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TIDM48AH RNS Number : 5803X Granite Mortgages 03-3 PLC 17 August 2009 THIS NOTICE IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF NOTEHOLDERS If noteholders are in any doubt as to the action they should take, they should seek their own advice immediately from their stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other financial adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (if such noteholders are in the United Kingdom), or from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser. If noteholders have recently sold or otherwise transferred all or part of their holding(s) of Notes referred to below, they should immediately forward this document or a copy thereof to the purchaser or transferee or to the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______ NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETINGS of the holders of the outstanding US$500,000,000 Series 1 Class A3 Floating Rate Notes (ISIN: US38741UAC18 / CUSIP: 38741UACI) EUR640,000,000 Series 2 Class A Floating Rate Notes (ISIN: XS0176409927) GBP340,000,000 Series 3 Class A Floating Rate Notes (ISIN: XS0176410693) (together the "Class A Notes" and the holders thereof, the "Class A Noteholders") US$72,000,000 Series 1 Class B Floating Rate Notes (ISIN: US38741UAD90 / CUSIP: 38741UAD9) EUR23,000,000 Series 2 Class B Floating rate Notes (ISIN: XS0176410180) GBP28,500,000 Series 3 Class B Floating Rate Notes (ISIN: XS0176410776) (together the "Class B Notes" and the holders thereof, the "Class B Noteholders") US$27,000,000 Series 1 Class M Floating Rate Notes (ISIN: US38741UAE73 / CUSIP: 38741UAE7) EUR7,500,000 Series 2 Class M Floating Rate Notes (ISIN: XS0176410347) GBP11,500,000 Series 3 Class M Floating Rate Notes (ISIN: XS0176410859) (together the "Class M Notes" and the holders thereof, the "Class M Noteholders") US$50,000,000 Series 1 Class C Floating Rate Notes (ISIN: US38741UAF49; CUSIP: 38741UAF4) EUR55,000,000 Series 2 Class C Floating Rate Notes (ISIN: XS0176410420) GBP7,500,000 Series 3 Class C Floating Rate Notes (ISIN: XS0176411071) (together the "Class C Notes" and the holders thereof, the "Class C Noteholders"; and each of the Class A Notes, Class B Notes, the Class M Notes and the Class C Notes, is referred to as a "Class" or "Class of Notes", and collectively, the "Notes", and the Class A Noteholders, the Class B Noteholders, the Class M Noteholders and the Class C Noteholders, collectively, the "Noteholders") issued by GRANITE MORTGAGES 03-3 PLC (a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 4823268) (the "Issuer") A. background to, and purpose of, the ADJOURNED MEETINGS On 6 March 2009, Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ("S&P"), downgraded the short-term credit rating of Lloyds TSB Bank plc ("Lloyds") from A-1+ to A-1 (the "S&P Downgrade Event"). Pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, the Collection Bank Agreement, the Bank Account Agreement, the Stand-by Bank Account Agreement and the Funding (03-3) Bank Account Agreement (collectively, the "Relevant Agreements"), Lloyds has been appointed to act as Collection Bank, UK Account Bank, Stand-by Account Bank and the Account Bank under the Funding (03-3) Bank Account Agreement (the "Funding (03-3) Account Bank"), respectively. The S&P's Current Rating Criteria require that (i) the Collection Bank has a rating of at least A-2 and (ii) each of the UK Account Bank, the Stand-by Account Bank and the Funding (03-3) Account Bank has a rating of at least A-1. (1)Collection Bank. Under the terms of the Collection Bank Agreement, the Collection Accounts are required to be maintained with one or more Authorised Institutions whose short-term, unsecured, unsubordinated and unguaranteed debt obligations have a rating of at least A-1+ by S&P, P-1 by Moody's and F1+ by Fitch (the "Existing Collection Bank Rating Requirements") or whose obligations in respect of the Collection Accounts are guaranteed by an entity whose debt obligations satisfy the Existing Collection Bank Rating Requirements. If the Administrator becomes aware that the Existing Collection Bank Rating Requirements are no longer satisfied, the Administrator and the Mortgages Trustee are required, as soon as practicable, but in any event within 30 days of giving notice thereof to the Rating Agencies, to procure the transfer of the Collection Accounts to another Authorised Institution that satisfies the Existing Collection Bank Rating Requirements or, in the event that such Existing Collection Bank Rating Requirements are not satisfied in respect of any Authorised Institution to an Authorised Institution in respect of which the relevant criteria (in the opinion of each of the Rating Agencies) are closest to being satisfied. (2)Account Bank. Under the terms of the Bank Account Agreement, the Cash Manager or Funding is required to terminate the Bank Account Agreement if the short-term, unsecured, unsubordinated and unguaranteed debt obligation ratings of an Account Bank fall below A-1+ by S&P, P-1 by Moody's or F1 by Fitch (the "Existing Account Bank Rating Requirements" and, together with the Existing Collection Bank Rating Requirements, the "Existing Rating Requirements"), and the relevant Account Bank does not, within 30 London Business Days of such occurrence, obtain a guarantee of its obligations from a financial institution that satisfies the Existing Account Bank Rating Requirements. (3)Stand-by Account Bank. Under the terms of the Stand-by Bank Account Agreement, the Mortgages Trustee and/or the Cash Manager or Funding is required to terminate the Stand-by Bank Account Agreement if the short-term, unsecured, unsubordinated and unguaranteed debt obligation ratings of the Stand-by Account Bank fall below the Existing Account Bank Rating Requirements. (4)Funding (03-3) Account Bank. Under the terms of the Funding (03-3) Bank Account Agreement, the Cash Manager or Funding is required to terminate the Funding (03-3) Bank Account Agreement if the short-term, unsecured, unsubordinated and unguaranteed debt obligation ratings of the Funding (03-3) Account Bank fall below the Existing Account Bank Rating Requirements. In respect of items (1) and (2) above, following the occurrence of the S&P Downgrade Event, Lloyds has not obtained a guarantee of its obligations from a financial institution meeting the applicable Existing Rating Requirements under the Collection Bank Agreement or the Bank Account Agreement. Accordingly, the Issuer considers there to be two options available to it: (1) to retain Lloyds as Collection Bank, UK Account Bank, Stand-by Account Bank and Funding (03-3) Account Bank (and make resulting amendments to the Relevant Agreements) or (2) to find a replacement collection bank, replacement UK account bank, replacement stand-by account bank and replacement Funding (03-3) account bank each of which meets the applicable Existing Rating Requirements. The Issuer proposes that Lloyds continue to act as Collection Bank, UK Account Bank, Stand-by Account Bank and Funding (03-3) Account Bank in respect of the Issuer's Notes for the following the reasons: (i) the number of counterparties with ratings equal to the Existing Rating Requirements is currently limited. This has an implication for the ability of the Issuer to replace Lloyds as Collection Bank, UK Account Bank, Stand-by Account Bank and/or Funding (03-3) Account Bank in a commercially reasonable manner; (ii) in respect of a collection bank replacement, the administrative and operational burden of changing collection banks would be significant as it would require tens of thousands of borrowers to change their payment directions, which in turn may increase the capacity for errors in payments and disrupt the underlying relationships, and may potentially have an adverse effect on the timing of payments to Noteholders and cashflows; (iii) Lloyds' current short-term credit rating of A-1 by S&P satisfies the S&P Current Rating Criteria; and (iv) amending the Existing Rating Requirements set forth in the Relevant Agreements would be consistent with the Rating Agencies' minimum required ratings for such counterparties to securitisation transactions required to support a AAA rating by each Rating Agency in respect of the relevant Notes. For the reasons above and on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Notice, the Issuer proposes that (1) each of the Collection Bank role, the UK Account Bank role, the Stand-by Account Bank role and the Funding (03-3) Account Bank role remain with Lloyds, and (2)(A) the Collection Bank Agreement be amended to change, inter alia, the Existing Collection Bank Rating Requirements to (i) A-1+ by S&P (or, if the relevant financial institution is any of Northern Rock plc, Lloyds TSB Bank plc or Barclays Bank PLC, A-1 by S&P), (ii) P-1 by Moody's and (iii) F1 by Fitch, and (B) each other Relevant Agreement be amended to change, inter alia, the Existing Account Bank Rating Requirements for the existing Account Banks and Stand-by Account Bank to (i) A-1 by S&P, (ii) P-1 by Moody's and (iii) F1 by Fitch. Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalised terms used but not defined in this Notice shall have the meanings given in (i) Issuer Trust Deed dated 21 May 2003 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the "Trust Deed") made between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a The Bank of New York), as note trustee for and on behalf of the Noteholders (the "Note Trustee"); (ii) the Amended and Restated Collection Bank Agreement dated 19 January 2005 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the "Collection Bank Agreement"), by and among Granite Finance Trustees Limited (the "Mortgages Trustee"), Northern Rock plc ("Northern Rock"), in its individual capacity and in its capacities as Cash Manager and Administrator, Barclays Bank plc, as Collection Bank, Lloyds, as Collection Bank, Granite Finance Funding Limited ("Funding") and Granite Finance Funding 2 Limited ("Funding 2"); (iii) the Third Amended and Restated Bank Account Agreement dated 19 January 2005 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the "Bank Account Agreement"), by and among the Mortgages Trustee, Funding, Funding 2, Northern Rock, in its capacities as Cash Manager, Seller and Account Bank, The Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a The Bank of New York), as Security Trustee and Funding 2 Security Trustee, Lloyds, as UK Account Bank, and Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Jersey International Branch, as Jersey Account Bank; (iv) the First Amended and Restated Stand-by Bank Account Agreement dated 19 January 2005 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the "Stand-by Bank Account Agreement"), by and among Mortgages Trustee, Funding, Funding 2, Northern Rock, in its capacities as Cash Manager and Seller, the Security Trustee and the Funding 2 Security Trustee and Lloyds, as Stand-by Account Bank; and (v) the Funding (03-3) Bank Account Agreement dated 21 May 2003 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the "Funding (03-3) Bank Account Agreement"), by and among Funding, Northern Rock, as Cash Manager, the Security Trustee and Lloyds, as Funding (03-3) Account Bank. B. ADJOURNED MEETINGS; Extraordinary Resolution In accordance with the provisions of the Trust Deed: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the initial meetings of the Noteholders of each Class of Notes (in respect of each Class (the "Meetings"), convened on 6 August 2009 by Notice of Meetings dated 6 July 2009 were adjourned as no quorum was present and that, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Trust Deed, adjourned meetings of the Noteholders of each Class of Notes will be held at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on 2 September 2009 at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP, Woolgate Exchange, 25 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5HA, United Kingdom (in respect of each Class, the "Adjourned Meeting"). The purpose of the Adjourned Meetings (as was the case for the Meetings) is to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution which will be proposed as an extraordinary resolution of the Noteholders of the relevant Class at the Adjourned Meeting (the "Extraordinary Resolution") pursuant to Schedule 4 to the Trust Deed. An Adjourned Meeting of the Noteholders of a particular Class will be held at the same time as the Adjourned Meetings of Noteholders of the other Classes. Each such concurrent Adjourned Meeting will be subject to separate quorum requirements (in accordance with the Trust Deed and the Terms and Conditions of the relevant Class of Notes) and will hold a separate vote for the Noteholders of the relevant Class. Unless revoked, (1) any appointment of a proxy in relation to a Meeting shall remain in force in relation to an Adjourned Meeting and (2) any vote by a Proxy given in accordance with the terms of a Block Voting Instruction or Form of Proxy shall remain valid for any Adjourned Meeting. EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION "THAT this Adjourned Meeting of the holders of the outstanding: US$500,000,000 Series 1 Class A3 Floating Rate Notes EUR640,000,000 Series 2 Class A Floating Rate Notes GBP340,000,000 Series 3 Class A Floating Rate Notes (together the "Class A Notes" and the holders thereof, the "Class A Noteholders") US$72,000,000 Series 1 Class B Floating Rate Notes EUR23,000,000 Series 2 Class B Floating rate Notes GBP28,500,000 Series 3 Class B Floating Rate Notes (together the "Class B Notes" and the holders thereof, the "Class B Noteholders") US$27,000,000 Series 1 Class M Floating Rate Notes EUR7,500,000 Series 2 Class M Floating Rate Notes GBP11,500,000 Series 3 Class M Floating Rate Notes (together the "Class M Notes" and the holders thereof, the "Class M Noteholders") US$50,000,000 Series 1 Class C Floating Rate Notes EUR55,000,000 Series 2 Class C Floating Rate Notes GBP7,500,000 Series 3 Class C Floating Rate Notes (together the "Class C Notes" and the holders thereof, the "Class C Noteholders") as the case may be, of Granite Mortgages 03-3 plc (the "Issuer", each of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class M Notes and the Class C Notes is referred to as a "Class" or "Class of Notes", and the Class A Noteholders, the Class B Noteholders, the Class M Noteholders and the Class C Noteholders, collectively, the "Noteholders") constituted by the Issuer Trust Deed dated 21 May 2003 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the "Trust Deed") made between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a The Bank of New York), as note trustee for and on behalf of the Noteholders (the "Note Trustee") hereby: 1. sanctions and approves the modifications to the Collection Bank Agreement by way of an amendment deed substantially in the form of the amendment deed signed by the chairman of this Adjourned Meeting for the purpose of identification, with such amendments (if any) thereto as the Note Trustee may deem appropriate in its discretion which, if this Extraordinary Resolution is duly passed and becomes effective as provided herein, will be executed by the parties to the Collection Bank Agreement (the "Collection Bank Amendment Deed"); 2. sanctions and approves the modifications to the Bank Account Agreement by way of an amendment deed substantially in the form of the amendment deed signed by the chairman of this Adjourned Meeting for the purpose of identification, with such amendments (if any) thereto as the Note Trustee may deem appropriate in its absolute discretion which, if this Extraordinary Resolution is duly passed and becomes effective as provided herein, will be executed by the parties to the Bank Account Agreement (the "Bank Account Amendment Deed"); 3. sanctions and approves the modifications to the Stand-by Bank Account Agreement by way of an amendment deed substantially in the form of the amendment deed signed by the chairman of this Adjourned Meeting for the purpose of identification, with such amendments (if any) thereto as the Note Trustee may deem appropriate in its absolute discretion which, if this Extraordinary Resolution is duly passed and becomes effective as provided herein, will be executed by the parties to the Stand-by Bank Account Agreement (the "Stand-by Bank Account Amendment Deed"); 4. sanctions and approves the modifications to the Funding (03-3) Bank Account Agreement by way of an amendment deed substantially in the form of the amendment deed signed by the chairman of this Adjourned Meeting for the purpose of identification, with such amendments (if any) thereto as the Note Trustee may deem appropriate in its absolute discretion which, if this Extraordinary Resolution is duly passed and becomes effective as provided herein, will be executed by the parties to the Funding (03-3) Bank Account Agreement (the "Funding (03-3) Bank Account Amendment Deed" and, together with the Collection Bank Account Amendment Deed, the Bank Account Amendment Deed and the Stand-by Bank Account Amendment Deed, the "Amendment Deeds"); 5. authorizes and directs the Note Trustee, with effect on and from the date of this Extraordinary Resolution, (i) to concur in the modifications referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution and, in order to give effect thereto and to implement the same on or shortly after the passing of this Extraordinary Resolution, to execute the Amendment Deeds substantially in the form of the drafts produced to this Adjourned Meeting and for the purpose of identification signed by the Chairman thereof with such amendments (if any) thereto as the Note Trustee shall require or approve to give effect to the modifications referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution and the implementation of such modifications, (ii) to make any other amendment or modification which is incidental to, or in connection with, the modifications referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution, and (iii) to concur in, and to execute and do, all such other deeds, agreements, instruments, acts and things as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out and give effect to this Extraordinary Resolution, the Amendment Deeds and their implementation; 6.authorises and directs the Note Trustee, with effect on and from the date of this Extraordinary Resolution and from time to time to authorise or waive or to permit the Issuer to authorise or waive any breach or failure to perform or proposed breach or proposed failure to perform of any obligation of, or any covenant or other provision applicable to, the Issuer or any other party to any Transaction Document or related agreement or ancillary document which may have arisen by reason of the S&P Downgrade Event; 7. sanctions every abrogation, modification, compromise or arrangement in respect of the rights of the Noteholders against the Issuer arising from, resulting from or in connection with, the modifications referred to paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Extraordinary Resolution; and 8. discharges and exonerates the Note Trustee from all liability for which it may have become or may become responsible under the Trust Deed, the Notes, any other Issuer Transaction Document or any other Transaction Document in respect of any act or omission in connection with the Amendment Deeds, this Extraordinary Resolution or their implementation. Except as otherwise defined, capitalised terms used in this Extraordinary Resolution will have the meanings given to them in the Trust Deed." +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | IMPORTANT: The attention of the holders of interests in the Notes is | | particularly drawn to the voting, quorum and other requirements for passing the | | Extraordinary Resolution at the Adjourned Meetings, which is set out in Part C | | (Voting And Quorum) below. Having regard to such requirements, each holder of an | | interest in a Note is strongly urged either to attend the relevant Adjourned | | Meeting or to take steps to be represented at such Adjourned Meeting (including | | by making a Electronic Voting Instruction (as described below)). | | The attention of the holders of interests in the Notes is also drawn to the fact | | that (1) an Adjourned Meeting of the Noteholders of a particular Class to | | consider the Extraordinary Resolution described above will be held at the same | | time as the Adjourned Meetings of the Noteholders of the other Classes and (2) | | unless revoked (in the limited circumstances in which revocation is permitted as | | set out below), any vote by a proxy given in accordance with the terms of a | | Block Voting Instruction or Form of Proxy shall be valid for any Adjourned | | Meeting. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ In accordance with normal practice, the Note Trustee expresses no opinion as to the merits of the modifications proposed by this Extraordinary Resolution and/or the Amendment Deeds, but has authorised it to be stated that it has no objection to the Extraordinary Resolution being submitted to the Noteholders for their consideration. The Note Trustee has not been involved in drafting or otherwise formulating the Amendment Deeds and makes no representation that all relevant information has been disclosed to the Noteholders in or pursuant to this Notice. The Note Trustee recommends that Noteholders who are in any doubt as to the impact of the implementation of the modifications proposed by this Extraordinary Resolution should seek their own independent legal and financial advice. C. Voting And Quorum Noteholders who have submitted and not revoked (in the limited circumstances in which revocation is permitted) a valid Electronic Voting Instruction or Form of Proxy, by which they will have given instructions for the appointment of one or more representatives of the Principal Paying Agent by the Registrar as their proxy to vote in respect of the Extraordinary Resolution to be proposed at the relevant Adjourned Meeting, need take no further action to be represented at such Adjourned Meeting. Noteholders who have not submitted or have submitted and subsequently revoked an Electronic Voting Instruction or Form of Proxy should take note of the provisions set out below detailing how such Noteholders can attend or take steps to be represented at the relevant Adjourned Meeting. 1.General. The provisions governing the convening and holding of the Adjourned Meetings are set out in Schedule 4 to the Trust Deed, a copy of which is available to Noteholders from the date of this Notice to the conclusion of the Adjourned Meetings (i) on request from the Principal Paying Agent and (ii) for inspection during normal business hours at the specified office of the Principal Paying Agent, the contact details for which are set out under "Documents Available and Contact Information" at the end of this Notice. The following is a summary of the arrangements which have been made for the purposes of the Adjourned Meetings of the Noteholders and is qualified in its entirety by the relevant provisions of the Trust Deed and the procedures of the relevant Clearing System. 2.Registered Holder and the Clearing Systems: The Notes have been issued in registered, book-entry form and are represented by a Global Note Certificate for each such-class of Notes. Each Global Note Certificate is held by (i) Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. ("Euroclear") and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme ("Clearstream, Luxembourg"), in the case of Sterling and Euro denominated Notes sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (the "Reg S Notes") and (ii) the Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), in the case of USD denominated Notes sold in the United States pursuant to a registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "US Notes"). The person registered as the holder of the Notes (the "Registered Holder") is: (i) Cede & Co., as a nominee of DTC, in the case of the US Notes, (ii) Citivic Nominees Ltd., as common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg, in the case of the Reg S Notes. Each of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg is a "Clearing System". IMPORTANT: Each person (a "beneficial owner") who is the owner of a particular principal amount of a Note through a Clearing System or their respective accountholder(s) or a person who is shown in the records of a Clearing System as a holder of a Note (a "Direct Participant"), should note that a beneficial owner will only be entitled to attend and vote at an Adjourned Meeting or appoint a proxy to do so in accordance with the procedures set out below and where a beneficial owner is not a Direct Participant it will need to make the necessary arrangements either directly or with the other intermediary through which it holds its Notes for the Direct Participants to complete these procedures on its behalf. 3.Attendance and Representation at Adjourned Meetings: 3.1. A Noteholder who wishes to attend and vote at an Adjourned Meeting in person must produce at such Adjourned Meeting a valid voting certificate or certificates issued by the Principal Paying Agent. A Noteholder may obtain a voting certificate in respect of its Notes from the Principal Paying Agent by arranging for its Notes to be blocked in an account with the relevant Clearing System (unless the Note is the subject of a block voting instruction which has been issued and is outstanding in respect of an Adjourned Meeting) not less than 48 hours (as defined below) before the time fixed for such Adjourned Meeting and, within the relevant time limit specified by the relevant Clearing System, upon terms that the Notes will not cease to be so blocked until the first to occur of the conclusion of such Adjourned Meeting and the surrender of the voting certificate to the Principal Paying Agent and notification by the Principal Paying Agent to the relevant Clearing System of such surrender or the compliance in such other manner with the rules of the relevant Clearing System. 3.2 A Noteholder not wishing to attend and vote in person at an Adjourned Meeting may arrange to be represented at such Adjourned Meeting by appointing a Proxy or a Representative. 3.2.1 A Noteholder may appoint Proxies by executing and delivering a Form of Proxy to the specified office of the Registrar until 48 hours before the time fixed for the Adjourned Meeting or, in the case of corporations, may appoint Representatives by resolution of their directors or other governing body and by delivering an executed or certified copy of the resolution to the Registrar not later than 48 hours before the time fixed for the Adjourned Meeting. Forms of Proxy will be available from the Registrar. A Form of Proxy made by a corporation must be executed under its seal on its behalf by a duly authorised officer of the corporation before being delivered to the Registrar. The appointment of a Proxy or a Representative in such manner (a "Formal Voting Appointment") is subject to further formalities specified in Schedule 4 of the Trust Deed. For this purpose, a Noteholder is the person or persons for the time being shown in the records of any Clearing System (other than any such Clearing System if it is an account holder at another such Clearing System). Any delivery to the Registrar of a Form of Proxy or of a certified copy of a resolution appointing a Representative pursuant to a Formal Voting Appointment must be accompanied by evidence (in a form satisfactory to the Registrar) of the holding of Notes of the relevant Noteholder with the relevant Clearing System and of the identity of the person making such appointment. Any document to be delivered by a Noteholder to the Registrar pursuant to this Notice should be delivered to the Registrar in accordance with the contact details set out under "Documents Available and Contact Information" at the end of this Notice. 3.2.2 A Representative may also be appointed by a Noteholder through the normal communication channels of the relevant Clearing System by the provision of Adjourned Meeting and/or voting instructions (in the form of electronic voting instructions) to the Registered Holder requiring the Registered Holder (or the Clearing System on behalf of the Registered Holder) to appoint a Representative to attend the Adjourned Meeting and act in accordance with such instructions (an "Electronic Voting Instruction"). Voting or meeting instructions received by the Registered Holder not later than 48 hours before the time fixed for the Adjourned Meeting in accordance with the normal communication channels of the relevant Clearing Systems will be deemed to constitute an Electronic Voting Instruction (instructing the Registered Holder (or the Clearing System on behalf of the Registered Holder) to appoint a Representative to effect such instructions accordingly). It should be noted that a single person or entity may be the subject of one or more Formal Voting Appointments and/or Electronic Voting Instructions. Such appointee may, in giving effect to the potentially contradictory terms of its respective appointments and/or voting instructions, vote or act in different ways for the purposes of the same resolution or matter accordingly. 3.3DTC Procedures. The procedures under this paragraph 3.3 assume that in accordance with its usual procedures in relation to meetings of bondholders, at the request of the Principal Paying Agent, DTC will mail an Omnibus Proxy (including information showing the security positions of the DTC Direct Participants) to the Issuer and the Principal Paying Agent as soon as possible after the DTC Record Date (defined below). In accordance with DTC's usual procedures, the Omnibus Proxy will assign Cede & Co.'s (the registered holder of the US Notes) voting rights to those DTC Direct Participants shown on its records as holding any principal amount of outstanding US Notes as of the close of business on 6 July 2009 (the "DTC Record Date"). The DTC Direct Participants may either (i) attend and vote at an Adjourned Meeting or (ii) appoint the Principal Paying Agent or any other person (including beneficial owners of the US Notes) as their sub-proxy(ies) to attend and vote at the Adjourned Meeting on their behalf. A beneficial owner of the US Notes who is not a DTC Direct Participant and who does not wish to attend an Adjourned Meeting may arrange for a vote in respect of its US Notes to be cast at the Adjourned Meeting by requesting the DTC Direct Participant through whom he holds its US Notes to issue a sub-proxy to a third person to attend and vote at the Adjourned Meeting in accordance with the beneficial owner's instructions. A beneficial owner of the US Notes who is not a DTC Direct Participant and who wishes to attend and vote at an Adjourned Meeting in person must produce a form of sub-proxy issued by the DTC Direct Participant through whom it holds its US Notes appointing such beneficial owner as a proxy. Sub-proxies may be appointed using the form of sub-proxy available from the Principal Paying Agent at its specified offices set out under "Documents Available and Contact Information" at the end of this Notice. Duly completed forms of sub-proxy must be delivered to and received by the Principal Paying Agent at least 48 hours before the time fixed for the Adjourned Meeting. Only those DTC Direct Participants shown in DTC's records on the DTC Record Date as holding US Notes will be entitled to vote on the Extraordinary Resolution or appoint sub-proxies to enable their votes and those of beneficial owners who hold US Notes through such DTC Direct Participants to be cast in respect of the principal amount of outstanding US Notes held by them. All references to proxy or proxies in this Notice other than in this paragraph 3.3 shall be read so as to include references to sub-proxy or sub-proxies. 4.Electronic Voting Instructions: Submissions of Electronic Voting Instructions must be effected in accordance with the procedures of a Clearing System. Clearing Systems typically set deadlines for receipt of requests and instructions that are in advance of the cut-off time specified in this Notice. Accordingly, holders of interests in the Notes must allow sufficient time for compliance with the standard operating procedures of the relevant Clearing System in order to ensure that their instructions are received by such Clearing System by the date specified by the Clearing System. If a request for submission of instructions is received by the Clearing System after this date, such instructions may not be received by the Registered Holder and will not be effective. Holders which hold an interest in a Note via a broker, dealer, commercial bank, custodian, trust company or a direct accountholder of a Clearing System must cause such party to transmit or forward for transmission their requests or instructions with respect to such Notes to the relevant Clearing System. Such holders are urged to (a) contact such broker, dealer, commercial bank, custodian, trust company or direct accountholder promptly to find out the date by which their instructions must be received by them in order for such broker, dealer, commercial bank, custodian, trust company or direct accountholder to forward the instructions to the Clearing System by the date specified by such Clearing System, to ensure that their instructions are communicated to such broker, dealer, commercial bank, custodian, trust company or direct accountholder by the date they have specified and (b) procure from such broker, dealer, commercial bank, custodian, trust company or direct accountholder a confirmation copy of the electronic message (evidencing the instructions given by them) submitted to the relevant Clearing System on their behalf. In the absence of a Formal Voting Appointment, if an Electronic Voting Instruction is not received from or on behalf of a holder of interests in a Note by a Clearing System such holder will be deemed to have declined to vote or participate in respect of the business and/or the Extraordinary Resolution to be considered at the relevant Adjourned Meeting. Any effective Electronic Voting Instruction made by the holder of an interest in a Note will only be binding on the Registered Holder if such instructions are received from a Clearing System on behalf of a Direct Participant in respect of the relevant Adjourned Meeting by the transmission of an electronic instruction in accordance with the procedures of the relevant Clearing System and requiring the Principal Paying Agent to include the votes attributable to its Notes in a block voting instruction issued by the Principal Paying Agent for the Adjourned Meeting, in which case the Principal Paying Agent shall appoint a Proxy to attend and vote at the Adjourned Meeting in accordance with such Noteholder's instructions. Therefore, a holder of an interest in a Note who is not a Direct Participant must arrange, either directly or indirectly, through its broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or other nominee to contact the Direct Participant through which it holds such interests in order to procure delivery of such Electronic Voting Instruction via the relevant Clearing System to the Registered Holder. 5.Account Blocking: In order to make a Formal Voting Appointment or an Electronic Voting Instruction the relevant Direct Participant must cause the holding of Notes in relation to which the appointment or instruction relates to be blocked from trading to the order of the Registered Holder in accordance with the procedures of the relevant Clearing System through which such Formal Voting Appointment or Electronic Voting Instruction is made, which must be effective not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for the Adjourned Meeting. The Registrar and Registered Holder cannot act upon a Formal Voting Appointment or an Electronic Voting Instruction unless each of them receives confirmation from the Clearing System that the holding of Notes in relation to which the request or instruction relates has been blocked from trading. Accordingly, the electronic message from the Direct Participant transmitting an Electronic Voting Instruction to the relevant Clearing System should specifically authorise such Clearing System to block the holding of Notes to which a request or instruction relates from trading to the order of the Registered Holder. Notes so blocked will not be released: (A) in the case of Notes in respect of which a voting certificate has been issued or a Formal Voting Appointment has been made, until the first to occur of: (i) the day after the conclusion of the Adjourned Meeting in respect of which such appointment was made; and (ii)not less than 48 hours before the time for which the Adjourned Meeting is convened, the surrender to the Principal Paying Agent of the voting certificate issued by the Principal Paying Agent in respect of such Notes or (as the case may be) the notification in writing of any revocation of a Noteholder's previous appointment to the Registrar in accordance with paragraph 6 (Revocation of Instructions) below (and the same then being notified in writing by the Registrar to the Issuer at least 24 hours before the time for holding the Adjourned Meeting); and (B) in the case of Notes in respect of which an Electronic Voting Instruction has been made, until the first to occur of: (i) the day after the conclusion of the Adjourned Meeting specified in such Electronic Voting Instruction; and (ii)not less than 48 hours before the time for which the Adjourned Meeting is convened, the notification in writing of any revocation of a Noteholder's previous instructions to the Registrar in accordance with paragraph 6 (Revocation of Instructions) below (and the same then being notified in writing by the Registrar to the Issuer at least 24 hours before the time for holding the Adjourned Meeting) and such Notes ceasing in accordance with the procedures of the relevant Clearing System and with the agreement of the Registrar to be held to its order or under its control. Any Electronic Voting Instructions given may not be revoked during the period starting 48 hours before the time fixed for the Adjourned Meeting and within the time limit specified by the relevant Clearing System and ending at the close of such Adjourned Meeting. The identity of each Direct Participant who delivers instructions via a Clearing System and (if different) each person who holds an interest in a Note is hereby requested to be disclosed to the Registered Holder, Registrar, the Principal Paying Agent and the Issuer. For the purposes of this Notice, "48 hours" shall mean a period of 48 hours including all or part of two days upon which banks are open for business in London and New York (disregarding for this purpose the day upon which the relevant Adjourned Meeting is to be held) and such period shall be extended by one or, to the extent necessary, more periods of 24 hours until there is included as aforesaid all or part of two days upon which banks are open for business as aforesaid. For the purposes of this Notice, "24 hours" shall mean a period of 24 hours including all or part of a day upon which banks are open for business in London and New York (disregarding for this purpose the day upon which the relevant Adjourned Meeting is to be held) and such period shall be extended by one or, to the extent necessary, more periods of 24 hours until there is included as aforesaid all or part of a day upon which banks are open for business as aforesaid. Accordingly, 28 August 2009 is the last day on which: (A) a Formal Voting Appointment may be effected by the Registrar receiving the Form of Proxy or appointment of a Representative and the relevant evidence as detailed above; or (B) an Electronic Voting Instruction may be effected pursuant to the instructions of a Clearing System. 6.Revocation of Instructions: An Electronic Voting Instruction or a Formal Voting Appointment may be revoked in the manner set out below at any time not later than 48 hours prior to the time for which the Adjourned Meeting is convened. Any Electronic Voting Instruction or Formal Voting Appointment not so revoked will continue in force in respect of the Adjourned Meeting. To be effective, any notice of revocation of a Formal Voting Appointment must be made in writing and delivered through the relevant Clearing System to the Issuer, the Registrar, the Note Trustee or the Chairman within the time frame set out above. To be effective, any notice of revocation of an Electronic Voting Instruction must indicate the relevant Electronic Voting Instruction to be revoked and must be received via the relevant Clearing System in the same manner that the original Electronic Voting Instruction was given (in order that the relevant Clearing System may have sufficient time to communicate such revocation to the Registered Holder in accordance with the time frame set out above). Holders of interests in Notes through a Clearing System who are not Direct Participants must arrange, either directly or through their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to contact the Direct Participant through which they hold such interest, to deliver notice of such revocation to the relevant Clearing System in accordance with the time frame set out above. Such holders should give such directions to their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee sufficiently in advance to ensure receipt by the relevant Clearing System of any such notice of revocation within the time frame set out above. In the event of a revocation of an Electronic Voting Instruction, the Registered Holder will, so far as practicable, take such steps to rescind the blocking of the account in which the relevant Notes are held in accordance with the procedures of the relevant Clearing System, as the case may be. Following revocation, notice of a revoked Electronic Voting Instruction may be given or made again prior to the period commencing 48 hours prior to the time for which the Adjourned Meeting is convened, by following the procedures described above. Any such Electronic Voting Instruction will be regarded as a new Electronic Voting Instruction subject to such procedures. 7.Quorum: The quorum at each Adjourned Meeting for passing the Extraordinary Resolution shall be two or more persons present (whether holders, Proxies or Representatives) holding or representing a Class of Notes whatever the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such Class so held or represented. An Adjourned Meeting cannot be further adjourned for want of quorum. 8.Chairman: A person, nominated in writing by the Note Trustee, shall be entitled to take the chair at an Adjourned Meeting but if no such nomination is made or if at such Adjourned Meeting the person nominated shall not be present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the Adjourned Meeting, those present shall choose one of their number to be the Chairman and, failing such choice, the Issuer may appoint the Chairman. 9.Number of votes: Every question submitted to an Adjourned Meeting will be decided in the first instance on a show of hands unless a poll is duly demanded by the Chairman of such Adjourned Meeting, the Issuer, the Note Trustee or any person present or being a Proxy or Representative. On a show of hands, each person entitled to vote at an Adjourned Meeting shall have one vote and on a poll each such person who is so present shall have one vote in respect of each US$1, GBP1 or EUR1, as applicable (or such other amount as the Note Trustee may in its discretion stipulate), in principal amount outstanding of the Notes held or represented by them. 10.Passing of vote: In order for the Extraordinary Resolution to be passed at an Adjourned Meeting, it must be passed by a majority of not less than three-fourths of the persons voting thereat (upon a show of hands) or of the votes cast (on a poll). In the case of equality of votes, the Chairman shall (both on a show of hands and on a poll) have a casting vote in addition to any other vote or votes to which the Chairman is entitled as a Noteholder, a Representative and/or as a Proxy. A poll may be demanded by the Chairman, the Issuer, the Note Trustee or by one or more persons holding or being a Proxy or a Representative whatever principal amount of the outstanding Notes so held or represented by such person. If passed, the Extraordinary Resolution will be binding on the Noteholders of all Classes and Series of the Issuer's Notes, whether or not present at the relevant Adjourned Meeting and whether or not voting, and each such Noteholder shall be bound to give effect thereto accordingly and the passing of the Extraordinary Resolution shall be conclusive evidence that the circumstances justify the passing thereto. D. Documents AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AND Contact Information Copies of the Trust Deed, the Relevant Agreements, the Master Definitions Schedule, the Issuer Master Definitions Schedule and the draft Amendment Deeds referred to in the Extraordinary Resolution will be available for inspection at the specified offices of the Principal Paying Agent and the Registrar set out below. +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Principal Paying Agent | Registrar | | Citibank, N.A. | Citibank, N.A. | | Citigroup Centre | Citigroup Centre | | Canada Square | Canada Square | | Canary Wharf | Canary Wharf | | London E14 5LB | London E14 5LB | +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Fax: +3531 622 2210 | Fax: +3531 622 2210 | +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Telephone:+3531 622 2233 (Paul Bacon) | Telephone:+3531 622 2233 (Paul Bacon) | | +3531 622 2209 (David Smith) | +3531 622 2209 (David Smith) | | +3531 622 4901 (Robert Moran) | +3531 622 4901 (Robert Moran) | +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Email:paul.bacon@citi.com | Email: paul.bacon@citi.com | | david.x.smith@citi.com | david.x.smith@citi.com | | robert.moran@citi.com | robert.moran@citi.com | +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Attention: Paul Bacon | Attention: Paul Bacon | | David X. Smith | David X. Smith | | Robert Moran | Robert Moran | +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ For further information, the Noteholders should contact the Issuer at: +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Fifth Floor | | | 100 Wood Street | | | London EC2V 7EX | | +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Fax: +44 20 7606 0643 | | +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Telephone: +44 20 7696 5285 | | +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Email: ian.bowden@lawdeb.co.uk | | +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Attention: Ian Bowden | | +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ This Notice is given by GRANITE MORTGAGES 03-3 PLC By: ......................................... Director Dated: 17 August 2009 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END MSCBLGDISDBGGCR
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