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THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE “DEPOSITORY”) TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY), 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.
REGISTERED No.: R-1 |
CUSIP No.: | PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: 42,835 Units, $1,000 principal amount per Unit ($42,835,000 aggregate principal amount) | ||
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO., INC.
Medium-Term Notes, Series C
100% Principal Protected Notes Linked to the
Xxxxxx International Commodity Index® — Excess ReturnSM — Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Calculated
and to the U.S. Dollar Index®
(the “Notes”)
COMPONENT INDICES: The Xxxxxx International Commodity Index® — Excess ReturnSM — Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Calculated (the “Commodity Component Index”) and the U.S. Dollar Index® (the “Currency Component Index” and together with the Commodity Component Index, the “Component Indices”) |
INDEX PUBLISHER: With respect to their respective indices, Xxxxxxx Interests Inc. and IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., respectively. |
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: November 28, 2007 | ||
STATED MATURITY: November 30, 2010 |
VALUATION DATE: November 22, 2010 |
PARTICIPATION RATE: 143% | ||
ROGRER STARTING VALUE: 3,323.01 |
DXY STARTING VALUE: 75.3841 |
INDEX BUSINESS DAY: A day on which (1) the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), the American Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market are open for trading and (2) the Commodity Component Index or any successor thereto is calculated and published and (3) the Currency Component Index is calculated and published (as of approximately 11 A.M. EST). |
CALCULATION AGENT: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital Services |
DENOMINATIONS: Integral multiples of $1,000 (unless otherwise specified) |
SPECIFIED CURRENCY: United States dollar (unless otherwise specified) | ||
DEFAULT RATE: The then current Federal Funds Rate, reset daily, as defined under OTHER PROVISIONS below. |
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OTHER PROVISIONS
“Federal Funds Rate” means:
(1) | the rate with respect to a particular interest determination date displayed on Reuters or any successor service on page FEDFUNDS1 under the heading “EFFECT” or any other page as may replace page FEDFUNDS1 on that service (“Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1”), or |
(2) | if the rate referred to in clause (1) does not appear on Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1 or is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate with respect to a particular interest determination date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “Federal Funds (Effective)”, or |
(3) | if the rate referred to in clause (2) is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate with respect to a particular interest determination date calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of United States dollar federal funds transactions in The City of New York, which may include the agent or its affiliates, selected by the Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Business Day (as defined below) following that interest determination date, or |
(4) | if the brokers selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (3), the Federal Funds Rate for the Business Day preceding the particular interest determination date. |
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture herein referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, $1,000 per Unit plus the Supplemental Redemption Amount (as defined below) per Unit on the Stated Maturity.
Payment or delivery of the Principal Amount and the Supplemental Redemption Amount and any interest on any overdue amount thereof with respect to this global note (this “Global Note”) shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
Payment on the Stated Maturity
On the Stated Maturity, a Holder shall receive a cash payment equal to $1,000 per Unit plus the Supplemental Redemption Amount per Unit. The “Supplemental Redemption Amount” per Unit with respect to this Global Note shall be determined by the Calculation Agent and shall equal:
$1,000 × Participation Rate × Composite Return
provided, however, that in no event shall the Supplemental Redemption Amount per Unit be less than zero.
The “Composite Return” shall be determined by the Calculation Agent and shall equal:
50 | % | (
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ROGRER Ending Value – ROGRER Starting Value | )
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+50% | (
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DXY Starting Value – DXY Ending Value | )
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ROGRER Starting Value | DXY Starting Value |
The “ROGRER Ending Value” will equal the closing level of the Commodity Component Index on the Valuation Date, provided that if a Market Disruption Event (as defined below) occurs on that date, the ROGRER Ending Value will be determined according to the Market Disruption Calculation.
The “DXY Ending Value” will equal the level of the Currency Component Index at approximately 11 A.M. EST on the Valuation Date, as determined by the Calculation Agent.
The value of the Currency Component Index used for the DXY Ending Value will be determined by the Calculation Agent using the currency weightings specified on Bloomberg page DXY <Curncy>, or any successor page, and the spot currency exchange rates (the “Exchange Rates”) on Reuters page WMRSPOT, or any successor page.
If the currency exchange rates are not so quoted on Reuters page WMRSPOT, or any substitute page thereto, then the Exchange Rates used to determine the Ending Value will equal the noon buying rate in New York for cable transfers in foreign currencies as announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for customs purposes (the “Noon Buying Rate”). If the Noon Buying Rate is not announced on that date, then the Exchange Rates will be calculated on the
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basis of the arithmetic mean of the applicable spot quotations received by the Calculation Agent at approximately 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the relevant date for the purchase or sale for deposits in the relevant currencies by the London offices of three leading banks engaged in the interbank market (selected in the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent) (the “Reference Banks”). If fewer than three Reference Banks provide spot quotations, then the Exchange Rates will be calculated on the basis of the arithmetic mean of the applicable spot quotations received by the Calculation Agent at approximately 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the relevant date from two leading commercial banks in New York (selected in the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent), for the purchase or sale for deposits in the relevant currencies. If these spot quotations are available from only one bank, then the Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, will determine which quotation is available and reasonable to be used. If no spot quotation is available, then the Exchange Rates will be the rate the Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, determines to be fair and reasonable under the circumstances at approximately 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the relevant date.
A “Market Disruption Event” means one or more of the following events as determined by the Calculation Agent:
(1) | A material limitation, suspension, or disruption of trading in one or more commodity futures included in the Commodity Component Index the (“ROGRER Index Components”) which results in a failure by the exchange on which each applicable ROGRER Index Component is traded to report an exchange published settlement price for such contract on the day on which such event occurs or any succeeding day on which it continues. |
(2) | The exchange published settlement price for any ROGRER Index Component is a “limit price”, which means that the exchange published settlement price for such contract for a day has increased or decreased from the previous day’s exchange published settlement price by the maximum amount permitted under applicable exchange rules. |
(3) | Failure by the applicable exchange or other price source to announce or publish the exchange published settlement price for any ROGRER Index Component. |
(4) | A suspension of trading in one or more ROGRER Index Components, for which the trading does not resume at least ten (10) minutes prior to the scheduled or rescheduled closing time. |
(5) | Any other event, if the Calculation Agent determines in its sole discretion that the event materially interferes with the Company’s ability or the ability of any of its affiliates to unwind all or a material portion of a hedge with respect to the Notes that the Company or its affiliates have effected or may effect. |
In the event a Market Disruption Event has occurred on the Valuation Date, the ROGRER Ending Value will be determined by the Calculation Agent pursuant to the following “Market Disruption Calculation”:
(1) | With respect to each ROGRER Index Component, which is not affected by the Market Disruption Event, the Commodity Component Index level will be based on the exchange published settlement price on the Valuation Date. |
(2) | With respect to each ROGRER Index Component which is affected by the Market Disruption Event, the Commodity Component Index level will be based on the exchange published settlement price of each such contract on the first day following the Valuation Date on which no Market Disruption Event occurs with respect to such contract. In the event that a Market Disruption Event occurs with respect to any contract included in the Commodity Component Index on the Valuation Date and on each day to and including the second scheduled Index Business Day prior to the Stated Maturity, the price of such contract used to determine the ROGRER Ending Value will be estimated by the Calculation Agent in a manner which the Calculation Agent considers commercially reasonable under the circumstances. |
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(3) | The Calculation Agent shall determine the Commodity Component Index level by reference to the exchange published settlement prices or other prices determined in clauses (1) and (2), above, using the then current method for calculating the Commodity Component Index. The exchange on which a futures contract included in the Commodity Component Index is traded for purposes of the foregoing definition means the exchange used to value such futures contract for the calculation of the Commodity Component Index. |
All determinations made by the Calculation Agent, absent a determination of a manifest error, shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holders and beneficial owners of this Global Note.
Adjustments to the Component Indices
If at any time an Index Publisher makes a material change in the formula for or the method of calculating a Component Index or in any other way materially modifies a Component Index so that a Component Index does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the level of the Component Index had those changes or modifications not been made, then, from and after that time, the Calculation Agent shall, at the close of business in New York, New York, on each date that the closing level of the Component Index is to be calculated, make any adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a calculation of a level of a commodity futures index, in the case of the Commodity Component Index, or a currency index, in the case of the Currency Component Index, comparable to such specific Component Index as if those changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the closing level with reference to the Component Index, as so adjusted.
Discontinuance of the Component Indices
If an Index Publisher discontinues publication of a Component Index and such Index Publisher or another entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to that Component Index (a “Successor Index”), then, upon the Calculation Agent’s notification of that determination to the Trustee (as defined below) and the Company, the Calculation Agent shall substitute such Successor Index as calculated by the relevant Index Publisher or any other entity and calculate the Ending Value as described above under “Payment on the Stated Maturity”. Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Index, the Company shall cause notice to be given to Holders of this Global Note.
In the event that the Index Publisher discontinues publication of the Index and:
• | the Calculation Agent does not select a Successor Index; or |
• | the Successor Index is not published on the Valuation Date, as applicable |
the Calculation Agent shall compute a substitute level for the Component Index in accordance with the procedures last used to calculate the Component Index before any discontinuance. If a Successor Index is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates a level as a substitute for that Component Index as described below, the Successor Index or level shall be used as a substitute
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for that Component Index for all purposes, including the purpose of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists.
If the Index Publisher discontinues publication of the Index before the Valuation Date and the Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Index is available at that time, then on each Business Day until the earlier to occur of:
• | the determination of the Ending Value; and |
• | a determination by the Calculation Agent that a Successor Index is available, |
the Calculation Agent shall determine the value that would be used in computing the Supplemental Redemption Amount as described in the preceding paragraph as if that day were a Valuation Date. The Calculation Agent shall cause notice of each value to be published not less often than once each month in The Wall Street Journal or another newspaper of general circulation and arrange for information with respect to these values to be made available by telephone.
A “Business Day” is any day on which (i) the Component Indices or any Successor Index, if any, that have not been discontinued, are calculated and published, (ii) with respect to the Commodity Component Index, or any Successor Index, which have been discontinued, a day on which the exchanges quoting the commodities futures contracts used to calculate a substitute level for the Commodity Component Index following a discontinuance, as discussed above, are open for trading and (iii) a day other than a Saturday or Sunday that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close and those banks are open for dealing in a foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits.
General
All percentages resulting from any calculation on the Notes shall be rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards. For example, 9.876545% (or .09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655). All dollar amounts used in or resulting from any calculation shall be rounded to the nearest cent with one-half cent being rounded upward.
This Global Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Company’s Medium-Term Notes, Series C, designated as 100% Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Xxxxxx International Commodity Index® — Excess ReturnSM — Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Calculated and to the U.S. Dollar Index® which are due on the Stated Maturity. The Notes are issued and to be issued under an indenture dated as of April 1, 1983, as amended and restated (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as successor Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes are to be authenticated and delivered.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee with respect to the Notes under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Global Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in the Denominations specified above. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Global Note is exchangeable for certificates representing Notes of like tenor and of an equal Principal Xxxxxx as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. If (x) the Depository is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depository and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 60 days, (y) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that this Global Note shall be exchangeable or (z) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to this Global Note, this Global Note shall be exchangeable for certificates representing the Notes in definitive form of like tenor and of an equal Principal Amount, in authorized denominations. Such definitive Notes shall be registered in such name or names as the Depository shall instruct the Trustee. If definitive Notes are so delivered, the Company may make such changes to the form of this Global Note as are necessary or appropriate to allow for the issuance of such definitive Notes.
In case an Event of Default with respect to this Global Note shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount payable to a Holder of this Global Note upon any acceleration permitted by the Notes, with respect to each Unit, shall be equal to $1,000 per Unit plus the Supplemental Redemption Amount per Unit, if any, calculated as though the date of acceleration were the Stated Maturity.
In case of default in payment of this Global Note, whether on the Stated Maturity or upon acceleration, from and after such date this Global Note shall bear interest, payable upon demand of the Holders thereof, at the Default Rate, to the extent that such payment of interest shall be legally enforceable, on the unpaid amount due and payable on such date in accordance with the terms of this Global Note to the date payment of such amount has been made or duly provided for.
The 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 Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of each series affected thereby. Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of each series, are permitted to waive compliance by the Company 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 Global Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Global 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 Global Note.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Global Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Principal Amount plus the Supplemental Redemption Amount, if any, hereof and interest on this Global Note, if any, at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and on the face hereof, the transfer of this Global Note may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Global Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new certificates representing the Notes of authorized denominations, of like tenor and for the same Principal Amount shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
Prior to due presentment of this Global Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Global Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Global Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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.
The Company and each Holder and beneficial owner (by acceptance hereof) hereby agree to characterize and treat this Global Note for all tax purposes as a debt instrument that is subject to U.S. Treasury Regulation section 1.1275-4(b) governing contingent payment debt instruments, and, where required, the Company shall file information returns with the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with this treatment, in the absence of any change or clarification in the law, by regulation or otherwise, requiring a different characterization or tax treatment of this Global Note.
The Indenture and this Global Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
All terms used in this Global Note which are defined in the Indenture but not in this Global Note shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Inc. | |||||||||
[Copy of Seal] |
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The Bank of New York, as Trustee | By: | |||||||||
Assistant Treasurer | ||||||||||
By: | Attest: | |||||||||
Authorized Officer | Secretary |
ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto (insert Taxpayer
Identification No.) |
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Date: |
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NOTICE: The signature of the registered Holder to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. |