EXHIBIT 4-v
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
EURO FIXED RATE SENIOR REGISTERED NOTE
REGISTERED REGISTERED
No. EFXRR [PRINCIPAL AMOUNT]
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE LAW OF JAPAN. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, ANY RESIDENT OF JAPAN (WHICH
TERM AS USED HEREIN MEANS ANY PERSON RESIDENT IN JAPAN INCLUDING ANY
CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF JAPAN) OR TO OTHERS FOR
THE RE-OFFERING OR RE-SALE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO A RESIDENT
OF JAPAN EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF,
AND OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE LAW OF JAPAN AND
OTHER RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF JAPAN.(1)
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(1) If this Note is offered in Japan or denominated in Japanese Yen,
appropriate legends need to be added.
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO.
SENIOR GLOBAL MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES [D/E]
(Euro Fixed Rate Senior Registered)
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ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: INITIAL REDEMPTION INTEREST RATE: MATURITY DATE:
DATE:
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INTEREST ACCRUAL INITIAL REDEMPTION INTEREST PAYMENT OPTIONAL REPAY
DATE: PERCENTAGE: DATE(S): MENT DATE(S):
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SPECIFIED CURRENCY: ANNUAL REDEMPTION EUROCLEAR NO.: MINIMUM DENOMINA-
PERCENTAGE TIONS:
REDUCTION:
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EXCHANGE RATE REDEMPTION NOTICE CLEARSTREAM NO.: APPLICABILITY OF
AGENT: PERIOD:(2) MODIFIED PAYMENT
UPON ACCELERA-
TION OR
REDEMPTION
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COMMON CODE: If yes, state issue Price:
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OTHER PROVISIONS: ISIN: ORIGINAL YIELD TO
MATURITY:
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Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., a Delaware corporation (together with
its successors and assigns, the "Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises
to pay to _______________________, or registered assignees, the principal sum
of , on the Maturity Date specified above (except to the extent
previously redeemed or repaid) and to pay interest thereon at the Interest Rate
per annum specified above from and including the Interest Accrual Date
specified above until but excluding the date the principal amount is paid or
duly made available for payment (except as provided below) weekly, monthly,
quarterly, semi-annually or annually in arrears on the Interest Payment Dates
specified above in each year commencing on the Interest Payment Date next
succeeding the Interest Accrual Date specified above, and at maturity (or on
any redemption or repayment date); provided, however, that if the Interest
Accrual Date occurs between a Record Date, as defined below, and the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest payments will commence on the second
Interest Payment Date succeeding the Interest Accrual Date to the registered
holder of this Note on the Record Date with respect to such second Interest
Payment Date.
Interest on this Note will accrue from and including the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or,
if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from and including the
Interest Accrual Date, until but excluding the date the principal hereof has
been paid or duly made available for payment (except as provided below). The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will, subject to
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(2) Applicable if other than 30-60 calendar days. Consult with Euroclear or
Clearstream if a shorter redemption is requested. A minimum of 10 calendar days
may be possible.
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certain exceptions described herein, be paid to the person in whose name this
Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business
on the date 15 calendar days prior to such Interest Payment Date (whether or
not a Business Day (as defined below)) (each such date a "Record Date");
provided, however, that interest payable at maturity (or on any redemption or
repayment date) will be payable to the person to whom the principal hereof
shall be payable.
Payment of the principal of this Note, any premium and the interest due at
maturity (or on any redemption or repayment date) will be made in immediately
available funds upon surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the
Principal Paying Agent, as defined on the reverse hereof, or at such other
paying agency as the Issuer may determine (each, a "Paying Agent," which term
shall include the Principal Paying Agent). Payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on this Note will be made in the Specified
Currency indicated above; provided, however, that U.S. dollar payments of
interest, other than interest due at maturity or on any date of redemption or
repayment, will be made by U.S. dollar check mailed to the address of the
person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note register. A
holder of U.S. $10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes
having the same Interest Payment Date will be entitled to receive payments of
interest, other than interest due at maturity or on any date of redemption or
repayment, by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire
transfer instructions have been received by the Principal Paying Agent in
writing not less than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment
Date. If this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S.
dollars, payments of interest hereon will be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account maintained by the holder hereof with
a bank located outside the United States if appropriate wire transfer
instructions have been received by the Principal Paying Agent in writing not
less than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. If
such wire transfer instructions are not so received, such interest payments
will be made by check payable in such Specified Currency mailed to the address
of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note
register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth
on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Senior Indenture, as defined on the
reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed.
DATED: MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO.
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred
to in the within-mentioned
Senior Indenture.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By:__________________________________
Authorized Officer
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Senior Global Medium-Term
Notes, Series [D/E], having maturities more than nine months from the date of
issue (the "Notes") of the Issuer. The Notes are issuable under an Amended and
Restated Senior Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1999, between the Issuer and
JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee
(the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Senior
Indenture) (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Senior
Indenture"), to which Senior Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities of the Issuer, the Trustee and holders of the
Notes and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. The Issuer has appointed JPMorgan Chase Bank acting through its
principal corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, as a paying agent for the Notes in the United States and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, London Branch, at its corporate trust office in London, as its principal
paying agent for the Notes outside the United States (the "Principal Paying
Agent," which term includes any additional or successor Principal Paying Agent
appointed by the Issuer). The terms of individual Notes may vary with respect
to interest rates, interest rate formulas, issue dates, maturity dates, or
otherwise, all as provided in the Senior Indenture. To the extent not
inconsistent herewith, the terms of the Senior Indenture are hereby
incorporated by reference herein.
Unless otherwise indicated on the face hereof, this Note will not be
subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise indicated on the face hereof
in accordance with the provisions of the following two paragraphs and except as
set forth below, will not be redeemable or subject to repayment at the option
of the holder prior to maturity.
If so indicated on the face hereof, this Note may be redeemed in whole or
in part at the option of the Issuer on or after the Initial Redemption Date
specified on the face hereof on the terms set forth on the face hereof,
together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of redemption
(except as indicated below). If this Note is subject to "Annual Redemption
Percentage Reduction," the Initial Redemption Percentage indicated on the face
hereof will be reduced on each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by
the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction specified on the face hereof until
the redemption price of this Note is 100% of the principal amount hereof,
together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of redemption
(except as provided below). Notice of redemption shall be mailed to the
registered holders of the Notes designated for redemption at their addresses as
the same shall appear on the Note register not less than 30 nor more than 60
calendar days prior to the date fixed for redemption or within the Redemption
Notice Period specified on the face hereof, subject to all the conditions and
provisions of the Senior Indenture. In the event of redemption of this Note in
part only, a new Note or Notes for the amount of the unredeemed portion hereof
shall be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If so indicated on the face of this Note, this Note will be subject to
repayment at the option of the holder on the Optional Repayment Date or Dates
specified on the face hereof on the terms set
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forth herein. On any Optional Repayment Date, this Note will be repayable in
whole or in part in increments of $1,000 or, if this Note is denominated in a
Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, in increments of 1,000 units of
such Specified Currency (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof
shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination hereof) at the
option of the holder hereof at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to
be repaid, together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of
repayment (except as provided below). For this Note to be repaid at the option
of the holder hereof, the Principal Paying Agent must receive at its office in
London, at least 15 but not more than 30 calendar days prior to the date of
repayment, (i) this Note with the form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment"
below duly completed or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a
letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust company
in the United States, Western Europe or Japan setting forth the name of the
holder of this Note, the principal amount hereof, the certificate number of
this Note or a description of this Note's tenor and terms, the principal amount
hereof to be repaid, a statement that the option to elect repayment is being
exercised thereby and a guarantee that this Note, together with the form
entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed, will be received by the
Principal Paying Agent not later than the fifth Business Day after the date of
such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter; provided, that such
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter shall only be effective if
this Note and form duly completed are received by the Principal Paying Agent by
such fifth Business Day. Unless otherwise indicated on the face of this Note,
exercise of such repayment option by the holder hereof shall be irrevocable. In
the event of repayment of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes for the
amount of the unpaid portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
Interest payments on this Note will include interest accrued to but
excluding the Interest Payment Dates or the Maturity Date (or any earlier
redemption or repayment date), as the case may be. Unless indicated otherwise
on the face hereof, interest payments for this Note will be computed and paid
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
In the case where the Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date (or any
redemption or repayment date) does not fall on a Business Day, payment of
interest, premium, if any, or principal otherwise payable on such date need not
be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with
the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or on the
Maturity Date (or any redemption or repayment date), and no interest on such
payment shall accrue for the period from and after the Interest Payment Date or
the Maturity Date (or any redemption or repayment date) to such next succeeding
Business Day.
This Note and all the obligations of the Issuer hereunder are direct,
unsecured obligations of the Issuer and rank without preference or priority
among themselves and pari passu with all other existing and future unsecured
and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer, subject to certain statutory
exceptions in the event of liquidation upon insolvency.
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This Note, and any Note or Notes issued upon transfer or exchange hereof,
is issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and is issuable
only in the minimum denominations set forth on the face hereof or any amount in
excess thereof which is an integral multiple of 1,000 units of the Specified
Currency set forth on the face hereof.
The Trustee has been appointed registrar for the Notes, and the Trustee
will maintain at its office in The City of New York, a register for the
registration and transfer of Notes. This Note may be transferred at either the
aforesaid New York office or at the London office of the Trustee by
surrendering this Note for cancellation, accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and duly executed by the
registered holder hereof in person or by the holder's attorney duly authorized
in writing, and thereupon the Trustee shall issue in the name of the transferee
or transferees, in exchange herefor, a new Note or Notes having identical terms
and provisions and having a like aggregate principal amount in authorized
denominations, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein; provided,
however, that the Trustee will not be required (i) to register the transfer of
or exchange any Note that has been called for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of Notes being redeemed in part, (ii) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Note if the holder thereof has exercised his
right, if any, to require the Issuer to repurchase such Note in whole or in
part, except the portion of such Note not required to be repurchased, or (iii)
to register the transfer of or exchange Notes to be redeemed for a period of
fifteen calendar days preceding the mailing of the relevant Notice of
redemption. Notes are exchangeable at said offices for other Notes of other
authorized denominations of equal aggregate principal amount having identical
terms and provisions. All such registrations, exchanges and transfers of Notes
will be free of service charge, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in connection
therewith. All Notes surrendered for exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and executed by the
registered holder in person or by the holder's attorney duly authorized in
writing. The date of registration of any Note delivered upon any exchange or
transfer of Notes shall be such that no gain or loss of interest results from
such exchange or transfer.
In case this Note shall at any time become mutilated, defaced or be
destroyed, lost or stolen and such Note or evidence of the loss, theft or
destruction thereof (together with the indemnity hereinafter referred to and
such other documents or proof as may be required in the premises) shall be
delivered to the Trustee, the Issuer in its discretion may execute a new Note
of like tenor in exchange for this Note, but, in the case of any destroyed or
lost or stolen Note, only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee
and the Issuer that this Note was destroyed or lost or stolen and, if required,
upon receipt also of indemnity satisfactory to each of them. All expenses and
reasonable charges associated with procuring such indemnity and with the
preparation, authentication and delivery of a new Note shall be borne by the
owner of the Note mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen.
If the face hereof indicates that this Note is subject to "Modified
Payment upon Acceleration or Redemption," then (i) if the principal hereof is
declared to be due and payable as described in the preceding paragraph, the
amount of principal due and payable with respect to this Note shall be
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limited to the aggregate principal amount hereof multiplied by the sum of the
Issue Price specified on the face hereof (expressed as a percentage of the
aggregate principal amount) plus the original issue discount amortized from the
Interest Accrual Date to the date of declaration, which amortization shall be
calculated using the "interest method" (computed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in effect on the date of declaration), (ii) for
the purpose of any vote of securityholders taken pursuant to the Senior
Indenture prior to the acceleration of payment of this Note, the principal
amount hereof shall equal the amount that would be due and payable hereon,
calculated as set forth in clause (i) above, if this Note were declared to be
due and payable on the date of any such vote and (iii) for the purpose of any
vote of securityholders taken pursuant to the Senior Indenture following the
acceleration of payment of this Note, the principal amount hereof shall equal
the amount of principal due and payable with respect to this Note, calculated
as set forth in clause (i) above.
This Note may be redeemed, as a whole, at the option of the Issuer at any
time prior to maturity, upon the giving of a Notice of redemption as described
below, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount hereof,
together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption (except that if
this Note is subject to "Modified Payment upon Acceleration or Redemption,"
such redemption price would be limited to the aggregate principal amount hereof
multiplied by the sum of the Issue Price specified on the face hereof
(expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount) plus the original
issue discount amortized from the Interest Accrual Date to the date of
redemption, which amortization shall be calculated using the "interest method"
(computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect
on the date of redemption), if the Issuer determines that, as a result of any
change in or amendment to the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated
thereunder) of the United States or of any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any change in official
position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations
or rulings, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the
Original Issue Date hereof, the Issuer has or will become obligated to pay
Additional Amounts (as defined below) with respect to this Note as described
below. Prior to the giving of any Notice of redemption pursuant to this
paragraph, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee (i) a certificate stating
that the Issuer is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a
statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the
Issuer to so redeem have occurred, and (ii) an opinion of independent counsel
satisfactory to the Trustee to such effect based on such statement of facts;
provided that no such Notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 60
calendar days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer would be obligated
to pay such Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of this Note were then
due.
Notice of redemption will be given not less than 30 nor more than 60
calendar days prior to the date fixed for redemption or within the Redemption
Notice Period specified on the face hereof, which date and the applicable
redemption price will be specified in the Notice.
The Issuer will, subject to certain exceptions and limitations set forth
below, pay such additional amounts (the "Additional Amounts") to the holder of
this Note who is a United States
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Alien (as defined below) as may be necessary in order that every net payment of
the principal of and interest on this Note and any other amounts payable on
this Note, after withholding for or on account of any present or future tax,
assessment or governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment
by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof
or therein), will not be less than the amount provided for in this Note to be
then due and payable. The Issuer will not, however, be required to make any
payment of Additional Amounts to any such holder for or on account of:
(a) any such tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would
not have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or
former connection between such holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor,
beneficiary, member or shareholder of such holder, if such holder is an
estate, a trust, a partnership or a corporation) and the United States and
its possessions, including, without limitation, such holder (or such
fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder) being or having
been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been engaged in a
trade or business or present therein or having, or having had, a permanent
establishment therein or (ii) the presentation by the holder of this Note
for payment on a date more than 15 calendar days after the date on which
such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof
is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer or personal
property tax or any similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by
reason of such holder's past or present status as a personal holding
company or foreign personal holding company or controlled foreign
corporation or passive foreign investment company with respect to the
United States or as a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid
United States federal income tax or as a private foundation or other
tax-exempt organization;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable
otherwise than by withholding from payments on or in respect of this Note;
(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be
withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of principal of, or interest
on, this Note, if such payment can be made without such withholding by any
other Paying Agent in a city in Western Europe;
(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not
have been imposed but for the failure to comply with certification,
information or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality,
residence or identity of the holder or beneficial owner of this Note, if
such compliance is required by statute or by regulation of the United
States or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment
or other governmental charge;
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(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by
reason of such holder's past or present status as the actual or
constructive owner of 10% or more of the total combined voting power of
all classes of stock entitled to vote of the Issuer or as a direct or
indirect subsidiary of the Issuer; or
(h) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g).
In addition, the Issuer shall not be required to make any payment of Additional
Amounts (i) to any such holder where such withholding or deduction is imposed
on a payment to an individual and is required to be made pursuant to any
European Union Directive on the taxation of savings implementing the agreement
reached in the ECOFIN Council meeting of 13 December 2001 or any law
implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such
Directive; or (ii) by or on behalf of a holder who would have been able to
avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting this Note or the relevant
coupon to another Paying Agent in a member state of the European Union. Nor
shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment on this Note to a
United States Alien who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole
beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required
by the laws of the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) to be
included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with
respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner
who would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had such
beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of this Note.
The Senior Indenture provides that (a) if an Event of Default (as defined
in the Senior Indenture) due to the default in payment of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on, any series of debt securities issued under the
Senior Indenture, including the series of Senior Global Medium-Term Notes of
which this Note forms a part, or due to the default in the performance or
breach of any other covenant or warranty of the Issuer applicable to the debt
securities of such series but not applicable to all outstanding debt securities
issued under the Senior Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing,
either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the debt securities of each affected series (voting as a single class) may then
declare the principal of all debt securities of all such series and interest
accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately and (b) if an Event of
Default due to a default in the performance of any other of the covenants or
agreements in the Senior Indenture applicable to all outstanding debt
securities issued thereunder, including this Note, or due to certain events of
bankruptcy or insolvency of the Issuer, shall have occurred and be continuing,
either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
all debt securities issued under the Senior Indenture then outstanding (treated
as one class) may declare the principal of all such debt securities and
interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately, but upon certain
conditions such declarations may be annulled and past defaults may be waived
(except a continuing default in payment of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest on such debt securities) by the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the debt securities of all affected series then outstanding.
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The Senior Indenture permits the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent
of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
debt securities of all series issued under the Senior Indenture then
outstanding and affected (voting as one class), to execute supplemental
indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner the rights of the
holders of each series so affected; provided that the Issuer and the Trustee
may not, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security
affected thereby, (a) extend the final maturity of any such debt security, or
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption or
repayment thereof, or change the currency of payment thereof, or modify or
amend the provisions for conversion of any currency into any other currency, or
modify or amend the provisions for conversion or exchange of the debt security
for securities of the Issuer or other entities (other than as provided in the
antidilution provisions or other similar adjustment provisions of the debt
securities or otherwise in accordance with the terms thereof), or impair or
affect the rights of any holder to institute suit for the payment thereof
without the consent of the holder of each debt security so affected or (b)
reduce the aforesaid percentage in principal amount of debt securities the
consent of the holders of which is required for any such supplemental
indenture.
Except as set forth below, if the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on, this Note is payable in a Specified Currency other than U.S.
dollars and such Specified Currency is not available to the Issuer for making
payments hereon due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the control of the Issuer or is no longer used by the
government of the country issuing such currency or for the settlement of
transactions by public institutions within the international banking community,
then the Issuer will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the holder of
this Note by making such payments in U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market
Exchange Rate (as defined below) on the date of such payment or, if the Market
Exchange Rate is not available on such date, as of the most recent practicable
date; provided, however, that if the euro has been substituted for such
Specified Currency, the Issuer may at its option (or shall, if so required by
applicable law) without the consent of the holder of this Note effect the
payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note denominated
in such Specified Currency in euro in lieu of such Specified Currency in
conformity with legally applicable measures taken pursuant to, or by virtue of,
the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended. Any payment made
under such circumstances in U.S. dollars or euro where the required payment is
in an unavailable Specified Currency will not constitute an Event of Default.
If such Market Exchange Rate is not then available to the Issuer or is not
published for a particular Specified Currency, the Market Exchange Rate will be
based on the highest bid quotation in The City of New York received by the
Exchange Rate Agent (as defined below) at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York
City time, on the second Business Day preceding the date of such payment from
three recognized foreign exchange dealers (the "Exchange Dealers") for the
purchase by the quoting Exchange Dealer of the Specified Currency for U.S.
dollars for settlement on the payment date, in the aggregate amount of the
Specified Currency payable to those holders or beneficial owners of Notes and
at which the applicable Exchange Dealer commits to execute a contract. One of
the Exchange Dealers providing quotations may be the Exchange Rate Agent (as
defined below) unless the Exchange Rate Agent is an affiliate of the Issuer.
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If those bid quotations are not available, the Exchange Rate Agent shall
determine the market exchange rate at its sole discretion.
The "Exchange Rate Agent" shall be Morgan Stanley & Co. International
Limited, unless otherwise indicated on the face hereof.
All determinations referred to above made by, or on behalf of, the Issuer
or by, or on behalf of, the Exchange Rate Agent shall be at such entity's sole
discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all
purposes and binding on holders of Notes and coupons.
So long as this Note shall be outstanding, the Issuer will cause to be
maintained an office or agency for the payment of the principal of and premium,
if any, and interest on this Note as herein provided in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, and an office or agency in said Borough of
Manhattan for the registration, transfer and exchange as aforesaid of the
Notes. If this Note is listed on the London Stock Exchange plc and such
exchange so requires, the Issuer shall maintain a Paying Agent in London. If
any European Union Directive on the taxation of savings implementing the
agreement reached in the ECOFIN Council meeting of 13 December 2001 or any law
implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such
Directive is introduced, the Issuer will maintain a Paying Agent in a member
state of the European Union that will not be obligated to withhold or deduct
tax pursuant to any such Directive or law. The Issuer may designate other
agencies for the payment of said principal, premium and interest at such place
or places outside the United States (subject to applicable laws and
regulations) as the Issuer may decide. So long as there shall be such an
agency, the Issuer shall keep the Trustee advised of the names and locations of
such agencies, if any are so designated.
With respect to moneys paid by the Issuer and held by the Trustee or any
Paying Agent for payment of the principal of or interest or premium, if any, on
any Notes that remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal,
interest or premium shall have become due and payable (whether at maturity or
upon call for redemption or otherwise), (i) the Trustee or such Paying Agent
shall notify the holders of such Notes that such moneys shall be repaid to the
Issuer and any person claiming such moneys shall thereafter look only to the
Issuer for payment thereof and (ii) such moneys shall be so repaid to the
Issuer. Upon such repayment all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent
with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease, without, however, limiting
in any way any obligation that the Issuer may have to pay the principal of or
interest or premium, if any, on this Note as the same shall become due.
No provision of this Note or of the Senior Indenture shall alter or impair
the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the time, place,
and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed unless otherwise
agreed between the Issuer and the registered holder of this Note.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the
holder in whose name this Note is registered as
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the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and
none of the Issuer, the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, or the interest on this Note, for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Senior Indenture or any
indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer
or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Issuer or of any
successor corporation, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor
corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or
by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such
liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for
the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
This Note shall for all purposes be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York;
As used herein:
(a) the term "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or
Sunday, (a) that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking
institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close (x)
in The City of New York or London or (y) if this Note is denominated in a
Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, euro or Australian dollars, in
the principal financial center of the country of the Specified Currency,
or (z) if this Note is denominated in Australian dollars, in Sydney and
(b) if this Note is denominated in euro, that is also a day on which the
Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer
System ("TARGET") is operating (a "TARGET Settlement Day");
(b) the term "Market Exchange Rate" means the noon U.S. dollar buying
rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of the Specified Currency
indicated on the face hereof published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York;
(c) the term "Notices" refers to notices to the holders of the Notes
at each holder's address as that address appears in the register for the
Notes by first class mail, postage prepaid, and to be given by publication
in an authorized newspaper in the English language and of general
circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and London
or, if publication in London is not practical, in an English language
newspaper with general circulation in Western Europe; provided that notice
may be made, at the option of the Issuer, through the customary notice
provisions of the clearing system or systems through which beneficial
interests in this Note are owned. Such Notices will be deemed to have been
given on the date of such publication (or other transmission, as
applicable), or if published in such newspapers on different dates, on the
date of the first such publication;
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(d) the term "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction; and
(e) the term "United States Alien" means any person who, for United
States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a
non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign
estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the members of
which is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a
non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
All other terms used in this Note which are defined in the Senior
Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Senior Indenture.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and
not as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ____________________ Custodian _______________________
(Minor) (Cust)
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act ________________________________
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
________________________________________
[PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE]
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
[PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE]
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing such person attorney to transfer such note on the books of the
Issuer, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:_________________
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the
name as written upon the face of the within Note in every
particular without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Issuer to
repay the within Note (or portion thereof specified below) pursuant to its
terms at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest
to the Optional Repayment Date, to the undersigned at
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)
If less than the entire principal amount of the within Note is to be
repaid, specify the portion thereof which the holder elects to have repaid:
_______; and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall not be less
than the minimum authorized denomination) of the Notes to be issued to the
holder for the portion of the within Note not being repaid (in the absence of
any such specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion not being
repaid): ___________.
Dated:_____________________________ __________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature on this Option to
Elect Repayment must correspond with the
name as written upon the face of the
within instrument in every particular
without alteration or enlargement.
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