Execution and Authentication At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid. A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture. The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under this Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Certificate of Authentication Only such Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. The execution of such certificate by the Trustee upon any Security executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Form of Certificate of Authentication The Property Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: This represents Preferred Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Trust Agreement. Dated: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Property Trustee By: Authorized officer
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. [Trustee], as Trustee By: Authorized Officer
Authentication of Notes If, at the time the successor by merger or consolidation to the Indenture Trustee succeeds to the trusts created by this Indenture, Notes have been authenticated but not delivered, the successor Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of a predecessor Indenture Trustee and deliver the Notes so authenticated. If at that time any Notes have not been authenticated, the successor Indenture Trustee may authenticate the Notes. In each of those cases, the certificates will have the same force and effect provided in the Notes or in this Indenture as the certificate of the predecessor Indenture Trustee.
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee By Authorized Signatory Reverse of Security This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of March 8, 2002 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, as Issuer, BP p.l.c., as Guarantor (herein called the “Guarantor”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture) (such Base Indenture as supplemented by the Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 19, 2017 (the “Indenture”)) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitation of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited to $1,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. This Security is not redeemable prior to September 19, 2027 (the “Stated Maturity”), except that this Security may be redeemed in accordance with the terms specified below and pursuant to Section 1108 of the Indenture; the date specified for the Securities of this series, for purposes of said Section 1108, is September 14, 2017. Prior to June 19, 2027 (the date that is three months prior to the scheduled maturity date for the Securities), the Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, as a whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at the election of the Company, at a redemption price (the “Optional Redemption Price”) equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of this series to be redeemed that would be due if such Securities matured on June 19, 2027 (not including any portion of payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”)) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, together with, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed to the Redemption Date. On or after June 19, 2027 (the date that is three months prior to the scheduled maturity date for the Securities), the Securities of this series are subject to redemption, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, the date of redemption. For purposes of determining the Optional Redemption Price, the following terms shall apply:
