Ranking
The notes will be our senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and will rank equally in right of payment with all of our unsecured and unsubordinated obligations. However, the notes are structurally subordinated to the liabilities of our subsidiaries and will be effectively subordinated to any secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. Claims of the creditors of our subsidiaries will generally have priority with respect to the assets and earnings of such subsidiaries over the claims of our creditors, including holders of the notes. Accordingly, the notes will be effectively subordinated to creditors, including trade creditors and preferred stockholders, if any, of our subsidiaries.
As of December 31, 2022, we had $39.3 billion of long-term indebtedness outstanding, including current maturities, none of which was secured. After giving effect to this offering, we would have had $ billion of long-term indebtedness outstanding as of December 31, 2022.
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Interest on the notes will accrue from February , 2023 at the rate of % per annum for the notes, % per annum for the notes, % per annum for the notes, % per annum for the notes, % per annum for the notes, % per annum for the notes, and % per annum for the notes. Interest on the notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on and of each year, beginning on , 2023. Interest on the notes will be paid to the person in whose name that note is registered at the close of business on or , as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date. Interest on the notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.
If any interest or other payment date of a note falls on a day that is not a business day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding business day as if made on the date that the payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that interest or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding business day. Unless we default on a payment, no interest will accrue for that period from and after the applicable interest payment date, maturity date or redemption date.
Payment and Transfer or Exchange
Principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the notes will be payable, and the notes may be exchanged or transferred, at the office or agency we maintain for such purpose (which initially will be the corporate trust office of the trustee located at 600 South Fourth Street, 7th Floor, MAC: N9300-070, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Bondholder Communications). Payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on a global note registered in the name of or held by DTC or its nominee will be made in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered holder of such global note. If the notes are no longer represented by a global note, payment of interest on certificated notes in definitive form may, at our option, be made by (1) check mailed directly to holders at their registered addresses or (2) upon request of any holder of at least $1 million principal amount of notes, wire transfer to an account located in the United States maintained by the payee. See “—Book- Entry; Delivery and Form; Global Notes” below.
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