NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree that the following provisions shall supplement the Base Indenture:
ARTICLE I
THE NOTES
SECTION 1.1 Form.
(1) The 3.125% Senior Notes due 2029 (as defined below) and the related Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form ofExhibit A to this Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture; and
(2) the 4.200% Senior Notes due 2050 (as defined below) and the related Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form ofExhibit B to this Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture;
in each case, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Issuer may deem appropriate or as may be required or appropriate to comply with any laws or with any rules made pursuant thereto or with the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the Notes may be listed or traded, or to conform to general usage, or as may, consistently with the Indenture, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
SuchExhibits A andB are hereby incorporated into this Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture, and to the extent applicable, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
The Notes shall be issued only as Registered Securities. The Notes shall be issued upon original issuance in whole in the form of one or more Global Securities (the “Book-Entry Notes”). Each Book-Entry Note shall represent such of the Outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Book-Entry Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in the Book-Entry Note. The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to the Book-Entry Notes.
SECTION 1.2 Title, Amount, Stated Maturity and Interest.
There are hereby established two new series of Debt Securities to be issued under the Indenture, that are designated respectively as:
(1) the “3.125% Senior Notes due 2029”; and
(2) the “4.200% Senior Notes due 2050.”
Each series of Notes is referred to herein as so designated. The Trustee shall initially authenticate and deliver for original issue:
(a) 3.125% Senior Notes due 2029 in an initial aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000,000; and
(b) 4.200% Senior Notes due 2050 in an initial aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000,000,
in each case, upon delivery to the Trustee of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes.
The 3.125% Senior Notes due 2029 shall initially be limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,250,000,000. The 4.200% Senior Notes due 2050 shall initially be limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,250,000,000. With respect to each series of the Notes, the Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders of the applicable series of Notes, issue additional Notes so that the additional Notes may be consolidated and form a single
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