Optional Redemption
Except as otherwise described below, each series of the notes will be redeemable in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at our option, prior to the applicable Par Call Date (defined below), at a redemption price equal to the greater of:
| • | | 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed; or |
| • | | the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the applicable notes to be redeemed that would be due if such notes matured on the applicable Par Call Date but for the redemption (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a360-day year consisting of twelve30-day months) at the then current Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points in the case of the 2029 notes and 35 basis points in the case of the 2049 notes. |
We will also pay accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, the date of redemption.
If either series of the notes are redeemed on or after the applicable Par Call Date, we will pay a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such notes redeemed. We will also pay accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, the date of redemption.
For purposes of the foregoing discussion of optional redemption, the following definitions are applicable:
“Business Day” means any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or any “Place of Payment,” which the indenture defines to mean the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trustee Office of the trustee, where the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on debt securities of the applicable series of the notes will be payable, are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (assuming, for this purpose, the applicable notes matured on the applicable Par Call Date), which we refer to as the “Remaining Life,” of the applicable notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such notes.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average, as determined by us, of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if we obtain fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers that we appoint to act as the Independent Investment Banker from time to time.
“Par Call Date” means November 15, 2028 in the case of the 2029 notes and August 15, 2048 in the case of the 2049 notes.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and one additional dealer in U.S. Government securities selected by us, each of which we refer to as a “Primary Treasury Dealer,” and their respective successors that we specify from time to time; provided, however, that if any of them ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, we will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
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