Guarantor, as the case may be) has or will become obliged to pay such additional amounts as a result of such change or amendment.]
If Call Option is specified hereon, the Issuer may, on giving not less than 15 nor more than 30 days' irrevocable notice to the Noteholders (or such other notice period as may be specified hereon) redeem, or exercise any Issuer's option (as may be described hereon) in relation to, all or, if so provided, some of the Notes on any Optional Redemption Date or Option Exercise Date, as the case may be. Any such redemption of Notes shall be at their Optional Redemption Amount together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption. Any such redemption or exercise must relate to Notes of a nominal amount at least equal to the minimum nominal amount to be redeemed specified hereon and no greater than the maximum nominal amount to be redeemed specified hereon.
All Notes in respect of which any such notice is given shall be redeemed, or the Issuer's option shall be exercised, on the date specified in such notice in accordance with this Condition.
In the case of a partial redemption or a partial exercise of an Issuer's option, the notice to Noteholders shall also contain the certificate numbers of the Notes to be redeemed or in respect of which such option has been exercised, which shall have been drawn in such place and in such manner as may be fair and reasonable in the circumstances, taking account of prevailing market practices, subject to compliance with any applicable laws and stock exchange requirements.
9 For issues by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES or ORIX CARIBBEAN
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If Put Option is specified hereon, the Issuer shall, at the option of the holder of any such Note, upon the holder of such Note giving not less than 15 nor more than 30 days' notice to the Issuer (or such other notice period as may be specified hereon) redeem such Note on the Optional Redemption Date(s) at its Optional Redemption Amount together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption.
To exercise such option or any other Noteholders' option that may be set out hereon (which must be exercised on an Option Exercise Date) the holder must deposit such Note (together with all unmatured Receipts and Coupons and unexchanged Talons) with any Paying Agent (in the case of Bearer Notes) or the Certificate representing such Note(s) with the Registrar or any Transfer Agent (in the case of Registered Notes) at its specified office, together with a duly completed option exercise notice (Exercise Notice) in the form obtainable from any Paying Agent, the Registrar or any Transfer Agent (as applicable) within the notice period. No Note or Certificate so deposited and option exercised may be withdrawn (except as provided in the Agency Agreement) without the prior consent of the Issuer.
Partly Paid Notes will be redeemed, whether at maturity, early redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of this Condition and the provisions specified hereon.
In Conditions 6(g) and 6(h), the words which appear in square brackets will only appear on Notes issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA and, in any such case, guaranteed by ORIX unless there are alternative provisions within the square brackets separated by an oblique in which case the first alternative will only appear on the Notes issued by ORIX and the second alternative will only appear on Notes issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA and, in any such case, guaranteed by ORIX.
The Issuer[, the Guarantor] and any of [its/their] subsidiaries may at any time purchase Notes (provided that all unmatured Receipts and Coupons and unexchanged Talons relating thereto are attached thereto, if any, or surrendered therewith) in the open market or otherwise at any price.
All Notes purchased by or on behalf of the Issuer[, the Guarantor] or any of [its/their] subsidiaries may be surrendered for cancellation, in the case of Bearer Notes, by surrendering each such Note together with all unmatured Receipts and Coupons and all unexchanged Talons to the Fiscal Agent and, in the case of Registered Notes, by surrendering the Certificate representing such Notes to the Registrar and, in each case, if so surrendered, shall, together with all Notes redeemed by the Issuer, be cancelled forthwith (together with all unmatured Receipts and Coupons and unexchanged Talons attached thereto or surrendered therewith). Any Notes so surrendered for cancellation may not be reissued or resold and the obligations of the Issuer [and the Guarantor] in respect of any such Notes shall be discharged.
Payments of principal and interest in respect of Bearer Notes shall, subject as mentioned below, be made against presentation and surrender of the relevant Receipts (in the case of payments of Instalment Amounts other than on the due date for redemption and provided that the Receipt is presented for payment together with its relative Note), Notes (in the case of all other payments of principal and, in the case of interest, as specified in Condition 7(f)(vi)) or Coupons (in the case of interest, save as specified in Condition 7(f)(vi)), as the case may be, at the specified office of any Paying Agent outside the United States and its possessions by a cheque payable in the relevant currency drawn on, or, at the option of the holder and subject to the next sentence, by transfer to an account denominated in such currency with, a bank in the principal financial centre for such currency, or in the case of euro, in a city in which banks have access to the TARGET2 System. Subject to the provisions of Condition 7(c) below, no payments will be made by a transfer of funds into an account in the United States or its possessions or mailed to an address in the United States or its possessions.
the close of business on the day before the due date for payment thereof (the Record Date). Payments of interest on each Registered Note shall be made in the currency in which such payments are due by cheque drawn on a bank in the principal financial centre of the country of the currency concerned and mailed to the holder (or to the first named of joint holders) of such Note at its address appearing in the Register. Upon application by the holder to the specified office of the Registrar or any Transfer Agent before the Record Date and subject as provided in Condition 7(a) above, such payment of interest may be made by transfer to an account in the relevant currency maintained by the payee with a bank in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency.
Notwithstanding Condition 7(a), if any Bearer Notes are denominated in U.S. dollars, payments in respect thereof may be made at the specified office of any Paying Agent in NewYork City in the same manner as aforesaid if (i) the Issuer shall have appointed Paying Agents with specified offices outside the United States and its possessions with the reasonable expectation that such Paying Agents would be able to make payment of the amounts on the Notes in the manner provided above when due, (ii) payment in full of such amounts at all such offices is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions on payment or receipt of such amounts and (iii) such payment is then permitted by United States law, without involving, in the opinion of the Issuer, any adverse tax consequence to the Issuer.
All payments are subject in all cases to any applicable fiscal or other laws, regulations and directives, but without prejudice to the provisions of Condition 8. No commission or expenses shall be charged to the Noteholders or Couponholders in respect of such payments.
In this Condition 7(e), the words which appear in square brackets will only appear on Notes issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA and, in any such case, guaranteed by ORIX.
The Fiscal Agent, the Paying Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agents and the Calculation Agent initially appointed by the Issuer [and the Guarantor] and their respective specified offices are listed below. The Fiscal Agent, the Paying Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agents and the Calculation Agent(s) act solely as agents of the Issuer [and the Guarantor] and do not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any Noteholder or Couponholder. The Issuer [and the Guarantor] reserve(s) the right at any time to vary or terminate the appointment of the Fiscal Agent, any other Paying Agent, the Registrar, any Transfer Agent or the Calculation Agent(s) and to appoint additional or other Paying Agents or Transfer Agents, provided that the Issuer shall at all times maintain (i) a Fiscal Agent, (ii) a Registrar in relation to Registered Notes, (iii) a Transfer Agent in relation to Registered Notes, (iv) one or more Calculation Agent(s) where the Conditions so require, (v) a Paying Agent and a Transfer Agent having a specified office in a major European city which, so long as the Notes are listed on the official list of the Financial Services Authority in its capacity as competent authority under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the FSMA) (the UK Listing Authority) and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Professional Securities Market, shall be London and (vi) a Paying Agent with a specified office in a 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.
In addition, the Issuer [and the Guarantor] shall forthwith appoint a Paying Agent in New York City in respect of any Bearer Notes denominated in U.S. dollars in the circumstances described in Condition 7(c) above. No Fiscal Agent, however, shall be located within the United States. In addition, no Paying Agent with respect to Bearer Notes shall be located in the United States except in the circumstances described in Condition 7(c) above.
Notice of any such change or any change of any specified office shall promptly be given to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 14.
(i) Unless the Notes provide that the relative Coupons are to become void upon the due date for redemption of those Notes, Bearer Notes should be surrendered for payment together with all unmatured Coupons (if any) relating thereto, failing which an amount equal to the face value of each missing unmatured Coupon (or, in the case of payment not being made in full, that proportion of the amount of such missing unmatured Coupon that the sum of principal so paid bears to the total principal due) shall be deducted from the Final Redemption Amount, Early Redemption Amount or Optional Redemption Amount, as the case may be, due for payment. Any amount so deducted shall be paid in the manner mentioned above against surrender of such missing Coupon within a period of ten years from the Relevant Date for the payment of such principal (whether or not such Coupon has become void pursuant to Condition 9).
On or after the Interest Payment Date for the final Coupon forming part of a Coupon sheet issued in respect of any Bearer Note, the Talon forming part of such Coupon sheet may be surrendered at the specified office of the Fiscal Agent in exchange for a further Coupon sheet (and if necessary another Talon for a further Coupon sheet) (but excluding any Coupons that may have become void pursuant to Condition 9).
If any date for payment in respect of any Note, Receipt or Coupon is not a business day, the holder shall not be entitled to payment until the next following business day nor to any interest or other sum in respect of such postponed payment. In this paragraph, business day means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks and foreign exchange markets are open for business in the relevant place of presentation, in such jurisdictions as shall be specified as Additional Financial Centres hereon and:
In this Condition 8 the following paragraphs will only appear on Notes issued by ORIX. (a) Payment of Additional Amounts by the Issuer
Payments of principal and interest by or on behalf of the Issuer in respect of the Notes, Receipts or Coupons held by a Japanese non-resident or a designated financial institution will be made without withholding of, or deduction for or on account of, any present or future taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of Japan, or any authority therein or thereof having power to tax if the Noteholder (or Couponholder as the case may be) establishes that the Note, Receipt or Coupon is held by or for the account of a Japanese non-resident or a designated financial institution in compliance with requirements under Japanese tax laws. If such withholding or deduction in respect of the Notes, Receipts or Coupons held by such Japanese non-resident or designated financial institution is required by law, the Issuer will pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received by such Noteholders and Couponholders after such withholding or deduction shall equal the amounts of principal and interest which would have been receivable in respect of the Notes or, as the case may be, Coupons in the absence of such withholding or deduction; except that no such additional amounts shall be payable with respect to any Note or Coupon presented for payment:
(1) by or on behalf of a holder (i) who is for Japanese tax purposes treated as an individual resident of Japan or a Japanese corporation or (ii) who fails to comply with the Japanese tax law requirements in respect of the exemption from such withholding or deduction or (iii) who is otherwise subject to such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges by reason of his being connected with Japan
nor will such additional amounts be paid with respect to any payment on such Note, Receipt or Coupon to any holder that is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of Japan (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect of such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of such Note, Receipt or Coupon.
As used herein, a Japanese non-resident means a person that is not an individual resident of Japan or a Japanese corporation for Japanese tax purposes and a designated financial institution means a designated Japanese financial institution as provided in Article 6 of the Special Taxation Measures Law of Japan.
As used in these Conditions, Relevant Date in respect of any Note, Receipt or Coupon means the date on which payment in respect thereof first becomes due or (if any amount of the money payable is improperly withheld or refused) the date on which payment in full of the amount outstanding is made or (if earlier) the date on which notice is duly given to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 14 that, upon further presentation of the Note, Receipt or Coupon being made in accordance with the Conditions, such payment will be made, provided that payment is in fact made upon such presentation. References in these Conditions to (i) principal shall be deemed to include any premium payable in respect of the Notes, all Instalment Amounts, Final Redemption Amounts, Early Redemption Amounts, Optional Redemption Amounts, Amortised Face Amounts and all other amounts in the nature of principal payable pursuant to Condition 6 or any amendment or supplement to it, (ii) interest shall be deemed to include all Interest Amounts and all other amounts payable pursuant to Condition 5 or any amendment or supplement to it and (iii) principal and/or interest shall be deemed to include any additional amounts that may be payable under this Condition.
The following paragraphs will only appear on Notes issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES and guaranteed by ORIX.
All payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes, the Receipts and the Coupons shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes or duties of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of Australia or any authority therein or thereof having power to tax (in the case of the Issuer) or Japan or any authority therein or thereof having power to tax (in the case of the Guarantor), unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In such event, the Issuer or, as the case may be, the Guarantor shall pay such additional amounts as shall be necessary in order that the net amounts received by the holders of the Notes, Receipts or Coupons after such withholding or deduction imposed on the Notes, Receipts or Coupons by or on behalf of any authority shall equal the respective amounts of principal and interest which would otherwise have been receivable in respect of the Notes, Receipts or Coupons, as the case may be, in the absence of such withholding or deduction been required, except that no such additional amounts shall be payable with respect to any Note, Receipt or Coupon:
(2) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a holder who could lawfully avoid (but had not so avoided) such deduction or withholding by complying or procuring that any third party complies with any statutory requirements or by making or procuring that any third party makes a declaration of non-residence or other similar claim for exemption to any tax authority; or
(3) where such withholding or deduction is imposed on a payment to or for an individual and is required to be made 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, or as contemplated by, such Directive; or
As used in these Conditions, Relevant Date in respect of any Note, Receipt or Coupon means the date on which payment in respect of it first becomes due or (if any amount of the money payable is improperly withheld or refused) the date on which payment in full of the amount outstanding is made or (if earlier) the date seven days after that on which notice is duly given to the Noteholders that, upon further presentation of the Note (or relative Certificate), Receipt or Coupon being made in accordance with the Conditions, such payment will be made, provided that payment is in fact made upon such presentation. References in these Conditions to (i) principal shall be deemed to include any premium payable in respect of the Notes, all Instalment Amounts, Final Redemption Amounts, Early Redemption Amounts, Optional Redemption Amounts, Amortised Face Amounts and all other amounts in the nature of principal payable pursuant to Condition 6 or any amendment or supplement to it, (ii) interest shall be deemed to include all Interest Amounts and all other amounts payable pursuant to Condition 5 or any amendment or supplement to it and (iii) principal and/or interest shall be deemed to include any additional amounts that may be payable under this Condition.
The following paragraphs will only appear on Notes issued by ORIX CARIBBEAN and guaranteed by ORIX.
All payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes, the Receipts and the Coupons shall be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for, any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or within the Netherlands Antilles or any authority therein or thereof having power to tax (in the case of the Issuer) or Japan or any authority therein or thereof having power to tax (in the case of the Guarantor), unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In that event, the Issuer or, as the case may be, the Guarantor shall pay such additional amounts as shall result in receipt by the Noteholders and the Couponholders of such amounts as would have been received by them had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no such additional amounts shall be payable with respect to any Note, Receipt or Coupon:
(5) presented (or in respect of which the Certificate representing it is presented) for payment more than 30 days after the Relevant Date except to the extent that the holder of it would have been entitled to such additional amounts on presenting it for payment on the thirtieth such day,
nor will such additional amounts be paid with respect to any payment on such Note, Receipt or Coupon to any holder that is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of the Netherlands Antilles or Japan (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect of such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of such Note, Receipt or Coupon.
As used in these Conditions, Relevant Date in respect of any Note, Receipt or Coupon means the date on which payment in respect of it first becomes due or (if any amount of the money payable is improperly withheld or refused) the date on which payment in full of the amount outstanding is made or (if earlier) the date seven days after that on which notice is duly given to the Noteholders that, upon further presentation of the Note (or relative Certificate), Receipt or Coupon being made in accordance with the Conditions, such payment will be made, provided that payment is in fact made upon such presentation. References in these Conditions to (i) principal shall be deemed to include any premium payable in respect of the Notes, all Instalment Amounts, Final Redemption Amounts, Early Redemption Amounts, Optional Redemption Amounts, Amortised Face Amounts and all other amounts in the nature of principal payable pursuant to Condition 6 or any amendment or supplement to it, (ii) interest shall be deemed to include all Interest Amounts and all other amounts payable pursuant to Condition 5 or any amendment or supplement to it and (iii) principal and/or interest shall be deemed to include any additional amounts that may be payable under this Condition.
The following paragraphs will only appear on Notes issued by ORIX USA and guaranteed by ORIX.
Provided the holder(s) and beneficial owner(s) of a Note are United States Aliens (as defined below), except as provided herein, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will pay such holder such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that every net payment of the amount due in respect of such Note, Receipt or Coupon after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, will not be less than the amount provided for in such Note, Receipt or Coupon to be then due and payable, provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay such additional amounts will not apply to any one or more of the following:
holder or beneficial owner of such Note, Receipt or Coupon, if such compliance is required by statute, by treaty or by regulation of the United States Treasury Department as a pre-condition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
nor will such additional amounts be paid with respect to any payment on such Note, Receipt or Coupon to any United States Alien that is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of the United States of America (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect of such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of such Note, Receipt or Coupon.
United States Alien means any person who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
All payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes, the Receipts and the Coupons or under the Guarantee shall be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for, any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or within Japan or any authority therein or thereof having power to tax, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In that event, the Issuer or, as the case may be, the Guarantor shall pay such additional amounts as shall result in receipt by the Noteholders and the Couponholders of such amounts as would have been received by them had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no such additional amounts shall be payable with respect to any Note, Receipt or Coupon:
nor will such additional amounts be paid with respect to any payment on such Note, Receipt or Coupon to any holder that is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of Japan (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect of such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of such Note, Receipt or Coupon.
As used in these Conditions, "Relevant Date" in respect of any Note, Receipt or Coupon means the date on which payment first becomes due or (if any amount of the money payable is improperly withheld or refused) the date on which payment in full of the amount outstanding is made or (if earlier) the date seven days after that on which notice is duly given to the Noteholders that, upon further presentation of the Note (or relative Certificate), Receipt or Coupon being made in accordance with the Conditions, such payment will be made, provided that payment is in fact made upon such presentation.
References in these Conditions to (i) principal shall be deemed to include any premium payable in respect of the Notes, all Instalment Amounts, Redemption Amounts, Amortised Face Amounts and all other amounts in the nature of principal payable pursuant to Condition 6 or any amendment or supplement to it, (ii) interest shall be deemed to include all Interest Amounts and all other amounts payable pursuant to Condition 5 or any amendment or supplement to it and (iii) principal and/or interest shall be deemed to include any additional amounts that may be payable under this Condition.
In this Condition 9, the words which appear in square brackets will only appear on Notes issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA and, in any such case, guaranteed by ORIX.
Claims against the Issuer [and the Guarantor] for payment in respect of the Notes, Receipts and Coupons (which for this purpose shall not include Talons) shall be prescribed and become void unless made within 10 years (in the case of principal) or five years (in the case of interest) from the appropriate Relevant Date in respect of them.
In this Condition 10, the paragraphs in square brackets will only appear on Notes issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA and, in any case, guaranteed by ORIX and the paragraphs which do not appear in square brackets will only appear on Notes issued by ORIX.
If any of the following events (Events of Default) occurs and is continuing, the holder of any Note may give written notice to the Fiscal Agent at its specified office that such Note is immediately repayable, whereupon the Early Redemption Amount of such Note together with accrued interest to the date of payment shall become immediately due and payable, unless such event of default shall have been remedied prior to the receipt of such notice by the Fiscal Agent:
(vii) the Issuer shall stop payment (within the meaning of the bankruptcy law of Japan) or (otherwise than for the purposes of such a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or reconstruction as is referred to in paragraph (v) above) shall cease to carry on business or shall be unable to pay its debts generally as and when they fall due; or
(viii)a decree or order by any court having jurisdiction shall have been issued adjudging the Issuer bankrupt or insolvent, or approving a petition seeking with respect to the Issuer reorganisation, under bankruptcy, composition, reorganisation or insolvency law of Japan and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or
For the purposes of paragraph (iv) above, any indebtedness for borrowed moneys which is in a currency other than U.S. dollars shall be translated at the spot rate for the sale of the relevant currency against the purchase of U.S. dollars in the Tokyo foreign exchange market prevailing on the calendar day in Tokyo corresponding to the calendar day on which such premature repayment becomes due or, as the case may be, such default or failure occurs (or, if for any reason such a rate is not available, that so quoted on the earliest possible date thereafter).
[If any of the following events (Events of Default) occurs and is continuing, the holder of any Note may give written notice to the Fiscal Agent at its specified office that such Note is immediately repayable, whereupon the Redemption Amount of such Note together with accrued interest to the date of payment shall become immediately due and payable, unless such event of default shall have been remedied prior to the receipt of such notice by the Fiscal Agent:
(I) a final and non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction shall be made or an effective resolution of the Guarantor shall be passed for the winding-up or dissolution of the Guarantor except for the purposes of or pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or
For the purposes of paragraph (iv) above, any indebtedness for borrowed moneys which is in a currency other than U.S. dollars shall be translated at the spot rate for the sale of the relevant currency against the purchase of U.S. dollars in the Tokyo foreign exchange market prevailing on the calendar day in Tokyo corresponding to the calendar day on which such premature repayment becomes due or, as the case may be, such default or failure occurs (or, if for any reason such a rate is not available, that so quoted on the earliest possible date thereafter).]
The Agency Agreement contains provisions for convening meetings of Noteholders to consider any matter affecting their interests, including modification by Extraordinary Resolution (as defined in the Agency Agreement) of a modification of any of these Conditions. Such a meeting may be convened by Noteholders holding not less than 10 per cent. in nominal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding. The quorum for any meeting convened to consider an Extraordinary Resolution shall be two or more persons holding or representing a clear majority in nominal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding, or at any adjourned meeting two or more persons being or representing Noteholders whatever the nominal amount of the Notes held or represented, unless the business of such meeting includes consideration of proposals, inter alia, (i) to amend the dates of maturity or redemption of the Notes, any Instalment Date or any date for payment of interest or Interest Amounts on the Notes, (ii) to reduce or cancel the nominal amount of, or any Instalment Amount of, or any premium payable on redemption of, the Notes, (iii) to reduce the rate or rates of interest in respect of the Notes or to vary the method or basis of calculating the rate or rates or amount of interest or the basis for calculating any Interest Amount in respect of the Notes, (iv) if a Minimum and/or a Maximum Rate of Interest, Instalment Amount or Redemption Amount is shown hereon, to reduce any such Minimum and/or Maximum, (v) to vary any method of, or basis for, calculating the Final Redemption Amount, the Early Redemption Amount or the Optional Redemption Amount, including the method of calculating the Amortised Face Amount, (vi) to vary the currency or currencies of payment or denomination of the Notes, (vii) to take any steps that as specified hereon may only be taken following approval by an Extraordinary Resolution to which the special quorum provisions apply, or (viii) to modify the provisions concerning the quorum required at any meeting of Noteholders or the majority required to pass the Extraordinary Resolution, in which case the necessary quorum shall be two or more persons holding or representing not less than 75 per cent., or at any adjourned meeting not less than 25 per cent., in nominal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding. Any Extraordinary Resolution duly passed shall be binding on Noteholders (whether or not they were present at the meeting at which such resolution was passed) and on all Couponholders.
These Conditions may be amended, modified or varied in relation to any Series of Notes by the terms of the relevant Final Terms or supplementary/further offering circular in relation to such Series.
In this Condition, the words which appear in square brackets will only appear on Notes issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA and, in any such case, guaranteed by ORIX.
The Issuer [and the Guarantor] shall only permit any modification of, or any waiver or authorisation of any breach or proposed breach of or any failure to comply with, the Agency Agreement, if to do so could not reasonably be expected to be prejudicial to the interests of the Noteholders.
The Issuer, or any previous substituted company, may at any time, without the consent of the Noteholders or Couponholders but subject to the conditions set out below, substitute for itself as principal debtor under any Series of Notes, the Receipts, the Coupons, the Talons and the Deed of Covenant relating to such Notes any company (the Substitute) which is the Guarantor or a Subsidiary (as defined in the Agency Agreement) provided that no payment in respect of the Notes, the Receipts or Coupons is at the relevant time overdue; provided however, in the event that (A) the Notes are Registered Notes and (B) an Issuer, or any previous substituted company, incorporated in a jurisdiction outside of the United States is being substituted by a Subsidiary (x) incorporated or otherwise resident for tax purposes in the United States or (y) carrying on a trade or business in the United States, the Issuer shall obtain the consent of the Noteholders or Couponholders prior to substitution.
The substitution shall be made by a deed poll (the Substitute Deed Poll), to be substantially in the form scheduled to the Agency Agreement as Schedule 8, and may take place only if (i) the Substitute shall, by means of the Substitute Deed Poll, agree to indemnify each Noteholder and Couponholder against any tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge which is imposed on it by (or by any authority in or of) the jurisdiction of the country of the Substitute's residence for tax purposes and, if different, of its incorporation with respect to any Note, Receipt, Coupon and the Deed of Covenant executed by the Issuer and which would not have been so imposed had the substitution not been made, as well as against any tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge, and any cost or expense, relating to the substitution, (ii) where the Substitute is not the Guarantor, the obligations of the Substitute under the Substitute Deed Poll, the Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Deed of Covenant shall be unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor by means of the Substitute Deed Poll, (iii) all action, conditions and things required to be taken, fulfilled and done (including the obtaining of any necessary consents) have been taken, fulfilled and done, (iv) the Substitute Deed Poll, the Notes, Receipts, Coupons and the Deed of Covenant represent valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Substitute, (v) in respect of Notes that are listed on the official list of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange all action, conditions and things as required by the UK Listing Authority (including, where applicable, obtaining the approval by the UK Listing Authority of new or supplemental Offering Circular) have been taken by the Substitute and, where the Substitute is not the Guarantor, the Guarantor, (vi) the Substitute shall have become party to the Agency Agreement, with any appropriate consequential amendments, as if it had been an original party to it, (vii) legal opinions addressed to the Substitute shall have been delivered to the Substitute from (A) a lawyer or firm of lawyers with a leading securities practice in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Substitute and in England, each as selected by the Substitute in its reasonable opinion, as to the fulfilment of the preceding Condition 11(c)(iv) of this paragraph and the other matters specified in the Substitute Deed Poll, if any, and (B) if the Notes are Bearer Notes, including Exchangeable Bearer Notes, an opinion of U.S. tax counsel of recognised standing to the effect that the substitution will not be treated as a new issue requiring compliance with the D Rules or any successor or similar provision and (viii) the Issuer shall have given at least 14 days' prior notice of such substitution to the Noteholders, stating that copies of all documents in relation to the substitution which are referred to above will be available for inspection at the specified office of each of the Paying Agents after execution of such documents. Following any such substitution, references in Condition 10 to obligations under the Notes shall be deemed to include obligations under the Substitute Deed Poll and, where the Substitute Deed Poll contains a guarantee, the events listed in Condition 10 shall be deemed to include that guarantee not being (or being decided by the Guarantor not to be) in full force and effect.]
If a Note, Certificate, Receipt, Coupon or Talon is lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed, it may be replaced, subject to applicable laws, regulations and stock exchange regulations, at the specified office of the Fiscal Agent (in the case of Bearer Notes, Receipts, Coupons or Talons) and of the Registrar (in the case of Certificates) or such other Paying Agent or Transfer Agent, as the case may be, as may from time to time be designated by the Issuer for the purpose and notice of whose designation is given to Noteholders, in each case on payment by the claimant of the fees and costs incurred in connection therewith and on such terms as to evidence, security and indemnity (which may provide, inter alia, that if the allegedly lost, stolen or destroyed Note, Certificate, Receipt, Coupon or Talon is subsequently presented for payment or, as the case may be, for exchange for further Coupons, there shall be paid to the Issuer on demand the amount payable by the Issuer in respect of such Notes, Certificates, Receipts, Coupons or further Coupons) and otherwise as the Issuer may require.
Mutilated or defaced Notes, Certificates, Receipts, Coupons or Talons must be surrendered before replacements will be issued.
12 Text only applicable to Notes issued by Issuers other than ORIX.
The Issuer may from time to time without the consent of the Noteholders or Couponholders create and issue further notes having the same terms and conditions as the Notes (so that, for the avoidance of doubt, references in the conditions of such Notes to Issue Date shall be to the first issue date of the Notes) and so that the same shall be consolidated and form a single series with such Notes, and references in these Conditions to "Notes" shall be construed accordingly, provided that, in the case of Bearer Notes issued in accordance with the D Rule, such consolidation can only occur following exchange of interests in a Temporary Global Note for interests in a Permanent Global Note or definitive Bearer Notes and certification of non-U.S. beneficial ownership.
Notices to the holders of Registered Notes shall be mailed to them at their respective addresses in the Register and deemed to have been given on the fourth weekday (being a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday) after the date of mailing. Notices to the holders of Bearer Notes shall be valid if published in a daily newspaper of general circulation in London (which is expected to be the Financial Times). If any such publication is not practicable, notice shall be validly given if published in another leading daily English language newspaper with general circulation in Europe. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than once or on different dates, on the date of the first publication as provided above.
Couponholders shall be deemed for all purposes to have notice of the contents of any notice given to the holders of Bearer Notes in accordance with this Condition.
In this Condition, the words which appear in square brackets will only appear on Notes issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA and, in any such case, guaranteed by ORIX.
Any amount received or recovered in a currency other than the currency in which payment under the relevant Note, Coupon or Receipt is due (whether as a result of, or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer [or the Guarantor] or otherwise) by any Noteholder or Couponholder in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Issuer [or the Guarantor] shall only constitute a discharge to the Issuer [or the Guarantor, as the case may be], to the extent of the amount in the currency of payment under the relevant Note, Coupon or Receipt that the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so). If the amount received or recovered is less than the amount expressed to be due to the recipient under any Note, Coupon or Receipt, the Issuer[, failing whom the Guarantor,] shall indemnify it against any loss sustained by it as a result. In any event, the Issuer[, failing whom the Guarantor,] shall indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase. For the purposes of this Condition, it shall be sufficient for the Noteholder or Couponholder, as the case may be, to demonstrate that it would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase been made. These indemnities constitute a separate and independent obligation from the Issuer's [and the Guarantor's] other obligations, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any Noteholder or Couponholder and shall continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under any Note, Coupon or Receipt or any other judgment or order.
In this Condition, the words which appear in square brackets will only appear on Notes issued by ORIX USA and guaranteed by ORIX unless there are alternative provisions within the square brackets separated by an oblique in which case the first alternative only will appear on Notes issued by any of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA and, in any such case, guaranteed by ORIX and the second alternative only will appear on Notes issued by ORIX.
The Notes, the Receipts, the Coupons and the Talons are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.
Except as expressly provided otherwise in these Conditions, the courts of England are to have jurisdiction to settle any disputes that may arise out of or in connection with any Notes, Receipts, Coupons or Talons and accordingly any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with any Notes, Receipts, Coupons or Talons (Proceedings) may be brought in such courts. [Each of the/The] Issuer [and the Guarantor] irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and waives any objection to Proceedings in such courts on the ground of venue or on the ground that the Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum. [These/This] submission[s] [are/is] made for the benefit of each of the holders of the Notes, Receipts, Coupons and Talons and shall not affect the right of any of them to take Proceedings in any other court of competent 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).
[Each of the/The] Issuer [and the Guarantor] irrevocably appoints London Registrars Process Agency Ltd. of 4th Floor, Haines House, 21 John Street, London WC1N 2BP, England as [their/its] agent in England to receive, for it and on its behalf, service of process in any Proceedings in England. Such service shall be deemed completed on delivery to such process agent (whether or not it is forwarded to and received by the Issuer [or the Guarantor]). If for any reason such process agent ceases to be able to act as such or no longer has an address in England, [each of] the Issuer [and the Guarantor] irrevocably agree[s] to appoint a substitute process agent and shall immediately notify Noteholders of such appointment in accordance with Condition 14. Nothing shall affect the right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
Upon the initial deposit of a Global Note with a common depositary outside the United States and its possessions (the Common Depositary) for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg, or the initial registration in the names of nominees for Euroclear or for Clearstream, Luxembourg, or a common nominee for both, and delivery of the relative Global Certificate(s) to the Common Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg will credit each subscriber with a nominal amount of Notes equal to the nominal amount thereof for which it has subscribed and paid. Global Notes may also be deposited initially with other clearing systems which must be outside the United States and its possessions. Notes that are initially deposited with the Common Depositary may also be credited to the accounts of subscribers with other clearing systems through direct or indirect accounts with Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg held by such other clearing systems. Conversely, Notes that are initially deposited with other clearing systems may similarly be credited to the accounts of subscribers with Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg.
Each of the persons shown in the records of Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or any other clearing system as the holder of a Note represented by a Global Note or a Global Certificate must look solely to Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or such other clearing system for his share of each payment made by the Issuer to the bearer of such Global Note or the holder of the underlying Registered Notes, as the case may be, and in relation to all other rights arising under the Global Notes or Global Certificates, subject to and in accordance with the respective rules and procedures of Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or such other clearing system (as the case may be). Such persons shall have no claim directly against the Issuer in respect of payments due on the Notes for so long as the Notes are represented by such Global Note or Global Certificate and such obligations of the Issuer will be discharged by payment to the bearer of such Global Note or the holder of the underlying Registered Notes, as the case may be, in respect of each amount so paid.
Each Tranche of Bearer Notes will initially be represented by a temporary Global Note, if (i) definitive Notes are to be made available to Noteholders following the expiry of 40 days after their issue date or (ii) with respect to Notes issued by any of ORIX, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES and such Notes have a maturity of more than 365 days and are being issued in compliance with the D Rules (as defined in "Key Features of the Programme — Selling Restrictions") and, with respect to Notes issued by ORIX USA, such Notes have a maturity of more than 183 days (in each case taking into account any rights to unilaterally roll over or extend the maturity and any postponement in the final payment of principal as a result of the Maturity Date falling on a day which is not a relevant business day). Otherwise such Tranche will be represented on issue by a permanent Global Note. Thereafter:
Temporary Global Notes. Each temporary Global Note will be exchangeable, free of charge to the holder, on or after its Exchange Date:
Each temporary Global Note that is also an Exchangeable Bearer Note will be exchangeable for Registered Notes in accordance with the Conditions in addition to any permanent Global Note or Definitive Notes for which it may be exchangeable and, before its Exchange Date, will so be exchangeable in whole or in part for Registered Notes only.
Permanent Global Notes. Each permanent Global Note will be exchangeable, free of charge to the holder, on or after its Exchange Date in whole but not, except as provided under "Partial Exchange of Permanent Global Notes", in part for Definitive Notes or, in the case of (iv) below, Registered Notes:
(ii) in the case of Notes issued by ORIX USA, at any time by the holder giving notice to the Fiscal Agent of its election for such exchange;
(iii) in the case of Notes issued by any of ORIX, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES and if (1) the relevant Final Terms provides that such Global Note is exchangeable at the request of the holder, or (2) the permanent Global Note is held on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or any other clearing system (an Alternative Clearing System) and any such clearing system is closed for business for a continuous period of 14 days (other than by reason of holidays, statutory or otherwise) or announces an intention permanently to cease business or in fact does so, or (3) principal in respect of any Notes is not paid when due, in each case by the holder giving notice to the Fiscal Agent of its election for such exchange; and
Permanent Global Certificates. If the Final Terms state that the Notes are to be represented by a permanent Global Certificate on issue, the following will apply in respect of transfers of Notes held in Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or an Alternative Clearing System. These provisions will not prevent the trading of interest in Notes with the clearing system whilst they are held on behalf of such clearing system, but will limit the circumstances in which the Notes may be withdrawn from the relevant clearing system. Transfers of the holding of Notes represented by any Global Certificate pursuant to Condition 2(b) may only be made in part:
provided that, in the case of the first transfer of part of a holding pursuant to (i) or (ii) above, the Registered Holder has given the Registrar not less than 30 days' notice at its specified office of the Registered Holder's intention to effect such transfer.
Partial Exchange of Permanent Global Notes. For so long as a permanent Global Note is held on behalf of a clearing system and if the rules of that clearing system permit, such permanent Global Note will be exchangeable in part on one or more occasions (1) for Registered Notes if the permanent Global Note is an Exchangeable Bearer Note and the part submitted for exchange is to be exchanged for Registered Notes, or (2) for Definitive Notes (i) if principal in respect of any Notes is not paid when due or (ii) if so provided in, and in accordance with, the Conditions (which will be set out in the relevant Final Terms) relating to Partly Paid Notes.
Delivery of Notes. On or after the Exchange Date, and upon certification as to non-U.S. beneficial ownership, where required by applicable law, the holder of a Global Note may surrender such Global Note or, in the case of a partial exchange, present it for endorsement to or to the order of the Fiscal Agent. In exchange for any Global Note, or the part thereof to be exchanged, the Issuer will (i) in the case of a temporary Global Note exchangeable for a permanent Global Note, deliver, or procure the delivery of, a permanent Global Note in an aggregate nominal amount equal to that of the whole or that part of a temporary Global Note that is being exchanged or, in the case of a subsequent exchange, endorse, or procure the endorsement of, a permanent Global Note to reflect such exchange or (ii) in the case of a Global Note exchangeable for Definitive Notes or Registered Notes, deliver, or procure the delivery of, an equal aggregate nominal amount of duly executed and authenticated Definitive Notes and/or Certificates, as the case may be. In this Offering Circular, Definitive Notes means, in relation to any Global Note, the definitive Bearer Notes for which such Global Note may be exchanged (if appropriate, having attached to them all Coupons and Receipts in respect of interest or Instalment Amounts which have not already been paid on the Global Note and a Talon). Definitive Notes will be security printed, and Certificates will be printed, in accordance with any applicable legal and stock exchange requirements in or substantially in the relevant form set out in the schedules to the Agency Agreement. On exchange in full of each permanent Global Note, the Issuer will, if the holder so requests, procure that it is cancelled and returned to the holders together with the relevant Definitive Notes or Certificates (as the case may be).
Exchange Date. Exchange Date means, in relation to a temporary Global Note, the first day following the expiry of 40 days after its issue date and, in relation to a permanent Global Note, a day falling not more than 40 days or, in the case of an exchange for Registered Notes, five days, or in the case of failure to pay principal in respect of any Notes when due, 30 days, after that on which the notice requiring exchange is given and on which banks are open for business in the city in which the specified office of the Fiscal Agent is located and, except in the case of exchange pursuant to (iii)(2) under the paragraph headed Permanent Global Notes above, in the city in which the relevant clearing system is located.
The temporary Global Notes, permanent Global Notes and Global Certificates contain provisions which apply to the Notes which they represent, some of which modify the effect of the terms and conditions of the Notes set out in this document. The following is a summary of those provisions:
No payment falling due after the Exchange Date will be made on a temporary Global Note unless exchange for an interest in a permanent Global Note or for Definitive Bearer Notes or Registered Notes is improperly withheld or refused. Payments on any temporary Global Note issued in compliance with the D Rules will only be made against presentation of certification as to non-U.S. beneficial ownership in the form set out in the Agency Agreement. All payments in respect of Notes represented by a Global Note will be made against presentation for endorsement and, if no further payment is to be made in respect of the Notes, surrender of that Global Note to or to the order of the Fiscal Agent or such other Paying Agent as shall have been notified to the Noteholders for such purpose. A record of each payment so made will be endorsed on each Global Note, which endorsement will be prima facie evidence that such payment has been made in respect of the Notes. Condition 7(e)(vi), Condition 8(a)(4) and (in relation to ORIX USA as Issuer) Condition 8(b)(4) will apply to Definitive Notes only.
So long as any Notes are represented by a Global Note and such Global Note is held on behalf of a clearing system, notices to holders of such Notes may be given by delivery of the relevant notice to that clearing system for communication by it to entitled accountholders in substitution for publication as required by the Conditions or by delivery of the relevant notice to the holder of the Global Note.
Claims against the Issuer in respect of Notes which are represented by a permanent Global Note will become void unless it is presented for payment within a period of ten years (in the case of principal) and five years (in the case of interest) from the appropriate Relevant Date (as defined in Condition 8).
The holder of a Global Note or the Notes represented by a Global Certificate will (unless such permanent Global Note or Global Certificate represents only one Note) be treated as being two persons for the purposes of any quorum requirements of a meeting of Noteholders and, at any such meeting, the holder of a permanent Global Note shall be treated as having one vote in respect of each minimum Specified Denomination of Notes for which such Global Note may be exchanged. (All holders of Registered Notes are entitled to one vote in respect of each Note comprising such Noteholder's holding, whether or not represented by a Global Certificate.)
Cancellation of any Note represented by a permanent Global Note that is required by the Conditions to be cancelled (other than upon its redemption) will be effected by reduction in the nominal amount of the relevant Global Note. Notes represented by a permanent Global Note may only be purchased by the Issuer, the Guarantor (in the case of Notes issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA) or any of their respective subsidiaries if they are purchased together with the rights to receive all future payments of Interest and Instalment Amounts (if any) thereon.
Each Global Note provides that the holder may cause such Global Note, or a portion of it, to become due and repayable in the circumstances described in Condition 10 by stating in the notice to the Fiscal Agent the nominal amount of such Global Note which is becoming due and repayable. If principal in respect of any Note is not paid when due, the holder of a Global Note or Registered Notes represented by a Global Certificate may elect for direct enforcement rights against the Issuer and, in the case of Notes issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA, the Guarantor under the terms of the relevant Deed of Covenant and to come into effect in relation to the whole or a part of such Global Note or one or more Registered Notes in favour of the persons entitled to such part of such Global Note or such Registered Notes, as the case may be, as accountholders with a clearing system. Following any such acquisition of direct rights, the Global Note or, as the case may be, the Global Certificate and the corresponding entry in the register kept by the Registrar, will become void as to the specified portion or Registered Notes, as the case may be. However, no such election may be made in respect of Notes represented by a Global Certificate unless the transfer of the whole or a part of the holding of Notes represented by that Global Certificate shall have been improperly withheld or refused.
Any option of the Issuer provided for in the Conditions of any Notes while such Notes are represented by a permanent Global Note shall be exercised by the Issuer giving notice to the Noteholders within the time limits set out in and containing the information required by the Conditions, except that the notice shall not be required to contain the serial numbers of Notes drawn in the case of a partial exercise of an option and accordingly no drawing of Notes shall be required. In the event that any option of the Issuer is exercised in respect of some but not all of the Notes of any Series, the rights of accountholders with a clearing system in respect of the Notes will be governed by the standard procedures of Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg, or any other clearing system (as the case may be).
Any option of the Noteholders provided for in the Conditions of any Notes while such Notes are represented by a permanent Global Note may be exercised by the holder of the permanent Global Note giving notice to the Fiscal Agent within the time limits relating to the deposit of Notes with a Paying Agent set out in the Conditions substantially in the form of the notice available from any Paying Agent, except that the notice shall not be required to contain the serial numbers of the Notes in respect of which the option has been exercised, and stating the nominal amount of Notes in respect of which the option is exercised and at the same time presenting the permanent Global Note to the Fiscal Agent for notation.
The provisions relating to Partly Paid Notes are not set out in this Offering Circular, but will be contained in the relevant Final Terms and thereby in the Global Notes. For so long as any instalments of the subscription moneys due from the holder of Partly Paid Notes are overdue, no interest in a Global Note representing such Notes may be exchanged for an interest in a permanent Global Note or for Definitive Notes or Registered Notes (as the case may be). In the event that any Noteholder fails to pay any instalment due on any Partly Paid Notes within the time specified, the Issuer may be entitled to forfeit such Notes and shall have no further obligation to their holder in respect of them.
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The net proceeds of each issue of Notes under the Programme will be used for the general corporate purposes of the Issuers. If, in respect of a particular Series or Tranche, there is a particular identified use of proceeds, each Issuer has undertaken in the Dealer Agreement that this will be stated by the relevant Issuer(s) in the applicable Final Terms.
ORIX was established as a joint stock company under the laws of Japan in April 1964 (registration number 0104-01-006942) and under the name of Orient Leasing Co., Ltd. ORIX has its registered office at 4-1, Hamamatsu-cho 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo. The telephone number of ORIX's registered office is 813-5419- 5000. The initial shareholders of ORIX were Nichimen Co., Ltd., Nissho Co., Ltd., Iwai & Co., Ltd. and The Sanwa Bank, Limited together with four other banks.
While the leasing industry was relatively unknown in Japan, ORIX benefited from the marketing activities of the general trading companies which had become major shareholders as well as from leasing know-how introduced by United States Leasing International, Inc. which, through subsidiaries, became a shareholder shortly after ORIX's incorporation. From the end of the 1960s the leasing industry entered a period of rapid expansion and a large number of competitor companies were formed. Throughout this period ORIX and its subsidiaries also continued to expand into a large financial services group in Japan.
With effect from 1st April, 1989, ORIX's name was changed from Orient Leasing Co., Ltd. to ORIX CORPORATION. At the same time ORIX's fiscal year-end was changed from 30th September to 31st March. As at 31st March, 2010, extracted without material adjustment from ORIX's audited consolidated financial statements, ORIX and its subsidiaries had total assets of ¥7,739.8 billion (U.S.\$83,188 million), minimum lease payments receivable of ¥840,453 million (U.S.\$9,033 million)) and ORIX Corporation shareholders' equity of ¥1,298.7 billion (U.S.\$13,958 million). Extracted without material adjustment from ORIX's audited consolidated financial statements, net income attributable to ORIX Corporation for the year ended 31st March, 2010 amounted to ¥37.8 billion (U.S.\$406 million). As at 31st March, 2010, extracted without material adjustment from ORIX's audited consolidated financial statements, ORIX had domestic segment assets totalling ¥5,623,120 million (U.S.\$60,438 million), ¥1,236,905 million (U.S.\$13,294 million) of which were allocated to its corporate financial services business. As at 31st March, 2010, extracted without material adjustment from ORIX's audited consolidated financial statements, ORIX had segment assets in the overseas business totalling ¥860,815 million (U.S.\$9,252 million).
In April 1970, ORIX became the first leasing company to have its shares listed on a Japanese stock exchange. In September 1998, ORIX became the twelfth Japanese company to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Its shares are now listed on the stock exchanges in Tokyo, Osaka and New York. At 31st March, 2010, there were 39,056 shareholders of one or more units of shares, although approximately 38.9 per cent. of the share capital was owned by the ten major shareholders. ORIX is not aware of any person or group of persons acting together who own or control more than 20 per cent. of its voting shares. ORIX is not otherwise directly or indirectly owned or controlled by any person or group of persons acting together.
ORIX is not aware of any arrangements that may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of ORIX.
ORIX is an integrated financial services group providing products and services to both corporate and retail customers. ORIX's activities include corporate financial services, such as leases and loans, as well as automobile operations, rental operations, real estate-related finance, real estate, life insurance, and investment banking.
ORIX has a global network that spans 26 countries and regions. As of 31st March, 2010, ORIX had 798 consolidated subsidiaries and 104 affiliates. As of 31st March, 2010, ORIX had 1,098 offices in Japan and 275 locations throughout the United States, Asia, Oceania, Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa.
The following table sets out details of the businesses of ORIX and ORIX's major subsidiaries as at 31st March, 2010
ORIX is not dependent on other entities of the ORIX Group.
| Name ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– |
Country of Incorporation –––––––––––– |
Principal Business –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– |
ORIX Voting Power (1) ––––––––––– |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORIX Alpha Corporation | Japan | Leasing, Lending(2) | 100% |
| NS Lease Co., Ltd | Japan | Leasing, Lending, Other Financial | |
| Services | 100% | ||
| ORIX Auto Corporation | Japan | Automobile Leasing & Rentals, Car | |
| Sharing | 100% | ||
| ORIX Rentec Corporation | Japan | Test, Measurement, and IT-Related | |
| Equipment Leasing and Rentals | 100% | ||
| ORIX Real Estate Corporation | Japan | Development and Rentals of Commercial | |
| Real Estate, Condominium Development and Sales | 100% | ||
| ORIX Asset Management & Loan | |||
| Services Corporation | Japan | Loan Servicing | 100% |
| ORIX Capital Corporation | Japan | Venture Capital | 100% |
| ORIX Investment Corporation | Japan | Alternative Investment | 100% |
| ORIX Life Insurance Corporation | Japan | Life Insurance | 100% |
| ORIX Trust and Banking Corporation | Japan | Trust and Banking | 100% |
| ORIX Baseball Club Co., Ltd. | Japan | Professional Baseball Team Management | 100% |
| ORIX USA Corporation | U.S.A. | Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Real Estate | 100% |
| ORIX Asia Limited | China (Hong Kong) | Leasing, Automobile Leasing | 100% |
| ORIX Leasing Malaysia Berhad | Malaysia | Leasing, Lending, Hire Purchase | 100% |
| PT. ORIX Indonesia Finance | Indonesia | Leasing, Automobile Leasing | 85% |
| ORIX Investment and Management Private Limited | Singapore | Equity Investment | 100% |
| ORIX Taiwan Corporation | Taiwan | Leasing, Hire Purchase, Loan Servicing | 95% |
| ORIX Australia Corporation Limited | Australia | Automobile Leasing, Truck Rentals | 100% |
| ORIX Aviation Systems Limited Another 779 Subsidiaries |
Ireland | Aircraft Leasing | 100% |
(1) ORIX voting power includes ORIX's indirect voting power.
(2) Operations have been integrated into ORIX Corporation.
The following table summarises selected consolidated financial data extracted without material adjustment from the audited consolidated financial statements of ORIX prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as of, and for the years ended 31st March, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
| Year ended 31st March, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2010 | |
| (Millions | (Millions | (Millions | (Millions of | |
| of yen) –––––––––– |
of yen) –––––––––– |
of yen) –––––––––– |
U.S. dollars) –––––––––– |
|
| Total Assets | ¥8,994,970 | ¥8,369,736 | ¥7,739,800 | \$83,188 |
| Total Liabilities | 7,685,767 | 7,158,743 | 6,395,244 | 68,737 |
| ORIX Corporation Shareholders' Equity(3) |
1,267,917 | 1,167,530 | 1,298,684 | 13,958 |
| Total Revenues(3) | 1,135,338 | 1,053,521 | 932,841 | 10,026 |
| Total Expenses(3) | 949,784 | 1,000,166 | 903,270 | 9,708 |
| Income before Income Taxes, Discontinued | ||||
| Operations and Extraordinary Gain(3) | 246,119 | 8,687 | 55,608 | 598 |
| Net Income Attributable to ORIX Corporation(3) | 169,597 | 21,924 | 37,757 | 406 |
(3) As a result of the recording of "discontinued operations" in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 205-20 ("Presentation of Financial Statements – Discontinued Operations"), results of operations that meet the criteria for discontinued operations are reported as a separate component of income, and those related amounts that had been previously reported have been reclassified. In addition, as a result of the adoption of ASC 810-10-65-1 ("Consolidation – Non controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements"), "Income before income taxes, minority interests in earnings of subsidiaries, discontinued operations and extraordinary gain", "Net income" and "Shareholders' equity", which were used before the adoption, have been reclassified as "Income before income taxes, discontinued operations and extraordinary gain", "Net income attributable to ORIX Corporation", and "ORIX Corporation Shareholders' equity", respectively.
The financial information in the table below is extracted from ORIX's audited annual consolidated financial statements prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
As at 31st March, 2010, the consolidated capitalisation and indebtedness of ORIX and its consolidated subsidiaries was as follows:
| As at 31st March, 2010 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Millions of yen) |
(Millions of U.S. Dollars) |
weighted average rate |
|
| Short-term debt (excluding current portion of long-term debt): | |||
| Amounts falling due within one year | ¥ 573,565 |
\$ 6,165 |
1.2% |
| Total short-term debt | ––––––––– 573,565 ––––––––– ––––––––– |
––––––––– 6,165 ––––––––– ––––––––– |
––––––––– 1.2 ––––––––– ––––––––– |
| Long-term debt: Banks: |
|||
| Fixed rate, due 2011-2025 | ¥ 293,479 |
\$ 3,154 |
2.6% |
| Floating rate, due 2011-2025 Insurance companies and others: |
1,406,442 | 15,117 | 1.2 |
| Fixed rate, due 2011-2018 | 372,556 | 4,004 | 1.7 |
| Floating rate, due 2011-2028 | 241,900 | 2,600 | 1.1 |
| Unsecured bonds, due 2011-2019 | 1,028,994 | 11,060 | 1.8 |
| Unsecured convertible bonds with stock acquisition rights, | |||
| due 2014 | 149,987 | 1,612 | 1.0 |
| Unsecured bond with stock acquisition rights, due 2023 | 36,378 | 391 | 0.0 |
| Unsecured notes under medium-term note programme, | |||
| due 2011-2018 | 104,310 | 1,121 | 1.6 |
| Payables under securitised lease receivables, due 2011-2016 Payables under securitised loan receivables and investment |
101,860 | 1,095 | 1.8 |
| in securities, due 2011-2026 | 100,364 | 1,079 | 0.9 |
| Total long-term debt | ––––––––– 3,836,270 ––––––––– |
––––––––– 41,233 ––––––––– |
––––––––– 1.5 ––––––––– |
| Equity: Common stock: |
––––––––– | ––––––––– | ––––––––– |
| Authorised 259,000,000 shares, issued 110,229,948 shares in 2010 | 143,939 | 1,547 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 178,661 | 1,920 | |
| Retained earnings | 1,104,779 | 11,874 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (79,459) | (854) | |
| Treasury stock, at cost: 2,745,701 shares in 2010 | (49,236) | (529) | |
| ORIX Corporation Shareholders' Equity | ––––––––– 1,298,684 ––––––––– |
––––––––– 13,958 ––––––––– |
|
| ––––––––– | ––––––––– |
Please see the Incorporated Documents which are incorporated by reference in this Offering Circular.
ORIX has Audit, Nomination and Compensation Committees which were established under the former Commercial Code of Japan and the Law Regarding Exceptional Rules of Commercial Code Concerning Auditing, Etc. of Stock Corporation (Law No.22, 1974), on 25th June, 2003 and which continue to exist under the Corporate Law (Law No. 86, 2005). Under such laws, a company may establish the above three types of committees and is required to appoint directors and executive officers to such committees. These committees are required to consist of directors and members of these committees are required to be appointed by the board of directors of the company. The Directors, Executive Officers and Group Executives of ORIX as of 29th June, 2010 are as follows:
| Name ––––––––––––––––––––– |
Title –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– |
|---|---|
| Yoshihiko Miyauchi | Director, Representative Executive Officer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| Yukio Yanase | Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer |
| Hiroaki Nishina | Director, Deputy President |
| Haruyuki Urata | Director, Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Makoto Inoue | Director, Corporate Executive Vice President |
| Kazuo Kojima | Director, Corporate Executive Vice President |
| Yoshiyuki Yamaya | Director, Corporate Executive Vice President |
| Yoshinori Yokoyama | Outside Director |
| Hirotaka Takeuchi | Outside Director |
| Takeshi Sasaki | Outside Director |
| Eiko Tsujiyama | Outside Director |
| Robert Feldman | Outside Director |
| Takeshi Niinami | Outside Director |
| Tamio Umaki | Corporate Executive Vice President |
| Mitsuo Nishiumi | Corporate Senior Vice President |
| Yuki Oshima | Executive Officer |
| Katsutoshi Kadowaki | Executive Officer |
| Hisayuki Kitayama | Executive Officer |
| Hiroshi Yasuda | Executive Officer |
| Katsunobu Kamei | Executive Officer |
| Kenichi Miyauchi | Executive Officer |
| Yuichi Nishigori | Executive Officer |
| Takao Kato | Executive Officer |
| Kazutaka Shimoura | Executive Officer |
| Komei Ikebukuro | Executive Officer |
| Hideo Ichida | Executive Officer |
| Eiji Mitani | Group Senior Vice President |
| Tetsuo Matsumoto | Group Senior Vice President |
| Izumi Mizumori | Group Senior Vice President |
| Yoshitaka Fujisawa | Group Executive |
| Masatoshi Kenmochi | Group Executive |
| Keiji Ito | Group Executive |
Except for Mr. Yokoyama, Mr. Takeuchi, Mr. Sasaki, Ms. Tsujiyama, Mr. Feldman and Mr. Niinami all of the directors are engaged in the Company's business on a full-time basis. Mr. Yokoyama is Outside Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Outside Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. Mr. Takeuchi is a Professor of Harvard Business School and Outside Director of Trend Micro Incorporated. Mr. Sasaki is a Professor of Gakushuin University, Outside Director of East Japan Railway Company and Outside Director of TOSHIBA Corporation. Ms. Tsujiyama is a Professor of Waseda University's School of Commerce and the Graduate School of Commerce and Corporate Auditor of Mitsubishis Corporation. Mr. Feldman is Managing Director and Head of Japan Economic Research at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities CO., Ltd. Mr. Niinami is President and CEO of Lawson, Inc. and Outside Director of ACCESS, Co, Ltd.
The business address of Hiroaki Nishina, Makote Inoue and Yoshiyuki Yamaya is at 4-1, Hamamatsu-cho 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6135. The business address of all the other directors is at Mita NN Bldg., 4-1-23 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014. Otherwise than as disclosed in the notes to the table above, none of the directors have any significant principal activities outside the ORIX Group.
There are no potential conflicts of interest between any duties owed by the directors, Executive Officers and Group Executives listed above to ORIX and their private interests or other duties except that:
(a) in July 2007, one of ORIX's group companies, ORIX Eco Services Corporation, concluded a contract with Aemotech Corporation to act as the distributing agent in Japan for the purchase and sale of Aemotech's asbestos measuring instruments. Until February 2010, Aemotech was owned by one of ORIX's outside directors, Yoshinori Yokoyama, who also served as the director of Aemotech until his resignation, effective as of February 2010. Although this contract is not material to ORIX it may be a material contract to Aemotech; and
(b) one of ORIX's subsidiaries, ORIX Living Corporation has entered into a customer referral agreement with ICZ Corporation. As a result, ORIX has had a few transactions with ICZ during fiscal years 2009 and 2010. A son ofYoshihiko Miyauchi, one of ORIX's directors, is a representative director of ICZ. Although the agreement and related transactions were made in the ordinary course of business and are not material to ORIX they may be a material to ICZ.
ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES was first incorporated in Australia on 11th April, 1990 and registered as a company under the Corporations Law of New South Wales with registration number 474263-25. ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES adopted its current name on 3rd May, 1999. Its current registration number is ABN 15 003 968 401. ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ORIX AUSTRALIA CORPORATION LIMITED (ABN 79 002 992 681) (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Guarantor) and its registered office is at No. 1 Eden Park Drive, Macquarie Park, NSW 2113, Australia. The telephone number of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES' registered office is +61 2-9856-6000. ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES does not have any subsidiaries.
ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES on lends funds to group companies in the ORIX AUSTRALIA CORPORATION LIMITED group and is dependent on these companies meeting their financial commitments to ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES. ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES benefits from a guarantee of financial support from ORIX. The principal business of the ORIX AUSTRALIA CORPORATION LIMITED group is automobile leasing and rentals.
ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ORIX AUSTRALIA CORPORATION LIMITED (an unlisted Australian public company), which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ORIX. ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES is a proprietary limited company that was incorporated under and acts in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (and its predecessor legislation), the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) and its constitution. The directors of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES are executive directors and employees of ORIX AUSTRALIA CORPORATION LIMITED and are subject to a number of statutory and common law duties to act in the best interests of the company and to avoid conflicts of interest, among others. As and when required, the directors hold board meetings or pass resolutions to conduct the business of the company. All Notes issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES under the Programme to the date of this Offering Circular are issued at arm's length and the issue is considered to be in the best interests of the company.
ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES is not aware of any arrangement that may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES.
ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES was formed for the purpose of acting as a financing company to assist the Guarantor and its subsidiaries and affiliates and, in particular, ORIX AUSTRALIA CORPORATION LIMITED group companies in raising finance.
The directors of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES are as follows:
Name Title –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––– John J. Carter Director Kunihiko Ishiba Director
The business address of Mr. Carter and Mr. Ishiba is at the registered office of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES at No. 1 Eden Park Drive, Macquarie Park, NSW 2113, Australia. Neither of the directors have any significant principal activities outside the ORIX Group. As stated above, the directors are under a common law and statutory duty to avoid conflicts of interest. At the date of this Offering Circular, there are no potential conflicts between any duties owed by the directors to ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES and their private interests or other duties.
On 6th July, 1973, ORIX CARIBBEAN was incorporated as a corporation under the Commercial Code of the Netherlands Antilles for an unlimited term. ORIX CARIBBEAN is a directly wholly-owned subsidiary of the Guarantor and does not have any subsidiaries. Transactions between ORIX and ORIX CARIBBEAN, which consist of intercompany financing activities, are conducted on an arm's length basis. ORIX CARIBBEAN is not aware of any arrangements that may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of ORIX CARIBBEAN. The registered office of ORIX CARIBBEAN is at Schottegatweg Oost 44, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Its registered number is 6624. The telephone number of its registered office is +5999 732 2555.
ORIX CARIBBEAN's main line of business is acting as a finance company to assist related companies in raising finance in the international capital markets.
The Managing Directors of ORIX CARIBBEAN are as follows:
Name ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Jun Sato Kazunori Okimoto Toru Mitarai Curaçao Corporation Company N.V.
The business address of the Managing Directors is at the registered office of ORIX CARIBBEAN. All of the Managing Directors are engaged in the business of the ORIX Group on a full-time basis except for Curaçao Corporation Company N.V., a corporate management company established in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles with its registered office at Schottegatweg Oost 44, Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. The directors of Curaçao Corporation Company N.V. are Iseline Rufina Gouverneur and Tamara Bibiana Smith. As at the date of this Offering Circular, there are no potential conflicts of interest between any duties owed by the directors to ORIX CARIBBEAN and their private interests or other duties.
On 6th August, 1981, ORIX USA was incorporated as a corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for an indefinite period under the name Orient Leasing Containers Inc. On 25th April, 1989, following mergers in September 1988 and April 1989, it adopted its current name. ORIX USA is a directly whollyowned subsidiary of the Guarantor. Under Delaware law, the board of directors of ORIX USA owes duties of care and good faith to ORIX USA. These duties require that directors act in the best interest of ORIX USA and avoid conflicts of interest. The ORIX USA board of directors meets quarterly and as otherwise needed to conduct business. Transactions between ORIX and ORIX USA, which consist of intercompany loan agreements and debt guarantees, are conducted on an arm's length basis.
ORIX USA is not aware of any arrangements that may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of ORIX USA.
The registered office of ORIX USA is at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, New Castle County 19808, Delaware. Its registered number is 0919880. The telephone number of its registered office is 302- 658-7581.
ORIX USA, a Delaware corporation, is a diversified financial services company which offers and participates in a wide array of financial products and services. ORIX USA has expertise in commercial finance and speciality investment banking advisory services as well as real estate lending, development and investment.
Through its consolidated subsidiary, ORIX Capital Markets, LLC (OCM), ORIX USA is an active participant in the U.S. capital markets as an originator and investor in commercial real estate debt and mortgagebacked securities, and is a special servicer of commercial mortgage-backed securities. OCM engages in development, acquisition and management of real estate assets located in the United States and Canada through its subsidiary, ORIX Real Estate Capital, Inc. ORIX USA's majority-owned subsidiary, Red Capital Group, LLC, also provides financing for multi-family, senior living and healthcare development projects through various federal government-sponsored programmes, and underwriting and syndication of multi-family housing bonds and related tax credits.
Through its consolidated subsidiary, ORIX Finance Corp., ORIX USA originates and invests in senior secured, unsecured, mezzanine and structured finance credit products. ORIX USA's majority owned subsidiary, Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin, Inc. also provides investment banking and financial advisory services related to mergers and acquisitions, financing, financial opinions, and financial restructuring to a broad clientele in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Through its consolidated subsidiary, ORIX Commercial Alliance Corporation and its operating subsidiaries, ORIX Commercial Finance, LLC and ORIX Financial Services, Inc., ORIX USA engages in equipment financing for commercial entities.
In addition to and through its primary operating subsidiaries above, ORIX USA owns various single purpose subsidiaries related to its operations. As of 31st March, 2010, ORIX USA has two affiliated companies in which it holds, directly or indirectly, between 20 per cent. and 50 per cent. of the issued share capital. It also has ownership interests in partnerships involved primarily in the United States real estate market and investment securities.
The directors of ORIX USA are as follows:
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|---|---|
| Yoshihiko Miyauchi | Director |
| David E. Mundell | Director |
| Yuki Oshima | Director |
| Hideto Nishitani | Director |
| James R. Thompson | Director |
| Yukio Yanase | Director |
| Edgar L. Smith II | Director |
| Haruyuki Urata | Director |
The business address of the directors, other than Messrs. Miyauchi, Yanase and Urata, is at the principal office of ORIX USA at 1717 Main St., Suite 900, Dallas, TX 75201. The business address of Messrs. Miyauchi, Yanase and Urata is at the principal office of ORIX at 4-1, Hamamatsu-cho 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6135. All of the directors except Messrs. Mundell and Smith are engaged in the business of ORIX USA or the Guarantor on a full-time basis. As of the date hereof, there are no potential conflicts of interest between any duties owed by the directors to ORIX USA and their private interests or other duties.
The Audit Committee of the board of directors consists of Messrs. Mundell (Chairman), Oshima and Thompson. The Compensation Committee of the board of directors consists of Messrs. Oshima (Chairman), Mundell and Thompson.
The information provided below does not purport to be a complete summary of Japanese tax laws and practice currently applicable. Prospective investors should consult with their own professional advisers.
Interest payments on the Notes to an individual resident of Japan or a Japanese corporation (except for a designated financial institution which has complied with the requirements under the Special Taxation Measures Law) will be subject to Japanese income tax on the amount specified in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) below, as applicable:
Save as specified below in relation to "specially-related persons" to ORIX (defined below), under the Special Taxation Measures Law of Japan (including the cabinet orders and ministerial ordinances thereunder, the Special Taxation Law) which was amended and effective as of 1st April, 2010, payment of interest on the Notes outside Japan by ORIX to the beneficial holders of Notes which are non-residents of Japan or foreign corporations for Japanese tax purposes will not be subject to withholding by ORIX of Japanese income tax, provided that such beneficial holders of the Notes establish that they are non-residents of Japan or foreign corporations in compliance with the requirements under the Special Taxation Law as summarised below:
Payment of interest on the Notes will be exempt from Japanese income or corporation taxes payable by withholding if the holder thereof has complied with the requirements as provided above. However, such payment will be subject to Japanese income or corporation taxes payable otherwise than by way of withholding if such nonresident of Japan or foreign corporation has a permanent establishment in Japan and payment of such interest is attributable to the business of such non-resident of Japan or foreign corporation carried on in Japan through such permanent establishment.
If a beneficial holder of Notes that receives interest on Notes, and who is a non-resident of Japan or a foreign corporation for tax purposes, is a specially-related person to ORIX, income tax will be withheld. "Specially-related person" generally means an individual who, either directly or indirectly, controls the issuer, or a corporation that, either directly or indirectly, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the issuer.
The above exemption from the withholding of income tax on the interest payments of the Notes is also applied to Japanese financial institutions designated in Article 6 of the Special Taxation Law.
Gains derived by a non-resident of Japan or a non-Japanese corporation from the sale outside Japan of Notes, or from the sale of Notes within Japan by a non-resident of Japan or non-Japanese corporation not having a permanent establishment in Japan, are in general not subject to Japanese income taxes. Japanese inheritance and gift taxes at progressive rates may be payable by an individual who has acquired Notes as a legatee, heir or donee. No stamp, issue, registration or similar taxes or duties will be payable in Japan by holders of Notes in connection with the issue of Notes, nor will such taxes be payable by holders of Notes in connection with their transfer if such transfer takes place outside Japan.
Payment made by ORIX as guarantor to a non-resident of Japan or a non-Japanese corporation is not subject to Japanese income or corporation taxes.
The following is a summary of the material Australian interest withholding tax treatment at the date of this Offering Circular in relation to payments of interest on the Notes issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES. It should not be treated as tax advice. It is not exhaustive, and in particular, does not deal with the position of all classes of holders of Notes. Prospective Noteholders who are in any doubt as to their tax position should consult their professional advisers.
Broadly, pursuant to section 128F of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 of Australia (ITAA), an exemption from Australian interest withholding tax is available in respect of interest paid to a non-resident of Australia for tax purposes under any Notes, if the following conditions are met:
For these purposes, an "Offshore Associate" means an "associate" (as defined in section 128F(9) of ITAA) of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, where the associate is either:
Under section 128F(9), "associate" is defined broadly to include entities that are "sufficiently influenced by", or whose majority voting interests are held by, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES (i.e., controlled entities of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES), any entities that "sufficiently influence", or hold the majority voting interests in, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES (i.e., controlling or parent companies of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES), and any trusts under which ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, its controlled entities, or controlling entities, may benefit.
Under present circumstances, this means that Offshore Associates of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES may include, but are not limited to, not only the immediate parent company of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, being ORIX AUSTRALIA CORPORATION LIMITED ABN 79 002 992 681, but also its ultimate controlling parent company, being ORIX, any controlled entities of ORIX and any trusts under which ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX AUSTRALIA CORPORATION LIMITED and/or ORIX benefit. Any investor who believes that it may be affiliated with or related to any of the abovementioned entities or who believes it may otherwise be an Offshore Associate of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, should make appropriate enquiries before investing in any Notes and should not acquire any Notes if it is an Offshore Associate.
Similar public offer tests apply to Notes that are Global Notes. However, in the case of Global Notes:
ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES proposes to issue Notes in a manner which will satisfy the requirements of section 128F of ITAA (whether by satisfying the requirements for a global bond or note or otherwise as described above). The Australian government has also signed a number of new or amended double tax conventions (New Treaties) with certain countries (Specified Countries) including the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, the Republic of France, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand and Chile. The New Treaties may apply to interest derived by a resident of a Specified Country in relation to a Note issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES. The New Treaties with the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, the Republic of France, Japan, the Republic of South Africa and New Zealand effectively prevent withholding tax applying to interest derived by:
by reducing the interest withholding tax rate to zero.
Under the New Treaty with Chile, interest withholding tax applying to interest derived by certain unrelated banks, and financial institutions which substantially derive their profits by carrying on a business of raising and providing finance, is reduced to the rate of 5 per cent.
Under the New Treaties back-to-back loans and economically equivalent arrangements will not obtain the benefit of the reduction in interest withholding tax and the anti-avoidance provisions in ITAA can apply. Additionally, under the New Treaty with the United States of America, interest determined by reference to the profits of ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES or one of its associated enterprises will not obtain the benefit of reduction in interest withholding tax.
Further, under the New Treaty with Japan, interest derived by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation or the Nippon Export and Investment Insurance will have a nil rate of withholding tax.
With the exception of the New Treaty with Chile, all other New Treaties are currently in effect. The New Treaty with Chile is yet to enter into force.
Section 126 of ITAA imposes a type of withholding tax at the rate of 45 per cent. on the payment of interest on bearer notes (other than certain promissory notes) which would include Notes in bearer form if ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES fails to disclose the names and addresses of the holders to the Australian Taxation Office. Section 126 does not apply to the payment of interest on Notes held by non-residents who do not carry on business at or through a permanent establishment in Australia, where the issue of those Notes satisfies the requirements of section 128F of ITAA or interest withholding tax is payable.
If a holder of a Note issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES is an Australian resident or a nonresident that holds a Note at or through a permanent establishment in Australia, withholding for tax of 46.5 per cent. must be deducted, unless the holder of that Note supplies ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES with its Australian Business Number or Tax File Number or proof of an appropriate exemption to quote such numbers.
An Australian resident that holds a Note will generally be subject to Australian income tax in respect of interest derived from the relevant Notes.
As set out in more detail in the Terms and Conditions of the Notes, if ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES should at any time be compelled by law to deduct or withhold an amount in respect of any withholding taxes, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES shall, subject to certain exceptions, pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order to ensure that the net amounts received by the holders of the relevant Notes after such deduction or withholding shall equal the respective amounts which would have been receivable had no such deduction or withholding been required.
A gain arising on the sale of such Notes by a non-resident holder to another non-Australian resident holder where such Notes are sold outside Australia and all negotiations are conducted, and documentation executed, outside Australia should not be regarded as having an Australian source;
The Netherlands Antilles does not impose any withholding taxes, other than a savings tax under the National Ordinance on Savings Tax (Landsverordening spaarvermogensheffing) in respect of payments of interest or deemed interest made through a Netherlands Antilles resident paying agent to natural persons, residents of EU Member States who do not wish details of payments of interest to them to be provided to the tax authorities of such EU Member State if these interest payments are made by paying agent (uitbetalende instantie) seated in the Netherlands Antilles. Accordingly, no withholding on account of any Netherlands Antilles taxes is required by ORIX CARIBBEAN or as the case may be, by the Guarantor under the Guarantee with respect to any interest payments made to holders of the Notes or on any gains realised by such holders upon the sale, redemption or exchange of the Notes if such payments are actually made by The Bank of New York Mellon, located in London, the United Kingdom, as paying agent under the Programme.
Holders of Notes who are not residents of the Netherlands Antilles are not subject to any Netherlands Antilles gift, estate or inheritance taxes solely by reason of their ownership of Notes.
No stamp or other taxes will be payable in the Netherlands Antilles by ORIX CARIBBEAN in connection with the issue, sale and delivery of Notes.
This disclosure is limited to the United States federal tax issues addressed herein. Additional issues may exist that are not addressed in this disclosure and that could affect the United States federal tax treatment of the Notes. This tax disclosure was written in connection with the promotion or marketing of the Notes by the Issuers, and it cannot be used by any holder for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be asserted against the holder under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). Holders should seek their own advice based on their particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor.
The following discussion addresses certain United States federal income tax consequences of owning a Note issued by ORIX USA to United States Alien Holders, described below. The discussion set forth below is based on the Code, regulations, rulings and judicial decisions as of the date hereof. Subsequent developments in these areas could have a material effect on the discussion. This discussion does not address a United States Alien Holder of Notes, Receipts or Coupons that is, (i) engaged in a trade or business in the United States or (ii) a former citizen or resident or the United States subject to tax as an expatriate. A United States Alien Holder means a person that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a beneficial owner of a Note issued by ORIX USA and is (i) a nonresident alien individual; (ii) a foreign corporation; or (iii) a foreign estate or trust.
Under present United States federal income tax law, and subject to the discussion below concerning backup withholding:
To be eligible for the portfolio interest exemption from U.S. withholding tax, the beneficial owner of a Registered Note (including partners in certain partnerships), as well as certain foreign partnerships, must provide an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form), providing its name and address and certifying under penalties of perjury that it is not a United States person.
The portfolio interest exemption will not apply to Notes that are subject to certain contingencies, such as Notes the interest amount on which is determined with reference to the profitability, cash flows, distributions or value of property of ORIX USA, ORIX or any other person related to ORIX USA. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Final Terms, ORIX USA does not expect any interest amount on the Notes to be determined in such a manner.
Backup withholding and information reporting generally will not apply to Bearer Notes. Information returns will be filed with the Internal Revenue Service in connection with payments on Registered Notes. Unless the United States Alien Holder complies with certification procedures to establish that it is not a United States person, information returns may be filed with the United States Internal Revenue Service in connection with the proceeds from a sale or other disposition of a Registered Note and the United States Alien Holder may be subject to United States backup withholding on payments on the Registered Notes or on the proceeds from a sale or other disposition of Registered Notes. The certification procedures required to claim the portfolio interest exemption described above will satisfy the certification requirements necessary to avoid the backup withholding as well. The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a United States Alien Holder will be allowed as a credit against the United States Alien Holder's United States federal income tax liability, if any, and may entitle the United States Alien Holder to a refund, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the Internal Revenue Service.
The following is a general description of certain UK tax considerations relating to the Notes based on current law and practice in the UK. It does not purport to be a complete analysis of all tax considerations relating to the Notes. It relates to the position of persons who are the absolute beneficial owners of Notes and some aspects do not apply to certain classes of taxpayer (such as dealers and Noteholders who are connected or associated with the Issuer for relevant tax purposes). Prospective Noteholders should seek their own professional advice on their tax position having regard to their own particular facts and circumstances.
Payments of interest on the Notes may be made without withholding on account of UK tax.
Any Paying Agent or other person through whom interest is paid or credited to, or by whom interest is received on behalf of a Noteholder (whether resident in the UK or elsewhere) may be required to provide information in relation to the payment and the Noteholder concerned to HM Revenue and Customs ("HMRC"). "Interest" for this purpose includes any amount to which a person holding a deeply discounted security is entitled to on redemption of the security. However, in practice no information will be required to be provided in respect of such redemption amounts for the tax year 2010-2011. HMRC may communicate information to the tax authorities of other jurisdictions. See also the paragraph on page 74 headed "EU Savings Directive" which describes obligations to provide reports on or withhold tax from payments of savings income under Council Directive 2003/48/EC.
Under Council Directive 2003/48/EC on the taxation of savings income, Member States are required to provide to the tax authorities of another Member State details of payments of interest (or similar income) paid by a person within its jurisdiction to or for an individual or certain other persons resident in that other Member State. However, for a transitional period, Luxembourg and Austria are instead required (unless during that period they elect otherwise) to operate a withholding system in relation to such payments. The transitional period is to terminate after agreement is reached between the European Union and certain non-European Union countries to the exchange of information relating to such payments. A number of non-European Union countries and territories including Switzerland and certain British and Dutch dependent or associated territories (including the Netherlands Antilles) have adopted or have agreed to adopt similar measures (a withholding system in the case of Switzerland and the Netherlands Antilles).
On 15th September, 2008 the European Commission issued a report to the Council of the European Union on the operation of this Directive, which included the Commission's advice on the need for changes to this Directive. On 13th November, 2008 the European Commission published a more detailed proposal for amendments to this Directive, which included a number of suggested changes. The European Parliament approved an amended version of this proposal on 24th April, 2009. If any of those proposed changes are made in relation to this Directive, they may amend or broaden the scope of the requirements described above.
ORIX CARIBBEAN has obtained a general foreign exchange licence from the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles pursuant to which (i) it is regarded as being a non-resident for the purposes of the foreign exchange control regulations in the Netherlands Antilles so long as there is at least one duly appointed Managing Director of ORIX CARIBBEAN residing in the Netherlands Antilles and (ii) ORIX CARIBBEAN may issue Notes in any currency other than Netherlands Antilles guilders.
In addition, pursuant to article 45 of the Ordinance on Supervision of Banking and Credit Institutions of 1994, ORIX CARIBBEAN is required to obtain the dispensation of the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles prior to the issue of the Notes. ORIX CARIBBEAN obtained such dispensation from the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles on 19th July, 1996 and on 5th July, 2001 for an increase of the Programme limit to U.S.\$5,000,000,000.
Subject to the terms and conditions contained in a Restated and Amended Dealer Agreement dated 11th August, 2005 as supplemented and amended by the Supplemental Dealer Agreement dated 10th August, 2006, the Supplemental Dealer Agreement dated 9th August, 2007, the Supplemental Dealer Agreement dated 8th August, 2008, the Supplemental Dealer Agreement dated 7th August, 2009 and the Supplemental Dealer Agreement dated 6th August, 2010 (together the Dealer Agreement) between the Issuers, the Guarantor, the Permanent Dealers and the Arranger, the Notes will be offered on a continuous basis by the Issuers to the Permanent Dealers. However, each of the Issuers has reserved the right to sell Notes directly on its own behalf to Dealers which are not Permanent Dealers. Such Notes may be resold at prevailing market prices, or at prices related thereto, at the time of such resale, as determined by the relevant Dealer. The Notes may also be sold by the Issuers through the Dealers, acting as agents of the Issuers. The Dealer Agreement also provides for Notes to be issued in syndicated Tranches which are jointly and severally underwritten by two or more Dealers.
The relevant Issuer will pay each relevant Dealer a commission agreed between the relevant Issuer and the relevant Dealer. The Issuers have agreed to reimburse the Arranger for its expenses incurred in connection with the establishment and update of the Programme contemplated hereby and the Dealers for certain of their activities in connection with the offer and sale of Notes. The Issuers have also agreed to indemnify the Dealers against certain liabilities in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes. The Dealer Agreement may be terminated in relation to all of the Dealers or any of them by the Issuers or, in relation to itself and the Issuers only, by any Dealer, at any time on giving not less than ten days' notice.
The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Each Dealer represents and agrees that it has offered and sold the Notes of any identifiable tranche, and shall offer and sell the Notes of any identifiable tranche (1) as part of their distribution at any time and (2) otherwise until 40 days after completion of the distribution of such tranche as determined, and certified to the relevant Issuer and each Relevant Dealer, by the Fiscal Agent or, in the case of a Syndicated Issue, the Lead Manager, only in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S under the Securities Act. Accordingly, neither it, its affiliates nor any persons acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Notes, and it and they have complied and shall comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S. Each Dealer agrees to notify the Fiscal Agent or, in the case of a Syndicated Issue, the Lead Manager when it has completed the distribution of its portion of the Notes of any identifiable tranche so that the Fiscal Agent or, in the case of a Syndicated Issue, the Lead Manager may determine the completion of the distribution of all Notes of that tranche and notify the other Relevant Dealers of the end of the distribution compliance period. Each Dealer agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of sale of Notes, it will have sent to each distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases Notes from it during the distribution compliance period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:
"The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and may not be offered and sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after completion of the distribution of such tranche as determined, and certified to the Issuer and [Relevant Dealers], by [[AGENT]/[LEAD MANAGER]], except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (Regulation S). Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S."
Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to them by Regulation S under the Securities Act. In addition:
each Dealer represents and agrees;
(B) it has not delivered and will not deliver within the United States or its possessions definitive Notes in bearer form that are sold during the restricted period;
(ii) it has and throughout the restricted period will have in effect procedures reasonably designed to ensure that its employees or agents who are directly engaged in selling Notes in bearer form are aware that such Notes may not be offered or sold during the restricted period to a person who is within the United States or its possessions or to a United States person, except as permitted by the D Rules;
Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to them by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations thereunder, including the D Rules.
In addition, to the extent that the Purchase Information or the Subscription Agreement relating to one or more Tranches of Bearer Notes specifies that the applicable TEFRA rules are in U.S. Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.163- 5(c)(2)(i)(C) (the C Rules), Notes in bearer form must be issued and delivered outside the United States and its possessions in connection with their original issuance. In relation to each such Tranche, each Dealer represents and agrees that it has not offered, sold or delivered, and shall not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, Notes in bearer form within the United States or its possessions in connection with their original issuance. Further, in connection with the original issuance of Notes in bearer form, it has not communicated, and shall not communicate, directly or indirectly, with a prospective purchaser if either such purchaser or it is within the United States or its possessions or otherwise involve its U.S. office in the offer or sale of Notes in bearer form. Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to them by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations thereunder, including the C Rules.
Each issuance of index-, commodity- or currency-linked Notes shall be subject to such additional U.S. selling restrictions as the Relevant Dealer(s) shall agree with the relevant Issuer as a term of the issuance and purchase or, as the case may be, subscription of such Notes. Each Relevant Dealer agrees that it shall offer, sell and deliver such Notes only in compliance with such additional U.S. selling restrictions.
Each Dealer has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that:
In relation to any Notes which have a maturity of less than one year, (i) it is a person whose ordinary activities involve in it acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of its business and (ii) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell any Notes other than to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or as agent) for the purposes of their businesses or who it is reasonable to expect will acquire, hold, manage or dispose of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses where the issue of the Notes would otherwise constitute a contravention of section 19 of the FSMA by the Issuer;
It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Notes in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Issuer; and
It has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to any Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
The Notes have not been registered under the FIEL and disclosure under the FIEL has not been made with respect to the Notes. Neither the Notes nor any interest therein may be offered, sold, resold or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, in Japan to or for the account of any resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the FIEL and all other applicable laws, regulations and guidelines promulgated by the relevant Japanese governmental and regulatory authorities. As used in this paragraph, resident of Japan means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organised under the laws of Japan. The Notes issued by ORIX will be subject to requirements under the Special Taxation Measures Law of Japan. Accordingly, each of the Dealers represents and agrees that it has not, directly or indirectly, offered or sold and shall not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell any Notes issued by ORIX as part of the distribution by the Dealers or shall not offer, sell or deliver otherwise such Notes to (i) an individual resident of Japan or a Japanese corporation (except for a Japanese financial institution designated under Article 6 of the Special Taxation Measures Law) for Japanese tax purposes, or (ii) any nonresident of Japan (which term as used herein means any person other than a person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity other than those organised under the laws of Japan) which is a specially related person of ORIX for purposes of the exemption from the Japanese income tax, including the withholding tax, applicable to private foreign issued notes (minkan kokugaisai) under Article 6 of the Special Taxation Measures Law in effect at the time of the issuance of the relevant Notes.
Each Dealer has acknowledged that this Offering Circular is not a "Product Disclosure Statement" (as defined in Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) of Australia (Corporations Act)) and that no "prospectus" or other "disclosure document" (each as defined in the Corporations Act) in relation to the Programme or the Notes has been or will be lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) or ASX Limited ABN 98 008 624 691.
Each Dealer has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that it:
In addition each Dealer has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that it has not distributed or published and will not distribute or publish the Offering Circular or any other offering material or advertisement relating to the Notes in Australia unless the relevant distribution or publication, as applicable, complies with all applicable laws, regulations and directives including, without limitation, the requirement for any advice in such distribution or publication to be accompanied by disclaimers or similar statements if the failure to provide such disclaimers or statements would result in a breach by the Issuer of Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act.
Notes may not be sold to residents of the Netherlands Antilles (including corporations or other entities organised under the laws thereof) unless they have obtained a licence to purchase Notes or have non-resident status or have been exempted from obtaining a licence under the foreign exchange control regulations of the Netherlands Antilles.
In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), each Dealer has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date) it has not made and will not make an offer of Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this Offering Circular as completed by the final terms in relation thereto to the public (where the Notes have a denomination of less than €50,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency as at the date of issue of the Notes)) in that Relevant Member State, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Notes to the public in that Relevant Member State:
provided that no such offer of Notes referred to in (b) and (e) above shall require an Issuer or any Dealer to publish an offering circular pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a an offering circular pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an "offer of Notes to the public" in relation to any Notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Notes, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression "Prospectus Directive" means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measures in each Relevant Member State.
General: These selling restrictions may be modified by the agreement of the Issuers and the Dealers following a change in a relevant law, regulation or directive. Any such modification will be set out in the Final Terms issued in respect of the issue of Notes to which it relates or in a supplement to this Offering Circular.
No action has been taken in any jurisdiction that would permit a public offering of any other Notes, or possession or distribution of the Offering Circular or any other offering material or any Final Terms, in any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.
Each Dealer has agreed that it will, to the best of its knowledge, comply with all relevant laws, regulations and directives in each jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers Notes or has in its possession or distributes the Offering Circular, any other offering material or any Final Terms and neither of the Issuers nor any other Dealer shall have responsibility therefor.
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Final Terms dated [•]
Issue of [Aggregate Nominal Amount of Tranche] [Title of Notes] under the U.S.\$4,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme With a maximum maturity of 30 years from the date of original issue Guaranteed (in respect of Notes issued by ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED, ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V., or ORIX USA CORPORATION) by
Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Offering Circular dated 6th August, 2010 [and the supplemental offering circular dated [•]] which [together] constitute[s] listing particulars for the purposes of Chapter 4 of the FSA's Listing Rules. This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein and must be read in conjunction with such listing particulars [as so supplemented]. [Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the listing particulars.] [The Offering Circular [and the supplemental offering circular] [is] [are] available for viewing at [address] [and] [website] and copies may be obtained from the office of the Fiscal Agent at One Canada Square, London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom.]
The following alternative language applies if the first Tranche of an issue (which is being increased) was issued under listing particulars with an earlier date.
Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions (the Conditions) set forth in the Offering Circular dated 6th August, 2010 [and the supplemental offering circular dated [•]]. This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein and must be read in conjunction with the Offering Circular dated 6th August, 2010 [and the supplemental offering circular dated [•]], save in respect of the Conditions which are extracted from the Offering Circular dated 6th August, 2010 [and the supplemental offering circular dated [•]] and are attached hereto. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Offering Circular dated 6th August, 2010 [and the supplemental offering circular dated [•]]. [The Offering Circular [and the supplemental offering circular] are available for viewing at [address] [and] [website] and copies may be obtained from the office of the Fiscal Agent at One Canada Square, London, E14 5AL, United Kingdom.]
[Include whichever of the following apply or specify as "Not Applicable" (N/A). Note that the numbering should remain as set out below, even if "Not Applicable" is indicated for individual paragraphs or subparagraphs. Italics denote guidance for completing the Final Terms.]
| 1. | (i) Issuer: |
[ORIX CORPORATION/ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED/ ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V./ORIX USA CORPORATION] |
|---|---|---|
| [(ii) Guarantor: | ORIX CORPORATION] | |
| 2. | [(i)] Series Number: | [•] |
| [(ii) Tranche Number: | [•] | |
| (If fungible with an existing Series, details of that Series, including the date on which the Notes becomes fungible).] |
[•] | |
| 3. | Specified Currency or Currencies: | [•] |
| 4. | Aggregate Nominal Amount: | |
| [(i)] Series: | [•] | |
| [(ii) Tranche: | [•]] | |
| 5. | [[(i)] Issue Price: | [•] per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount [plus accrued interest from [insert date] (if applicable)] |
(ii) Interest Commencement Date: [•]
Date falling in or nearest to the relevant month and year]
[[specify reference rate] +/- [•] per cent. Floating Rate]
[Zero Coupon] [Index Linked Interest] [Other (specify)]
(further particulars specified below)
[Index Linked Redemption]
[Dual Currency] [Partly Paid][Instalment] [Other (specify)]
Change of Interest or Redemption/Payment
Basis:
into another interest or redemption/payment basis]
[Issuer Call]
[(further particulars specified below)]
(ii) Status of the Guarantee: [Senior/[Dated/Perpetual]/Subordinated]
[(iii) [•] and [•], respectively]] [Date [Board] approval for issuance of
Notes [and Guarantee] obtained:
(N.B. Only relevant where Board (or similar) authorisation is required for the particular tranche of Notes or related
Guarantee)]
(If not applicable, delete the remaining sub-paragraphs of
this paragraph)
(i) Rate[(s)] of Interest: [•] per cent. per annum [payable [annually/semi
annually/quarterly/monthly] in arrear]
(ii) Interest Payment Date(s) [•] in each year [adjusted in accordance with [specify
Business Day Convention and any applicable Additional Business Centre(s) for the definition of "Business Day"]/not
adjusted]
(iii) Fixed Coupon Amount[(s)]: [•] per Calculation Amount
(iv) Broken Amount: [Insert particulars of any initial or final broken interest
amounts which do not correspond with the Fixed Coupon Amount [(s)] and the Interest Payment Date(s) to which they
relate]
(v) Day Count Fraction (Condition 5(j)): [30/360/Actual/Actual (ICMA/ISDA)/Other]
1 Notes which are to be offered to the public in a Member State of the European Economic Area in circumstances which require the publication of a prospectus under the Prospectus Directive shall have a minimum denomination of €50,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies). Notes (including Notes denominated in sterling) in respect of which the issue proceeds are to be accepted by the Issuer in the United Kingdom or whose issue otherwise constitutes a contravention of Section 19 of the FSMA and which have a maturity of less than one year must have minimum redemption value of €100,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies).
| (vi) Determination Date(s) (Condition 5(j)): | [•] in each year [insert regular interest payment dates, ignoring issue date or maturity date in the case of a long or short first or last coupon N.B. (only relevant where Day Count Fraction is Actual/Actual (ICMA))] 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| (vii) | Other terms relating to the method of calculating interest for Fixed Rate Notes: |
[Not Applicable/give details] | |
| 16. | Floating Rate Note Provisions | [Applicable/Not Applicable] (If not applicable, delete the remaining sub-paragraphs of this paragraph) |
|
| (i) | Interest Period(s): | [•] | |
| (ii) | Specified Interest Payment Dates: | [•] | |
| (iii) First Interest Payment Date: | [•] | ||
| (iv) Business Day Convention: | [Floating Rate Business Day Convention/Following Business Day Convention/Modified Following Business Day Convention/Preceding Business Day Convention/other (give details)] |
||
| (v) | Additional Business Centre(s) (Condition 5(j)): |
[•] | |
| (vi) | Manner in which the Rate(s) of Interest is/are to be determined: |
[Screen Rate Determination/ISDA Determination/other (give details)] |
|
| (vii) Interest Period Date(s): | [Not Applicable/specify dates] | ||
| (viii) | Party responsible for calculating the Rate(s) of Interest and Interest Amount(s) (if not the [Calculation Agent]): (ix) Screen Rate Determination |
[•] | |
| (Condition 5(b)(iii)(B)): | |||
| Reference Date: | [•] | ||
| Relevant Time: | [•] | ||
| Interest Determination Date: | [[[•] [TARGET] Business Days in [specify city] for [specify currency] prior to [the first day in each Interest Accrual Period/each Interest Payment Date]]] |
||
| Primary Source for Floating Rate | [[Specify relevant screen page or "Reference Banks"]] | ||
| Reference Banks (if Primary Source is "Reference Banks"): |
[Specify four] | ||
| Relevant Financial Centre: | [The financial centre most closely connected to the Benchmark – specify if not London] |
||
| Benchmark: | [LIBOR, LIBID, LIMEAN, EURIBOR or other benchmark] | ||
| Representative Amount: | [Specify if screen or Reference Bank quotations are to be given respect of a transaction of a specified notional amount] |
||
| Effective Date: | [Specify if quotations are not to be obtained with effect from commencement of Interest Accrual Period] |
||
| Specified Duration: | [Specify period for quotation if not duration of Interest Accrual Period] |
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| (x) | ISDA Determination (Condition 5(b)(iii)(A)): |
Floating Rate Option: [•] Designated Maturity: [•]
2 Only to be completed for an issue where Day Count Fraction is Actual/Actual-ICMA.
| Reset Date: | [•] | |
|---|---|---|
| ISDA Definitions (if different from |
||
| those set out in the Conditions): | [•] | |
| (xi) Margin(s): | [+/-] [•] per cent. per annum | |
| (xii) Minimum Rate of Interest: | [•] per cent. per annum | |
| (xiii)Maximum Rate of Interest: | [•] per cent. per annum | |
| (xiv)Day Count Fraction (Condition 5(j)): | [•] | |
| (xv) Rate Multiplier: | [•] | |
| (xvi) Fall back provisions, rounding provisions, denominator and any other terms relating to the method calculating interest on Floating Rate Notes, if different from those set out in the Conditions: |
of [•] |
|
| 17. | Zero Coupon Note Provisions | [Applicable/Not Applicable] (If not applicable, delete the remaining sub paragraphs of this paragraph) |
| (i) Amortisation/Accrual Yield (Condition 6(b)): |
[•] per cent. per annum | |
| (ii) Day Count Fraction (Condition 5 (j)): |
[•] | |
| (iii) Reference Date: | [•] | |
| (iv) Any other formula/basis of determining amount payable: |
[•] | |
| 18. | Index Linked Interest Note/Other Variable Linked Interest Note Provisions |
[Applicable/Not Applicable] (If not applicable, delete the remaining sub paragraphs of this paragraph) |
| (i) Index/Formula/other variable: |
[give or annex details] | |
| (ii) Calculation Agent responsible calculating the rate of interest and/or Interest Amount(s): |
for [•] |
|
| (iii) Provisions for determining Coupon where calculated by reference to Index and/or Formula and/or other variable: |
[•] | |
| (iv) Determination Date: | [•] | |
| (v) Provisions for determining Coupon where calculation by reference Index and/or Formula and/or other variable is impossible or impracticable or otherwise disrupted: |
(Need to include a description of market disruption or settlement disruption events and adjustment provisions) to |
|
| (vi) Specified Interest/Calculation period(s): | [•] | |
| (vii) Specified Interest Payment Dates: | [•] | |
| (viii)Business Day Convention: | [Floating Rate Business Day Convention/Following Business Day Convention/Modified Following Business Day Convention/Preceding Business Day Convention/other (give details)] |
|
| (viii)Additional Business Centre(s): | [•] | |
| (ix) Minimum Rate/Amount of Interest: | [•] per cent. per annum | |
| (x) Maximum Rate/Amount of Interest: |
[•] per cent. per annum | |
| (xi) Day Count Fraction (Condition 5(j)): | [•] | |
| 19. | Dual Currency Note Provisions | [Applicable/Not Applicable] (If not applicable, delete the remaining sub paragraphs of this paragraph) |
| (i) | Rate of Exchange/Method of calculating Rate of Exchange: |
[Give details] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (ii) Calculation Agent, if any, responsible for calculating the principal and/or interest due: |
[•] | ||
| (iii) | Provisions applicable where calculation by reference to Rate of Exchange impossible or impracticable: |
[Need to include a description of market disruption or settlement disruption events and adjustments provisions.] |
|
| (iv) | Person at whose option Specified Currency(ies) is/are payable: |
[•] | |
| (v) | Day Count Fraction (Condition 5(j)): | [•] | |
| PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION | |||
| 20. | Call Option (Condition 6(d)) | [Applicable/Not Applicable] (If not applicable, delete the remaining sub paragraphs of this paragraph) |
|
| (i) | Optional Redemption Date(s): | [•] | |
| (ii) | Optional Redemption Amount(s) each Note and method, if any, of calculation of such amount(s): |
[•] per Calculation Amount | |
| (iii) If redeemable in part: | |||
| (a) Minimum nominal amount to be redeemed: |
[•] | ||
| (b) Maximum nominal amount to be redeemed: |
[•] | ||
| (iv) Option Exercise Date(s): | [•] | ||
| (v) | Description of any other Issuer's option: |
[•] | |
| (vi) Notice period3 : |
[•] | ||
| 21. | Put Option (Condition 6(e)) | [Applicable/Not Applicable] (If not applicable, delete the remaining sub paragraphs of this paragraph) |
|
| (i) | Optional Redemption Date(s): | [•] | |
| (ii) | Optional Redemption Amount(s) of each Note and method, if any, of calculation of such amount(s): |
[•] per Calculation Amount | |
| (iii) Option Exercise Date(s): | [•] | ||
| (iv) Description of any other Noteholders' option: |
[•] | ||
| (v) | Notice period4 : |
[•] | |
| 22. | Final Redemption Amount of each Note5 | [[•] per Calculation Amount/ Other/See Appendix] | |
| In cases where the Final Redemption |
3 If setting notice periods which are different to those provided in the terms and conditions, issuers are advised to consider the practicalities of distribution of information through intermediaries, for example, clearing systems and custodians, as well as any other notice requirements which may apply, for example, as between the issuer and its fiscal agent or any trustee.
variable-linked:
Amount is Index-inked or other
4 See footnote 3 above.
5 If the Final Redemption Amount is not equal to 100 per cent. of the nominal value the Notes will be derivative securities for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive and the requirements of Annex XII to the Prospectus Directive Regulation will apply. If any of ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA issues Notes where the redemption amount payable in respect of each Note is not equal to the principal amount, each of ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or, as the case may be, ORIX USA will prepare supplemental listing particulars or, if appropriate, further listing particulars in compliance with Annex XII of PR App 3 of the Prospectus Rules.
(i) Index/Formula/variable: [give or annex details]
(i) [•] Early Redemption Amount(s) of each Note payable on redemption for taxation reasons (Condition 6(c)) or an event of default (Condition 10) or other early redemption and/or the method of calculating the same (if required or if different from that set out in the Conditions):
(ii) [Yes/No] Redemption for taxation reasons permitted on days other than Interest Payment Dates(Condition 6(c)):
(iii) [Yes/No/Not Applicable] Unmatured Coupons to become void upon early redemption (Bearer Notes only) (Condition 7(f)):
Temporary or permanent global Note/Certificate:
(i) [temporary Global Note/Certificate exchangeable for a permanent Global Note/Certificate which is exchangeable for Definitive Notes/Certificates on [•] days' notice/at any time/in the limited circumstances specified in the permanent Global Note/ Certificate]
[temporary Global Note/Certificate exchangeable for Definitive Notes/Certificates on [•] days' notice]
[Not Applicable/Give details. [Note that this item relates to Condition 7(h) or other special date and place of payment, and not interest period end provisions relating to payment dates, to which items (15(ii), 16(iv) and 18(viii) relate]]
[Yes/No. If yes, give details]
[permanent Global Note/Certificate exchangeable for Definitive Notes/Certificates on [•] days' notice/ at any time/in the limited circumstances specified in the permanent Global Note/Certificate]
(ii) Applicable TEFRA rule: [C Rules/D Rules/Not Applicable6 ]
[•] Additional Financial Centre(s) (Condition 7(h)) or other special provisions relating to payment dates):
[•] Talons for future Coupons or Receipts to be attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature):
[Not Applicable/give details] Details relating to Partly Paid Notes: amount of each payment comprising the Issue Price and date on which each payment is to be made and consequences (if any) of failure to pay, including any right of the Issuer to forfeit the Notes and interest due on late payment:
Details relating to Instalment Notes: [Not Applicable/give details]
(i) Instalment Amount(s): [•] (ii) Instalment Date(s): [•]
(iii) Minimum Instalment Amount: [•] (iv) Maximum Instalment Amount: [•]
Redenomination, renominalisation and reconventioning provisions:
to these Final Terms] apply]
: No person shall have any right to enforce any term or condition of the Notes under the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999 [give other details]
These Final Terms comprise the final terms required to have the Notes admitted to the Official List of the FSA and admitted to trading to the Professional Securities Market of the London Stock Exchange pursuant to the U.S.\$4,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of ORIX CORPORATION/ORIX AUSTRALIA (SECURITIES) PTY LIMITED/ ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V./ORIX USA CORPORATION]
6 If ORIX USA is issuing Bearer Notes, D Rules must apply. "Not applicable" is only available for Notes with a maturity of one year or less (including unilateral rollovers and extensions).
7 If full terms and conditions are to be used, please add the following here:
"The full text of the Conditions which apply to the Notes [and which will be endorsed on the Notes in definitive form] are set out in [the Annex hereto], which Conditions replace in their entirety those appearing in the Offering Circular for the purposes of these Notes and such Conditions will prevail over any other provision to the contrary."
The first set of bracketed words is to be deleted where there is a permanent global Note instead of Notes in definitive form. The full Conditions should be attached to and form part of the Final Terms.
[Not Applicable/give details] Additional steps that may only be taken following approval by an Extraordinary Resolution in accordance with Condition 11(a):
[Not Applicable/[U.S.\$] [•]] The aggregate principal amount of Notes issued has been translated into [U.S. dollars] at the rate of [•], producing a sum of (for Notes not denominated in [U.S. dollars]):
In connection with the issue of any Tranche of Notes, the Dealer or Dealers (if any) named as the Stabilising Manager(s) (or persons acting on behalf of any Stabilising Manager(s)) in the applicable Final Terms may overallot or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the Notes at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail. However, there is no assurance that the Stabilising Manager(s) (or persons acting on behalf of a Stabilising Manager) will undertake stabilisation action. Any stabilisation action may begin on or after the date on which adequate public disclosure of the terms of the offer of the relevant Tranche of Notes is made and, if begun, may be ended at any time, but it must end no later than the earlier of 30 days after the issue date of the relevant Tranche of Notes and 60 days after the date of the allotment of the relevant Tranche of Notes. Any stabilisation action or over-allotment must be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws and rules.
[Except as disclosed in this document, there/There] 8 has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of the Issuer, the Guarantor or of the ORIX Group since 31st March, 2010 and no material adverse change in the financial position or prospects of the Issuer, the Guarantor or of the ORIX Group since 31st March, 2010.
The Issuer [and the Guarantor] accept[s] responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms. [•] has been extracted from [•]. [Each of the] [The] Issuer [and the Guarantor] confirms that such information has been accurately reproduced and that, so far as it is aware, and is able to ascertain from information published by [•], no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced inaccurate or misleading.
Signed on behalf of the Issuer By:
Duly authorised [Signed on behalf of the Guarantor: By:
Duly authorised]
8 If any change is disclosed in the Final Terms, it will require approval by the UK Listing Authority in its capacity as competent authority under the Financial Services Markets Act 2000 (for Listed Notes) or the Stock Exchange(s) as the case may be. Consideration should be given as to whether or not such disclosure should be made by means of supplementary listing particulars rather than in the Final Terms.
(i) Listing: [Official List of the UK Listing Authority and trading on the
relevant market of the London Stock Exchange/
Luxembourg/Other (specify)/None]9
(ii) Admission to trading: [Application has been made for the Notes to be admitted to
trading on [•] with effect from [•].] [Not Applicable.]
2. RATING The Notes to be issued have been rated:
[JCR: [•]] [R&I: [•]] [S&P:[•]] [Others: [•]]
(The above disclosure should reflect the rating allocated to Notes of the type being issued under the Programme generally or, where the issue has been specifically rated, that
rating.)
Include a description of any interest, including conflicting ones, that is material to the issue/offer, detailing the persons involved and the nature of the interest or the appropriate negative statement. May be satisfied by the inclusion of the following statement:
"Save as discussed in ["Subscription and Sale"], so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Notes has an interest material to the Offer."]
[(i) Reasons for the offer: [•]
(See ["Use of Proceeds"] wording in the Offering Circular if reasons for offer are different from making profit and/or
hedging certain risk will need to include those reasons here.)
(ii) Estimated net proceeds: [•]
(If proceeds are intended for more than one use, will need to split out and present in order of priority. If proceeds are insufficient to fund all proposed use state amount and
sources of other funding.)
(iii) Estimated total expenses: [•]
[Include breakdown of expenses. (Only necessary to include disclosure of net proceeds and total expenses at (ii) and (iii)
above where disclosure is included at (i) above.)]
Indication of yield: [•]
The yield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis of the
Issue Price. It is not an indication of future yield.]
9 In respect of Notes listed on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and traded on the London Stock Exchange, new or supplemental listing particulars may be required by the UK Listing Authority in the event of substitution relating to such Notes pursuant to Condition 11(c).
Need to include details of where past and future performance and volatility of the index/formula/other variable can be obtained. Where the underlying variable is an index, need to include the name of the index and a description if composed by the Issuer and if the index is not composed by the Issuer need to include details of where the information about the index can be obtained. Where the underlying is not an index, need to include equivalent information.] 10
Need to include details of where past and future performance and volatility of the relevant rate[s] can be obtained.]
ISIN CODE: [•] Common Code: [•]
Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear [Not Applicable/give name(s) and number(s)] and Clearstream, Luxembourg and the relevant identification number(s):
Delivery: Delivery [against/free of] payment
The Agents appointed in respect of the [•]
Notes are:
10 Required for derivative seurities to which Annex XII of the Prospectus Directive Regulation applies. If any of ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or ORIX USA issues Notes where the redemption amount payable in respect of each Note is not equal to the principal amount, each of ORIX, ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES, ORIX CARIBBEAN or, as the case may be, ORIX USA will prepare supplemental listing particulars or, if appropriate, further listing particulars in compliance with Annex XII of PR App 3 of the Prospectus Rules.
following legend: "Any United States person who holds this obligation will be subject to limitations under the United States income tax laws, including the limitations provided in sections 165(j) and 1287(a) of the Internal Revenue Code".
Each Bearer Note issued by ORIX USA with a maturity, taking into account any unilateral rights to roll over or extend, of 183 days or less will bear the following legend: "By accepting this obligation, the holder represents and warrants that it is not a United States person (other than an exempt recipient described in section 6049(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations thereunder) and that it is not acting for or on behalf of a United States person (other than an exempt recipient described in section 6049(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder)."
(ii) Each Note, Receipt, Coupon and Talon issued by ORIX will bear the following legend:
"Interest payments on the securities to an individual resident of Japan or a Japanese corporation (except for a designated financial institution described in Article 6 of the Special Taxation Measures Law) will be subject to Japanese income tax on the amount specified in subparagraphs (A) or (B) below as applicable:
(9) KPMG AZSA LLC, an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm under the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and a member of the Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants, has been the independent accounting firm of ORIX, for the years ended 31st March, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and has given unqualified reports on the audited consolidated balance sheets as of 31st March, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three- year period ended 31st March, 2010 of ORIX prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. The audit report covering the 31st March, 2010 financial statements refers to a change in the method of accounting for noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries.
(10) The Netherlands Antilles consist of five island areas, being Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius. The Netherlands Antilles together with Aruba and the Netherlands form the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Under a currently contemplated constitutional restructuring of the Kingdom of the Netherlands it is being proposed that the Netherlands Antilles will be dissolved as of the coming into effect of Article I, paragraph 3 of the currently proposed Kingdom Act amendment of the Statute in connection with the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles (Rijkswet wijziging Statuut in verband met de opheffing van de Nederlandse Antillen) (the Transition Date). Effective the Transition Date Curaçao and Sint Maarten will become independent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, just like Aruba and the Netherlands. The three other island areas (Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius) will become part of the Netherlands as of or prior to the Transition Date. Currently the aim is to implement the constitutional restructuring effective 10th October, 2010. Whether this date can be achieved is not yet certain.
4-1, Hamamatsu-cho 2-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6135
No.1 Eden Park Drive Macquarie Park NSW 2113 Australia
Schottegatweg Oost 44 Curaçao Netherlands Antilles
2711 Centerville Road Suite 400 Wilmington New Castle County 19808 Delaware
Barclays Bank PLC BNP PARIBAS 5 The North Colonnade 10 Harewood Avenue Canary Wharf London NW1 6AA London E14 4BB
London E14 5LB
Winchester House 2 King Edward Street 1 Great Winchester Street London EC1A 1HQ London EC2N 2DB
4th Floor, River Plate House 1 Finsbury Avenue 7-11 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 2PP London EC2M 7YA
33 Canada Square 5 King William Street Canary Wharf London EC4N 7AX
6 Broadgate Bracken House London EC2M 2AA One Friday Street London EC4M 9JA
25 Cabot Square Nomura House Canary Wharf 1 St. Martin's-le-Grand London E14 4QA London EC1A 4NP
One Canada Square London E14 5AL United Kingdom
To ORIX
Mitsui Company
Akasaka 2.14 Plaza Building 2-14-32 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 Japan
No. 1 O'Connell Street 1071 LL 1-6-1 Roppongi
Clayton Utz STvB Advocaten (Europe) N.V. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Levels 19-35 Concertgebouwplein 5 Izumi Garden Tower, 33F
Australia The Netherlands Japan
Sydney, NSW 2000 Amsterdam Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6033
To the Dealers
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Akasaka Biz Tower 36F 5-3-1 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo 107-6336 Japan
KPMG AZSA LLC KPMG LLP
1-2 Tsukudo-cho Suite 3100 Shinjuku-ku Dallas Japan USA
To ORIX To ORIX USA
Azsa Center Building 717 North Harwood Street Tokyo 162-8551 TX 75201-6585
8th Floor, Prince's Building 10 Shelly Street 10 Chater Road Sydney NSW 2000 Central Hong Kong Australia
To ORIX (CARIBBEAN) N.V. To ORIX AUSTRALIA SECURITIES
KPMG KPMG
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