If any interest payment date, maturity date or redemption date falls on a day that is not a business day, the payment will be made on the next business day with the same force and effect as if made on the relevant interest payment date, maturity date or redemption date, and no interest will accrue in respect of the delay.
For more information on payment and transfer procedures for the notes, see “—Book-Entry System” below.
Guarantees
Our obligations, including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by each of the guarantors as described in the accompanying prospectus.
The guarantees will not contain any restrictions on the ability of any guarantor to (i) pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of that guarantor’s capital stock or (ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of that guarantor.
Optional Redemption
Prior to May 1, 2029 (one (1) month prior to the maturity date of the Notes due 2029) with respect to the Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes Par Call Date”), prior to March 1, 2034 (three (3) months prior to the maturity date of the Notes due 2034) with respect to the Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes Par Call Date”) and prior to December 1, 2053 (six (6) months prior to the maturity date of the Notes due 2054) with respect to the Notes due 2054 (the “2054 Notes Par Call Date” and, together with the 2029 Notes Par Call Date and the 2034 Notes Par Call Date, each a “Par Call Date”), we may redeem such notes at our option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming, for this purpose, that such notes mature on the applicable Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points, in the case of the Notes due 2029, 15 basis points, in the case of the Notes due 2034 and 20 basis points, in the case of the Notes due 2054, as applicable, less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the notes of the applicable series to be redeemed,
plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
On or after the 2029 Notes Par Call Date, in the case of the Notes due 2029, the 2034 Notes Par Call Date, in the case of the Notes due 2034 and the 2054 Notes Par Call Date, in the case of the Notes due 2054, as applicable, we may redeem such series of notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by us in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by us after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant
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