to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Notes will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Notes as provided in the Indenture. The principal of and the interest on the Notes shall be payable in Dollars, at the office of the Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture, or at the Company’s option, by check mailed to the address of the registered Holder or, with respect to any Global Note or upon application by the Holder of a Certificated Note to the specified office of any Paying Agent not less than 15 days before the due date of any payment, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account.
3. Registrar, Paying Agent, and Transfer Agent. Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon will act as Registrar; the initial Paying Agent will be The Bank of New York Mellon, in New York; the initial Transfer Agent will be The Bank of New York Mellon, in New York. The Company may change or appoint any Registrar, Paying Agent or Transfer Agent without notice to any Holder.
4. Indenture. The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and constitute the Series designated on the face hereof as the “5.000% Senior Notes due 2034”, initially limited to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company will furnish to any Holders upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Requests may be made to: Schlumberger Limited, 5599 San Felipe Street, Houston, Texas 77056, Attention: Vice President and Treasurer.
5. Optional Redemption. At any time prior to the Par Call Date (as defined below), the Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the Redemption Date, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
“Par Call Date” means March 1, 2034.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to the Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
Exhibit A-5