Redemption of the New Securities at the Option of the Issuer
2025 new securities
Prior to the 2025 Par Call Date (as defined below), the issuer will have the right at its option to redeem the 2025 new securities, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time prior to their maturity, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof, plus the applicable Make-Whole Amount (as defined below), plus accrued interest on the principal amount of the 2025 new securities to be redeemed to the date of redemption. On or after the 2025 Par Call Date, the issuer will have the right at its option to redeem the 2025 new securities, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, on the principal amount of the 2025 new securities to be redeemed to the date of redemption.
For this purpose:
“2025 Par Call Date” means September 16, 2025 (the date that is one month prior to the stated maturity of the 2025 new securities).
“Make-Whole Amount” means the excess of (1) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Payments (as defined below), discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day months) at the applicable Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points over (2) the principal amount of the 2025 new securities.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date and series of 2025 new securities, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated maturity of the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for that Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price of the Comparable Treasury Issue for such redemption date.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means, with respect to the 2025 new securities to be redeemed, the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker (as defined below) as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the 2025 Par Call Date of the 2025 new securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the 2025 Par Call Date of those 2025 new securities.
“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers (as defined below) appointed by the issuer.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date of 2025 new securities, the average of the applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for such redemption date.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., or their affiliates which are primary United States government securities dealers, and their respective successors; provided that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in The City of New York (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the issuer will substitute for it another Primary Treasury Dealer.
“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each applicable Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m. New York City time on the third business day preceding that redemption date.
“Remaining Payments” means each remaining scheduled payment of principal and interest on the 2025 new securities to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) that would be due after the related redemption date as if such 2025 new securities were redeemed on the 2025 Par Call Date.
2032 new securities
Prior to the 2032 Par Call Date (as defined below), the issuer may redeem the 2032 new securities at its option, 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 on the 2032 new securities being redeemed discounted to the redemption date (assuming the notes matured on the 2032 Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and |
| (2) | 100% of the principal amount of the 2032 new securities to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date. |
On or after the 2032 Par Call Date, the issuer may redeem the 2032 new securities, 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 2032 new securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
For this purpose:
“2032 Par Call Date” means November 16, 2031 (the date that is three months prior to the stated maturity of the 2032 new securities).
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the issuer in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the issuer after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the issuer shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period (the “Remaining Life”) from the redemption date to the date that reflects the remaining weighted average life of the 2032 new securities (assuming the last amortization payment on the 2032 new securities is made on the 2032 Par Call Date) (the “WAL Date”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the WAL Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the issuer shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the WAL Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the WAL Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the WAL Date, one with a maturity date preceding the WAL Date and one with a maturity date following the WAL Date, the issuer shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the WAL Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the WAL Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the issuer shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this and the preceding paragraphs, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
Negative Pledge
The issuer will not create or permit to exist, and will not allow its subsidiaries or the guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries to create or permit to exist, any security interest in their crude oil or receivables in respect of crude oil to secure:
| • | | any of its or their public external indebtedness; |
| • | | any of its or their guarantees in respect of public external indebtedness; or |
| • | | the public external indebtedness or guarantees in respect of public external indebtedness of any other person; |
without at the same time or prior thereto securing the new securities of each series equally and ratably by the same security interest or providing another security interest for the new securities as shall be approved by the holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding (as defined in the indenture) securities of each affected series.
However, the issuer and its subsidiaries, and the guarantors and their respective subsidiaries, may create or permit to subsist a security interest upon its or their crude oil or receivables in respect of crude oil if:
| 1. | on the date the security interest is created, the total of: |
| • | | the amount of principal and interest payments secured by oil receivables due during that calendar year under receivable financings entered into on or before that date; plus |
| • | | the total revenues in that calendar year from the sale of crude oil or natural gas transferred, sold, assigned or disposed of in forward sales that are not government forward sales entered into on or before that date; plus |
| • | | the total amount of payments of the purchase price of crude oil, natural gas or petroleum products foregone in that calendar year as a result of all advance payment arrangements entered into on or before that date; |
is not greater than U.S. $4,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) minus the amount of government forward sales in that calendar year;
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