REVERSE OF NOTE
1. This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of Petróleos Mexicanos (the “Issuer”) designated as its U.S. $1,500,000,000 6.875% Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in accordance with an indenture dated as of January 27, 2009, between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as amended and supplemented by (i) the first supplemental indenture, dated as of June 2, 2009, entered into among the Issuer, the Trustee and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as international paying and authenticating agent, (ii) the second supplemental indenture, dated as of October 13, 2009, entered into among the Issuer, the Trustee, Credit Suisse AG, as principal Swiss paying and authenticating agent, and BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA, as an additional Swiss paying agent, (iii) the third supplemental indenture, dated as of April 10, 2012, entered into among the Issuer, the Trustee and Credit Suisse AG, as Swiss paying and authenticating agent, (iv) the fourth supplemental indenture, dated as of June 24, 2014, entered into between the Issuer and the Trustee, (v) the fifth supplemental indenture, dated as of October 15, 2014, entered into between the Issuer and the Trustee, (vi) the sixth supplemental indenture, dated as of December 8, 2015, entered into among the Issuer, the Trustee, BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA, as principal Swiss paying and authenticating agent, and Credit Suisse AG, as an additional Swiss paying agent, (vii) the seventh supplemental indenture, dated as of June 14, 2016, entered into among the Issuer, the Trustee, Credit Suisse AG, as principal Swiss paying and authenticating agent, and UBS AG, as an additional Swiss paying agent, (viii) the eighth supplemental indenture, dated as of February 16, 2018, entered into between the Issuer and the Trustee, and (ix) the ninth supplemental indenture, dated as of June 4, 2018, entered into among the Issuer, the Trustee, BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA, as principal Swiss paying and authenticating agent, and UBS AG, as an additional Swiss paying agent (as amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”), copies of which Indenture are on file and available for inspection at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and, so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and such Exchange shall so require, at the office of the Paying Agent in Luxembourg. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Notes are initially limited to an aggregate initial principal amount of U.S. $1,500,000,000, subject to increase as provided in Paragraph 10 below. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein or on the face of this Note shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Notes are direct, unsecured and unsubordinated Public External Indebtedness (as defined in Paragraph 8 below) of the Issuer for money borrowed and will at all times rank pari passu with each other. The payment obligations of the Issuer under the Notes will, except as may be provided by applicable law and subject to Section 10.06 of the Indenture, at all times rank pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Public External Indebtedness for money borrowed of the Issuer. The Notes are not obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United Mexican States (“Mexico”).
The Issuer’s payment obligations under the Notes and the Indenture will have the benefit of unconditional, joint and several guaranties (the “Guaranties”) as to payment of principal, interest and any other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Notes from each of Pemex Exploración y Producción, Pemex Transformación Industrial, Pemex Logística and their respective successors and assignees, each a productive state-owned company of the Federal Government (each, a “Guarantor” and, together, the “Guarantors”), pursuant to a guaranty agreement, dated July 29, 1996 (the “Guaranty Agreement”), among the Issuer and Pemex-Exploración y Producción, Pemex-Refinación and Pemex-Gas y Petroquímica Básica, each a decentralized public entity and former subsidiary entity of Petróleos Mexicanos, whose rights and obligations under the Guaranty Agreement were expressly assumed by the Guarantors effective as of November 1, 2015. The Issuer has designated each of the Indenture and the Notes as obligations of the Issuer entitled to the benefits of the Guaranty Agreement, pursuant to certificates of designation, each dated January��27, 2009, January 14, 2010, December 22, 2010, January 22, 2013, January 31, 2014, January 22, 2015, January 25, 2016, February 9, 2017, April 17, 2018, October 28, 2019, January 21, 2020 and October 16, 2020, respectively (the “Certificates of Designation”).
The Notes are denominated in U.S. dollars. Payments on the Notes will be made in U.S. dollars. The Notes are issuable only in fully registered form, without interest coupons. The Notes are issuable in authorized denominations of U.S. $10,000 and integral multiples of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof.
2. (a) The Notes will bear interest from October 16, 2021, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the interest rate of 6.875% per annum, until the principal hereof has been paid or duly made available for payment. The interest on this Note shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date specified on the face hereof, and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Any payment on this Note due on any day which is not a Business Day in The City of New York or the place of payment need not be made on such day, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the due date, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such due date. “Business Day,” as used herein with respect to any particular location, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in such location are authorized or obligated by law to close in such location.