“Principal Financial Center” means (1) the capital city of the country issuing the Specified Currency, except that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” will be The City of New York, Sydney, Toronto, Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively, or (2) the capital city of the country to which the Designated LIBOR Currency relates, except that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, Euros, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” will be The City of New York, Sydney, Toronto, London (solely in the case of the Designated LIBOR Currency), Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively.
Determination of EURIBOR. If the Interest Rate Basis specified above is EURIBOR, the interest rate with respect to this Note will be EURIBOR plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified above. “EURIBOR” means, with respect to any Interest Determination Rate, the rate for deposits in Euros as sponsored, calculated and published jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI-The Financial Market Association, or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing those rates, having the Index Maturity specified above, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, that appears on Reuters page EURIBOR01 or any other page as may replace that specified page on that service (“Reuters Page EURIBOR01”) as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such Interest Determination Date; or if no such rate appears on Reuters Page EURIBOR01, or is not so published by 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such Interest Determination Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of at least two quotations obtained by the Calculation Agent after requesting the principal Euro-zone (as defined below) offices of four major reference banks in the Euro-zone interbank market (which may include affiliates of the agents for the sale of the Notes) selected by the Company, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in Euros for the period of the Index Maturity specified above commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the Euro-zone interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount not less than the equivalent of United States $1,000,000 in Euros that is representative for a single transaction in Euros in such market at such time; or if fewer than two quotations are so provided, the rate on such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such Interest Determination Date by four major banks in the Euro-zone selected by the Company for loans in Euro to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity specified above, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date and in principal amount not less than the equivalent of United States $1,000,000 in Euros that is representative for a single transaction in Euros in such market at such time; or if the banks so selected by the Company are not quoting as mentioned above, EURIBOR in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company determines that EURIBOR has been permanently discontinued, the Company or its designee shall determine the alternative rate (the “EURIBOR Alternative Rate”) selected by a central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or any similar institution (including any committee or working group thereof) that is consistent with accepted market practice. As part of such substitution, the Company or its designee will make adjustments to the EURIBOR Alternative Rate or the spread thereon, as well as the Business Day convention, Interest Determination Dates and related provisions and definitions, in each case that are consistent with accepted market practice for the use of such EURIBOR Alternative Rate for debt obligations such as the Notes. If there is no clear market consensus as to whether any rate has replaced EURIBOR in customary market usage, the Company may appoint in its sole discretion an IFA to determine an appropriate EURIBOR Alternative Rate, and any adjustments, and the decision of the IFA will be binding on the Company, the Calculation Agent and the Holders. If, however, there is no clear market consensus as to whether any rate has replaced EURIBOR in customary market usage, and for any reason an EURIBOR Alternative Rate has not been determined, EURIBOR determined as of such Interest Determination Date shall be EURIBOR in effect on such Interest Determination Date.
None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Calculation Agent shall be under any obligation to (i) monitor, determine or verify the unavailability or cessation of EURIBOR, or whether or when there has occurred, or to give notice to any other party of the occurrence of, any benchmark transition event or related benchmark replacement date, (ii) select, determine or designate any benchmark replacement, or other alternative or successor benchmark index, or whether any conditions to the designation of such a rate or index have been satisfied, (iii) select, determine or designate any benchmark replacement adjustment, or other modifier to any alternative or successor index or (iv) determine whether or what benchmark replacement conforming changes are necessary or advisable, if any, in connection with any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, adjustments as to any alternative spread thereon, the Business Day convention, interest determination dates or any other relevant methodology applicable to such substitute or successor benchmark. In connection with the foregoing, each of the Trustee, Paying Agent and Calculation Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any determinations made by us or our designee without independent investigation, and none will have any liability for actions taken at PFC’s direction in connection therewith.
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