Determination of Treasury Rate Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement if the Base Rate specified on the face hereof is the Treasury Rate, the “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Treasury Rate Determination Date (as defined below), the rate for the auction held on such Treasury Rate Determination 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 “U.S. Government Securities-Treasury bills-auction average (investment)” or, if not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Treasury Rate Determination Date, the auction average rate (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 for Treasury bills on such Treasury Rate Determination Date having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof. 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 Treasury Rate 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) 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 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 dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting bid rates as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest for the applicable period will be the rate of interest in effect on such Treasury Rate Determination Date. The “Treasury Rate Determination Date” will be the day of the week in which the related Interest Reset Date falls on which Treasury bills would normally be auctioned. Treasury bills are normally sold at auction 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. If, as the result of a legal holiday, an auction is so held on the preceding Friday, such Friday will be the Treasury Date Determination Date pertaining to the Interest Reset Date occurring in the next succeeding week. If an auction date shall fall on any Interest Reset Date for a Note whose Base Rate is the Treasury Rate, then such Interest Reset Date shall instead be the first Business Day immediately following such auction date. The interest rate for each such Interest Reset Date shall be the Treasury Rate plus or minus the Spread or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as indicated on the face hereof.
