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EXHIBIT 4.6
[FORM OF FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATED NOTE]
THIS NOTE IS A DIRECT, UNCONDITIONAL AND UNSECURED OBLIGATION OF STANDARD
FEDERAL BANCORPORATION, INC. (THE "COMPANY"), IS NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT, DEPOSIT
OR OTHER OBLIGATION OF ANY SAVINGS BANK OR NON-BANK SUBSIDIARY OF THE COMPANY
AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE SAVINGS ASSOCIATION INSURANCE FUND OR THE BANK
INSURANCE FUND OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENT AGENCY. THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE ARE
TO THE EXTENT AND IN THE MANNER SET FORTH HEREIN, SUBORDINATE TO THE COMPANY'S
OBLIGATIONS TO THE HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (THE "DEPOSITARY") (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE
ISSUER HEREOF OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME
AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY 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.(1)
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY
OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE
TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.(2)
REGISTERED CUSIP No.: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
No. FLR-___ ______________ ________________
STANDARD FEDERAL BANCORPORATION, INC.
SUBORDINATED MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
(Floating Rate)
INTEREST RATE BASIS ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: STATED MATURITY DATE:
OR BASES:
IF LIBOR: IF CMT RATE:
[ ] LIBOR Reuters Designated CMT Telerate
Page: Page:
[ ] LIBOR Telerate IF Telerate Page 7052:
Page: [ ] Weekly Average
INDEX CURRENCY: [ ] Monthly Average
Designated CMT Maturity
Index:
INDEX MATURITY: INITIAL INTEREST RATE: % INTEREST PAYMENT DATE(S):
____________________
(1) This paragraph applies to global Notes only.
(2) This paragraph applies to global Notes only.
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SPREAD (PLUS OR SPREAD MULTIPLIER: INITIAL INTEREST RESET
MINUS): DATE:
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: % MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: % INTEREST RESET DATE(S):
INITIAL REDEMPTION INITIAL REDEMPTION ANNUAL REDEMPTION
DATE: PERCENTAGE: % PERCENTAGE REDUCTION: %
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT CALCULATION AGENT:
DATE(S):
INTEREST CATEGORY: DAY COUNT CONVENTION:
[ ] Regular Floating Rate Note [ ] 30/360 for the period
[ ] Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note from to .
Fixed Rate Commencement Date: [ ] Actual/360 for the period
Fixed Interest Rate: % from to .
[ ] Inverse Floating Rate Note [ ] Actual/Actual for the period
Fixed Interest Rate: % from to .
[ ] Original Issue Discount Note Applicable Interest Rate Basis:
Issue Price: %
SPECIFIED CURRENCY: AUTHORIZED DENOMINATION:
[ ] United States dollars [ ] $1,000 and integral multiples
[ ] Other: thereof
[ ] Other:
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT:
DEFAULT RATE: %
ADDENDUM ATTACHED
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
OTHER/ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS:
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STANDARD FEDERAL BANCORPORATION, INC., a Michigan corporation (the
"Company", which terms include any successor corporation under the Subordinated
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ___________________,
on the Stated Maturity Date specified above (or any Redemption Date or
Repayment Date, each as defined on the reverse hereof) (each such Stated
Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repayment Date being hereinafter referred to
as the "Maturity Date" with respect to the principal repayable on such date)
and to pay interest thereon, 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 determined in accordance with the provisions specified
above and on the reverse hereof or in an Addendum hereto with respect to one or
more Interest Rate Bases specified above until the principal hereof is paid or
duly made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable) at the Default Rate per annum specified
above on any overdue principal, premium and/or interest. The Company will pay
interest in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, if any, specified above
(each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing with the first Interest Payment
Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above, and on the
Maturity Date; provided, however, that if the Original Issue 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 next succeeding the Original Issue Date to the 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 immediately
preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for (or from, and including, the Original Issue Date if no interest
has been paid or duly provided for) to, but excluding, the applicable Interest
Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be (each, an "Interest
Period"). 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 fifteenth
calendar day (whether or not a Business Day, as defined on the reverse hereof)
immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (the "Record Date"); provided,
however, that interest payable on the Maturity Date will be payable to the
person to whom the principal hereof and premium, if any, hereon shall be
payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for
("Defaulted Interest") will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder on any
Record Date, and shall be paid to the person in whose name this Note is
registered at the close of business on a special record date (the "Special
Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee hereinafter referred to, notice whereof shall be given to the holder of
this Note by the Trustee not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special
Record Date or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this
Note may be listed, and upon such notice as
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may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided for in the
Subordinated Indenture.
Payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this
Note due on the Maturity Date will be made in immediately available funds upon
presentation and surrender of this Note (and, with respect to any applicable
repayment of this Note, a duly completed election form as contemplated on the
reverse hereof) at the corporate trust office of the Trustee maintained for
that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, currently
located at [ADDRESS], New York, New York [ZIP CODE], or at such other paying
agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Company may
determine; provided, however, that if the Specified Currency specified above is
other than United States dollars and such payment is to be made in the
Specified Currency in accordance with the provisions set forth below, such
payment will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an
account with a bank designated by the holder hereof at least 15 calendar days
prior to the Maturity Date, provided that such bank has appropriate facilities
therefor and that this Note (and, if applicable, a duly completed repayment
election form) is presented and surrendered at the aforementioned office of the
Trustee in time for the Trustee to make such payment in such funds in
accordance with its normal procedures. Payment of interest due on any Interest
Payment Date other than the Maturity Date will be made by check mailed to the
address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register maintained at the aforementioned office of the Trustee;
provided, however, that a holder of U.S.$10,000,000 (or, if the Specified
Currency is other than United States dollars, the equivalent thereof in the
Specified Currency) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes (whether
having identical or different terms and provisions) will be entitled to receive
interest payments on such Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of immediately
available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in
writing by the Trustee not less than 15 calendar days prior to such Interest
Payment Date. Any such wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee
shall remain in effect until revoked by such holder.
If any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date would
otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall
be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, except that if LIBOR is an
applicable Interest Rate Basis and such Business Day falls in the next
succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately
preceding Business Day. If the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a
Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and
effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall
accrue with respect to such payment for the period from and after the Maturity
Date to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day.
The Company is obligated to make payment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency (or, if the
Specified Currency is not at the time of such payment legal tender for the
payment of public and
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private debts, in such other coin or currency of the country which issued the
Specified Currency as at the time of such payment is legal tender for the
payment of such debts). If the Specified Currency is other than United States
dollars, except as otherwise provided below, any such amounts so payable by the
Company will be converted by the Exchange Rate Agent specified above into
United States dollars for payment to the holder of this Note.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the
holder of this Note may elect to receive such amounts in such Specified
Currency. If the holder of this Note shall not have duly made an election to
receive all or a specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if
any, and/or interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency, any
United States dollar amount to be received by the holder of this Note will be
based on the highest bid quotation in The City of New York received by the
Exchange Rate Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date from three recognized
foreign exchange dealers (one of whom may be the Exchange Rate Agent) selected
by the Exchange Rate Agent and approved by the Company for the purchase by the
quoting dealer of the Specified Currency for United States dollars for
settlement on such payment date in the aggregate amount of the Specified
Currency payable to all holders of Notes scheduled to receive United States
dollar payments and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a
contract. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Note
by deductions from such payments. If three such bid quotations are not
available, payments on this Note will be made in the Specified Currency.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the
holder of this Note may elect to receive all or a specified portion of any
payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in respect of this Note
in the Specified Currency by submitting a written request for such payment to
the Trustee at its corporate trust office in The City of New York on or prior
to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar days prior to the
Maturity Date, as the case may be. Such written request may be mailed or hand
delivered or sent by cable, telex or other form of facsimile transmission. The
holder of this Note may elect to receive all or a specified portion of all
future payments in the Specified Currency in respect of such principal,
premium, if any, and/or interest and need not file a separate election for each
payment. Such election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice
to the Trustee, but written notice of any such revocation must be received by
the Trustee on or prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar
days prior to the Maturity Date, as the case may be.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars or a
composite currency and the holder of this Note shall have duly made an election
to receive all or a specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if
any, and/or interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency and if
the Specified Currency is not available due to the imposition of exchange
controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company
will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the
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holder of this Note by making such payment in United States dollars on the
basis of the Market Exchange Rate (as defined below) on the second Business Day
prior to such payment date or, if such Market Exchange Rate is not then
available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate or
as otherwise specified on the face hereof. The "Market Exchange Rate" for the
Specified Currency means the noon dollar buying rate in The City of New York
for cable transfers for the Specified Currency as certified for customs
purposes by (or if not so certified, as otherwise determined by) the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment made under such circumstances in United
States dollars will not constitute an Event of Default (as defined in the
Subordinated Indenture).
If the Specified Currency is a composite currency and the holder of
this Note shall have duly made an election to receive all or a specified
portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in
respect of this Note in the Specified Currency and if such composite currency
is unavailable due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the control of the Company, then the Company will be
entitled to satisfy its obligations to the holder of this Note by making such
payment in United States dollars. The amount of each payment in United States
dollars shall be computed by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the
equivalent of the composite currency in United States dollars. The component
currencies of the composite currency for this purpose (collectively, the
"Component Currencies" and each, a "Component Currency") shall be the currency
amounts that were components of the composite currency as of the last day on
which the composite currency was used. The equivalent of the composite
currency in United States dollars shall be calculated by aggregating the United
States dollar equivalents of the Component Currencies. The United States
dollar equivalent of each of the Component Currencies shall be determined by
the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the most recently available Market
Exchange Rate for each such Component Currency, or as otherwise specified on
the face hereof.
If the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component
Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If two or more
Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts of
those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such
single currency equal to the sum of the amounts of the consolidated Component
Currencies expressed in such single currency. If any Component Currency is
divided into two or more currencies, the amount of the original Component
Currency shall be replaced by the 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 Exchange Rate Agent
shall be at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive for all purposes and binding on the holder of this Note.
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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof and, if so specified on the face hereof, in an
Addendum hereto, which further provisions shall have the same force and effect
as if set forth on the face hereof.
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained herein, if
the face of this Note specifies that an Addendum is attached hereto or that
"Other/Additional Provisions" apply, this Note shall be subject to the terms
set forth in such Addendum or such "Other/Additional Provisions".
Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit
under the Subordinated Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Standard Federal Bancorporation, Inc. has caused
this Note to be duly executed by one of its duly authorized officers.
STANDARD FEDERAL BANCORPORATION, INC.
By________________________________
Title:
Dated:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Debt Securities of
the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Subordinated Indenture.
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee
By____________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
STANDARD FEDERAL BANCORPORATION, INC.
SUBORDINATED MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
(Floating Rate)
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Debt Securities (the
"Debt Securities") of the Company issued and to be issued under a Subordinated
Indenture, dated as of June __, 1996, as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time (the "Subordinated Indenture"), between the Company and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the "Trustee", which term includes any
successor trustee under the Subordinated Indenture), to which Subordinated
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for
a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debt
Securities, and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series of Debt Securities
designated as "Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue"
(the "Notes"). All terms used but not defined in this Note or in an Addendum
hereto shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Subordinated
Indenture or on the face hereof, as the case may be.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Note is, to the extent provided in
the Subordinated Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Note is issued
subject to such provisions. Each Holder of this Note, by accepting the same,
agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, and authorizes the Trustee on
his or her behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate such subordination as provided in the Subordinated Indenture and
appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
This Note is issuable only in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of U.S.$1,000 and integral multiples thereof or the
minimum Authorized Denomination specified on the face hereof.
This Note will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless
otherwise specified on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the
following two paragraphs, will not be redeemable or repayable prior to the
Stated Maturity Date.
This Note will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company
on any date on or after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, specified on the
face hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of U.S.$1,000
or the minimum Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal
amount hereof shall be at least U.S.$1,000 or such minimum Authorized
Denomination), at the Redemption Price (as defined below), together with unpaid
interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (each, a "Redemption
Date"), on notice given no more than 60 nor less than 30 calendar days prior to
the Redemption Date
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and in accordance with the provisions of the Subordinated Indenture. The
"Redemption Price" shall initially be the Initial Redemption Percentage
specified on the face hereof multiplied by the unpaid principal amount of this
Note to be redeemed. The Initial Redemption Percentage shall decline at each
anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by the Annual Redemption Percentage
Reduction, if any, specified on the face hereof until the Redemption Price is
100% of unpaid principal amount to be redeemed. In the event of redemption of
this Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for the unredeemed portion
hereof and otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the
name of the holder hereof upon the presentation and surrender hereof.
This Note will be subject to repayment by the Company at the option of
the holder hereof on the Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified on the
face hereof, in whole or in part in increments of U.S.$1,000 or the minimum
Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof
shall be at least U.S.$1,000 or such minimum Authorized Denomination), at a
repayment price equal to 100% of the unpaid principal amount to be repaid,
together with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for repayment
(each, a "Repayment Date"). For this Note to be repaid, this Note must be
received, together with the form hereon entitled "Option to Elect Repayment"
duly completed, by the Trustee at its corporate trust office not more than 60
nor less than 30 calendar days prior to the Repayment Date. Exercise of such
repayment option by the holder hereof will be irrevocable. In the event of
repayment of this Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid
portion hereof and otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall be issued
in the name of the holder hereof upon the presentation and surrender hereof.
If the Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face hereof
as an Original Issue Discount Note, the amount payable to the holder of this
Note in the event of redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity of this
Note will be equal to the sum of (1) the Issue Price specified on the face
hereof (increased by any accruals of the Discount, as defined below) and, in
the event of any redemption of this Note (if applicable), multiplied by the
Initial Redemption Percentage (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption Percentage
Reduction, if applicable) and (2) any unpaid interest on this Note accrued from
the Original Issue Date to the Redemption Date, Repayment Date or date of
acceleration of maturity, as the case may be. The difference between the Issue
Price and 100% of the principal amount of this Note is referred to herein as
the "Discount."
For purposes of determining the amount of Discount that has accrued as
of any Redemption Date, Repayment Date or date of acceleration of maturity of
this Note, such Discount will be accrued so as to cause an assumed yield on the
Note to be constant. The assumed constant yield will be calculated using a
30-day month, 360-day year convention, a compounding period that, except for
the Initial Period (as defined below), corresponds to the shortest period
between Interest Payment Dates (with ratable accruals within a compounding
period), a constant coupon rate equal to the initial interest rate applicable
to this Note and an assumption that the
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maturity of this Note will not be accelerated. If the period from the Original
Issue Date to the initial Interest Payment Date (the "Initial Period") is
shorter than the compounding period for this Note, a proportionate amount of
the yield for an entire compounding period will be accrued. If the Initial
Period is longer than the compounding period, then such period will be divided
into a regular compounding period and a short period, with the short period
being treated as provided in the preceding sentence.
The interest rate borne by this Note will be determined as follows:
(i) Unless the Interest Category of this Note is
specified on the face hereof as a "Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note" or
an "Inverse Floating Rate Note" or as otherwise specified as
Other/Additional Provisions on the face hereof or in an Addendum
hereto, this Note shall be designated as a "Regular Floating Rate
Note" and, except as set forth below or specified on the face hereof
or in an Addendum hereto, shall bear interest at the rate determined
by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus
or minus the Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread
Multiplier, if any, in each case as specified on the face hereof.
Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which
interest on this Note shall be payable shall be reset as of each
Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however,
that the interest rate in effect for the period, if any, from the
Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date shall be the
Initial Interest Rate.
(ii) If the Interest Category of this Note is specified on
the face hereof as a "Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note", then, except as
set forth below or specified on the face hereof or in an Addendum
hereto, this Note shall bear interest at the rate determined by
reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus or
minus the Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread
Multiplier, if any. Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date,
the rate at which interest on this Note shall be payable shall be
reset as of each Interest Reset Date;provided, however, that (y) the
interest rate in effect for the period, if any, from the Original
Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date shall be the Initial
Interest Rate and (z) the interest rate in effect for the period
commencing on the Fixed Rate Commencement Date specified on the face
hereof to the Maturity Date shall be the Fixed Interest Rate specified
on the face hereof or, if no such Fixed Interest Rate is specified,
the interest rate in effect hereon on the day immediately preceding
the Fixed Rate Commencement Date.
(iii) If the Interest Category of this Note is specified on
the face hereof as an "Inverse Floating Rate Note", then, except as
set forth below or specified on the face hereof or in an Addendum
hereto, this Note shall bear interest at the Fixed Interest Rate minus
the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis
or Bases (a) plus or minus
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the Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if
any; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified on the face
hereof or in an Addendum hereto, the interest rate hereon shall not be
less than zero. Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the
rate at which interest on this Note shall be payable shall be reset as
of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest rate
in effect for the period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the
Initial Interest Reset Date shall be the Initial Interest Rate.
Except as set forth above or specified on the face hereof or in an
Addendum hereto, the interest rate in effect on each day shall be (i) if such
day is an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined as of the Interest
Determination Date (as defined below) immediately preceding such Interest Reset
Date or (ii) if such day is not an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate
determined as of the Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the most
recent Interest Reset Date. 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 Business Day, except that if LIBOR is an applicable
Interest Rate Basis and such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar
month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Business
Day. In addition, if the Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis
and the Interest Determination Date would otherwise fall on an Interest Reset
Date, then such Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding
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, regulation or executive order to close in
The City of New York; provided, however, that if the Specified Currency is
other than United States dollars, such day is also not a day on which banking
institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order
to close in the Principal Financial Center (as defined below) of the country
issuing the Specified Currency (or, in the case of European Currency Units
("ECU"), is not a day that appears as an ECU non-settlement day on the display
designated as "ISDE" on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or a day so
designated by the ECU Banking Association) or, if ECU non-settlement days do
not appear on that page (and are not so designated), is not a day on which
payments in ECU cannot be settled in the international interbank market);
provided, further, that if LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, such day
is also a London Business Day (as defined below). "London Business Day" means
(i) if the Index Currency (as defined below) is other than ECU, any day on
which dealings in such Index Currency are transacted in the London interbank
market or (ii) if the Index Currency is ECU, any day that does not appear as an
ECU non-settlement day on the display designated as "ISDE" on the Reuter
Monitor Money Rates Service (or a day so designated by the ECU Banking
Association) or, if ECU non-settlement days do not appear on that page (and are
not so designated), is not a day on which payments in ECU cannot be settled in
the international interbank market. "Principal Financial Center" means the
capital city of the
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country issuing the Specified Currency, or solely with respect to the
calculation of LIBOR, the Index Currency, except that with respect to United
States dollars, Australian dollars, Deutsche marks, Dutch guilders, Italian
lire, Swiss francs and ECU, the "Principal Financial Center" shall be The City
of New York, Sydney, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Milan, Zurich and Luxembourg,
respectively.
The interest rate applicable to each Interest Reset Period commencing
on the related Interest Reset Date will be determined by the Calculation Agent
as of the applicable Interest Determination Date and will be calculated by the
Calculation Agent on or prior to the Calculation Date (as defined below),
except with respect to the LIBOR and the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate,
which will be calculated as of such Interest Determination Date. The "Interest
Determination Date" with respect to the CD Rate, the CMT Rate, the Commercial
Paper Rate, the Federal Funds Rate and the Prime Rate will be the second
Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date; the
"Interest Determination Date" with respect to the Eleventh District Cost of
Funds Rate shall be the last working day of the month immediately preceding the
applicable Interest Reset Date on which the Federal Home Loan Bank of San
Francisco (the "FHLB of San Francisco") publishes the Index (as defined below);
and the "Interest Determination Date" with respect to LIBOR shall be the second
London Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date,
unless the Index Currency is British pounds sterling, in which case the
"Interest Determination Date" will be the applicable Interest Reset Date. The
"Interest Determination Date" with respect to the Treasury Rate shall be the
day in the week in which the applicable Interest Reset Date falls on which day
Treasury Bills (as defined below) are normally auctioned (Treasury Bills are
normally sold at an auction held on Monday of each week, unless that day is a
legal holiday, in which case the auction is normally held on the following
Tuesday, except that such auction may be held on the preceding Friday);
provided, however, that if an auction is held on the Friday of the week
preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date, the "Interest Determination Date"
shall be such preceding Friday. If the interest rate of this Note is
determined with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases specified on the
face hereof, the "Interest Determination Date" pertaining to this Note shall be
the most recent Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to the
applicable Interest Reset Date on which each Interest Rate Basis is
determinable. Each Interest Rate Basis shall be determined as of such date,
and the applicable interest rate shall take effect on the related Interest
Reset Date.
Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof or in an Addendum
hereto, the rate with respect to each Interest Rate Basis will be determined in
accordance with the applicable provisions below.
CD Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the
face hereof as the CD Rate, the CD Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "CD Rate Interest Determination
Date") as the rate on such date for negotiable United States dollar
certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof
as published by the
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in "Statistical Release
H.15(519), Selected Interest Rates" or any successor publication ("H.15(519)")
under the heading "CDs (Secondary Market)", or, if not published by 3:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such CD Rate
Interest Determination Date for negotiable United States dollar certificates of
deposit of the Index Maturity as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York in its daily statistical release "Composite 3:30 P.M. Quotations for
United States Government Securities" or any successor publication ("Composite
Quotations") under the heading "Certificates of Deposit". If such rate is not
yet published in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CD Rate on such CD
Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent
specified 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 CD Rate
Interest Determination Date, of three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable
United States 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 market banks for negotiable United States dollar certificates of
deposit with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity in an amount
that is representative for a single transaction in that market at that time;
provided, however, that if the dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are
not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the CD Rate determined as of such CD
Rate Interest Determination Date will be the CD Rate in effect on such CD Rate
Interest Determination Date.
CMT Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the
face hereof as the CMT rate, the CMT Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "CMT Rate Interest Determination
Date") as the rate displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page (as defined
below) under the caption "...Treasury Constant Maturities...Federal Reserve
Board Release H.15...Mondays Approximately 3:45 P.M.", under the column for the
Designated CMT Maturity Index (as defined below) for (i) if the Designated CMT
Telerate Page is 7055, the rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date
and (ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the weekly or monthly
average, as specified on the face hereof, for the week or month, as applicable,
ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which the
related CMT Rate Interest Determination Date occurs. If such rate is no longer
displayed on the relevant page or is not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate for
the Designated CMT Maturity Index as published in H.15(519). If such rate is
no longer published or is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate for the
Designated CMT Maturity Index (or other United States Treasury rate for the
Designated CMT Maturity Index) for the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date
with respect to such Interest Reset Date as may then be published by either the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the
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United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines
to be comparable to the rate formerly displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate
Page and published in H.15(519). If such information is not provided by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate on
the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation
Agent and will be a yield to maturity, based on the arithmetic mean of the
secondary market closing offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New
York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date reported,
according to their written records, by three leading primary United States
government securities dealers (each, a "Reference Dealer") in The City of New
York selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such Reference Dealers
selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in
the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the
event of equality, one of the lowest)), for the most recently issued direct
noncallable fixed rate obligations of the United States ("Treasury Notes") with
an original maturity of approximately the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a
remaining term to maturity of not less than such Designated CMT Maturity Index
minus one year. If the Calculation Agent is unable to obtain three such
Treasury Note quotations, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination
Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a yield to
maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offer side prices
as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date of three Reference Dealers in The City of New York (from
five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating
the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and
the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for
Treasury Notes with an original maturity of the number of years that is the
next highest to the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining term to
maturity closest to the Designated CMT Maturity Index and in an amount of at
least U.S.$100 million. If three or four (and not five) of such Reference
Dealers are quoting as described above, then the CMT Rate will be based on the
arithmetic mean of the offer prices obtained and neither the highest nor the
lowest of such quotes will be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than
three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
mentioned herein, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date. If two Treasury Notes with an original maturity as
described in the second preceding sentence have remaining terms to maturity
equally close to the Designated CMT Maturity Index, the Calculation Agent will
obtain quotations for the Treasury Note with the shorter remaining term to
maturity.
"Designated CMT Telerate Page" means the display on the Dow Jones
Telerate Service (or any successor service) on the page specified on the face
hereof (or any other page as may replace such page on such service (or any
successor service) for the purpose of displaying Treasury Constant Maturities
as reported in H.15(519). If no such page is specified on the face hereof, the
Designated CMT Telerate Page shall be 7052, for the most recent week.
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"Designated CMT Maturity Index" means the original period to maturity
of the United States Treasury securities (either 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20 or 30
years) specified on the face hereof with respect to which the CMT Rate will be
calculated. If no such maturity is specified on the face hereof, the
Designated CMT Maturity Index shall be 2 years.
Commercial Paper Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
specified on the face hereof as the Commercial Paper Rate, the Commercial
Paper Rate shall be determined as of the applicable Interest Determination Date
(a "Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date") as the Money Market
Yield (as defined below) on such date of the rate for commercial paper having
the Index Maturity as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Commercial
Paper". In the event that such rate is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on such Calculation Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate on such
Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Money Market
Yield of the rate for commercial paper having the Index Maturity as published
in Composite Quotations under the heading "Commercial Paper" (with an Index
Maturity of one month or three months being deemed to be equivalent to an Index
Maturity of 30 days or 90 days, respectively). If such rate is not yet
published in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on such Calculation Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate on such
Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and shall be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of
the offered rates at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such
Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date of three leading dealers of
commercial paper in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for
commercial paper having the Index Maturity placed for an industrial issuer
whose bond rating is "AA", or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization; provided, however, that if the dealers so
selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this
sentence, the Commercial Paper Rate determined as of such Commercial Paper Rate
Interest Determination Date will be the Commercial Paper Rate in effect on such
Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date.
"Money Market Yield" means a yield (expressed as a percentage)
calculated in accordance with the following formula:
Money Market Yield = D x 360
---------------------- x 100
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 Interest Period for which interest is being
calculated.
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for
this Note is specified on the face hereof as the Eleventh District Cost of
Funds Rate, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate shall be determined as of
the applicable Interest Determination Date (an "Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate Interest Determination Date") as the rate equal to the monthly
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weighted average cost of funds for the calendar month immediately preceding the
month in which such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination
Date falls, as set forth under the caption "11th District" on Telerate Page
7058 as of 11:00 A.M., San Francisco time, on such Eleventh District Cost of
Funds Rate Interest Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on
Telerate Page 7058 on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date, then the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate on such
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the
monthly weighted average cost of funds paid by member institutions of the
Eleventh Federal Home Loan Bank District that was most recently announced (the
"Index") by the FHLB of San Francisco as such cost of funds for the calendar
month immediately preceding such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date. If the FHLB of San Francisco fails to announce the Index
on or prior to such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination
Date for the calendar month immediately preceding such Eleventh District Cost
of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate determined as of such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate in effect
on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.
Federal Funds Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
specified on the face hereof as the Federal Funds Rate, the Federal Funds
Rate shall be determined as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a
"Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date") as the rate on such date for
United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading
"Federal Funds (Effective)" or, if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the Calculation Date, the rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date as published in Composite Quotations under the heading
"Federal Funds/Effective Rate". If such rate is not published in either
H.15(519) or Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds
Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and
will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight
United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of federal
funds transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent,
prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date; provided, however, that if the brokers so selected by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal
Funds Rate determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date
will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date.
LIBOR. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the
face hereof as LIBOR, LIBOR shall be determined by the Calculation Agent as of
the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "LIBOR Interest Determination
Date") in accordance with the following provisions:
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(i) if (a) "LIBOR Reuters" is specified on the face hereof, the
arithmetic mean of the offered rates (unless the Designated LIBOR Page (as
defined below) by its terms provides only for a single rate, in which case such
single rate will be used) for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index
Maturity, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, that appear (or, if
only a single rate is required as aforesaid, appears) on the Designated LIBOR
Page (as defined below) as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date, or (b) "LIBOR Telerate" is specified on the face hereof, or
if neither "LIBOR Reuters" nor "LIBOR Telerate" is specified on the face hereof
as the method for calculating LIBOR, the rate for deposits in the Index
Currency having the Index Maturity, commencing on such Interest Reset Date,
that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on
such LIBOR Interest Determination Date. If fewer than two such offered rates
appear, or if no such rate appears, as applicable, LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date shall be determined in accordance with the provisions
described in clause (ii) below.
(ii) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which
fewer than two offered rates appear, or no rate appears, as the case may be, on
the Designated LIBOR Page as specified in clause (i) above, the Calculation
Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major
reference banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation
Agent, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits
in the Index Currency for the period of the Index Maturity, commencing on the
applicable Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market
at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination
Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction
in such Index Currency in such market at such time. If at least two such
quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination
Date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such
quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination
Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00
A.M., in the applicable Principal Financial Center, on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date by three major banks in such Principal Financial Center
selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in the Index Currency to leading
European banks, having the Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is
representative for a single transaction in such Index Currency in such market
at such time; provided, however, that if the banks so selected by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR
determined as of such LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall be LIBOR in
effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.
"Index Currency" means the currency or composite currency specified on
the face hereof as to which LIBOR shall be calculated. If no such currency or
composite currency is specified on the face hereof, the Index Currency shall be
United States dollars.
"Designated LIBOR Page" means (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified on
the face hereof, the display on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or any
successor service) on the page
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specified on the face hereof (or any other page as may replace such page on
such service (or any successor service)), for the purpose of displaying the
London interbank rates of major banks for the Index Currency, or (b) if "LIBOR
Telerate" is specified on the face hereof or neither "LIBOR Reuters" nor "LIBOR
Telerate" is specified on the face hereof as the method for calculating LIBOR,
the display on the Dow Jones Telerate Service (or any successor service) on the
page specified on the face hereof (or any other page as may replace such page
on such service (or any successor service)) for the purpose of displaying the
London interbank rates of major banks for the Index Currency.
Prime Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on
the face hereto as the Prime Rate, the Prime Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date") as the rate on such date as such rate is published in H.15(519) under
the heading "Bank Prime Loan". If such rate is not published prior to 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate
shall be the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest publicly announced by
each bank that appears on the Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page (as defined below)
as such bank's prime rate or base lending rate as in effect for such Prime Rate
Interest Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates appear on the
Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date,
the Prime 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 a 360-day year as of
the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by four
major money center banks in The City of New York selected by the Calculation
Agent. If fewer than four such quotations are so provided, the Prime Rate
shall be the arithmetic mean of four prime rates quoted on the basis of the
actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year as of the close of
business on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date as furnished in The
City of New York by the major money center banks, if any, that have provided
such quotations and by a reasonable number of substitute banks or trust
companies to obtain four such prime rate quotations, provided such substitute
banks or trust companies are organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States, or any State thereof, each 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 provide such
rate or rates; provided, however, that if the banks or trust companies so
selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this
sentence, the Prime Rate determined as of such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date.
"Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page" means the display designated as page
"USPRIME1" on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or any successor service)
(or such other page as may replace the USPRIME1 page on such service (or any
successor service) for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending
rates of major United States banks).
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Treasury Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified
on the face hereof as the Treasury Rate, the Treasury Rate shall be determined
as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date") as the rate from the auction held on such Treasury Rate
Interest Determination Date (the "Auction") of direct obligations of the United
States ("Treasury Bills") having the Index Maturity, as such rate is published
in H.15(519) under the heading "Treasury bills-auction average (investment)"
or, if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, the auction average rate of such Treasury Bills (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 are not reported as provided above by
3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, or if no such Auction
is held, 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) of
the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30
P.M., New York City time, on such Treasury Rate 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; provided, however, that if the dealers
so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this
sentence, the Treasury Rate determined as of such Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Rate
Interest Determination Date.
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, in each case as specified on the face hereof. 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 law of
general application.
The "Calculation Date", if applicable, pertaining to any Interest
Determination Date shall be the earlier of (i) the tenth calendar day after
such Interest Determination Date or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day or (ii) the Business Day immediately preceding the
applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. 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 become effective as a result of a determination made
for the next succeeding Interest Reset Date.
Accrued interest hereon shall be an amount calculated by multiplying
the principal 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 applicable Interest Period. Unless otherwise specified as the
Day Count Convention on the face hereof, the interest factor for each such date
shall be computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360
if the CD Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the
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Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR or the
Prime Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis or by the actual number of days
in the year if the CMT Rate or the Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate
Basis. Unless otherwise specified as the Day Count Convention on the face
hereof, the interest factor for this Note, if the interest rate is calculated
with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases, shall be calculated in each
period in the same manner as if only the Applicable Interest Rate Basis
specified on the face hereof applied.
All percentages resulting from any calculation on this Note shall be
rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five
one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards, and all amounts used in
or resulting from such calculation on this Note shall be rounded, in the case
of United States dollars, to the nearest cent or, in the case of a Specified
Currency other than United States dollars, to the nearest unit (with one-half
cent or unit being rounded upwards).
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Subordinated Indenture,
shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be accelerated in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Subordinated Indenture.
The Subordinated Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i)
the entire indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain covenants and Events of
Default with respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to the Notes.
The Subordinated Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of the Debt Securities
at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of
not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Debt
Securities at the time outstanding and affected thereby. The Subordinated
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of not less than a
majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities
of any series, on behalf of the holders of all such Debt Securities, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Subordinated
Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Subordinated Indenture permit the
holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Debt Securities of any series, in certain instances, to waive, on
behalf of all of the holders of Debt Securities of such series, certain past
defaults under the Subordinated Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding
upon such holder and upon all future holders of this Note and other Notes
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in
lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Note.
No reference herein to the Subordinated Indenture and no provision of
this Note or of the Subordinated Indenture shall alter
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or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note at the
times, places and rate or formula, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As provided in the Subordinated Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein and herein set forth, the transfer of this Note is
registrable in the Security Register of the Company upon surrender of this Note
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any
place where the principal hereof and any premium or interest hereon are
payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed
by, the holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
As provided in the Subordinated Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein and herein set forth, this Note is exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations but
otherwise having the same terms and conditions, as requested by the holder
hereof surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the holder in whose name this Note is registered as the owner thereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Subordinated Indenture and this Note shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
agreements made and to be performed entirely in such State.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______ Custodian _____
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors
survivorship and not as tenants Act_____________________
in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT
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 typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
______________________________________________________________________________
this Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
____________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:_____________________ _______________________________________
_______________________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on this
Assignment must correspond with
the name(s) as written upon the face of
this Note in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the
Company to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its
terms at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together
with unpaid interest accrued hereon to the Repayment Date, to the undersigned,
at ___________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)
For this Note to be repaid, the Trustee must receive at its corporate
trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, currently
located at __________________________________________, not more than 60 nor
less than 30 calendar days prior to the Repayment Date, this Note with this
"Option to Elect Repayment" form duly completed.
If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify the portion hereof (which shall be increments of U.S.$1,000 (or, if the
Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the minimum Authorized
Denomination specified on the face hereof)) which the holder elects to have
repaid and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall be an
Authorized Denomination) of the Notes to be issued to the holder for the
portion of this Note not being repaid (in the absence of any such
specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid).
Principal Amount
to be Repaid: $_____________ ______________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on
Date: ______________________ this Option to Elect Repayment
must correspond with the name(s) as
written upon the face of this Note in
every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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