TERMS OF THE BONDS
1. General. (a) This Bond is one of a duly authorized Series of debt securities of the Republic of Colombia (the “Republic”), designated as its 8.000% Global Bonds due 2035 (each Bond of this Series a “Bond”, and collectively, the “Bonds”), and issued or to be issued in one or more Series pursuant to an Indenture dated as of January 28, 2015, between the Republic and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated September 8, 2015 and as further amended from time to time (as so supplemented and amended, the “Indenture”). The aggregate principal amount of the Bonds is U.S. $ 1,250,000,000, subject to increase as provided in paragraph 13 below. The Holders of the Bonds will be entitled to the benefits of, be bound by, and be deemed to have notice of, all of the provisions of the Indenture. A copy of the Indenture is on file and may be inspected at the Corporate Trust Office. All capitalized terms used in this Bond but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
(b) The Bonds constitute and will constitute direct, general, unconditional, unsecured and unsubordinated External Indebtedness of the Republic for which the full faith and credit of the Republic is pledged. The Bonds rank and will rank without any preference among themselves and equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated External Indebtedness of the Republic. It is understood that this provision shall not be construed so as to require the Republic to make payments under the Bonds ratably with payments being made under any other External Indebtedness.
(c) The Bonds are in fully registered form, without coupons in denominations of U.S. $200,000 and integral multiples of U.S. $1,000 thereof. The Bonds may be issued in certificated form (each, a “Certificated Security and collectively, the “Certificated Securities”), or may be represented by one or more registered global securities (each, a “Global Security”) held by or on behalf of the Depositary. Certificated Securities will be available only in the limited circumstances set forth in the Indenture. The Bonds, and transfers thereof, shall be registered as provided in Section 2.6 of the Indenture. Any person in whose name a Bond shall be registered may (to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law) be treated at all times, by all persons and for all purposes as the absolute owner of such Bond regardless of any notice of ownership, theft, loss or any writing thereon.
(d) For the purposes of this paragraph and paragraphs 5 and 6 below, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
“External Indebtedness” means all obligations for borrowed money, whether present or future, actual or contingent, of a person or for the repayment of which such person, either directly or indirectly, is obliged or otherwise responsible (including such obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments but excluding any obligation to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services) that are payable, or which at the option of the Holder thereof may be payable, in a currency other than the lawful currency of the Republic.
“Public External Indebtedness” means any External Indebtedness that is in the form of, or represented by, bonds, debentures, notes or other securities which are, or at the time of issue are intended by the Republic to be, quoted, listed or ordinarily purchased and sold on any stock exchange, automated trading system or over-the-counter or other securities market (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act , as amended (or any successor law or regulation of similar effect)).
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