Exhibit 4(c)
DRAFT
12/30/94
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
Floating Rate Note
REGISTERED REGISTERED
No. FLR [PRINCIPAL AMOUNT]
CUSIP: *
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative
of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the
issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any
certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as
requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and
any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.*
IF APPLICABLE, THE "TOTAL AMOUNT OF OID," "ORIGINAL YIELD TO
MATURITY" AND "INITIAL ACCRUAL PERIOD OID" (COMPUTED UNDER THE
APPROXIMATE METHOD) SET FORTH BELOW HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SOLELY FOR
THE PURPOSES OF APPLYING THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES.
AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES
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(Floating Rate)
BASE RATE: ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: MATURITY DATE:
INDEX MATURITY: INTEREST ACCRUAL DATE: INTEREST PAYMENT DATE(S):
SPREAD (PLUS INITIAL INTEREST RATE: INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD:
OR MINUS):
INITIAL INTEREST RESET DATE: INTEREST RESET PERIOD:
ALTERNATE RATE MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: INTEREST RESET DATES:
EVENT SPREAD:
SPREAD MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: CALCULATION AGENT:
MULTIPLIER:
INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE: SPECIFIED CURRENCY:
INITIAL REDEMPTION TOTAL AMOUNT OF OID:
PERCENTAGE:
ANNUAL REDEMPTION ORIGINAL YIELD TO
PERCENTAGE REDUCTION: MATURITY:
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATE(S): INITIAL ACCRUAL PERIOD OID:
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* Applies only if this Note is a Registered Global Security.
American Home Products Corporation, 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
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on the Maturity Date specified above (except to the extent
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redeemed or repaid prior to the Maturity Date) and to pay interest thereon, from
the Interest Accrual Date specified above at a rate per annum equal to the
Initial Interest Rate specified above until the Initial Interest Reset Date
specified above, and thereafter at a rate per annum determined in accordance
with the provisions specified on the reverse hereof until the principal hereof
is paid or duly made available for payment. The Issuer will pay interest in
arrears monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually as specified above as the
Interest Payment Period on each Interest Payment Date (as specified above),
commencing with the first Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Interest
Accrual Date specified above, and on the Maturity Date (or any redemption or
repayment date); provided, however, that if the Interest Accrual Date occurs
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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; and
provided, further, that if an Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date or
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redemption or repayment date would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, as
defined on the reverse hereof, such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or
redemption or repayment date shall be the following day that is a Business Day,
except that if the Base Rate specified above is LIBOR and such next Business Day
falls in the next calendar month, the Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or
redemption or repayment date shall be the immediately preceding day that is a
Business Day.
Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, or, if no interest has been paid or
duly provided for, from the Interest Accrual Date, until the principal hereof
has been paid or duly made available for payment. The interest so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, subject
to 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) (each such date a "Record Date"); provided, however, that
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interest payable on the Maturity Date (or 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 the Maturity Date (or any redemption or repayment date) will be made in
immediately available funds upon
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surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Paying Agent, as defined
on the reverse hereof, maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, or at such other paying agency as the Issuer may
determine. Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on
this Note will be made in the Specified Currency indicated above; provided,
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however, that U.S. dollar payments of interest, other than interest due at
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maturity or 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 any date
of redemption or repayment, by wire transfer of immediately available funds if
appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received by the 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 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 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 under its corporate seal.
DATED: AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS
CORPORATION
By
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Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes
referred to in the within-
mentioned Indenture.
MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Officer
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Medium-Term Notes,
Series , having maturities more than nine months from the date of issue (the
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"Notes") of the Issuer. The Notes are issuable under an indenture (the
"Indenture"), dated as of , 199 , between the Issuer and Manufacturers
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Hanover Trust Company, as Trustee (the "Trustee," which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), to which 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 Manufacturers Hanover
Trust Company at its principal corporate trust office in The City of New York as
the paying agent (the "Paying Agent," which term includes any additional or
successor Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer) with respect to the Notes. 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
Indenture. To the extent not inconsistent herewith, the terms of the Indenture
are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
This Note will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless
otherwise provided on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the
following two paragraphs, will not be redeemable or subject to repayment at the
option of the holder prior to maturity.
Unless otherwise indicated on the face of this Note, this Note may not
be redeemed prior to the Maturity Date. If so indicated on the face of this
Note, 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. 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. 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 days prior to the date fixed for redemption,
subject to all the conditions and provisions of the 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.
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Unless otherwise indicated on the face of this Note, this Note shall
not be subject to repayment at the option of the holder prior to the Maturity
Date. 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 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. For this Note to be repaid
at the option of the holder hereof, the Paying Agent must receive at its
principal corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, at least 15 but not more than 30 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, 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
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 Paying Agent not later than the fifth Business Day after the
date of such telegram, facsimile transmission or letter; provided, that such
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telegram, facsimile transmission or letter shall only be effective if this Note
and form duly completed are received by the Paying Agent by such fifth Business
Day. 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.
This Note will bear interest at the rate determined in accordance with
the applicable provisions below by reference to the Base Rate shown on the face
hereof based on the Index Maturity, if any, shown on the face hereof (i) plus or
minus the Spread, if any, or (ii) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any,
specified on the face hereof. Commencing with the Initial Interest Reset Date
specified on the face hereof, the rate at which interest on this Note is payable
shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date (as used herein, the term
"Interest Reset Date" shall include the Initial Interest Reset Date). The
Interest Reset Dates will be the Interest Reset Dates specified on the face
hereof; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate
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in effect for the period from the Interest Accrual Date to the Initial Interest
Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate and (ii) the interest rate in
effect hereon for the 15 days immediately prior to the Maturity Date hereof (or,
with respect to any principal amount to be redeemed or repaid, any redemption or
repayment date) shall be that in effect on the fifteenth calendar day preceding
the Maturity Date hereof or such date of redemption or repayment, as the case
may be. If any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding
day that is a Business Day, except that if the Base Rate specified on the face
hereof is LIBOR and such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month,
such Interest Reset Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. As used
herein, "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is
neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized
or required by law or regulation to close in The City of New York and (i) with
respect to Notes denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars,
European Currency Units ("ECUs") or Australian dollars, in the capital city of
the country of the Specified Currency, (ii) with respect to Notes denominated in
ECUs, in Luxembourg, (iii) with respect to Notes denominated in Australian
dollars, in Sydney and (iv) with respect to Notes bearing interest calculated by
reference to LIBOR, in the City of London.
The Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date
for Notes bearing interest calculated by reference to the CD Rate, Commercial
Paper Rate, Federal Funds Rate and Prime Rate will be the second Business Day
next preceding such Interest Reset Date. The Interest Determination Date
pertaining to an Interest Reset Date for Notes bearing interest calculated by
reference to LIBOR shall be the second London Banking Day preceding such
Interest Reset Date. As used herein, "London Banking Day" means any day on
which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London
interbank market. The Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest
Reset Date for Notes bearing interest calculated by reference to the Treasury
Rate shall be the day of the week in which such Interest Reset Date falls on
which Treasury bills normally would be auctioned; provided, however, that if as
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a result of a legal holiday an auction is held on the Friday of the week
preceding such Interest Reset Date, the related Interest Determination Date
shall be such preceding Friday; and provided, further, that if an auction shall
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fall on any Interest Reset Date, then the Interest Reset Date shall instead be
the first Business Day following the date of such auction.
The "Calculation Date" pertaining to any Interest Determination Date
will be the earlier of the tenth calendar day after such Interest Determination
Date or the next succeeding Record Date after such Interest Determination Date
or, if either
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such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
Determination of CD Rate. If the Base Rate specified on the face
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hereof is the CD Rate, the CD Rate with respect to this Note shall be determined
on each Interest Determination Date and shall be the rate on such date for
negotiable certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified on the
face hereof as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
in "Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected Interest Rates," or any successor
publication of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
("H.15(519)"), under the heading "CDs (Secondary Market)," or, if not so
published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining
to such Interest Determination Date, the CD Rate will be the rate on such
Interest Determination Date for negotiable certificates of deposit of the Index
Maturity specified on the face hereof as published by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York in its daily statistical release "Composite 3:30 P.M. Quotations for
U.S. Government Securities" ("Composite Quotations") under the heading
"Certificates of Deposit." If neither of such rates is published by 3:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on such Calculation Date, then the CD Rate on such Interest
Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent referred to on
the face hereof and will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered
rates as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date
for certificates of deposit in the denomination of U.S. $5,000,000 with a
remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof of
three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit
in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for negotiable
certificates of deposit of major United States money center banks of the highest
credit standing in the market for negotiable certificates of deposit; provided,
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however, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are
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not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for
the applicable period will be the same as the CD Rate for the immediately
preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period,
the rate of interest payable hereon shall be the Initial Interest Rate).
Determination of Commercial Paper Rate. If the Base Rate specified on
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the face hereof is the Commercial Paper Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate with
respect to this Note shall be determined on each Interest Determination Date and
shall be the Money Market Yield (as defined herein) of the rate on such date for
commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, as such
rate shall be published in H.15(519) under the heading "Commercial Paper," or if
not so published prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date
pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Commercial Paper Rate shall
be the Money Market Yield of the rate on such Interest Determination Date for
commercial paper of the Index Maturity
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specified on the face hereof as published in Composite Quotations under the
heading "Commercial Paper." If neither of such rates is published by 3:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on such Calculation Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate
shall be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates as
of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date of three
leading dealers in commercial paper in The City of New York selected by the
Calculation Agent for commercial paper of the Index Maturity specified on the
face hereof, placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is " ," or the
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equivalent, from a nationally recognized rating agency; provided, however, that
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if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as
mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable
period will be the same as the Commercial Paper Rate for the immediately
preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period,
the rate of interest payable hereon shall be the Initial Interest Rate).
"Money Market Yield" shall be the yield calculated in accordance with
the following formula:
Money Market Yield = D x 360
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360 - (D x M)
where "D" refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on
a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal and "M" refers to the actual
number of days in the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof.
Determination of Federal Funds Rate. If the Base Rate specified on
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the face hereof is the Federal Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate with respect
to this Note shall be determined on each Interest Determination Date and shall
be the rate on such date for Federal Funds as published in H.15(519) under the
heading "Federal Funds (Effective)," or, if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New
York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest
Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on such Interest
Determination Date as published in Composite Quotations under the heading
"Federal Funds/Effective Rate." If neither of such rates is published by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the Federal Funds Rate for
such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and
will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight
Federal Funds as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest
Determination Date arranged by three leading brokers in Federal Funds
transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent;
provided, however, that if the brokers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation
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Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in
effect for the applicable
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period will be the same as the Federal Funds Rate for the immediately preceding
Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate
of interest payable hereon shall be the Initial Interest Rate).
Determination of LIBOR. If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof
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is LIBOR, LIBOR with respect to this Note shall be determined on each Interest
Determination Date as follows:
(i) As of the Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent
shall determine the arithmetic mean of the offered rates for deposits
in United States dollars for the period of the Index Maturity
specified on the face hereof which appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO
Page at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest
Determination Date. "Reuters Screen LIBO Page," as used herein, means
the display designated as Page "LIBO" on the Reuters Monitor Money
Rates Service (or such other page as may replace the LIBO page on that
service for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates
of major banks).
(ii) If fewer than two offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen
LIBO Page, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London
offices of each of four major banks in the London interbank market, as
selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide the Calculation Agent
with its offered quotation for deposits in United States dollars for
the period of the Index Maturity, specified on the face hereof, to
prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00
A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination Date and in a
principal amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000 that is
representative for a single transaction in such market at such time.
If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR will be the
arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are
provided, LIBOR in respect of such Interest Determination Date will be
the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by three major banks in The
City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation
with the Issuer) at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on
such Interest Determination Date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading
European banks, for the period of the Index Maturity and in a
principal amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000 that is
representative of a single transaction in such market at such time;
provided, however, that if fewer than three banks selected as
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aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this
sentence, LIBOR for such Interest Reset Period will be the same as
LIBOR for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if
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there was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable
hereon shall be the Initial Interest Rate).
Determination of Prime Rate. If the Base Rate specified on the face
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hereof is the Prime Rate, the Prime Rate with respect to this Note shall be
determined on each Interest Determination Date and shall be the rate set forth
in H.15(519) for such date opposite the caption "Bank Prime Loan." If such rate
is not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date
pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Prime Rate for such Interest
Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest publicly
announced by each bank named on the Reuters Screen NYMF Page (as defined below)
as such bank's prime rate or base lending rate as in effect for such Interest
Determination Date as quoted on the Reuters Screen NYMF Page on such Interest
Determination Date, or, if fewer than four such rates appear on the Reuters
Screen NYMF Page for such Interest Determination Date, the rate shall be the
arithmetic mean of the prime rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of
days in the year divided by 360 as of the close of business on such Interest
Determination Date by at least two of the three major money center banks in The
City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent from which quotations are
requested. If fewer than two quotations are provided, the Prime Rate shall be
calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be determined as the arithmetic
mean on the basis of the prime rates in The City of New York by the appropriate
number of substitute banks or trust companies organized and doing business under
the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, in each case having total
equity capital of at least U.S. $500 million and being subject to supervision or
examination by Federal or State authority, selected by the Calculation Agent to
quote such rate or rates. "Reuters Screen NYMF Page" means the display
designated as Page "NYMF" on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such
other page as may replace the NYMF Page on that service for the purpose of
displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks).
If in any month or two consecutive months the Prime Rate is not
published in H.15(519) and the banks or trust companies selected as aforesaid
are not quoting as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the "Prime Rate" for
such Interest Reset Period will be the same as the Prime Rate for the
immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest
Reset Period, the rate of interest payable hereon shall be the Initial Interest
Rate). If this failure continues over three or more consecutive months, the
Prime Rate for each succeeding Interest Determination Date until the maturity or
redemption or repayment of this Note or, if earlier, until this failure ceases,
shall be LIBOR determined as if the Base Rate specified on the face hereof were
LIBOR, and the Spread, if any,
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shall be the number of basis points specified on the face hereof as the
"Alternate Rate Event Spread."
Determination of Treasury Rate. If the Base Rate specified on the
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face hereof is the Treasury Rate, the Treasury Rate with respect to this Note
shall be determined on each Interest Determination Date and shall be the rate
for the auction held on such date of direct obligations of the United States
("Treasury Bills") having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, as
published in H.15(519) under the heading "Treasury Bills--auction average
(investment)," or if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the auction
average rate on such Interest Determination Date (expressed as a bond
equivalent, on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and
applied on a daily basis) as otherwise announced by the United States Department
of the Treasury. In the event that the results of the auction of Treasury Bills
having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof are not published or
reported as provided above by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation
Date or if no such auction is held on such Interest Determination Date, then the
Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield
to maturity (expressed as a bond equivalent, on the basis of a year of 365 or
366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) calculated using the
arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30
P.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading
primary United States government securities dealers selected by the Calculation
Agent for the issue of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the
Index Maturity specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that if the
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dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as
mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury Rate for such Interest Reset Date will
be the same as the Treasury Rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset
Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest
payable hereon shall be the Initial Interest Rate).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate hereon shall not be
greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum
Interest Rate, if any, specified on the face hereof. The Calculation Agent
shall calculate the interest rate hereon in accordance with the foregoing on or
before each Calculation Date. The interest rate on this Note will in no event
be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same may be
modified by United States Federal law of general application.
At the request of the holder hereof, the Calculation Agent will
provide to the holder hereof the interest rate hereon then in effect and, if
determined, the interest rate that will
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become effective as of the next Interest Reset Date.
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; provided, however, that if
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the Interest Reset Period with respect to this Note is daily or weekly, interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date, other than interest payable on any date on
which principal hereof is payable, will include interest accrued through and
including the Record Date next preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.
Accrued interest hereon shall be an amount calculated by multiplying the face
amount hereof by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest factor shall
be computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day in the period
for which interest is being paid. The interest factor for each such date shall
be computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360 if the
Base Rate is CD Rate, Commercial Paper Rate, Federal Funds Rate, Prime Rate or
LIBOR, as specified on the face hereof, or by the actual number of days in the
year if the Base Rate is the Treasury Rate, as specified on the face hereof.
All percentages resulting from any calculation of the rate of interest on this
Note will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a
percentage point (.0000001), with five one-millionths of a percentage point
rounded upward, and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such
calculation on this Note will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent
rounded upward). The interest rate in effect on any Interest Reset Date will be
the applicable rate as reset on such date. The interest rate applicable to any
other day is the interest rate from the immediately preceding Interest Reset
Date (or, if none, the Initial Interest Rate).
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
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unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer, subject to certain statutory
exceptions in the event of liquidation upon insolvency.
This Note, and any Note or Notes issued upon transfer or exchange
hereof, is issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and, if
denominated in U.S. dollars, is issuable only in denominations of U.S. $[
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] and any integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof. If this Note is
denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, then, unless a
higher minimum denomination is required by applicable law, it is issuable only
in denominations of the equivalent of U.S. $[ ] (rounded down to an
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integral multiple of 1,000 units of such Specified Currency), or any amount in
excess thereof which is an integral multiple of 1,000 units of such Specified
Currency, as determined by reference to
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the noon dollar buying rate in New York City for cable transfers of such
Specified Currency published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the
"Market Exchange Rate") on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of
issuance; provided, however, in the case of ECUs, the Market Exchange Rate shall
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be the rate of exchange determined by the Commission of the European Communities
(or any successor thereto) as published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities, or any successor publication, on the Business Day immediately
preceding the date of issuance.
The Trustee has been appointed registrar for the Notes, and the
Trustee will maintain at its principal corporate trust office in The City of New
York a register for the registration and transfer of Notes. This Note may be
transferred at the aforesaid 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
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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 the extent and during the period so provided in the Indenture
with respect to the redemption of Notes. Notes are exchangeable at said office
for other Notes of other authorized denominations of equal aggregate principal
amount having identical terms and provisions. All such exchanges and transfers
of Notes will be free of 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 any 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
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the Trustee, a new Note of like tenor will be issued by the Issuer in exchange
for the Note so mutilated or defaced, or in lieu of the Note so destroyed or
lost or stolen, 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 such
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.
The Indenture provides that, (a) if an Event of Default (as defined in
the Indenture) due to the default in payment of principal of, or interest on,
any series of debt securities issued under the Indenture, including the series
of 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 Indenture shall have occurred and
be continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of all affected debt securities issued under the
Indenture then outstanding (treated as one 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 Indenture
applicable to all outstanding debt securities issued thereunder, including this
Note, or due to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization of
the Issuer, shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the
holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of all debt
securities issued under the 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 of, 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.
The 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 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
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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
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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 impair or affect the right of any
holder to institute suit for the payment thereof; 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; or (c) modify any of the
foregoing provisions except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
other provisions cannot be modified or waived without the consent of each
affected holder.
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 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. Any payment
made under such circumstances in U.S. dollars where the required payment is in a
Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars will not constitute an Event of
Default.
If payment in respect of this Note is required to be made in ECUs and
ECUs are unavailable due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the Issuer's control or are no longer used in the European
Monetary System, then all payments in respect of this Note shall be made in U.S.
dollars until ECUs are again available or so used. The amount of each payment
in U.S. dollars shall be computed on the basis of the equivalent of the ECU in
U.S. dollars, determined as described below, as of the second Business Day prior
to the date on which such payment is due.
The equivalent of the ECU in U.S. dollars as of any date shall be
determined by the Issuer or its agent on the following basis. The component
currencies of the ECU for this purpose (the "Components") shall be the currency
amounts that were components of the ECU as of the last date on which the ECU was
used in the European Monetary System. The equivalent of the ECU in U.S. dollars
shall be calculated by aggregating the U.S. dollar equivalents of the
Components. The U.S. dollar equivalent of each of the Components shall be
determined by the Issuer or such agent on the basis of the most recently
available Market Exchange Rates for such Components.
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If the official unit of any Component is altered by way of combination
or subdivision, the number of units of that currency as a Component shall be
divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If two or more Components are
consolidated into a single currency, the amounts of those currencies as
Components shall be replaced by an amount in such single currency equal to the
sum of the appropriate amounts of the consolidated component currencies
expressed in such single currency. If any Component is divided into two or more
currencies, the amount of the original component currency shall be replaced by
the appropriate amounts of such two or more currencies, the sum of which shall
be equal to the amount of the original component currency.
All determinations referred to above made by the Issuer or its agent
shall be at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive to the extent permitted by law for all purposes and binding on the
holder of this Note.
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.
The Issuer may designate other agencies for the payment of said principal,
premium and interest at such place or places (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 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
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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 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 under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in the Indenture, or in this Note, or because of the indebtedness
evidenced hereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against any
past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer
or of any successor, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor,
under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement
of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such
liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for
the issuance 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.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
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...............
(Cust.) (Minor)
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]
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[PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF
ASSIGNEE]
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably
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constituting and appointing such person attorney to transfer
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such Note on the books of the Issuer, with full power of
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substitution in the premises.
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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
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(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:
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; and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall
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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): .
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Dated:
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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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