(iii) may have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date after issuance than is payable on the Initial 2031 Notes or the Initial 2051 Notes, as applicable;
provided that if such Additional Notes are not fungible with the outstanding Notes of the applicable Series for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes shall have one or more separate CUSIP numbers. Such Additional Notes may be consolidated and form a single series with, and shall have the same terms as to ranking, redemption, waivers, amendments or otherwise, as the Initial 2031 Notes or the Initial 2051 Notes, as applicable, and shall vote together as one class on all matters with respect to the 2031 Notes or the 2051 Notes, as the case may be.
The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, and directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Notes are surrendered to the Company), purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties to private agreements, including by cash-settled swaps or other derivatives. The Company shall cause any Notes so purchased (other than Notes purchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives) to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and such Notes shall no longer be considered outstanding under the Indenture upon their purchase.
Section 3.05. No Sinking Fund. The Notes shall not be subject to any sinking fund.
ARTICLE 4
REDEMPTIONOF SECURITIES
Section 4.01. Optional Redemption. (a) Subject to Section 1.02 hereof, the provisions of Article IX of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.
(b) At any time before November 15, 2030, in the case of the 2031 Notes, or before August 15, 2050, in the case of the 2051 Notes, Notes of such Series shall be redeemable, as a whole at any time or from time to time in part, at the Company’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of such Notes, less accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date for such Notes, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 12.5 basis points, in the case of the 2031 Notes, and 15.0 basis points, in the case of the 2051 Notes, plus in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date for such Notes.
(c) On or after November 15, 2030, in the case of the 2031 Notes, or on or after August 15, 2050, in the case of the 2051 Notes, Notes of such Series shall be redeemable, as a whole at any time or from time to time in part, at the Company’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Notes to be redeemed, plus in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date for such Notes.
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