Payment on Notes (a) Subject to the Payment Restrictions, MBIA shall provide to the Paying Agent, in immediately available funds on or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, but in any event no later than 12:00 noon, New York time, on each Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Scheduled Interest Payment Date, Scheduled Maturity Date or Redemption Date, such amount, in U.S. dollars, as is necessary to make such payment as is due, and MBIA hereby authorizes and directs the Paying Agent from funds so provided to it to make or cause to be made payment of the principal of and interest on, and Redemption Price or Make Whole Redemption Price with respect to, the Notes in the manner, at the times and for the purposes set forth herein and in the text of the Notes. Payments in respect of principal on or a redemption of Notes will be made only against surrender of such Notes. Payments in respect of interest on each scheduled payment date with respect to any such Note will be made to the Person in whose name such Note is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record Date. Payments of principal of, interest on or amounts with respect to a redemption of the Notes will be made by U.S. dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York or, for holders of at least $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States, provided that a written request from such Holder to such effect is received by the Fiscal Agent or the Paying Agent not less than 15 days (or such fewer days as the Fiscal Agent may accept at its discretion) prior to the scheduled payment date of the payment to be made. Unless such designation is revoked, any such designation made by such Person with respect to such Note will remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Note payable to such Person. MBIA will pay any reasonable administrative costs imposed in connection with making any such payments by wire transfer.
(b) MBIA will use its best efforts to obtain the approval of the Superintendent for the payment by MBIA of interest on and principal of, and Redemption Price or Make Whole Redemption Price with respect to, the Notes on each Interest Payment Date and the Maturity Date and any Redemption Date and, in the event any such approval has not been obtained for such payment at or prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date or any Redemption Date, as the case may be, to continue to use its best efforts to obtain such approval promptly thereafter. The first Business Day on or after any such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date or any Redemption Date on which the Payment Restrictions for any such payment of interest or principal or Redemption Price or Make Whole Redemption Price, as the case may be, are satisfied is referred to herein as “Scheduled Interest Payment Date” or “Scheduled Maturity Date” with respect to such payment of interest or principal or Redemption Price or Make Whole Redemption Price, as the case may be. Not less than 45 days prior to each Interest Payment Date and the Maturity Date (excluding any such Maturity Date which arises as a result of the obtaining of an order or the granting of approval for the rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation or dissolution of MBIA) and not less than 30 days prior to any Redemption Date, MBIA will seek the approval of the Superintendent to make each payment of interest on and principal of, and the Redemption Price or Make Whole Redemption Price with respect to, the Notes, respectively. In addition, MBIA will notify or cause to be notified in writing each Holder and the Fiscal Agent no later than five Business Days prior to each Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date and a Redemption Date (excluding any such Maturity Date which arises as a result of the obtaining of an order or the granting of approval for the rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation or dissolution of MBIA) in the event that the Superintendent has not then approved the making of any such payment on such date or in case the Payment Restrictions are otherwise not satisfied, and thereafter will promptly notify in writing the Fiscal Agent in the event that MBIA shall have failed to make any such payment on any such date.
(c) MBIA will pay interest on each Note (i) subject to the Payment Restrictions, on each Interest Payment Date (if the Interest Payment Date is a Business Day, otherwise on the first Business Day after any such Interest Payment Date) to the Holder of such Note as of the close of business on the Record Date for the applicable Interest Payment Date or (ii) if the Payment Restrictions are not satisfied on any such Interest Payment Date, on the applicable Scheduled Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Note as of the close of business on the Record Date for the applicable Scheduled Interest Payment Date or, in each case, on the subsequent special record date, if any, determined pursuant to
