If an interest payment date for the Series BB Notes, other than the stated maturity date or any redemption date, falls on a day that is not a business day, the interest payment date shall be postponed to the next succeeding business day (as so adjusted and interest shall accrue for the additional days) unless such next succeeding business day would be in the following month, in which case, the interest payment date shall be the immediately preceding business day. If the stated maturity date or any repurchase date for the Series BB Notes is not a business day, the payment otherwise required to be made on such date will be made on the next business day without any additional payment as a result of such delay.
The calculation agent will determine the initial interest rate for the Series BB Notes by reference to LIBOR on the second London banking day preceding the original issue date and the interest rate for each succeeding interest period by reference to LIBOR on the second London banking day preceding the first day of the applicable interest period, each of which we refer to as an “interest determination date.”
The calculation agent for the Series BB Notes will be The Bank of New York Mellon, which we refer to as the “calculation agent.” Upon the request of the holder of any Series BB Note, the calculation agent will provide the interest rate then in effect and, if determined, the interest rate that will become effective on the first day of the next interest period.
“London banking day” means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
The interest rate for the Series BB Notes will be based on the London interbank offered rate, which we refer to as “LIBOR,” and will be determined by the calculation agent as follows:
(i) As of an interest determination date, LIBOR will be equal to the offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months, in amounts of at least $1,000,000, as such rate appears on Bloomberg L.P.’s page “BBAM” (or any successor page) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such interest determination date. If on an interest determination date, such rate does not appear on Bloomberg L.P.’s page “BBAM” (or any successor page) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, or if Bloomberg L.P.’s page “BBAM” (or any successor page) is not available on such date, the calculation agent will obtain such rate from the “Reuters Page LIBOR01.”
(ii) If no rate appears on Bloomberg L.P.’s page “BBAM” (or any successor page) or “Reuters Page LIBOR01” or if any such page or service shall cease to be available, then the calculation agent will request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks (which may include any underwriters, agents or their affiliates) in the London interbank market, as selected by us, to provide the calculation agent with its offered quotation for deposits in U.S. dollars for a period of three months in amounts of at least $1,000,000, commencing on the first day of the related interest period, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that interest determination date and in a principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time. If at least two quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on that interest determination date will be the arithmetic mean of those quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR will be determined for the related interest period as the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York time, on that interest determination date, by three major banks (which may include any underwriters, agents or their affiliates) in New York, New York, as selected by us, for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having an index maturity of three months commencing on the first date of the relevant interest period, and in a principal amount of at least $1,000,000 that is representative of a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time. If the banks so selected by us are not quoting as set forth above, LIBOR for that interest determination date will remain LIBOR for the immediately preceding interest period, or, if there was no preceding interest period, the rate of interest payable will be the initial interest rate.
(iii) Notwithstanding clause (ii) above, if we determine that three-month LIBOR has been permanently discontinued, or the reference to three-month LIBOR becomes illegal, or most other debt obligations similar to
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