Ex Parte 5832461 et al - Page 17



              Appeal No. 2005-2642                                                                                            
              Reexamination Control No. 90/005,841                                                                            

                                                   surcharge on all                                                           
                                                   loans at rates just                                                        
                                                   sufficient to cover                                                        
                                                   indexed payments                                                           
                                                   to depositors.  This                                                       
                                                   meant, for example,                                                        
                                                   that in a year when                                                        
                                                   the index rose by 10                                                       
                                                   per cent, a bank                                                           
                                                   with one fifth of its                                                      
                                                   deposits in fully                                                          
                                                   index-linked                                                               
                                                   accounts would                                                             
                                                   place an index                                                             
                                                   surcharge of 2 per                                                         
                                                   cent on all its                                                            
                                                   outstanding loans.                                                         
                                                   This surcharge                                                             
                                                   became payable                                                             
                                                   immediately by                                                             
                                                   borrowers as                                                               

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