The interest rate for the Securities will be determined by The Bank of New York Mellon, as the calculation agent for the Securities (the “Calculation Agent”), as follows:
(i) As of an Interest Determination Date, “LIBOR” shall 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 the Company, 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 the Company, 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 the Company 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 the Company determines that three-month LIBOR has been permanently discontinued, or the reference to three-month LIBOR becomes illegal, or most other debt obligations similar to the Securities have converted away from three-month LIBOR to a new reference rate, the Calculation Agent will use, as directed the Company, as a substitute for three-month LIBOR and for each future Interest Determination Date, the alternative reference rate (the “Alternative Rate”) selected by the central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or any similar institution (including any committee or working group thereof) that is consistent with accepted market practice. As part of such substitution, the Calculation Agent will, as directed by the Company, make such adjustments (“Adjustments”) to the Alternative Rate and the spread thereon to account for the basis between three-month LIBOR and the Alternative Rate, as well as the Business Day convention, Interest Determination Dates and related provisions and definitions, in each case that are consistent with accepted market practice for the use of such Alternative Rate for debt obligations such as the Securities. If the Company determines that there
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