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EXHIBIT 4.4
[FACE OF NOTE]
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.
THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND
DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF 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.(1)
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY (AS
DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO 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.(1)
(1)This paragraph applies to global Notes only.
SUN COMMUNITIES OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
(Floating Rate)
REGISTERED REGISTERED
NO. FLR - [__________] PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP NO. [__________] $[_____________]
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
STATED MATURITY DATE:
INTEREST RATE BASIS OR BASES:
IF LIBOR: IF CMT RATE:
[ ]LIBOR Reuters Designated CMT Telerate Page:
[ ]LIBOR Telerate If Telerate Page 7052:
[ ]Designated LIBOR Currency: [ ]Weekly Average
[ ]Designated LIBOR Page: [ ]Monthly Average
[ ]Reuters Page: Designated CMT Maturity Index:
[ ]Telerate Page:
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: %
INITIAL INTEREST RESET DATE:
INTEREST RESET PERIOD:
INTEREST RESET DATE(S):
INTEREST PAYMENT DATE(S):
INDEX MATURITY:
SPREAD (PLUS OR MINUS):
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SPREAD MULTIPLIER:
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: %
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: %
INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE:
INITIAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE: %
ANNUAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE REDUCTION: %
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATE(S):
REPAYMENT PRICE: %
INTEREST CALCULATION: DAY COUNT CONVENTION:
[ ] Regular Floating Rate Note [ ] 30/360 for the period
[ ] Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note
from _____ to _____
Fixed Rate Commencement Date: [ ] Actual/360 for the period
Fixed Interest Rate: % from ________ to _______
[ ] Inverse Floating Rate Note [ ] Actual/Actual for the
period from
Fixed Interest Rate: % ________ to ________
[ ] Discount Note Issue Price: % Applicable Interest Rate
Basis:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY: AUTHORIZED DENOMINATION:
[ ] United States dollars [ ] $1,000 and integral
multiples thereof
[ ] Other: [ ] Other:
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT: ISSUE PRICE:
CALCULATION AGENT: AGENT'S DISCOUNT OR
COMMISSION:
ADDENDUM ATTACHED OTHER/ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS:
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
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SUN COMMUNITIES OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a limited partnership
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan (hereinafter
called the "Company", which term includes any successor under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or
registered assigns, upon presentation, the principal sum of $ on the Stated
Maturity Date specified above (or any Redemption Date or Repayment Date, each
as defined on the reverse hereof or upon any declaration of acceleration; each
such Stated Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or declaration of
acceleration being hereinafter referred to as the "Maturity Date" with respect
to the principal repayable on such date), and to pay interest thereon, at a
rate per annum equal to the Initial Interest Rate specified above until the
Initial Interest Reset Date specified above and thereafter at a rate determined
in accordance with the provisions specified above and on the reverse hereof
with respect to one or more Interest Rate Bases specified above until the
principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment. The Company will
pay interest in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, if any, specified above
(each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing with the first Interest Payment
Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above, and on the
Maturity Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Original Issue Date occurs
between a Record Date (as defined on the reverse hereof) and the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest payments will commence on the second
Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date to the Holder of
this Note on the Record Date with respect to such second Interest Payment Date.
Any capitalized term not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to it
in that certain Indenture by and among the Company, Sun Communities, Inc., a
Maryland corporation ("Sun"), and Bankers Trust Company, a New York banking
corporation, dated as of April 24, 1996, and amended pursuant to a First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 20, 1997.
Interest on this Note will accrue from, and including, the immediately
preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for (or from, and including, the Original Issue Date if no interest
has been paid or duly provided for) to, but excluding, the applicable Interest
Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be (each, an "Interest
Period"). The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date will, subject to certain exceptions described
herein, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more
predecessor Notes) is registered in the Security Register applicable to this
Note at the close of business on the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a
Business Day, as defined below) immediately preceding such Interest Payment
Date (the "Record Date"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest payable on the
Maturity Date will be payable to the Person to whom the principal hereof and
premium, if any, hereon shall be payable. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for ("Defaulted Interest") will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on any Record Date, and shall be paid to the Person in
whose name this Note is registered in the Security Register applicable to this
Note at the close of business on a special record date (the "Special Record
Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee
hereinafter referred to, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this
Note by the Trustee not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record
Date or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Note may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided for in the Indenture.
Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this
Note due on the Maturity Date will be made in immediately available funds upon
presentation and surrender of this Note (and, with respect to any applicable
Repayment Date, a duly completed election form as contemplated on the reverse
hereof) at the corporate trust office of the Trustee in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, or at such other paying agency in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York which is maintained by the Trustee where
Notes may be presented for payment, registration of transfer or exchange, and
where notices to or demands upon the Company in respect of the Notes or the
Indenture may be made, as the Company may determine; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if
such payment is to be made in a Specified Currency other than United States
dollars as set forth below, such payment will be made by wire transfer of
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immediately available funds to an account with a bank designated by the Holder
hereof at least 15 calendar days prior to the Maturity Date, provided that such
bank has appropriate facilities therefor and that this Note (and, if
applicable, a duly completed repayment election form) is presented and
surrendered at the aforementioned office of the Trustee in time for the Trustee
to make such payment in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures.
Payment of interest due on any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity
Date will be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto
as such address shall appear in the Security Register maintained at the
aforementioned office of the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a Holder of U.S.
$10,000,000 (or, if the Specified Currency specified above is other than United
States dollars, the equivalent thereof in the Specified Currency) or more in
aggregate principal amount of Notes (whether having identical or different
terms and provisions) will be entitled to receive interest payments on such
Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds if
appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the
Trustee not less than 15 calendar days prior to such Interest Payment Date.
Any such wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee shall remain in
effect until revoked by such Xxxxxx.
If any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date would otherwise
be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be
postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, except that if LIBOR is an
applicable Interest Rate Basis and such Business Day falls in the next
succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately
preceding Business Day, and if the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a
Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, each with the same
force and effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest
shall accrue with respect to such payment for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the date of
such payment on the next succeeding Business Day.
The Company is obligated to make payment of principal of, premium, if any,
and interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency (or, if the
Specified Currency is not at the time of such payment legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts, in such other coin or currency of the
country which issued the Specified Currency as at the time of such payment is
legal tender for the payment of such debts). If the Specified Currency is
other than United States dollars, any such amounts so payable by the Company
will be converted by the Exchange Rate Agent specified above into United States
dollars for payment to the Holder of this Note; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Holder of this Note may elect to receive such amounts in such Specified
Currency pursuant to the provisions set forth below.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars and the
Holder of this Note shall not have duly made an election to receive all or a
specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest
in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency, any United States dollar
amount to be received by the Holder of this Note will be based on the highest
bid quotation in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate Agent at
approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day
preceding the applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange
dealers (one of whom may be the Exchange Rate Agent) selected by the Exchange
Rate Agent and approved by the Company for the purchase by the quoting dealer
of the Specified Currency for United States dollars for settlement on such
payment date in the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to all
Holders of Notes scheduled to receive United States dollar payments and at
which the applicable dealer commits to execute a contract. All currency
exchange costs will be borne by the Holder of this Note by deductions from such
payments. If three such bid quotations are not available, payments on this
Note will be made in the Specified Currency unless the Specified Currency is
not available due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances
beyond the control of the Company.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the Holder
of this Note may elect to receive all or a specified portion of any payment of
principal, premium, if any, and/or
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interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency by submitting a
written request for such payment to the Trustee at its corporate trust office in
The City of New York on or prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 15
calendar days prior to the Maturity Date, as the case may be. Such written
request may be mailed or hand delivered or sent by facsimile transmission. The
Holder of this Note may elect to receive all or a specified portion of all
future payments in the Specified Currency in respect of such principal, premium,
if any, and/or interest and need not file a separate election for each payment.
Such election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the
Trustee, but written notice of any such revocation must be received by the
Trustee on or prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar days
prior to the Maturity Date, as the case may be.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars or a
composite currency and the Holder of this Note shall have duly made an election
to receive all or a specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if
any, and/or interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency and if
the Specified Currency is not available due to the imposition of exchange
controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company
will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the Holder of this Note by
making such payment in United States dollars on the basis of the Market
Exchange Rate (as defined below) computed by the Exchange Rate Agent on the
second Business Day prior to such payment date or, if such Market Exchange Rate
is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Market
Exchange Rate or as otherwise specified on the face hereof. The "Market
Exchange Rate" for the Specified Currency means the noon dollar buying rate in
The City of New York for cable transfers for the Specified Currency as
certified for customs purposes by (or if not so certified, as otherwise
determined by) the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment made under
such circumstances in United States dollars will not constitute an Event of
Default.
If the Specified Currency is a composite currency and the Holder of this
Note shall have duly made an election to receive all or a specified portion of
any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in respect of this
Note in the Specified Currency and if such composite currency is unavailable
due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the
control of the Company, then the Company will be entitled to satisfy its
obligations to the Holder of this Note by making such payment in United States
dollars. The amount of each payment in United States dollars shall be
computed on the basis of the equivalent of the composite currency in United
States dollars. The component currencies of the composite currency for this
purpose (collectively, the "Component Currencies" and each, a "Component
Currency") shall be the currency amounts that were components of the composite
currency as of the last day on which the composite currency was used. The
equivalent of the composite currency in United States dollars shall be
calculated by aggregating the United States dollar equivalents of the Component
Currencies. The United States dollar equivalent of each of the Component
Currencies shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the
Market Exchange Rate on the second Business Day prior to such payment date or,
if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most
recently available Market Exchange Rate for each such Component Currency, or as
otherwise specified on the face hereof.
If the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component
Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If two or more
Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts of
those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such
single currency equal to the sum of the amounts of the consolidated Component
Currencies expressed in such single currency. If any Component Currency is
divided into two or more currencies, the amount of the original Component
Currency shall be replaced by the amounts of such two or more currencies, the
sum of which shall be equal to the amount of the original Component Currency.
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All determinations referred to above made by the Exchange Rate Agent shall
be at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Holder of this Note.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth
on the reverse hereof after the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication and, if
so specified above, in the Addendum hereto, which further provisions shall have
the same force and effect as if set forth on the face hereof.
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained herein, if the
face of this Note specifies that an Addendum is attached hereto or that
"Other/Additional Provisions" apply, this Note shall be subject to the terms
set forth in such Addendum or such "Other/Additional Provisions".
REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE SET FORTH
ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE
SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH IN THIS PLACE.
Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by or on
behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to
any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
SUN COMMUNITIES OPERATING
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Sun Communities, Inc.
Its: General Partner
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title: [Chairman of the
Board, President, or
Senior Vice President]
Date: ____________________, 1997
ATTEST:
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title: Chief Financial Officer
[SEAL]
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By: _______________________ Date:_____________,1997
Authorized Officer
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SUN COMMUNITIES OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
(FLOATING RATE)
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
(hereinafter called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture (the "Indenture") among the Company, Sun, and Bankers
Trust Company, a banking corporation organized under the laws of the State of
New York, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of which this
Note is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, 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 Note is one of the series of
Securities designated as "Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months or More From Date
of Issue" (the "Notes"). All terms used but not defined in this Note or in an
Addendum hereto shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Indenture.
This Note is issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples thereof or the minimum
Authorized Denomination specified on the face hereof.
This Note will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise
provided on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the following
two paragraphs, will not be redeemable or repayable prior to the Stated
Maturity Date.
This Note will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on
any date on or after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, specified on the face
hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of U.S. $1,000 or
the minimum Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal
amount hereof shall be at least U.S. $1,000 or such minimum Authorized
Denomination), at the Redemption Price (as defined below), together with unpaid
interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (each, a "Redemption
Date"), on written notice given to the Holder of this Note no more than 60 nor
less than 30 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date and in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture. If no Initial Redemption Date is set forth on
the face hereof, this Note may not be redeemed prior to Maturity. The
"Redemption Price", if any, shall initially be the Initial Redemption
Percentage specified on the face hereof, if any, multiplied by the unpaid
principal amount of this Note to be redeemed. The Initial Redemption
Percentage, if any, shall decline at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption
Date by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any, specified on the
face hereof until the Redemption Price is 100% of the unpaid principal amount
to be redeemed. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new
Note of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof and otherwise having the
same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon
the presentation and surrender hereof.
This Note will be subject to repayment by the Company at the option of the
Holder hereof on the Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified on the face
hereof, in whole or in part in increments of U.S. $1,000 or the minimum
Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof
shall be at least U.S. $1,000 or such minimum Authorized Denomination), at a
repayment price equal to 100% of the unpaid principal amount to be repaid,
together with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for repayment
(each, a "Repayment Date"). If an Optional Repayment Date is not set forth on
the face hereof, this Note will not be repayable at the option of the Holder
hereof prior to Maturity. For this Note to be repaid, this Note must be
received, together with the form hereon entitled "Option to Elect Repayment"
duly completed, by the Trustee at its corporate trust office not more than 60
nor less than 30 calendar days prior to the Repayment Date. Exercise of such
repayment option by the
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Holder hereof will be irrevocable. In the event of repayment of this Note in
part only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid portion hereof and
otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof upon the presentation and surrender hereof.
If the Interest Calculation of this Note is specified on the face hereof
as a Discount Note, the amount payable to the Holder of this Note in the event
of redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity of this Note will be equal
to the sum of (1) the Issue Price, if any, specified on the face hereof
(increased by any accruals of the Discount, as defined below) and, in the event
of any redemption of this Note (if applicable), multiplied by the Initial
Redemption Percentage (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption Percentage
Reduction, if applicable), if any, and (2) any unpaid interest on this Note
accrued from the Original Issue Date to the Redemption Date, Repayment Date or
date of acceleration of maturity, as the case may be. The difference between
the Issue Price and 100% of the principal amount of this Note is referred to
herein as the "Discount".
For purposes of determining the amount of Discount that has accrued as of
any Redemption Date, Repayment Date or date of acceleration of maturity of this
Note, such Discount will be accrued so as to cause the yield on the Note to be
constant. The constant yield will be calculated using a 30-day month, 360-day
year convention, a compounding period that, except for the Initial Period (as
defined below), corresponds to the shortest period between Interest Payment
Dates (with ratable accruals within a compounding period), a coupon rate equal
to the initial interest rate applicable to this Note and an assumption that the
maturity of this Note will not be accelerated. If the period from the Original
Issue Date to the initial Interest Payment Date (the "Initial Period") is
shorter than the compounding period for this Note, a proportionate amount of
the yield for an entire compounding period will be accrued. If the Initial
Period is longer than the compounding period, then such period will be divided
into a regular compounding period and a short period, with the short period
being treated as provided in the preceding sentence.
The interest rate borne by this Note will be determined as follows:
(i) Unless the Interest Calculation of this Note is
specified on the face hereof as a "Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note"
or an "Inverse Floating Rate Note", or as having an Addendum
attached or having "Other/Additional Provisions" apply, in each
case relating to a different interest rate formula, this Note
shall be designated as a "Regular Floating Rate Note" and, except
as set forth below or on the face hereof, shall bear interest at
the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate
Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the Spread, if any, and/or (b)
multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, in each case as
specified on the face hereof. Commencing on the Initial Interest
Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note shall be
payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date specified on
the face hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the interest rate in
effect for the period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the
Initial Interest Reset Date shall be the Initial Interest Rate.
(ii) If the Interest Calculation of this Note is specified
on the face hereof as a "Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note", then,
except as set forth below or on the face hereof, this Note shall
bear interest at the rate determined by reference to the
applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the
Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if
any. Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at
which interest on this Note shall be payable shall be reset as of
each Interest Reset Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (y) the interest
rate in effect for the period, if any, from the Original Issue
Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date shall be the Initial
Interest Rate and (z) the interest rate in effect for the period
commencing on the Fixed Rate Commencement Date specified on the
face hereof to the Maturity Date shall be the Fixed Interest Rate
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specified on the face hereof or, if no such Fixed Interest Rate is
specified, the interest rate in effect hereon on the day
immediately preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement Date.
(iii) If the Interest Calculation of this Note is specified
on the face hereof as an "Inverse Floating Rate Note", then,
except as set forth below or on the face hereof, this Note shall
bear interest at the Fixed Interest Rate minus the rate determined
by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a)
plus or minus the Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the
Spread Multiplier, if any; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, unless
otherwise specified on the face hereof, the interest rate hereon
shall not be less than zero. Commencing on the Initial Interest
Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note shall be
payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the interest rate in effect for the period, if any,
from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date
shall be the Initial Interest Rate.
Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the rate with respect to
each Interest Rate Basis will be determined in accordance with the applicable
provisions below. Except as set forth above or on the face hereof, the
interest rate in effect on each day shall be (i) if such day is an Interest
Reset Date, the interest rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date
(as defined below) immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date or (ii) if
such day is not an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined as of the
Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the most recent Interest
Reset Date.
If any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business
Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding
Business Day, except that if LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis and
such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest
Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. In addition, if
the Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis and the Interest
Determination Date would otherwise fall on an Interest Reset Date, then such
Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day.
As used herein, "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or
Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions
are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in
The City of New York; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Specified Currency is
other than United States dollars and any payment is to be made in the Specified
Currency in accordance with the provisions hereof, such day is also not a day
on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or
executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center (as defined below)
of the country issuing the Specified Currency (or, in the case of European
Currency Units ("ECU"), is not a day that appears as an ECU non-settlement day
on the display designated as "ISDE" on the Xxxxxx Monitor Money Rates Service
(or a day so designated by the ECU Banking Association) or, if ECU
non-settlement days do not appear on that page (and are not so designated), is
not a day on which payments in ECU cannot be settled in the international
interbank market); PROVIDED, FURTHER, that if LIBOR is an applicable Interest
Rate Basis on this Note, such day is also a London Business Day (as defined
below). "London Business Day" means any day on which dealings in the
Designated LIBOR Currency (as defined below) are transacted in the London
interbank market. "Principal Financial Center" means (i) the capital city of
the country issuing the Specified Currency (except as described above with
respect to ECUs) or (ii) the capital city of the country to which the
Designated LIBOR Currency, if applicable, relates (or, in the case of ECU,
Luxembourg), except, in each case, that with respect to United States dollars,
Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, Deutsche marks, Dutch guilders, Italian
lire, Swiss francs and ECUs, the "Principal Financial Center" shall be The City
of New York, Sydney, Toronto, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Milan (solely in the case
of clause (i) above), Zurich and Luxembourg, respectively.
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The interest rate applicable to each Interest Reset Period (as specified
on the face hereof) commencing on the related Interest Reset Date will be the
rate determined by the Calculation Agent as of the applicable Interest
Determination Date and calculated on or prior to the Calculation Date (as
hereinafter defined), except with respect to LIBOR and the 11th District Cost
of Funds Rate, which will be calculated on such Interest Determination Date.
The "Interest Determination Date" with respect to the CD Rate, the CMT Rate,
the Commercial Paper Rate, the Federal Funds Rate, the Xxxxx Xxxx, and the
Prime Rate will be the second Business Day immediately preceding the applicable
Interest Reset Date; the "Interest Determination Date" with respect to the 11th
District Cost of Funds Rate shall be the last working day of the month
immediately preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date on which the Federal
Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (the "FHLB of San Francisco") publishes the
Index (as defined below); and the "Interest Determination Date" with respect to
LIBOR shall be the second London Business Day immediately preceding the
applicable Interest Reset Date, unless the Designated LIBOR Currency is British
pounds sterling, in which case the "Interest Determination Date" will be the
applicable Interest Reset Date. The "Interest Determination Date" with
respect to the Treasury Rate shall be the day in the week in which the
applicable Interest Reset Date falls on which day Treasury Bills (as defined
below) are normally auctioned (Treasury Bills are normally sold at an auction
held 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); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if an auction is
held on the Friday of the week preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date,
the Interest Determination Date shall be such preceding Friday; PROVIDED,
FURTHER, that if the Interest Determination Date would otherwise fall on an
Interest Reset Date, then such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the
next succeeding Business Day. If the interest rate of this Note is determined
with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases specified on the face hereof,
the "Interest Determination Date" pertaining to this Note shall be the most
recent Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to the applicable
Interest Reset Date on which each Interest Rate Basis is determinable. Each
Interest Rate Basis shall be determined as of such date, and the applicable
interest rate shall take effect on the related Interest Reset Date.
CD RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the
face hereof as the CD Rate, the CD Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "CD Rate Interest Determination
Date") as the rate on such date for negotiable United States dollar
certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof
as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in
"Statistical Release H.15(5l9), Selected Interest Rates" or any successor
publication ("H.15 (519)") under the heading "CDs (Secondary Market)," or, if
not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date
(as defined below), the rate on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date for
negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit of the Index Maturity
as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in its daily statistical
release "Composite 3:30 P.M. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or any
successor publication ("Composite Quotations") under the heading "Certificates
of Deposit." If such rate is not yet published in either H.15 (519) or
Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, then the CD Rate on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date
will be calculated by the Calculation Agent specified on the face hereof and
will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00
A.M., New York City time, on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date, of three
leading nonbank dealers in negotiable United States dollar certificates of
deposit in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent after
consultation with the Company for negotiable United States dollar certificates
of deposit of major United States money market banks with a remaining maturity
closest to the Index Maturity in an amount that is representative for a single
transaction in that market at that time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the dealers
so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this
sentence, the CD Rate determined as of such CD Rate Interest Determination Date
will be the CD Rate in effect on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date.
CMT RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the
face hereof as the CMT Rate, the CMT Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a
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"CMT Rate Interest Determination Date") as the rate displayed on the Designated
CMT Telerate Page under the caption "...Treasury Constant Maturities...Federal
Reserve Board Release H.15...Mondays Approximately 3:45 P.M.," under the column
for the Designated CMT Maturity Index (as defined below) for (i) if the
Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7055, the rate on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date and (ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the
weekly or monthly average, as applicable for the week or the month, as
applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or the month, as applicable, in
which the related CMT Rate Interest Determination Date occurs. If such rate is
no longer displayed on the relevant page or is not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such CMT
Rate Interest Determination Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate
for the Designated CMT Maturity Index as published in the relevant H.15 (519).
If such rate is no longer published or is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate for
the Designated CMT Maturity Index (or other United States Treasury rate for the
Designated CMT Maturity Index) for the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date
with respect to such Interest Reset Date as may then be published by either the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the United States
Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be
comparable to the rate formerly displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page
and published in the relevant H.15(519). If such information is not provided
by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT
Rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity, based on the arithmetic mean
of the secondary market closing offer side prices as of approximately 3:30
P.M., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date
reported, according to their written records, by three leading primary United
States government securities dealers in The City of New York (each, a
"Reference Dealer") selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such Reference
Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent after consultation with the Company
and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of quotation equality,
one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of quotation
equality, one of the lowest)), for the most recently issued direct noncallable
fixed rate obligations of the United States ("Treasury Notes") with an original
maturity of approximately the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining
term to maturity of not less than such Designated CMT Maturity Index minus one
year. If the Calculation Agent is unable to obtain three such Treasury Note
quotations, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be
calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity based on
the arithmetic mean of the secondary market closing offer side prices as of
approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date of three Reference Dealers in The City of New York (from
five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent after
consultation with the Company and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the
event of quotation equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or,
in the event of quotation equality, one of the lowest)), for Treasury Notes
with an original maturity of the number of years that is the next highest to
the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining term to maturity closest to
the Designated CMT Maturity Index and in an amount of at least $100 million.
If three or four (and not five) of such Reference Dealers are quoting as
described above, then the CMT Rate will be based on the arithmetic mean of the
offer prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotes
will be eliminated; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if fewer than three Reference
Dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned herein,
the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be
the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date. If two
Treasury Notes with an original maturity as described in the second preceding
sentence have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Designated CMT
Maturity Index, the Calculation Agent will obtain quotations for the Treasury
Note with the shorter remaining term to maturity.
"Designated CMT Telerate Page" means the display on the Dow Xxxxx Telerate
Service (or any successor service) on the page specified on the face hereof (or
any other page as may replace such page on that service for the purpose of
displaying Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519)) for the
purpose of displaying Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519).
If
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no such page is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
Designated CMT Telerate Page shall be 7052 for the most recent week.
"Designated CMT Maturity Index" means the original period to maturity of
the U.S. Treasury securities (either l, 2, 3, 5, 7, l0, 20 or 30 years)
specified on the face hereof with respect to which the CMT Rate will be
calculated or, if no such maturity is specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, the Designated CMT Maturity Index shall be 2 years.
COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
specified on the face hereof as the Commercial Paper Rate, the Commercial Paper
Rate shall be determined as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a
"Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date") as the Money Market Yield
(calculated as described below) on such date of the rate for commercial paper
having the Index Maturity as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System in H.15 (519) under the heading "Commercial Paper" or, if
unavailable, under such heading representing commercial paper issued by
non-financial entities whose bond rating is "AA" or the equivalent from a
nationally recognized statistical rating agency. In the event that such rate
is not published prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Calculation
Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the Money Market Yield of the rate for commercial
paper having the Index Maturity as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York in its daily statistical release "Composite 3:30 P.M. Quotations for U.S.
Government Securities" or any successor publication ("Composite Quotations")
under the heading "Commercial Paper." If such rate is not yet published in
either H.15 (519) or Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
such Calculation Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate on such Commercial Paper
Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent
and will be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates
as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest
Determination Date of three leading dealers of commercial paper in The City of
New York selected by the Calculation Agent for commercial paper having the
Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement placed for an
industrial issuer whose bond rating is "AA," or the equivalent, from a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
if the dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent after consultation with the
Company are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Commercial Paper
Rate determined as of such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date
will be the Commercial Paper Rate in effect immediately prior to such
Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date.
"Money Market Yield" shall be a yield (expressed as a percentage, rounded,
if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percent) calculated in
accordance with the following formula:
Money Market Yield = Dx360 x 100
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360 - (DxM)
where "D" refers to the per annum rate for commercial paper, quoted on a bank
discount basis and expressed as a decimal; and "M" refers to the actual number
of days in the period for which accrued interest is being calculated.
11TH DISTRICT COST OF FUNDS RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note
is specified on the face hereof as the 11th District Cost of Funds Rate, the
11th District Cost of Funds Rate shall be determined as of the applicable
Interest Determination Date (a "11th District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date") as the rate equal to the monthly weighted average cost of
funds for the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such 11th
District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date falls, as set forth
under the caption "11th District" on Telerate Page 7058 as of 11:00 A.M., San
Francisco time, on such 11th District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination
Date. If such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 7058 on such 11th District
Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, then the 11th District Cost of
Funds Rate on such 11th District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date
shall be the monthly weighted
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average cost of funds paid by member institutions of the Eleventh Federal Home
Loan Bank District that was most recently announced (the "Index") by the FHLB of
San Francisco as such cost of funds for the calendar month immediately preceding
such 11th District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date. If the FHLB
of San Francisco fails to announce the Index on or prior to such 11th District
Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date for the calendar month
immediately preceding such 11th District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date, the 11th District Cost of Funds Rate determined as of such
11th District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the 11th
District Cost of Funds Rate in effect on such 11th District Cost of Funds Rate
Interest Determination Date.
FEDERAL FUNDS RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified
on the face hereof as the Federal Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate shall be
determined as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Federal Funds
Rate Interest Determination Date") as the rate on such date for United States
dollar federal funds as published in H.15 (519) under the heading "Federal
Funds (Effective)" or, if not published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on
the related Calculation Date, the rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date as published in Composite Quotations under the heading
"Federal Funds/Effective Rate." If such rate is not published in either H.15
(519) or Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds Rate
Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and
will be the arithmetic mean (each as rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one
hundred-thousandth of a percent) of the rates for the last transaction in
overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers
of federal funds transactions in The City of New York selected by the
Calculation Agent after consultation with the Company prior to 9:00 A.M., New
York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation Agent are
not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as
of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Federal
Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.
LIBOR. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the face
hereof as LIBOR, LIBOR shall be determined as of the applicable Interest
Determination Date in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) if (a) "LIBOR Reuters" is specified on the face hereof, the
arithmetic mean of the offered rates (unless the Designated LIBOR Page
(as defined below) by its terms provides only for a single rate, in which
case such single rate shall be used) for deposits in the Designated LIBOR
Currency having the Index Maturity, commencing on the applicable Interest
Reset Date, that appear (or, if only a single rate is required as
aforesaid, appears) on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London
time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date, or (b) if "LIBOR
Telerate" is specified on the face hereof, or if neither "LIBOR Reuters"
nor "LIBOR Telerate" is specified on the face hereof as the method for
calculating LIBOR, the rate for deposits in the Designated LIBOR Currency
having the Index Maturity, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset
Date, that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London
time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date. If fewer than two such
offered rates so appear, or if no such rate so appears, as applicable,
LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be determined in
accordance with the provisions described in clause (ii) below.
(ii) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which
fewer than two offered rates appear, or no rate appears, as the case may
be, on the Designated LIBOR Page as specified in clause (i) above, the
Calculation Agent will request the principal London offices of each of
four major reference banks in the London interbank market, as selected by
the Calculation Agent after consultation with the Company, to provide the
Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in the
Designated LIBOR Currency for the period of the Index Maturity,
commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the
London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London
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time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal
amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Designated
LIBOR Currency in such market at such time. If at least two such
quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If
fewer than two such quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR
Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates
quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M., in the applicable Principal Financial
Center, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date by three major banks in
such Principal Financial Center selected by the Calculation Agent after
consultation with the Company for loans in the Designated LIBOR Currency
to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity and in a principal
amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Designated
LIBOR Currency in such market at such time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the
banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in
this sentence, LIBOR determined as of such LIBOR Interest Determination
Date will be LIBOR in effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.
"Designated LIBOR Currency" means the currency or composite currency
specified on the face hereof as to which LIBOR shall be calculated or, if no
such currency or composite currency is specified on the face hereof, the
Designated LIBOR Currency shall be United States dollars.
"Designated LIBOR Page" means (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified on the
face hereof, the display on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or any
successor service) on the page specified on the face hereof (or any other page
as may replace such page on such service) for the purpose of displaying the
London interbank rates of major banks for the Designated LIBOR Currency, or (b)
if "LIBOR Telerate" is specified on the face hereof or neither "LIBOR Reuters"
nor "LIBOR Telerate" is specified on the face hereof as the method for
calculating LIBOR, the display on the Dow Xxxxx Telerate Service (or any
successor service) on the page specified on the face hereof (or any other page
as may replace such page on such service) for the purpose of displaying the
London interbank rates of major banks for the Designated LIBOR Currency.
XXXXX RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the
face hereof as the Xxxxx Xxxx, the Xxxxx Xxxx shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Xxxxx Rate Interest Determination
Date") as the rate equal to the high grade weekly index (the "Weekly Index") on
such date made available by Xxxxx Information Systems ("Xxxxx") to the
Calculation Agent. The Weekly Index is, and shall be, based upon 30 day yield
evaluations at par of bonds, the interest on which is exempt from Federal
income taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), of not less than five high grade component issuers selected by Xxxxx
which shall include, without limitation, issuers of general obligation bonds.
The specific issuers included among the component issuers may be changed from
time to time by Xxxxx in its discretion. The bonds on which the Weekly Index
is based shall not include any bonds on which the interest is subject to a
minimum tax or similar tax under the Code, unless all tax-exempt bonds are
subject to such tax. In the event Xxxxx ceases to make available such Weekly
Index, a successor indexing agent will be selected by the Calculation Agent,
such index to reflect the prevailing rate for bonds rated in the highest
short-term rating category by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. and Standard &
Poor's Corporation in respect of issuers most closely resembling the high grade
component issuers selected by Xxxxx for its Weekly Index, the interest on which
is (A) variable on a weekly basis, (B) exempt from Federal income taxation
under the Code, and (C) not subject to a minimum tax or similar tax under the
Code, unless all tax-exempt bonds are subject to such tax. If such successor
indexing agent is not available, the rate for any Xxxxx Rate Interest
Determination Date shall be 67% of the rate determined if the Treasury Rate
option had been originally selected.
PRIME RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the
face hereof as the Prime Rate, the Prime Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date") as the rate equal to the rate on such date as such rate is published in
H.15(5l9) under the heading "Bank Prime Loan." If such rate is not published
prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then
the Prime Rate shall be the
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arithmetic mean of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that
appears on the Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page (as hereinafter defined) as such
bank's prime rate or base lending rate as in effect for such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates appear on the Reuters Screen
USPRIME1 Page for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, then the Prime
Rate shall be the arithmetic mean of the prime rates or base lending rates
quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a
360-day year as of the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date by four major money center banks in The City of New York
selected by the Calculation Agent after consultation with the Company. If fewer
than four such quotations are so provided, then the Prime Rate shall be the
arithmetic mean of four prime rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of
days in the year divided by a 360-day year as of the close of business on such
Prime Rate Interest Determination Date as furnished in The City of New York by
the major money center banks, if any, that have provided such quotations and by
a reasonable number of substitute banks or trust companies necessary in order to
obtain four such prime rate quotations, provided such substitute banks or trust
companies are organized and doing business under the laws of the United States,
or any State thereof, each having total equity capital of at least $500 million
and being subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority,
selected by the Calculation Agent after consultation with the Company to
provide such rate or rates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the banks or trust
companies so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in
this sentence, the Prime Rate determined as of such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date.
"Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page" means the display on the Reuters Monitor
Money Rates Service (or any successor service) on the "USPRIMEl" page (or such
other page as may replace the USPRIMEl page on such service) for the purpose of
displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks.
TREASURY RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on
the face hereof as the Treasury Rate, the Treasury Rate shall be determined as
of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date") as the rate from the auction held on such Treasury Rate
Interest Determination Date (the "Auction") of direct obligations of the United
States ("Treasury Bills") having the Index Maturity, as such rate is published
in H.15(519) under the heading "Treasury Bills - auction average (investment)"
or, if not published by 3:00 P.M.. New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, the auction average rate of such Treasury Bills (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. In the event that the results of the Auction of
Treasury Bills having the Index Maturity are not reported as provided by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, or if no such
Auction is held, then the Treasury Rate will be calculated by the Calculation
Agent and will 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 Interest
Determination Date, of three leading primary United States government
securities dealers selected by the Calculation Agent after consultation with
the Company, for the issue of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest
to the Index Maturity; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the dealers so selected by
the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the
Treasury Rate determined as of such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date
will be the Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date.
If an Event of Default, shall occur and be continuing, the principal amount of
the Notes may be declared accelerated and thereupon become due and payable in
the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate hereon shall not be
greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum
Interest Rate, if any, in each case as specified on the face hereof. The
interest rate on this Note will in no event be higher than the
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maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same may be modified by United
States law of general application.
The Calculation Agent shall calculate the interest rate hereon on or
before each Calculation Date. The "Calculation Date", if applicable,
pertaining to any Interest Determination Date shall be the earlier of (i) the
tenth calendar day after such Interest Determination Date or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day or (ii) the Business Day
immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
Date, as the case may be. At the request of the Holder hereof, the Calculation
Agent will provide to the Holder hereof the interest rate hereon then in effect
and, if determined, the interest rate that will become effective as a result of
a determination made for the next succeeding Interest Reset Date.
Accrued interest hereon shall be an amount calculated by multiplying the
principal amount hereof by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest
factor shall be computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day
in the applicable Interest Period. Unless otherwise specified as the Day Count
Convention on the face hereof, the interest factor for each such date shall be
computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360 if the CD
Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the 11th District Cost of Funds Rate, the
Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR, or the Prime Rate is an applicable Interest Rate
Basis, or by the actual number of days in the year if the CMT Rate or the
Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, or by 365 if the Xxxxx Rate
is an applicable Interest Rate Basis. Unless otherwise specified as the Day
Count Convention on the face hereof, the interest factor for this Note, if the
interest rate is calculated with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases,
shall be calculated in each period in the same manner as if only the applicable
Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof applied.
All percentages resulting from any calculation on this Note shall be
rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five
one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards, and all amounts used in
or resulting from such calculation on this Note shall be rounded, in the case
of United States dollars, to the nearest cent or, in the case of a Specified
Currency other than United States dollars, to the nearest unit (with one-half
cent or unit being rounded upwards).
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the
entire indebtedness of the Company on this Note and (b) certain restrictive
covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the
Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions
set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Note.
If any Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of, and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on
the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and
with the effect provided in the Indenture.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder
of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect
to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such Holder shall have previously given
written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, (ii) the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall
have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of
such Event of Default as Trustee, (iii) such Holder or Holders have offered
reasonable indemnity to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities
to be incurred in compliance with such request, (iv) the Trustee shall have
failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity, and (v) the Trustee shall not have
received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of
this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request.
The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this
Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof (and Make-Whole
Amount, if any) or any interest thereon on or after the respective due dates
expressed herein.
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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 a majority in principal amount of
the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding affected thereby. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, 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 Holders of this Note shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Security
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 Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if any,
on, and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register,
upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or
agency of the Company in any Place of Payment where the principal of,
make-Whole Amount, if any, on, and interest on this Note are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereon one or
more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the
same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities of this series, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith. In no event shall the Company be required to pay any
Additional Amounts as contemplated by the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this 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 Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained
in the Indenture or in this Note, or because of any indebtedness evidenced
thereby or hereby, shall be had against any promoter, as such or, against any
past, present or future stockholder, partner, officer or director, as such, of
the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any
successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the
enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or
otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the
acceptance of this Note by the Holder thereof and as part of the consideration
for the issue of the Securities of this series.
THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING THIS NOTE, SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused "CUSIP" numbers to
be printed on the Securities of this series as a convenience to the Holders of
such Securities. No representation is
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made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the
Securities, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COMM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entirety _______ Custodian ______
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right (Cust) (Minor)
of survivorship and not as Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
tenants in common Act _______________
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee.
______________________________
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing ________________, attorney to transfer said Note on the books kept
for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: , 1997
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Company to
repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms at a
price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together with unpaid
interest accrued hereon 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 must receive at its corporate
trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, not more than
60 nor less than 30 calendar days prior to the Repayment Date, 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 increments of U.S. $1,000 (or, if
the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the minimum
Authorized Denomination specified on the face hereof)) which the Holder elects
to have repaid and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall be an
Authorized Denomination) of the Notes to be issued to the 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).
Principal Amount
to be Repaid: $
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Date: Notice: The signature(s) on this Option to Elect Repayment
must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face
of this Note in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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