Contract
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), 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 DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
THIS NOTE IS NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR A DEPOSIT, IS NOT AN OBLIGATION OF OR GUARANTEED BY ANY BANKING OR NONBANKING AFFILIATE OF BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
REGISTERED
$_________________
NUMBER FXR _________
CUSIP 06050 ______
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM SENIOR NOTE, SERIES J
(Fixed Rate)
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
INTEREST RATE:
STATED MATURITY DATE:
FINAL MATURITY DATE:
INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE:
INITIAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE:
ANNUAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE:
PERCENTAGE REDUCTION:
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATE(S):
ADDITIONAL TERMS:
/ / This Note is a Renewable Note.
See
Attached Rider.
/ / This Note is an Extendible
Note.
See
Attached Rider.
/ / This Note is issued in denominations
of other than $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. The denominations
in which this series shall be issuable are ____________________________________________________________.
BANK OF AMERICA
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (herein called the "Corporation," which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to
on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE
& CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of _________________________________________
DOLLARS(1) on
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(1) This form provides for Notes denominated in, and principal
and interest payable in, U.S. dollars. The form, as used, may be
modified to provide, alternatively, for Notes denominated in, and principal
and interest and other amount, if any, payable in a foreign currency or
currency unit, with the specific terms and provisions, including any limitations
on the issuances of Notes in such currency, additional provision regarding
paying and other agents and additional provisions regarding the calculation
and payment of such currency, set forth therein.
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the Stated Maturity Date(2) specified above (except to the extent
redeemed or repaid prior to the Stated Maturity Date), and to pay interest
on said principal sum, semi-annually(3) in arrears on ____________ and
__________ of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date"), at the Interest
Rate per annum specified above, until payment of such principal sum has
been made or duly provided for, commencing on the first Interest Payment
Date succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above, unless the Original
Issue Date occurs between a Regular Record Date, as defined below, and
the next Interest Payment Date, in which case commencing on the Interest
Payment Date following the next Regular Record Date, and on the Stated
Maturity Date or Final Maturity Date shown above (or any Redemption Date
as defined on the reverse hereof or any Optional Repayment Date as specified
above with respect to which any such option has been exercised, each such
Stated Maturity Date, Final Maturity Date, Redemption Date, and Optional
Repayment Date being herein referred to as a "Maturity Date" with respect
to the principal payable on such date). Interest on this Note will accrue
from the Original Issue Date specified above until the principal amount
is paid and will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. Interest payments will equal the amount of interest accrued from,
and including, the preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which
interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including the
Original Issue Date specified above, if no interest has been paid or duly
provided for) to, but excluding, the Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
Date, as the case may be. If the Maturity Date or an Interest Payment Date
falls on a day which is not a Business Day as defined below, principal
or interest payable with respect to such Maturity Date or Interest Payment
Date will be paid on the succeeding Business Day with the same force and
effect as if made on such Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date, as the
case may be, and no additional interest shall accrue for the period from
and after such Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date. The interest so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will be paid to the person in whose name this Note (or one or more
predecessor Notes evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as this
Note) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date,
which shall be the __________ or the ___________, whether or not a Business
Day, as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date;
provided, however, that the first payment of interest on
any Note with an Original Issue Date, as specified above, between a Regular
Record Date and an Interest Payment Date or on an Interest Payment Date
will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next Regular Record
Date to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of
business on such next Regular Record Date; and provided,
further,
that interest payable on the Maturity Date will be payable to the person
to whom the principal hereof shall be payable. Any interest not punctually
paid or duly provided for shall be payable as provided in the Indenture(4).
As used herein, "Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday or
a Sunday, and that is not
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(2) This form provides for Notes that will mature only on a specified
date. If the maturity of Notes of a series may be renewed at the option
of the holder, or extended at the option of the Corporation, the form,
as use, will be modified to provide for additional terms relating to such
renewal or extension, as the case may be, including the period or periods
for which the maturity may be renewed or extended, as the case may be,
changes in the interest rate, if any requirements for notice.
(3) This form provides for semi-annual interest payments. If
the pricing supplement provides otherwise, this form, as used, may be modified
to provide, alternatively, for annual, quarterly, other periodic interest
payments.
(4) This form does not contemplate the offer of Notes to United States
Aliens (for United States federal income tax purposes). If Notes
are offered to United States Aliens, the forms of Notes, as used, may be
modified to provide for the payment of additional amounts to such United
States Aliens or, if applicable, the redemption of such Notes in lieu of
payment of such additional amounts.
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a legal holiday in New York, New York or Charlotte, North Carolina, that is not a day on which banking institutions in those cities or any other place of payment with respect to this Note are authorized or required by law or regulation to be closed, and:
- if this Note is denominated in euro, a day on which the TransEuropean Real-Time Gross-Settlement Express Transfer, or "TARGET," System or any successor is operating; and
- if this Note is denominated in a specified currency other than United States dollars or euro, a day on which banking institutions are generally authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center of the country of the specified currency.
The "Principal Financial Center" is:
- the capital city of the country issuing the specified currency, except that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, South African rand, and Swiss francs, the "Principal Financial Center" is New York, Sydney and Melbourne, Toronto, Johannesburg, and Zurich, respectively, or
- the capital city of the country to which the LIBOR currency relates, except that with respect to is United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, South African rand, and Swiss francs, the "Principal Financial Center" is New York, Sydney, Toronto, Johannesburg, and Zurich, respectively.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or by an authenticating agent on behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under such Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Instrument to be duly executed, by manual or facsimile signature, under its corporate seal or a facsimile thereof.
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
By: _______________________________
[SEAL]
Title: Senior Vice President
ATTEST:
By:______________________
Assistant Secretary
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:_____________
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:__________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[Reverse of Note]
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM SENIOR NOTE, SERIES J
(Fixed Rate)
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Corporation unlimited in aggregate principal amount issued and to be issued under an Indenture dated as of January 1, 1995 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Corporation (successor to NationsBank Corporation) and The Bank of New York (successor in interest to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as successor trustee to BankAmerica National Trust Company, herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 18, 1998 and a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 7, 2001, to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Corporation, the Trustee and the holders of the Notes, and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is also one of the Notes designated as the Corporation's Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series J (herein called the "Notes"), limited in aggregate principal amount to $5,000,000,000. The Trustee initially shall act as Security Registrar, Authenticating and Issuing and Paying Agent in connection with the Notes. The Notes may bear different dates, mature at different times, bear interest at different rates and vary in such other ways as are provided in the Indenture.
This Note is not subject to any sinking fund.
[This Note may be subject to repayment at the option of the registered holder on the Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, indicated on the face hereof. IF NO OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES ARE SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SO REPAID AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER HEREOF PRIOR TO THE STATED MATURITY DATE. On any Optional Repayment Date this Note shall be repayable in whole or in part in increments of $1,000 or such other amount as stated on the face of this Note at the option of the holder hereof at a repayment price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together with interest thereon payable to the date of repayment. For this Note to be repaid in whole or in part at the option of the holder hereof, this Note must be received, with the form below entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed, by the Issuing and Paying Agent at the Corporate Trust Office, or such other address of which the Corporation shall from time to time notify the holders of the Notes, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to an Optional Repayment Date. Exercise of such repayment option by the holder hereof shall be irrevocable.]
[This Note may be redeemed
at the option of the Corporation on any date on and after the Initial Redemption
Date, if any, specified on the face hereof (the "Redemption Date").
IF NO INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE IS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF, THIS NOTE
MAY NOT BE REDEEMED AT THE OPTION OF THE CORPORATION PRIOR TO THE STATED
MATURITY DATE. On and after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, this
Note may be redeemed at any time in whole or from time to time in part
in increments of $1,000 or such other amount as stated on the face of this
Note at the option of the Corporation at the
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applicable Redemption Price (as defined below) together with interest thereon payable to the Redemption Date, on notice given not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the registered holder hereof upon the surrender hereof. If this Note is redeemable at the option of the Corporation, the "Redemption Price" shall initially be the Initial Redemption Percentage specified on the face hereof of the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed and shall decline at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any, specified on the face hereof of the principal amount to be redeemed until the Redemption Price is 100% of such principal amount.]
The provisions of Article Fourteen of the Indenture do not apply to Securities of this Series.
If an Event of Default (defined in the Indenture as (i) the Corporation's failure to pay principal of (or premium, if any, on) the Notes when due, or to pay interest on the Notes within 30 days after the same becomes due, (ii) the Corporation's breach of its other covenants contained in this Note or in the Indenture, which breach is not cured within 90 days after written notice by the Trustee or by the holders of at least 25% in outstanding principal amount of all Securities issued under the Indenture and affected thereby and (iii) certain events involving the bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Corporation) shall occur with respect to the Notes, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Corporation and the rights of the holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Corporation with the consent of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and all other Securities then outstanding under the Indenture and affected by such amendment and modification. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and all other Securities then outstanding under the Indenture and affected thereby, on behalf of the holders of all such Securities, to waive compliance by the Corporation with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the 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 of any Note 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 Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
No recourse shall be
had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Note, or
for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on
or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against
any incorporator, stockholder, officer,
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or director, as such, past, present, or future, of the Corporation or any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute, or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the registry books of the Corporation relating to the Notes, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Corporation designated by it pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trustee or the Security Registrar duly executed by, the registered holder hereof or 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.
The Notes are issuable only as registered Notes without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof or in such minimum denominations as are set forth on the face of this Note. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Corporation, the Trustee, the Issuing and Paying Agent and any agent of the Corporation may treat the entity in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Corporation, the Trustee, the Issuing and Paying Agent nor any such agent of the Corporation shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Note which are not defined herein, but are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Notes are being issued by means
of a book-entry system with no physical distribution of certificates to
be made except as provided in the Indenture. The book-entry system maintained
by The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") will evidence ownership of the
Notes, with transfers of ownership effected on the records of DTC and its
participants pursuant to rules and procedures established by DTC and its
participants. The Corporation will recognize Cede & Co., as nominee
of DTC, while the registered holder of the Notes, as the owner of the Notes
for all purposes, including payment of principal (premium, if any) and
interest, notices, and voting. Transfer of principal (premium, if any)
and interest to participants of DTC will be the responsibility of DTC,
and transfer of principal (premium, if any) and interest to beneficial
owners of the Notes by participants of DTC will be the responsibility of
such participants and other nominees of such beneficial owners. So long
as the book-entry system is in effect, the selection of any Notes to be
redeemed will be determined by DTC pursuant to rules and procedures established
by DTC and its participants. The Corporation will not be responsible or
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liable for such transfers or payments or for maintaining, supervising, or reviewing the records maintained by DTC, its participants, or persons acting through such participants.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of the within Note 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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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
[PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS
INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE]
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Please Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number
of Assignee: ______________________________
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing _____________________________________ Attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: _______________________ _________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and must be guaranteed.
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[OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT]
The undersigned hereby
irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Corporation to repay this Note
(or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms at a price equal
to the principal amount hereof together with interest 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 (or any duly appointed paying agent) must receive at __________________, or at such other place or places of which the Corporation shall from time to time notify the registered holder of this Note, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to an Optional Repayment Date, if any, shown on the face hereof, 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 in increments of $1,000 unless otherwise stated on the face hereof) which the registered holder elects to have repaid and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall be $__________ or an integral multiple of $l,000 unless otherwise stated on the face hereof in excess of $__________) of the Notes to be issued to the registered 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).
$_______________________
_________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature on this Option to Elect
Date:____________________
Repayment must correspond with the name as written
upon the face of this Note in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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[RENEWABLE NOTE RIDER]
The Corporation and the purchaser of this Note have agreed that this Note is a Renewable Note which initially matures on the Stated Maturity Date shown on the face hereof. At each Renewal Date, as specified below, the maturity of this Note will be automatically extended to the corresponding New Maturity Date, as specified below, unless the registered holder of this Note elects to terminate the automatic extension of the maturity of this Note or any portion hereof and delivers a completed Extension Termination Notice to the Trustee (or any duly appointed paying agent) not less than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to the applicable Renewal Date. The Extension Termination Notice may specify all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Note so long as the principal amount of the Note remaining outstanding after repayment is an integral multiple of $1,000 unless otherwise stated on the face hereof. Upon timely delivery of such Extension Termination Notice, the term of the principal amount of this Note subject to such notice will be deemed automatically to mature on the Stated Maturity Date or the then applicable New Maturity Date, as the case may be. The remaining principal balance of such Note, if any, will be deemed to automatically be extended to the corresponding New Maturity Date but in no circumstances may such maturity be extended beyond the Final Maturity Date set forth below. An election to terminate the automatic extension of the maturity hereof shall be irrevocable and binding on each holder hereof. Notwithstanding any such extension, the interest rate applicable to this Note will continue to be calculated as set forth in this Note.
STATED MATURITY DATE:_________________________________
FINAL MATURITY DATE:__________________________________
Renewal Date(s)
New Maturity Date(s)
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[EXTENDIBLE NOTE RIDER]
The Corporation and the purchaser of this Note have agreed that this Note is an Extendible Note, whereby the Corporation has the option to extend the maturity of this Note for one or more whole year periods, as set forth below (each, an "Extension Period"), up to but not beyond the Final Maturity Date set forth below, under the terms of this Note as supplemented by this Extendible Note Rider.
Stated Maturity Date:
Final Maturity Date:
|
Extension Notice
Due Date |
Extended
Maturity Date |
The Corporation may exercise its option with respect hereto by delivery to the Trustee (or any duly appointed paying agent) of notice of such exercise at least 45 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity Date originally in effect with respect hereto or, if the Stated Maturity Date has already been extended, prior to the maturity date then in effect (each, an "Extended Maturity Date"). After such receipt and not later than 40 days prior to the Stated Maturity Date or an Extended Maturity Date, as the case may be (each, a "Maturity Date"), the Trustee (or any duly appointed Paying Agent) will mail first class mail, postage prepaid, to the registered holder hereof a notice (the "Extension Notice") relating to such extension period (the "Extension Period") setting forth (i) the election of the Corporation to extend the maturity hereof, (ii) the new Extended Maturity Date, (iii) the interest rate applicable to the Extension Period, and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during the Extension Period, including the date or dates on which, the period or periods during which and the price or prices at which such redemption may occur during the Extension Period. Upon the mailing by the Trustee (or any duly appointed Paying Agent) of an Extension Notice to the registered holder hereof, the maturity hereof shall be extended automatically as set forth in such Extension Notice, and, except as modified by the Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, this Note will have the same terms as prior to the mailing of such Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Maturity Date hereof
(or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the immediately succeeding
Business Day), the Corporation, at its option, may revoke the interest
rate provided for in the Extension Notice and establish a higher interest
rate for the Extension Period by mailing or causing the Trustee (or any
duly appointed paying agent) to mail notice of such higher interest rate,
first class mail, postage prepaid, to the registered holder hereof. Such
notice shall be irrevocable. Thereafter, this Note will bear such higher
interest rate for the Extension Period.
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If the
Corporation elects to extend the maturity hereof, the registered holder
hereof will have the option to elect repayment hereof by the Corporation
on the Maturity Date then in effect at a price equal to the principal amount
hereof plus any accrued and unpaid interest to such date. In order for
this Note to be so repaid on the Maturity Date, the Corporation must receive,
at least 15 days but not more than 30 days prior to the Maturity Date then
in effect with respect hereto, (i) this Note with the form "Option to Elect
Repayment" on the reverse hereof duly completed or (ii) a telegram, telex,
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 trust company in the United States setting forth the
name of the registered holder hereof, the principal amount hereof to be
repaid, the certificate number, or a description of the tenor and terms
hereof, a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised
thereby, and a guarantee that this Note, together with the duly completed
form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" attached hereto, will be received
by the Trustee (or any duly appointed paying agent) not later than the
fifth Business Day after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission,
or letter, provided, however, that such telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission, or letter shall only be effective if this Note
and duly completed form are received by the Trustee (or any duly appointed
paying agent) by such fifth Business Day. Such option may be exercised
by the registered holder hereof for less than the aggregate principal amount
hereof then outstanding, provided that the principal amount hereof remaining
outstanding after repayment is an integral multiple of $1,000 unless otherwise
stated on the face hereof.
