[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Issuer designated as its 0.972% Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). The Notes are all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of September 26, 2019 (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered between the Issuer and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee with respect to the Notes (the “Trustee”), to which the Indenture and the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the Notes is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes are to be authenticated and delivered. The Notes are Senior Securities within the meaning of the Indenture.
The Notes are issuable only as Registered Securities in minimum denominations of ¥100,000,000 and integral multiples of ¥10,000,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
Except as set forth below, this Note is not redeemable. This Note is not entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund or any analogous provision.
If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated under the laws) of the United States (or any political subdivision of or taxing authority in the United States), or any change in, or amendment to, an official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States), which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after June 2, 2023, the Issuer becomes or, based upon a written opinion of independent counsel selected by the Issuer, there is a substantial probability that the Issuer will become, obligated to pay Additional Amounts (as defined below), with respect to the 2026 Notes, then the Issuer may at any time at its option redeem the 2026 Notes, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest on the 2026 Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption. The Issuer must give the Holders of the 2026 Notes notice of any redemption of the 2026 Notes not less than 10 days or more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption.
If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Issuer has previously exercised its right to redeem the Notes in whole as described above, the Issuer will be required to make an offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (in minimum denominations of ¥100,000,000 and integral multiples of ¥10,000,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of such repurchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the Issuer’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of an impending Change of Control, the Issuer will send a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 10 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice shall, if sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.
The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a
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